What: private Tiger Moth
Where: Jandakot Airport Australia
When: Dec 14, 2012, 10:15 a.m.
Who: pilot and passenger
Why: The flight was en route when smoke started coming from the engine. The smoke was seen at 10: 15.
Shortly later, the pilot made a safe landing at Jandakot Airport Australia with four crews of emergency services standing by.
The smoke seemed to originate from an oil leak.
Nippon Cargo Airlines flight KZ-188 had to make an emergency landing in Anchorage, Alaska, on April 19th.
The plane was flying from Tokyo Narita Airport, Japan, when a bird hit it, causing damage to its right wing.
The plane landed safely. No injuries were reported.
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What: British Airways Boeing 757-200 en route from London Heathrow,EN to Barcelona
Where: Barcelona
When: Aug 2nd 2009
Who: 176 passengers 2 pilots and 5 crew members
Why: When smoke was detected in the cabin en route, the crew declared an emergency. The flight landed safely in Barcelona, and passengers debarked via slides. The examination of the plane as it was checked for fire which delayed the passengers retrieval of baggage, but no actual source of smoke or fire was ever detected.
Pictured: A Yute Air Cessna 207A
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What: Yute Air Cessna 207 air taxi
Where: Fifteen miles from the Yup’ik village of Tuntutuliak, 40 miles from the Bering Sea Coast
When: Wednesday November 18th, 2009
Who: pilot and 7 passengers
Why: While en route, the engine lost oil pressure, then the single engine seized up. The pilot made an emergency landing in a dry lake bed, where those on board stayed together and inside to keep warm in the 6 degree below zero weather. A public safety person and volunteers in snowshoes and a snowmobile from the village hiked to the crash site and towed the some of the passengers, including two babies, to the village in a homemade sled; others were provided snow shoes. They defrosted in the village before returning to Bethel on to two Yute Air planes.
FedEx Federal Express flight FX-684 had to return and make an emergency landing in Rochester, New York, on October 21st.
The Boeing 767-300 plane took off for Memphis, Tennessee, but had to return shortly afterwards due to a suspected flaps issue.
The plane landed uneventfully. There were 2 crew members aboard at the time; both of them remained safe.
Royal Flight Airlines flight RL-305 had to return and make an emergency landing at Sheremetyevo International Airport, Russia, on October 8th.
The Boeing 767-300 plane took off for Guiyang, China, but had to turn back due to an issue with the flaps.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
Pictured: Singapore Airlines Airbus A380-800
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Contact photographer Florent Metra
What: Singapore Airlines Airbus A380-800 en route from Paris to Singapore
Where: Paris
When: Sep 27th 2009
Who: 444 passengers
Why: South of Krakow (Poland), an oil leak was detected in the outboard left engine so it was shut down. The flight returned to Paris over five hours after departure and landed safely.
