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DATE/SITE	AIRCRAFT & REGN	CIRCUMSTANCES	DEATH & INJURY	PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 IMAGERY AT WWW.IASA.COM.AU/160907.HTM
29 Mar 0630L La Paragua Venez	AN-2 reg: YV-1953C	Cargo plane stalled and crashed on takeoff due to severe overloading	1 inj/1 onboard	loaded with food and headed for a mining site near La Paragua. Substantial damage
01 Apr (TBC) Gatwick UK	747-400 of Virgin Atlantic	Landed skew-whiff scraping engs 3 & 4, but crew failed to realize/report it	nil	Pod-scrape missed by engineers but pilots for the next flight sighted bits hanging off engs 3 & 4
01 Apr Lexington Kentucky	Various	Failure of r/way lights at Bluegrass A/P caused the diversion of 10 flts	nil	Bluegrass Airport Kentucky was the scene of the fatal takeoff of Comair 5191 on an unlit runway in Aug 06
02 Apr Shannon Ireland	707 of John Travolta	JT denies that he ended up in Shannon due to an emergency landing	nil (palpable fiction)	N707JT needed fuel and on departure developed a sick starter motor - so Travolta swapped mounts
02 Apr Heathrow UK	A340-600 of Virgin Atlantic	Captain unceremoniously bundled off VS003 for having alcohol breath was blood-tested negative for alcohol	nil	Ascribed to an oral by-product of the Atkins Diet. Takes 3 days of carbohydrate starvation to start burning ketone bodies (=> ketotic breath)
02 Apr night Luanda Angola	A340-300 of TAP	Flt:TP258 returned to Luanda after take-off for an unknown "technical"	nil/ 249 pax +13 crew	Luanda to Lisbon. Minor damage
03 Apr ~1600Z Chamblee Georgia USA	Beechjet 400 reg: N407CW	Gulfstream G1159 reg: N309EL rolled into N407CW inflicting major damage. G1159 rec'd minor damage	nil	Gulfstream was "parked" when it rolled away - at Dekalb Peachtree airport Chamblee Georgia
03 Apr 1335L Ohakea AFB NZ	KingAir of RNZAF	Forced to land without nosegear after two hours of attempted extension	nil/2 onboard	Minor damage
04 Apr 1710Z Edith Georgia	PA32 reg:N8439H	While enroute the acft reported engine trouble & force-landed on a roadway	nil/2 onboard	Sylvania Georgia to Ft Myers Florida. A/c was destroyed
04 Apr 1533Z Knoxville Tn	Citation 560 reg: N5263	Diverted after unsafe gear indicn, & landed with right maingear retracted	nil/6 pax + 2 crew	skidded off runway. Minor damage. Portsmouth NH for Rockwood Tennessee
04 Apr 2110Z Chattanooga Tn	Raytheon Premier 1	Reg: N200LB blew both maingear tires upon landing on a wet runway	nil/1	minor damage
04 Apr 1337Z Trappe Maryland	PA-30 reg: N555EM	Twin Comanche crashed in a field 6 mls N of Cambridge A/P near Trappe	3 dead / 3 onboard	White Plains NY to Southern Pines North Carolina
04 Apr ~0715L Scranton Intl	CRJ of Atlantic SE	Crew detected multiple hydraulic problems airborne and landed back	nil/43 onboard	Bound from Wilkes Barre/Scranton for Orlando Florida via Atlanta Ga (see two recent CRJ SAIBS)
05 Apr ~1315L Yeager W.Va.	SAAB 340B of US Awys	Acft landed back at Yeager A/P after about 15 minutes with a faulty engine	nil/23 onboard	the 34 seat SAAB 340B has GE engines
05 Apr 2150L Des Moines Iowa	CRJ of Delta Flt 4399	Acft carried out a no-flap landing after arriving from Atlanta with....	nil/40 pax onboard	...hydraulic flap and brake problems that are becoming typical of the CRJ (see two recent SAIBS)
05 Apr 0850L Dabolim Goa	Harrier of Indian Navy	Trainer crashed off the coast soon after departing Dabolim Airbase	1 rescued + 1 missing	A Sea Harrier was written off at Dabolim on 17 Dec 04 in a crash. Another was lost on 25 May 2001
05 Apr ~1500L Belize City, Belize	BN Islander of Belize Def	Force-landed in marshes 5 mls North of Gales Point. Rescued by Puma helo	8 uninjured/ 8 aboard	Enrt from Punta Gorda to Philip Goldson Intl A/P, Belize City. A/c was heavily damaged
06 Apr Las Vegas	757 of NWA Flt:NW1190	Flt was cancelled after the captain had some nasty words to say to the pax	nil/180 onboard	Las Vegas to Detroit flight was cancelled after some pax fled due to the obscenities being flung around.
