Aviation Today :: Accidents & Incidents

Date	Aircraft Type	Narrative	Death/Injury	Remarks
01 Jul night Holkar airport Indore India	737 of Jet Airways Reg: VT-JGD	Flight skidded off the Indore runway after its wheels broke while landing during heavy rains in the city.	7 injured/49 onboard	Jet Airways airhostess suffered injuries to her spine and 6 other passengers received minor injuries in the accident.
03 Jul night Cochin India	737 of Air Sahara Flight: S2-123	Skidded off the runway in rainy monsoon conditions	Nil	See also 06 Jul Cochin incident
06 Jul 2047L Cochin India	737-800 of Air India Express Flt IX-454	Lost directional control on r/way 27 (3400x45m) during a wet runway landing	Nil/61 pax	Ran 200m off the end. Damage repair bill for VT-AXC is est'd at US$10M
07 Jul 0425Z New York	MD80 of Delta Reg: N981DL	Aircraft sustained damage to nosewheel during towing operations	nil	LaGuardia Airport
07 Jul 1600Z Eden Prairie Mn	Citation 560 Reg: N413LC	Citation's nosewheel collapsed during landing at Flying Cloud Airport	Nil/7 onboard	Minor damage
07 Jul day Rome Italy	767 of Delta	Emergency landing at Fiumicino airport because flock birds were swallowed up by the port jet engine	Nil/271 pax	...during the take-off from "Leonardo da Vinci" Airport.
07 Jul 2148Z New York City New York	EC-130 B4 Reg: N453AE	Rotorcraft made a forced landing in the Hudson River, 8 persons on board and floated inverted due to its pontoons	some minor injuries /8 onboard	Liberty Helicopters helo went down with eng fail about 50 yards north of the Lincoln Tunnel. Rescued by pleasure-boaters.
08 Jul day Kazakhstan	A300 of Turkish Airlines	Suffered a sudden engine failure on takeoff from Almaty A/P and its landing gear caught fire during the rejected t/off	6 injured/ 213 onboard	from Almaty to the Turkish city of Attalea
08 Jul ~1300L Muncho Lake Airfield area BC	DHC-6 Twin Otter 100 of Liard Air Reg: C-FAWC	Crashed shortly after take off from the gravel airstrip resulting in the death of one elderly passenger.	one dead + 3 injured / 5 onboard	Headed Vancouver. At least three others received injuries in the accident.
08 Jul day Louisburg NC	Beech 90 KingAir Reg: N1999G	During a parachute jump, the horizontal stabilizer struck an exiting jumper.	one serious injury	Jumper sustained serious injuries. Aircraft sustained minor damage.
09 Jul 2009Z Oklahoma City	1124 Westwind Reg: N40TA	Aircraft's left main landing gear collapsed after landing during taxi-in.	Nil/2 onboard	Substantial damage.
09 Jul ~1245L Jeddah Saudi Arabia	747-300 of Pakistan International Airlines Flt PK742	Engine failure shortly after take off from Jeddah (alt. ~ 1.000 ft.). According to local press reports a fire may have also erupted.	Nil/433 pax	On landing all 16 main gear tires blew out making the 747 immobile.
10 Jul 1235Z Sanford Florida	Cessna 310 Reg: N501N	Pilot reported smoke in cockpit and intention to attempt landing at Sanford.	5 dead/3 injured	Crashed 2 miles NW of Sanford striking homes and causing a fire, Orlando, FL
10 Jul 2205Z Boise, ID	Learjet 35 Reg: N387HA	Aircraft aborted takeoff after blowing tires and losing directional control	Nil/ 6 onboard	Damaged wheels, brakes & underside of wing & landing gear doors.
