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What: Pegasus Airlines Boeing 737-800, registration TC-ASP performing flight PC-223 from Ercan Cyprus to Adana Turkey
Where: Ercan
When: Dec 9th 2011 11:05
Who: 75 passengers and 6 crew
Why: Just ten minutes out of Ercan, over the Five Finger Mountains, the plane was struck by lightning.

Consequently, several systems malfunctioned. Pilots returned to Ercan State Airport and made a safe landing. Passengers were provided alternative flights.

Many regions in cyprus have been subjected to torrential rain and thunder.

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What: United Airlines Boeing 767 Flight 923 London to Washington, D.C.
Where: Bangor International Airport
When: 4/01/09, 10:00 am
Who: 178 passengers and 11 crew members
Why: Pilots said there was smoke in the cockpit and that one of the plane’s two engines failed. They landed safely at Bangor International Airport, Maine.

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Delta Airlines Flight Diverts to Chattanooga due to Cargo Smoke Indication

Delta Airlines flight DL-2826 made an emergency landing in Chattanooga, Tennessee, on July 17th.

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United Airlines: Turbulence injures Passengers


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What: United Airlines Boeing 747-400 Tokyo to Washington
Where: Alaska
When: Feb 19 3:45
Who: 245 passengers, Eighteen people injured (227 passengers 18 crew)
Why: While en route, the plane encountered turbulence. Several people were injured. The figure was originally released as 20 injuries and later rounded down to 18. One person suffered a broken leg.

A passenger was quoted saying that the plane…” jolted vehemently over Alaska twice or so about seven hours before its arrival. Many passengers were tossed from their seats, bumping into the ceiling.”

After encountering turbulence over Alaska, the flight continued on to land at Narita.

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London-Bound Kuwait Airways Flight Made Emergency Landing at Brussels

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The aircraft was taken for examination.

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China Southern 737 Loses Air Pressure

What: China Southern Boeing 737-300 en route from Kunming to Zhengzhou
Where: en route
When: Jul 17th 2010
Who: 130 passengers
Why: After takeoff and reaching cruise level, cabin pressure was lost. Oxygen masks were deployed, and the flight returned to Kunming where it made a safe landing. Twenty passengers were hospitalized with ear pain.

A replacement flight was provided six hours later.

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AA Flight 1225 Makes Emergency Landing at Abilene

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The Engineers were investigating the possible causes of low pressure.

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