Aviation Today :: Accidents and Incidents

DATE/SITE	AIRCRAFT & REGN	CIRCUMSTANCES	DEATH & INJURY	PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at http://www.iasa.com.au/120704.htm
15 May Sydney NSW, Australia	737 of Qantas 747 of Qantas	On takeoff Qantas 737 hit a thrust reverser blocker door that had fallen off a QF 747 and laid undetected on the runway.	Nil	737 returned with NLG tire and fuselage damage. Rolls Royce Service Bulletin carried out on all QF747's.
11 June Gatwick	757 of First Choice	Landed back 15 mins after dept for Kerkyra Corfu at 1845L with smoke.	Nil	Strong burning smell after departure was causing passenger distress.
18 June Auckland to Sydney	737-800 of Qantas	A/c turned back after pilots realized they'd uplifted the wrong fuel load to cross the Tasman Sea.	Nil	Those winter jetstreams make a big difference in East and West-bound fuel burn-offs (about 4 to 6 tons).
18 June 0335L Almaty, Kazakh	757-200 of Air Astana	Emergency landing after failure to extend part of its u/carriage.	Nil / 152 o/b	Amsterdam-Atyrau-Almaty flt - aircraft was undamaged.
19 June Indonesian airspace	767-300 of Qantas	Indonesian controllers tried to descend QF383 into head-on with an opposite direction same Company 767-300.	Nil / 225 pax	Pilots were visual with HK-Brisbane bound opposition & refused clearance (2nd such incident in 3 months).
22 June evening Lisbon, Portugal	A320 of MYT	A/c bound for Tenerife(TFS) diverted Lisbon with a fire warning.	Nil	No further details.
22 June Toronto, Canada	Westwind 1124 Reg: C-FZEI	Gear stuck down so a/c dumped fuel and returned to land.	Nil	Minor damage due NLG scissor-link left disconnected after towing by FBO.
22 Jun 1313L Faro Portugal	IL-62 of MCHS Rossia	Arrived from Ekaterinburg, departed and overran after a take-off abort.	Nil / 86 pax	Runway blocked until 1700L.
23 June 1450Z Calgary, Alberta	DHC8-301 of JAZZAir	C-GMTA left MLG (only) retracted after t/off so gear manually extended.	Nil / 44 o/b	Nose-gear hyd upline failure.
23 June Houston, Texas	Embraer RJ145 of Expressjet AL	Skidded off the overrun whilst landing 26R and struck approach lighting.	Nil	BTA2222 minor damage on arrival from Gulfport, Texas.
24 June Utapao, Thailand	747 of Orient Thai x two	Two aircraft severely vandalized whilst parked at Utapao base.	Nil	Inadequate (nil) security on joint mil/civil airfield.
24 June 2300Z Boston, Mass.	MD80 of Delta Reg: N958DL	Ran over something on the runway on take-off and diverted to Boston.	Nil / 115 o/b	Destination was Atlanta. Damage to right wing inboard flap and right main inboard tire.
24 June Mugla, Turkey	A310 of Turkish Airlines	Antalya to Istanbul flt diverted Mugla after being struck by lightning.	Nil	Radar rendered inoperative by strike and nose cone radome damaged.
24 June evening Tolmachevo, Russia	IL-76 of Aeroflot	Eng fire persisted for 20 mins whilst crew recovered a/c to Novosibirsk A/P	Nil / 10pax 13 crew	Kamchatka to Tchkalovsk. Fire was extinguished before landing.
24 June Malaga, Spain	757 of Monarch Flt: 5251	UK bound flight from the Canaries diverted in with a pressn problem.	Nil	Fault restricted flight to 18,000ft.
24 June night Boston, Mass.	MD-88 of Delta Flt 1201	Landed Logan after tire rubber found on departure r/way at T.F.Green A/P.	Nil	Tire was found to be still inflated.
25 June Sofia, Bulgaria	737-800 of Turkish Airlines	TK1430 bound Istanbul returned with a non-retracting main-gear.	Nil	No further details.
