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Monday, November 19, 2007

Accidents & Incidents

Date Aircraft Type Narrative Death/Injury Remarks
30 Oct ~1420L Austin Straubel Airport Green Bay KingAir 200 Made a precautionary emergency landing at Austin Straubel International Airport after the cockpit filled with smoke. Nil/2 crew The two pilots were heading to Green Bay when the plane experienced an electrical problem at about 2:20 p.m.
03 Nov 2040Z Key Lake (CYKJ) Province: Saskatchewan DHC 6 100 of Transwest Air Flt TW106, a De Havilland DHC-6-100 was operating in the vicinity of Key Lake, SK, when the left engine (PT6A-27) began to surge. The crew completed a precautionary shutdown and landed at Key Lake. nil Maintenance inspection indicates a failure in the power section of the engine.
04 Nov morning Heathrow Airport UK A340-300 of Sri Lankan 4R-ADC seven Sri Lankan Airlines customers demanded they be allowed to exit the aircraft after they learned it was missing a 5-foot wing tip. 7 reluctant travelers See imagery at tinyurl.com/3a7qcn Flt UL502's wingtip collided with Flt BA011, a stationary 747 (G-BNLL) at the link 23 holding point for runway 27R on 16 Oct 07
04 Nov night Tuscaloosa Alabama PA-31-350 Reg: N980JH Right wing collided with the left side of a parked Cessna Citation during txi-out. 6 uninjured Both aircraft received substantial damage
06 Nov 1000L Hat Yai Thailand A330-300 of Thai Airlines Flight: TG415 Conducted an emergency landing after losing cabin pressure and dropping passenger oxygen masks Nil/287 passengers Plane left Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi International airport at 9 am. For Kuala Lumpur Malaysia
06 Nov morning South Korea UH60 Blackhawk x 2 of ROK armed forces Two Army helos collided and crashed on lift-off from pad (about 15m above the ground) 1 dead/13 injured in Inje, 165 km east of Seoul
06 Nov 1930L Egilsstadir Iceland Fokker 50 of Air Iceland Flight: NY355 An engine lost all oil pressure requiring a quick return on one engine to Egilsstadir Nil/38 passengers onboard Headed Reykjavik, Iceland
06 Nov 1410Z Rome New York Cessna 210 Reg: N3693Y Aircraft struck a metal pole after start-up for ground repositioning Nil/1 Substantial damage
07 Nov 1345L Green Bay Wisconsin EMB175LR of Compass Airlines (NW Airlink) Landing gear hydraulic emergency generated a loss of nosewheel steering which led to a directionally difficult landing roll-out for Flight CP2072 Nil/63 passengers & 4 crew Minneapolis St Paul to Austin Straubel Airport Green Bay
07 Nov night North Carolina MV22 Osprey of USMC Landed on fire at Camp Lejeune. fire started in the helicopter's nacelle, a streamlined enclosure for an aircraft engine. MCAS Cherry Point authorities said it caused "significant damage" to the nacelle. nil Assigned to Marine Tiltrotor Training Squadron 204, or VMMT-204, of the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing and was based at the New River air station in Jacksonville.
07 Nov Izmir, Western Turkey T38 of Turkish Air force Jet trainer crashed on approach and burnt out (on a runway inside the airbase's perimeter) 2 dead/2 onboard Image at: tinyurl.com/2pn38s
07 Nov 0430L Savannah Georgia EMB145 of Continental Express Flight: BTA3035 Aircraft collided with a deer on the taxiway and pax were deplaned and bussed back nil Savannah to Newark New Jersey. Minor damage
07 Nov 0800Z Frankfurt am Main Germany A330 Airbus of Air Canada Flight: ACA874 Aircraft had just landed. On the ramp, ground personnel observed the presence of fire in wheels number 3 and 7. Fire was extinguished using a portable extinguisher. nil Montr�al/Tureau (CYUL) and Frankfurt (EDDF) in Germany. Fire would have been caused by the presence of excessive grease combined with a high temperature of the brakes. No damage was observed.
