Accidents and Incidents

Air Safety Week, May 10, 2004

DATE/SITE: 19 Dec. 03 Dumfries, Scotland

AIRCRAFT & REGN: C130 of RAF

CIRCUMSTANCES: UK Defense Ministry revealed that a 2.3nm no-fly zone around a highly vulnerable & sensitive nuclear plant had been infringed by the C130 a/c. DEATH & INJURY: Nil

PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at www.iasa.com.au/100504.htm: Overflight at 100ft AGL. Chapel Cross nuclear plant is an old 1950's design with nil secondary containment and weapons payload production facilities.

DATE/SITE: 09 April 1110Z

AIRCRAFT & REGN: 737-201 of CanJet C-FVCJ

CIRCUMSTANCES: Flt CJA125 shut down with NLG failure r/way 15 - taxiing for departure.

DEATH & INJURY: Nil

PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at www.iasa.com.au/100504.htm: NLG wheel rim failed on inboard side and half bead seat area had detached.

DATE/SITE: 15 April 0340L Seville, Spain

AIRCRAFT & REGN: 737-4YO of Air Europa

CIRCUMSTANCES: Bird-Strikes on take-off led to an uncontained engine failure for EC-IRA.

DEATH & INJURY: Nil

PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at www.iasa.com.au/100504.htm: Seville - Barcelona flight.

DATE/SITE: 18 April 1531 EDT Dominican Republic

AIRCRAFT & REGN: Learjet55 of Bombardier Capital CIRCUMSTANCES: N355UJ was substantially damaged after a hard landing/aborted take-off from La Romana A/P.

DEATH & INJURY: Nil / 6 o/b

PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at www.iasa.com.au/100504.htm: La Romana for Wilmington North Carolina. (a/c serial number 33).

DATE/SITE: 22 April daytime Winnipeg, Canada

AIRCRAFT & REGN: Cessna 421C of Skyward Aviation CIRCUMSTANCES: PAG111 advised C-FGMO (flight SGK111) that right main gear was leaking.

DEATH & INJURY: Nil / 3 o/b

PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at www.iasa.com.au/100504.htm: Follow-up advice was to evacuate as right gear was well ablaze (minor damage).

DATE/SITE: 28 April am hrs Johannesburg, SA

AIRCRAFT & REGN: Gulftream2 of DRC President

CIRCUMSTANCES: N58JF crew accepted an under-inflated MLG tire & it blew on t/off.

DEATH & INJURY: Nil

PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at www.iasa.com.au/100504.htm: Damaged flaps, engine cowlings & prestige for the Congolese president.

DATE/SITE: 28 April daytime Winnipeg, Canada

AIRCRAFT & REGN: MD-80 of JetsGo Flt: JGO149

CIRCUMSTANCES: Diverted 200nm to Winnipeg after pilot secured the right engine (oil filter blocked light).

DEATH & INJURY: Nil / 156 o/b

PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at www.iasa.com.au/100504.htm: Toronto-Edmonton Flight landed Winnipeg 1640Z.

DATE/SITE: 29 April1845L Gaziantep A/P Turkey

AIRCRAFT & REGN: 737-8F2 of Turkish Airlines

CIRCUMSTANCES: Flt ex Istanbul overran by 60m on landing in heavy rain. DEATH & INJURY: Nil

PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at www.iasa.com.au/100504.htm: TC-JGD's nose LG and nose area received structural damage.

DATE/SITE: 30 April 1905L Maysville, Ky.

AIRCRAFT & REGN: MV22 Osprey of USMC

CIRCUMSTANCES: Tilt rotor made an emergency precautionary landing at small airfield.

DEATH & INJURY: Nil

PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at www.iasa.com.au/100504.htm: Operating on trials out of New River Air Station, N.C.

DATE/SITE: 30 April Manchester, UK

AIRCRAFT & REGN: Dash 8 of BA

CIRCUMSTANCES: Landing a/c reported an engine problem, pulled off 06R & evacuated.

DEATH & INJURY: Nil

PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at www.iasa.com.au/100504.htm: No further details.

DATE/SITE: April Wellington, NZ

AIRCRAFT & REGN: 737 of QANTAS

CIRCUMSTANCES: Melbourne passenger found a 4cm whistling tree frog on her inflight salad.

DEATH & INJURY: 1 frog fatal?

PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at www.iasa.com.au/100504.htm: Terrorist frog killed by Kiwi quarantine SWAT team on arrival.

DATE/SITE: 01 May pm hrs Dutch Border area

AIRCRAFT & REGN: 737 of unident

CIRCUMSTANCES: 2 F16's from Leeuwarden Airbase intercepted a bogey at Eurocontrol request and escorted it to their border. DEATH & INJURY: Nil

PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at www.iasa.com.au/100504.htm: 737 southbound at FL250. Dutch Defense Ministry would not identify the company concerned.

DATE/SITE: 02 May 1600CDT Juarez, Mexico

AIRCRAFT & REGN: Turbo Commander 840 Regn: XC-JEH CIRCUMSTANCES: After 2 hrs, Chihuahua Mountains drug trafficking surveillance flight crashed on flight Juarez - Mexico City.

DEATH & INJURY: 7 fatal / 7 o/b

PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at www.iasa.com.au/100504.htm: Pax were five federal anti-narcotics agents. Loss of control in adverse weather conditions suspected.

DATE/SITE: 02 May 2021Z Philadelphia, Pa.

AIRCRAFT & REGN: CRJ-200 of Mesa Flt: Mesa2657

CIRCUMSTANCES: Flt 2657 was struck and damaged by a fuel truck while parked gate 5.

DEATH & INJURY: Nil

PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at www.iasa.com.au/100504.htm: Flight cancelled.

DATE/SITE: 02 May 2142Z Montreal Quebec

AIRCRAFT & REGN: A310-200 of Air Transat

CIRCUMSTANCES: TSC766 returned to Montreal after 20 minutes with hydraulic failure.

DEATH & INJURY: Nil

PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at www.iasa.com.au/100504.htm: No further details.

DATE/SITE: 03 May Munich, Germany