| Date |
Aircraft Type |
Narrative |
Death/Injury |
Remarks |
| 14 Dec 1555Z O'Hare International Airport, Chicago Illinois |
777-222 of United Flight: 836 Reg: N220UA |
Smoke began to fill cabin from the rear on approach to runway 10 at O'Hare so pilot evac'd aircraft on taxiway M5. Inspection revealed a low oil quantity in the right engine. |
One serious/263 uninjured |
Arriving from Pudong, Shanghai, China. Metallic deposits were observed on one of the engine chip detectors. In addition, oil deposits were located in the compressor section of the engine. |
| 16 Dec 1900L Chicago Illinois |
CL-600-2B19 of SkyWest Flt 6034 |
Right wing struck a tug whilst taxiing to the gate at O'Hare Intl A/P (ORD) |
Nil/29 pax + 3 crew |
Arriving from Madison Wisconsin. Substantial damage. Tug-driver injured |
| 16 Dec 0715Z Cairo Egypt |
747-228F of Ethiopian Airlines |
N751SA collided with a building while attempting to park at Cairo International Airport |
Nil/4 onboard |
Minor damage. Arriving from Addis Ababa. Reported previously as Southern Air Transport (as operator) |
| 24 Dec night Paris CDG |
767-300 of Air Seychelles |
Aircraft was damaged severely during pushback on Christmas eve and is being interim replaced by a leased Maxjet 767 |
nil |
Probability is of having to replace the entire fuselage aft of the rear pressure bulkhead. (3 months out of service) |
| 25 Dec 0554L Honolulu Hawaii |
A330-323 of NWA Reg: N819NW Flt: NW16 |
Flight suddenly lost 1300ft in severe turbulence at FL380. Encounter caused autopilot and autothrust to disconnect |
One serious/ 2 minor/291 |
Osaka, Japan to Honolulu - during night VMC flight vicinity 34N 180 degrees East |
| 25 Dec 0918L Ontario California |
MD83 of Alaskan Reg: N943AS |
Encountered unexpected severe orographic turbulence on descent passing 8500ft approx |
One serious/ one minor |
Seattle Washington to Ontario, Calif with 114 onboard |
| 31 Dec day Freetown Sierra Leone |
AN12BP of Airmark Reg: UR-TSI |
AN12 lost its undercarriage after landing at Lungi Airport Freetown Sierra Leone on or about the 31st Dec 07. |
nil |
imagery is at tinyurl.com/38878y Leased to Air Afrique? |
| 02 Jan day Burlington Vermont |
CRJ200 of Air Wisconsin |
Despite having carried out the CRJ flap fail AD, the aircraft's flaps failed on approach and the aircraft overshot. |
nil/48 passengers + 3 crew |
US Airways Express flight 3909 from Philadelphia to Burlington made another approach to a longer runway. |
| 02 Jan 0950L Marseilles France |
BAe146-300 of Eurowings |
Turned back and landed following a birdstrike on takeoff and fire indications |
nil |
Flight EW4351 headed Frankfurt Germany. German Regional Airline |
| 02 Jan 1830L Orlando, Sanford International A/P, Florida |
757-200 of Flyglobespan |
Soon after take off Flight Y2-726 suffered an explosion in one of its engines, prompting the pilots to make an emergency return to Orlando. |
Nil/~160 onboard |
Minor damage. Orlando to Glasgow UK. Flight orbited for two hours to burn off excess fuel. Flyglobespan had its suspended licence reinstated in Nov 07. |
| 03 Jan ~2205L Greensboro, North Carolina |
DC9 freighter of DHL |
Cargo jet with a malfunctioning engine made a safe emergency landing a Piedmont Triad International Airport shortly after 10 p.m. |
nil/4 onboard |
compressor surge |
| 03 Jan 745Z Aspen Colorado |
Premier 1 Reg: N300SL |
On landing, the gear door being stuck in the down position, scraped the runway |
Nil/3 onboard |
Minor damage |
| 03 Jan 0220Z Atlanta Georgia |
MD88 of Delta Flight: DAL681 |
Belt loader hit C-2 door while being loaded with baggage |
nil |
Minor damage |
| 03 Jan 0850L Deauville France |
737-4B6 of Atlas Blue Reg: CN-RMX |
On landing the aircraft skidded off the runway coming to rest on soft ground with its nose and main undercarriage buried in mud. At the time the runway was slippery with temperatures below freezing. |
