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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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| 01 Aug 1510L Atlanta Ga. |
717-200 of AirTran Flt: 460 |
N970AT collided with a baggage cart during power-back at Hartsfield A/P |
Nil / 118 on board |
Sustained substantial damage (trailing edge of aileron & wing buckled). |
| 07 Aug Winnipeg Manitoba |
A320-211 of Air Canada C-FPWD |
ACA6034 reptd green sys hydfail & divtd Winnipeg with no nosewheel steering. |
Nil |
Calgary-Toronto. Rt aileron actuator & rt servo dump pump replaced. |
| 07 Aug 1449L Greeley Colo. |
DC-9-81 of Midwest N814ME |
Severe turb 5mls N of Gill VOR during Wx Radar cell avoidance. |
5 inj / 113 o/b |
FL330 hit embedded Cb. 2 F/A seriously inj and three pax minor inj. |
| 08 Aug St Augustine Fla. |
E2 Hawkeye military (naval) |
Grumman 87 blew rt main tire ldg r/way13 and exited dept end east side. |
Nil |
Operating from St Augustine. Minor damage. |
| 08 Aug 2245L Atlanta Ga |
737-700 of Delta Flt: DAL209 |
F/A fell (hitting head) during a turb encounter on arrival desc Atlanta. |
1 inj |
No other injuries reported |
| 09 Aug 2200L SFO-Honolulu |
757-200 of United Flt: UAL75 |
During a taxiway jolting on dept, F/A fell and injured her back. |
1 inj |
F/A fell against a piece of sidewall trim. |
| 10 Aug (evening) |
747 of Evergreen |
Emerg landing at Zurich Kloten. |
Nil |
Precautionary shutdown of #3 engine. |
| 11 Aug 2048L Glen Burnie Md. |
737-700 of SWA Flt: SWA313 |
Struck by blown baggage cart while taxiing at BWI Airport Glen Burnie |
Nil |
Unk damage to N664WN on taxiing-out to dept r/way 22 for Jackson Miss. |
| 11 Aug 1909L Tampa Fl |
767 of Delta Flt: DAL1119 |
Enc mod turb at 9000ft on climb-out fm Atlanta Ga. |
3 inj |
1 pax + one infant injured (one hospitalized on arrival Tampa). |
| 12 Aug 2310L Monterrey Mexico |
727-200 of Aviacsa |
A/c slid off the runway on landing 29 in heavy rain and became bogged. |
Nil / 155 pax |
Minor damage to XA-SIJ (ex Tijuana). |
| 13 Aug 1617L Gulf of Mexico |
Bell206-L3 of Petroleum Helos |
Caught skid while landing on oil-rig & toppled into water. |
3 fatal / 2 inj / 5 o/b |
Helo reg:41128 ex PHI in Lafayette was to terminate in Intracoastal City. |
| 15 Aug John Wayne A/P |
737-5H4 of SWA Flt: 786 |
N506SW returned SNA with smoke in the cabin. |
Nil |
No further details. |
| 15 Aug Geneva |
737-33V of EasyJet Switzerland |
HB-III encountered a severe hail-shower shortly after takeoff. |
Nil |
See imagery URL above for photos of major damage sustained (write-off?). |
| 15 Aug Cancun Mexico |
Lear 45 (TBC) |
A/c made a gear-up landing and airfield was closed. |
Nil |
Type recently grounded by a 13 Aug jackscrew AD (see imagery at URL) |
| 15 Aug Heathrow |
767 of BA Flt: BA047 |
Emerg declared for smoke in cockpit and electrical malfunctions. |
Nil / 117 pax |
30min into flt to Dar Es Salaam (landed overweight on 09R at 2000Z). |
| 16 Aug Munich-LAX |
747 of Lufthansa Flt: 452 |
NZ national arrested by FBI for inflight unlawful interference. |
Nil |
Capt PA reqstd pax subdue 35yo man attempting access to cockpit. |
| 16 Aug 1530L Gerald Ford Int'l Michigan |
737 of United Flt: UA1444 |
A/c experienced multiple systems failures enroute & landed Grand Rapids (not on FAA or NTSB site). |
Nil / 106 o/b |
Chicago (O'Hare) for Rochester NY. Pax oxy deployed and cabin lights shut off. No further details. |
| 17 Aug Cairns Qld |
737-800 of QANTAS |
QF800 ingested "birds" on t/off and left engine failed. |
Nil / 126 o/b |
Later reptd to have been a dense flock of fruit bats. |
| 17 Aug Honolulu |
A340 of Air Canada |
Landed back 45m after blowing two tires on t/off Honolulu (for Sydney) |
Nil / 176 o/b |
8R (t/off) and 8L(landing) runways were closed for insp. No further details. |
| 17 Aug Sao Paulo Brazil |
ERJ 170 of Embraer Flt Test |
S/N004 prototype made inadvertent gear-up landing at company airfield |
Nil |
Eng nacelles & aft fuselage damaged. Six a/c active in certification program. |
| 17 Aug 1747L Groton Conn. |
Learjet 25 of Miami Aviation |
N25FM birdstrike abort overran runway 5 end-zone stopway. |
Nil / 7 o/b |
A/c ex Middletown, Ohio. minor damage. |
| 17 Aug Manchester UK |
757 Air Scandic (op Finnair) |
Re-landed for a suspected blown tire on left main gear. |
Nil / 231 |
False alarm (sticky oleo made loud noise after lift-off). |
| 18 Aug 1127L North Atlantic & Keflavik Iceland |
747-400 of Air Canada flt:783 C-GAGN |
A/c declared Mayday & diverted 1054kms to Keflavik after fire broke out and heavy smoke filled cabin. |
Nil / 269 pax & 13 crew |
Malfunctioning recirculation fan. Landed 1238, 71 mins after incident started (midway Frankfurt-Toronto). |
| 18 Aug 2015BST Duxford UK |
Bristol Blenheim restored bomber |
A/c clipped earthbank near threshold, wiped gear and slid to halt. |
Nil / 2 o/b |
A/c wings and fuselage buckled in ensuing slide. Last of type. |
| 19 Aug Stansted, UK |
L-1011 of Air Luxor |
Slow nose high approach led to landing tailstrike. |
Nil |
STN closed for unk period. A/c awaits repair at compass base. |
| 19 Aug |
DO328jet |
SYX2274 #1 eng took birds on t/off. |
Nil |
Skyways a/c returned Omaha Neb. |
| 20 Aug 0315 Muskegon Mich. |
B1900 of Skyways Airlines |
SYX1411 hit a deer on landing runway 6. |
Nil |
A/c reported "disabled." |
| 20 Aug 0325L |
757 of US Airlines |
F/A fell & punctured lung. |
1 inj |
USA 642 enrt Phila. to Las Vegas. |
| 21 Aug Kamchatka Pen |
Mi-8 of Russian Air Ministry |
Missing on flt Petropavlovsk to Severo Kurilsk (Kurile Islands). Likely down Kamchatka Peninsula. |
17 missing |
Missing include Governor of Sakhalin. Defense Force exercise diverted to search a large area of coast & ocean. |
| 1 Air carrier accidents, or other incidents involving serious failures or fatal injuries. 2 DISCLAIMER: The information is preliminary, possibly incomplete, and may be supplemented by new findings of fact as the inquiry progresses. 3A/P=Airport. Preliminary analysis by John Sampson, director of aircraft, engineering & technical operations, International Aviation Safety Association (IASA). |
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