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DATE/SITE	AIRCRAFT & REGN	CIRCUMSTANCES	DEATH & INJURY	PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 IMAGERY AT WWW.IASA.COM.AU/040607.HTM
06 May ~1630L Moscow Russia	IL86 of Atlant Soyuz RA-96109	Tug towing mobile stairs collided with the aircraft on taxi-out (acft returned to the terminal)	nil/344 onboard	Vnukovo A/P Moscow to Sharm-el-Sheik Egypt
17 May day Thessalonica Gr	737-8K5 of TuiFly D-AHFD	Flight X3-5313 was forced to return to Thessalonica soon after takeoff due to a birdstrike	nil	Thessalonica to Hamburg Germany
18 May day Goma DR Congo	LET410 of TAC	Cargo plane caught fire soon after takeoff from Waikale in the Eastern Congo and crashed	3 dead/3 onboard	Reg: TN-AHM oprg for SafeAir
19 May 1215 L Fishers Indiana	PA46-350P reg: N411MD	Crash on landing at Indianapolis Metropolitan A/P for unknown reasons (in VMC conditions)	2 uninjured	Substantial damage, arriving from Marion Municipal A/P Marion, Indiana
20 May 0641L Frankfurt Ger	747-200F of Cathay Pacific	A very large section of engine (constituting the reverser) dropped off #2 engine on landing	nil (tinyurl.com/2azbg9)	South runway closed for debris to be cleared. Flt 67 arriving from Dubai
22 May 1510L Unakleet Alaska	SA227AC of Peninsula Awys	Blocked the runway for quite a period after landing when a maingear leg collapsed	nil/7 pax + 1 crew	Flt KS231 had just arrived from Anchorage Alaska
22 May 2250L Moscow Russia	IL96 of Aeroflot Flt:SU541	Hydraulic failure after takeoff caused crew to dump fuel, about turn and land back in Moscow	nil/133 pax + 8crew	Sheremetyevo A/P Moscow to Hanoi Vietnam
22 May 1050L Aegean Sea	757-330 of Kondor D-ABOJ	Flt DE9745 diverted into Eleftherios Venizelos A/P Athens after being struck by lightning	nil/241 pax + 8crew	Heraklion Crete (Greece) to Hanover Germany. Blew a small hole in fuselage
23 May Charlotte NC	767-300 of Delta Flt 131	Baby was born prematurely in First Class and resuscitated by two physicians (a/c diverted)	plus one	Munich Germany to Atlanta Georgia> Mother and child recovered well.
23 May 1540L Chesterfield MO	Cessna 421 reg: N4082L	Reported a problem and needed to land soon after t/off 26R. Seen to bank right & crashed	1 serious injury	Spirit of St Louis Airport. Probable eng failure. Headed St Louis Downtown A/P
23 May day Novyj Urengoj Ru	737-500 of Pulkovo	Rossiya Flt FV431 declared an emergency for an engine failure and landed at its destination	nil/29 pax + 8 crew	arr fm St Petersburg (where 2 weeks prior a Pulkovo 737 also landed in emergency)
23 May day Berlin Germany	757-200 of Israir (Israeli)	Flt 6H-251 was evacuated on the runway after landing with smoke in the cockpit and cabin	one inj /162 pax + 8 crew	Arriving Schoenefeld A/P Berlin from Ben Gurion A/P Tel Aviv. One pax hosp
23 May 2140L Mumbai India	A310 of Air India Flt AI800	Announced an emergency for hydraulic failure before landing without further incident	nil/207 pax onboard	arriving Chhatrapati Shivaji A/P from Jeddah Saudi Arabia
24 May 1250L Chennai India	A320 of Indian Airlines IC573	Twice returned within the space of two hours with serious technical problems	nil/67 pax	Headed Bandaranaike A/P Colombo, Sri Lanka. Flt was cx, pax sent to hotels.
