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What: Kish Air Fokker 100 en route from Bandar Mahshahr to Tehran
Where: Bandar Mahshahr
When: Aug 5th 2009
Who: undisclosed number of passengers
Why: On takeoff, the plane had tire damage. Pilots decided to land for repairs, but they turned out to be too extensive for the flight to continue.
Transavia flight HV-6331 had to return and make an emergency landing in Amsterdam, Netherlands, on February 1st.
The Boeing 737-700 plane took off for Valencia, Spain, but had to turn back after the crew reported navigation system problems.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
Four people aboard a privately owned Fuji Fa-200-160 made a crash landing in a field near Ozaki, Yachiuo city, Japan.
The pilot made the emergency landing because the engine quit.
There were no fatalities, and only the co-pilot, who suffered a facial injury sustained any injury.
The plane had taken off from and was returning to Otone airfield, Ibaraki, JAPAN.
The Fuji is a single engine piston plane built by Fuji Heavy Industries, Ltd. of Japan.
* Asahi Shimbun
Air New Zealand flight NZ-281 made an emergency landing in Singapore, on June 15th.
The Boeing 787-900 plane took off for Auckland, New Zealand, but had to turn back due to an engine oil problem.
The plane landed back safely. All two hundred and two passengers aboard remained unharmed.
Tajik Air flight 7J-646 had to return and make an emergency landing at Moscow Domodedovo Airport, Russia, on July 2nd.
The Boeing 737-300 plane took off for Khujand, Tajikistan, but had to turn back due to issues with the cabin pressure.
The plane landed back safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
Air France flight AF-457 made an emergency landing in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on December 10th.
The Boeing 777-300 plane took off for Charles de Gaulle Airport, France, but had to turn back due to issues with the speed indicators, autopilot and auto thrust.
The plane landed back safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
China Southern Airlines flight CZ303 was forced to divert and make an emergency landing at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Netherlands, on the afternoon of August 3.
The Boeing Dreamliner, heading from Guangzhou, China, to Heathrow Airport, London, had to be diverted after it ran out of fuel mid-air.
The plane, with a capacity of boarding 335 passengers, landed uneventfully.
No injuries were reported.