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What: Tarom Romanian Air Transport Airbus A310-300 en route from Bucharest Otopeni (Romania) to Tenerife Sur Reina,CI (Spain)
Where: Madrid
When: Jun 18th 200p
Who: 201 passengers and 10 crew members
Why: En route the windshield cracked, and the flight was diverted safely to Madrid. No injuries were reported though the cockpit depressurized.
An American Airlines flight had to divert and make an emergency landing at Jacksonville International Airport, Florida, on March 14th.
The Boeing 737 plane heading from Miami, Florida, to Chicago, Illinois, was diverted after a passenger spilled soda on an electronic device.
The plane landed safely. All 149 passengers and 6 crew members aboard remained unharmed.
Blue Air flight 0B-2911 had to make an emergency landing at Henri Coanda International Airport, Romania, on August 10th.
The Boeing 737-400 plane heading from Bacau, Romania, to Orio al Serio International Airport, Italy, was diverted after it lost cabin pressure.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
United Airlines flight 5240 had to return and make an emergency landing at Mid-Continent Airport in Wichita, Kansas, at around 7:30 p.m. on November 26.
The flight, bound for Chicago O’Hare Airport, was forced to turn back after an indicator light turned off, showing a problem with landing gear.
The plane landed safely and no injuries were reported.
The aircraft was taken for examination.
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What: KLM Embraer ERJ-190 en route from Amsterdam to Birmingham
Where: Amsterdam
When: Apr 21st 2012
Why: While en route, a leak in the right engine was detected. Pilots shut down the affected engine and returned to Amsterdam where they made a safe landing.
KLM Cityhopper received delivery of the plane on April 1 2010. It has CF34-10E6 engines. (GE)
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What: Delta Airlines Boeing 767-300 en route from New York JFK,NY (USA) to Prague
Where: Prague
When: Jan 14th 2012
Why: On approach to Prague, the plane developed a flaps problem. Pilots could not correct the problem, and aborted the landing. Still unable to correct, the flight made a fast landing with emergency services on standby.
Apparently the problem was fixed, as the plane only was an hour late on its return flight.
Flybe flight BE-1048 made an emergency landing in Manchester, England, on May 11th.
The plane was flying from Aberdeen, Scotland, when the crew reported a hydraulic leak and requested an emergency landing.
The plane landed safely. There were 52 people aboard at the time; all of them remained safe.