06 Apr 1600L Orlando Florida	MD80 of Allegiant Air	Flight 707 was recalled after a 4pm departure for being "overweight"	nil/130 onboard	Headed Des Moines Iowa but landed back in Sanford Intl A/P Orlando at 1650L. A strange development?
07 Apr ~1700L Tampa Florida	767-300 of Delta Flt 513	Hydraulic lift being used to clean a plane at Airside E failed & fell	10 workers injured	A/c departure delayed. Injured were transported to Bay Area hospitals. Attributed to a hydraulic failure.
07 Apr ~1515L San Pablo City RP	Agusta AW139 helo	Reg RP-C1495 crashed on a house after one engine malfunctioned	nil/6 pax + 2 crew	San Pablo City Laguna Philippines. 3 occupants of house went to hospital for check-ups.
07 Apr ~2200L Hanoi Vietnam	777-200 of Air Vietnam	Arrival in Hanoi was the start of a four hour mouse hunt aboard	1 dead rodent	ex Danang bound Tokyo. Pax went to hotel. Rodent sighted on the inbound leg. Acft deptd at 0400L
08 Apr 1025L Lampung Indonesia	737-400 of AdamAir	Returned to departure point with a nosewheel "not locked up" problem	nil/125 pax + 8 crew	....10 mins after departure from Raden Intl A/P Branti, South Lampung
08 Apr ~1705L Raleigh Durham	EMB190 of JetBlue	Flight rejected takeoff because a window was unsecured and opened	nil/ 95 pax onboard	Pax were each given a $50 flight voucher for fright compensation after the sudden stop.
09 Apr ~0700L New Delhi India	A310 of Air India	A/c blocked runway 28 for hours after a gear collapse on landing	nil/169 onboard	Flt AI-349 Shanghai to Bangkok. Heavy lift equipment shipped in from Mumbai to move the A310.
09 Apr 1214L Varanasi India	737 of Jet Airways	2 fire-trucks took 7 minutes to douse a engine fire after pax had disembarked	nil	Carrying Union Minister of State Shriprakash Jaiswal (faulty fuel cut-off?)
09 Apr day New Delhi International Airport India	767-300 of Air India	G-CDPT (leased 767) emergency returned to Indira Ghandi International with a serious technical snag	nil /65 passengers	Dubai UAE to New Delhi flight AI736 had a port engine fault
09 Apr night Dublin Ireland	767-300 of Delta Flt 80	Acft diverted into Dublin with an engine shut down	nil	JFK (NY) to Schiphol (Amsterdam)
09 Apr ~1700L Perth Australia	Super KingAir 200	Main-gear collapsed on landing after holding for over 2 hours for burn-off	nil/ 10 onboard	VH-SGT of Network Aviation had gear problems from time of departure at 1440L
¹ Air carrier accidents, or other incidents involving serious failures or fatal injuries, investigated by aviation safety agencies of various nations. 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 J. Sampson, International Aviation Safety Association (IASA).

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