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Contact photographer Mark Kryst
What: Flair Airlines Boeing 737-400 en route from Stephenville to St. John’s
Where: St. Johns
When: Dec 15th 2009
Who: not available
Why: While on approach, the flight developed a flaps problem and performed a go around. The crew landed the plane safely a quarter of an hour later with no complications.
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Contact photographer John Olafson
What: Air Canada Jazz de Havilland Dash 8-300 en route from Calgary to Edmonton
Where: Calgary
When: Jan 23rd 2010
Who: 17 on board
Why: After takeoff, the oil pressure began to indicate instability. When oil pressure began dropping, the crew decided to return to Calgary where they made a safe landing over what ultimately was a loose cap requiring about six liters to be replaced.
Maintenance, maintenance, maintenance!
A deceptively. It’s rarely such simple carelessness– there might be a gasket somewhere needing replacement we never hear about.
Reminds me of that old homily, “For lack of a nail, the kingdom was lost.”
Fortunately, we didn’t lose the kingdom this time because someone did their job.
Condor Air flight DE-2064 had to divert and make an emergency landing at Sondrestrom Air Base, Greenland, on July 20th.
The Boeing 767-300 flying from Frankfurt, Germany, to Las Vegas, Nevada, had to divert due to smoke in its cabin.
The plane landed safely.
No one was injured.
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Contact photographer Alejandro Torres
What: Air France Boeing 777-200 en route from Paris to New York
Where: Iceland
When: Monday Jan 17, 2010
Who: 232 passengers
Why: While en route, the pilot became sick and the flight was diverted to Iceland. The first officer landed the plane safely at Keflavik Airport. The captain was hospitalized.
WestJet flight WS-4 made an emergency landing at Kangerlussuaq Airport, Greenland, on October 18th.
The Boeing 767-300 plane heading from Gatwick Airport, England, to Toronto, Canada, was diverted after the crew noticed a failure in the avionics bay cooling system.
The plane landed safely. Everyone aboard remained unharmed.
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Contact photographer Konstantin von Wedelstaedt
What: Lufthansa Airbus A319-100 en route from Frankfurt to Erbil
Where: Nuremberg
When: May 15th 2012
Why: After taking off from Frankfort, the plane was struck by lightning.
There was a storm front around Nuremberg. The plane remained on the ground; and a replacement jet took passengers to Erbil.
Delta Airlines flight DL-1490 had to divert and make an emergency landing at Eppley Airfield, Omaha, Nebraska, on September 28.
The Boeing 737-800, en-route to Las Vegas, Nevada, from Detroit, Michigan, had to be landed in emergency due to a fire in a lavatory.
The plane landed uneventfully.
All 161 people aboard remained safe.
