Aviation Today :: Accidents and Incidents

DATE/SITE	AIRCRAFT & REGN	CIRCUMSTANCES	DEATH & INJURY	PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at http://www.iasa.com.au/050104.htm
16 Dec. Nantes Atlantique	A320 of GB Airways	Diverted Nantes 45 mins ex Gatwick due smoke & fumes in cockpit.	Nil	Enrt Gatwick-Marrakech (landed within 10 mins of declaration)
16 Dec. Mojave	Pavair Lear 24B	Crashed fm FL240 into a desert canyon.	2 fatal / 2 o/b	Enroute Chino, California to Hailey, Idaho
17 Dec. Manchester UK	A320 of unknown. A320 of Finnair	An A320's false fire warning caused fuel diversion of a Finnair a/c to Leeds Bradford due to vis 800m in fog at Manchester & a train of other events.	Nil	Two maydays from BA a/c within 5 mins - first the Manchester shuttle with engine fire indications, then another into Birmingham for low fuel.
18 Dec. 1900LLibreville Gabon	737 of Air Gabon	A/c overran the very wet runway in heavy rain.	Injuries	Aircraft severely damaged with injuries reported.
18 Dec. 2200L Mitu, Colombia	DC-9-15F of LAS	Freighter declared missing once it was 3hrs overdue.	3 fatal / 3 o/b	Deptd. El Yopal for Mitu and is assumed to have crashed on descent.
18 Dec. 1230LMemphis, Tenn.	MD-10 N364FE FedEx Flt 647	Destroyed by fire after RH MLG collapsed on ldg & wing-root failed.	2 inj / 7 o/b	RH MLG and wing-root seems to be a common DC10/MD10/MD11 failing.
19 Dec. afternoon Adelaide, Australia	Unknown type	City Beach woman almost hit by emergency exit door falling from a/c.	Nil	knocked a metal gate off its hinges.
19 Dec. 1915L Washington DC	747-400 of Virgin Flt VS022	Pilot arrested for exceeding alcohol limits and flight cancelled.	Nil / 383 o/b	Pilot suspended by Virgin pending internal inquiry.
19Dec. 1915L London Heathrow	747-400 of SIA Flt: SQ319	Fuel dumped and a/c returned due to heavy vibration caused by birdstrike to #4 engine on t/off 27R.	Nil	Bent fan blades & inlet guide vanes on cold side of eng. Possible damage to hot end. Blood on pylon and flaps.
20 Dec. Florianopolis, Brazil	737-76N of GOL Reg::PR-GOO	A/c landed on wet runway, departed the side and demolished a high wall.	Nil / 148 o/b	Flt 1756 a/c severely damaged after landing long at Navegantes A/P.
21 Dec. 1850L Liverpool, UK	737 of EasyJet Flt107	Crew declared a mayday for sudden decompression and diverted Liverpool.	Nil / 133 pax	Luton-Glasgow flight
21 Dec. Salt Lake City, Utah	737-800 of AeroMexico	Landed back after flames erupted due to an engine surge after take-off.	Nil	No further details.
23 Dec Amsterdam	737 of EasyJet	Slow taxiing a/c lost traction and right wing was destroyed against lightpole.	Nil	ATC notified a/c of very slippery taxiways but they remained unswept.
24 Dec. 1120L Gatwick, UK	737-700 of EasyJet	Emerg descent after F/O's window cracked with a loud bang at FL380.	Nil	EZY5222 Alicante-Gatwick (side-window cracked). A/c landed Gatwick.
25 Dec 1415Z Cotonou, Benin	727-223 of UTA Charter 3X-GDM	GIH141 crashed into a low building on t/off for Beirut & finished in the ocean.	141 fatal/ 163 o/b	Suspected to have been overweight. Lebanese airliner reg'd in Guinea.
27 Dec. Mzuzu, Malawi	Grand Caravan of Air Malawi	Hit minibus on t/off (100m on extended center-line) as 7QYKU aborted/o'ran.	4inj / 9 o/b	Bus occupant killed, others injured but Malawi Vice Pres Chihana survived.
27 Dec. Valencia, Spain	MD-83 of Spanair JKK3374	Diverted Valencia after an engine explosion short of top-of drop Alicante.	Nil	Ex Prestwick. Cabin filled with thick black smoke. Prior bird-strike blamed.
28 Dec. Grand Rapids, Mich.	DC-9 of NorthWest	Flt. # 1723 blew a tire on t/off and returned.	Nil / 125 pax	Ford International Airport.
28 Dec. Karachi	747-300 of PIA Flt PK368	Ingested a bird near Nawabshah on departure and returned Karachi.	Nil / 211 pax	Enroute Islamabad.
30 Dec. 1830L New York, JFK	747-400 of BA Flt 177	Smell led to decomposed body being found in wheelwell (emplanement on Dec. 22in Lagos, Nigeria, is suspected).	2 dead	25 Dec: a 4 day old Dominican body was found in an AA A300's wheelwell after arrival JFK from Montego Bay.
01 Jan. Tokunoshima, Japan	MD-81 of JASFlt: 979	Port undercarriage collapsed and left wing-tip damaged on landing.	2 inj / 168 o/b	1350km SW of Tokyo. Significant damage on arrival from Kagoshima.
01 Jan. Madrid, Spain	737-700 of EasyJet flt2204	Luton-bound Chilean passenger arrested after pushback for threats.	Nil / 139 pax	Found to be carrying two concealed pen-knives. Flt deptd 75mins late.
02 Jan. 1830L Pensacola, Fla.	MD-80 of Delta	Overran r/way 17 by 75m after long landing in rolling fog conditions.	Nil / 145 o/b	Minor damage to a/c (arriving from Atlanta). Other flights were diverted.
03 Jan. 1800L Honolulu	DC-10 of NWA flt NWA923	First class pax arrested after violently attempting to invade cockpit.	Nil	31 y.o. Knoxville science teacher was handcuffed 2hrs out of Honolulu.
03 Jan. Funchal, Portugal	A320-212 of Air Luxor	Nose-gear retracted after pushback injuring some groundcrew members.	G'crew minor inj	Occurred during pushback disconnect (see imagery). Not unusual on A320.
04 Jan 0200L Rostov-on-Don, Russia	AN-12 of unknown operator	Landed under ATC direction while squawking the hijack code	Nil	Believed to have been a false alarm (enroute Moscow to Abu Dhabi UAE).
03 Jan. 0444L Sharm el-Sheikh	737-300 of Flash Flt:FSH604	Quickly disappeared off radar after t/off in a rt descending turn fm 5000ft.	148 fatal / 148 o/b	No comms. Possible control loss on dark night (electrical/smoke problem?).
04 Jan. 1030L Columbia, Mo.	CL65 of United Express	Flight diverted Columbia after a cruise failure of its left engine.	Nil / 46 o/b	Kansas City to Washington (Dulles) flight.
05 Jan. 0820L Munich, Germany	FK70 of Austrian	Crash-landed 3kms short of r/way 26L after reporting appch engine problems	One inj/37 o/b	Fokker landed in an open snowy field. Damage unknown. Icing suspected.
1 Air carrier accidents, or other incidents involving serious failures or fatal injuries. 2 DISCLAIMER: The information obtained is preliminary, possibly incomplete, and may be supplemented by new findings of fact as the inquiry progresses. Preliminary analysis by John Sampson, International Aviation Safety Association (IASA).

Accidents and Incidents

Post a Comment