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Monday, February 18, 2008

Accidents & Incidents

Date Aircraft Type Narrative Death/Injury Remarks

"On 4 November 2007, a Boeing 7772D7 aircraft, registered HS-TJW, was being operated by Thai Air on a scheduled passenger service from Bangkok, Thailand, to Melbourne, Vic, with 17 crew and 277 passengers on board. During a non-directional beacon (NDB) non-precision approach to runway 16 at Melbourne Airport, the aircraft descended below the segment minimum safe altitude at 6.8 distance measuring equipment (DME, a measure in nautical miles). Soon after, the crew received two enhanced ground proximity warning system (EGPWS) cautions. The crew then leveled the aircraft and conducted a visual approach and landing on runway 16. The investigation is continuing." See: tinyurl.com/2skz4j

German-speaking aircrew in Swiss airplane attacks London City. Any landing where you can use the airplane again is ..... (or so they say).... see the video at: tinyurl.com/2lgsg8 (but they face stiff opposition from this crew: tinyurl.com/2pqfx8 )
03 Feb ~1600L Ben Gurion International Airport, Tel Aviv Airbus A340-313X of Swiss International Reg: HB-JMG Was forced to abort its takeoff after getting a flat tire at speed. After the plane finished its emergency abort, airport firefighters quickly arrived at the scene and surrounded the plane. nil The plane was then towed off the runway, and all of the passengers safely disembarked. Destination airport: Zurich
04 Feb 1010L Kansas City 767 of United Flight: UA871 Pilot announced 90 minutes into the flight that one of the crew members smelled smoke. The pilot turned off the electrical and air conditioning systems to see whether they could detect the source but could not find anything. Nil/ 215 passengers and 11 crew traveling from Washington D.C. to San Francisco and then Taiwan
05 Feb ~1230L Bologna Guglielmo Marconi MD88 of Iberia Flight IB3669 Skidded off the taxiway, while taxiing for departure as Flight IB3669; stopped in the grass nil/137 onboard undamaged
05 Feb ~0715L Greenburg SC EMB-145 of Continental flight BTA2143 Flight left Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport about 6:30 a.m., but turned around shortly after takeoff and made an emergency landing after a smoke detector went off. nil/31 pax Express Jet Airlines, headed Houston Texas
05 Feb 1130L Paris (CDG) 777 of United Flt: UA915 Tire blew and caught fire on the runway on landing nil minor damage
06 Feb ~1426L tribal region of South Waziristan Pakistan Bell 412-EP helo of the Pakistani army (crash-map at tinyurl.com/2vf58e) A very senior Pakistani army officer is among eight people killed in a helicopter crash in the restive South Waziristan region. Helicopter - which the military says was on a routine reconnaissance mission - reportedly came down between the towns of Jandola and Wana 8 dead/8 onboard Army helicopter carrying Maj Gen Javed Sultan crashed because of a technical fault near the Afghan border. Two brigadiers are also among the dead. Sultan was the top commander in the garrison city of Kohat in Pakistan's northwest frontier province
06 Feb ~1100L Amsterdam, Netherlands 777-200 of KLM Reg: PH-BQC flight KL791 Flight turned back in just under a hour due to an unspecified technical fault. Nil Bound for the international airport Guarulhos of Sao Paulo (Brazil). Pax boarded PH-BQF and deptd at 1400L
06 Feb ~1700L Regina International Airport Beechcraft King Air 100 of WestWind Aviation the nose gear of the plane would not extend fully, and the plane ended up sitting on its nose on the tarmac nil/7 pax + 2 crew express flight from Saskatoon to Regina
06 Feb 1130 Istanbul Turkey A340-300 of GulfAir flight GF2 After two hours airborne the pilots were surprised to see a gear door warning light and diverted into Ataturk Airport Istanbul nil Heathrow to Bahrein. Microswitch problem
07 Feb Nassau Bahamas Fairchild SA-227AC Metro III of Bahamanian Western Air Plane was forced to make an emergency landing on the international airport of Nassau (the Bahamas) following technical problems in the landing gear at the start of final approach. nil/12 pax onboard From regional airport of Mangrove Cay, on the island of Andros (the Bahamas) and the international airport Lynden Pindling de Nassau, on the island of New Providence,
