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DATE/SITE	AIRCRAFT & REGN	CIRCUMSTANCES	DEATH & INJURY	PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 IMAGERY AT HTTP://WWW.IASA.COM.AU/260207.HTM
08 Feb 2250Z Rexburg ID	Cessna T210R reg: N6390U	Aircraft crashed after takeoff engine failure and an unsuccessful turnback attempt	1 dead	Destroyed by fire. Headed Lincoln Regional Airport California
08 Feb 1930L Annecy France	TU154B of Berkut Kazakh	Skyguide ATC figured in a critical encounter between the TU154 and an Algerian AF C130	nil	@FL250. The two flight paths crossed and a collision was narrowly avoided
11 Feb 1355L Mumbai India	747 of Saudia Flt SV801	Returned to land after dumping fuel following an engine failure on takeoff	nil	Mumbai to Jeddah via Dammam Saudia Arabia. Birdstrikes after V1
11 Feb evening Bangladesh	747-100 of Saudia	Dhaka A/P forced to close after SV801 nose tires punctured and caused a/c to abort t/off	nil/339 onboard	Dhaka to Riyadh. Dhaka Intl A/P closed until early the next morning
11 Feb 1159L Berbegamau Ca	DHC6-300 of Air Inuit	Reg: C-GKCK substantially damaged after crashing on landing in drifting snow.	nil/2 crew + 5 pax	Arriving Northern Quebec from Kattiniq/Donaldson Lake A/P
12 Feb Seattle Tacoma Washington	MD83 of Alaska Flight AS322	Pilot announced 40 mins after t/off that pushback had contacted fence at gate D11 and that a diversion to Reno Nvada had been ordered	nil	Headed for Longbeach. Wingwalker saw the wing hit the fence but was slack and didn't report it. A tell-tale paint-scrape was found.
12 Feb 0920Z Zweibrucken Ger	PA31T of BHS Direct	The 1979 manufacture Cheyenne II crashed shortly after takeoff (assumed engine failure)	1 dead/1 onboard	reg: N160TR enroute to Split, Croatia
12 Feb 2945L Indianapolis IN	A310 of FEDEX N676FE	While taxiing on the FEDEX Ramp, FDX3713's right wing struck a deicing truck	1 x serious inj/ 1 minor	..and tipped it over. Substantial damage to both vehicles. Injured were from truck
12 Feb Tbilisi Georgia	MI-8 of Georgian Army	Helo crash-landed while attempting an emergency landing in the town of Kutaisi	15 injured /17 onboard	write-off. Thought due to an overpitching at high all up weight.
13 Feb 1636L Vnukovo Ru	Challenger 850 of Clearsky	Fell back onto runway in stalled condition after taking off in snow and a/c inverted	3 crew injured	Special Edition version of CRJ-100SE. lack of leading-edge lift-enhancing devices. Destroyed
13 Feb Gardermoen Oslo Norway	A320-232 of British Airways G-EUUI	Hit deicing truck whilst moving to the deicing zone in darkness. Damaged inner right wing leading edge and engine number 2	nil/107 pax + 7 crew onboard	Oslo to London Flt BA767. Substantial damage
13 Feb night Krakow Poland	Fokker 100 of Austrian AL	Flt OS348 diverted to Krakow Intl (EPKK) after an engine malfunctioned in flight	nil/45 Pax & 6 crew	Helsinki to Vienna flight
13 Feb day Surgut Russia	TU134 of Kogalymavia	Made a safe emergency landing after the crew received a gear malfunction warning	nil/37 pax +6 crew	Nadym to Surgut. Aircraft suffered minor damage
14 Feb Novosibirsk Ru	TU134 of Urals Airline	Lengthy delay caused by a flight engineer deplaning himself after the steps had departed	one injured	Flight bound for Yekaterinburg. FE went to hospital
15 Feb 1505Z Carlsbad NM	Cessna 402 N593DM	Aircraft's left engine failed on approach and its RH gear collapsed on landing	nil/ 1 onboard	minor damage
15 Feb evening Las Palmas	737 of Air Mauritania	Pilot briefed pax in French to attack gunman hijacker during a very uncoordinated landing	1 disarmed 20 injured	Ploy worked and hijacker was tackled by pax & cabin staff when he dropped one of 2 guns
15 Feb 0117Z Teterboro NJ	Westwind 1124	Reg: N4WG landed runway 6 and slid sedately off the RH side into the safety area	nil	no damage. A/c towed to ramp
15 Feb Tacloban City	A320 of PAL Reg: RPC3223	On landing, overran the Tacloban r/way in Leyte narrowly missing 100 shanties	nil/113pax +6	PAL flight PR191 nose plunged into a canal 100m short of village. Substantially damaged
16 Feb Manchester UK	777 of PIA reg: AP-BGY	Tail of Flybe Dash 8-400 badly gashed by the PIA 777 in the passing bay for runway 24L	nil	some reports claim it was at the JA or G stopline for 24R or in the 24R passing bay
16 Feb 0715L Ontario Calif	Learjet 55 reg: N55AR	Lear jet circled for a lengthy period before finally managing to extend the nose-gear	nil	Stajets.com a/c arriving from French Valley Airport. Askew nose-gear centered on t/down
16 Feb night Naples Florida	Bizjet (unk type)	Tug driver died after becoming sandwiched between his tug and an aircraft wing	one dead	...happened during a fly-in of Fortune 500 CEO's
16 Feb ~2107L Council Bluffs SW Iowa	C340A reg: N111SC	Crashed 3nms from Municipal airport during fast developing heavy snowstorm (winds up to 53mph)	4 dead/4 onboard	arriving from Jasper Texas. Owner was Color Ink of Council Bluffs
16 Feb Natal Brazil	PA34 of Earthrounders	Pilot's body found adrift in a liferaft after ditching 60kms off the coast of Brazil	1 dead/1 onboard	enroute to Dakar Senegal pilot advised diverting to Fernando de Noronha airport
18 Feb day Zabul Province Afghanistan	CH47 Chinook of US Army	Crashed in Shajoi District about 50yds from the main highway between Kabul and Kandahar	8 dead/14 inj/22 onboard	Sudden unexplained loss of power and control and then crashed (not due to enemy action)
18 Feb 1530L Syracuse NY	CRJ of Delta	Regional jet had locked flaps and needed the longer runway at Syracuse Hancock Intl A/P	nil/36 pax	Atlanta to Rochester NY (pax were bussed onwards to Rochester)
18 Feb 1514L Cleveland Ohio	EMB170 of Delta DL 6448	Overran into deep snow on landing Cleveland Hopkins from Atlanta & ended up in the perimeter fence after destroying LLZ Antenna	nil/70 pax & 4 crew	N862RW Shuttle America operation was badly damaged off the end of r/way 28. R/way 28/10 is Cleveland's shortest at 1830m
19 Feb Sharjah UAE	A330 of NovAir	Pilot shut down the port engine due to severe vibration and diverted into Sharjah	nil/356 pax	Dubai to Arlanda Sweden & Copenhagen. Charter a/c owned by Kuoni Scandinavia
19 Feb 2235L Auckland NZ	747-400 of Qantas	Flt QF25 suffered an inflight engine fire on eng #1 and returned to Auckland heavy	nil	Reg: VH-OJJ Melbourne-Auckland-LAX

¹ Air carrier accidents, or other incidents involving serious failures or fatal injuries, investigated by aviation safety agencies of various nations.

² DISCLAIMER: These assessments are not intended to assert probable cause or liability, but rather are intended to provide insight pending publication of a final report of investigation. Preliminary analysis by J. Sampson, International Aviation Safety Association (IASA).

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