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DATE/SITE	AIRCRAFT & REGN	CIRCUMSTANCES	DEATH & INJURY	PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at http://www.iasa.com.au/121205.htm
20 Oct. 0846L Sydney, Australia	777-2B5ER of KAL, HL7530	777 on t/off 34L passed <400ft over="">	Nil	Crossed at Alpha-1, 777 had rotated abeam Alpha-4, airborne by Bravo-8
22 Oct. 1926L Heathrow, UK	A319-131 of BA, Reg: G-EUOB	Lost all displays and lighting 8 mins after departure. Eventually reset in the hold & continued on to Budapest	Nil	Lost all PFDs, NDs, upper ECAM, autopilot, autothrust, intercom and lighting. Held for 40 mins recovering.
06 Nov. 0745L Heathrow, UK	767-200 of US Airways N653US	Flt US098 cited by ATC for failing to lower gear on late finals to Heathrow	Nil	Go-round ordered but crew extended gear & cleared to land. UK investigating
15 Nov. Guam, Micronesia	767-338ER of Qantas	Dispatched with LH Gen inop, crew noted APU oil qty decreasing & divtd	Nil	After landing, oil quantity was found to be zero. APU = 2nd elec power source
16 Nov. Mildura, Victoria	C441 Conquest	Nose locker door and bags departed the a/c en route from Adelaide S.A.	Nil	All without hitting the prop, too. Years of overstressing the hinge castings...
17 Nov. Bogota, Colombia	MI-8 of Colombia Military Forces	Crashed in the southern province of Amazonas - cause unknown	3 fatal & 14 inj / 25	While conducting counter-insurgency ops near a southern military base
17 Nov. 2156Z JFK Intl., N.Y.	737 of Continental	Flt COA730 struck a gateway with the left wingtip on pushback	Nil	Minor damage requiring some metal-bashing
17 Nov. 1710Z Atlanta, Ga.	KingAir 100 Reg: N86TR	Landed gear up at Fulton County Airport, Atlanta, Ga.	Nil / 3	Minor damage. Assumed inadvertent
18 Nov. Sydney, Australia	767-336 of Qantas	F/O's airspeed fluctuated in t/off roll &, in climb, EICAS msgs appeared for rudder ratio & aileron lockout	Nil	Dense clouds of flying moths had contaminated the pitot system during taxi/takeoff. Self-cleared thru FL280
18 Nov. ~1250L West Belize	Islander of Blancaneux Lodge	Deptd Belize City but never arrived at Blancaneaux Resort that day	3 dead	V3-HCT crashed 5kms N of Privacion airstrip and was found 24 hrs later.
19 Nov. ~2100L Lanzarote, Spain	757 of Thomas Cook	Pilot elected to land after a cabin fire departing Fuertaventura (Canaries)	Nil / 200 pax	Sparks were seen flying out of cabin reading lights (which were shut off)
19 Nov. Brisbane, Qld	A330 of Cathay Pacific, Flt 564	34yo drunken French tourist tried to open a pax door mid-flight for a ciggy	Nil	With cigarette and lighter in hand she was having trouble getting a door open
20 Nov. Heathrow	757-200 of BA Shuttle 8V	Emergency landing Heathrow due to cabin and cockpit filled by oily smoke	Nil	G-CPEK or G-CPER? Seal deterioration.
20 Nov. evening Voronezh, Russia	Cessna C208B Reg: P4-OIN	Disappeared off radar screen 10 mins before landing Moscow in heavy snow	8 dead	Ex N1283Y. Went down near village of Staroye, 10kms NE of Stupino
20 Nov. ~1700L Gatwick, UK	737-800 of Ryanair FR117	Flight was cancelled after a baggage truck rammed the aircraft at the gate	Nil	Pax offered refunds or alternate routing to Dublin
21 Nov. ~1100L Ratanakiri, Cmbdia	Yunshuji Y7-1000 of PMTAir	Y7 departed the runway side on landing and sheared an u/carriage leg	Nil / 59 pax +6 o/b	Substantial damage. XU-072 leased from Royal Phnom Penh Airways
22 Nov. Amsterdam, Neth.	767 of US Airways N656US	Deptd r/way 24 and immed landed 27 Schiphol after a series of loud surges	Nil	...complete with lengthy flames from #1. Was enrt to Philadelphia, Pa.
22 Nov. 1211L Hillsboro, Ore.	Gulfstream GV Reg: N225GV	6hr drama ended with stuck-up gear-leg extending & jet landing safely	Nil / 4 pax +3	Rt MLG had become quarter extended & jammed & the N2 backup sys failed
23 Nov. 0059Z Altoona, Pa.	C208 Caravan Reg: N981FE	A/c veered off the side of the taxiway and became stuck in the mud	Nil	Minor damage
23 Nov. Nashville, Tenn.	737-300 of US Airways	Flt 53 ex Charlotte, N.C., diverted Nashville due to losing cabin pressure	Nil	Had been en route to Kansas City Intl.
