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DATE/SITE	AIRCRAFT & REGN	CIRCUMSTANCES	DEATH & INJURY	PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at http://www.iasa.com.au/031005.htm
15 Sept. 1015L Istanbul Intl. Turkey	MD88 of Onur Air, Flt OHY69	Overran runway 06/24 western end by a few meters after landing in rainy Wx	Nil / 118 pax +5	Ten overruns/3 write-offs at Istanbul since Aug. 27, 1994 (incl. TU154 below)
18 Sept. Madrid Intl.Spain	A300-603R of Lufthansa	Flt LH 4537 diverted into Madrid after crew observed smoke in the cockpit	Nil / 197 pax	Reg: D-AIAK (Lisbon to Frankfurt)
18 Sept. Shanghai Intl. China	A340-313X of SAS, Flt: SK998	Crew achieved a tailstrike on takeoff rotation & ret'd to Shanghai Pudong	Nil	Reg: LN-RKF damage said to be minor. Flt was headed Copenhagen, Den.
19 Sept. Istanbul Intl. Turkey	TU-154 of Avalinii 400	Flt 9649 burst 11/12 tires and overran by 300m. Possible anti-skid failure	Nil / 162 pax +10	Reg: LZ-LCA suffered minor damage. Operating for Bulgarian Air Charter
19 Sept. 1630L Grand Rapids, Mich.	CRJ-200 of Pinnacle Airlines	Diverted in to Grand Rapids (Ford Intl) with rudder servo problems	Nil / 9 o/b	The Milwaukee to New York flight was cancelled at this point
21 Sept. 2350Z Kansas City, Mo.	Citation C560 Reg: N198DF	On taxiing into the ramp area, hit a parked a/c (N511RH, a SAAB 2000)	Nil	Minor damage
21 Sept. ~2330L Frankfurt Intl. Ger.	757 of MyTravel Flt: MYT224A	Diverted into Frankfurt after an inflight failure of #2 in Czech airspace	Nil	Headed for Manchester, UK
22 Sept. 1745L New Delhi, India	737 of Alliance Air, Flt: CD7134	Tower rec'd report of smoke pouring from a/c and cancelled its takeoff	Nil	Headed Bhopal. A/c was checked out and departed again at 1900L
22 Sept. evening Trinidad & Tobago	747-443 of Virgin Atlantic	350 pax stranded after 35yo F/O hung himself in the Hilton Tobago Hotel	1 fatal	G-VROY. No further details
22 Sept. Georgetown, S.C.	Citation 501 Reg: N367HB	Pilot put in transponder hijack code inadvertently, after a comms loss	Nil	And received a SWAT team welcome
22 Sept. Tokyo Haneda A/P	767-300 of ANA Flt: 628	Kagoshima to Tokyo a/c taken out of service (after 10cm centipede bit pax).	1 inj / 200 pax	Similar incident occurred 5 months earlier. Insect found after fumigation
22 Sept. 1424L New York JFK	A320 of JetBlue Flt: 32	Made a safe emerg landing following a slat/flap deployment problem on appch	Nil / 140 pax	Tampa, Fla., to New York
22 Sept. 2300L Las Vegas Intl., Nev.	A320 of America West Flt: AW539	Air Canada AC593 (Airbus) arr from Toronto taxied from r/way 25L across AW539's takeoff path on r/way 25R	Nil	ATCO error (confused two AmWest callsigns). AW539, taking off 25R as cleared, got airborne & missed the AC
23 Sept. ~0400L Las Vegas Intl.	MD80 of Airborne Express	Safely aborted t/off at medium speed after two MLG tires blew out	Nil / 2 crew o/b	DHL Freight subcontractor closed the runway for hours
24 Sept. ~0915L Deh Chopan, Afgh.	CH47 Chinook of UNAMA force	Helo went down in Deh Chopan district of South-East Zabul Province	5 dead	Dropping off coalition ambush forces. 3rd CH47 lost in Afghanistan in 2005
24 Sept. 0959L Johannesburg, S.A.	747-400 of SAA Flt: SA190	Shear-rivets on fwd pax door blow-out panel failed, causing oxymasks to fall & a partial decompression	Nil / 334 pax	ZS-SAW had been headed to Mauritius at Flt Lvl 390 but, after the big bang, headed back to Jo'burg at 10,000ft
24 Sept. evening New Delhi	747-400 of Air India	Taxied back with brake malfunction. Another error msg on next am hrs try	Nil	Result was New Delhi-Frankfurt pax stranded overnight + a further day lost
24 Sept. 0600L Larnaca, Cyprus	A330-243 of Gulfair A40-KA	Flt: GF 019 diverted Larnaca following an inflight engine failure	Nil / 184 +14	Abu Dhabi to Paris. Replacement eng flown in by IL76 on Sept. 25
24 Sept. ~1300L Chennai, India	A310 of Air India	After a false eng fire warning caused #2 to be nix'd, landed on one engine	Nil / 65 pax +8	Singapore-Kuala Lumpur-Chennai
25 Sept. Ajaccio, Corsica	A320 of CCM Airlines	Eventual safe landing after having u/carriage problems on initial appch	Nil	Paris to Ajaccio Intl (LKFJ). CCM= Corsican Mediterranean Company
25 Sept. 1119L Hamburg, Ger.	Fokker 100 of KLM KL 1779	Pilots declared emerg for landing after noticing a strong rubber burning smell	Nil / 90 pax	Amsterdam to Hamburg
25 Sept. ~1700L Minneapolis, Minn.	DC9 of NWA Flt: NW1207	Forced to return after the failure of a rudder damper unit on departure	Nil / 100 o/b	Minneapolis to Rapid City, Iowa (arrived 4 hrs late at 2133L)
26 Sept. Budapest, Hungary	A300B2 of Fly Air	Pilot requested diversion after pax became seriously ill enroute & expired	1 dead	Dulaman (near SW Turkish city Mugla) to Amsterdam. Male pax died.
27 Sept. Manchester, UK	737 of BA	Precautionary landing at MAN after a/c experienced engine problems enrt	Nil	Enrt London (Gatwick) to Glasgow, Scotland
27 Sept. 1630L Ranchi A/P, India	737 of Air Sahara Flt: S2 6235	Back 16 mins after t'off - after being hit by a large bird (possibly a falcon)	Nil / 44 pax	Patnam to Mumbai via Bursa Munda A/P Ranchi. Wing leading-edge dented
27 Sept. Johannesburg, S.A.	737 x 2 of SAA	Damaged by large storm that ripped through Jo'burb and its suburbs	Nil	Ground-handling equipment blown into a/c by the high winds
28 Sept. morning Tel Aviv, Israel	747-400 of El Al	Ran off the runway/apron & sustained unknown damage. Pax evacuated	Nil / ~400	Incident to fully fueled a/c due to tow-tug malfunction at Ben Gurion A/P
28 Sept. morning Tokyo Haneda A/P	777-300 of All Nippon, NH243	Returned to Haneda following an inflight loss of oil in #1 (left engine)	Nil / 369 pax	Oil quantity dropped to zero & engine was shut down. Headed Fukuoka
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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