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Monday, April 18, 2005

Accidents And Incidents

DATE/SITE AIRCRAFT & REGN CIRCUMSTANCES DEATH & INJURY PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at http://www.iasa.com.au/180405.htm
25 Feb. Paris Le Bourget C130 of Saudi Air Force Ran off runway after landing, collapsing its left main-gear Unk A/P closed for an hour and the hulk was removed the next day
~31 March Tel Aviv 737NG of El Al A/c stalled while on autopilot in climb and lost 600m after departing Moscow Nil/ 120 pax Moscow to Tel Aviv. El Al 737NG's grounded for an investigation
31 Mar 0230Z Chicago, Ill. MD-11F of Martinair PH-MCS clipped wingtip of parked NCA 747F (Flt JA8191) on pushback Nil Both a/c's wings damaged
01 Apil 1805Z Los Angeles, Calif. 737 of American Flt: AAL2409 Damage to fuselage vicinity left MLG of 737-800 found during walk-round Nil Rocks found in the wheel-well. The desert diva responsible is being sought
03 April Lajes Intl., Portugal L1011-500 of Yes Air LA CS-TMX landed Lajes following an engine failure during enroute cruise Nil Prior eng fail on Feb. 26 (birdstrike departing Holguin, Cuba)
06 April Bahrein A340-300 of GulfAir GF151 Shortly after airborne off 12Kft 21L at Bangkok, the gear and #2 eng hit trees. Crew pressed on to Bahrein with tree Nil Eng #2 vibrated all the way to Bahrein where a hyd and brake failure plus runway evacuation was in order
07 April Brussels, Belgium 747-200 of Sabena SN351 Returned EBBR (Brussels) shortly after t/off with a flap problem Nil No further details
07 April 1615L Kolkata, India A320 of Indian Airlines Patna to Ranchi flight IC810 divtd Kolkata with a bad hydraulic leak Nil Leak detected shortly after takeoff from Patna, India
08 April Rome, Italy Govt Learjet 60 Ex Belgrade Lear collecting Macedonian president from funeral intercepted by AF F16's Nil [Possibly Lear 31 YU-BRZ] entering closed Ciampino A/P no-fly zone
08 April ~1540L Minneapolis-St. Paul DC-10 of NWA Flt: 97 N243NW #2 thrust reverser cone fell into a Dakota County field after t/off MSP
200 lb. cone fell in a clear area. Crew noticed it missing on arrival Hawaii
08 April ~1325L Narita, Japan 747F of Nippon Cargo Airlines An outer engine podstrike on landing in stiff x'wind broke 6 runway lights Nil Arriving from Anchorage, Alaska. A/c also had smoking maingear.
08 April Amsterdam 747-400 of KLM Flt: 685 Bound Mexico City, was denied U.S. overflight rights due to 2 no-fly list pax Nil 2 individuals released at Amsterdam and eventually made it to Mexico
08 April Porto Santo, Portugal 757-200 of Monarch Divtd Porto Santo on Madeira Island after shutting down one faulty engine Nil London to Tenerife
09 April Graz, Austria 737-800 of Austrian Arrow Vienna to Venice flight diverted in to Graz with an unknown technical fault Nil No further details about this emergency landing
09 April night Great Falls, Mont. 737NG of SWA Flt: 208 Non-violent disturbed male attempted oral hijack to Cuba 2 mins after t/off 1 nut bolted Midway-Seattle flight. "Hijacker" arrested and flt proceeded to Seattle.
09 April Provence A/P, France MD-83 of Blue Line Enroute Athens, was forced to return to Marseille's Provence Airport Nil Unknown technical fault
09 April 1708L Auckland, NZ 747 of Qantas 747 of Air NZ QF43 & NZ124 came close to each other after QF43 was told to go round Nil / 336 +296 TAIC NZ investigating airprox plus a QF GPWS alert generated same time
09 April 1600L Melbourne, Aust. 747-400F of Atlas Cargo Smoke and a small fire after generating excess heat on landing Nil N/S r'way out of service. Shorter E/W runway making crews work harder
09 April ~1230L LAX, Calif. MD80 of Midwest Rejected t/off due to eng failure with heavy smoke. R'way closed to clear it. Nil Much engine debris collected along runway 24L
10 April Heathrow 747-400 of Qantas QF30 aborted takeoff at just below 100kts following an engine failure Nil Heathrow - Singapore (Changi). QF30 dept 4 hrs. later [Compressor stall]
10 April 1220L Mumbai, India 767 of Excel Airways Carried out an emergency landing with a failed engine Nil Gatwick UK to Goa (Dabolim) India flt diverted Chhatrapati A/P (Mumbai)
10 April Accra, Ghana 767 of BA Heathrow UK to Accra Ghana flt hit severe turb over Spain injuring 3 pax 1 ser inj 2 inj Pres. of Ghana on board. F/A seriously injured
12 April 1140L Denver, Colo. A319 of United Flt: 1475 Diverted Denver Intl after a fight broke out between two male pax Nil Washington-Las Vegas. Drunken pax who struck F/A was arrested
12 April 1105L Milwaukee, Wis. DO-328 of Midwest Connect Flt 2356 evac'd after smoke noticed in lav & pax transferred to another a/c Nil / 31 pax Gen Mitchell A/P. Arr Grand Rapids 90 mins. late (aircon pack o'heated)
12 April ~1205L East Papua Twin Otter of GT Air DHC-6201 PK-LTZ missing during 180km flt fm Timka to Enarotali (Paniai District) Unk / 14 +3 crew Timka is 3735kms NE of Jakarta. MAF & PT Freeport planes searching.
12 April 1559L Oklahoma City, Okla. 737 of Continental Burnt off gas for 45 mins prior to landing with an unsafe nose-gear indic Nil / ~100 pax Will Rogers World Airport. Landed 1650L
13 April Trabzon, Turkey 767-300 of Britannia Nordic Airways Landed Trabzon in Turkey (near Black Sea) with smoke in the cockpit (seen escaping fm cockpit on landing) Nil / 317 pax +10 Phuket to Abu Dhabi to Copenhagen (operated by Swedish operator BLX, a sister airline of Britannia Airways)
13 April Chicago O'Hare 777 of AA Flt: UAL154 62yo male pax was found dead in a bathroom by cabin cleaners postflight 1 dead Narita, Japan, to Chicago (O'Hare). After a/c repo'd fm Terml 5 to Terml 3
1 Air carrier accidents, or other incidents involving serious failures or fatal injuries, investigated by National Transportation Safety Boards. 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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