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4 planes emergency land on 3 continents in 24 hours

Posted by Craig Kanalley on 6/10/09 • Categorized as Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Transportation

The last 24 hours have been eventful in the skies with four planes forced to emergency land before reaching their destination on Wednesday – one in Asia, two in Europe, and one in North America. Here’s a roundup of the incidents, links to media reports, and tweets on each:

An Airbus 330-220 plane bound from Japan to Australia landed in Guam at 11 p.m. local time after a fire broke out in the cockpit. There were 203 passengers on board.

  1. Riley Livett
    rilstix (Brisbane, Australia) flames on board a jetstar plane coming back from japan. airline catering hits new low. 11 Jun 2009 from web
  2. juzzash
    Juzzash (Geelong, Australia) A jetstar flight just had to emergency land due to a fire in the cockpit. Lovely. Any more plane incidents before I have to go home? 11 Jun 2009 from TwitterFon
  3. henry stone
    henrystones (Brisbane, Australia) just spent ages catching up on tweets- not worth it. tokyo rules, our plane caught fire on the return flight to aus – we weren’t on it 11 Jun 2009 from web

An Airbus 320 flight bound from the Canary Islands to Oslo, Norway was forced back to its place of departure and landed safely at 8:05 a.m. local time after an engine failure. There were 189 passengers on board.

  1. Jules Winnfield
    nesher Otro airbus con problemas, un A320 que salia de Gran Canaria: http://www.telecinco.es/informativos/sociedad/noticia/100004779/ (Another problem with Airbus, an A320 that came from Gran Canaria) 10 Jun 2009 from web
  2. joseLITRO
    joseLITRO (Badajoz, Spain) Su puta madre otro Airbus con problemas, ahora en Gran Canaria. Yo mañana me vuelvo para casa aunque sea en un Tupolev a gasoil (Oh [expletive] other problems with Airbus, now in Gran Canaria. I am back to my house in Tupolev via diesel) 10 Jun 2009 from TwitterBerry

An Airbus 340-300 jet bound from Milan to Beijing landed in Moscow at 9:07 p.m. local time also after an engine failure. There were 155 passengers on board.

  1. Russian News
    RusNews (Russia) В “Шереметьево” экстренно сел аэробус Air China из-за неполадок с двигателем: На борту Airbus 340-300, летевшего.. http://cli.gs/Y0QHeT (Airplane Accidents of Air China made a crash landing at Sheremetyevo “: Airbus 340) 09 Jun 2009 from twitterfeed
  2. RIA Novosti
    rianru (Russia) Происшеств Самолет компании Air China совершил аварийную посадку в “Шереметьево”: Airbus 340.. http://tinyurl.com/m2s8×6 (In the “Airport” of another village, Airbus Air China lands because of problems with the engine: On board the Airbus 340-300, flying) 09 Jun 2009 from twitterfeed

An American Airlines flight bound from New York to Zurich landed in Nova Scotia at 7:40 p.m. local time after a fire ignited in a bathroom. There were 210 passengers on board.

  1. Samantha Lewis
    SLew (Salem, Mass.) Are there always so many stories in the news about emergency plane landings & missing helicopters? I TOLD you guys we’re not supposed to fly 10 Jun 2009 from web
  2. Jonathan Mosier
    JonMosier (Washington, D.C.) @lukehellier the story about an airbus plane making an emergency landing in Canada. Figure it out Airbus, you’re freakin us out. 10 Jun 2009 from web in reply to lukehellier

The incidents occurred just days after an Air France flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris disappeared from radar screens and crashed in the Atlantic Ocean.

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  • Such a wide variety of services. Sounds comfortable. It's such a big factor to give and take customers concerns.
  • Sage327
    Add 1 more from ATH-NYC A340 on Jun 10th: short circuit in display alarmed fire in engine according to technicians. No actual fire, but plane still had to make an emergency landing according to News Agency.
  • boss
    Add 1 more emergency landing in Novosibirsk, Russia.
    Cockpit window cracked and plane from Irkutsk to Moscow had to stop in Novosibirsk.
    airbus plane
  • ckanal
    Thanks boss. Isn't that something? Thanks for sharing.
  • Derek
    There are thousands of airliners all over the world. They make more than 10,000 flights a day.
    4 emergency landings in 24 hours is news?
    I say no. It's alarmist meh.
  • ckanal
    Derek, you make a great point.

    I think because of recent events, the fact three of the four were Airbus and the Airbus incident last week, and the amount of tweets on these incidents, it seemed worthwhile to post a story. But I definitely see where you're coming from.
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