07 Feb ~1440L Hilo Hawaii MD 369E, [the same as a Hughes 500] of K&S Helicopters Inc. (Paradise) Tour helicopter made a hard landing in an abandoned pasture several miles uphill from the Hilo Medical Center yesterday afternoon 5 moderate injuries/5 onboard Helo lost power about five minutes into the flight from Hilo Airport and was trying to return. K&S operates out of Kona as Paradise Helicopters and out of Hilo as Tropical Helicopters.
07 Feb Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia 717-200 of National Jet (A QANTAS subsidiary) Flight: QF1944 A very hard landing has resulted in a very rippled and wrinkly airframe. May be a bent mainspar and engine mounts damaged, u/c mounts damaged, etc etc. nil/84 pax onboard VH-NXE may be a write-off after flying from Cairns via Nhulunbuy. There were 11 Boeing 717s in the Qantaslink fleet. Exemplar image: tinyurl.com/2pqe8g
07 Feb 0700L Kochi, India 737 of Oman Air A piece of tire found on the runway at Muscat airport gave some anxious moments to crew and passengers of an Oman Air flight, which landed Kochi Thursday morning under "full emergency" preparations. nil/108 pax and 7 crew tire fragments belonged to another "unknown" aircraft
07 Feb ~1900L El Seibo, Dominican Republic BN-2A-26 Islander of Caribair Reg: HI-653CA Crash-landed following an engine failure. Substantial damage. Crashmap: tinyurl.com/2uau4f nil/9 onboard Departure airport:Santiago de los Caballeros-Cibao International Airport (STI/MDST), Dominican Republic Destination airport: La Romana-Casa de Campo International Airport (LRM/MDLR), Dominican Republic
07 Feb Regina A/P Saskatchewan Beechcraft 1900 of WestWind Aviation A cockpit window blew out of a chartered flight by WestWind Aviation about 20 minutes after taking off from Saskatoon. nil/11 pax + 2 crew flight returned to Regina
07 Feb ~1300L Empalme - Mexico Mil MI-8 of Fuerza A�rea Mexicana Reg: TM-1808 crashed after a pilot loss of control for unknown reasons nil/13 onboard write-off
08 Feb ~1212L Guwahati India A320 of Indian Airlines Flt: IC 229 Two maingear tyres burst on landing at Lokopriyo Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport following a birdstrike emergency. nil/82 pax arriving from Kolkata, India, the aircraft held overhead burning off excess fuel for 45 minutes.
08 Feb Christchurch International Airport (CHC) British Aerospace 3201 Jetstream 32EP of Eagle Air (an Air New Zealand subsidiary) Reg: ZK-ECN Air New Zealand Link Flight NZ2279 departed Blenheim (BHE) about 07:00 on a domestic service. A Somali woman, sitting in seat 1A directly behind the forward bulkhead, pulled a knife and entered the flight deck. She demanded the pilots to take the flight to Australia. She reportedly also claimed to have bombs with her. Two of the passengers tried to calm the woman. 3 inj/9 onboard When the plane came into land at Christchurch International Airport, the woman allegedly started moving the aircraft controls. The pilots made a turn and the hijacker lost balance. After landing at Christchurch the captain then confronted the woman and wrestled her to the floor. The co-pilot helped the captain to disarm the woman, who was then arrested by police.
08 Feb ~1900L Castaic, California 1965 Cessna 337 Reg: N2228X Crashed in rural Ventura County after reporting engine trouble soon after taking off from the Camarillo Airport at about 7 p.m. Friday. 3 minor injuries/3 onboard Write-off. The plane came down in an orchard about a half-mile south of Highway 126 near Lake Piru.
09 Feb 1110L Omaha Nebraska 757-200 of United Airlines Flight: UAL4 February 9, 2008 - United Jet Made an emergency landing on Friday morning at Eppley Airfield. nil/63 onboard United said there was an indicator light of a possible fire in the cargo area.
09 Feb 2348L Novosibirsk Russia A310 of Sibir Reported a drop in oil pressure in the right engine after it took off from Novosibirsk at 11:48 p.m. nil/237 onboard Novosibirsk to Bangkok flight re-landed at 0103L
09 Feb Ft Lauderdale Florida 767-300 of American Airlines Flt: AA1668 Diverted in due weather and then experienced a fire in #2 engine during its post-refueling takeoff roll (aborted) nil/225 passengers Piarco International Airport (POS/TTPP), Trinidad and Tobago to Miami. Pax bussed back to Terminal.
