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DATE/SITE
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AIRCRAFT & REGN
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CIRCUMSTANCES
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DEATH & INJURY
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| 24 April 1120L Heathrow, UK |
747-132(SF) of Evergreen Intl. Flt: 1435 |
N481EV landed 27R from an 8000ft @ 10nm profile due to one eng failed and the other 3 running rough. |
Nil |
UKAAIB inquiry (failure believed to have been a fire). Fuel contamination or across-the-wing maintenance error? |
| 25 April 1900Z Nassau, Bahamas |
767-275 of Air Canada |
C-GPWB bound Toronto had thick acrid smoke from biz-class ovens. |
Nil |
On pushback, with electrical smell. CBs pulled and flight proceeded. |
| 11 May 1904Z Roseau, Minn. |
Beech C90A of Pellco Inc. |
Departed runway on landing, hitting runway lights. |
Nil |
Moderate winds of 20 knots. |
| 11 May 1430Z Detroit, Mich. |
L188 Electra of Zantop Intl Airln. |
N286F blew two tires on landing Willow Run and damaged the rt MLG. |
Nil / 2 o/b |
Pilot training. |
| 12 May am hrs Pittston TWP |
737 of Vacation Express |
F/O arrested & taken to hospital for bloodtest (on suspicion of intoxication). |
Nil |
No further details (first officer was on furlough from AA) |
| 12 May 1630L appx Coventry, UK |
737-500 of ThomsonFly |
Pilot took evasive action to avoid a light a/c during approach to Coventry. |
Nil |
Flt ex Valencia Spain (strong local opposition to ThomsonFly ops). |
| 13 May 0347Z Mesa, Arizona |
Falcon 10 of ABI Ltd. Laguna Hills |
Overran runway 22L departure end at Falcon Field. |
Nil / 1 o/b |
Sedona, Ariz., for Mesa, Ariz. Minor damage. |
| 13 May 0900L Aberdeen, UK |
BE200 of GAMA Avn G-SBAS |
Person found asleep in a FW air ambulance was a local lapdancer. |
Nil |
22yo 5ft 1in debauchee admonished by the local magistrate for vagrancy. |
| 14 May 1910Z Honolulu, Hawaii |
767 of AA Reg: N396AN |
Hit on left wing by one of several cargo containers pulled by an AA tug. |
Nil |
Gate 49A tug thuggery for AAL 283. |
| 14 May 1345Z Winnipeg, Manitoba |
737-201 of ZIP Airlines |
WZP6341 aborted t/off at slow speed due to a circuit breaker tripping. |
Nil |
Taxied back, reset CB and took off again. |
| 14 May 0810L Osaka, Japan |
767-300 of All Nippon Awys |
Flt 671 landed Osaka on starboard eng 20 mins after an oil pressure loss. |
Nil / 288 o/b |
Over Sanda (Hyogo Prefecture). enrt Tokyo (Haneda A/P) for Hiroshima |
| 14 May 0725L Linthicum, Md. |
MU-2B of Epps Aviation |
N755AF crashed in residential area during descent for BWI airport. |
1 fatal / 1 o/b |
Bank check-carrier (Philadelphia for Baltimore-Washington Int'l. Airport -BWI). See p. 1 story. |
| 14 May 1830L Manaus, Brazil |
Brasilia of Rico Linhas Aereas |
PT-WRO crashed in jungle 9 miles west of the City on approach Manaus. |
33 fatal / 33 o/b |
RLE4815 ex Sao Paulo de Olivenca (Colombian border) via Tabatinga, Tefe |
| 15 May pm hrs Lyon Intl., France |
RJ145 of Regional CAE |
Marseille-Lille flight diverted Lyon with a cargo hold fire indication. |
Nil |
No further details. |
| 15 May 1350CDT Houston, Texas |
Lockheed Jetstar of A/c Trading Ctr. |
N57NR left wingflap detached on final appch r/way 4 & a/c rolled violently. Regained control by acceln to 170kts. |
Nil / 4 o/b |
Potential buyer demo. Attach bolts still intact in the flap attachment bracket (11,500 cycles & 13,500hrs). |
| 16 May 1306Z Toronto, Ontario |
A320 of Air Canada ACA103 |
Runway incursion (missed their "hold short" point for active runway 33R). |
Nil |
ACA492 lined up 33R awaiting departure. |
| 17 May 1100L Male, Maldives |
Twin Otter of TransMaldivian |
Floatplane 8Q-TMC crashed on main runway immed after its water take-off. |
13 inj / 17 o/b |
One seriously injured pax flown to Sri Lanka by charter flt. A/c written off. |
| 18 May 0840L Bozoi, Kazakh |
AN-2 of Arai Avia |
Crashed on take-off from village of Bozoi in the Shalkar District. |
Some fatalities |
In the Aktyubinsk region of Western Kazakhstan (headed for Revival Island). |
| 18 May 1700L Lake Fawcett, Ontario |
HdeHav Beaver of Pickerel Arms |
Floatplane crashed on landing & inverted in a Northern Ontario lake. |
4 fatal / 4 o/b |
DHC-2 Beaver had departed Sioux Lookout, Ontario, on 80 mile fishing trip. |
| 18 May 1050L Urumqi, China |
IL76TD of Styron Trading |
4 engine jet crashed into Sanping Farm 2 mins after t/off enroute Baku. |
7 fatal / 7 o/b |
Owner 4K-AZ27 Silkway Airlines (on lease) Weather CAVOK. Cargo shift? |
| 18 May (TBC) Coventry A/P, UK |
737-500 of ThomsonFly |
Trailing edge fairing flapstrike during a firm landing in gutsy conditions (i.e., the demeanor needed in gusty conditions). |
Nil |
7 deg nose up plus one main gear oleo compressed plus 11� of bank = a/c tipped on one side. |
| 18 May 1853Z Millington, Tenn. |
Beech 200 of Palmer Aviation |
N500KA left main gear collapsed on landing runway 22 Millington. |
Nil / 2 o/b |
Damage unknown. |
| 18 May Moscow Sheremetyevo A/P |
TU-154 of Aeroflot |
SU-785 hit by a platform bus carrying 43 pax that entered the ramp. |
9 inj / 69 o/b |
TU-154 u/tow. All injured aboard bus (headed for Krasnodar a/c SU895). |
| 19 May 1346Z Fayetteville, Ark. |
DO328 of Blue Ridge |
BLR6133 sustained a birdstrike and rt eng internal damage on departure. |
Nil |
On departure r/way 16 Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport |
| 19 May 1830 Guarulhos A/P Sao Paolo, Brazil |
737-200 of VASP Flt: 4374 |
Twice returned with depressurization problems (40 mins and 60 mins into its flight to Fortaleza) - cargo-door seal? |
Unk / 69 pax |
Sao Paolo to Fortaleza Brazil. Some pax complained of earache and ear-bleeds and will travel a day late. |
| 20 May am hrs Oporto, Portugal |
AN-124 Reg: UR 82009 |
An AN-124 Ruslan carried out an emergency landing in Oporto (LPFR) |
Nil |
No further details. |
| 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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