What: Delta Airlines Boeing 747-400 en route from Manila to Nagoya Where: Manila When: Dec 19th 2010 Who: 300+ passengers and crew Why: After taking off for Detroit, the plane developed technical problems and the pilot returned to Manila where it made a safe landing with airport’s medical and Fire and Rescue teams on standby.
After being in the air less than an hour, the pilot returned to land at Ninoy Aquino International Airport.
There were no injuries, but passengers complained of waiting long hours for travel solutions to being stranded. The exact nature of the technical problem of the plane was not released.
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United Airlines flight UA-1165 had to make an emergency landing in Allentown, Pennsylvania, on February 27th.
The Boeing 757-200 plane heading from Newark, New Jersey, to Los Angeles, California, was diverted due to a smell of smoke in the cabin, which appeared to be originating from a lavatory.
The plane landed safely. Everyone aboard remained unharmed.
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An AirAsia Zest flight had to return and make an emergency landing in Manila, Philippines, at 8:38 p.m. on August 9.
The incident happened after the plane’s engine number 2 encountered “engine bleed” while cruising over Guangzhou, China. Shortly after the operational engineering bulletin procedures were done, the plane’s engine number 1 also failed.
The pilots, Capt. Allan Roque and First Officer Dennis Surficial made a preemptive descent and contacted the air traffic controller for making an emergency landing back at Manila. The cabin pressure continued to rise and the oxygen masks deployed automatically.
The A320 aircraft safely landed at Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA). All the passengers and crew members remained unhurt.
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Click to view full size photo at Airliners.net Contact photographer Snorre – VAP What: Orenburg Airlines Boeing 737-400, registration VP-BGQ en route from Volgograd (Russia) to Sharm el Sheikh (Egypt) Where: emergency landing at Domodedovo Airport When: Thursday, Feb 26th 2009 Who: with 142 passengers, 7 crew Why: On takeoff, the plane hit a runway edge light with its inner left main gear tire which resulted in destruction of the inner tire and hydraulics. The flight spent two hours burning fuel and eventually landed at Volgograd.
United Airlines flight UA-2 made an emergency landing at Narita International Airport, Japan, on November 28th.
The Boeing 787-900 plane was heading from Singapore to San Francisco, California, when it encountered turbulence twice, causing injuries to two crew members.
The crew subsequent diverted to Narita International Airport.
The plane landed safely. The injured were taken to a hospital.
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What: Aires Boeing 737-700 en route from Bogota to San Andrés Island Colombia Where: Gustavo Rojas Pinilla International Airport on the Colombian island of San Andres When: August 15 2010, 2:15 a.m. Who: 131 aboard, 6 crew, 4 minors, 121 adult passengers Why: Prior to touchdown, the plane was struck by lightning (11 strikes recorded within 6 miles of the runway within a five-minute span of the crash); the plane impacted 80 meters shy of the runway. The impact scattered pieces of the plane, and it broke at the midsection into three main parts. When help arrived, passengers were already strewn about the area. Praise Boeing for no actual fatalities.
The injured are being treated at “Amor de Patria Hospital” and “Villarreal Clinic” on San Andrés Island, with the most injured being ported to Bogata via air ambulance.
After the crash-landing, Mrs. Amar Fernández died of a heart attack en route to the hospital. She was 73. 66 were reported injured, five of them seriously, 35 hospitalized. Alejandro Colmenares Rua (18 months), Yiseth Rua Rojas (23), Catherine Rua Rojas (27), Jacqueline Rua Rojas(23), María Alejandra Ballesteros (21) and Andrés Cagua Calderón (33) were unhurt.
A room has also been opened for relatives at the Sheraton Hotel in Bogota. Aires published a release regretting what has happened. They are working with Aerocivil to serve the passengers and their families. They have provided a care line number: 018000-949490
Relatives of the occupants may contact the Hotel Habitel where they will receive all Aires information.
Flights at Gustavo Rojas Pinilla are suspended. Civil Aeronautics, the Navy, the Colombian Air Force, National Police, Red Cross, the company Aires and other institutions of the Regional Committee for Disaster Prevention and Response have responded.
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United Airlines flight UA-1165 had to make an emergency landing in Allentown, Pennsylvania, on February 27th.
Qantas flight QF-64 had to divert and make an emergency landing in Perth, Australia, on October 6th.
