Accidents And Incidents

Air Safety Week,  April 9, 2007  

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DATE/SITE : 19 Mar Dublin Ireland
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: 737-800 reg:EI-DHA
CIRCUMSTANCES : FR296 returned Dublin reporting a tech problem (reportedly a
departure tailscrape)
DEATH & INJURY : nil
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 IMAGERY AT  WWW.IASA.COM.AU/090407.HTM: Dublin to Stansted
flight then left 3.5 hrs later

DATE/SITE : 20 Mar 1036L Ft Lauderdale FL
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: P180 Avanti reg:N128SL
CIRCUMSTANCES : On landing veered right upon right brake applicn and the left
main gear collapsed
DEATH & INJURY : nil /2 onboard
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 IMAGERY AT  WWW.IASA.COM.AU/090407.HTM: operated by
AvantAir Inc. Substantial damage and fuel spillage.

DATE/SITE : 21 Mar day Rome Fiumicino
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: 737-300 of Air Malta
CIRCUMSTANCES : Flight KM616 was struck by lightning causing a number of
instrument failures
DEATH & INJURY : nil
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 IMAGERY AT  WWW.IASA.COM.AU/090407.HTM: Newark Liberty
Airport to Tel Aviv Israel

DATE/SITE : 25 Mar 1540Z Belgrade Serbia
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: A300-600 of Lufthansa
CIRCUMSTANCES : Aircraft declared an emergency for a cockpit fire and smoke and
diverted in
DEATH & INJURY : nil/213 pax + 11 crew
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 IMAGERY AT  WWW.IASA.COM.AU/090407.HTM: Frankfurt to
Cairo. Firemen removed a sparking and arcing electronic module from the cockpit

DATE/SITE : 26 Mar 10:52L Ft Lauderdale FL
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: 757-200 of Skyservice
CIRCUMSTANCES : Aircraft made an unscheduled landing at Fort Lauderdale after
smoke in the cockpit
DEATH & INJURY : nil/ 221 pax and crew
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 IMAGERY AT  WWW.IASA.COM.AU/090407.HTM: Flight SSV5088 -
Toronto Canada to Costa Rica

DATE/SITE : 27 Mar Hurghada Egypt
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: 737-500 of FlyLAL
CIRCUMSTANCES : Pilots landed on the parallel taxiway (which used to be a
fighter base runway and has rubber deposits full length)
DEATH & INJURY : nil
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 IMAGERY AT  WWW.IASA.COM.AU/090407.HTM: ...and piano keys
on the threshold. Vilnius Latvia to Hurghada Egypt. See approach view of
Hurghada at tinyurl.com/33kczc

DATE/SITE : 28 Mar night Southern Pacific
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: A340-300 of Lan Chile
CIRCUMSTANCES : Crew saw and heard a meteorite or pieces of space junk pass
close by them at very high speed
DEATH & INJURY : nil
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 IMAGERY AT  WWW.IASA.COM.AU/090407.HTM: Santiago Chile to
Auckland New Zealand. Range estimates vary from 5nms to 5kms. Also seen by
another Argentine flight-crew

DATE/SITE : 29 Mar Grande Rapids Mi
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: A320 of NWA
CIRCUMSTANCES : Unscheduled stop at Gerald R Ford Intl Airport with smoke in the
galley
DEATH & INJURY : nil/8 onboard
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 IMAGERY AT  WWW.IASA.COM.AU/090407.HTM: Flight 1263
(Dulles to Minneapolis)

DATE/SITE : 30 Mar morning Khartoum Sudan
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: A300 of Sudan Airways
CIRCUMSTANCES : Hijacker carrying a knife burst into the cockpit about 90 mins
before landing
DEATH & INJURY : nil/ 210 pax onboard
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 IMAGERY AT  WWW.IASA.COM.AU/090407.HTM: Flt SD11 Hijacker
demanded a meeting with British and US ambassadors together with the media

DATE/SITE : 30 Mar ~1100L Tokunoshima Is
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: CH47 of GSDF
CIRCUMSTANCES : Crashed at night on Mt Amagi, Tokunoshima Island in southern
Japan's Kagoshima Prefecture
DEATH & INJURY : 4 dead/ 4 crew onboard
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 IMAGERY AT  WWW.IASA.COM.AU/090407.HTM: after departing
Naha Okinawa on an emergency call-out to pick up a patient. GSDF is Japanese
Ground Self Defense Force

DATE/SITE : 30 Mar day Denver Colorado
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: 757-222 of United N9596UA
CIRCUMSTANCES : Passengers were about to disembark at gate B22 when the aft
Doubledocker Jetbridge collapsed onto the port wing
DEATH & INJURY : nil/176 pax + 8 crew
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 IMAGERY AT  WWW.IASA.COM.AU/090407.HTM: substantial damage
to Flight UA965 wing on arrival from Boston

DATE/SITE : 30 Mar Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: ATR-72 of Vietnam Airlines
CIRCUMSTANCES : Due to a hydraulic braking problem the aircraft overran by a few
meters coming to a stop on the grass
DEATH & INJURY : nil/ 65 pax + 5 crew
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 IMAGERY AT  WWW.IASA.COM.AU/090407.HTM: minor aircraft
damage. Ho chi Minh City's Tan Son Nhut Airport to Phu Quoc Island

DATE/SITE : 30 Mar 1524L Orlando Florida
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: MD83 of Allegiant Air
CIRCUMSTANCES : Flight AAY758 landed without nosegear at Sanford International
after extension probs
DEATH & INJURY : nil/147 onboard
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 IMAGERY AT  WWW.IASA.COM.AU/090407.HTM: N877GA arriving
from Portsmouth New Hampshire circled for an hour trying to extend nose-gear

