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Monday, June 6, 2005

Accidents and Incidents

DATE/SITE AIRCRAFT & REGN CIRCUMSTANCES DEATH & INJURY PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at http://www.iasa.com.au/060605.htm
19 May 1606L Riga, Latvia Fokker 100 of Austrian Airlines Flt OS612 lost pressurization, masks fell and a/c emerg landed in Riga 10 mins later Nil / 50 pax +5 St. Petersburg to Vienna flight lost pressurization 30 mins after takeoff
19 May 1030CDT Kansas City, Mo. EMB145-LR of Trans States Inc. N814HK returned Kansas City after uncontained failure of its #1 engine Nil / 49 pax +3 St Louis, Mo., to Denver, Colo., via Kansas City, Mo.
20 May Sheremetyevo A/P Falcon 20C of Jet 2000 Inc. Lost power on both engines and landed gear up at this central Moscow airport Nil Gear was extended but did not lock down due low hyd of windmilling jets
21 May night Mumbai, India Beech 200 of Reliance Indust. Door torn away by taxiing private F-28's jetblast on ramp near gate #8 Nil Beech 200 of Reliance Industries was parked in corporate aircraft area
24 May Calcutta, India 747-400 of Thai Airways Aircraft made emergency landing with a long crack in pilots' front windshield Nil / 330 pax +22 Bangkok to Munich flight TG924. Pane cracked at 30,000ft in cruise
26 May Prague, Czech. MD80 of Alitalia Reg: I-DAWD Pilot applied power & overran Kalmar towbarless pushback car, destroying it Nil MD80 heavily damaged. Flt AZ517 1135L dept for Milan (Malpensa).
26 May 1834L Itami, Japan Dash8-Q400 of Japan Air Comm. Emerg landed and was towed to gate (no oil left in the hydraulic system) Nil Matsuyama to Itami flight of Japan Air Commuter (an affiliate of JAL)
27 May Brussels, Belgium RJ100 of SN Brussels Flt: 3123 Took off after 40 min delay and made emergency landing back in Brussels Nil After circling for 50 minutes (for fuel burn-off); suspect hydraulic problem
27 May Syria-Turkish border SCUD-B & -D x three firings Syria irresponsibly fired SCUDS into Turkish airspace without pre-warning Nil SCUD debris rained down on Turkish farmers but missed Turkish air traffic
27 May noon Markuleshti AFB Vilga35 of Moldovan Forces Crew died during practice for an upcoming airshow display in Moldova 4 fatal / 4 o/b Air show cancelled
28 May 2237Z Denver, Colo. MD80 of American AAL1125 was towed back on after veering off runway after touchdown Nil / 104 pax Runway 35R. Nil damage to N911TW
29 May 1040L Twenthe AFB, Netherlands A320 of BMA Reg: G-MEDH LAJ6522 was intercepted by Dutch F-16's on missing a Eurocontrol check-in Nil Enroute Amman, Jordan, to Heathrow. Thousands watched intercept contrails
29 May Narita, Japan 747 of KAL U.S. bound KAL flt was divtd by U.S. TSA to Narita due a "no-fly" aboard. Nil U.S. citizen of Pakistani origin traveling with 4 family members. Mistaken ID
29 May Beijing, China 777-300 of Thai Airways Bangkok bound flight turned back to Beijing with an engine problem Nil Low oil pressure (3 Thai incidents in 10 days - see below and above)
30 May Malta A320 of Air Malta Returned to Malta after 75 mins following a nav computer failure Nil Enroute Brussels. Landed back 1800, left again after 1930L
30 May Sydney, Australia 747-346SR of JAL Flt: JA8184 Grounded by CASA shortly before planned departure as JL778 for Osaka Nil On pushback LH main-wheel oleo top snapped off.15 JAL investigators due
30 May Jalawla, Iraq Compair 7SL of Iraqi Air Force Turboprop ex Kirkuk crashed in dense sandstorm 150kms NE of Baghdad 5 fatal / 5 o/b Included 4 Americans. First Iraqi Air Force crash since April 2004
30 May night Lindbergh Field 737 of South-West Airlines A/c emergency returned 15 mins after t/off after pax smelt burning plastic Nil Lindbergh Field, San Diego Intl A/P. No further details
31 May 1527Z Teterboro, N.J. SA-226T Reg: N22TW Crashed runway 1 during a steep turn to line up on final & dug in LH wing 1 inj 2 airport officials rescued pilot from burning wreck..3rd 2005 TEB accident
31 May afternoon Tucson, Ariz. F16 of Arizona ANG Many flts diverted Phoenix after F16 engaged arrestor cable following an aborted t'off, blocked r'way Nil Runways blocked by debris so 2 out of 3 Tucson runways were closed
31 May morning Chubu Centrair, Japan 767 of Japan Asia Airways Hi-lift loader hit cargo doors sparking a small fire during loading for Taipei Nil Flames after a displaced cargo cover caught fire from the heat of door lights
01 Jun ~1700L San Jose, Costa Rica C206 of Skydive Costa Rica One American found after 3 chutists jumped from the plane on its breakup 4 dead / 5 o/b 2 other parachutists feared drowned. (Jumped after a/c heard breaking up)
01 June Vnukovo A/P, Russia A320 of Armavia Airlines A/c slid 5m off the runway side while landing at this Moscow A/P Nil / 132 o/b Flt. U8512 from Yerevan Armenia. A/c reportedly undamaged
01 June Eindhoven, Holland A321 of Onur Air Reg: TC-OAP Fuel gushed in a high-pressure stream fm stbd wing after a hardware failure Nil / 138 pax +5 Plane later ferried out. Follows lifting of Dutch ban on Onur Air on May 12.
01 June 1450L Zurich, Switz. MD-11 of Thai Airways Bangkok-bound TG971 dumped 45 tons of fuel and re-landed Zurich. Nil / 169 +14 crew Reg: HS-TMF. Pitot-static air data problem (38K ft over southwest Germany)
01 June 1010L Ottawa, Canada 727-200 of First Air Re-landed 22 mins after takeoff following an hydraulic system failure Nil / 63 o/b Headed Nunavut. Dumped fuel north of Quebec before landing
01 June morning Stockholm, Sweden Jetstream31 of Sun-Air Flt BA8289 from Aarhus lost a wheel door over central Stockholm on appch Nil / 17 o/b Approach to Bromma A/P, lost 100cm x 40cm part (may have hit water)
02 June 1115L Khartoum, Sudan Antonov 24B of Marsland Avn. Flt 430 (ST-WAL) crashed on takeoff and fire erupted near the port engine 3 fatal & 16 inj / 40 o/b Write-off. First hull loss for this domestic airline (founded 2001)
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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