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DATE/SITE	AIRCRAFT & REGN	CIRCUMSTANCES	DEATH & INJURY	PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at http://www.iasa.com.au/030504.htm
22 March 1 month premature over the Sahara	A340-300 of Virgin Atlantic	Pax gave birth to 8 lb. girl over the Sahara & VS652 ret'd Lagos, Nigeria.	N/A	Sir Richard Branson now renaming a/c "Virgin Birth."
23 March Tokyo-Ube Japan	767-300 of All Nippon	50 y.o. captain grounded after being twice awaken by onboard CAA official.	Nil / 80 o/b	Copilot claiming command time after stop-watching both taps on shoulder.
01 April approx Perth West Aust	767 of Royal Brunei	Perth - Darussalam (Brunei) flight returned Perth with engine failure.	Nil	Engine failure at top of climb.
12 April Istanbul, Turkey	A340-313 of Turkish Airlines	A/c gassed after 40 squirrels escaped from crate enroute from Beijing.	4 squirrels gassed	Only 4/40 "dead" animals were located onboard.
15 April Seville, Spain	737-4YO of Air Europa	Birdstrikes after take-off caused an uncontained engine failure.	Nil	Reg: EC-IRA
18 April Mid-Pacific	737-700 of Boeing delivery	Enrt China, a/c N60669 sustained an inflight fire (quickly extinguished).	Nil	ASPAC Communications Inc. box - Chinese initiative to incorporate inflight wireless Internet access. Hot stuff - in fact, quite inflammatory.
23 April 0500Z Shannon, Ireland	777 of AA Flight: 122	2 Canadian men arrested after air rage diversion. -Banned from flying for 2yrs.	Nil	NY (JFK) to London Heathrow flight. Ordered to pay AA restitution of �20K.
23 April Luxembourg	Fokker 50 of Luxair	Returned to Luxembourg with one propeller feathered.	Nil	No further details.
23 April Orlando, Fla.	737 of SWA Flight: 821	A bomb-threat note was found during taxi-out so a/c returned for search.	Nil / 126 o/b	Departed 2.5 hrs later (FBI has leads, left between pages of a magazine).
23 April 0030Z San Antonio ,Texas	Beech 18 of Beechnut, Inc.	N666AK tail-gear collapsed on landing during freighter ops.	Nil / 2 o/b	Victoria, Texas, for San Antonio, Texas.
26 April approx Ujung Padang, Indonesia	757 of Royal Brunei	Diverted in after engine oil pressure fell during ferry Auckland to BWN.	Nil	BWN = Darussalam A/P, Brunei
26 April 0810L Belfast, N.Ireland	BAe146 of FlyBe Flt: BE400	5 handlers & 1 fireman hospitalized after mercury spill found in the hold.	6 hosp / 88 o/b	Flight arrived from Birmingham. A/c is now under maintenance quarantine for checks.
26 April a.m. hrs Bakersfield, Calif	CRJ of America West Flt: 6231	Diverted to Meadows Field 10,587ft long runway for its no-flap landing.	Nil	Phoenix-San Luis Obispo flight (S.L.O. runway only 5,300 ft. long).
26 April 0700Z Melo, Uruguay	Fokker F27 of FedEx	Initially asked for Carrasco Intl Montevideo but landed in Melo near the Brazilian Frontier - well ablaze.	3 hosp / 3 o/b	Campinas Brazil to Buenos Aires (flight originated in USA). Fire was located in cabin and tail (sabotage?).
27 April Tunica, Miss.	Cessna Caravan of FedEx	18wheeler tore a wing off FedEx a/c that had just landed OK on US Hwy 61.	Nil / 2 o/b	Op by Baron Aviation. Engine quit about 35 NM S of Memphis, Tenn.
27 April Naples, Italy	MD-80 of Alitalia	An Air One 737 pilot aborted take-off at >100kts when he noticed the MD-80 lined up at the runway's opposite end.	Nil	Both headed for Turin, Italy. Alitalia crew believed to have misunderstood taxi instructions. ENAV investigating.
27 April Moscow, Russia	737-500 of AeroSwit	Aircraft ran off the side of the runway after 250mtrs of roll & was evacuated.	Nil / 108 o/b	Ukrainian a/c (headed Kiev) is being examined for repair potential.
28 April 1130L Winnipeg, Canada	MD-83 of Jetsgo Flt: 149	Landed r/way 36 after a starboard engine problem 45NM N of Winnipeg.	Nil / 155 o/b	Engine shut down after a fuel filter bypass light (filter clogged).
28 April 2130Z JFK, New York	Dornier 328 of United Express	N416FJ was damaged when tug driver drove off (power-cart still attached).	Nil	Caused a nose compartment fire. Pax evac'd via rear stairs without injury.
28 April New Delhi, India	A300 of Indian Airlines	Hit by baggage trolley at bay 12 after a Jet Airways flight turned into bay 8.	Nil	Trolley got blasted along by the Jet Airways' thrust increase (for the turn).
28 April Schiphol, Netherlands	Luxor Air (the Egyptian airline)	Banned by Dutch CAA in Netherlands after a weight & balance related incident at Schiphol Airport.	Nil	Matched by Italy, Belgium & Switzerland (follows earlier flight safety incident at Nantes, France).
28 April Vancouver	767 of Air Canada AC109	CF-18 jets escorted flt AC109 into Vancouver after email threat received.	Nil	Halifax-Toronto-Vancouver flight.
28 April Albuquerque, N.M.	MD-80 of AA Flt: 1508	Landed back after a noisy starboard engine event.	Nil / 134 o/b	Enroute to Denver, Colo.
28 April 0400L Bogota, Colombia	DC-10-30F of Centurion Cargo	N189AX overran on landing and collapsed its nose-gear short of a road.	3 inj / 3 o/b	A/c substantially damaged - a possible write-off (Bogota-Eldorado).
29 April Minneapolis, Minn.	C130 of Minnesota Air Nat'l. Guard	Right main gear collapsed on landing & #4 prop plus wingtip scraped earth.	Nil	Large fireball at wingtip (a/c had circled for an hour to burn off fuel).
29 April Charleroi, Belgium	737 of Ryanair	Dublin bound flt re-landed and evac'd after an engine failure after t/off.	Nil /120 pax	Similar incident at Nantes on Tues 27th Apr 04 with 97 pax.
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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