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What: Boeing 787 Dreamliner test flight
Where: Laredo, Texas
When: Nov 9, 2010 at 2:54 pm
Who: 42 person crew on board
Why: Boeing is performing flight tests with Rolls-Royce and with General Electric engines.

During the test flight, the pilots made an emergency landing. This was sue to smoke in the cabin attributed to electrical problems in the aft electronics bay; and this disabled the primary flight displays in the cockpit.

The crew disembarked via slides on to the runway with one injury.
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SunExpress Emergency Landing


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Where: Dusseldorf
When: Oct 28th 2011
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American Airlines Emergency Landing in Phoenix


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What: American Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-83 en route from San Diego CA to Chicago
Where: Phoenix
When: Feb 9th 2010
Why: While en route, on board indicators detected a hydraulic leak. The flight diverted to Phoenix AZ where it made a safe landing. Passengers were provided alternative flights.

Another American Airlines maintenance issue?

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American Eagle Emergency Landing in Chicago

What: American Eagle Embraer EMB-145LR en route from Chicago to Tulsa
Where: Chicago
When: May 31, 2012
Who: 31 aboard
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The same plane had just made a prior emergency landing at O’Hare.


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Terrorist or Mentally Ill?

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Where: en route
When: May 9th 2010
Why: While en route, a passenger began kicking a cabin window and broke through one pane and attempted to open the emergency exit before he was subdued. He had tried to bring a knife aboard but was confiscated at the gate. After attacking the plane, security took him into custody and escorted him to the back of the plane.

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