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Monday, July 25, 2005

Accidents and Incidents

DATE/SITE AIRCRAFT & REGN CIRCUMSTANCES DEATH & INJURY PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at http://www.iasa.com.au/250705.htm
06 July 0154L JFK A/P USA 767 of Israir & a DC-8 of DHL (A'Borne Xpress) 767 taxied past unseen holding point in fog & rain & was narrowly avoided by accelerating DC-8 of Airborne Express Nil / ~300 on both a/c DC-8's premature rotate managed to clear fully loaded 767 by less than 100ft vertically. No AMASS alerting
12 July Domodedovo, Russia 777-200 of Vietnam Airlines Flt VN525 was intercepted by Russian fighters & failed to acknowledge calls Nil A major mix-up in comms between Air Defense and Civil ATC led to alert
13 July Anchorage, Alaska 747-212B(SF) of UPS Reg: N520UP UP2997 had uncontained failure #3 on climb, lost slats & made a heavy wt ldg Nil Subst damage. 10 tires replaced. Flight headed Sandiford A/P Louisville, Ky.
13 July 1545L Lagos, Nigeria Tristar cargo of Amiron 5X-AAL L-1011 skidded off r/way on landing in heavy downpour. Lagos closed 24hrs Nil Opr for Panalpina. A landing cargo 747 (Tradewinds) also blew most tires
14 July Seoul, South Korea 747 of Korean Airlines Flt: 630 Hit severe clear air turbulence (CAT) & dived, 40 mins after departing Bali 40 inj / 257 o/b 1 pax suffered a severe head wound
14 July morning Ft. Worth, Meacham MD80 of AA Flt: 1456 Pilot mayday'd, declaring a unserviceable fuel quantity system & diverted Meacham Nil Long Beach, Calif., to Dallas-Ft. Worth, Texas
15 July 1850Z Newnan, Ga. Citation 525 Reg: N3ST On landing, aircraft hydroplaned, overran & struck the localizer antenna Nil / 2 o/b Substantial damage
15 July 0845Z Eagle, Colo. Learjet 35 Reg: N620JM On landing, aircraft skidded off into a field and caught fire. Not a wx accident 4 minor inj / 4 o/b Unknown damage; arriving from Aspen, Colo.
15 July 0655L Bangkok A/P Thai 717-200 of Bangkok Awys Isuzu aircon truck rammed rear of (& destroyed) right wing of the aircraft Nil Jet out of service >20 days. Such incidents occurring monthly at B'Kok
16 July Ciampino, Rome 737 of Ryanair Pressurization problem caused first return - then gear would not retract Nil Most pax wouldn't embark for the 3rd try
16 July morning 18mls S of Malabo AN32 of Equatair Equatorial Guinea Overloaded a/c lost height after t/off & crashed in dense jungle 30 kms south 60 dead / ? o/b Local official admitted up to 80 may have been aboard the 46 pax aircraft
16/17 Jul Hurghada A/P Egypt to CDG A/P MD83 of AMC (Egyptian charter airline) Flt left Hurghada for Paris after delay due pax complaints of power cuts, t'off aborts, faulty aircon & damaged seats Nil / 66 pax o/b 96 pax had previously mutinied in Hurghada and disembarked because of safety concerns. Left on July 17
16 July 1150Z San Jose, CR Pilatus PC6B Reg: N908PL Crashed into the ocean off Costa Rica under unknown circumstances 3 dead / 3 missing Float-equipped amphibian had deptd Tobias Bolanos A/P in San Jose
17 July Tokyo, Japan DHC-8-400's of ANA & Japan Air Commuter Japan Air Commuter and ANA cancelled 14 flights after a common engine defect was found & type grnded Nil Follows on from an emergency landing in June after smoke filled the cockpit & cabin of an ANA Dash 8
17 July Dusseldorf, Ger. A330-223 of LTU D-ALPE Made a single-engine landing 2.5 hrs after T/O (ingested a Heron in eng #2 ) Nil / 234 pax o/b Headed Beijing. 2.5hrs on s/engine due to no fuel dump capability
17 July 1618L Old Bridge, N.J. Citation 525 of Hertrich Avn Inc N13FH overshot runway by about 400 feet onto grass on landing Nil / 3 o/b Subst damage. A/C had deptd Sussex County A/P Georgetown, Delaware
17 July 1146L Wuhan A/P, China 767-300 of Air China CA1307 Diverted into Wuhan, Hubei Province after pilots' windscreen split inflight Nil CA1307 ex Beijing bound for Shenzen (arrived there 2030L on July 17)
18 July 1815L Nuremberg, Ger EMB 145 of Swiss Skidded off onto grass after landing in poor weather conditions Nil / 16 pax +3 Flt LX1190 was towed in - Zurich to Nuremberg a/c had nil damage
18 July morning Nantes A/P, France A320 of Condor Thomas Cook Hanover to Tenerife flight diverted Nantes following an engine failure enrt Nil / 174 pax No further details
18 July 1940Z Indianapolis, Ind. ERJ170-100SE of Chautaqua N860RW struck N940FR (a Frontier A319) during pushback from gate Nil Left wingtip to A319 horizontal stabilizer - minor damage
19 July 1120L Duluth, Minn. Jetstream 32 of Mid-America Jet Charter plane lost all hydraulics and diverted into Duluth Nil / 19 pax +2 International Falls, Mont., to Chicago Midway A/P, Ill.
19 July 0203Z Watertown, N.Y. Beech 1900D of Mesa N143YV Mesa 4655 hit a deer on the runway on landing roll-out Nil / 17 pax +2 Unknown damage; arriving from Pittsburgh, Pa.
20 July 1248L El Paso, Texas MD88 of Delta Flt: 1041 Returned after 45 mins of fuel burn-off due to ingesting pieces of a blown tire Nil / 114 +5 o/b Enroute to Atlanta, Ga. Smell of burning rubber in aircon was a clue.
20 July Amritsar, India 777 of Air India Flt: 187 Wheel of Amritsar-Delhi-Birmingham- Toronto flt caught fire on landing Nil / 268 pax Fire-fighters used water to douse wheel fire causing yet more damage
21 July 1710L Nth Las Vegas A/P Aero Commander Reg: N7UP 11 seat a/c crashed on t/off, reportedly slamming back down from a ht of 8ft 3 inj A/c destroyed (under contract to U.S. Forest Service as a firespotter plane)
21 July 1120L Nth Aceh Indonesia Casa CN-235 of AURI Crashed on ldg at Lhokseumawe A/P (flight fm regional capital Banda Aceh) 3 fatal & 23 inj Indon AF a/c carrying troops & civilians fm Malikussaleh AirBase
21 July ~1420L Detroit, Mich. 747-400 of NWA Flight: 25 N664US Jet broke rt ctr maingear & shredded 2 tires on pushback turn from gate 24 Nil Narita bound. Support bar broke allowing gear to twist (a/c #6304)
21 July 1215L Aspen, Colo. Dash 8 of United Express Flt: 7055 A/c towed off r/way after return to Pitkin County Airport w/o hydraulics Nil / 29 o/b Operated for United by Mesa Airlines
22 July morning Tabriz, Iran 737 of Gulf Air (ex London UK) Emerg landing at Tabriz A/P 1100km NW Tehran due to a pax heart failure 1 ill Indian pax taken to local hospital in critical condition. Flt deptd for Muscat
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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