23 Nov. 1950Z Telluride, Colo.	Beech 1900D of Great Lakes Air	N253GL was struck on the LH stabalon by a tug while parked	Nil / 19 pax	Minor damage
24 Nov. Trondheim, Norway	DHC-8 of Wideroe Airlines	Pax fell asleep and later awoke to find himself back at his starting point	+1 / 33 onboard	Namsos via Roervik flight ret'd to Trondheim with 21 y.o. dozing man
24 Nov. East Midlands, UK	A319-111 of EasyJet + A320 of Thomas Cook	G-EZEU (A319) taxied into A320 G-BXKC, leaving its winglet embedded in the nav light area of its wingtip	Nil	Parking ramp congestion will do it every time (make people try too hard when they should be saying "enough")
25 Nov. Afyon, W.Turkey	A321 (of German registration)	A/c departing Egypt for Istanbul caused panic with non-communication & fighter intercept attempt was made	Nil	Entered airspace at Antalya at 1720 overflew & departed into Bulgarian FIR without being intercepted at all.
26 Nov. Sydney, Australia	737-8FE of Virgin Blue	Ingested a Masked Lapwing into #2 engine on t/off and ret'd with vibns	Nil	Extensive damage to fan blades
27 Nov. 1756L Georgetown, C.I.	737 of Cayman Airways, Flt 106	Landed safely at Owen Roberts Airport with a gear unsafe warning	Nil / 86 o/b	Cayman Islands outbound for Miami returned and landed runway 08
28 Nov. LAX, Calif.	MD83 of AA Flt. 612	Pilot reported a smoke trail pass by his cockpit in the after t/off climbout	Nil	Enrt to Chicago. Manpads missile or bottle-rocket?
30 Nov. 1815L Liberec, Bohemia	Citation 525 of Czech registration	Comms fail bizjet was intercepted at 22,000ft and escorted into Prague	Nil	By JAS Gripen ftrs. C525 was Warsaw Poland for Prague Czechoslovakia
30 Nov. ~0815L Sinabang-Lasikin	CASA 212-A4 of Raya Air Charter	Overran r/way 25 Lasikin A/P by 60+m and came to rest in a swamp	Nil / 15 o/b	PK-ZAI had deptd Medan Polonia for Sinabang Indonesia. Heavily damaged
01 Dec. ~1900L Tobago	777 of BA	A/c grounded at Crown Point A/P when an APU fire broke out pre-taxi	Nil / 111 pax +14	Fire-bottle put it out but pax were off back to their hotels
01 Dec. ~1700L Kagoshima, Japan	767-300 of Skymark Airlines	Climbing thru 5400ft, an uncontained #2 eng failure spat out turbine blades	Nil / 90 o/b	Flt 306 to Tokyo Haneda A/P. 20cm x 60cm hole found in engine
01 Dec. 1706L Cape Cod, Mass.	Beech Baron B55 Reg: N64PW	Beech Baron disappeared into water of Nantucket Sound at 1.5nms finals	1 fatal	Last radar paint at 200ft. Philanthropist Billionaire George Baker III dead
02 Dec. Seattle Tacoma, Wash.	757-300 of NWA Flt. 89	Emerg slide deployed suddenly as the aircraft sat at a gate, in 3rd of series of ground incidents in preceding 3 days	Nil	Accidents aplenty: Thurs. a hole was punched in a Hawaiian Airlines jet. Tues. a fuel truck hit America West jet
02 Dec. 1345L Condobolin NSW	PA31-350 Reg: VH-PYN	A/c crashed 12 nms Northwest of Condobolin - broke up in spiral dive	4 fatal / 4	Top cattle baron Peter Menegazzo dead. A/c control lost in thunderstorm
02 Dec. ~0400L Atlanta, Ga.	767-300 of Delta Flt. 228	Flight 228 hit severe turbulence enrt over Albuquerque New Mexico.	4 inj	San Diego to Atlanta flt was met by medics upon arrival (1 x pax, 3 crew)
02 Dec. (evening) Evros E. Greece	A321 of Turkish Airlines	TK1528 hit severe turbulence over Thrace during approach to Istanbul	13 hosp / 118 o/b	Flt originated Dusseldorf Germany. 4 crew & 9 pax hospitalized (inc a baby)
02 Dec. 2230L Brisbane, Qld	737-800 of Virgin Blue	Pilot made an emerg descent to 10Kft when a windscreen cracked at FL340	11inj	VH-VBC pax reported suffering from nose-bleeds, ear-aches, nausea etc
02 Dec. am hrs Shannon, Ireland	C17 of USAF	Divtd enrt into Shannon due to hydraulic and brake problems	Nil	Carrying 58 helium gas cylinders (for military radar balloons) to Iraq
02 Dec. 1330L Kansas City Intl.	A320-200 of America West	Emerg landing after note found in plane's toilet read "Taliban is here"	Nil	FAA considering toilet exit doorhandle actuated time-recording cameras?
