What: Continental Airlines 737 en route from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to Baltimore.
Where: Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport
When: 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct 17, 2009
Who: 120 passengers and crew
Why: While en route, the windshield developed a crack, so the flight made an emergency landing at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport. Passengers debarked and boarded a flight to Jacksonville, Fla
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Thirty minutes outside of Asahikawa, the plane instigated a EGPWS terrain warning which directed the crew to climb. The pull-up alarm alerts 20-30 seconds prior to projected ground impact.
The minimum safe altitude warning was triggered because over 2,197-meter Mt Pippu in Hokkaido. The plane corrected its height from (up to as close as) 220 meters above the peak to a greater clearance and made a safe landing thirty minutes later.
The Japan Transport Safety Board is investigating the incident.
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Contact photographerWhat: Malaysia Airlines Airbus A330-300 en route from Delhi to Kuala Lumpur
Where: Delhi-Indira Gandhi International Airport
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The plane landed safely.
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Pakistan International Airlines flight PK758 had to make an emergency landing at Allama Iqbal International Airport in Lahore, Pakistan, on December 30.The flight, en-route from London, United Kingdom, declared emergency after its landing gear became jammed.
The plane landed with only minor damage. None of the passengers and crew members was hurt.
Airport operations were temporarily suspended following the incident.