10 Jul 1900Z Tunica Ms	737 of Delta Reg: N332DL	Flight mechanic (passenger) fell off of air steps, Tunica, Mississippi	One dead /117 onbd	Circumstances unknown
11 Jul 1437L Ft Lauderdale Florida	A320 of UA Reg: N432UA Flight: UA1544	UAL crew missed their turn onto taxiway B and had a runway 09L incursion with Delta Airlines flight 1489, a B757.	172 uninjured	DAL1489 touched down but applied power in response to an urgent ATC call & overflew UAL1544 by less than 100 ft
11 Jul 0105Z Los Angeles Ca	777-223/ER of AA Reg: N750AN	Crew reported that one of their flight attendants had broken an arm	One F/A injured	....under unknown circumstances
11 Jul 1610Z Orlando, Florida	Navajo Chieftain Reg: N105GC	PA-31P pilot reported losing an engine cowling & a inability to maintain altitude	Nil/1 onboard	Pilot landed and the aircraft burned out
12 Jul 2152L Lubbock Texas	Beech 200 Reg: N222LA	Nose landing gear would not extend for landing at Lubbock, Texas	nil	Minor damage
12 Jul 2309Z Atlanta Georgia	777-200 of Delta Flt: DAL189	During push back from the gate a flight attendant fell, breaking her arm	One F/A injured	One serious injury
13 Jul day Heathrow UK	A320 of BA Reg: G-BUSI	Returned to LHR a few minutes after take off with Captains DV window open. It opened at 6000ft in the climb ex Heathrow.	nil	Window "blew" fully open very quickly. Cabin crew could not contact flight crew due to noise and vice versa Headed Munich
13 Jul ~1400L Newman West Australia	717 of National Jet Reg: VH-NXG	Aircraft returned to Newman after a bearing in the Number One engine let go about 30 minutes out of Newman.	Nil/93 onboard	Newman to Perth
13 Jul 0545Z Seattle Wa	Learjet 35A Reg: N35WE	Aircraft veered off runway 13 during landing due to an hydraulic failure	Nil/ 8 onboard	...at Boeing Field, Seattle, Washington. Nil damage.
13 Jul 0935L Genting Sempah Malaysia	Nuri (S-61 helo) of RMAF	Malaysian Airforce SAR Helo went missing about 10 minutes after taking off from the Sungai Besi airbase. [tinyurl.com/25dqmm]	6 dead/ 6 onboard	.... on the way to the Gambang base in Pahang. Wreckage was found Tuesday with no survivors (weather accident).
14 Jul night Budapest Hungary	747F of Malaysian	Pilots smelt a pungent smoky odor in the airspace over Romania & divtd Budapest	Nil/4 onboard	Milan Italy to Dubai UAE
14 Jul ~1008L Chicago O'Hare	757 of Delta Flight DL597	Aircraft was diverted into O'Hare after pilots saw/smelt smoke in the cockpit.	Nil/181 onboard	New York (JFK) to Seattle
15 Jul 1505Z Camarillo Ca	P51D Mustang Reg: N51TK	On landing, crashed and came to rest inverted; one person on board was killed	One dead	First solo on warbird type. Substantial damage to Lou IV
16 Jul ~1000L Sacramento Calif	737-300 of SWA Flight 793	Pilot shut down an engine enroute due to oil pressure loss	Nil/ ~100 pax onboard	Phoenix Az - Ontario - Sacramento
16 Jul 1015Z Bangor Maine	Beech 200 Reg: N597MM	On departure roll, aircraft's right propeller struck a runway light.	Nil/ 1 onboard	Minor damage
16 Jul 1243L Congonhas A/P Sao Paulo Brazil	ATR-42-300 of Panatal Linhas Aereas Reg: PT-MFK	Landing aircraft veered off the side of wet runway coming to rest in mud with nose-gear broken. Video @ tinyurl.com/2pg4ay	Nil/21 pax	The main runway at Congonhas airport was reopened only ten days ago after several weeks of resurfacing.
16 Jul 1850L Congonhas A/P Sao Paulo Brazil	A320-233 of TAM Flight: JJ3054 Reg: PR-MBK	Overran wet 1940m r/way at inner city Congonhas A/P, became embedded in cargo bldg & burnt out. Comes a day after an ATR42 overran at Congonhas.	~202 killed /186 pax /crew +bldg occupants	CGH r'way 35R had just been resurfaced - with grooving for enhanced braking scheduled for 25 Jul. (see tinyurl.com/ytlld5)
17 Jul day Colombia	Embraer E195LR of Aero Republica Reg: HK-4455	Acft ended up on a beach after badly overshooting the wet runway on landing- 14kt tailwind plus nosewheel first t/down	9 injured/ 59 onboard	At Santa Marta A/P. Substantial damage. Imagery at tinyurl.com/2obv6g and tinyurl.com/2ny5sv
17 Jul night Vancouver BC	777-200 of Korean Airlines	Takeoff was aborted after a loud bang was heard on takeoff	Nil/ ~260 pax	Acft was bound for Inchon, South Korea
17 Jul day Reykjavik Iceland	Dauphin of Iceland Coastguard TF-SIF	Helo crashed into the sea and overturned during a sea-rescue exercise with a ship	4 rescued/4 crew onbd	destroyed
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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