24 May 1745L Contamana Peru	Twin Otter of Peruvian Air Force	FAP-303 went down in bad weather on a jungle-covered mountain range in the North-East of Peru (560kms NE of Lima). ELT signal at 1745	13 dead/20 onboard	Iquitos- Orellana terminating Pucallpa. Went missing after leaving Orellana on descent to Pampa Hermosa Airport
24 May day Reus Spain	757 of Thomas Cook TCX132	6 Scottish louts arrested after arrival for terrorizing pax & assaulting crew enroute from Glasgow	6 offed	Arr from Glasgow Scotland. Later released from custody, they trashed a hotel
24 May day Malaga Spain	757-200 of Jet2 Airlines	Aircraft returned after severe compressor stalling on its port RB211 in the climb-out	nil	A spare replacement engine was being trucked in.
24 May day Tonga	DHC8-Q100 of Polynesian Air	Flight PH410 lost a port outer mainwheel upon landing Nuku' Alofa (later found in the grass)	nil/~30 pax	Pago Pago American Samoa to Fua Amotu de Nuku' Alofa A/P Tonga
24 May 0900L Blagoveshchensk	Tu214 ofKrasair Flt E3-111	Dragged by tugs from a 100 meter landing overrun's muddy bog about 3 hours after its arrival	nil/130 pax onboard	Flying for Domodedovo Airlines and arriving from Moscow
25 May 2140L Sao Paulo Brazil	737-800 of Gol Flt: G3-7486	Returned soon after takeoff following a birdstrike and necessitating an engine change	nil/~200 onboard	Garulhos de Sao Paulo to Salgado Filho de Porto Alegre Brazil. Bent turbine blade
25 May 0810L Bournemouth UK	737-200 of Euro Avn Air Charter	Struck & ingested a huge swarm of bees straight after takeoff & returned to land after an engine surge	nil/90 onboard	flying for Palmair, headed to Faro Portugal. Ret'd after an hour. Flight cancelled
25 May ~1700L over the Pyrenees	757-200 of ThomsonFly	TOM4633 diverted and landed at Barcelona after an engine swallowed a weather balloon's radiosonde	nil	During enroute cruise from East Midlands UK bound for Majorca Spain
26 May 1944L Honolulu Hawaii	CRJ200 of GO! Flt: YV1018	Missed a Japan based US C130 by 30 meters when the Hercules entered the runway during its t/off	nil/50 aboard the GO!	Flt YV1018 was Honolulu to Kahului Hi. GO! is a subsidiary of Mesa Airlines
26 May ~1400L Dulles Virginia	747-400 of United Flt 897	Orbited to dump fuel and returned following a surging and stalling outboard engine on takeoff	nil	Landed an hr after takeoff. Caused fire in bushes alongside runway. Bound Beijing
26 May ~noon Venice Italy	MD90 of Swiss Hello HB-JIA	Flt HW6521 diverted into Marco Polo Airport Venice following an enroute engine failure.	nil/124 onboard	Pristina Serbia and Zurich
27 May day Entebbe Uganda	AN-12 of ?	Spotted bogged off the end of the main runway (town end) and in a very nose-down attitude	unknown	looked to be nose-gear collapsed in long grass (with a mobile crane in attendance)
27 May 1715L Toronto Canada	A330-300 of Air Canada	Flt AC872 aborted its takeoff after a tire blew and then several other maingear tires blew	nil	Bound Frankfurt, acft was stuck on runway 23 for some time. Replaced by A340
27 May 1605L Paris CDG A/P	A321 of Air France	Flt AF2544 had an engine fire on takeoff and aborted at high speed, taxied in to the terminal	nil	Headed Moscow (Sheremetyevo A/P). Departed in another A321 4 hrs later
27 May evening JFK A/P NY	A320 of JetBlue Flt: 43	Emergency landing after being struck by lightning causing an electrical smoke smell in cabin	nil/140 pax	arriving from Rochester New York
28 May 0001Z Philadelphia Pa	737-300 of SWA Flt: SWA3534	N676SW was landed 27L with a hydraulic failure and an inability to taxi (after some holding)	nil/73 on board	no damage. Underway again to Houston after an aircraft change
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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