DATE/SITE : 31 Mar morning Quebec Canada
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: Piper Navajo
CIRCUMSTANCES : Aircraft went down NW of Sept Iles near Labrador, killing the
pilot
DEATH & INJURY : 1 dead/ 1 onboard
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 IMAGERY AT  WWW.IASA.COM.AU/090407.HTM: Enroute to Wabush
to pick up passengers. Cormorant SAR helo found wreck around 1300hrs

DATE/SITE : 31 Mar 0915L Gander Newfdld
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: AN124 of Volga Dnepr
CIRCUMSTANCES : VDA2100 overshot runway by 78 meters on landing Gander
Newfoundland Canada
DEATH & INJURY : nil/10 crew
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 IMAGERY AT  WWW.IASA.COM.AU/090407.HTM: NLG damage.
Enroute Greenville to Shannon Ireland Carrying 98 tons of cargo to Tianjin
China.

DATE/SITE : 01 Apr ~1330L Cedar Rapids Ia
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: ERJ145 of American Eagle
CIRCUMSTANCES : Aircraft made an emergency landing at this Eastern Iowa airport
after declaring "Engine Trouble"
DEATH & INJURY : nil/47 pax +3 crew onboard
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 IMAGERY AT  WWW.IASA.COM.AU/090407.HTM: Madison bound from
Dallas Texas

DATE/SITE : 01 Apr 0025Z McCall Indiana
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: SA-26 Merlin 2
CIRCUMSTANCES : On landing N46SA slid 35 ft off the runway until left wing hit a
snowbank
DEATH & INJURY : nil/7 pax +2 crew
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 IMAGERY AT  WWW.IASA.COM.AU/090407.HTM: Arriving from
Everett Washington. Minor damage

DATE/SITE : 01 Apr 2359L Luanda Angola
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: A340-300 of TAP
CIRCUMSTANCES : Returned to 04 Feb International A/P soon after departing due to
engine failure
DEATH & INJURY : nil/ 257 pax onboard
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 IMAGERY AT  WWW.IASA.COM.AU/090407.HTM: enroute to Lisbon
Portugal

DATE/SITE : 01 Apr 1927L Miami Florida
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: A300-600 of American Airlines
CIRCUMSTANCES : Flight AA1190 (Montego Bay Jamaica to JFK) diverted into Miami
with rudder problems. Later returned Miami with the same problem after a 14
minute flight
DEATH & INJURY : nil
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 IMAGERY AT  WWW.IASA.COM.AU/090407.HTM: Repeat of a 01 Jan
Miami-Dulles Flt AA738 incident? Reported by pax who were on flight AA1190's as
2 alarming rides with evident flight control problems for Ship #081. Possibly
the yaw damper.

DATE/SITE : 01 Apr night Vienna Austria
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: ATR72 of FEDEX
CIRCUMSTANCES : Two cargo workers became trapped in the cargo hold & flew
involuntarily from CDG
DEATH & INJURY : 2 kidnapped
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 IMAGERY AT  WWW.IASA.COM.AU/090407.HTM: Pilot closed door
because of rain. Vienna workers who opened door didn't let them out & called
police

DATE/SITE : 02 Apr 0910L Kolkata India
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: A319-100 of Druk Air
CIRCUMSTANCES : Aircraft made an emerg landing at Chandra Bose with a fire
warning indication
DEATH & INJURY : 107 pax onboard
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 IMAGERY AT  WWW.IASA.COM.AU/090407.HTM: Cargo Hold alarm.
Bangkok to Paro Bhutan. Druk Air is Bhutan's national airline

DATE/SITE : 02 Apr day Manado Indonesia
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: 737-400 of Batavia Air
CIRCUMSTANCES : Returned soon after t/off from Sam Ratulangi A/P with
undercarriage problems
DEATH & INJURY : nil
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 IMAGERY AT  WWW.IASA.COM.AU/090407.HTM: Headed to Jakarta.
Batavia Air now refuses to discuss any air incidents (according to RCTI TV)

DATE/SITE : 02 Apr 0805Z Fukuoka Japan
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: 777-200 of JAL
CIRCUMSTANCES : Arrived on the Southern island of Kyushu with #2 shutdown for
overtemp
DEATH & INJURY : nil/249 pax +10 crew
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 IMAGERY AT  WWW.IASA.COM.AU/090407.HTM: Carrying Japanese
Finance Minister Mr Koji Omi

DATE/SITE : 03 Apr day Kaohsiung Tw
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: UH-1H of Taiwan Army
CIRCUMSTANCES : Helicopter flew into TV tower on a mountain peak shrouded in
heavy fog and rain
DEATH & INJURY : 5+ dead
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 IMAGERY AT  WWW.IASA.COM.AU/090407.HTM: Could be as many
as eight dead

DATE/SITE : 03 Apr 1418L Oklahoma City
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: 737-300 of United
CIRCUMSTANCES : Diverted in to Will Rogers Airport with an hydraulic failure &
nose-gear problem
DEATH & INJURY : nil/112 onboard
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 IMAGERY AT  WWW.IASA.COM.AU/090407.HTM: Flight 769 from
Chicago O'Hare to San Antonio Texas

DATE/SITE : 03 Apr Atlanta Georgia
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: CRJ of Delta Connection
CIRCUMSTANCES : Returned for a reported emergency landing after suffering gear
problems after takeoff for Gainesville Florida
DEATH & INJURY : nil
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 IMAGERY AT  WWW.IASA.COM.AU/090407.HTM: Delta Connection
Flight 4526