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Monday, August 13, 2007

Accidents & Incidents

Date Aircraft Type Narrative Death/Injury Remarks
01 Jul day Belfast UK BAe146 of Flybe Two Flybe crew members reportedly collapsed, became violently ill because of cabin fumes. They needed supplemental oxygen therapy and hospitalization 2 seriously ill on a flight between Birmingham and George Best Belfast City Airport. Aerotoxic syndrome (poisoning by Organophosphates) is being blamed
07 Jul day LaGuardia NY MD88 of Delta Reg: N981DL The aircraft was damaged in the nosewheel area while under tow. Nil Minor damage to 16.5 y.o. acft
10 Jul Pittsburgh Penn A310 of Fedex Flt: FDX1303 Crew diverted into Pittsburgh Intl A/P with smoke in the cabin Nil/3 onboard Harrisburg to Memphis Tennessee
10 Jul Kazakhstan A300 of Atlas Jet Flt: KK741 Emergency high-speed rejected takeoff due engine failure caused a wheel-fire 6 inj/213 pax onboard Headed Antalya Turkey. Fire was extinguished during pax evacuation
11 Jul 0837L Richmond Virginia MD88 of Delta Flt: DL1456 Emergency diversion & landing at the Intl A/P due to a loss of cabin pressure Nil/96 pax onboard Hartford Connecticut (Bradley A/P -Windsor Locks) to Tampa Florida
13 Jul 0840L Dhaka Bangladesh MD82 of Bangladeshi GMG Flt Z5-31 passengers panicked when an engine failed soon after takeoff and the aircraft returned to Dhaka nil Dhaka to Suvarnabhumi A/P Bangkok Thailand flight resumed at 1630L
13 Jul Colombo Sri Lanka 777-300ER of Emirates EY-471 Flight diverted into Colombo after pilots were informed of a bomb threat inflight nil Jakarta to Abu Dhabi UAE
14 Jul ~2200L Chicago Illinois 757-200 of Delta Flt: DL597 Diverted into Chicago with smoke of unknown origin in the passenger cabin Nil/181 pax onboard JFK (New York) for Sea-TAC A/P Seattle Washington State
14 Jul 1505Z Santiago Chile 737-800 of GOL Flt: G3-7479 Pilots forced to shut down #1 engine and return from 10 minutes out enroute nil Arturo Merino Benitez A/P Santiago Chile to Guarulhos A/P Sao Paulo Br
14 Jul 1310Z Orlando Florida ERJ145 of Freedom Airlines FRL6104 Pilot decided to abort the flight & return after 10 mins with flight control problems nil Headed McGhee Tyson airport Knoxville Tennessee
15 Jul 0830L Kolkata Intl A/P India 737-800 of Jet Airways Flt: 9W-629 The aircraft returned Kolkata after numerous tire fragments were found on the runway post-takeoff. Nil/164 pax onboard Tires blown on takeoff run. Headed for Port Blair (the capital of India's Andaman Nicobar Islands)
23 Jul afternoon Modesto California 747-400 of KLM Flt: KL606 PH-BFG Unable to retract maingear due to a bodygear tilt message so dumped 55 tons of its fuel over Central Valley.... Nil/~245 onboard ...& landed back. San Francisco to Schiphol (Amsterdam) flight was delayed over 30 hours.
25 Jul 0600L Las Vegas Nevada MD80 of American Flt: AAL2274 Lifted off at McCarran Intl A/P but re-landed after a few minutes with a bad eng Nil/136 pax +5 crew Uncertain if engine was shut down or if it was an indication of a malfunction
26 Jul 1151L Gaylord Mississippi Beech Baron B58 Nth Country Avn Skidded on nose for 750ft after nose-gear failed to lock in place (Gaylord Regnl A/P) Nil/2 onboard Diverted to its home-base Gaylord from destination Ann Arbor
27 Jul 1205L Buenos Aires Arg 737 of Aerolineas Argentinas Flight 1528 aborted takeoff at high speed after a flap asymmetry warning nil Headed Pajas Blancas de Cordoba Argentina
27 Jul evening East Kalimantan Indonesia 737 of Garuda After t/off from Makassar there was a thump and masks dropped down, smoke was smelt and then a lengthy descent nil Denpasar to Balikpapan in East Kalimantan. Pilot announced a "technical hitch" after about 20 minutes.
30 Jul ~1000L JFK A/P NY 767-300 of North American Airlines Flight AJM16 was forced to abort t/off twice with unfixable brake problems nil Headed Kingston Jamaica. Police intervened after a pax riot and the flt cx
