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DATE/SITE	AIRCRAFT & REGN	CIRCUMSTANCES	DEATH & INJURY	PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at http://www.iasa.com.au/210305.htm
22 Jan 04 Manchester, UK	MD-80 of SAS Flt 539	Erratum: incident (misreported as 22 Jan 05) involved no crew-reported fire	Nil	Smoke & elec smell (only) was caused by an overheating ceiling light ballast
02 Mar 2333Z Ft Lauderdale, Fla.	Cessna 402C Reg: N88TN	Aluminum skin-strips hanging from the a/c's RH elevator after landing	Nil	Elevator trim-tab had separated from actuator allowing a violent flutter
02 March Muscat, Oman	737-800 of Omanair WY505	Salalah bound flight returned after many pax and all cabin crew were sick	Many ill	No evidence of bacterial food poisoning or air contamination found
03 Mar 1905L Los Angeles, Calif.	767 of Masair Cargo N314LA	After landing discovered paint chips embedded in RHS composite geardoor	Nil	Prior unreported ground collision to Masair 6841
03 March Newark, New Jersey	777 of Continental Flt 99	Flt 99 to Narita Japan had a nasty tailstrike on take-off (N78008 tail-skin has been worn down to the stringers)	Nil	Hull 008 has extensive damage and a new rear bulkhead is being built in Japan. Boeing to repair for US$4.6M
08 Mar evening Calgary, Canada	CRJ700 of United	Nose-gear doors and jetway damaged as jetway removed with GPU attached	Nil	GPU=ground power unit
08 Mar 1708L Belize City	Caravan C208B of Tropic Air	Flt 2110 crashed into the sea soon after take-off from this municipal strip	7 inj / 12 +1	Appears to be wind, weather & poss. disorientation (vice engine failure)
08 March Charallave, Venez.	Citation 1 of Air Global YV-21CP	Crashed and burned after 2nd attempt to land r/way 28 off VOR/DME appch	2 fatal / 2 o/b	800ft cloudbase (arriving Caracas from Maturi-Quiriquire A/P)
09 March Budapest, Hungary	737 of EasyJet	Emergency landing due to an unspecified technical malfunction	Nil / 105 pax	No further details
09 Mar 1110L Atyrau, Kazakhstan	AN24 of SKAT	Shut down starboard engine due to oil pressure loss and landed	Nil / 36 pax +4	Pax resumed journey on a ready reserve AN24 within 2 hrs
09 March Aberdeen, UK	737 of KLM	Full decontamination response to white powder found in baggage hold	Nil / 83 o/b	A/c arrived from Amsterdam had a bag of flour burst in a unclaimed rucksack
09 Mar 0005L San Francisco, Calif.	747-400 of SIA Flt 001	Blew two left MLG tires on t/off, dumped fuel and returned to SFO	Nil / 237 + 21	Retracting blown tires and proceeding is never a good idea (gear sticks UP)
09 March Aceh, Indonesia	GA8 of MAF	A/c sheared off right wing & gear in landing on road to distribute supplies	Nil / 2 o/b	MAF: Missionary Avn Fellowship conducting relief humanitarian ops
09 March Baghdad, Iraq	AN-12 of Vega Reg: LZ-VEC	Right wing and one engine hit the dirt on landing and a/c is now a write-off	Nil / 7 o/b	Vega is a Bulgarian operator
10 Mar 1000L Winnipeg, Canada	A319 of Air Canada AC262	All pax complained of burning lungs, eyes, throats so flt returned 2 hrs later	Many inj / 61 pax	De-icer fluid contamination of aircon system
11 Mar 1212Z Teterboro, N.J.	Beechjet 400 Reg N877FL	A/c aborted its take-off and slid off the departure end of the runway	Nil / 3 +1	Obviously stopped before the highway Teterboro is to get improved o'runs
11 March Grozny, Chechnya	MI-8 of Russian Border Guard	Interior Ministry helicopter hit power-lines and crashed, catching fire	14 dead / 2 inj / 16	Russian Ministry of Defense says 15 a/c & 22 pilots lost in Chechnya since Dec 2001
11 March Brussels, Belgium	737 of Lufthansa flt LH4578	56 Iranian monarchists staged a post-landing sit-in that lasted 16 hours	Nil / 56 pax	Ex Frankfurt pax wanted the nuclear-besotted mullahs removed by the EU
11 Mar 2255L Ezeiza, Brazil	777 of AA Flt AAL908	RH eng fire on t/off caused by cracked fuel nozzle supply pipe & a/c aborted	5 inj / 216 +14	A/c was evacuated by slides on the runway. Eng cooked (7 mins to extinguish)
11 Mar 0500Z Milwaukee, Wis.	CRJ-200 of NW Airlink FLG2823	Flight FLG2823 slid sideways off the taxiway whilst maneuvering	Nil	Nil damage
12 Mar 0502Z Milwaukee, Wis.	CL600-2B19 Reg: N8932C	On landing this Pinnacle Airlines jet veered off the runway	1 inj / 8 pax +2	Substantial damage (arriving from LaGuardia, N.Y.)
12 Mar 0035Z Blythe, Calif.	MU-2 Reg: N333WF	Air taxi operator landed gear up causing minor belly damage	Nil / 3 pax +1	Assuming an inadvertent belly landing
12 Mar ~1600L Abuja, Nigeria	727 of Chanchangi	727 allegedly caught out by wind-shear and wiped its gear (a/c is a write-off)	119 uninj / 119	Namde Azikwe Intl A/P. 2nd 2005 belly landing for Chanchangi 5N-BEU
13 Mar 0155L LAX, Calif.	747-400 of Air China	840,400lb Beijing-bound behemoth sank through taxiway edge and mired	Nil / 336 o/b	Flt 984 cut the corner enroute to r/way 35R and sank about 3ft. Defuelled
13 March Phoenix, Ariz.	CRJ-200ER of United Express	Returned after 20 mins missing a panel and landed runway 26	Nil	N961SW
14 Mar 1700L Isle-of-Man, UK	BAe146-300 of FLYBE	Emerg landing due to smoke on flight-deck. A/P closed for just over 30mins	Nil	Bandeirante of Keenair later called a Mayday for eng failure and returned
15 Mar 0715L Lima, Peru	AN-26	A/c stuck on belly on runway 33 closing airport's only lengthy runway	Nil	Suggested that pilot forgot flaps and stalled during gear retraction on t/off
15 March Ezeiza, Brazil	767-300 of UAL Flt UA846	A/P closed for 4hrs after a/c's left engine caught fire on t/off & a/c evac'd	5 inj / 173 +12	Dulles bound. On 11 Mar 05 a 777 (of AA) had a similar incident at Ezeiza.
15 March Manchester, UK	Emb145	Helo flew across the finals flight path of a landing a/c, missing it by 1/4 mile	Nil	Helo pilot ignored ATC instruction in marginal weather at night. CAA invstg
16 March 1353L Varendei N. Russia	AN-24 of Lukoil Op by Kemerovo	RA46489 banked hard during final appch to Varendei & crashed in flames	29 dead / 45 +7	Flt RL9288. Ufa (S. Siberia) to Varendei (several intermediate stops)
16 Mar 0015L Macrihanish, UK	BN Islander of LoganAir	Medevac a/c crashed at sea during its approach in conditions of low cloud	2 fatal / 2 o/b	400ft cloudbase. Operated for Scottish Ambulance Service (last crash 1995)
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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