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DATE/SITE	AIRCRAFT & REGISTRATION	CIRCUMSTANCES	DEATHS & INJURIES	PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2
24 Jan 03 Busia Kenya	Gulfstream G159 of African Commuter Air Services Reg: 5Y-EMJ	Heavy a/c rotated prematurely, stalled and crashed on departure from impossibly short strip.	3 fatal / 6inj	1200m required/ 700m available. Four Kenyan Govt cabinet ministers and an MP injured, one minister killed. Rept: http://www.iasa.com.au/busia.htm
10 May 0436L Newark NJ	Airbus A310 of FEDEX	A/c took off on closed runway 4L over construction crew.	Nil / 3 crew	Runway was unlit. ATC moved to new TWR facility the week before.
14 May North Atlantic	767-333 of Air Canada C-FMWU	Flt846 advised smoke in cockpit and pulled HF C/B.	Nil	#1 HF Transmitter replaced at destination Munich (origin Toronto).
22 May 0056Z Toronto Canada	L188 Electra freighter of Zantop N5512	ZAN670 diverted Toronto from pt 15nm NW after declaring an emerg for smoke.	Nil	Montreal for Toledo Express Ohio. Elect Fire was behind capt's seat (charring and fire damage found).
23 May 2200L	767 of US Airways Flt: 306	Landed Halifax after stbd engine failed 80 miles abeam.	Nil / 185 on board	Enroute Philadelphia to Dublin. Pax had 6 hrs delay in Halifax.
23 May 1130L Kenai Alaska	C-46 Commando	Decl emerg due to engine fire and diverted Kenai Municipal.	Nil	Enroute King Salomon to Anchorage, Alaska.
23 May 0158Z Ottawa -Calgary Intl Alberta	A320 of Air Canada Flt: ACA1185 Reg: C-FDST	Elevator aileron computer (ELAC) 1 and 2 pitch fault and jammed stabilizer messages. Control reverted to direct law. ARFF requested.	Nil	A/c landed at Calgary Intl Runway 28. Trimmable horizontal stabilizer (THS) actuator changed & satis function check carried out. Similar incident 25 Apr same aircraft.
24 May 2040L New Delhi Intl	737 of Air India (army charter)	Precautionary landing with burst tire.	Nil / 77pax	Leh to New Delhi flight.
24 May (night) Amarillo Texas	737 of SWA Flt: SWA2066	Departed r/way 4 in strong x'wind gust and n/gear failed.	Nil / 63pax & 5 crew	Runway lights also damaged. Flt arrived from Las Vegas at 0239L.
25 May Luanda Angola	727 of Airangol (no flight-plan or callsign)	A/c stolen at night by lone individual. Police are looking for a silver 727 with blue and white stripes (poss US rego)	Nil	A/c had been parked for a year and disappeared without comms. Possible repo - thought not to be a terrorist related acquisition.
25 May 1040L Kansai Intl A/P	DC-10-40 of Japan Airlines Flt: JL701	One hr out, returned to land after eng instrument failures.	Nil	#3 EGT gauge failure.
26 May 0145GMT Bishkek Kyrgyzstan to Zaragoza Spain	YAK42D of Mediterranean Airlines (Ukrainian) (Sredizemnomorske) aka UM Air Reg: UR42352	Hit a mountain at 0445L near Macka (30mls S of Black Sea Port of Trabzon - a planned 2nd refuel stop in Turkey) after leaving Kabul. Flew the VOR appch to r/way 29.	75 fatal / 62 troops and 13 crew 41 army / 21 airforce	Controlled flight into terrain (CFIT) during 3rd approach attempt to land at fogged-in Trabzon Turkey. Spanish Troops were from ISAF PeaceKeeping Force in Afghanistan. http://www.iasa.com.au/yak42.htm
26 May 1548Z Winnipeg Manitoba	A320 of Air Canada Flt: ACA170	Two articles departed the a/c on t/off r/way 13 Winnipeg. Crew cont'd to Toronto.	Nil	Parts were covers for left turbine (left on L wing during maint and not re-installed)
26 May 1428L Bridgeport Conn.	C414 Chancellor Reg: N1234	Decl min fuel and ditched 9.86mls SW of Bridgeport.	1 with hypothermia	Orlando Fla. - White Plains NY. Pilot rescued by USCG & a/c sunk.
27 May Larnaca Cyprus-Manchester UK	A321 of BMI Flt: BD8412	A/c severely damaged by lightning strike and hail at 34,000ft over Germany.	Nil / 208pax	Radome shattered - imagery at http://www.iasa.com.au/hail.htm.
27 May 2148L F'furt-Portland	A340-300 of Lufthansa DLH468	D-AIGK blew left main gear tire on landing.	Nil	Damage to wing trailing edge.
28 May Mt Everest Base Camp	MI-17 helo (chartered support)	Crashed on approach after a hard turn at 17,400 ft. elevation.	2 fatal / 4injured	Density altitude calculated to be as high as 22,000ft - thin air for helos. http://www.iasa.com.au/hail.htm
28 May 0915L Dublin - Gatwick	BAe-146 of Aer Lingus	Deptd 0800 and turned back at 0820 with hydraulic failure.	Nil / 55pax & 5 crew	No further details.
28 May 0640L Detroit Mich.	MU-2 of Epps Air Reg: N755AF	Struck runway edge light on approach in low vis/low ceiling.	Nil / 2	Cincinnati-Detroit flight landing r/way 15.
29 May Tullamarine Melbourne (Victoria) to Launceston Tasmania	717 of QANTAS Flt: QF1737 Reg: VH-VQI	20 mins into flt hijacker armed with 2 wooden knives stormed the cockpit but was over-powered by two F/A's and pax A/c turned back. Cockpit not security door equipped.	47pax aboard 2 crew inj/ 6 crew	Also carrying aerosol accelerant and lighter. Not thought to be terrorist. 40 y.o. Melb man detained (appears to be demented religious zealot). One F/A with serious stab wounds to neck, one w/ minor wounds to face.
1 Air carrier accidents, or other incidents involving serious failures or fatal injuries, investigated by National Transportation Safety Boards. 2 DISCLAIMER: The information obtained from these National Reports is preliminary, possibly incomplete, and may be supplemented by new findings of fact as the inquiry progresses. These assessments, based on a reading of initial reports, are not intended to assert probable cause or liability, but rather are intended to provide insight pending publication of a final report of investigation. 3A/P=Airport. Preliminary analysis by John Sampson, director of aircraft, engineering & technical operations, International Aviation Safety Association.(IASA)

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