Fly Jamaica Airways flight OJ-256 had to return and make an emergency landing in Georgetown, Guyana, on November 9th.
The Boeing 757-200 plane took off for Toronto, Canada, but had to turn back due to a hydraulic failure.
The plane suffered a runway excursion on landing. Passengers were evacuated via slides. Six people sustained minor injuries and were taken to a hospital.
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Air France flight AF83 had to divert and make an emergency landing at Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport, Québec, Canada, on December 8.
The Boeing 777-328, en-route from San Francisco International Airport, California, to Charles de Gaulle Airport, Paris, when it diverted due to an alleged bomb threat.
The plane landed safely.
No one was injured.
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What: Delta Airlines Boeing 757-200 en route from New York to Los Angeles,CA Where: New York When: Apr 19th 2012 Who: 172 passengers and 7 crew Why: After taking off from JFK, the plane had a bird strike. A bird was ingested by a right engine, which caused an engine failure. Pilots informed ATC.
Passengers feared the worst as they saw the birds, heard the impact and smelled the smoke, but the cool headed pilot was able to make a visual landing while flying on one engine.
Matthew Kroll, told reporters”We were taking off and two seconds off the ground, the whole plane shutters and you hear this low growl. Then you smell the smoke in the cabin. People were relatively calm because it happened about three second after take-off. Everyone saw what happened and you could smell it. It was more dead bird than smoke. The pilot came out and said we have to circle back. It took about four minutes and we were back on the runway.”
The bird strike was taped by a passenger and has been incorporated into the reports below:
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EasyJet flight U2-1986 had to return and make an emergency landing in Copenhagen, Denmark, on June 13th.
The Airbus A320-200 plane took off for Manchester, England, but had to turn back after the crew needed to shut down one of the engines due to a bird strike.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
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An Air Transat flight had to make an emergency landing in Montreal, Canada, on October 22.
The plane was en-route from Toronto, Canada to London, U.K. when its back door unsealed mid-air. According to a passenger Rachel Weissfeld, “The change in altitude…it was so fast that there were people who were in a lot of pain, like their ears were hurting, people were crying due to the pain, it was really awful.”
The plane landed safely.
The passengers were asked to remain seated and the airline served complimentary food and drinks.
The plane resumed the journey after some time.
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