03 Dec. ~1200L Newark, N.J.	EMB135 of Continental	Bomb threat found scrawled in bathroom of flt 2499 at Terminal C	Nil	Towed away for a 2 hr search and pax deptd on a different a/c at 1515L
03 Dec. ~2200L Long Beach, Calif.	A320 of JetBlue Flt. 216	Gear door warning light after t/off caused crew to circle for over 2 hrs	Nil / 146 pax +6	New York-bound flt landed back for a micro-switch check and some more gas
04 Dec. 1110L Cochin Intl., India	A310 of Air India Flt. AI962	A/c made an emerg landing with an unspecified n/wheel or NWS problem	Nil	Kozhikode to Kochi flt arrived with no further damage
04 Dec. 0910L Trivandrum, India	A310 of Air India Flt. AI981	After 20 mins outbound, a/c returned with smoke and panic in the cabin	6inj / 129 o/b	Dubai-bound. A/c later had to be removed from runway with a crane
04 Dec. Stansted A/P, UK	737-800 of Ryanair	Ramp agent towing the rear steps on stand 62L rammed the RH wing T.E.	Nil	Handling agent Swissport. Significant trailing edge wing damage.
04 Dec. Keflavik, Iceland	A330 of Air Canada	A/c divtd, made a single-engined landing & required an engine change	Nil / 281 pax	Frankfurt Germany to Toronto Canada. An124 conveyed sick eng to Prestwick
05 Dec. Segovia, Spain	Cessna 525 of MSR Flug Chtr Reg: D-ISSW	Chartered aircraft impounded by police with 106kg of cocaine on board upon its arrival from Guinea		10 arrests in Madrid of German & Brazilian citizens. New drug route being developed from Africa to Europe
05 Dec. ~1007L Zurich, Switz.	Avro RJ of Swiss European Awys	A/c returned shortly after takeoff with smoke in the cockpit	Nil	En route to Brussels
06 Dec. Nikolaevsk, Russia	MI-8 of Emerg Situations Min.	Medevac helo crashed into Amur River 5mins after t/off	At least 3 dead	Reports of between 2 and 5 killed. Enrt to Bogorodskoye City Hospital
06 Dec. 1309L S. Luis Obispo, Ca.	EMB120 of Skywest	Flt 6091 made an emerg landing SLO after LH eng shutdown for oil loss	Nil / 25 o/b	Brasilia a/c flying Los Angeles to Monterey, Calif.
06 Dec. Tehran, Iran	C130 of Iranian AirForce	C130 turned back after eng failure on t/off & crashed into apartment bldg	>128 dead & unk inj	All 94 o/b died. Hauling media reps to Bandar Abbas for PR on a mil exercise
07 Dec. Miami, Fla.	757 of AA Flt. AA924	44yo male US citizen was shot by two US Air Marshals at Gate 42D after claiming to have a bomb and fleeing	1 dead (bipolar disorder?)	Flt had arrived from Medellin, Colombia, and was to depart for Orlando, Fla. Case under investigation.
08 Dec. Miri, Borneo	DHC6 of MAS	Twin Otter slid off runway onto grass on arrival and was disabled	Nil / 19 pax +2	Minimal damage. Airport temporarily closed for aircraft removal
08 Dec. 1505L Nantes, France	MD11 of KLM Reg: PH-KCF	Flt KLM733 declared emerg & divtd into Nantes with a seriously ill pax	1 pax ill	Enrt Amsterdam to Princess Juliana International Airport on St. Maartens
08 Dec. 1754L Manila, Philippines	737 of Malaysian Flt. MH086	A/c made emergency landing at Ninoy Aquino Intl with an engine out	Nil / 84 pax +7	Bound Kaoshiung Taiwan from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
08 Dec. 0200Z Chicago Midway A/P, Ill.	737 of SWA Flt. SW1248	Overran snow-covered 6255ft runway 31C hitting a car. Nosegear collapsed. A/c was heavily damaged & evac'd	2 pax inj / 98 pax +5 crew	8 inj on grnd; 2 in car seriously inj & 1 dead. One inj was rescuer hit on head by slide deployment. A/c arriving fm Baltimore, skidded thru a blast fence.
09 Dec. 0555L Rockhampton QLD	MetroLiner Cargo of Pel-Air	Smoke filled cockpit & crew shut down RH eng & made emerg landing	Nil / 2	Rockhampton to Mackay flight had oil leak in bleed air running aircon system
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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