LOT Polish Airlines flight LO-3825 had to return and make an emergency landing in Warsaw, Poland, on August 20th.
The plane took off for Gdansk, Poland, but had to turn back due to an issue with the landing gear.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
KLM flight KL-1779 had to return and make an emergency landing in Amsterdam, Netherlands, on August 27th.
The plane took off for Hamburg, Germany, but had to turn back due to a navigation computer failure.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
Philippine Airlines flight PR-103 had to return and make an emergency landing in Los Angeles, California, on December 11th.
The Boeing 777-300 plane took off for Manila, Philippines, but had to turn back after the crew failed to retract the landing gear.
The plane landed safely. Everyone aboard remained unharmed.
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Contact photographer Martin Lidzba
What: Polish Air Force Tupolev TU-154M
Where: Smolensk
When: Apr 10th 2010
Who: 88 passengers and 8 crew
Why: The flight that killed 96 people including President Kaczynski has come to news attention as Poland protests Russia’s publication of grisly images of the crash showing mangled bodies, bodies in body bags, etc… Several websites were involved.
Russia’s federal Investigative Committee is looking into the leaked photo incident.
Russian investigators blame Poland for the crash; Polish invistigators blame Russian ground controllers for allowing the plane to land in heavy fog.
This comes after prior problems of misidentified passengers who were buried by the wrong families. Other agencies are looking into the problems of misidentification.
Gulf Air flight GF-784 made an emergency landing in Peshawar, Pakistan, on April 4th.
The Airbus A330-200 plane flying from Bahrain was on approach to Peshawar when the crew reported an issue with the brakes.
The plane landed safely and was towed to the apron. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
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Contact photographer Danny Fritsche
What: Continental Airlines / Expressjet Embraer ERJ-145 en route from Newark,NJ to Minneapolis,MN
Where: Eau Claire,WI
When: Oct 8th 2009,
Who: 50 people on board
Why: While en route, the flight experienced fuel irregularities. The flight diverted to Eau Claire where the problem turned out to be a faulty gauge. Consequently, after discovering adequate fuel and no leak, the flight continued on to its destination with only minor delay.
Transavia flight HV-6331 had to return and make an emergency landing in Amsterdam, Netherlands, on February 1st.
The Boeing 737-700 plane took off for Valencia, Spain, but had to turn back after the crew reported navigation system problems.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.