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Contact photographer Scott Hoggard
What: Expressjet Embraer ERJ-145 en route from Cleveland to Montreal
Where: Montreal
When: Feb 21 2010
Why: On the final approach to Montreal, the plane developed a flap problem, causing the crew to abort the landing. They nailed the second attempt however about a quarter of an hour later.
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Contact photographer Chaity
What: Merpati Airlines Boeing 737-300 en route from Surabaya to Ujung Pandang/Makassar Indonesia
Where: Makassar
When: Dec 21st 2009
Who: 102 passengers and 6 crew
Why: On landing with tailwinds of 13 knots and poor visibility, the plane blew out a nose wheel tire and damaged the nose wheel. Passengers debarked on to the runway. It is not indicated if slides were used, or a stair.
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Contact photographer Ashley Wallace – Touchdown-Aviation
What: Minden Air Corp Lockheed SP-2H Neptune
Where: Minden-Tahoe Airport in Carson Valley
When: June 3, 2012 3:30 pm.
Who: 2 aboard
Why: The inbound tanker was unable to lower all of it’s landing gear, and burned off (about 7000 gallons) of fuel before it made a belly landing at 3:30 pm.
Neither the pilot nor the co-pilot were injured but the plane did skid off the runway.
The air tanker is a fire-fighting plane which had been engaged in fighting a wildfire south of Reno.
Pictured: A Ryanair Boeing 737-8AS photographed in Tampere Finland
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Contact photographer Jussi Seppala
What: Ryanair en route from Tampere to Frankfurt, Germany
Where: Skavstan Airport, Nyköping Sweden
When: Jan 10, 2010
Who: not available
Why: While en route, the flight developed engine problems. The flight diverted to Nyköping Sweden where passengers disembarked, and were provided an alternate plane.
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Contact photographer John R. Beckman
What: Jetblue Airbus A320-200 en route from New York to Fort Lauderdale
Where: Fort Lauderdale
When: Feb 24 2010
Who: 1 injury
Why: While en route, the plane encountered turbulence severe enough to injure a flight attendant. On landing at Fort Lauderdale, the flight attendant was hospitalized.
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Contact photographer Jerome Zbinden
What: Eurofly Airbus A-330 en route from the Seychelles to Milan Italy
Where: Cairo airport
When: 9-27-2009
Who: 235 people on board
Why: While en route, the plane experienced an engine problem and had to shut down one of its engines. On landing, passengers were provided accommodations and an alternative flight on a Neos Boeing to continue to their destination.
Pictured: A Jet Airways ATR ATR-72-500 (ATR-72-212A) filmed in Mumbai
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Contact photographer Petr Popelar
What: Jet Airways Aerospatiale ATR-72-500 en route from Bhopal to Indore
Where: Bhopal
When: Feb 11th 2010
Who: 60 passengers 4 crew
Why: After takeoff, the right engine failed. The flight returned to Bhopal, and landed hard causing a flat. Otherwise there were no problems recorded and no one was injured, although the closed runway disrupted scheduling for a while.
