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Monday, June 4, 2007

Accidents And Incidents

DATE/SITE AIRCRAFT & REGN CIRCUMSTANCES DEATH & INJURY PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 IMAGERY AT WWW.IASA.COM.AU/040607.HTM
06 May ~1630L Moscow Russia IL86 of Atlant Soyuz RA-96109 Tug towing mobile stairs collided with the aircraft on taxi-out (acft returned to the terminal) nil/344 onboard Vnukovo A/P Moscow to Sharm-el-Sheik Egypt
17 May day Thessalonica Gr 737-8K5 of TuiFly D-AHFD Flight X3-5313 was forced to return to Thessalonica soon after takeoff due to a birdstrike nil Thessalonica to Hamburg Germany
18 May day Goma DR Congo LET410 of TAC Cargo plane caught fire soon after takeoff from Waikale in the Eastern Congo and crashed 3 dead/3 onboard Reg: TN-AHM oprg for SafeAir
19 May 1215 L Fishers Indiana PA46-350P reg: N411MD Crash on landing at Indianapolis Metropolitan A/P for unknown reasons (in VMC conditions) 2 uninjured Substantial damage, arriving from Marion Municipal A/P Marion, Indiana
20 May 0641L Frankfurt Ger 747-200F of Cathay Pacific A very large section of engine (constituting the reverser) dropped off #2 engine on landing nil (tinyurl.com/2azbg9) South runway closed for debris to be cleared. Flt 67 arriving from Dubai
22 May 1510L Unakleet Alaska SA227AC of Peninsula Awys Blocked the runway for quite a period after landing when a maingear leg collapsed nil/7 pax + 1 crew Flt KS231 had just arrived from Anchorage Alaska
22 May 2250L Moscow Russia IL96 of Aeroflot Flt:SU541 Hydraulic failure after takeoff caused crew to dump fuel, about turn and land back in Moscow nil/133 pax + 8crew Sheremetyevo A/P Moscow to Hanoi Vietnam
22 May 1050L Aegean Sea 757-330 of Kondor D-ABOJ Flt DE9745 diverted into Eleftherios Venizelos A/P Athens after being struck by lightning nil/241 pax + 8crew Heraklion Crete (Greece) to Hanover Germany. Blew a small hole in fuselage
23 May Charlotte NC 767-300 of Delta Flt 131 Baby was born prematurely in First Class and resuscitated by two physicians (a/c diverted) plus one Munich Germany to Atlanta Georgia> Mother and child recovered well.
23 May 1540L Chesterfield MO Cessna 421 reg: N4082L Reported a problem and needed to land soon after t/off 26R. Seen to bank right & crashed 1 serious injury Spirit of St Louis Airport. Probable eng failure. Headed St Louis Downtown A/P
23 May day Novyj Urengoj Ru 737-500 of Pulkovo Rossiya Flt FV431 declared an emergency for an engine failure and landed at its destination nil/29 pax + 8 crew arr fm St Petersburg (where 2 weeks prior a Pulkovo 737 also landed in emergency)
23 May day Berlin Germany 757-200 of Israir (Israeli) Flt 6H-251 was evacuated on the runway after landing with smoke in the cockpit and cabin one inj /162 pax + 8 crew Arriving Schoenefeld A/P Berlin from Ben Gurion A/P Tel Aviv. One pax hosp
23 May 2140L Mumbai India A310 of Air India Flt AI800 Announced an emergency for hydraulic failure before landing without further incident nil/207 pax onboard arriving Chhatrapati Shivaji A/P from Jeddah Saudi Arabia
24 May 1250L Chennai India A320 of Indian Airlines IC573 Twice returned within the space of two hours with serious technical problems nil/67 pax Headed Bandaranaike A/P Colombo, Sri Lanka. Flt was cx, pax sent to hotels.
24 May 1745L Contamana Peru Twin Otter of Peruvian Air Force FAP-303 went down in bad weather on a jungle-covered mountain range in the North-East of Peru (560kms NE of Lima). ELT signal at 1745 13 dead/20 onboard Iquitos- Orellana terminating Pucallpa. Went missing after leaving Orellana on descent to Pampa Hermosa Airport
