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Monday, June 18, 2007

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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