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2009/03/02

Fokker 100 Loses Tire, Lands Safely in Montenegro


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What: Montenegro Airlines Fokker 100 en route from Podgorica Montenegro to Rome
Where: emergency landing in Podgorica Montenegro
When: Friday Feb 27
Who: 33 people on board (28 passengers 5 crew)
Why: The plane took off for Rome at 8:55 a.m but when a wheel on the left side of the main undercarriage fell off, the crew dumped fuel in the Adriatic sea (or Skadarsko Lake), and returned to Podgorica thirty minutes later for a safe landing.

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