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ACCIDENTS AND INCIDENTS 1
DATE/SITE	AIRCRAFT & REGN	CIRCUMSTANCES	DEATH & INJURY	PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at http://www.iasa.com.au/020204.htm
16 Jan. Edmonton Alberta	PC12-45 of AirSprint Inc.	C-GRJP departed City Centre for Vancouver, reported a major battery drain and diverted to Edmonton.	Nil	No fault found. Eng demagnetized previously and flt crew had observed a major battery drain but no gen trip lt.
20 Jan. Auckland NZ	A340-300 of Cathay Pacific	Flt CX108 dragged its tail on take-off and proceeded enroute to Hong Kong.	Nil / 140 pax	Pilots grounded.
21 Jan. 1810L Ellsworth AFB SD	MD80 of AA Flt: 1321	Landed Ellsworth Air Force Base with an unspecified electrical emergency.	Nil / 57 pax	Seattle -.Chicago flight needed longer runway than Rapid City Regional A/P.
21 Jan. 2010Z Grande Prairie Alb	C208B Caravan of Alta Flights	C-FAFG deptd for Fort Nelson, then requested a return for c'pit smoke.	Nil	Suspected ingestion of de-icer fluid contaminating bleed air.
22 Jan. Yellowknife Canada	737-201 of Air Norterra	MPE349 deptd r/way 15 and at 5nm south asked to return due gear probs.	Nil	Landed R33. Gear would not retract.
22 Jan. 1647Z Mirabel Montreal	L-1011 of Air Transat TSC040	Pilot requested fuel dump and a return to land after a sudden engine failure.	Nil	Enroute to Barbados.
22 Jan. 0349L La Guardia NY	MD80 of AA Flt: 1506	Wing struck tail of AA MD-80 Flt346 at C3 while being towed into gate D2.	Nil	Minor damage to both a/c, Flt 1506 was under tow.
22 Jan. 1207L New Orleans La	EMB145 of Chautauqua	Flt 6472 reptd an eng fire on pushback and pax were evac'd via the airstairs.	Nil	Fire was extinguished and a/c towed to hangar.
22 Jan. Paris CDG A/P	A320 of Lotus Air-operating for Marmara AirTour	Grounded by French DGCA after APU exploded & caught fire leaving a 40cm wide hole and debris on tarmac.	Nil / 134 pax & 5 crew	Measure triggered by pilot refusing to submit incident report and attempting to depart SU-LBE for Egypt with pax.
22 Jan. Irkutsk East Siberia	Tu-154 of Chelyabinsk Air	Departed for Moscow, reported an emerg (cracked cockpit glass) returned.	Nil / 56 pax & 7 crew	Held for three hours burning off fuel.
23 Jan. 0020L Aomori A/P Japan	737 of KAL Flt: KAL767	Flt inbound from Inchon became bogged in deep snow and was towed in.	Nil / 119 pax & 8 crew	Landed during a blizzard and departed the runway in bad visibility.
23 Jan. Changi A/P Singapore	777 of SIA	A/C partly left r'way 20R side in heavy rain on that ungrooved runway.	Nil	3 burst tires in 800m visibility and with reported medium braking action.
24 Jan. Hamburg, Germany	MD82 of Nordic Reg: SE-RBE	Carried out an emerg landing with smoke and fumes in the aft galley.	Nil	Arlanda (Stockholm) to Grenoble. No further details.
24 Jan. Lyon, France	757 of Thomas Cook TCX235	A/c told to find its own way to parking C41 after landing 18L, struck a pole.	Nil	G-JMAB grounded for >2 months at a cost of 5M Euros. Right wing damage.
24 Jan. Dusseldorf, Ger.	A320-200 of Air France AF1006	Made high-speed emerg landing after being unable to lower flaps/slats.	Nil	Originated Roissy (Paris - Charles de Gaulle Airport).
25 Jan. 0054L Englewood Colo.	Citation 650 Reg:N444EX	Nose and right main gear slid off the runway on landing.	Nil / 5 o/b	Minor damage.
25 Jan. Dakar, Senegal	747-400 of SAA Reg:ZS-SAX	Alitalia 767 struck a parked SAA 747 damaging its rudder and fuselage.	Nil / 180 pax	Flight SA203 bound NY.
25 Jan. 1140L Atlanta, Ga.	CRJ-100 Reg: N913EV	A/c & vehicle collided on ramp 4 between gates C1 and D22.	Nil	Atlantic SE Airlines a/c sustained right wingtip damage.
26 Jan. 1542Z Dorval, Quebec	CL600-2B19(RJ) of Air Canada	ACA862 deptd 06R for Washington & asked to return with an eng problem.	Nil	No further details.
26 Jan. 0419L Indianapolis Intl Ind	757-33N of ATA Reg: N551TZ	Hit wake turbulence just prior to touchdown and struck tail on r/way.	Nil	Operational hazard - minor damage Arriving from Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.
26 Jan. 2229L Pittsburgh, Pa.	DO328-100 of US Airways	Struck heavily on right wing by deicing truck boom. Returned to gate.	Nil	Shuttle flight. Reg: N431JS
26 Jan. 1608L Brownsville, Texas	727 of TransAuto Air Cargo	After TSU221 taxied in a noise was reported and runway inspected.	Nil / 3 o/b	N221FL damage found (suspect tailstrike)
26 Jan. Santiago de Compostela, Spain	747-400 of KLM	Declared emerg and landed with cargo compartment fire indication.	Nil	False warning. Paramaribo (Surinam) - Amsterdam.
26 Jan. 1611L Richmond, Va.	Beech C90 Reg: N731KA	Veered off the end of runway 16 on landing Richmond-Ashland A/P.	Nil	Extent of damage unknown.
27 Jan. 1400L appx Coolangatta Qld	Aerostar 601P Reg: VH-WRF	Radar records a/c plunging vertically into ocean at high speed (Byron Bay).	2 fatal / 2 o/b	Enrt Coolangatta - Byron Bay (asymmetric training accident).
27 Jan. 0101L Las Vegas, Nec.	MD80 of Spirit	Flt 1108 returned after take-off with smoke in the cockpit.	Nil / 58 pax / 6cru	Haze suspected (by airline) to be due to "moisture on an intake valve"
27 Jan. Krasnoyarsk Ru	Tu-154 of Aeroflot	Flt cont'd enroute due weather after one of its 3 engines failed after takeoff.	Nil/56pax & 13 cru	Chita-Moscow via Yekaterinburg. deptd Chita landed Yekaterinburg
27 Jan. 2231L Basel/Mulhouse	EMB145 of AF Flt: AF5416	Late pm runway excursion due to heavy snow accumulations.	Nil	Unknown damage.
28 Jan. Irkutsk	MI-8 of the Kirensk Airline	Helo made emerg landing in the tundra after right engine failure.	Nil/8 pax & 3 cru	Erbagachen-Nokarno route of flight. Damage unknown.
1 Air carrier accidents, or other incidents involving serious failures or fatal injuries. 2 DISCLAIMER: The information is preliminary, possibly incomplete, and may be supplemented by new findings of fact. Preliminary analysis by John Sampson, International Aviation Safety Association (IASA).

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