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Contact photographer Goran Canic Cane
What: Tarom Romanian Airlines Avion de Transport Regional ATR-42-500 en route from Iasi to Bucharest
Where: Iasi
When: Jan 19th 2012
Who: 25 aboard
Why: Just after takeoff, the plane was still over Iasi when the pilots had to shut down the right engine.
The crew made a safe landing in Iasi, delaying but not postponing the flight.
Flybe flight BE-801 had to return and make an emergency landing at Cornwall Airport Newquay, England, on April 24th.
The plane took off for Gatwick Airport, England, but had to turn back due to a cracked windshield.
The plane landed back safely. All ninety-two passengers aboard remained safe.
Pictured: A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-7H4
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What: Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-700 en route from from Chicago to Salt Lake City
Where: Denver
When: December 4, 2009
Who: mother and child
Why: About 130 miles NW of Denver, an expectant mother aboard the 737 delivered a baby boy. A doctor was on board and assisted. The flight diverted to Denver when the baby was born. Mother and son were taken to a Denver hospital, and the flight continued to Salt Lake City.
Reportedly, the pilot announced that a new patient had just boarded.
Pictured: A Bacau Yak-52 taken in the UK. This is not the plane in the incident. Photos of private
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What: Joseph M. Gauthier’s Yakovlev circa 1985 YAK-52 en route from/to from Redlands Airport performing aerobatics
Where: Santa Ana River bed at Opal Avenue, 10 miles from Redlands, CA
When: Monday, Feb 08 2010 between 12:50 and 1 p.m.
Who: 2 fatalities (a man and a woman) both off-duty California Air National Guard ( March Air Reserve Base) members
Why: Witnesses say that while they were watching the plane doing aerobatics, the plane went down. The area is a place where planes often perform aerobatics, and the soviet-built Yakovlev was designed as a trainer and acrobatic aircraft.
Aer Lingus flight EI-495 had to divert and make an emergency landing at Shannon Airport, Ireland, on December 1st.
The plane heading from Faro, Portugal, to Dublin, Ireland, was diverted after the crew received an indication of a hydraulic issue.
The plane landed safely. All 102 passengers and 6 crew members remained unharmed.
A Columbus police helicopter had to make an emergency landing in a parking lot in Columbus, Ohio, around midnight on April 30.
Authorities said the helicopter’s pilot decided to land in emergency after a warning light went on.
The plane safely landed near a shopping plaza in west Columbus. No one was injured.
The helicopter was able to return to the police heliport early morning.
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What: American Airlines Boeing 767-300 en route from Paris to Dallas Ft. Worth
Where: Shannon
When: Mar 22nd 2012
Why: While en route and over the Atlantic, the plane developed smoke in the cabin. Apparently there was also a mechanical glitch as well that helped the pilots determine they needed to divert.
Pilots flew the 200 miles back to Shannon where they made a safe but overweight landing less than an hour later. Emergency vehicles were on standby.
The source of the smoke was an oven in the galley.
A replacement jet was provided as N392AN is inspected.