07 Nov 1842Z Drayton Valley Industrial, Canada Cessna 337A Reg: C-???? Rear engine failed on takeoff and pilot re-landed on remaining runway, overrunning by about 50ft nil Rear engine fire consumed fuselage before fire-crews were able to respond.
08 Nov day Tullamarine, Victoria 767-300 of QANTAS Flight: QF409 Crew were aware of a lightning strike in flight but aircraft was later grounded after an inspection of the damage nil Sydney to Melbourne flight
08 Nov 0830L Ontario California EMB145 of ExpressJet Flight XE147 turned back soon after takeoff with smoke in the toilets Nil/18 passengers ... and was back on the ground in less than 30minutes. Headed Yosemite (Fresno) California
08 Nov ~1100L Cedar Rapids (Iowa/USA) MD83 of Allegiant Air Flight: G4-722 Returned on one engine after a failure soon after takeoff Nil/92 onboard Cedar Rapids to Orlando Florida
08 Nov 2150Z Montr�al/Pierre Elliott Trudeau Intl (CYUL) Regional Jet of Comair Flight: COM620 Crew declared an emergency because of a flap problem. The aircraft landed runway 24R ten minutes later without difficulty. nil Covington-Cincinnati (KCVG) bound for Montr�al/Trudeau (CYUL).
08 Nov 2134Z Victoria Intl (CYYJ) Province: British Columbia DeHavilland DH8C of Air Canada Jazz Flight: JZA8084 Departed and was cleared to 3500 feet. At 2134Z while in a 3500 foot Minimum Vectoring Altitude (MVA), the aircraft was observed at 4100 feet. nil When questioned by the controller, the pilot advised that they had climbed due to a Ground Proximity Warning System (GPWS) alert. IFR Victoria B.C. to Vancouver
08 Nov 2312Z Toronto/Lester B. Pearson Intl (CYYZ) Beech 200 of Air Express Ontario Inc. Reg: C-GBBS Aircraft was unable to lower the right main gear and declared an emergency and landed on runway 15L at Toronto Lester B. Pearson Airport (CYYZ). nil The aircraft required lifting, mechanical gear extension and a tow off the runway.
08 Nov 1842Z Saskatchewan (Saskatoon/John G. Diefenbaker Intl) ATR 42 300 of West Wind Aviation Flight: WEW451 En route from Prince Albert to Saskatoon when the crew declared an emergency 20 NM north of CYXE at 1842z and advised that they were shutting down the right engine. nil/25 onboard The aircraft landed safely at 1903Z. The electronic control unit (ECU) for the right engine had failed.
08 Nov ~1700L Ben Gurion A/P Israel 747-400 of El Al Aircraft's port outer engine hit a stack of flower crates on a cart upon taxi-in after a flight from New York (JFK) Nil/~450 passengers Ben Gurion is Tel Aviv's airport
08 Nov ~0800L Khartoum Intl Sudan Antonov AN-12 of Juba Air Cargo The aircraft was destroyed when it crashed on landing outside Khartoum (civil airport) and caught fire. The An-12 collided with army tanks where two soldiers suffered fatal injuries. One other soldier suffered severe injuries. A further 9 people were killed when a fire engine from town rushed to the scene. In their rush to get to the airport, they pushed a bus off the road 2 dead/1 injured Earlier the pilots reported a technical problem (birdstrike-kitehawk) soon after take off and turned around for an emergency landing. Carrying 11 tons of cargo. One engine failed shortly after takeoff, due to bird strike - according to the president of Juba Air Cargo. Four crew members, three Russians and one Sudanese, escaped. Overloading is suspected to have played a part.
