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DATE/SITE	AIRCRAFT & REGN	CIRCUMSTANCES	DEATH & INJURY	PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at http://www.iasa.com.au/180405.htm
25 Feb. Paris Le Bourget	C130 of Saudi Air Force	Ran off runway after landing, collapsing its left main-gear	Unk	A/P closed for an hour and the hulk was removed the next day
~31 March Tel Aviv	737NG of El Al	A/c stalled while on autopilot in climb and lost 600m after departing Moscow	Nil/ 120 pax	Moscow to Tel Aviv. El Al 737NG's grounded for an investigation
31 Mar 0230Z Chicago, Ill.	MD-11F of Martinair	PH-MCS clipped wingtip of parked NCA 747F (Flt JA8191) on pushback	Nil	Both a/c's wings damaged
01 Apil 1805Z Los Angeles, Calif.	737 of American Flt: AAL2409	Damage to fuselage vicinity left MLG of 737-800 found during walk-round	Nil	Rocks found in the wheel-well. The desert diva responsible is being sought
03 April Lajes Intl., Portugal	L1011-500 of Yes Air LA	CS-TMX landed Lajes following an engine failure during enroute cruise	Nil	Prior eng fail on Feb. 26 (birdstrike departing Holguin, Cuba)
06 April Bahrein	A340-300 of GulfAir GF151	Shortly after airborne off 12Kft 21L at Bangkok, the gear and #2 eng hit trees. Crew pressed on to Bahrein with tree	Nil	Eng #2 vibrated all the way to Bahrein where a hyd and brake failure plus runway evacuation was in order
07 April Brussels, Belgium	747-200 of Sabena SN351	Returned EBBR (Brussels) shortly after t/off with a flap problem	Nil	No further details
07 April 1615L Kolkata, India	A320 of Indian Airlines	Patna to Ranchi flight IC810 divtd Kolkata with a bad hydraulic leak	Nil	Leak detected shortly after takeoff from Patna, India
08 April Rome, Italy	Govt Learjet 60 Ex Belgrade	Lear collecting Macedonian president from funeral intercepted by AF F16's	Nil	[Possibly Lear 31 YU-BRZ] entering closed Ciampino A/P no-fly zone
08 April ~1540L Minneapolis-St. Paul	DC-10 of NWA Flt: 97 N243NW	#2 thrust reverser cone fell into a Dakota County field after t/off MSP		200 lb. cone fell in a clear area. Crew noticed it missing on arrival Hawaii
08 April ~1325L Narita, Japan	747F of Nippon Cargo Airlines	An outer engine podstrike on landing in stiff x'wind broke 6 runway lights	Nil	Arriving from Anchorage, Alaska. A/c also had smoking maingear.
08 April Amsterdam	747-400 of KLM Flt: 685	Bound Mexico City, was denied U.S. overflight rights due to 2 no-fly list pax	Nil	2 individuals released at Amsterdam and eventually made it to Mexico
08 April Porto Santo, Portugal	757-200 of Monarch	Divtd Porto Santo on Madeira Island after shutting down one faulty engine	Nil	London to Tenerife
09 April Graz, Austria	737-800 of Austrian Arrow	Vienna to Venice flight diverted in to Graz with an unknown technical fault	Nil	No further details about this emergency landing
09 April night Great Falls, Mont.	737NG of SWA Flt: 208	Non-violent disturbed male attempted oral hijack to Cuba 2 mins after t/off	1 nut bolted	Midway-Seattle flight. "Hijacker" arrested and flt proceeded to Seattle.
09 April Provence A/P, France	MD-83 of Blue Line	Enroute Athens, was forced to return to Marseille's Provence Airport	Nil	Unknown technical fault
09 April 1708L Auckland, NZ	747 of Qantas 747 of Air NZ	QF43 & NZ124 came close to each other after QF43 was told to go round	Nil / 336 +296	TAIC NZ investigating airprox plus a QF GPWS alert generated same time
09 April 1600L Melbourne, Aust.	747-400F of Atlas Cargo	Smoke and a small fire after generating excess heat on landing	Nil	N/S r'way out of service. Shorter E/W runway making crews work harder
09 April ~1230L LAX, Calif.	MD80 of Midwest	Rejected t/off due to eng failure with heavy smoke. R'way closed to clear it.	Nil	Much engine debris collected along runway 24L
10 April Heathrow	747-400 of Qantas	QF30 aborted takeoff at just below 100kts following an engine failure	Nil	Heathrow - Singapore (Changi). QF30 dept 4 hrs. later [Compressor stall]
10 April 1220L Mumbai, India	767 of Excel Airways	Carried out an emergency landing with a failed engine	Nil	Gatwick UK to Goa (Dabolim) India flt diverted Chhatrapati A/P (Mumbai)
10 April Accra, Ghana	767 of BA	Heathrow UK to Accra Ghana flt hit severe turb over Spain injuring 3 pax	1 ser inj 2 inj	Pres. of Ghana on board. F/A seriously injured
12 April 1140L Denver, Colo.	A319 of United Flt: 1475	Diverted Denver Intl after a fight broke out between two male pax	Nil	Washington-Las Vegas. Drunken pax who struck F/A was arrested
12 April 1105L Milwaukee, Wis.	DO-328 of Midwest Connect	Flt 2356 evac'd after smoke noticed in lav & pax transferred to another a/c	Nil / 31 pax	Gen Mitchell A/P. Arr Grand Rapids 90 mins. late (aircon pack o'heated)
12 April ~1205L East Papua	Twin Otter of GT Air DHC-6201	PK-LTZ missing during 180km flt fm Timka to Enarotali (Paniai District)	Unk / 14 +3 crew	Timka is 3735kms NE of Jakarta. MAF & PT Freeport planes searching.
12 April 1559L Oklahoma City, Okla.	737 of Continental	Burnt off gas for 45 mins prior to landing with an unsafe nose-gear indic	Nil / ~100 pax	Will Rogers World Airport. Landed 1650L
13 April Trabzon, Turkey	767-300 of Britannia Nordic Airways	Landed Trabzon in Turkey (near Black Sea) with smoke in the cockpit (seen escaping fm cockpit on landing)	Nil / 317 pax +10	Phuket to Abu Dhabi to Copenhagen (operated by Swedish operator BLX, a sister airline of Britannia Airways)
13 April Chicago O'Hare	777 of AA Flt: UAL154	62yo male pax was found dead in a bathroom by cabin cleaners postflight	1 dead	Narita, Japan, to Chicago (O'Hare). After a/c repo'd fm Terml 5 to Terml 3
1 Air carrier accidents, or other incidents involving serious failures or fatal injuries, investigated by National Transportation Safety Boards. 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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