25 June 0130Z Chicago, Il.	A319 of Air Canada C-FYJG	Struck left wingtip against a stairwell at Gate E-1 on arrival from Montreal.	Nil	Minor damage.
25 June 2002Z Englewood, Colo.	Falcon 20 of Northern Leasing	N299DB blew 2 LH tires and lost hydraulics on dept & divtd Billings.	Nil / 7 o/b	Deptd Englewood and Landed OK at Billings.
26 June 1845L Myachkovo Moskva	Lisunov Li-2T of Global Edge	Reg: RA-1300K crashed into a house soon after an engine failed on take-off.	2 crew fatal / 5	Last airworthy example of the Russian adaptations of the DC-3.
26 June Ciampino, Italy	737 of Ryanair Flt 3005	Rome-Stansted flight returned with a stuck flap and flight was cancelled.	Nil / 143 o/b	Pax proceeded on other flights.
26 June Khartoum, Sudan	AN-12 of Saria Reg: ST-SAF	Eng caught fire & a/c swerved off runway on take-off at Wau, Sudan.	3 inj / 5 crew	Spectating boy had leg broken. Run over by aircraft.
27 June 2055L Manchester, UK	A300 of Monarch Flt ZB580	A/c returned after a fuselage panel dropped to the runway on take-off.	Nil / 343 o/b	No further details.
27 June LAX USA	747-400 of Lufthansa	D-ABVA landed so hard that a first class passenger required medical attention.	1 inj	Flt 0456 originated Frankfurt. Speakers dropped from TV monitors.
28 June Schiphol, Netherlands	737 of KLM	KL1163 bound Gothenburg returned with smoke in the cabin.	Nil	No further details.
28 June Darwin, Australia	Brasilia of Air North	Flt ex Dili East Timor shut an engine down 40kms out of Darwin.	Nil / 20 pax	No further details.
28 June 0238Z Gander Oceanic	777-200 of AA Flt: AAL122	Diverted St John's with smoke in the cabin and landed there 0407Z.	Nil	1.5hrs to a landing with smoke (crew pulled CB for IFE system).
29 June Kinshasa N'dijili DR Congo	Antonov AN-26	Locally operated a/c lost its starboard prop (sliced through cockpit) on t/off.	1 inj	Copilot suffered cuts from shattered perspex but a/c landed safely.
29 June 1700L Vilanculos A/P	Beech 200 Reg: ZS-NRW	Crashed after wet strip t/off near the San Sebastian tourist sanctuary.	2 fatal / 2	Vilanculos Mozambique (700kms N of Maputo). Ngangweni Air Charter Co.
29 June 1600L Shannon, Ireland	767 of Delta	Istanbul-JFK flt emerg diverted because of earlier Istanbul bom.b	Nil / 189 pax 12 crew	Landed 1600L and departed 1940L after a search for explosive.s
29 June 0930Z Istanbul Intl A/P	737-800 of Turkish Airlines	Small wallet sized bomb exploded in a/c on the ramp injuring the 3 cleaners.	3 inj	Blast occurred after pax disembarked - arrived from Izmir (due to fly to Stockholm later).
29 June Sierra Leone	MI-8MTV-1 of UTair	UN Peacekeepers' helo departed Freetown and crashed on a hillside.	24fatal / 24 o/b	Bound Kailahun (UNAMSIL has 11,800 peacekeepers in Sierra Leone)
30 June Tullamarine Victoria, Australia	A330-300 of Qantas	New a/c VH-QPF towbar broke and it overran tug on hangar to terminal tow.	Nil	Prior to flying its first revenue sector. L eng cowl and L nosewheel damaged.
30 June 0140Z Battle Creek, Mich	Hawker 800xp of Gainey A/c Corp	N984GC blew a tire on the landing roll-out	Nil	Minor damage
30 June 1110Z Green Bay, Wisc.	Beech 200 of BBP Aviation	N432FA gear collapsed on take-off roll runway 24.	Nil / 7 o/b	Was headed for Grand Rapids, Mich.
