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Monday, February 20, 2006

Accidents and Incidents

DATE / SITE AIRCRAFT & REGN CIRCUMSTANCES DEATH & INJURY PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at: http://www.iasa.com.au/200206.htm
01 Feb 1817Z Greensboro, N.C. Citation 500 Reg N814ER Aircraft gear wouldn't retract. Landed and went off side into grass nil / 2 pax +2 Asheville, N.C., for Greensboro, N.C. Substantial damage
07 Feb 1513L Oslo, Norway DC-10 of Aeroflot Freighter re-landed Gardermoen a/p after engine failure after takeoff nil / 5 crew Carrying fish to Novosibirsk, Russia
08 Feb Brussels, Belgium 737 of Tarom Romanian plane made emergency landing after pilot's w'shield cracked nil / 75 pax Bound for Heathrow. Pax reportedly ended up on oxygen
09 Feb 1018L Newport News, Va. 717 of AirTran flt 905 Returned to land after crew reported an engine problem on takeoff nil Williamsburg Int'l a/p, Va.
09 Feb Pristina Int'l, Serbia Fokker 70 of Malev Skidded off r/way 35/17 (2507m) on arrival, coming to rest on soft ground nil / 45 pax +5 crew Budapest to Pristina flight halted more than 100m from runway
09 Feb 1550L Chennai, India A310 of Air India flt AI-414 Made an emerg landing at Anna Int'l a/p with an engine unserviceability nil / 132 pax Singapore-bound pax overnighted
09 Feb 2045L Shreveport, La. EMB145 of Cont Express Pilot diverted in with a flap asymmetry problem for maintenance nil / 50 pax +3 crew Houston to Little Rock, Ark. Pax swapped jets
10 Feb evening Christchurch, NZ Saab-340A of ANZ Link ZK-NLC hit by cleaning vehicle while parked on the tarmac nil Substantial damage to rudder & tailcone
10 Feb Yakima, Wash Super King Air of National Guard C-12 lost right-hand engine about 44 miles short of Yakima inbound nil / 5 pax Boise, Idaho, to Yakima flight carrying nat'l guardsmen for simulator training
11 Feb Djerba, Tunisia 737-300 of Karthago Air Returned safely to DTTJ after losing pressurization on climb-out nil Djerba to Paris, France
11 Feb Memphis, Tenn. MD82 of American N203AA's left wingtip hit fuel truck during pushback from gate nil / 129 pax Flt AA1885, minor damage
11 Feb ~0800L Aweil, Sudan AN26 of Sudan Airforce Lost control after NLG tire failure on landing & a/c crashed into building 20 fatal / 20 o/b Written off
11 Feb Kuwait MD-11 of World Airways Skidded off runway end on landing, coming to rest on rough ground 1 inj / 210 o/b Minor damage to mil charter reg N272WA. Runway was wet
11 Feb 0627L Tambolaka AP Island, Indonesia 737-700 of Adam Air flt DHI782 Became lost after total failure of nav/comm. after ~4hrs of nocomm, found Sumba Is & landed gas-empty nil / 145 o/b Jakarta-Makassar flight attempting to join cast of TV's "Lost" with final very rough landing on a tiny strip
12 Feb 1315L New Delhi, India A310 of Air India flt AI453 Aircraft made a safe landing following hydraulic failure on approach nil / 94 pax Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to Miami
12 Feb 0745L Halifax, N. Scotia A330-223 of Swiss Int'l HB-IQO made precautionary landing with dropping oil pressure nil Zurich to Miami flight shut down failing engine before landing
12 Feb 1220L JFK, N.Y. A340-300 of Turkish flt TK1 a/c slowed after landing, skidded & spun 180 degrees, ending up in snowbank nil / 198 pax Heavy snowfall, many other inbound flights were cancelled. Minor damage
13 Feb 0349Z Seattle, Wash. 757-200 of United flt UA949 Port engine hit jetway hard as flt 949 taxied to gate at Seattle-Tacoma 2 inj Firefighters called to help the injured (one pax/one crew member). N583UA
14 Feb 2109L Bemidji, Minn. Queen Air of Bemidji Aviation Freighter forced to make gear-up landing after gear extension failed 1 uninj ...after struggling for 45 minutes to lower the nose gear. Minor damage
14 Feb morning Oslo, Norway Fokker 50 of SAS LN-RND Landing gear collapsed while aircraft was parked overnight at gate nil Flt SK2301 (Norlink) - damaged beyond repair at Gardermoen a/p
14 Feb 0830L Atlanta, Ga. 767 of Delta flt DL1047 Pax opened catering door & jumped 20ft to the ground at E Concourse 1 broken leg Arr from Orlando, Fla. Male pax had been agitated during flight.
14 Feb 1925L Seattle, Wash. 737-400 of Alaska flt 478 Aircraft turn'd around and re-landed after pressn failure 20 mins into flight 5 minor injs / 57 o/b en route to Denver
14 Feb day Guarulhos, Spain 737-300 of Varig Returned uneventfully after uncontained port eng failure after t/o nil Houses below flight path peppered and some inquisitive fingers burnt
15 Feb ~1930L Kiel, Germany Falcon 20 of Develton Ltd F-OVJR diverted to Kiel with smoke in cockpit, but overran off the end... nil / 3 pax +3 crew ... of the 4,134 ft. r'way and fell down an embankment. Substantial damage
15 Feb ~1755L Raleigh-Durham CRJ of American Eagle Flt 7730 re-landed following reports of fluid streaming off right wing nil / 33 o/b Traffic chopper used its powerful camera to inspect aircraft before landing
15 Feb 2300L Johannesburg, SA DC-8 of Jet Aviation, Zurich HB-IGH aborted at 90 mph after stbd engine noisily emitted sparks nil Charter carrying British PM Tony Blair back to the UK
16 Feb morning Stansted, UK A321 of First Choice Aircraft collided with RyanAir 737 during pushback on apron nil Minor damage to both participants
16 Feb day Manchester, UK 737 of Jet 2 reg G-CELH a/c en route Budapest turned back with a depressn overhead Amsterdam nil No further details
16 Feb night Mirny, Russia TU154 of Yakutia 30 mins before landing at divert field a 24 y.o. woman produced a baby girl 1 unticketed Premature birth began 3 hrs into a flight from Moscow to Yakutsk, Russia
16 Feb night Singapore 777-300 of Singapore Airlines EK432 carried out high-speed abort & tires deflated once clear of runway nil Singapore - Brisbane Queensland flight
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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