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What: Air France Airbus A321-100 en route from Toulouse to Paris
Where: Toulouse
When: Dec 15th 2009
Who: not available
Why: After takeoff, when the Airbus could not retract its gears, the crew returned to the airport for repairs. The plane made a safe landing.
Lufthansa flight LH-1294 had to return and make an emergency landing in Frankfurt, Germany, on September 2nd.
The Airbus A321-200 plane took off for Larnaca, Cyprus, but had to turn back after a burning odor was noticed in the aft cabin.
The plane landed back safely. Everyone aboard remained unharmed.
Ural Airlines flight U6-1126 made an emergency landing in Sochi, Russia, on July 2nd.
The Airbus A321-200 plane heading from Bodrum, Turkey, to Kazan, Russia, was diverted after the crew failed to retract the landing gear.
The plane landed safely. All one hundred and ninety-nine passengers and seven crew members remained unharmed.
Hong Kong Airlines flight HX-707 had to reject take off from Hong Kong, China, on October 30th.
The Airbus A330-300 plane was accelerating to take off for Denpasar, Indonesia, when the left engine emitted a loud bang, forcing the crew to reject take off.
The plane safely returned to the apron. Everyone aboard remained safe.
The airline arranged a replacement plane for the passengers.
China Eastern Airlines flight MU-5665 made a safe landing after a bird strike near Xiamen, China, on April 1st.
The Airbus A320-200 plane flying from Shanghai, China, was on approach to Xiamen when a bird hit it.
The plane continued for a safe landing. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
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What: TAAG Angola Airlines Boeing 777-300 en route from Lisbon (Portugal) to Luanda (Angola)
Where: Lisbon
When: Feb 27th 2012
Who: 197 passengers
Why: On departure from Lisbon, ATC said that the frequency was blocked. The pilots began responding to Lisbon on the wrong frequency, squawking loss of communication.
Communication was restored, then was lost again, intermittently. ATC directed that the other radio be turned off and changed to the correct frequency. The radio began blocking frequencies again, and pilots returned to Lisbon for a safe landing.
Eighty minutes after departure (ten minutes after the safe landing) the airport resumed normal operations.
All airlines out of Angola are on the EU banned list, banned from flying in the European union, with the exception of 3 Boeing 777-200s, 2 Boeing 777-300 and 4 Boeing 737-700s of TAAG Angola Airlines.
