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What: jet2.com Boeing 737-300 en route from Manchester to Budapest
Where: Budapest
When: Mar 22nd 2012
Who: 127 passengers
Why: By the approach to Budapest, the flight had developed a hydraulic leak.

Pilots made a fast landing on hot brakes with emergency services and maintenance on standby to deal with the hydraulic fluid on the runway.

Passengers disembarked on to the runway and were ported to the terminal.

Before the plane was towed, the brakes were examined.

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What: Monarch Airlines Airbus A321-200 en route from Birmingham to Tenerife
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