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Contact photographer Michael Nikel
What: RAK Airways Airbus A320-200 en route from Ras Al Khaimah to Kozhikode
Where: Ras Al Khaimah
When: Mar 10th 2012 11.30pm.
Who: 141 passengers
Why: While en route, the plane developed problems with an engine and had to shut it down.
Pilots returned to Ras Al Khaimah where they made a safe landing.
A replacement jet was provided for the passengers. It left for Calicut 6.40am Saturday.
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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.
On Feb 8, 2013, a ULS Airlines Cargo Airbus A300B4-2C made a safe landing at Tallinn Airport in Estonia, and then got mired in soft ground while navigating the tarmac.
The plane was carrying 40 tons of cargo and had to be unloaded to be dragged onto the hard pavement.
Air traffic was suspended till 2:35 pm. Weather conditions were reported as not being behind the cause of the incident.
What: Air Tran Boeing 717-200 en route from Charlotte to Atlanta
Where: Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport
When: May 4 2011
Who: 115 passengers
Why: After taking off, the left engine compressor stalled. The pilots shut down the left engine and returned to the airport.
Spartanburg EMS, and Boiling Springs, Greer, Pelham and Tyger River fire departments were on the scene
Ural Airlines flight U6-9785 made an emergency landing in Yekaterinburg, Russia, on December 14th.
The Airbus A321-200 plane took off from Ufa, Russia, but suffered a tail strike on departure.
The crew continued the takeoff and subsequently decided to land in Yekaterinburg.
The flight was originally bound for Nizhnevartovsk, Russia.
What: Ryanair Boeing 737 en route from London to Bratislava
Where: Berlin Germany
When: September 24, 2012
Why: The Ryanair flight was en route to Bratislava when it developed a fuel problem and diverted to Kassel Germany.
A warning light indicated a “possible technical issue” or leak.
Passengers disembarked, and boarded an alternative Ryanair flight.
Pictured: a US Airways Airbus A330-323X
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Contact photographer Paul Nichols
What: US Airways Airbus A330-300 en route from Philadelphia to Madrid
Where: Atlantic
When: Nov 17th 2009
Who: not available
Why: Over thirty minutes into the flight, the flight experienced computer problems and turned around to return to Philadelphia.
The flight landed safely with no further issues.
