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What: United Airlines Boeing 757-200 en route from Denver to San Francisco
Where: Salt Lake City
When: 02/18/2010
Who: 193 passengers and 6 crew
Why: While en route from Denver to San Francisco, a flight attendant found a note that was evaluated to be a bomb threat. The flight diverted to Salt lake City where passengers disembarked on to the tarmac. No trace of a bomb was found in the search.
A GoAir flight made an emergency landing at Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport in Nagpur, India, on October 22nd.
The plane heading from Ahmedabad to Kolkata, India, was diverted after a passenger suffered a medical emergency.
The plane landed safely.
Passenger Dipansha Jitendra Gangwani, 43, was examined by a team of doctors at the airport and was declared dead.
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What: Miniliner Fokker 27-500 (Dutch Air Cargo) en route from Madrid to Liege
Where: near Troyes France
When: Aug 13th 2009
Who: 2 crew
Why: While en route, the flight lost radio and transponder. The French Air Force provided two two Mirage F1 jets and a patrol reconnaissance to escort the plane to land safely in Chalons France.
An Alaska Airlines Flight 006 returned to Los Angeles International Airport, California, on the afternoon of July 18.
The Boeing 737, heading towards Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Virginia, had to return for an emergency landing after it was hit by lightning.
The plane landed uneventfully.
All 159 passengers aboard remained unhurt.
RusLine Airlines flight 7R-211 made an emergency landing at Domodedovo International Airport in Moscow, Russia, on November 23rd.
The plane flying from Saint Petersburg to Kirov, Russia, was diverted due to a hydraulic failure.
The plane landed uneventfully. Everyone aboard remained safe.
An American Airlines Boeing 757 en route from Honolulu to Los suffered engine trouble en route and one of its two engines was shut down.
Flight 246 declared an emergency in one of its two engines. Emergency services was on hand when the flight landed at 5:19 a.m. from Kona.
No injuries were reported of the 140 passengers and seven crew aboard the flight.
The last hour was flown on one engine.
On Sat Jan 12, 2013, Polet Airlines Saab 340 engaged in flight 770 was en route from Belgorod to Moscow when the left engine developed engine failure. The pilots made a safe landing in Voronezh at 21:04.
17 passengers and 3 crew were aboard. There were no injuries reported.
Passengers were provided an alternative flight to Moscow on Sunday.
The incident is under investigation.
