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DATE/SITE	AIRCRAFT & REGN	CIRCUMSTANCES	DEATH & INJURY	PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at http://www.iasa.com.au/010805.htm
19 June 0342L Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	707-347C of Mahfooz Avn.	37 y.o. C5-MBM suffered an accident upon landing at Bole Airport (ADD)	Nil / 5 o/b	Ferry/positioning flight arriving from Douala Cameroun. Damage unknown
06 July 1630L Rome, Italy	Erickson Air-Crane S64F	N236AC was destroyed after pitching up 75degs in the hover & striking T/R	1 fatal / 2 inj	Tail rotor hit tarmac, disintegrated & a/c crashed & burned. Fiumicino A/P
09 July 0812Z Chicago, Ill.	737 of SWA Reg: N738CB	Unoccupied a/c struck in RH engine cowling by fuel-truck that rolled into it	Nil	Minor damage
11 July 2304Z Charlotte, N.C.	767-200 of Delta Flt: DAL592	A flight attendant was injured when a/c struck severe turbulence in cruise	1 inj	Minor injury. Atlanta, Ga., for New York (JFK)
12 July Dallas, Texas	MD82 of AA Flt: AAL563	A truck hit the left wingtip of N574AA during passenger loading on the ramp	Nil	Minor damage to both participants
14 July 2005L Coolangatta, Qld.	737-700 of Virgin Blue	Strong electrical smell was initially thought due to a cockpit fire	Nil	30 mins before landing on a flight from Sydney. Pax laptop was smoking
16 July 1150Z Norfolk, Va.	Citation C550 Reg: N24E	In landing flare aircraft struck a large bird and sustained a large L wing dent	Nil	No further details
22 July 1417Z Jackson, Wyo.	737 of Delta Flt: DAL1839	Left engine ingested a bird during t/off roll and aircraft returned to the gate	Nil	Unknown damage
22 July 1325Z Rhinelander, Wis.	Beech 99 Reg: N399CZ	Aircraft lost all electrical power and was forced to (daylight) land gear up	Nil	Substantial damage. Deptd from Milwaukee, Wis.
22 July 1530Z Globe, Ariz.	C208 Caravan 1 Reg: N717BT	A/c lost power on t/off & crashed in an open area on San Carlos Indian Resvn	1 minor injury	Substantial damage. Headed for Safford, Ariz.
23 July Bogota, Colombia	A319 of Mexicana	N925MX hit severe turbulence over Mariquita, Colombia, 40mls fm Bogota	18 inj / 120 o/b	3 pax from AV6393/MX393 (code-share) hospitalized
23 July 1700L Lagos, Nigeria	A330-343X of Lufthansa	LH 564 burst nosegear tire & ran onto soft ground (5th such incident in 2005)	Nil / 193 pax	Minor damage to D-AIKH leaving a well-known poorly surfaced runway
23 July Tokushima, Japan	A300-600 of JAL Flt: JL1495	A/c made emergency descent after a sudden drop in cabin pressn & masks	3 minor / 195 o/b	Was dispatched from Haneda (Tokyo) w/ one broken cabin pressure controller
23 July 2300Z Lihue, Hawaii	Dash 8 of Island Air	Wing struck a pole during a return to gate for a minor maintenance issue	Nil	Minor damage to pole and N806WP
24 July 1515L Manila, Philippines	747-300 of JAL Flt: JL742	Crew decided to turn back after 15 minutes - with an APU fire indication	Nil / 315 +20	Not confirmed by visual smoke. Landed back at Ninoy Aquino Airport
24 July 1640L Burbank Airport	737 of SWA Flt: 117	Landed back shortly after takeoff after a bomb threat was received	Nil / 120 pax	Hoax call placed from destination Phoenix, Ariz., caused runway evac
24 July 0757L New Chitose, Japan	777-300 of JAL Flt: 1001	Pilot surprised to find neither engine would go into reverse after landing	Nil	3000m runway. From Haneda. Maint had failed to remove reverser lockpins
25 July JFK A/P, N.Y.	A320 of JetBlue	Re-landed 22L with a gear problem	Nil	Flt 36
25 July Milwaukee, Wis.	DC9-32 of NWA	Emerg Landing (smoke in lavatory)	Nil	Flt 1045/N9346 (JFK-Minneapolis)
25 July 1713Z Juneau, Alaska	1125 Westwind Astra N1125J	Private jet declared emerg and landed after receiving engine fire indication	Nil	Hillsboro, Ore., for Fairbanks, Alaska. Unknown aftermath
25 July1855L Ottawa, Ontario	A320 of Air Canada AC139	Aborted t/off at high speed with engine failure and fire in the starboard engine	Nil	Halifax NS to Vancouver BC via Ottawa left engine parts on the runway
26 July Guatemala	Cessna 208 Caravan 1	Enroute, TG-APG crashed into Cerro Pinopa hillside near Herba Buena	2 fatal / 2 o/b	Deptd Retalhuleu Base Aerea Del Sur for Cuilco. A/c is a write-off
26 July Domaya, W. Sudan	MI-17 of Sudan Airforce	Helo crashed in thunderstorm while attempting to land Neyala & Al-Fasher	19 fatal / 19 o/b	Neyala is capital of Darfur Province. Al-Fasher is in N Darfur State
26 July Budapest, Hungary	757-300 of Condor	Dusseldorf to Burgas, Bulgaria, flight divted Budapest - smoke in the cockpit	Nil / 253 pax	Operating for Thomas Cook. Minor damage but underway next day
26 July 1000L Rotorua NZ Sth Is	Convair 580 of Pioneer Avn.	Tourist a/c circled for over 60 mins attempting to resolve a gear problem	Nil / 3 o/b	Landed intact. Mt. Cook tourist sight-seeing operation
26 July 2330Z Miami, Fla.	737-81Q of Miami Air Intl.	N732MA collided with a catering truck in the non-movement area of ramp	Nil	Unknown damage. Arriving from San Jose, Costa Rica
26 July Nassau	747-400 of Virgin Atlantic	Flt 28 hit severe turbulence without warning and without seat-belt sign	Several injured	Head & neck injuries sent to hospital after landing London Gatwick A/P
26 July 0252L Boston, Mass.	777 of UA Flt: 934	LA to London flight divtd into Boston due to 3 Pakistani gents misbehaving	Nil	3 pax were moving freely between first class & coach and disturbing pax
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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