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What: United Airlines Boeing 777-200 en route from Washington Dulles to Munich
Where: Munich
When: Dec 16th
Who: not available
Why: After a normal flight, the UA flight burst a nose gear hydraulics line on touch down on arrival to Munich. The plane was towed to the gate, taken to maintenance and the return flight was cancelled.
United Airlines flight 519 had make an emergency landing at McCarran International Airport, Las Vegas, Nevada, on October 9.
The Airbus A320 was flying from O’Hare International Airport, Chicago, when the crew declared emergency due to possible braking and steering issue.
The plane landed uneventfully.
All 157 passengers aboard remained unhurt.
Pictured: A Japan Airlines – JAL (J-Air) Canadair CL-600-2B19 Regional Jet CRJ-200ER
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Contact photographer Alastair T. Gardiner
What: JAL Japan Airlines/ J-Air Canadair CRJ-200 en route from from Osaka Itami to Yamagata Japan
Where: Nagoya
When: Nov 23rd 2009
Who: 17 on board
Why: While en route, the plane’s generator began running too hot. The flight diverted to Nagoya where they made a safe landing. The cause of the problem appeared to be a faulty cable.
Passengers transferred to alternative flights.
Qatar Airways flight QR-180 had to divert and make a safe emergency landing at Bucharest Henri Coanda International Airport, Bucharest, Romania, on July 9th.
The Boeing 787-800, en-route from Oslo, Norway, to Doha, Qatar, was mid-air above Romania when the crew needed to shut one of its engines down, prompting the plane to divert.
The plane landed safely. All 254 people onboard remained unharmed.
The passengers were accommodated in a replacement plane.
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What: China Airlines Boeing 747-400 en route from Taipei Taiwan to Shanghai
Where: Hangzhou
When: May 1 2010
Who: Lin, 58 yr old male passenger
Why: While en route, the passenger told someone he had explosives in his luggage. Consequently, the flight diverted to Hangzhou where it made a safe landing–without blowing up. The passenger denied there were explosives (it was a joke.) He was taken into custody, and the flight continued to Shanghai without him, arriving nearly 6 hours late.
Pictured: One of Shaheen Air’s 12 Boeing 737s
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What: Shaheen Airlines Boeing 737-200 en route to Karachi
Where: Benazir Bhutto Shaheed International Airport
When: Saturday
Who: not available
Why: A bird strike right after take-off caused the pilots to request an emergency landing. No one was injured, and the flight took off after a delay of four hours.
The ten test flights Boeing is being allowed to schedule will be designed to provide more data for inspectors who are still investigating the failed 787 batteries. The NTSB is planning to release a report around March 7.
First there was a flight to move a 787 from Texas to Washington State, then the Federal Aviation Administration said it would permit the test flights, if flown under stringent rules, in order to to monitor the batteries in while in use.
The NTSB determined after an exhaustive examination of the JAL lithium-ion battery that the majority of evidence from the flight data recorder and both thermal and mechanical damage pointed to an initiating event in a single cell, out of eight. That cell showed multiple signs of short circuiting, leading to the thermal runaway condition, which then cascaded to other cells. The temperature inside the battery case exceeded 500 degrees Fahrenheit, charring the battery components.
Currently the assumption is that the potential causes of the initial short circuit include battery charging, battery construction and design, and manufacturing defects.
