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DATE/SITE	AIRCRAFT & REGN	CIRCUMSTANCES	DEATH & INJURY	PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at http://www.iasa.com.au/200904.htm
25 Aug. Venice, Florida	Citation II of GrafAir	Undercarriage collapsed on landing (in a microburst) at Venice Municipal A/P.	Nil 3 o/b	N792MA. Wing damage, fuel leak after stall in flare (arr fm Ft. Pierce, Fla.)
31 Aug. El Paso Intl.	727 of Custom Air Transport	Flight CTT145 received minor damage (right wingtip hit runway on landing).	Nil / 3 crew	Chihuaha - El Paso, Texas.
01 Sept. Minneapolis, Mn.	CRJ of Mesaba Airlines	Evac'd on taxiway due to smoke in the cabin (hydraulic mist from a leak).	1 inj / 44 pax	Hydraulic mist under pressure is flammable. Flight headed Fargo, N.D.
01 Sept. 1936L Glasgow, Scotland	737 of Air Malta KM-197	Malta bound 9H-AER returned after hyd-leak (2 tires burst during take-off).	Nil / 143 pax	(bursting tires damaged hydraulic lines) Toe-brakes off = heels to floor.
01 Sept. 0940L Beijing Intl.	A330-300 of Malaysian	Flt MH371 cx after a foreign object was sucked into #2 eng on taxi-out.	Nil	183 pax Beijing-Kuala Lumpur. Left 6 hrs later on a replacement a/c.
02 Sept. 1330L Stuttgart, Germany	737-300 of Lufthansa	Emergency landing Stuttgart after smoke appeared in the cockpit.	Nil / 107 + 5 crew	Frankfurt-Lyon flight.
02 Sept. morning Beirut Intl. Lebanon	A300-600 of Lufthansa	Returned following an inflight shutdown of #1 eng 35 mins after t/off.	Nil / 260 o/b	No further details.
02 Sept. Manchester, UK	F27 freighter of Channel Express	GPU caught fire during cargo a/c unloading - so crew was evacuated.	Nil	Fire-crews shut down, extinguished and removed the Ground Power Unit.
04 Sept. Heathrow, UK	A340-200 of South African Airways	ZS-SLA arrived with a hyd fail (green sys O-ring in rt main) & closed down runway 27L for an extended period.	Nil	No tow-bar available and ropes had to be rigged to hold gear-doors clear of ground (no center-gear extension).
04 Sept. Zurich, Switzerland	A340 of Sri Lankan	Eng #4 failed at V1 r/way 16. Smoke advised by ATC. A/c dumped & returned.	Nil	35 mins for fuel dumping - see imagery (URL above).
04 Sept. Manchester, UK	757-200 of Britannia	A/c diverted into Manchester after the left hydraulic system failed.	Nil	BY117B (Ibiza to Bristol, UK)
05 Sept. Zurich, Switzerland	A340-300 of Sri Lankan	Eng failure at high speed on t/off runway 16. Dumped fuel and returned	Nil	See 13 Sept. 04 imagery page 4 of 5
06 Sept. 2120L Lahore, Pakistan	A300 of Pakistan Intl. Flt: PK743	Lahore-Riyadh flt returned after a nasty inflight engine fire after take-off.	Nil / 214 + 15crew	Landed back 2138L. Pax arrived King Khaled Intl A/P Riyadh on PK404.
06 Sept. 0700L Eket Lagos, Nigeria	Beech 1900D of Wings Aviation	FN-PIL abort overshot flooded r'way by >1000ft (loss of control on take-off).	Nil / 10 o/b	A Nigerian State Governor (Viktor Attah) was aboard - bound for Abuja.
07 Sept. Prestwick, Scotland	DC10 of Northwest	A/c diverted in due to a cargo hold fire indication.	Nil / 280 o/b	Minneapolis St. Paul Minnesota to Gatwick (resumed flt after 3 hours).
07 Sept. Roanoke, Va.	ERJ135 of American Eagle	Flt 4732 made an emerg landing after smoke reported - cabin and cockpit.	Nil / 33 pax	Columbus, Oh., to Raleigh, N.C. (most pax completed their journey by bus).
08 Sept. 149 51E 25 00S	KingAir B300 Reg: VH-KJD	Australian Air Safety Bureau is appealing for help locating a/c door lost at this location.	Nil	Not an open and shut case (in fact 1.5m x 0.8m x 15cm). Fell from 17,000ft.
08 Sept. Entebbe, Uganda	767-300 of BA Re: G-BNWI	Eng ran down at 21,500ft on climb so a/c dumped center tank and returned.	Nil / 177 pax	BA062 Low oil press/gear-box failure. 3 tires deflated due to thermal plugs.
08 Sept. Larnaca, Cyprus	757-300 of Thomas Cook	Port brake fire after a high speed abort for an unspecified engine fault.	Nil / 275 +8 crew	TCX50L pax flown out on another a/c next day at 1920L for Manchester UK
10 Sept. 0540L George S. Africa	Metro II freighter	Landed short of r/way 29 in a field after bird-ingestion (port Garrett eng).	2 inj / 2 o/b	Arrival from Bloemfontain. A/c severely damaged but salvageable.
11 Sept. Aegean Sea Greece	Chinook helo of Greek Army Sqdn.	Crashed into the sea 5.5 nms off the Halkidiki Peninsula - assume accident.	17 fatal / 17 o/b	VIP was the 2nd most senior figure in the Greek Orthodox Church.
13 Sept. 1650L Haneda, Japan	A321 of ANA Flt: 647	Pilot aborted take-off for Kumamoto with problem in the starboard engine.	Nil / 201 o/b	ATC initially identified a visible fire in the right engine.
14 Sept. ~1640L Under LAX Control	757 of UPS Louisville to Orange county	TCAS'd & airmissed a Cessna by less than 100ft vertically and 1.7nm horizontally (closest pt of approach).	Nil	One of 5 close calls due to chaos caused by a 3 hour ATC radio outage that affected 400 a/c in the West U.S.
14 Sept. ~1640L under LAX Control	757 of NWA	TCAS'd & airmissed a Gulfstream jet within 900ft and less than a mile horiz.	Nil	Detroit to San Diego flight had TCAS RA avoidance issue due to no comms.
14 Sept. 1930L Pocatello, Idaho	727 of FedEx	A/c declared an emergency for cargo-hold fire indication and diverted in.	Nil / 3 o/b	No further details.
15 Sept. 0752L Evansville, Indiana	Beech King Air	Gear collapsed on landing after arrival from Louisville, Ky.	Nil / 8 o/b	Extensively damaged (possibly a gear-up landing).
15 Sept. Goteborg, Sweden	737 of Blue Scandinavia	Landed Landvetter A/P after heavy smoke filled the cabin 10 mins outbnd.	Nil / 198 o/b	Galley ovens.
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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