The plane was coming from Budapest, Hungary, when the crew suspected a damaged tire,

The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.

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The Boeing 737-800 plane heading from Paphos, Cyprus, to Norwich, England, was diverted after smell of smoke was noticed on board.

The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.

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Tailwind Airlines flight XC-1845 had to divert and make an emergency landing at Sofia Airport, Bulgaria, on March 11th.

The Boeing 737-400, flying on behalf of Corendon Air, was en-route from Antalya, Turkey, to Zurich, Switzerland, had to divert due to a loss in cabin pressure.

The oxygen masks were released for the passengers, and they complained pressure and pain in ears.

The plane landed safely.

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The Airbus A321-200 plane was accelerating to takeoff for Beauvais, France, when the crew rejected takeoff due to unreliable airspeed indications.

The plane safely returned to the apron. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.

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The Airbus A321-200 plane heading from Tel Aviv, Israel, to Munich, Germany, was diverted after electrical smoke was noticed in aft galley.

The plane landed uneventfully. All eighty-one people aboard remained safe.

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The Boeing 737-800 plane heading from Newcastle Airport, England, to Larnaca, Cyprus, was diverted after one of the pilots fell ill.

The plane landed safely. The pilot was taken to a nearby hospital.

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Authorities said the plane heading from Budapest, Hungary, to Tel Aviv, Israel, was diverted due to a disruptive passenger.

The plane landed uneventfully in Sofia. The disruptive passenger was escorted off the plane.

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The Boeing 737-800 plane flying from Bratislava, Slovakia, was on approach to Burgas when the crew declared an emergency due to a cabin fire indication.

The plane continued for a safe landing. All one hundred and seventy-eight people aboard remained unharmed.

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The Airbus A321-200 plane took off for Leipzig, Germany, but had to return shortly afterwards due to a bird strike.

The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.

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The Airbus A330-300 plane heading from Muscat, Oman, to Munich, Germany, was diverted after the crew noticed smell of smoke in the cabin.

The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.

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The plane flying from Beirut, Lebanon, to Geneva, Switzerland, was diverted after a passenger suffered heart attack.

The plane landed safely. The patient was rushed to hospital.

The flight resumed shortly afterwards.

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The Airbus A320-200 was accelerating the takeoff for London, England, when the crew reported a bird strike.

The plane returned to the apron.

All passengers were accommodated in a replacement plane.

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Bulgarian Air Charter flight IT-1113 had to return and make a safe emergency landing at Varna Airport, Aksakovo, Varna, Bulgaria, on July 11th.

The McDonnell Douglas MD-82, after taking off for Germany, had just climbed out of Varna when the crew needed to shut down its right side engine, prompting the plane to return.

The plane landed safely. All people onboard remained unharmed.

The passengers were accommodated in a replacement plane.

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The plane, heading from Warsaw, Poland, to Hurghada, Egypt, was diverted after a passenger said there was a bomb onboard.

The plane landed safely.

All 161 passengers remained unharmed.

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The Airbus A320-200, en-route from London, UK, to Antalya, Turkey, had to divert due to a strong burning smell in cabin.

The plane landed safely.

All 30 passenger and 6 crew members aboard remained unhurt.

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The plane, en-route from Antalya, Turkey to Amsterdam, Netherlands, was diverted after one of its engines failed.

The plane landed uneventfully.

There were 163 passengers and 6 crew members on-board at the time; none of them was hurt.

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The Airbus A321-200, heading from Istanbul, Turkey to Prague, Czech Republic, was diverted after smoke was reported in its cockpit.

The plane landed uneventfully. All 117 passengers and 8 crew members remained safe.

The aircraft was inspected upon landing and was cleared to take off again after some time.

The flight landed in Prague with a 2.5 hours delay.

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According to a statement issued by Burgas Airport, the flight, en-route from Düsseldorf, Germany, to Samsun, Turkey, made an emergency stop after an 86-year-old Turkish woman died onboard.

The plane resumed its journey shortly afterwards.

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The governmental Falcon took off for transporting Prime Minister Boyko Borissov to Brussels, Belgium. However, its landing gear could not close due to a technical problem.

The plane made an uneventful emergency landing. Everyone aboard remained unharmed.

According to Bulgarian Transport Minister Ivaylo Moskovski, a team of Swiss experts would thoroughly inspect the plane.

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The decision was made after the authorities suspected that a laptop with an unknown owner could contain an explosive device.

The plane landed safely and all the passengers were off loaded and led to a safe location. The suspected laptop was seized for examination however, no threat was established.

The flight resumed after a short time.

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The incident happened when the flight was heading from Antalya, Turkey to Poznan, Poland.

Eurolot spokeswoman Karolina Bursa said the pilot of the Airbus 320 “decided to make a landing because a need emerged during the flight to check one of the systems.” She also said that security protocols in such situations require landing at the nearest airport.

She further confirmed that the experts were checking a system that controls air conditioning and other things in the aircraft.

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What: OLT Express Airbus A320-200 en route from Warsaw to Hurghada
Where: Sofia
When: May 17, 2012
Who: 147 passengers and 8 crew
Why: While en route, cabin lost pressure. The crew descended to save levels and diverted to Sophia.

On descent, pilots reported a fire in the cabin. A hot oxygen generation unit set carpeting on fire. Fire extinguishers on board were used.

Passengers disembarked without injury via slides.

OLT Express is a new Polish airline whose first official flight was publicly touted as April 1, 2012. OLT was formerly LOT and also YES Airways, and is currently running under the ownership of Amber Gold Group.

Looks like they need to work on their maintenance.

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