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DATE/SITE	AIRCRAFT & REGN	CIRCUMSTANCES	DEATH & INJURY	PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at http://www.iasa.com.au/300106.htm
06 Dec ~1830L Lynchburg, Va.	Canadair RJ of US Airways Express	diverted in after a loud noise heard and a smoke/smell resulted	nil / 35 pax o/b	Harrisburg, Pa., to Charlotte, N.C. An avionics unstart?
22 Dec Tokyo	747-200 of JAL with JT9 engs?	JAL reveals a 747 had flown for 7 months with outboard engines on wrong side of fuselage	nil	JT9 engine reverser cowls are "handed" in order to avoid sucking reverser fumes from adjacent engines.
24 Dec 1000L Abu Dhabi UAE	A330-200 of Etihad Airways	pilot declared emerg at 1000 hrs for fuel shortage but was held off until ambulances and rescue service were gathered at airport.	nil	aircraft arriving from Mumbai, India, was finally allowed to land at 1103L. Possibly a good thing he didn't require a priority landing.
24 Dec evening Darfur, Sudan	AN28 of the African Union	crashed on t/off from Zalingei in central Darfur during a positioning	2 killed/ 2 o/b	transport for 6000 African peace-keepers. Headed for El-Fasher, Sudan.
01 Jan Denver	737-700 of SWA flt 660	aircraft made emergency landing in Denver with a fuel warning light	nil / 130 pax	Nashville, Tenn., to Oakland, Calif., flt
02 Jan ~1430L Los Angeles	SAAB 340B of American Eagle	dropped out of control from 11500 ft to 6500 ft due to sudden rapid icing	nil / 25 pax +3 crew	flt 3008 (N390AE) LAX fm San Luis Obispo landed on schedule at 1540L
05 Jan 1110L Colo. Springs, Colo.	A319 of America West flt 29	flight diverted into Colorado Springs en route with an unconscious pax	1 dead	Cleveland to Phoenix. Pax died despite resuscitation efforts.
05 Jan 1704L NW Terr., Canada	C54G-15-DO of Buffalo Airways	C-GXKN lost no. 1 & 2 engines and made it back to Norman Wells a/p	nil / 4 o/b	flt 1405 ended up 60 ft off runway in deep snow, substantially damaged.
11 Jan evening Brussels, Belg.	A321 of SAS flt SK1594	engine caught fire during start on pushback, ext'd & a/c ret'd to gate	nil / 175 pax	Copenhagen-bound pax were rebooked on later flts. a/c booked for eng change
11 Jan Leeds Bradford, UK	737-300 of Jet2	a/c returned for emergency landing after a shutdown for fire on take off	nil	probable spurious indication
11 Jan 0700L Edinburgh, Scotland	RJ100 of BA reg G-CFAE	86 pax were evac'd on taxiway when stbd eng began torching on start	nil / 98 o/b	BA8703 headed to London. thought due to procedure for non-APU eng starting
11 Jan night Kinshasa, Zaire	Learjet 24 reg ZS-FUN	written off in landing accident r/way 06 (both main-gear struts torn off)	nil	SOS International Air Ambulance (ex regn: N222TW)
12 Jan Surgut, Russia	Tu-134 of Aeroflot	aircraft forced to land after problems with landing gear emerged on t/off	nil / 32 pax +3	flying from Khanty-Mansiisk (in Russian far east) to Moscow
12 Jan night Freiburg, Germany	KingAir 350 reg D-CUNO	2001 model aircraft crashed & burned on hitting trees on the appch	2 dead / 2 o/b	ferrying from ESDB empty (i.e. Angelholm, Sweden)
14 Jan Orlando Sanford a/p, Fla.	767 of Thomsonfly	pilot divtd after a drunken & violent maniac attempted to open cabindoors	1 incarcerated	Cancun to Manchester holiday charter. FBI arrested offender.
15 Jan ~2000L Savannah, Ga.	757 of Delta Song	plane from Tampa diverted in with smoke caused by a cockpit elec. short	nil / 167 o/b	was headed to Bradley a/p (Windsor Locks, Conn.)
15 Jan 1727L Naha, Okinawa, Japan	777-200 of JAL flt 1922	pilot shut down no. 2 engine for oil loss just after takeoff and returned to Naha	nil / 355 o/b	pools of hydraulic oil later found beneath where a/c had taxied from
15 Jan Coolangatta, Australia	SAAB340 of Regional Express	a/c was forced to divert soon after t/off with electrical & hydraulic issues	nil / 19 pax o/b	Lismore NSW to Sydney flight ZL329 had associated undercarriage problems
15 Jan 1650L Philadelphia	Dash8-300 of US Airways	flt 4455 shut down an engine and re-landed 20 mins after takeoff	nil /48 pax +3 crew	headed to Baltimore
16 Jan 2055L Kaohsiung, Taiwan	Fokker 100 of Mandarin	flt AE253 circled 50 mins until pilot managed to extend nose gear	nil / ~100 o/b	pax were each given a NT$200 envelope to relieve their distress.
