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What: South African Express Airways Canadair CRJ-200 en route from Cape Town to Windhoek
Where: Windhoek Namibia
When: April 17 2010
Why: The SAX CRJ landed with a hung nose wheel. (belly landing?) After landing with nose gear up, there were no injuries although airport operations were disrupted.
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What: United Airlines Boeing 757-200 en route from Los Angeles Washington DC
Where: United Airlines B752
When: Sep 8th 2009
Who: 177 passengers
Why: Prior to landing at Dulles, the plane’s “fasten seat belt” sign flashed. The plane experienced turbulence; the turbulence was severe enough that galley carts fell over and spewed drinks on passengers, and a passenger was caught by turbulence coming from the bathroom, where she was flung about the plane, sustaining enough injury that on landing she was sent to the hospital for examination.
Dragonair flight KA-251 had to return and make an emergency landing in Yangon, Myanmar, on November 25.
The Airbus A321-200 took off for Hong Kong, China, but had to return shortly afterwards after its windshield cracked due to a bird hit.
The plane landed back safely. None of the 131 people aboard were hurt.
The passengers were accommodated in other flights.
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What: Germanwings Airbus A319-100 en route from Stuttgart to Heraklion
Where: Stuttgart
When: Jul 25th 2010
Why: After takeoff, the Airbus had a bird strike. The pilots returned to Stuttgart where they made a safe landing. A replacement jet was flown in for passengers. There’s no report of the damage, nor if the incident involved ingestion into the engine, or impact only.
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What: Aeromar ATR-42 en route from Saltillo to Mexico City
Where: Saltillo-Plan de Guadalupe International Airport, Mexico
When: 25-JUL-2020
Who: 38 passengers
Why: 25 minutes into the flight, a windshield cracked. The plane returned and made a safe landing in Saltillo. Passengers were not informed of what was happening until they had already returned to the terminal.
The plane was turned over to maintenance where it took twelve hours to replace the damaged glass. The crack was not due to a bird strike, but was considered “material fatigue.” Passengers waited at the airport for a replacement plane.
A Kansas State University helicopter made an emergency landing near Saline-McPherson County line, on Thursday.
According to the Kansas State Troopers, the pilot made emergency landing due to a mechanical fault in the helicopter. The two-seater training helicopter was landed safely, in a wheat field and the pilot remained uninjured.
The helicopter is being repaired on-site, after which it will be flown to the KSU’s aviation facility in Salina.