31 Jul 1120L Colombia Douglas DC3 Reg: HK-1149 Aerovanguardia crew made emergency landing in rice padi after an engine failed Nil/ 10 onboard Subst damage. Puerto Concordia. Deptd San Jose del Guaviare for Villavicencio
31 Jul 0945L Portland jetport Beech1900D of Colgan Air Acft made an emergency landing in Portland due to smoke in the cockpit Nil/6 onboard US Airways subsidiary flying from Boston to Rockland
01 Aug 2358Z Ft Lauderdale FL PA60 Aerostar Reg: N60801 Dropped from sky with a power loss soon after t/off from Ft Lauderdale Exec A/P 3 minor injuries /3 Landed on a road one mile East but impacted a tree and burnt out.
02 Aug 1130L Cheju South Korea 757-200 of FEAT Flt: EF306 Very violent emergency avoidance action was req'd to miss a Thai Airways jet 21 injured/ 137 onboard Taipei Taiwan to Cheju - during landing approach. Many limb fractures
03 Aug Manila Philipp A330 of Jetstar (QANTAS subsidiary) Reg: VH-EBC Grounded after a loud noise from front door 2L cause pax to be removed from the area (siren-like scream of a pressure-leak) Nil Had left Manila a few days previous after a heavy maint check where door sill was reinstalled incorrectly (no seal)
03 Aug day St Maarten Caribbean MD-11 of KLM reg: PH-KCK MD-11 lost an engine on departure Princess Juliana A/P, St Maarten and continued on to Aruba, Lesser Antilles nil Pax picked up by 747. Replacement engine returned to AMS on that Combi 747 as it was unable to be unloaded
03 Aug 0811L White Plains NY Piaggio P180 Avanti of Avantair N103SL Flt VNR103 landed gear up after being unable to extend right maingear. Nil/2 onboard Westchester County A/P imagery of appch/landing at tinyurl.com/3ygn6l
04 Aug morning Singapore 777-200ER's x 2 9V-SVG & 9V-SVN The two SIA acft clashed wings badly at Changi A/P while taxiing for takeoff nil SQ336 (SIN-FCO) for Rome and SQ352 (SIN-CPH) for Copenhagen. Trent 892's
04 Aug ~1920L Midland Texas 737 of SWA Flt: SWA44 Acft made an emergency landing at Midland after a loss of cabin pressure Nil/79 pax + 5 crew Dallas Love Field to El Paso Texas. Deptd in another 737 at 2016L
04 Aug 0048L Belgrade Serbia A300-605R of Onur Air Reg:TC-OAO Flt OHY818 diverted in to Belgrade after an unknown tech failure enroute Antalya nil Manchester to Antalya, Turkey
04 Aug night Stockholm Sweden MD-83 of Viking Reg: SE-RDF Aircraft hit a large truck with their port wing during taxi-in at Arlanda Airport Nil Arr from Iraq. Imagery of damage at tinyurl.com/2jyoea Subst damage
04 Aug Johannesburg SA Jetstream JS41 of unknown Acft suffered an engine fire on takeoff and left the runway side during the abort nil Unknown damage (at Jan Smuts International Airport)
05 Aug 2250L Lincoln Nat Forest Beech E90 of SouthWest Medivac Medevac acft went down in Devils Canyon in rugged mountain terrain overnight 5 dead/5 onboard Left Ruidoso Regnl A/P at 2240L for Univ of NM Hospital in Albuquerque
05 Aug day Halifax Nova Scotia 767-300ER of ZOOM Airlines Lost hydraulic power over the Atlantic and returned to Halifax for an emergency landing nil On 02 Aug same Zoom C-GZNC (City of Vancouver) had an APU fire at Vancouver (bottles fired/much smoke)
05 Aug 11:11L Albuquerque NM 767-300 of Delta Flt: DAL1789 Diverted into Albuquerque Intl Sunport with a cracked window after a 1:15 flight nil Las Vegas - Atlanta Georgia. A 767-300 was sent [DL9902].tinyurl.com/3cpbmt
05 Aug day Nairobi Kenya ATR42-320 of Precision Air 5H-PAK had a hard landing and nose-gear collapse on arrival from Zanzibar Nil Imagery at tinyurl.com/2kprry
06 Aug Lincoln Nebraska 767-300 of Delta Flt: DL58 N133DN Seattle to Atlanta flight diverted in with a LH engine failing (chip detector light) nil/250 pax onboard Pax from ship 133 rescued by N134DL (as DL9874 for Atlanta). LH eng change

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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