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What: Lufthansa Airbus A340-300 en route from Frankfurt/Main (Germany) to Boston,
Where: Amsterdam
When: Sep 24 2010
Why: While en route, the plane developed problems in an engine and had to shut it down for an unspecified fault inside engine #1 (outer left). After dumping fuel, the crew made a safe landing in Frankfurt. No injuries were reported.
JetBlue flight B6-877 had to divert and make an emergency landing at John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York, on October 23rd.
The Airbus A320-200 plane heading from Boston, Massachusetts, to Las Vegas, Nevada, was diverted after it suffered a bird strike.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
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After the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) approved the repair to the trim system, the Dassault Aviation Falcon 7X is no longer grounded. Since May, when a Malaysian Falcon 7X suffered an uncontrolled pitch trim runaway during descent, the plane has been grounded.
An additional electronic control has been added to ensure none of the 112 Falcon 7X tri-jets will not have a repeat of the “trim runaway.”
Although the grounding is over, the problem is not considered solved, and the investigation into the pitch trim fault is ongoing.
A Lufthansa flight had to divert and make an emergency landing at Gander International Airport, Gander, Newfoundland, Labrador, Canada, on October 18th.
The Boeing 747 en-route from Frankfurt, Germany, to Orlando, Florida, was mid-air when the crew reported smoke in the cockpit.
The plane landed uneventfully. All people onboard remained unharmed.
The passengers were accommodated in a replacement plane.
The incident remains under investigation.
Pictured: Merpati Nusantara Airlines Boeing 737-400 registered as PK-MDM. (PK-MDO was the plane in the incident.)
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What: Merpati Nusantara Airlines Boeing 737-400 en route from Biak to Ujung Pandang, Indonesia
Where: Biak
When: Jul 6th 2009
Who: 110 passengers and 6 crew
Why: On take off, the left main wheel (rolled or fell? entire wheel or tire?) was lost. After takeoff, the plane burned off fuel and landed safely (even without the wheel), apparently without substantial damage, as the plane reportedly resumed the flight 24 hours later.
LAN Peru flight LA 2707 made an emergency landing in Faro, Portugal, on December 24.
The plane, heading to Madrid Spain, was diverted after the pilot reported an engine failure indication.
The plane landed safely. All 224 passengers remained unhurt.
Ryanair flight FR-4164 had to divert and make an emergency landing in Munich, Germany, on April 4th.
The Boeing 737-800 plane heading from Frankfurt, Germany, to Corfu, Greece, was diverted after the crew received a wheel well fire indication.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
