PRINCE 901

Safair B737-800 dropped its wheel on departure  A Safair Boeing 737-800, registration ZS-FGE performing flight FA-212 from Johannesburg to Cape Town (South Africa), was departing from Johannesburg's runway 21R when the outboard left main wheel separated from the airframe.  The crew stopped the climb at about FL220, descended to FL150 and entered holds to burn off fuel.  The aircraft performed a low approach to runway 21R about 90 minutes after departure, entered another hold and landed safely on runway 21R about 40 minutes after the low approach and about 2:15 hours after departure. The lost wheel was recovered within the airport perimeter.

Egypt B738 at Alexandria experienced engine failure   An Egypt Air Boeing 737-800, registration SU-GCM performing positioning flight MS-4413 from Alexandria (Egypt) to Jeddah (Saudi Arabia), was climbing through FL170 out of Alexandria when the crew stopped the climb, initiated a descent and entered a hold due to an engine (CFM56) failure.  The aircraft subsequently returned to Alexandria for a safe landing about 50 minutes after departure. A replacement Boeing 737-800 registration SU-GED positioned from Cairo (Egypt) to Jeddah to pick up the 140 Umrah pilgrim waiting for their flight back home. The airline reported the occurrence aircraft suffered a technical malfunction. A replacement aircraft was dispatched from Cairo to pick up the 140 pilgrim waiting for their flight home. The occurrence aircraft was able to position to Cairo about 14 hours after landing back in Alexandria. Detailed flight information: https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/MSR4413

Jetblue A321-200N over the Atlantic had a computer problem  A Jetblue Airbus A321-200N, registration N4048J performing flight B6-842 from Dublin (Ireland) to New York JFK,NY (USA), was enroute at FL340 over the Atlantic Ocean about 230nm westnorthwest of Shannon (Ireland) when the crew decided to return to Dublin.  The aircraft landed safely on Dublin's runway 28L about 110 minutes after departure. The airline reported the crew decided to return due to a problem with an onboard computer. The flight was cancelled, the passengers were rebooked onto other flights. Detailed flight information: https://flightaware.com/live/flight/JBU842/history/20240410/0955Z/EIDW/KJFK