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What: TAM Linhas Aereas Airbus A320-200 en route from Rio de Janeiro to Buenos Aires Argentina
Where: Porto Alegre
When: Dec 19th 2009
Who: 149 passengers
Why: While en route, the left engine developed problems and the crew shut it down. The crew diverted the plane to Porto Alegre and made an safe landing.
Frontier Airlines flight F9-1674 made an emergency landing at Raleigh–Durham International Airport, North Carolina, on August 15th.
The Airbus A321-200 plane heading from Orlando, Florida, to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was diverted due to an unknown odor in the cabin.
The plane landed safely. Seven passengers and a crew member were treated by the medical teams at the airport. Two passengers and a flight attendant were later taken to hospital.
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What: PIA Airbus 310 en route from Karachi to London
Where: Quaid-e-Azam Jinnah international airport
When: Nov 18, 2012, 12:20 pm
Who: 168 passengers, 16 crew
Why: A Pakistan International Airlines plane took off from Karachi but developed a problem, After 55 minutes into the 8 hour flight, pilots diverted to Quaid-e-Azam Jinnah international airport. They made a safe landing. Reports are there was a technical problem.
Passengers reported hearing three bangs and saw flames shooting from the engine.
A television report said there was a fire, but PIA denied there was a fire.
Passengers were provided an alternative flight.
Wizz Air flight W6-1381 made an emergency landing in Warsaw, Poland, on April 25th.
The Airbus A321-200 plane took off for Charleroi, Belgium, but had to turn back due to a lightning strike.
The plane landed safely. All 220 people aboard remained safe.
Thomas Cook Airlines flight MT-2718 had to return and make an emergency landing in Manchester, England, on April 15th.
The Airbus A330-200 plane took off for Las Vegas, Nevada, but had to return shortly afterwards due to a suspected fuel leak.
The plane landed back safely. All 283 people aboard remained unharmed.
The airline arranged a replacement plane for the passengers.
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What: Trip Linhas Aereas Embraer ERJ-190 en route from Porto Velho to Belo Horizonte
Where: Cuiaba
When: Feb 5th 2012
Who: 82 passengers and 5 crew; 6 injured
Why: While en route, the flight encountered turbulence.
Five passengers and one attendant were injured.
The pilots diverted to Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil where they made a safe landing.
None of the injured passengers were buckled in at the time of the turbulence. On landing, the injured were hospitalized.
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What: Thai Airways Boeing 777-200 en route from Bangkok to Osaka
Where: Kansai International Airport in the city of Izumisano in Osaka Prefecture
When: Jun 20th 2010
Who: 227 passengers and 17 crew, 4 injured
Why: The flight encountered turbulence at 6:30 am over the Pacific Ocean off Kochi Prefecture
The flight landed safely Osaka 15 minutes later. Three cabin crew and one passenger were hospitalized for injuries. The weather service says that the atmosphere was unstable due to a rain front.