16 Jan 1511L Teterboro, N.J.	C414 Cessna Chancellor	nose gear collapsed on landing r/way 24 & r/way blocked for over an hour	nil	substantial damage
16 Jan Brussels, Belgium	737-500 of Royal Air Maroc	flt ex Oujda Morocco divtd in with a new born child (born on board)	+1 twice	same day, Air Austral flt fm Paris to Reunion isl (east of Madagascar) landed with an extra pax also
16 Jan ~0900L El Paso, Texas	737-500 of Continental	mechanic was ingested by the RH eng while he was carrying out checks	1 fatal	114 pax & 5 crew were boarding flt 1515 for Houston
17 Jan 1523L Sydney, Australia	747-400 of QANTAS	QF249 had a #3 engine surge after takeoff and returned after fuel dump	nil / 316	bound for Los Angeles. Took 75 mins to dump 60 tons fuel.
18 Jan 1547L Patna, India	737 of Indian airlines IC-809	Tires and wheels were damaged and runway blocked by a heavy landing	nil / 63 o/b	arr fm New Delhi. Six other flts were canceled due to blocked runway
18 Jan afternoon Kansas City, Kan.	Citation 500 of Americraft	a/c overran 7000 ft runway after landing with its right engine out	nil	N501LH minor damage in rockstrewn overrun
18 Jan 1520L Makassar, Indonesia	MD80 of Lion Air Flt: JT8787	a/c skidded off runway end on arrival Hassanudin a/p in heavy rain	nil / 165 pax	arrived from Surabaya. Extent of a/c damage unknown. 2 other flts were cancelled.
18 Jan 1925GMT Cardiff, Wales	RJ145 of BA CitiXpress	Paris to Bristol flt 4089 divtd in after an en route starboard engine failure	nil / 46 +4 o/b	engine failed at top of descent
18 Jan Sthn, Netherlands	737 of Air Berlin flt AB8022	flt AB8022 was intercepted by Dutch F16s after extended radio silence.	nil	Berlin (Tegel a/p) to Amsterdam flight had miss-set its allotted frequency
19 Jan Istanbul, Turkey	A321 of Lufthansa flt LH3341	declared emergency prior to arrival due to smoke in cockpit	nil / 123 o/b	3 hrs delay prior to turnaround for rectification of an electrical fault
19 Jan evening Sofia, Bulgaria	737-4YO of Turkish Airlines	TC-JER diverted to Sofia Bulgaria with an en route engine failure	nil / ~150 o/b	Zurich to Istanbul flight
19 Jan ~1915L Chicago	737 of SWA flt 2489	flt 2489 en route Indianapolis lost RH engine & returned to Midway a/p	nil / 49 pax +5	flames seen from #2 eng exhaust suggests a compressor stall
19 Jan Kansas City, Kan.	CRJ700 of Frontier flt 4197	faulty map light smoked and caused a diversion to Kansas City	nil / 43 pax +4	Denver to Dayton, Ohio, flt op by Horizon Air
19 Jan evening Bangor, Maine	Beech 1900D of Colgan Air	Boston to Rockland flt divtd Bangor with unsafe nose gear indication	nil / 6 pax +2	op for US Airways Express as flt: US4973
19 Jan 0730GMT Telkibanya, Hungary	AN-24 of Slovak Air Force	a/c crashed & caught fire in forest area 10 kms from Slovak border after contact was lost 1 hr earlier	42 dead/ 43 o/b	NATO military transport en route to Kosice, Slovakia, from Pristina, Kosovo. Crash site 12 mls from Kosice
20 Jan day Madrid, Spain	BAe-146-300 of Air Nostrum	D-AWBA couldn't lower its nose gear and made tower flyby for inspection	nil	nose gear was eventually manually extended
20 Jan ~0100L Hamilton, Ont, Can	707-330B of Lowa Ltd N88ZL	a/c overran r/way 12 on landing on arrival from Buffalo (Niagara Intl)	nil / 19 o/b	rock star Jon Bon Jovi aboard (had album, "Slippery when Wet")
20 Jan night Dublin, Ireland	ATR72 of Aerann	a/c hit overnight by a container bin & a roller dolly left parked nearby	nil	skin punctured. Aer Lingus A320 replaced ATR72 on Dublin - Kerry flt
21 Jan Vancouver Isl, Can.	Cessna 208B of SonicBlue Awys	flt 604 crashed 10 kms south of Port Alberni a/p during deadstick appch	3 dead & 5inj/ 8 o/b	engine failure. SonicBlue has now been grounded by Transport Canada
21 Jan Stockholm, Swed.	747-400 of Thai flt TG961	en route Bangkok, pilot returned due to an unruly 44 y.o. male passenger	1 pest	a/c left Arlanda a/p again some 5 hours later
