The plane took off for Milan–Malpensa Airport, Italy, but had to turn back due to a bird strike.

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

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The incident happened when the plane flying from Vienna, Austria, was on approach to Riga.

The plane continued for a safe landing. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.

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The plane took off for Warsaw, Poland, but had to turn back due to a brakes overheat indication.

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

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The plane took off for Baku, Azerbaijan, but had to turn back after the crew needed to shut down one of the engines.

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

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The plane took off for Helsinki, Finland, but had to turn back due to a technical fault.

The plane landed back safely. All twenty-eight passengers and four crew members remained unharmed.

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The plane took off for Kiev, Ukraine, but had to turn back due to an oil pressure indication problem.

The plane landed safely. Everyone aboard remained unharmed.

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The plane was flying from Copenhagen, Denmark, when the crew reported a gear indication and performed a go-around to work checklists.

The plane subsequently continued for a safely landing. All 64 passengers and 4 crew members remained unharmed.

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The Boeing 737-800, en-route to Charleroi, Belgium, had to return due to suspected fuel leakage in one of its engine.

The plane landed safely.

All 176 passengers and 6 crew members aboard remained unhurt.

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The plane, en-route from Helsinki Airport, Finland to Adnan Menderes Airport, Turkey, had to divert after the cabin lost pressure and oxygen masks deployed.

The Boeing 737 plane landed safely.

No one was hurt.

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What: Air Baltic de Havilland Dash 8-400 en route from Riga Latvia to Brussels
Where: Riga
When: Nov 29th 2010
Who: 73 passengers and 4 crew
Why: Before takeoff, the flight was delayed due reportedly to overweight baggage. Then en route, the Dash 8 developed cabin pressure problems. The flight circled for an hour to burn fuel, then the flight returned to Riga to make a safe landing. Passengers were provided ( 1.50 lats, about $2.78 US) meal vouchers and provided a replacement jet. Krišj?nis Kari?š and Sandra Kalniete (European Parliament members) were aboard the flight.

* A lat is equal to 1.85259 dollars.

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