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DATE/SITE
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AIRCRAFT & REGN
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CIRCUMSTANCES
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DEATH & INJURY
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| 16 Feb. 2030Z Vancouver, BC |
A340-313 Flt: AC0008 |
During climb, both #1 and #2 engines (CFM 56-5C4) indic eng bleed faults. |
Nil |
Resets failed. C-GDVZ landed 1000kg overweight but maint found no faults. |
| 19 Feb. 0645Z Northern France |
Flt: KL1924 Flt: LX17 |
KLM 737 rec'd TCAS RA & then took visual avoiding action on Swiss A330. |
Nil />218 involved |
French DGCA claim a/c came within 15 to 35 secs of collision over Reims. |
| 19 Feb. 1422L Vero Beach, Fla. |
Beech 1900 of unknown |
GLF296 diverted into Vero Beach, Fla. due to a cargo door being blown off. |
Nil |
Orlando-Miami (other circumstances unknown). |
| 19 Feb. 0612L Dallas, Texas |
DC-8 of UPS Reg: NUPA607 |
Flt UPS607 reported multiple birdstrike on finals. |
Nil |
Damage to anti-skid assembly (deptd Chicago, Il. for Dallas). |
| 19 Feb. 0120L Atlanta, Ga. |
737-700 of Delta N305DL |
During loading an item of heavy cargo fell and damaged the floor. |
Nil |
Minor damage. |
| 19 Feb. 2316L Bangor, Maine |
767 of Royal Air Maroc |
Flt 201 divtd Bangor after pax made inflight phone-call to family. |
Nil / 92 o/b |
Kidnap/suicide bomb-threat by pax during JFK - Casablanca flight. |
| 20 Feb. Phoenix, Ariz. |
CRJ of America West |
A/c carried out emerg descent after windscreen cracked at 33,000 ft. |
Nil |
Colorado Springs - Las Vegas. Windscreen was splintered. |
| 20 Feb. 1442Z New Delhi |
KC-10 refueler of USAF |
A/c re-landed Indira Ghandi A/P with an engine fire 30 mins after departing. |
Nil / 110 o/b |
Enroute Andersen AFB after F15 Cope-India 04 Exercise in Gwalior. |
| 20 Feb. 1715L Table Mountain |
AeroCommander of TASAIR |
Aircraft crashed in rugged terrain due weather (on positioning flight) |
1 fatal /1 o/b |
Had departed Hobart (Tasmania) 70kms to the south at 5 p.m. |
| 20 Feb. 2145L Ft Lauderdale A/P |
Learjet 25B of Aztec JetCenter |
On landing, air ambulance overran by > 1500ft & eventually hit a warehouse. |
2 inj / 4 o/b |
Ft Lauderdale Exec A/P. A/C jumped a 4-lane hwy covered with cars. |
| 21 Feb. 1425L Buenos Aires |
MD-81 of Austral LV-WPY |
AU2734 landed Ezeiza A/P after losing a wheel on t/off Jorge Newberry A/P. |
Nil / 157 o/b |
Flt was headed North for Iguazu Falls, Subsidiary of AeroLineas Argentinas. |
| 22 Feb. Los Angeles Int'l A/P |
747-400 of Air NZ Flt: NZ3 |
Flt cancelled after suicide impacted top of crew minibus enroute to LAX from hotel. |
1 fatal |
Carrier flew jet home empty of pax to Auckland. |
| 22 Feb. 1700L Cardiff Wales, UK |
B737-59D of BMIBaby |
At touchdown upon braking, one brake unit disintegrated, including the torque link on that side. |
Nil / 85 pax |
G-BVKC remained stuck on runway overnight, clearing 10am next day. RWY 30, wind 040/20 gusting 31 kts. |
| 22 Feb. 1231L New York JFK |
777 of AA Flt: 167 |
Re-landed 28mins (fuel-dumping) after port-side Trent engine surged on t/off |
Nil / 163 o/b |
pax deptd for (207 min ETOPS) flt to Tokyo at 1814L arriving NRT 2238L |
| 23 Feb. 1310L Tokyo Narita |
777 of UAL Flt: UA879 |
Hawaii-Japan flight hit severe turbulence about 20 mins from landing |
3 inj / 299 o/b |
3 crew members hospitalized. |
| 24 Feb.Romulus, Michigan |
SAAB 340B of Mesaba |
Pushed back into another SAAB340 & both a/c were substantially damaged |
Nil / 32 o/b |
N364PX & N420XJ (Detroit Metro Wayne County A/P) |
| 24 Feb. Toledo, Ohio |
Ramp jetway. |
Mechanic killed working on removed tire. |
1 fatal |
Rim exploded while he was working on it |
| 24 Feb.Kuwait |
A300 of EgyptAir Flt: 915 |
Bomb hoax phone-call caused diversion to Kuwait & 5 hour delay. |
Nil / 106 pax |
Abu Dhabi to Cairo (possibly been instigated by excess baggage dispute) |
| 24 Feb.Sardinia |
Cessna 500 of Aermed |
Crashed on Mount Cresia during medevac flt carrying transplant organs |
6 fatal / 6 o/b |
Rome (Ciampino A/P) for an operation in Cagliari Sardinia (Italia) |
| 24 Feb. 2115L Zacatecas, Mexico |
A320 of MexicanaAviacion |
LA-Mexico flight made an emergency landing after a pax refused to exit lav. |
Nil / 147 o/b |
Flt 905 (surmised to be drug addiction related). |
| 24 Feb. 1235L Bermuda |
767 of AA Flt: 686 |
Circled the field twice on arrival before landing with faulty gear indicn. |
Nil / 73 pax |
Flight originated NY (JFK); defective downlock micro-switch. |
| 25 Feb. a.m. hrs Brussels, Belgium |
A320-231 of Thomas Cook |
OO-TCC was left unchecked & rolled back into jetway (which collapsed). |
Nil |
APU and horizontal stabilizer badly damaged. |
| 25 Feb. 1630L Wichita, Kan. |
757 of AA Flt: 290 |
LA to NY flight diverted Wichita (Mid -Continent A/P) with smoke in cockpit. |
Nil / 125 o/b |
Declared by airline as an "electrical problem." |
| 25 Feb. 0805L Rifle, Colorado |
SA227-DC of Key Lime Air |
Flt 375 landed hot 2500ft in & overran wet runway despite braking & reverse. |
Nil / 3 o/b |
N882TC eng, prop & wing substantial damaged (departed Denver, Colo.). |
| 25 Feb. Bangor, Maine |
777 of UAL Flt: 87 |
20 inebriated British males removed after London-Chicago flt diverted. |
Nil / 221 o/b |
Disruptive pax were not charged and were enrt to Las Vegas for 3 weddings. |
| 25 Feb. 1247Z Edmonton, Alberta |
737-210C of Bradley Air Svcs |
Lost directional control while landing 12 in fog & struck r/way lights & signs. |
Nil/ 35 o/b |
TSB investigators on scene. Damaged a/c C-GNWN arrived from Lupin, Nunavut. |
| 26 Feb. 0805L Southern Bosnia |
Beech 200 of Macedonian Govt. |
VIP a/c carrying Macedonia President went down enroute from Skopje near the village of Gornja Bitonja |
9 fatal / 9 o/b |
Reg: Z3-BAB. 1980 vintage a/c suspected of encountering heavy icing (50 miles south of Sarajevo). |
| 1 Air carrier accidents, or other incidents involving serious failures or fatal injuries. 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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