Pictured: An Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 767-3BG/ER
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Contact photographer Pieter-Jan Van De Vijver

What: Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 767-300 en route from Addis Ababa to Lagos
Where: Lagos Nigeria
When: Dec 13th 2009
Who: 180 passengers
Why: On approach, ATC communication failed. With air traffic control’s radar and communication radio out of service, the flight circled, and after two hours in a holding pattern, landed after declaring a fuel emergency.

Other flights also had the same experience.

Nigeria’s Airspace Management Agency NAMA was unavailable for two hours.

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Fly Air Tatarstan. Standing UP

What: Tatarstan Airlines en route from Antalya, Turkey to Ekaterinburg, Russia
Where: aboard the plane
Why: Instead of the 148-seat Boeing 737 that was booked, they had a 142-seat 737; and 6 passengers were given the choice of waiting for the next flight or flying standing up. During turbulence, the passengers sat on the floor. The airline offered them $200 in compensation. The passengers are asking for $4,700.

(Can you imagine how much they’d be asking if they were in the US?)

What is this, a third world country where there are no rules and laws about flight safety? Well, Tatarstan flies out of Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia.

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Gol Hydraulic Issue in Sao Paulo


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Contact photographer Fabricio Lucio

What: GOL Transportes Aereos Boeing 737-800 en route from Rio de Janeiro to Sao Paulo
Where: Sao Paulo
When: Feb 6th 2012
Why: On approach to Sao Paulo, the plane developed problems with the plane’s hydraulic systems. After making a safe landing, the plane was stuck on the runway. Eventually the plane was towed, and the patient passengers were able to disembark (after half an hour.)

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Brazil: Linhas Aereas Runway Excursion


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What: TRIP Linhas Aereas Aerospatiale ATR-42-300 en route from Sao Paulo to Ipatinga to Governador Valadares to Vitoria
Where: Ipatinga Brazil
When: Jun 28 2010
Who: 47 passengers and 4 crew
Why: On landing at Ipatinga, the plane veered off the runway. On touch down, the landing gear came loose and was damaged. The pilot announced to passengers that the left hand propeller did not go into reverse due to a malfunction.

A replacement flight was provided to accommodate passengers flying through to Governador Valadares or Vitoria.

There were no injuries. No opinion has yet been issued on whether the damage was due to a high speed landing or other cause. ANAC is investigating.

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Ethiopian Boeing 737-8 MAX Crash in Bishoftu Ethiopia
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Ethiopian Boeing 737-8 MAX Crash in Bishoftu Ethiopia

Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737-8 MAX Flight ET-302 had just taken off from Addis Ababa in Ethiopia en route to Nairobi Kenya when radar contact was lost, and the plane crashed. 149 passengers and 8 crew were lost. The impact occurred near Bishoftu, Ethiopia 17 m SSE of Addis Ababa. Ethiopian Airlines announced that no survivors were found. People from 33 different countries were aboard.
On Mar 10th 2019 Ethiopian Airlines reported that the crew reported difficulties and requested a return to Addis Ababa.

BBC Africa reported aboard were 32 Kenyan, 18 Canadian, 9 Ethiopian,8 Chinese, 8 Italian, 8 American,7 French, 7 British, 6 Egyptian, 5 Dutch, 4 UN passports, 4 Indian, 3 Russian, 2 Moroccan, 2 Israeli, 1 Belgian, 1 Ugandan, 1 Yemeni, 1 Sudanese, 1 Togolese, 1 Mozambican, 1 Norwegian

Ethiopian Airlines said:


Boeing said:

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Gear Up Landing in Oregon


What: C320
Where: SEASIDE, OR
When: 02/02/2009 4 p.m.
Who: Only the pilot Roger DeLong was aboard. No injuries reported.
Why: The Cessna landed with the landing gears stuck in the gear up position. The pilot had already dropped off passenger Gary Turel prior to the landing. The plane slid approx. 700 feet on its belly and sustained some damage. According to the FAA spokesman “landing gear jams are not uncommon on the twin-engine Cessna 320.”

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MedView Airlines Lagos-Abuja Flight Makes Emergency Landing

A local MedView Airlines flight in Nigeria, set from Lagos to the capital city Abuja, had to return and make an emergency landing immediately after take off.1

Initial reports reveal that Genga Daniel, former Ogun State governor, was also on board.

While the real reason behind emergency landing is still unclear, some passengers reported that just after the take off, the plane’s cabin got filled with smoke.

The passengers were safely evacuated through the emergency exit.

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