09 Nov ~1140L Aviano Airbase Italy Blackhawk of US Army Went down in open ground close to Santa Lucia di Piave, a town near the northeastern city of Treviso. 6 dead/11 onboard It had taken off from the nearby US military air base of Aviano at around 11.30 am
09 Nov 2300L Liberty Airport, Newark New Jersey 777-200 of Continental Flight CO10 Ship 004 was diverted into Newark, New Jersey due to concern over a build-up of engine #1 vibrations & increased fuel consumption. Ship 019 completed the journey to Paris. nil Houston Bush Intercontinental to Paris (Charles de Gaulle A/P). Diverted from abeam Buffalo New York (rather than cross the Atlantic with a suspect engine)
09 Nov 1706L Quito-Mariscal Sucre Airport (UIO) (Ecuador) Airbus A340-642 of Iberia Reg: EC-JOH Flight IB6463 suffered multiple tire bursts on landing at Quito (UIO). The aircraft overran the runway and came to rest tilting to the left with nr.1 and 2 engines touching the ground. It rolled over soft grass before coming to a halt on down-sloping terrain with its left main gear collapsed. Video at: tinyurl.com/2na4xz Compare with: tinyurl.com/2z2tfn Nil/14 crew + 335 passengers Arriving from Madrid-Barajas Airport (MAD/LEMD), Spain. High touchdown speed at high elevation airport. Both left-wing engines struck the ground. Damage to underbelly, gear, wing and engines is considered to be substantial. NOTE: This accident marks the 2nd significant A340-600 incident within 7 days. Imagery is at: tinyurl.com/2ok2nz
09 Nov ~0835L Costa Rica ERJ190 of Panamanian Airline Copa Flight CM796 Emergency landing on arrival with an unknown serious technical fault nil Connects international airport Ramon Villeda Morales of San Pedro Sula (Honduras) and the international airport Juan Santamaria de San, Costa Rica
09 Nov 1045L Buffalo New York EMB190 of JetBlue Flight: B6-1211 Hydraulic failure generated mechanical gear and nil flaps for a fast landing Nil/56 onboard Arriving from Boston (Logan Airport)
11 Nov 1658Z Garberville California Cessna 340 Reg: N5049Q Aircraft crashed under unknown circumstances killing the pilot 1 dead/3 onboard destroyed
11 Nov ~1430L Fox Harbour A/P Nova Scotia Bombardier BD-700-1A11 Global 5000 of Jetport Inc Global 5000 C-GXPR departed Hamilton (YHM) at 11:53 EST on a flight to the 1465m Fox Harbour private airstrip. Upon landing the left wing is said to have contacted the runway. The airplane spun and suffered a gear collapse. 3 minor injuries Arriving from Hamilton Ontario in poor weather, the aircraft hit the runway threshold's "lip". Substantial damage. CN9211 carrying Tim Hortons co- founder coffee magnate Ron Joyce
11 Nov ~1300L Chubu Centrair International Airport in Aichi Prefecture Japan A319 of China Southern A319, taxiing for Shenyang, inadvertently entered the runway that an ANA A320 (arriving from Fukuoka) was about to land on Nil/42 (A319) Nil/59 (A320) Being investigated by 3 inspectors from Japan's Aircraft and Railway Accidents Investigation Commission
12 Nov 1025L Auckland NZ 777-200 of Korean Air Flight: KE823 Passengers were quarantined on board for hours due to a female passenger being suspected of carrying the avian influenza virus (H5N1) Nil/223 onboard Arriving from Incheon, South Korea. Finally diagnosed with violent gastro-enteritis and pax were disembarked
12 Nov 1155L Srinagar-Intl AP A300B4 of Indian Airlines On landing a fire broke out in one of the main gears prompting the crew to make an emergency evacuation. No injuries reported. Fire damage believed to be high. nil The aircraft was on Delhi to Srinagar leg of a ferry flight to pick up pilgrims to convey from Srinagar to Jeddah.
12 Nov ~1215L Johannesburg, South Africa MD82 of Kulula Flight: MN103 Turned back within 40 mins after losing oil pressure on an engine and shutting it down. Nil/127 passengers Kulula is now subject of a CAA investigation
13 Nov 1925L international airport Franz Josef Strauss of Munich 737-400 of Olympic Airways Flight: OA208 Resumed flight after 2.5 hours, having diverted into Munich because of a bomb-scare. Nil/93 passengers & 7 crew Airport Roissy-Charles of Gaulle of Paris (France) and the international airport Eleftherios Venizelos of Athens (Greece)

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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