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Monday, April 11, 2005

Accidents And Incidents

DATE/SITE AIRCRAFT & REGN CIRCUMSTANCES DEATH & INJURY PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at http://www.iasa.com.au/110405.htm
15 Feb. 0200L Kota Kinabulu, Mal 737 of MAS Flt: MH 2638 A/c forced to go round & then orbit while missing ATCOs were found Nil 3 ATCOs disciplined and posted for being AWOL from their ATC tower
13 Mar (TBC) Manchester ,UK 737-700 of Air Berlin Aircraft had a tailstrike while departing off runway 24R at night Nil No further details
18 Mar 1445L Bangkok, Thailand 737-200 of Phuket Air Phuket bound flight made an emerg return after 15 mins - hydraulic failure Nil/ 90 pax Delayed from 1050 to 1430 at Don Muang A/P (attempted rectifications)
29 Mar 0915L Eldoret, Nairobi C404 Titan of Aero Kenya Baggage door flew open after t/off & hit prop/detached cowl. Re-landed. Nil Same crew crashed same a/c near fmr Pres D.A. Moi's home the week before
30 Mar early eve St. Kitts ATR72 of American Eagle Emerg landing at Robert L Bradshaw A/P with a cracked windscreen Nil St. Lucia to San Juan, P.R. Also lost pressurization.
30 Mar 2100L Heathrow, UK (LHR) A310 of Aeroflot Flt: SU247 Directed into non-standard hold N of Stansted while security forces were assembled to welcome it just after 2130 Nil Sheremetyevo to LHR pilot accidentally enabled hijack squawk and couldn't disable it.
30 Mar ~1000L Lagos, Nigeria DC-10-30F of Abis Cargo Overflying Zimbabwean cargo a/c forced to land by a fire in an engine Nil Landed Murtala Mohammed A/P Ikeja, Lagos
31 Mar 2145L Heathrow, UK A340 of China Eastern MU552 Shanghai (Pu Dong) bound flight smacked tail on runway hard after an airborne re-rotate - but continued enrt Nil Runway checker found 30ft scrape S. of centerline on r/way 09R at Vrot Pt (unk if UKCAA/UKAAIB interested)
31 Mar ~2250L Drizez Mt, Albania MC130H Talon II of USAF A/c crashed into mountain in night bad weather during exercise in Albania 9 fatal / 9 o/b Crashed near Rovie Village. 352nd Special Ops Group (Mildenhall, UK)
31 Mar 0830L Charlotte, N.C. 737-400 of US Airlines Flt: 895 False hijack transponder signal triggered a security alarm response Nil / 91 o/b Pax kept onboard at Charlotte Douglas A/P for 30 mins until situation cleared
31 Mar late pm hrs Sanaa, Yemen AN-12 of RPS Airfreight Overran by 400m after loss of control on t/off & the fire was quickly put out 8 inj / 8 o/b Bound Dubai via Mukalla with 17 tons of fish (abort cause unknown)
01 Apr 0210Z Denver, Colo. A320 of UAL Flt: UA408 #2 eng flames spotted by another crew as a/c powered up on T/O caused evac one inj / 136 Headed JFK. Minor injuries including sprained ankles from slides. N432UA
01 Apr 1420L Bozeman, Mont. A320 of NWA Flt: 1272 Minneapolis-bound flight turned around and landed back in Belgrade Nil With a faulty fraudulent fire warning light. Returned Gallatin Field
02 Apr 1530Z Atlantic City, N.J. A321 of Spirit Flt: 262 N586NK encountered wake turbulence enroute and 2 F/A were injured 2 inj One seriously
02 Apr 2218Z Teterboro, N.J. CL600 Reg: N169TA Porpoised on landing, struck right wing, blew two tires & subsided to rest Nil / 4 o/b A Truman Arnold Co. production
02 Apr 2045Z Miami, Fla. ERJ135 of American Eagle N840AE was pushed back into a tug. Tug-driver has unknown injuries Unk No further details. Damage extent is unknown
02 Apr 1530L Luxembourg 747-4R7F of Cargolux LX-SCV's #4 caught fire on t/off & a/c headed for the North Sea to dump gas Nil RR power. Returned after 2 hrs
02 Apr 1630L Nias Is., Sumatra SK50 Sea King of RAN Shark 02 Op off HMAS Kanimbla hospital ship, crashed during appch to Aman Draya 9 dead / 11 o/b Possible vortex ring state encounter (rotor disc recirculation)
02 April Tel Aviv 737-800 of El Al Flt: 541 Female F/A lost balance and fell to tarmac, and is now in intensive care. 1 ser inj Tried to close rear service door while loading equipment (Athens bound flt)
03 April Dunai, Nepal Twin Otter of Yeti Air 9N-AEQ Pebble pierced the fuel tank after a runway landing "event" Nil / 10 pax A/c grounded by leak. Arriving from Nepalguni enrt Dolpa (deptd 0645L)
03 April Sharjah, UAE 747-300 of Phuket Air Pax rebelled when HS-VAU tried to take off with fuel gushing from right wing. Some pax refused to re-board Nil / ~400 pax 2 attempts headed Gatwick, UK (fm Bangkok). Broken vent float valve caused an over-filling of the surge tank
03 April San Jose, Calif. 757 of AA Flt: 2166 Dallas-Ft. Worth flt returned after 15 mins with a fire-in-the-cockpit odor Nil Landed >max certified wt. Equipment cooling low flow det CB found tripped
04 Apr 1700Z Miami, Fla. DC9 of American N16545 struck on wingtip at the gate by a ramp services truck Nil Unknown damage
05 April Islamabad A310-300 of PIA Paris bound a/c returned after a fire warning in the RH engine (#2) Nil Metal failure in an engine duct allowed hot air to escape
05 April 2109L Kuching, Borneo Cessna 208B of Transmile Air Skidded off runway during landing in heavy rain and became bogged Nil Deptd Bintulu 2003L via Sibu & then obstructed Kuching's main runway
06 Apr 1400L Ghazni City, Afgh. Chinook CH47 of U.S. Army Bad Weather (fog/dust) crash 80mls SW Kabul enrt to Bagram Airbase 16 dead / 18 2 still missing. A/c was #2 in a pair traveling in company. Visibility 50m
06 Apr 1137L Gatwick, UK 747-312 of Phuket Air A/c that fetched 03 Apr pax from Sharjah had hyd fault and it recurred on Bangkok bound flt on 06 Apr Nil UK CAA grounded a/c on its return as it had also shut down an engine on its flt ex Gatwick at 0830L for Bangkok
06 Apr ~2359L Copenhagen, Den. 757 of DHL Cargo Called Mayday for a birdstrike and landed back after extinguishing a fire Nil Airborne off 22L and had engine secured (lengthy flames) by 500ft agl
07 April Narita Tokyo A/P 747 of Nippon Cargo Airlines Runway closed temporarily after smoke poured from wheels on landing Nil 13,200 ft. runway (7 intl flts diverted). Runway reopened 30 mins later.
1 Air carrier accidents, or other incidents involving serious failures or fatal injuries. 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 John Sampson - International Aviation Safety Association (IASA).
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