09 Feb 1730L Lindsay Municipal Airport 2006 Cirrus SR22 Reg: N824BJ Aircraft lost altitude after taking off from Lindsay Municipal Airport and on impact, the plane burst into flames. 2 dead/2 ...ejecting the pilot about 30 feet. The flight was a biennial flight review.
09 Feb night Newark, New Jersey 757 of Continental Aircraft returned to New York's Newark Liberty Airport after lightning damaged its nose-cone, tearing a large 2ft gash. nil/122 pax Gatwick-bound
09 Feb ~1520L southeastern B.C. near Golden Bell 212 of Purcell Helicopter Skiing Chopper crashed in the Canyon Creek area behind the Kicking Horse ski resort. The helicopter came down so hard both its blades were torn off when it hit the ground. Pilot dead/8 pax survived Six of the passengers, believed to be German skiers, walked away unharmed. Two staff members with the heli-skiing outfit were hurt and one remains in hospital
09 Feb 1535L La Paz Bolivia 727-200 of Aerosur Reg: CP-2462 Flight 5L-116 High speed landing led to a 50m overrun and substantial damage at the 4000m elevation airport. Image: tinyurl.com/37ebqe and 2mmwxt nil/85 pax Flight from Jorge Wilstermann de Cochabamba Airport (Bolivia) and the international airport El Alto of La Paz
09 Feb night Perth Western Australia 747-300 of QANTAS Flight departing Perth lost some engine parts quite noisily and they were later handed in to WA police by a citizen from an outer suburb nil ...after they splashed down alongside his pool (in which he was swimming). Eastern States Melbourne bound domestic flight returned to Perth.
09 Feb night Miami Florida A330 of TAM Reg: PT-MVC Flight JJ8091 returned Miami due to a fault in its #1 engine (stall/surge, EGT over limits), FADEC A Fault, engine shut down (suspected bird-strike ingestion). Nil Flights JJ8098 (02/10) to Paris CDG and JJ8055 (02/11) to GIG (Rio de Janeiro) were cancelled.
09 Feb 0900L Southern Colombia Piper PA-34-220T Seneca of Ej�rcito de Colombia C/n /msn: 34-8233158 Military utility transport flew into the side of a mountain. A helicopter sent by the military spotted the wreckage of the plane in mountainous areas in Montanitas, but rescuers were unable to carry back the bodies of the victims due to bad weather and difficult terrain. 6 soldiers killed/6 onboard Departure airport: Florencia. Destination airport: San Vicente del Caguan. Weather-related accident
10 Feb night Heathrow A340-300 of SAA Flight was diverted back to Heathrow from somewhere over North Africa, reportedly Algeria, due to a passenger illness. One ill pax En-route Heathrow to Johannesburg
10 Feb Temagami Ontario Canada S76 of CHL EMS (air ambulance) Crashed on approach to the Temagami-Snake lake helipad (to pick up a snow-mobiler with life-threatening injuries) 2 minor /2 serious injuries/4 S76 is based in Sudbury. Crew was taken to the New Liskeard Regional Hospital
12 Feb Caracas-Simon Bolivar Airport (CCS) Venezuela DC-9-31 of Aserca Airlines Reg: YV-298T After leaving the hangar at Simon Bolivar Airport (CCS), the taxiing DC-9 could not be stopped. It crossed a runway and came to rest next to runway 10L. nil Airplane sustained substantial damage to the left hand wing and landing gear.
13 Feb 0015Z Yerevan, Armenia CRJ-100M of Belarusian state-owned airline Belavia flight: B2-1834 Reg: EW-101PJ Departed runway on takeoff at 0415L, wingtip contacted surface, the aircraft tumbled, broke into two parts and caught fire. Thanks to prompt response of emergency services there were no fatalities. Crashmap: tinyurl.com/2nkzq2 4 hospitalized/6 minor injuries/18 pax & 4 crew Bound for Minsk. Some injured treated on scene at Zvartnots International Airport. Seems to be a repeat of so many similar take-off rotation "failure to deice" crashes. Crash image: tinyurl.com/2qrs53
13 Feb ~1847L Palm Springs International Airport 757-200 of American Airlines Flt AA1803 Jet made an emergency landing at Palm Springs International Airport after diverting due winds in Las Vegas area but then started losing fuel nil/180 pax onboard bound for Las Vegas
14 Feb day Halifax, Nova Scotia 727 of CargoJet Freighter was en route from St. John's, Newfoundland to Hamilton, Ontario, when it was diverted to Halifax with a smoke warning for the cargo hold. nil/4 onboard There was no hazardous material on the aircraft, but it was carrying 12,000 kilograms of fuel.

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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