30 June 0635L Manchester, New Hampshire	A319 of Northwest & CRJ of United Xpress	CRJ tail was clipped by A319 wing on taxiway Alpha (serving runway 17/35) United was holding on taxiway Papa.	Nil / 95 pax Nil / 39 pax	Atlantic Coast Airlines operated CRJ (Flt 567) will need a new rudder. NW811 pilots suspended.
30 June 2047L Munich, Germany	A320-212 of Freebird Airline	After 10mins, pilot ret'd a/c to airport after 3 hijackers tried to storm cockpit.	Ni l/ 150 pax	Special forces arrested hijackers including one who jumped from cockpit hatch.
01 July 1000L Wangaratta, Australia	Beech KingAir	Emerg declared for smoke in cockpit , pilot killed the electrics and diverted.	Nil /8 o/b	Chafed wiring started a small fire behind the instrument panel.
02 July Panama City, Panama	Westwind 1124 of AirTrek Air Ambulance	N280AT crashed into a hangar after veering off runway heading on t/off. One person killed on the ground.	7 dead	Engine exploded, severing the rudder cables. Engine event may have been caused by a tire breakup & ingestion.
02 July 1240L Grand Rapids, Mich.	DC-9 of Northwest	Minneapolis to Newark, N.J., flight made emerg landing with low oil pressure.	Nil	At Gerald R. Ford International.
02 July 1634Z Tallahassee, Fla.	DC-9 of HW Aviation LLC	Hydraulics failed on landing and aircraft went off the end.	Nil / 5 o/b	Minor damage.
03 July 2330Z Atlanta, Ga.	777 of Delta	DAL20 was struck by a service truck while parked at Gate E17.	Nil	Substantial damage to fwd LH door. A/c taken out of service.
03 July am hrs Shannon, Ireland	A320 of Aer Lingus	A/c impaled on ramp by lifting platform of unmanned service truck.	Nil	Badly spiked on RHS between wing leading edge and front cargo door.
04 July Russian airspace	767-300 of Pakistan Airlines	Intercept by scrambled Russian MIG 29 steered it out of Russian airspace.	Nil	Diplomatic clearance slip-up (enrt Lahore Pakistan to Manchester UK).
04 July 1000L Leh, India	737-200 of Alliance Air	Landed back 55 mins after take-off following eng problems after t/off.	Nil / 64 pax	Fuel burn-off after take-off from Leh (field elevation 10,682 feet amsl).
05 July 1636Z Washington Dulles	CRJ-200 of United Express	BLR7535 w'tip struck another own Company a/c w'tip on pushback.	Nil	Both a/c's winglets damaged.
06 July 2000L Sydney, Australia	767-300 of QANTAS	QF187 departed for HK at 1520, was recalled & landed 2000 after burn-off.	Nil / 189 pax	No fuel-dump capability - believed related to a pressurization problem.
07 July Den Pasar, Bali, Indonesia	747 of Garuda	A Perth stunt man choked a drunken maniac unconscious enrt Perth to Bali after he broke out of airline handcuffs.	Nil	Garuda denied him onwards carriage to Netherlands (although released by Bali police). Man without a country.
08 July 1500L Auckland	767 of Air NZ	Flt NZ10 to Honolulu dumped fuel & ret'd with a flap asymmetry problem.	Nil / 137 o/b	Launched midday and returned 3p.m.
08 July O'Hare Intl., USA	DC-9 of NW 747 of Polar Air	2 truck drivers had 3 run-ins with landing aircraft following repeated unintentional runway incursions.	Nil	Invaded runways causing go-rounds. AMASS surface movement radar did not preclude the encounters
08 July 1815L Piarco Intl., British West Indies (BWI)	A340 of BWIA Reg: 9Y-TJN	Baggage truck slammed Flt BW-900 in the underbelly (severe damage).	Nil	3rd incident in a month at Piarco by Servisair. Attributed to negligence
09 July Saltsy, Russia	TU22-M3 of Russian AF	Crashed near Saltsy A/P in the Novgorod Region of Volga District	4 fatal /4 o/b	Unknown cause.
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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