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DATE/SITE	AIRCRAFT & REGN	CIRCUMSTANCES	DEATH & INJURY	PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS1 Imagery at http://www.iasa.com.au/240406.htm
25 March Seville, Spain	737-6D6 of Air Algerie 7T-VJQ	Main-gear collapsed after very hard and rough landing at Seville.	Nil	Might be first 737NG write-off.
10 April 1430L Athens, Greece	A340-300 of Olympic OA269	A/c was forced to return to Athens after takeoff with smoke alarm.	Nil	Bound for Heathrow.
11 April 0340L SeaTac a/p, Seattle	747-400 of EVA	Aircraft circled for 25 mins unable to get response from tower.	Nil	0315 to 0340 silence remains unexplained. Fix is to have 2 oprtrs.
12 April 1422L Prestwick, UK	737 of Ryanair Flt FR025	Captain reported threat note had been found onboard & diverted.	Nil	En route from Beauvais, France, to Dublin, Ireland.
13 April ~1700L Belfast, N. Ireland	A319 of EasyJet Flt EZY554	Pilot forced to return after 10-man fight broke out in cabin after takeoff.	Nil / 139 pax	Took off again for Newcastle after 90 mins, minus the ten belligerents.
14 April La Paz, Bolivia	C208B Caravan of Amaszonas	Forced landing by Caravan CP-2413 with engine failure at El Alto, Bolivia.	Nil / 9 pax + 1 crew	Headed to Rurrenabaque with load of tourists. A/c was undamaged.
14 April 2230Z Indianapolis	Falcon 20 Reg N722JB	While en route, cowling separated from LH eng & hit horiz stabilizer.	Nil	Springfield, Ill., to Dayton, Ohio. Substantial damage.
14 April dawn Addis Ababa, Eth	767 of Ethiopian Flt EAL609	Apparently healthy 25 yr-old man died onboard just before landing.	1 dead	Taken to Menelik II Hospital for autopsy after landing at Bole airport from BKK.
14 April ~1350Z Kinshasa, DRC	C130H of DRC Air Force	9T-TCB written off after LH main-gear collapse on test-flight landing.	Nil	...After being parked for many years. Initially reptd as 737-200QC 9Q-CNK.
15 April day Bordon, UK	Hot Air Balloon of Toucan Travel	Hit 132,000V high tension wires and crashed in a field on industrial estate	nil/pilot +10 pax	widespread regional power losses
15 April Moshi, Tanzania	Cessna C208B Caravan	Crash-landed in sisal plantation 400 kms West of Moshi destination.	Nil / 9 onboard	Medical team transport forced off course and lost in torrential rain.
15 April morning New Delhi, India	A320 of Air Deccan	Flight cancelled after boarding ladder dmgd horizontal stabilizer.	Nil	Bagdogra, Bengal, bound flight.
15 April 0656L Uralsk, Kazakhstan	747-436 of BA Flt BA010	Sydney-BKK-LHR flight diverted with false cargo smoke warning.	Nil / 354 pax	Three A320s flew pax out to Heathrow as Uralsk airport is not rated for 747s.
16 April 1137L Guayaramerin, Bol	Fokker F27-400 of TAM FAB-91	A/c ran off runway on landing. Very substantially damaged.	1 dead / 31 onboard	Riberalta to Guayaramerin. A/c written off.
16 April 0149Z Romulus, Mich.	CL600-2B19 of Pinnacle	Flt FLG5802 had birdstrike in LH engine & LH fuselage & returned.	Nil	Reg N8412F was Detroit for Knoxville, Tenn., via Romulus.
16 April 1308Z St Thomas, Vl	PA31 of Dept of Justice N554DJ	Navajo lost pwr in both engines 2 mls off St Thomas coast, ditched & sank.	7 onboard rescued	1 crew, 2 guards, 4 prisoners had deptd St Croix for St Thomas.
16 April night London Gatwick	A321 of First Choice	A/c landed back at LGW overweight following pressurization problems.	Nil	Very hot brakes required a/c to be held in isolated area.
16 Apr Warsaw, Poland	A320 of BA Flt BA0847	A/c took 2 seagulls down #1 eng at 120 kts and rejected its takeoff.	Nil	Warsaw to Heathrow. Replacement a/c came from LHR to pick up pax.
16 April Tel Aviv, Israel	737 of El Al	A/c landed back at Ben Gurion a/p after wheel exploded on takeoff.	Nil / 107 o/b	Bound for Moscow.
16 April ~1154L Gainsville, Fla.	Beech 60 Duke Reg N999DE	Lost directional control on landing & plowed into terminal building.	3 dead / 3 o/b	On test flight for new type autopilot. Small fire was soon extinguished.
17 April 0740Z Phoenix	737 of SWA	On pushback 737 struck its wingtip on elevator of another SWA 737.	Nil	Minor damage.
17 April 0450L Goose Bay, Labr.	A330-300 of Aer Lingus Flt EI124	Crew diverted urgently into Goose Bay with smell of burning plastic.	Nil / 303 pax +12 crew	Chicago-Shannon via Dublin. An Aer Lingus flt was divtd in w/ spare parts.
17 April Kano, Nigeria	Antonov 2T Reg N1011G	US reg'd a/c now banned by Nigeria for devious nocomms routing.	Nil	Expected in Kano, a/c later turned up in Cameroon after declared missing.
18 April 1054L Manila, Philippines	A340-300 of PAL Flt PR811	Landed back @ Ninoy Aquino a/p after landing gear failed to retract.	Nil / 295 pax +14 o/b	Hydraulic system failure.
19 April afternoon Lake Charles Regnl	737 of Continental	Emerg landing after cabin became v hot & cabin pressurization lost.	Nil / 114 o/b	Flt 1699 - Houston to New Orleans.
19 April Madrid, Spain	737 of KLM Flt 1706	A/c returned twice, both times after 10 mins inflt, before flt was cancelled.	Nil	Unknown recurring defect. Flt bound for Amsterdam, Holland.
19 April 1602Z Morrisville, NC	EMB135 of American Eagle	EGF646 aborted takeoff, reptd smoke in cabin & cockpit. Evacuated pax.	1 inj / 17 pax +3 crew	Raleigh-Durham a/p, N.C., for Newark, N.J.
20 April Ellijah, Ga.	Cessna P210A Reg N679X	A/c crashed 50 mls NW of Atlanta in area of thunderstorms.	1 dead	85 yo Scott Crossfield test piloted the Douglas Skyrocket to Mach 2 in 1953.
20 April Bangor, Maine	747-400 of BA Flt BA297	A/c diverted enrt into Bangor for 3 hours to discharge dead passenger.	1 died aboard	Heathrow to Orlando, Fla.
20 April day New Orleans Int'l	EMB190 of JetBlue	N183JB diverted into New Orleans with #2 engine problems.	Nil	Austin, Texas, to NY jfk. A/c reportedly had bleed air fault message.
1 Air carrier accidents, or other incidents involving serious failures or fatal injuries, investigated by aviation safety agencies of various nations. 2DISCLAIMER: 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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