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Monday, July 16, 2007

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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