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What: Amakusa Airlines de Havilland Dash 8-100 en route from Amakusa to Fukuoka
Where: Amakusa Japan
When: Nov 3rd 2009
Who: not available
Why: While en route not long after take-off, indicators revealed a rudder problem. Within a quarter hour of leaving, the flight returned to the airport. Landing and debarking was without incident.
American Airlines flight 564 made an emergency landing at Los Angeles International Airport, California, on February 11th.
Authorities said the plane, heading from San Jose, California, to Phoenix, Arizona, was diverted due to a mechanical issue.
The plane, carrying 125 passengers and 5 crew members, landed uneventfully.
Eight people, including seven passengers and one crew member, reported respiratory irritation and were evaluated by paramedics. Authorities said one of them was later taken to hospital.
Virgin Atlantic flight VS-22 had to return and make an emergency landing at Washington Dulles International Airport, Virginia, on November 28.
The Airbus A330-300, en-route to London, UK, had to return after its left side engine ingested a bird.
The plane landed safely.
No one was injured.
Delta Airlines flight DL-276 had to return and make an emergency landing at Narita International Airport, Japan, on June 7th.
The Boeing 747-400 plane took off for Detroit, Michigan, but had to turn back after the crew reported an engine problem.
The plane landed back safely. There were three hundred and ten passengers and seventeen crew members aboard at the time; all of them remained unharmed.
Southwest Airlines flight WN-4454 made an emergency landing in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on December 9th.
The Boeing 737-700 plane heading from Lubbock, Texas, to Las Vegas, Nevada, was diverted due to a lavatory smoke indication.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
Sun Express flight XQ-13 had to divert and make an emergency landing at Cologne Bonn Airport, Germany, on June 30th.
The Boeing 737-800 flying from Dusseldorf, Germany, to Antalya, Turkey, had to divert due to an engine problem.
The plane landed safely.
All 167 passengers aboard remained safe.
Fedex Federal Express flight FX-130 had to return and make an emergency landing in Memphis, Tennessee, on March 28th.
The plane took off for Montréal–Mirabel International Airport, Canada, but had to turn back after the crew reported an issue with the landing gear.
The plane landed safely. Everyone aboard remained unharmed.
