Arkia flight IZ-821 had to return and make an emergency landing at Ben Gurion Airport, Israel, on November 17th.

The plane took off for Eilat, Israel, but had to turn back due to an issue with the brakes.

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

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The Boeing 737-800 plane took off for Amsterdam, Netherlands, but had to turn back due to an issue with the landing gear.

The plane landed back safely. All one hundred and ninety people aboard remained unharmed.

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It is believed that the crew had commenced takeoff for Nice, France, without clearance and the tower instructed them to stop.

The plane slowed down safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.

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The Airbus A320-200 plane was flying from Vienna, Austria, when it hit turbulence that injured five people.

The plane continued for a safe landing.

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The Airbus A320-200 plane took off for Riga, Latvia, but had to turn back due to an engine problem.

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

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The Airbus A321-200 plane took off for Nuremberg, Germany, but had to turn back after the crew noticed smoke on board.

The plane landed safely. All eighty-nine passengers remained unharmed.

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The Boeing 737-900 plane took off for Vienna, Austria, but had to turn back after smoke was noticed in a galley.

The plane landed safely. All one hundred and thirty people aboard remained unharmed.

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The Airbus A321-200 plane took off for Frankfurt, Germany, but had to turn back due to an engine failure.

The plane landed back safely. All one hundred and sixty people aboard remained unharmed.

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The Boeing 747-400 plane took off for Newark, New Jersey, but had to turn back after the crew was informed that tire debris had been found on the departure runway in Tel Aviv.

The plane landed back safely. Everyone aboard remained unharmed.

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The plane had just departed for Kiev, Ukraine, when the crew received information that tire debris was found on the runway and decided to return.

The plane landed uneventfully. There were 182 people aboard at the time; all of them remained safe.

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The Embraer ERJ-170 was en-route from Cairo, Egypt, when upon entering Israeli Airspace, it lost communication due to a radio failure, prompting Israeli Authorities to intercept the plane.

The plane landed safely after gaining its frequency back.

All passengers onboard remained unharmed.

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The passenger plane was en-route from Krakow, Poland, to Ovda airport, Israel, when two fighter planes, engaged in the training exercises, came “dangerously close”. The Ryanair pilots changed the course at the last minute to avert the crash.

The flight FR-2616 was carrying 162 passengers at the time.

The airline confirmed the incident but said that “These military aircraft were at all times over 3 miles away from the Ryanair aircraft, so the reports of a ‘nearly crash’ or ‘evasive manoeuvres’ are all false and invented. All passengers on board the Ryanair aircraft noticed nothing, since our aircraft never diverted from its cleared flight path to Ovda.”

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According to the airline, the Airbus A320 was en-route from Dubai to Amman, Jordan when it was diverted due to poor weather conditions.

The plane landed uneventfully. Everyone aboard remained unhurt.

Authorities said the plane resumed its journey shortly afterwards after refueling.

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The ATR-72-212A plane, heading from Eilat to Sde Dov Airport, Tel Aviv, was diverted after the crew noticed a gear problem.

The plane landed safely.

None of the 72 people aboard were harmed.

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An Aegean Airlines plane made an emergency landing at Ben Gurion airport in Tel Aviv, Israel, on the night of June 21.

The plane, en-route from Athens, Greece to Amman, Jordan, declared emergency after the crew reported smoke coming out of cargo hold.

The plane landed uneventfully. All 60 passengers remained safe.

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The ATR plane took off from Sde Dov airport in north Tel Aviv and was en-route to Eilat when one of its engines failed. The pilot reported the situation to ATC and requested at emergency landing.

The plane, carrying around 80 passengers, landed safely. No one was hurt.

A replacement aircraft was arranged for the passengers.

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Arkia Israel Airlines flight IZ-803 had to make an emergency landing at Ben Gurion Airport, Israel, on April 26.

The Embraer ERJ-195 jet was heading from Sde Dov Airport in Tel Aviv, to Eilat when the pilot reported a bird strike and sought permission for an emergency landing.

The plane landed safely around 10 minutes after it took off.

Everyone aboard remained unhurt.

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Authorities said tire shreds were found on the runway after the plane took off for Prague, Czech Republic. The pilot was then informed about the situation and was asked to turn back.

The plane landed uneventfully and none of the 181 passengers and crew members was harmed.

The airline said in a statement, “El Al sees flight safety as an utmost priority and does not compromise on the matter.”

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The plane crashed and caught fire at the airstrip while the pilot was attempting an emergency landing.

The pilot and his only passenger were killed in the crash.

Authorities believe that dense fog might have caused the accident.

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The Boeing 767 was diverted after one of its engines failed.

The plane landed uneventfully and all 194 people aboard remained safe. The passengers were transferred to an alternate aircraft which took them to their destination.

“We consider flight safety as the highest value,” said an El Al representative. The airline also said that the incident will be investigated.

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A Delta Airlines Boeing 747 en route from Tel Aviv to New York with 370 passengers and 17 crew could not retract the flaps on takeoff.

The plane went into a holding pattern, dumped fuel and returned to land in Tel Aviv at 2:00 a.m. after circling for two hours.

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There was no fire found in the turboprop engine, but Akia Airlines began an investigation, and seems to have discovered a faulty indicator.

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45 ambulances and 17 mobile units were on the scene of the emergency landing.

The origin of the smoke turned out to be an oven in the aft galley.

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What: Golden Wings Piper PA-32-260 Cherokee Six
Where: Haifa Israel
When: April 14, 2011
Who: 4 fatalities
Why: On a training flight, the Piper developed unspecified engine problems, so that the pilot requested an emergency landing on the Air Force Technical School landing strip.

On return to the airport, the pilot attempted an emergency landing but brushed treetops on approach, and crashed. A flight instructor 65-year-old f David Bechor, and three students including Mustafa Amin Darawsheh and Moshe Bensel were killed in the crash.

Witnesses say the plane “dropped like a stone…a loud blast…explosion and black smoke”

When the rescue teams arrived, the plane was engulfed.

Yitzhak Raz is heading the inquiry.

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