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DATE/SITE	AIRCRAFT & REGN	CIRCUMSTANCES	DEATH & INJURY	PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at http://www.iasa.com.au/250705.htm
06 July 0154L JFK A/P USA	767 of Israir & a DC-8 of DHL (A'Borne Xpress)	767 taxied past unseen holding point in fog & rain & was narrowly avoided by accelerating DC-8 of Airborne Express	Nil / ~300 on both a/c	DC-8's premature rotate managed to clear fully loaded 767 by less than 100ft vertically. No AMASS alerting
12 July Domodedovo, Russia	777-200 of Vietnam Airlines	Flt VN525 was intercepted by Russian fighters & failed to acknowledge calls	Nil	A major mix-up in comms between Air Defense and Civil ATC led to alert
13 July Anchorage, Alaska	747-212B(SF) of UPS Reg: N520UP	UP2997 had uncontained failure #3 on climb, lost slats & made a heavy wt ldg	Nil	Subst damage. 10 tires replaced. Flight headed Sandiford A/P Louisville, Ky.
13 July 1545L Lagos, Nigeria	Tristar cargo of Amiron 5X-AAL	L-1011 skidded off r/way on landing in heavy downpour. Lagos closed 24hrs	Nil	Opr for Panalpina. A landing cargo 747 (Tradewinds) also blew most tires
14 July Seoul, South Korea	747 of Korean Airlines Flt: 630	Hit severe clear air turbulence (CAT) & dived, 40 mins after departing Bali	40 inj / 257 o/b	1 pax suffered a severe head wound
14 July morning Ft. Worth, Meacham	MD80 of AA Flt: 1456	Pilot mayday'd, declaring a unserviceable fuel quantity system & diverted Meacham	Nil	Long Beach, Calif., to Dallas-Ft. Worth, Texas
15 July 1850Z Newnan, Ga.	Citation 525 Reg: N3ST	On landing, aircraft hydroplaned, overran & struck the localizer antenna	Nil / 2 o/b	Substantial damage
15 July 0845Z Eagle, Colo.	Learjet 35 Reg: N620JM	On landing, aircraft skidded off into a field and caught fire. Not a wx accident	4 minor inj / 4 o/b	Unknown damage; arriving from Aspen, Colo.
15 July 0655L Bangkok A/P Thai	717-200 of Bangkok Awys	Isuzu aircon truck rammed rear of (& destroyed) right wing of the aircraft	Nil	Jet out of service >20 days. Such incidents occurring monthly at B'Kok
16 July Ciampino, Rome	737 of Ryanair	Pressurization problem caused first return - then gear would not retract	Nil	Most pax wouldn't embark for the 3rd try
16 July morning 18mls S of Malabo	AN32 of Equatair Equatorial Guinea	Overloaded a/c lost height after t/off & crashed in dense jungle 30 kms south	60 dead / ? o/b	Local official admitted up to 80 may have been aboard the 46 pax aircraft
16/17 Jul Hurghada A/P Egypt to CDG A/P	MD83 of AMC (Egyptian charter airline)	Flt left Hurghada for Paris after delay due pax complaints of power cuts, t'off aborts, faulty aircon & damaged seats	Nil / 66 pax o/b	96 pax had previously mutinied in Hurghada and disembarked because of safety concerns. Left on July 17
16 July 1150Z San Jose, CR	Pilatus PC6B Reg: N908PL	Crashed into the ocean off Costa Rica under unknown circumstances	3 dead / 3 missing	Float-equipped amphibian had deptd Tobias Bolanos A/P in San Jose
17 July Tokyo, Japan	DHC-8-400's of ANA & Japan Air Commuter	Japan Air Commuter and ANA cancelled 14 flights after a common engine defect was found & type grnded	Nil	Follows on from an emergency landing in June after smoke filled the cockpit & cabin of an ANA Dash 8
17 July Dusseldorf, Ger.	A330-223 of LTU D-ALPE	Made a single-engine landing 2.5 hrs after T/O (ingested a Heron in eng #2 )	Nil / 234 pax o/b	Headed Beijing. 2.5hrs on s/engine due to no fuel dump capability
17 July 1618L Old Bridge, N.J.	Citation 525 of Hertrich Avn Inc	N13FH overshot runway by about 400 feet onto grass on landing	Nil / 3 o/b	Subst damage. A/C had deptd Sussex County A/P Georgetown, Delaware
17 July 1146L Wuhan A/P, China	767-300 of Air China CA1307	Diverted into Wuhan, Hubei Province after pilots' windscreen split inflight	Nil	CA1307 ex Beijing bound for Shenzen (arrived there 2030L on July 17)
18 July 1815L Nuremberg, Ger	EMB 145 of Swiss	Skidded off onto grass after landing in poor weather conditions	Nil / 16 pax +3	Flt LX1190 was towed in - Zurich to Nuremberg a/c had nil damage
18 July morning Nantes A/P, France	A320 of Condor Thomas Cook	Hanover to Tenerife flight diverted Nantes following an engine failure enrt	Nil / 174 pax	No further details
18 July 1940Z Indianapolis, Ind.	ERJ170-100SE of Chautaqua	N860RW struck N940FR (a Frontier A319) during pushback from gate	Nil	Left wingtip to A319 horizontal stabilizer - minor damage
19 July 1120L Duluth, Minn.	Jetstream 32 of Mid-America Jet	Charter plane lost all hydraulics and diverted into Duluth	Nil / 19 pax +2	International Falls, Mont., to Chicago Midway A/P, Ill.
19 July 0203Z Watertown, N.Y.	Beech 1900D of Mesa N143YV	Mesa 4655 hit a deer on the runway on landing roll-out	Nil / 17 pax +2	Unknown damage; arriving from Pittsburgh, Pa.
20 July 1248L El Paso, Texas	MD88 of Delta Flt: 1041	Returned after 45 mins of fuel burn-off due to ingesting pieces of a blown tire	Nil / 114 +5 o/b	Enroute to Atlanta, Ga. Smell of burning rubber in aircon was a clue.
20 July Amritsar, India	777 of Air India Flt: 187	Wheel of Amritsar-Delhi-Birmingham- Toronto flt caught fire on landing	Nil / 268 pax	Fire-fighters used water to douse wheel fire causing yet more damage
21 July 1710L Nth Las Vegas A/P	Aero Commander Reg: N7UP	11 seat a/c crashed on t/off, reportedly slamming back down from a ht of 8ft	3 inj	A/c destroyed (under contract to U.S. Forest Service as a firespotter plane)
21 July 1120L Nth Aceh Indonesia	Casa CN-235 of AURI	Crashed on ldg at Lhokseumawe A/P (flight fm regional capital Banda Aceh)	3 fatal & 23 inj	Indon AF a/c carrying troops & civilians fm Malikussaleh AirBase
21 July ~1420L Detroit, Mich.	747-400 of NWA Flight: 25 N664US	Jet broke rt ctr maingear & shredded 2 tires on pushback turn from gate 24	Nil	Narita bound. Support bar broke allowing gear to twist (a/c #6304)
21 July 1215L Aspen, Colo.	Dash 8 of United Express Flt: 7055	A/c towed off r/way after return to Pitkin County Airport w/o hydraulics	Nil / 29 o/b	Operated for United by Mesa Airlines
22 July morning Tabriz, Iran	737 of Gulf Air (ex London UK)	Emerg landing at Tabriz A/P 1100km NW Tehran due to a pax heart failure	1 ill	Indian pax taken to local hospital in critical condition. Flt deptd for Muscat
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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