Malindo Air flight OD-132 had to divert and make an emergency landing in Delhi, India, on June 25th.
The Boeing 737-900 plane heading from Lahore, Pakistan, to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, was diverted after the crew needed to shut down one of the engines.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
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Contact photographer Yan David
What: Air France Airbus A330 en route from Rio to Paris
Where: Casablanca
When: October 16, 2012
Who: 201 passengers, 12 crew
Why: After taking of from Rio on Thursday, one of the Airbus330-200 engines was damaged.
Pilots diverted to Casablanca where they made a safe landing.
No injuries were reported.
A replacement jet was provided.
The diversion was no doubt a white-knuckled flight, as the Airbus A330 is the same model as the one that killed 216 in 2007 when pilots became confused with incorrect speed readings likely caused by obstruction of the pitot tubes and flew the plane at the incorrect angle, causing it to lose altitude and crash.
American Airlines flight AA-1965 had to return and make an emergency landing in Charlotte, North Carolina, on January 31st.
The Airbus A330-200 plane took off for Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, but had to turn back after an electrical odor was noticed on-board.
The plane landed uneventfully.
There were one hundred and eighty-three passengers and ten crew members aboard at the time. Authorities said all crew members were examined by medical teams at the airport, one crew member was subsequently taken to hospital.
Air China flight CA-840 made an emergency landing in Minsk, Belarus, on June 19th.
The Airbus A330-200 plane heading from Barcelona, Spain, to Shanghai, China, was diverted after the crew suspected a fuel leak.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
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Contact photographer Pieter-Jan Van De Vijver
What: Brussels Airlines Airbus A330-300 en route from Banjul (Gambia) to Brussels
Where: Dakar
When: Jan 18th 2012
Who: 240 passengers
Why: While en route, the plane developed engine problems. There’s no indication if the engine was shut down, but the flight diverted to Dakar where it made a save landing. The passengers were provided accommodations until another plane was sent to take them from Dakar to Brussels.
What: UTair Boeing 757 en route from Bangkok to Novosibirsk
Where: en route
Who: 1 fatality
Why: While en route, one of the crew became ill, and the pilot intended to land in Chengdu. However, three things occurred: reserve pilot Sergei Golev, 44, had a heart attack. A cardiologist who was a passenger tried to revive him. Golev died before landing in Chendu. The pilot continued on to Novosibirsk.
Golev was the reserve pilot aboard in case the pilot or first officer became ill.
On the Jan 20th, a UTAir AN26 diverted to Novosibirsk (Noyabrsk) with engine trouble.