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What: JetBlue Embraer 190 en route from Charlotte, N.C., to Boston
Where: Boston
When: Nov 17, 2010, 9 a.m.
Who: 25 passengers
Why: While en route, the plane developed a problem with the flaps. After declaring an emergency, the pilot made it safely to Logan, landing without flaps.
* Note the photo of this plane in Boston last year.
What: Iowa State Patrol en route from Sioux City to Atlantic
Where: Denison airport
When: Mar 6 2012
Who: Pilot Trooper Scott Pigsley
Why: Scott Pigsley was returning from searching for a woman when his plane struck geese. At the time, he knew something had happened, but wasn’t sure what it was until after he landed and saw the damage to the single engine Cessna he was flying. The goose or geese left dents on the wings, a broken wheel cover and blood on the Cessna, but the problems Pigsley had encountered involved the engine.
Read more: http://www.kcci.com/news/30621488/detail.html#ixzz1oRKeY6S8
The missing woman had already been found.
Pictured: An Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737-86R
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What: ETHIOPIAN Airlines Boeing 757-200 en route from Bamako Mali to Addis Ababa
Where: Ndjamena Chad
When: Jan 29, 2010
Who: 150 passengers
Why: After circling N’Djamena for an hour and dumping fuel, the plane made an emergency landing in Chad on Thursday. The emergency was attributed to a radar problem. Earlier the same plane had electrical problems on an earlier leg of the flight.
Why does this sound to me like an accident waiting to happen? Maintenance! Please!! Let us not have more bad news!
A Spirit Airlines flight made an emergency landing at Palm Beach International Airport, Florida, on December 27th.
The crew declared an emergency after smoke was noticed in the cockpit.
The plane landed safely. Everyone aboard remained unharmed.
It is believed that the plane was flying from Atlantic City International Airport, New Jersey.
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What: Northwest Airlines Airbus A330-300 en route from Rome Fiumicino Italy to Atlanta,GA
Where: Shannon, Ireland/Cincinnati/ Northern Kentucky
When: Jun 12th 2009
Who: 285 people on board
Why: En route, smoke developed in the cabin supposedly from the galley. On landing, Shannon fire services sprayed the right hand main gear. Passengers debarked and re-embarked. The flight reached Atlanta but after circling, weather-caused traffic congestion in Atlanta forced the flight to land in Cincinnati.
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What: Cargolux Boeing 747-400 freighter, registration LX-GCV en route from Nairobi (Kenya) to Maastricht (Netherlands)
Where: runway 21 Maastricht (Netherlands)
When: Mar 17th 2009
Why: After landing, the plane turned, the nose gear went off the pavement and got stuck in the grass. Not the most dignified incident we recorded but hey, it’s a joy to write about something where nobody died
Andes Lineas Aereas flight OY-855 had to divert and make an emergency landing at Tucuman Airport, Argentina, on March 7th.
The plane heading from San Salvador de Jujuy to Buenos Aires, Argentina, was diverted after the crew needed to shut down one of the engines.
The plane landed safely. All one hundred and forty-four people aboard remained unharmed.