Aviation Today :: Accidents & Incidents

Date	Aircraft Type	Narrative	Death/Injury	Remarks
12 May 1055L Visakhapatnam In	ATR72 of Paramount Airways	Mistakenly landed on runway under construction stopping before equipment	70 uninjured	Halted in bushes on muddy land (all due to pilot unfamiliarity and confusion)
13 Jun 1240L Phoenix Arizona	CL600-2B19 of Mesa Airlines	At gate B9 the main cabin door could not be opened until a mechanic entered through the galley service door	nil	Reg: N7264V had suffered prior problems of door jamming. Flight operated as US Airways Flt 2705
25 Jun 1546L Treviso Italy	737-800 of Ryanair Reg: EI-CSN	LH nosewheel of Flight 9513 was found to be missing. Image=tinyurl.com/34ceoy	nil/7 crew + 174 pax	arriving from Gerona Italy. Crew heard a loud bang on landing. Wheel not located
27 Jun night Brussels Belgium	747-200 of Hellenic Imperial SX-DIE	Pilots barricaded in cockpit as pax ran amok due to overbooking. Crew replaced	4 pax deplaned	Bound Turkey. Police called after a/c & boarding bridge damaged by rioting pax
28 Jun 1230Z M'Banza Congo Angola	737-200 of TAAG Reg: D2-TBP	Right main gear collapsed during a landing undershoot of runway 17 at M'Banza Congo Airport, Angola	6 fatal/85 onboard	Aircraft struck a building during the impact sequence. There was no fire. The flight originated at Luanda, Angola.
28 Jun 0348Z Salt Lake City Ut	CRJ200 Reg: N17275	America West Express aircraft struck two birds while landing, Salt Lake City, Utah	nil	Minor damage
28 Jun ~1700L Pindling Airport Bahamas	BN2A Islander of Golden Wings Chtr	N133RS lost its LH eng & went down in a field about a half-mile from the airport of Lynden Pindling International	Nil/1 onboard	Substantial damage (skin wrinkling). New Providence from Little Whale Cay, Berry Islands.
29 Jun night Dallas Texas	MD83 of American Airlines Flt 848	Returned 15 mins after t/off Friday night with smoke in the cabin	Nil/140 pax	Headed Atlanta, but Flight was cancelled (no replacement aircraft)
29 Jun 1030L Cote d'Ivoire	Fokker 100 Reg: TU-VAA	Just turning at runway end at Bouak� Airport when it was hit by 3 RPG rounds	5 dead & 4 wounded	Ivory Coast Prime Minister Guillaume Soro and delegation. Soro survived
29 Jun 0328L Los Angeles LAX	747-400 of Air China Flt CA984	Blew both nosewheel tires on t/off and landed back, gouging the concrete on 25	Nil/223 pax +11 crew	Departing for Beijing. Debris cut a football-sized hole in the fuselage
30 Jun 1952Z Conway, Arkansas	C500 Citation 1 Reg: N771HR	Aircraft crashed on go-round and hit a house (clipped a wind barricade separating a neighborhood from a Conway municipal airport runway)	2 fatal + 2 minor	One fatality was house occupant, other was pilot. It's believed that the crash occurred during a late go-round attempt off wet runway 26 - after landing long.
01 Jul 1717L Beijing China	767-200ER of Air China Reg: B-2553	Nose landing gear was accidentally retracted during boarding at gate 209.	8 injured/ 148 onboard	Happened 15 mins before Flt:CCA941 takeoff. Image is at tinyurl.com/25zl93
01 Jul day Jakarta Indonesia	737-400 of Garuda	Aircraft returned due to cabin pressure problems shortly after take off.	nil	Jakarta to Tabing. Aircraft repaired after 2 hours on the ground.
02 Jul 2237Z Ft Lauderdale Fl	737 of Southwest Reg: N366SW	Flight 1527 encountered severe turbulence in cruise flight	3 injured/76 pax +5crew	Two F/A's and one pax injured
02 Jul 1822L Auckland NZ	Westwind Jet Reg: ZK-RML	Skycare bizjet circled Auckland for a period before landing with nil brakes	Nil/2 onboard	Arrived in Auckland with the fluid reservoir cap still at departure point Fiji
03 Jul evening New Delhi India	ATR72 of Indian Airlines CD-7756	ATR72 diverted in after an engine failure enroute	Nil/47 onboard	Guwahati from Agartala
04 Jul day Surkhet Nepal	Twin Otter of Yeti Airlines 9N-AFP	Acft suffered a nose gear collapse while landing at Surkhet Airport.	nil	Arr from from Dolpa, Nepal.
04 Jul day Toulouse France	A319 of Easyjet	Emerg descent from 35,000ft to 12,000ft after cabin lost pressure & masks dropped	Nil/150 pax	Gatwick to Palma in Majorca. Replacement a/c sent from the UK
04 Jul 1230L Norilsk Russia	TU-154 of Krasair Flight No. 605	Flt Crew secured the #3 engine enroute due to a chip detector warning	Nil/ 117 onboard	heading from Krasnoyarsk to Norilsk
04 Jul 1304Z Carlsbad Ca	Beech E90 KingAir Reg: N47LC	Aircraft on departure McClellan-Palomar Airport in heavy fog, struck power lines and crashed onto a golf course	2 dead/2 onboard	Crash imagery at tinyurl.com/235fqn and tinyurl.com/32efua
05 Jul ~0800L Seattle Wa	737 of SWA Flight: 2981	Pilot believed there was a fire in the forward storage area and discharged the halon fire extinguisher.	Nil/261 onboard	Arriving Sea-Tac A/P from Salt lake City (once Extinguisher was discharged, the light went out). Sensor malfunction.
05 Jul 0930L Culiacan Mex	Sabreliner 1 of Jett Pacqueteria XA-TFL	Jet overran thru perimeter fence 02 and crashed into 2 cars at a busy intersection	9 dead	Six killed on highway after jet blew a RH maingear tire on takeoff runway 02
06 Jul 1549L Los Angeles LAX	737 of SWA	Pilot felt a vibration and declared an emergency on approach	Nil/137 pax +5 crew	route from San Diego to Las Vegas
06 Jul 1445L Inverin Ireland	Cessna Caravan Reg: N208EC	Crashed during landing at Indreabhan Airport in South Connemara, Galway	2 dead/ 9 inj/11 onbd	2 were critically injured at Aerfort na Minna. Image at tinyurl.com/2c7l4s
07 Jul 0931L Nairobi Kenya	Beech 1900 of Executive Turbine	Aircraft blew port maingear tire on landing and left runway for the bush	23uninjured	Wilson A/P. Damages to propellers and an engine. Operated by Aero Kenya
08 Jul night Vienna Austria	A340 of Emirates	Airbus enroute to Dubai forced to divert to Vienna after the F/O drifted in and out of consciousness during cruise flight	1 pilot ill	No further details
08 Jul 2030L Belfast N Ireland	A321 of BMI Reg: G-MIDC	Missed appch and held off for an hour. Flaps were stuck in Conf 1.	nil	Ibiza to Belfast flight. Flap Proximity switch had failed.
08 Jul 1340L Chittagong Bangladesh	DC-10 of Biman	Flight circled for 50 minutes trying to extend gear after hydraulic failure (gear was finally gravity dropped)	Nil/240 onboard	Dubai-Chittagong-Dhaka flight
08 Jul Nambour QLD	DHC-8 of Eastern Airlines	Flt 2186 had an indication of Low Oil Pressure where the QRH requires .....	Nil/37 onboard	engine to be selected to Start/Feather.... or an engine shut down.
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 provide insight pending publication of a final report of investigation.

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