Nil/168 onboard |
Marrakesh to Deauville St Gatien-Intl AP (2550m in length) |
| 03 Jan 0900Z Oklahoma City Oklahoma |
Pilatus PC-12 Reg: N398J |
Lineman was struck by the moving prop whilst aircraft was parked |
One serious injury |
Nil a/c damage |
| 04 Jan 0830L Medford Oregon |
Beech 1900 freighter of Ameriflight |
Pilot reported an engine fire and shutdown at a point 18mls on approach |
nil/1 onboard |
landed without incident |
| 04 Jan 0940L Los Roques Islands Venezuela |
LET410-UVP-E of Transaven Reg: YV2081 |
Aircraft crashed into sea about 6 miles from the Gran Roque Island airfield. Reports indicate that both engine failed when the aircraft was flying at an altitude of 3.000 feet about 64 miles north of Caracas. |
14 dead/14 onboard |
Destroyed. The wreckage is still to be found. |
| 04 Jan 0645Z Portland Oregon |
MD83 of Alaskan Flt: AK389 |
N944AS, a McDonnell Douglas DC-9-83 ingested a foreign object upon landing |
Nil |
Minor damage |
| 05 Jan 0720L & 0940L Shannon Ireland |
A330-200 x 2 of Aer Lingus |
Both flights were grounded at Shannon after lightning strikes on approach Shannon - and passengers were switched to other planes to make their destination of Dublin |
nil |
Flights EI112 (ex JFK Airport New York) and EI132 (ex Boston Logan) both bound for Dublin Ireland |
| 05 Jan 2243Z Kodiak Alaska |
PA31 Navajo of Servant Air Reg: N509FN |
PA31-350 crashed into the water soon after takeoff from runway 36 during an attempted urgent return. Image at tinyurl.com/2uk8dq & 3yugf2 & 36pw9o |
6 dead/10 onboard |
Port side nose luggage door of heavily laden aircraft was seen to open on rotate. Image at tinyurl.com/2v442o |
| 06 Jan 1435L Beijing China |
747-400 of United Flight UA897 |
Chinese inspectors found 8 mice both dead and live, hidden in pillows onboard |
nil |
After the possible plague was reported by the UA tech crew upon arrival |
| 06 Jan evening Podgorica Airport, Montenegro |
Fokker 100 of Montenegro Airlines |
MGX mechanics found a 2" diameter bullet hole in the tail-fin fwd of the rudder after landing. Attributed to cheerful crowds firing wildly into the air. |
Nil |
Arriving from Ljubljana (LJU) in the late evening during Orthodox Christian Xmas celebrations |
| 06 Jan 1645Z Sacramento California |
EMB145R of Express Jet Reg: N14562 |
Aircraft wing was struck by a refueling truck while parked at the gate |
nil |
Minor damage |
| 06 Jan morning Johannesburg South Africa |
747-400 of KLM Flight: KL592 |
747 was forced to return to JNB after an engine failure occurred about 1 hour into the flight. |
Nil/~410 passengers & 16 crew |
Johannesburg (O.R. Tambo Intl Airport) to Amsterdam |
| 06 Jan 1630Z Sacramento California |
EMB145 of JetLink Flight: BTA202 |
While parked at the gate a vehicle struck the wing |
nil |
Minor damage |
| 06 Jan 0014Z DeLand Florida |
Bell 407 of Volusia County Sheriff's Office N801DS |
Pilot carried out an autorotative landing on Highway 17-92 after the engine failed whilst enroute to an auto accident |
Nil/2 |
Minor engine fire extinguished and minor damage (only) to the medevac helo resulted. |
| 07 Jan 1728Z Carolina, Puerto Rico |
Cessna 402 of Air Sunshine Reg: N477RS |
On landing the aircraft's nose-gear suddenly collapsed |
Nil/8 onboard |
Minor damage |
| 07 Jan 1511L Prague Czechoslovakia |
A321 of Air France Flight AF1982 |
Aircraft declared emergency after a failure in an engine shortly before its arrival at Prague's Ruzyne airport. |
Nil/106 passengers |
Roissy, Paris to Prague flight |
| 07 Jan day Venezuela |
C47A Skytrain of AECA Reg: YV-211T |
Returned ASAP following a piston engine failure on the venerable Dakota DC-3 (military version) |
Nil/34 onboard |
From regional airport Los Roques of Gran Roque to Caracas (Gran Roque was scene of loss of a Let410 three days earlier - see above) |
