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Monday, April 9, 2007

Accidents And Incidents

DATE/SITE AIRCRAFT & REGN CIRCUMSTANCES DEATH & INJURY PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 IMAGERY AT WWW.IASA.COM.AU/090407.HTM
19 Mar Dublin Ireland 737-800 reg:EI-DHA FR296 returned Dublin reporting a tech problem (reportedly a departure tailscrape) nil Dublin to Stansted flight then left 3.5 hrs later
20 Mar 1036L Ft Lauderdale FL P180 Avanti reg:N128SL On landing veered right upon right brake applicn and the left main gear collapsed nil /2 onboard operated by AvantAir Inc. Substantial damage and fuel spillage.
21 Mar day Rome Fiumicino 737-300 of Air Malta Flight KM616 was struck by lightning causing a number of instrument failures nil Newark Liberty Airport to Tel Aviv Israel
25 Mar 1540Z Belgrade Serbia A300-600 of Lufthansa Aircraft declared an emergency for a cockpit fire and smoke and diverted in nil/213 pax + 11 crew Frankfurt to Cairo. Firemen removed a sparking and arcing electronic module from the cockpit
26 Mar 10:52L Ft Lauderdale FL 757-200 of Skyservice Aircraft made an unscheduled landing at Fort Lauderdale after smoke in the cockpit nil/ 221 pax and crew Flight SSV5088 -Toronto Canada to Costa Rica
27 Mar Hurghada Egypt 737-500 of FlyLAL Pilots landed on the parallel taxiway (which used to be a fighter base runway and has rubber deposits full length) nil ...and piano keys on the threshold. Vilnius Latvia to Hurghada Egypt. See approach view of Hurghada at tinyurl.com/33kczc
28 Mar night Southern Pacific A340-300 of Lan Chile Crew saw and heard a meteorite or pieces of space junk pass close by them at very high speed nil Santiago Chile to Auckland New Zealand. Range estimates vary from 5nms to 5kms. Also seen by another Argentine flight-crew
29 Mar Grande Rapids Mi A320 of NWA Unscheduled stop at Gerald R Ford Intl Airport with smoke in the galley nil/8 onboard Flight 1263 (Dulles to Minneapolis)
30 Mar morning Khartoum Sudan A300 of Sudan Airways Hijacker carrying a knife burst into the cockpit about 90 mins before landing nil/ 210 pax onboard Flt SD11 Hijacker demanded a meeting with British and US ambassadors together with the media
30 Mar ~1100L Tokunoshima Is CH47 of GSDF Crashed at night on Mt Amagi, Tokunoshima Island in southern Japan's Kagoshima Prefecture 4 dead/ 4 crew onboard after departing Naha Okinawa on an emergency call-out to pick up a patient. GSDF is Japanese Ground Self Defense Force
30 Mar day Denver Colorado 757-222 of United N9596UA Passengers were about to disembark at gate B22 when the aft Doubledocker Jetbridge collapsed onto the port wing nil/176 pax + 8 crew substantial damage to Flight UA965 wing on arrival from Boston
30 Mar Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam ATR-72 of Vietnam Airlines Due to a hydraulic braking problem the aircraft overran by a few meters coming to a stop on the grass nil/ 65 pax + 5 crew minor aircraft damage. Ho chi Minh City's Tan Son Nhut Airport to Phu Quoc Island
30 Mar 1524L Orlando Florida MD83 of Allegiant Air Flight AAY758 landed without nosegear at Sanford International after extension probs nil/147 onboard N877GA arriving from Portsmouth New Hampshire circled for an hour trying to extend nose-gear
31 Mar morning Quebec Canada Piper Navajo Aircraft went down NW of Sept Iles near Labrador, killing the pilot 1 dead/ 1 onboard Enroute to Wabush to pick up passengers. Cormorant SAR helo found wreck around 1300hrs
31 Mar 0915L Gander Newfdld AN124 of Volga Dnepr VDA2100 overshot runway by 78 meters on landing Gander Newfoundland Canada nil/10 crew NLG damage. Enroute Greenville to Shannon Ireland Carrying 98 tons of cargo to Tianjin China.
01 Apr ~1330L Cedar Rapids Ia ERJ145 of American Eagle Aircraft made an emergency landing at this Eastern Iowa airport after declaring "Engine Trouble" nil/47 pax +3 crew onboard Madison bound from Dallas Texas
01 Apr 0025Z McCall Indiana SA-26 Merlin 2 On landing N46SA slid 35 ft off the runway until left wing hit a snowbank nil/7 pax +2 crew Arriving from Everett Washington. Minor damage
01 Apr 2359L Luanda Angola A340-300 of TAP Returned to 04 Feb International A/P soon after departing due to engine failure nil/ 257 pax onboard enroute to Lisbon Portugal
01 Apr 1927L Miami Florida A300-600 of American Airlines Flight AA1190 (Montego Bay Jamaica to JFK) diverted into Miami with rudder problems. Later returned Miami with the same problem after a 14 minute flight nil Repeat of a 01 Jan Miami-Dulles Flt AA738 incident? Reported by pax who were on flight AA1190's as 2 alarming rides with evident flight control problems for Ship #081. Possibly the yaw damper.
01 Apr night Vienna Austria ATR72 of FEDEX Two cargo workers became trapped in the cargo hold & flew involuntarily from CDG 2 kidnapped Pilot closed door because of rain. Vienna workers who opened door didn't let them out & called police
02 Apr 0910L Kolkata India A319-100 of Druk Air Aircraft made an emerg landing at Chandra Bose with a fire warning indication 107 pax onboard Cargo Hold alarm. Bangkok to Paro Bhutan. Druk Air is Bhutan's national airline
02 Apr day Manado Indonesia 737-400 of Batavia Air Returned soon after t/off from Sam Ratulangi A/P with undercarriage problems nil Headed to Jakarta. Batavia Air now refuses to discuss any air incidents (according to RCTI TV)
02 Apr 0805Z Fukuoka Japan 777-200 of JAL Arrived on the Southern island of Kyushu with #2 shutdown for overtemp nil/249 pax +10 crew Carrying Japanese Finance Minister Mr Koji Omi
03 Apr day Kaohsiung Tw UH-1H of Taiwan Army Helicopter flew into TV tower on a mountain peak shrouded in heavy fog and rain 5+ dead Could be as many as eight dead
03 Apr 1418L Oklahoma City 737-300 of United Diverted in to Will Rogers Airport with an hydraulic failure & nose-gear problem nil/112 onboard Flight 769 from Chicago O'Hare to San Antonio Texas
03 Apr Atlanta Georgia CRJ of Delta Connection Returned for a reported emergency landing after suffering gear problems after takeoff for Gainesville Florida nil Delta Connection Flight 4526

 

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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