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Monday, April 24, 2006
Accidents And Incidents
| 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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