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What: Azerbaijan Airlines Boeing 757-200 en route from Istanbul Turkey to Baku Azerbaijan
Where: Istanbul
When: October 30
Who: 221 aboard
Why: After takeoff, the cabin filled with smoke coming from a galley oven.
The plane returned to the Istanbul airport and made a safe landing. No replacement was provided. The plane received maintenance, and continued some hours later.
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What: Cathay Pacific Boeing 747-400 en route from Hong Kong China to Sapporo Japan
Where: Fukuoka
When: Jul 19th 2009
Who: 398 on board
Why: After smoke filled the cabin, the flight diverted to Fukuoka Japan. The smoke was attributed to an air conditioning leak which was repaired so that the flight was continued less than four hours later.
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What: Horizon Air Bombardier CRJ-700 en route from Fresno to Seattle
Where: Sacramento
When: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 7:30 a.m
Who: 25 passengers
Why: While en route, the flight experienced problems with its left engine which the crew had to shut down; and they requested an emergency diversion to Sacramento where it landed safely at 8:30 a.ml
Passengers were provided with alternative flights.
A small plane had to make an emergency landing in a field off Highway 12 near Martensville in Saskatchewan, Canada, on November 6.
The Cessna plane had just taken off from an airfield when the pilot Daniel Cotton decided to land after noticing engine cut out. “I was completely running out of room. I didn’t have enough altitude or airspeed to turn around and come back,” he said.
The plane landed safely. The pilot remained unharmed.
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What: Air Europa Boeing 737-800 en route from Madrid to Valencia
Where: Valencia
When: Apr 16th 2010
Who: Atletico Madrid soccer team
Why: On approach to Manises Airport in Valencia the plane was struck by lightning. The flight made a safe landing, and the team was able to continue to the planned match.
All Nippon Airways flight NH-1101 made an emergency landing in Nagoya, Japan, on August 3rd.
The Airbus A320-200 plane flying from Tokyo to Tottori, Japan, was diverted after the crew needed to shut down one of the engines.
The plane landed uneventfully. All one hundred and forty-four people aboard remained safe.
