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What: Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-300 en route from Seattle to Saint Louis
Where: Omaha
When: Apr 14th 2012
Who: 11 injured
Why: While en route, the plane lost cabin pressure, oxygen masks deployed, and pilots decided to divert to Omaha where they made a safe landing. However on arrival, eleven passengers needed medical attention. Nine of them were treated at the airport with minor injuries, but continued the flight.
A replacement Southwest jet completed the last leg on Saturday.
United Airlines flight UA-125 had to return and make an emergency landing in Athens, Greece, on June 19th.
Air Transat flight TS-703 made an emergency landing in Toronto, Canada, on January 31st.
KLM flight KL-602 had to return and make an emergency landing in Los Angeles, California, on November 18th.