24 May day Reus Spain 757 of Thomas Cook TCX132 6 Scottish louts arrested after arrival for terrorizing pax & assaulting crew enroute from Glasgow 6 offed Arr from Glasgow Scotland. Later released from custody, they trashed a hotel
24 May day Malaga Spain 757-200 of Jet2 Airlines Aircraft returned after severe compressor stalling on its port RB211 in the climb-out nil A spare replacement engine was being trucked in.
24 May day Tonga DHC8-Q100 of Polynesian Air Flight PH410 lost a port outer mainwheel upon landing Nuku' Alofa (later found in the grass) nil/~30 pax Pago Pago American Samoa to Fua Amotu de Nuku' Alofa A/P Tonga
24 May 0900L Blagoveshchensk Tu214 ofKrasair Flt E3-111 Dragged by tugs from a 100 meter landing overrun's muddy bog about 3 hours after its arrival nil/130 pax onboard Flying for Domodedovo Airlines and arriving from Moscow
25 May 2140L Sao Paulo Brazil 737-800 of Gol Flt: G3-7486 Returned soon after takeoff following a birdstrike and necessitating an engine change nil/~200 onboard Garulhos de Sao Paulo to Salgado Filho de Porto Alegre Brazil. Bent turbine blade
25 May 0810L Bournemouth UK 737-200 of Euro Avn Air Charter Struck & ingested a huge swarm of bees straight after takeoff & returned to land after an engine surge nil/90 onboard flying for Palmair, headed to Faro Portugal. Ret'd after an hour. Flight cancelled
25 May ~1700L over the Pyrenees 757-200 of ThomsonFly TOM4633 diverted and landed at Barcelona after an engine swallowed a weather balloon's radiosonde nil During enroute cruise from East Midlands UK bound for Majorca Spain
26 May 1944L Honolulu Hawaii CRJ200 of GO! Flt: YV1018 Missed a Japan based US C130 by 30 meters when the Hercules entered the runway during its t/off nil/50 aboard the GO! Flt YV1018 was Honolulu to Kahului Hi. GO! is a subsidiary of Mesa Airlines
26 May ~1400L Dulles Virginia 747-400 of United Flt 897 Orbited to dump fuel and returned following a surging and stalling outboard engine on takeoff nil Landed an hr after takeoff. Caused fire in bushes alongside runway. Bound Beijing
26 May ~noon Venice Italy MD90 of Swiss Hello HB-JIA Flt HW6521 diverted into Marco Polo Airport Venice following an enroute engine failure. nil/124 onboard Pristina Serbia and Zurich
27 May day Entebbe Uganda AN-12 of ? Spotted bogged off the end of the main runway (town end) and in a very nose-down attitude unknown looked to be nose-gear collapsed in long grass (with a mobile crane in attendance)
27 May 1715L Toronto Canada A330-300 of Air Canada Flt AC872 aborted its takeoff after a tire blew and then several other maingear tires blew nil Bound Frankfurt, acft was stuck on runway 23 for some time. Replaced by A340
27 May 1605L Paris CDG A/P A321 of Air France Flt AF2544 had an engine fire on takeoff and aborted at high speed, taxied in to the terminal nil Headed Moscow (Sheremetyevo A/P). Departed in another A321 4 hrs later
27 May evening JFK A/P NY A320 of JetBlue Flt: 43 Emergency landing after being struck by lightning causing an electrical smoke smell in cabin nil/140 pax arriving from Rochester New York
28 May 0001Z Philadelphia Pa 737-300 of SWA Flt: SWA3534 N676SW was landed 27L with a hydraulic failure and an inability to taxi (after some holding) nil/73 on board no damage. Underway again to Houston after an aircraft change

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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