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Monday, February 24, 2003

Accidents and Incidents

DATE/SITE
AIRCRAFT & REGISTRATION
CIRCUMSTANCES
DEATHS & INJURIES
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2
10 Feb 1325L Glasgow-Belfast ATP of BA Returned shortly after t/off with smoke in the cabin Nil /4 crew & 22 pax No further details.
11 Feb Bogota Colombia Light Twin A/C missing 5 days found crashed on high ground at Cajamarca (85m W of BOG) 4 fatal Minister of Social Welfare Juan Luis Londono and staff.
11 Feb 0429Z Windsor Ontario A320-211 of SkyService SSV045 skidded off runway during backtrack for departure. 2 inj / 96 pax Darkness, blowing snow, icy surface and strong winds.
12 Feb Manitowoc Wis Beech 95 of Air Charter Express Landed county airport after thick black smoke filled cock'pit. Nil Enroute Milwaukee to Menominee, Michigan - no further details.
12 Feb 2355L Rockford Illi DC-8 of UPS St Louis-Greater Rockford flt's nosewheel collapsed. Nil During parking at UPS ramp. No further details.
12 Feb 0915L Mirabel Quebec L-1011 of Air Transat Port-au-Prince Haiti-bound fligh t returned with engine shutdown. Nil / 147 pax & 14crew Engine reported to be experiencing severe vibration. Dumped fuel.
12 Feb 1600L Baton Rouge Lo RJ145 of Continental Express A/C returned with an asymm flap trip. Nil / 28 pax Circled two hours to burn off fuel.
13 Feb Narita Tokyo 767-300 of Air Japan Runway overrun on new short 1800m runway at Narita. Nil Charter flight Inchon-NRT. Last overrun 27 Jan (All Nippon 767-300).
13 Feb 1110L Boston Logan Embraer 135 of American Eagle Evacuated on taxiway after cargo-hold fire indicated. Nil / 21pax & 3 crew Bags thermal-image screened and one found to be giving off heat.
13 Feb Okinawa 747-200 of Japan Asia Airways Shed fan blade on #2 three hrs into flight and diverted. Nil / 298 pax & 18 crew No further info on this Narita-Taiwan-bound flt by a JAL affiliate.
14 Feb 2050L Narita - Kuala Lumpur 777-200 of MAS Flt: MH081 Returned Kota Kinabulu (enrt stop) after explosion in #1 eng (RR Trent 890) 20 mins out. Nil / 43 pax No further details.
14 Feb 1730L Vienna Intl A/P MD-11 of Alitalia Flt: AZ0794 24yo female Korean pax ran amok forcing a landing. Nil / 179 pax &12 crew Milan-Osaka flighlt. Passenger hospitalized in Vienna.
14 Feb 1645L Astra SPX A/C landed long & overran. Nil / 2crew Monroe County Airport Indiana.
15 Feb night San Jose Intl Ca 737 of SWA Lost cabin pressure at FL360 enroute Seattle-San Jose 2 inj / 129 pax Landed San Jose 5 minutes later.
16 Feb 747 of Evergreen Overran on Landing Sigonella. Nil / 4 crew Gear and 3 engines damaged. Repairable.
17 Feb 2345Z Saskatoon Ca 737-201 of WestJet WJA42 returned with a non-retractable nose-gear. Nil No further details.
17 Feb Alice Springs NT 777 of SIA SQ231 dumped fuel and diverted into Alice Springs. Nil Sick (heart attack) pax on Sin-Syd leg. A/c refueled Adelaide due wt.
17 Feb Nagpur India A320 of Indian Airlines TCAS narrowly averted a midair at 8800m (FL290). Nil / 82 A320 New Delhi-Chennai. Other a/c an EVA Awys 767.
18 Feb Quito Ecuador Vickers Viscount of Saeta 15 Aug 76 crash discovered atop Mt Chimborazo (6310m) 59 fatal / 59 on board Inactive volcano. CFIT wreck found by climbers at 5100m level.
19 Feb Bradley Intl Conn A319 of UAL Providence RI-Chicago flt landed after #2 eng failed. Nil / 120 pax & 5 crew No further details.
19 Feb Halifax NS Concorde of AF Flt: AF002 Landed Halifax after #3 eng shut down enrt Paris-NY Nil / 47pax No further details.
19 Feb 1730L Zahedan-Kerman Iran IL-76 of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard (IRGC) Crashed in Sirach mountains near Shahdad in apparent terrain accident (CFIT) during an approach in bad weather. 302 fatal / 18 crew & 284 pax Crash site 35kms from dest Kerman. Iranian Revolutionary Guard Troop Transport. 5th major airliner disaster since 2000, 10th since 1970.
19 Feb Islamabad-Kohat (NW Frontier) F-27 of PAF PAF aircraft crashed in Tolanj mountains in Gumbat area, during bad weather. 18 fatal / 18 on board Crash site 35kms from dest Korat. Pakistan Air Force Chief Mushaf Ali Mir and official party.
20 February 2200L Darwin NT Australia 737-376 of QANTAS Flt760 from Adelaide left the runway briefly after landing in heavy rain. Nil / 79 pax VH-TJB has damage to #2 engine and port wing from pod-strike and runway lights encounter.
1 Air carrier incidents or accidents involving serious failures or fatal injuries, investigated by National Transportation Safety Boards. 2 DISCLAIMER: The information obtained from these National Reports is preliminary, possibly incomplete, and may be supplemented by new findings of fact as the inquiry progresses. These assessments, based on a reading of initial reports, are not intended to assert probable cause or liability, but rather are intended to provide insight pending publication of a final report of investigation. 3A/P=Airport. - Data compiled from National Aviation Authority's documents. Preliminary analysis by John Sampson, Director of Aircraft, Engineering & Technical Operations, International Aviation Safety Association.(IASA)
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