| 07 Jan ~0830L Great Falls Montana |
757 of United Flight: UAL210 |
An electrical fire and flames in a lavatory was extinguished by the crew as it carried out an emergency diversion to Great Falls |
Nil/161 passengers |
Minor fire damage. Enroute Seattle to Chicago |
| 07 Jan day Bangkok Thailand |
747-400 of QANTAS Flight QF2 Reg: VH-OJM |
Flight arriving from UK lost (and was unable to restore) all generated electrical power upon its descent commencement attitude change about 15 mins from landing - after 1st class galley waste fluids entered the main electrical center below, shorting all gen and bus controllers. No RAT or inflight APU power is available on 747's. |
Nil/344 passengers |
Known problem with frequently blocking small diameter drains not being cleared properly by maintenance and cracked underfloor avionics bay drip- shields. Boeing is taking advisory action for all 747 operators. Standby battery and associated inverter power is quite limited in duration. Cracks were found in the galley drip trays of 6 QF 747's. |
| 07 Jan ~0720L Sacramento California |
737-300 of SWA Flight SWA8700 |
Returned shortly after takeoff with an engine shutdown for an unspecified failure |
Nil/2 crew onboard |
Positioning flight to Love Field Dallas |
| 07 Jan ~1555L Toronto Canada |
737 of AA Flight: AA719 |
Aircraft landed back at Pearson International with a cargo door ajar |
nil/~100 onboard |
Toronto to Miami flight |
| 08 Jan ~1710L Dayton Ohio |
CRJ of Delta Flight: DL6032 |
Returned to Dayton International Airport shortly after takeoff Tuesday afternoon when smoke filled its cabin. |
nil |
Soon after takeoff in flight headed for Atlanta |
| 08 Jan 2132L Madinah, Saudi Arabia |
747 of Saudia Flight: SV5362 |
Relanded at Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz International Airport after <30 mins=""> |
One injured/ 485 passengers |
Evacuated on the runway 17 via slides. En route to Casablanca Morocco. Flight operated by Phuket Air |
| 08 Jan morning Algiers Algeria |
Airbus A321-211 of Aigle Azur regn: F-GUAA |
The aircraft suffered a tailstrike on landing causing major damage to the tail section. |
nil |
Substantial damage |
| 08 Jan Caldwell New Jersey |
Pilatus PC-12 Reg: N541PD |
On takeoff roll, PC-12 came to a full stop due to bird activity and the nose gear collapsed, |
Nil/3 onboard |
Minor damage. Essex County airport, Caldwell, NJ |
| 08 Jan 2045L Windhoek Namibia |
A340-300 of Air Namibia Flight: SW285 |
First class was forced to vacate after a slide was inadvertently actuated (and then deflated for transit and later repacking) |
25 x 1st class pax downgraded |
Headed Frankfurt Germany |
| 09 Jan ~1550L Bacau Romania |
BAe146 of Blue Air |
Nosegear collapsed on landing after a few hundred meters of swerving ground-roll on a snow-covered runway. |
Nil/89 passengers |
Arriving from Bucharest, headed for Rome. Operated by Hemus Air with a Bulgarian Crew |
| 10 Jan JFK Airport New York |
EMB145 of Chatauqua Airline |
E145 became stuck in the grass off of runway 31 on landing |
nil |
Flight CHQ6394 arriving from Buffalo New York |
| 11 Jan evening Singapore |
A380-841 of Singapore Airlines Flight: SQ221 Reg: 9V-SKA |
9V-SKA ran onto grass after the tow-truck towing it had an hydraulic failure while departing the terminal at Changi Airport |
nil/446 passengers |
Passengers were switched to a 747 bound for Sydney while the A380 is being checked for damage. |
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1 Air carrier accidents, or other incidents involving serious failures or fatal injuries, investigated by aviation safety agencies of various nations.
2 DISCLAIMER: Assessments are not intended to assert probable cause or liability, but provide insight pending publication of a final report of investigation.
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