Pictured: A Horizon Air De Havilland Canada DHC-8-402Q Dash 8
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Contact photographer Phil Hyde
What: Alaska/Horizon Air de Havilland Dash 8-400 en route from Portland to Seattle
Where: Portland
When: Jan 9th 2010
Who: 3 aboard
Why: Twenty minutes after smoke was reported in the cockpit, the plane returned to Portland where it made a safe landing. The plane was taken out of commission, and passengers provided alternative transport.
Ebola scare prompted an American Airlines flight to make an unscheduled landing at Tulsa International airport, Oklahoma, on October 18.
The flight was on its way from Hartford, Connecticut to Dallas, Texas, when a passenger became sick midair. The plane was then diverted to Tulsa where fire and HAZMAT response teams were put on alert. According to Bennie E. Herring, Tulsa Fire Department battalion chief, “We had a conversation, we believe, between the pilots and the tower, and somewhere in that conversation the word Ebola was said, or Ebola like symptoms.”
The plane landed safely. The emergency crews asked the passengers to wait while they ruled out Ebola and determined that the passenger’s illness was due to complications from a previous surgery.
The flight later resumed its journey.
Pictured: A Garuda Indonesia Airbus A330-341
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Contact photographer Sarmad Al-Khozaie
What: Garuda Indonesia Boeing 737-500 en route from Jakarta to Banda Aceh
Where: Soekarno-Hatta International Airport
When: October 30, 2009
Who: 49 passengers
Why: When the plane’s inner left wheel fell off at 500 feet, the plane returned to the airport. After the safe albeit wobbly landing, passengers debarked and boarded an alternative flight. Apparently the tire fell in an open area.
Swift Air flight WQ-933 had to divert and make an emergency landing at Miami International Airport, Florida, on July 7th.
The Boeing 737-300 flying from Montego Bay, Jamaica, to Cleveland, Ohio, had to divert due to smoke indication in its cargo hold.
The plane landed safely.
All 155 people aboard remained safe.
Copa Airlines flight CM-358 had to return and make an emergency landing in Panama City, Panama, on January 31st.
The Boeing 737-800 plane took off for Guatemala City, Guatemala, but had to turn back after a bird strike caused engine issues.
The plane landed back safely. All one hundred and fifty-one people aboard remained unharmed.
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Contact photographer Royal S King
What: Hawaiian Airlines Boeing 767-300 en route from Pago Pago American Samoa to Honolulu,HI
Where: Pago Pago
When: Dec 2nd 2010
Who: 173 passengers 12 crew
Why: While en route, the flight encountered unanticipated turbulence. The sky was clear but storms were reported in the area.
Three flight attendants and one passenger were injured; one flight attendant broke her leg.
The flight continued to Honolulu and made an uneventful landing.
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Contact photographer Nino Buda-CYYZ Aviation Photography
What: Continental Airlines/Colgan Air de Havilland Dash 8-400 en route from Newark to Washington DC
Where: Washington
When: May 16th 2011
Who: Flight attendant
Why: While en route, the plane encountered turbulence in which a flight attendant experienced injury. The plane did not divert, but continued to make a safe landing.
Paramedics dealt with the flight attendant’s injuries
