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What: Jetstar Airbus A320-200 en route from Christchurch to Sydney
Where: Sydney
When: Oct 19th 2010
Who: 118 passengers
Why: While en route, passengers reported hearing a bang and seeing black smoke coming from an engine.
The pilot shut down that engine, and made a safe landing in Sydney. Maintenance confirmed that the engine seized.
EasyJet flight U2-2716 made an emergency landing in Lyon, France, on May 19th.
The Airbus A320-200 plane heading from Lisbon, Portugal, to Milan–Malpensa Airport, Italy, was diverted due to smoke in the cabin.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
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What: Virgin Atlantic Airbus A330-300 from London to Orlando,FL
Where: London
When: Apr 16th 2012
Who: 299 passengers and 13 crew
Why: The flight had taken off from Gatwick when the crew reported an indication of a cargo fire. Pilots returned to the airport, and made a safe landing on flat tires. (Flat tires can result from a heavy or fast landing.)
Passengers were evacuated by slide from the plane directly on the runway, at which time some scrapes and bruises occurred.
No heat or fire was found in the plane. It is not uncommon for de-icing fluid burning off an engine may set off an alarm.
Fuji Dream Airlines flight JH-341 had to return and make an emergency landing in Nagoya, Japan, on August 6th.
The Embraer ERJ-170 plane took off for Kochi, Japan, but had to turn back after the crew needed to shut down one of the engines.
The plane landed safely. There were sixty-seven people aboard at the time; all of them remained unharmed.
SkyWest Airlines flight OO-5025/UA-5025 had to return and make a safe emergency landing at Redding Municipal Airport, Redding, California, on July 13th.
The Canadair CRJ-200 en-route to San Francisco, California was climbing out of Redding’s runway when the crew failed to retract its landing gear.
The plane landed safely.
All people onboard remained unharmed.
ASL Airlines Belgium freight flight 3V-811 had to return and make an emergency landing in Liege, Belgium, on November 24th.
The Boeing 747-400 freighter plane took off for Jinan, China, but had to turn back after the engines ingested several birds.
The plane landed back safely. Everyone aboard remained unharmed.
SriLankan Airlines flight UL-125 had to stop at runway 25 of Chennai International Airport, India, on September 10.
The Airbus A330-200, en-route from Colombo, Sri Lanka, to Chennai, had to be stopped before reaching the apron due to over-heated hydraulic system.
The plane landed uneventfully.
All 114 people aboard remained unhurt.
