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Acrid smell

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An Airbus A319 with 135 people on board, was en route at FL340 about 20nm north of its destination, when the crew heard a loud noise followed by an acrid smell in the cockpit. The flight crew decided to turn around and return to their airport of origin. During the return they heard the loud noise twice more but the aircraft landed safely back in its origin about 70 minutes after turning around. Maintenance found an exhaust fan bearing was worn and grinding during operation. The fan was replaced later.

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Cargo shift

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A 737 which was performing a freight flight with 3 crew members, was departing from its airport of origin when there was a shift in the position of its cargo. The crew was able to maintain general control of the aircraft but had some difficulty maintaining level flight. They decided to return to their airport of origin and made a safe landing 25 minutes after taking off. Maintenance reported that there was damage done to the bulk head when the load shifted during takeoff.

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Rejected takeoff

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A 737-800, with 123 passengers and 6 crew, was accelerating for takeoff. As the plane reached 130 knots a problem developed and the crew rejected the takeoff. They reported that they had a problem with the tyres which caused the rejected takeoff. The aircraft came to a stop on the runway with both left hand main tyres blown. The tower informed the crew that there was fire from the left main gear and then they closed the runway. The passengers disembarked onto the runway via an airstairs and the runway opened again five hours later, after the aircraft was removed from the runway.

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Fire warning

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An ATR-72 with 26 people on board, was climbing out after takeoff when the flight crew received an engine fire warning. They shut down the engine, deployed the fire suppression system and the fire warning stopped. They returned to their airport of origin and made a safe landing about 21 minutes after departure. The passengers were able to disembark safely after landing. The aircraft was examined, but it isn’t yet known if there was really an engine fire, or if the fire warning was incorrect.

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Hard landing

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An Airbus A320, with 150 people on board, landed hard while on its approach, it then bounced and touched down again about 300 metres down the runway. At this moment passengers reported a loud noise as the tail made contact with the runway surface. The aircraft rolled out without any further problems but after checks by the maintainance personnel, serious damage to the tail was found. There was a 65cm scrape close to the tail section of the plane and the APU received minor damage. The plane will be out of service for a few weeks for repairs.

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Airstairs

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A 737 had completed its flight as normal without anything unusual. The plane parked at a stand without a jetway, so an airstairs was used. While disembarking the aircraft via the airstairs a passenger tripped and fell down the airstairs. He received moderate injuries including cuts and bruises and was taken to a hospital, but his injuries weren’t serious. The other passengers were able to disembark as normal.