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What: Flybe Dash 8-400 en route from London to Isle of Man
Where: Manchester
When: Dec 16th 2009
Who: 45 passengers
Why: While en route, the plane received a smoke alert, and diverted to Manchester, where they made a safe landing.
Passengers were provided hotel accommodations when the rest of the flight was cancelled.
Norwegian Air International flight D8-1608 made an emergency landing in Edinburgh, Scotland, on February 28th.
The plane took off for Windsor Locks, Connecticut, but had to return shortly afterwards due to a lightning strike.
The plane landed back safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
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What: Air Europa Boeing 737-800 Tallinn to Tenerife
Where: Santiago de Compostela
When: Mar 15th 2012
Why: While en route, the Boeing developed undisclosed technical problems.
Pilots diverted to Santiago and made a safe landing.
Whatever the problem was, it filled the back of the plane with smoke, and made a “roaring” sound as passengers disembarked in Santiago.
A replacement jet was provided for the passengers.
THY Turkish Airlines flight TK-6309 had to divert and make an emergency landing at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Amsterdam, Netherlands, on May 11th.
The Airbus A330-200 flying from Istanbul, Turkey, to Billund, Denmark, had to divert due to hydraulic failure.
The plane landed safely.
No injuries were reported.
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What: TAF Linhas Aereas Boeing 727-20 en route from Sao Paulo to Manaus Brazil
Where: Parintins
When: Dec 17th 2009
Who: crew
Why: After several attempts at landing in stormy, rainy windy conditions at the Manaus airport (including flying through tree branches and damaging the leading edge of the right wing, the flight diverted 200 miles east to Parintins where it made a safe landing.
What: JetBlue A320 Airbus en route from Orlando to Bogota Colombia
Where: Norman Manley International Airport Kingston
When: Feb 3 2011 8:10 p.m
Who: 149 passengers
Why: While en route, the plane’s systems indicated smoke in the cabin. The pilot diverted to Kingston where they made a safe landing. The flight was inspected on landing, and no smoke was found.
Arrangements were being made to fly the passengers to Colombia.
However, the Airbus problem was an “erroneous reading.” The plane left Jamaica shortly after midnight.
What: Schempp-Hirth Nimbus 3
Where: Portmoak Airport
When: Sept 4, 2012
Who: 1 pilot
Why: An experienced pilot in his forties in his Winch-launched Glider crashed in UK taking off from the Scottish Gliding Centre, Portmoak Airport. The winch runs on a cable that generate speed so the glider can lift off but it was barely off the ground when it plunged into a farm field in Forfar, Angus. The emergency call came at 1:30pm.
The crash is under investigation.