Aviation Today :: Accidents And Incidents

DATE/SITE	AIRCRAFT & REGN	CIRCUMSTANCES	DEATH & INJURY	PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 IMAGERY AT WWW.IASA.COM.AU/180607.HTM
28 Apr day Mid-Pacific Ocean	A340-300 of LAN Chile	Doctor successfully delivered a breech birth in flight attendant's seat in 1st class	Plus one	Auckland to Santiago Chile. Woman hadn't realized she was pregnant
29 Apr Johannesburg SA	737-200 of Air Namibia	Flight returned to Johannesburg with low oil pressure & visible streaming oil	nil	Johannesburg for Windhoek (maint by Safair)
29 Apr night Sao Paulo Brazil	737-300 of GOL Reg: PR-GLC	Oxy-masks deployed during a pressurization loss while in cruise flight	Nil/74 on board	Probable switchology scenario
09 May 2205L Stansted UK	Falcon 20-F5 Reg: N757CX	Declared an emergency & reported that flt controls were locked while on appch	nil	Arr fm Gander Newfoundland (probable inflight icing of control surface hinges)
10 May Trenton Ontario	IL76 cargo (Azerbaijani)	Clipped the 12ft tall fence on landing in dense fog at CFB Trenton. Afghan suppt	nil	Chartered by Skylink Avn of Toronto. A/c had substantial damage.
10 May 1530L St Martins	757-200 of AA Flt: AA1738	Returned to Princess Juliana A/P soon after takeoff with smoke in the cockpit	nil/70 pax onboard	Flt cancelled & pax were accommodated in hotels. Headed San Juan Puerto Rico
10 May 1930L JFK A/P NY	767 of Austrian Airlines	Returned to JFK Airport soon after takeoff with smoke in the cockpit	Nil/206 onboard	Bound for Vienna's Schwechat International Airport
10 May day Chateauoux France	767 of Martinair	The Arkefly Charter diverted in with aircon oil smoke in the passenger cabin	Nil/194 pax onboard	from Amsterdam to Palma de Mallorca
13 May day Stansted UK	737-800 of Ryanair Flt: FR682	The 737-800 lost a degree of flight control shortly after departure from EGSS	nil	Likely related to spoiler actuator interference (see emergency AD 2007-06-52)
14 May afternoon Charlotte Douglas	CRJ700 of US Airways Express	Flt 2640 returned soon after takeoff with a smoke in the cockpit complaint	nil	Aircraft was evacuated on the taxiway
15 May 0705L Belfast City	ERJ145 of Flybe	50 people on the 0705 Flybe flight were delayed after catering water containers were overfilled....	nil	..and spillage caused sub-floor wiring faults. George Best Airport (Belfast to Cardiff flight). Fresh a/c deptd 0900L
16 May night Cape Town South Africa	A34-600 of SAA Flt: SA220	Picked up a works cable & light with center bogey at runway entry, which started to flail the underbelly after takeoff.	nil	Cape Town to London UK dumped gas & returned. Gear cycling didn't fix the prob. Ferried to Johannesburg for repair
17 May 0400Z Islamabad Pakist	A310-300 of PIA Flt: PK-791	Runway blocked for 5 hrs after an engfail caused an abort & multiple tires blew.	Nil/165 pax + 9 crew	TC-SGB wet-leased from Saga Airlines was headed for Birmingham UK
17 May 1917L Moscow Russia	A319 of Aeroflot	Landed Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport under emerg conditions with a hyd failure	nil	Nice France to Moscow
20 May day Naples Italy	MD82 of ItAli Airlines	Dragged maingear-doors on ground after deployment during post-maint test-flight	Nil/4 onboard	Closed the runway for 30 mins before being towed in. Gear-doors replaced.
20 May Bodrum, Turkey	A320's x 4	2 from BMI, one each from Martinair & Sabena damaged enroute by sandstorms	nil	V2527 hot end innards get "glassed" by sand. Some engines replaced
22 May 2140L Mumbai India	A310 of Air India	Landed in emergency conditions with an hydraulic failure	Nil/207 pax onboard	Towed in to its bay
23 May Heathrow UK	777-236ER of BA Flt: BA38 G-YMMK	Lost RHS windscreen to cracks over the Baltic, dropped to 15,000ft and 341mph	nil	Shorting out of the NESA windscreen heating elements. Peking to Heathrow flt
24 May Malaga Spain	757 of Jet2 Reg: G-LSAC	Engine failed after takeoff and aircraft returned promptly to Malaga	nil	New RB211 engine being trucked in
26 May Washington DC	767-300 of Delta Flt: DL131	Two onboard physicians delivered a child 10,000m over Washington DC	Plus one	Munich to Atlanta flight. Premature baby was resuscitated and is doing OK
27 May 1625Z Prague Czech	737 of SAS	Carried out an emergency landing with smoke in the cockpit	118 uninjured	At Ruzyne International Airport, Prague
27 May Philadelphia Pa	A330-300 of US Airways SerNo 270	Flt US718 struck by lightning due to g'crew interphone door being left open	nil	(not bonded correctly) Philadelphia to Rome (Fiumicino A/P) flight landed back
27 May afternoon Manchester UK	767-306ER of Globespan EI-DMJ	767 had a set of stairs blown into it by a U-turning 747 of Travel City Direct	nil	TCD is part of XL aviation. Image of collision is at tinyurl.com/2tub64
27 May day Athens Greece	767-336 of BA Reg: G-BNWZ	Reported engine vibrations and landed in an emergency. (flap T.E. seal "shot")	nil	Athens E. Venizelos LGAV airport (arr from Heathrow)
29 May day Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso)	F28-2000 of Air Burkina Flight 2J-310	Returned to Ouagadougou after a serious technical failure soon after getting airborne	nil	To the international airport Gnassingb� Eyad�ma of Lome (Togo) via de Cotonou de Benign
29 May night Beirut Lebanon	A330-243 of MEA	Inflight delay of one hour approx after losing comms with ATC and holding off	nil	Arriving from Heathrow UK. Comms loss was caused by electrical failure
29 May day LAX Airport	767 of Delta 747 of Kittyhawk	Rotating 747's wingtip missed taxiing 767's (Flt DL115) nose by a few feet	nil	767 incursion (missed hold-short line) but stopped abruptly on ATC panic call
30 May ~1414L Heathrow UK	737 of JAT Reg: YU-ANI	Returned to Heathrow with an engine fire indication within 5 minutes of takeoff	nil	Headed Belgrade Serbia
30 May 0620L Bucharest Rom	A318 of Wizzair	Aircraft caught fire (engine-related) on the runway just prior to departure	76 pax evac'd	Not an engine start gone wrong. Wizzair is a budget airline operating in Hungary, Poland and Bulgaria.
¹ Air carrier accidents, or other incidents involving serious failures or fatal injuries, investigated by aviation safety agencies of various nations. ² DISCLAIMER: Assessments are not intended to assert probable cause or liability, but rather to provide insight pending publication of a final report of investigation.

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