22 Jan Liege, Belgium	747F of Kalitta Air	emerg landing called for shortly after takeoff due to smoke in cockpit	nil	aircon contamination
22 Jan Peshawar, Pakistan	MI-8 of ICRC Turkmenistan Air	Int'l Red Cross helo remains missing in Afghanistan with crew of 7	7 missing	earthquake relief mission last seen crossing border at Landikotal, Pakistan
22 Jan night Tel Aviv, Israel	747F of El Al	a/c declared emergency for a cargo hold fire but landed uneventfully	nil / 5 o/b	previous night an El Al 747 ret'd with an eng shutdown for a birdstrike
22 Jan 0700L Ft Worth, Texas	MD80 of American Airlines	metal shrapnel rained down on car lot from a "contained" engine failure.	nil	pilot reported engine problems at 4000 ft. some car windscreens broken
22 Jan Lagos, Nigeria	A320-200 of Virgin Nigeria	returned 23 mins after t/off from Lagos with aircon/pressn problems	nil / 92 pax o/b	31 pax refused to travel on the replacement a/c to Port Harcourt
23 Jan Ft Lauderdale, Fla.	737 of Continental	28 y.o. male jumped from a moving flt 408 & was subdued by stun gun	1 pest inj/ 116 pax	following a disturbance on board. Arrested by police & taken to hospital
23 Jan morning Luqa, Malta	Fokker F-27 of Libyan Air	cargo a/c made emergency landing after shutting down an eng	nil / 4 o/b	no further details
24 Jan 0640L Carlsbad, Calif.	Cessna 560 of Goship Air LLC Reg: N86CE	overran by 150 m its landing on 4897 ft runway 24 at McLellan-Palomar a/p, hit ILS shack & burnt.	4 fatal/ 4 o/b	airport was closed. Arriving fm Hailey, Ind. (near the resort town of Sun Valley). Weather was clear and sunny
24 Jan 1055L Myrtle Beach, S.C.	CRJ200 of Atlantic Southeast	held overhead for 30 mins and relanded after gear failed to retract	nil / 38 pax o/b	flt 4175 bound for Atlanta
24 Jan 0640L Cagliari, Italy	MD80 of Meridian	a/c called for an emerg landing soon after departure for Bologna, Italy	nil / 62 o/b	engine problem
24 Jan 1403L New Delhi, India	A310 of Air India flt 747	a/c ret'd after port engine ingested a bird & stopped shortly after take off	nil / 165 pax +9	pax made another flt ex Indira Ghandi Int'l to Dubai later that afternoon
24 Jan ~1150L Mbuji Mayi, Congo	AN-12 of AeroLift	9Q-CER written off in heavy landing on r/way 17 on arrival from Goma	nil	both wing roots suffered structural failure leading to double wing collapse
25 Jan ~1000L Caloundra, Australia	C208B of Lip Air	a/c overran runway end by 400m, smashing through perimeter fence	nil	VH-WZJ stopped 50m short of main highway with more than $400K damage
25 Jan ~0650L Dallas Love Field	737 of SWA flt 1154	flt returned after a waterline ruptured leaking water onto stove	nil / 50 pax +5	steam filled the cabin prompting the pilot to return to Dallas.
25 Jan 0705L Shanghai, China	747-4R7F of CargoLux	LX-TCV nose gear retracted on ramp at Pudong a/p & a/c nose collapsed.	nil	pin not fully inserted (cannot be done by "feel") for a door cycling.
26 Jan 0810L Stuttgart, Germany	EMB145LU of Swiss LX1164	HB-JAO overran 3045m runway on landing in freezing conditions	nil	no reversers, so needed good braking (which wasn't there on the icy surface)
26 Jan 1012L Brisbane, Australia	747-400 of Air NZ Flt 135	a/c landed with two blown port side tires (thought failed on takeoff)	nil / >200 pax	arriving from Auckland. Runway closed for a while for debris collection.
27 Jan ~0650Z Istanbul, Turkey	A310 of Turkish Airlines	arriving a/c slid off the runway end on landing in freezing weather	unknown	damage unknown. Emirates A310F deptd a taxiway for the mud just prior.
1 Air carrier accidents, or other incidents involving serious failures or fatal injuries, investigated by National Transportation Safety Boards. 2 DISCLAIMER: These assessments are not intended to assert probable cause or liability, but rather are intended to provide insight pending publication of a final report of investigation. Preliminary analysis by John Sampson - International Aviation Safety Association.(IASA)

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