2002 Airliner Accidents and Major Incidents

Air Safety Week, Jan 6, 2003

Date: 24-Dec
Aircraft: North Flying Metro III
Deaths & Injuries: Nil
Circumstances: Suspected bird strike and engine failure caused abort overrun
and fire at Aberdeen (Scotland).

Date: 23-Dec
Aircraft: Aeromist AN-140
Deaths & Injuries: 48f/48
Circumstances: Struck mountainside on descent Isfahan Iran in bad weather
(date of manufacture 30 Nov 02).

Date: 21-Dec
Aircraft: Transasia ATR-72
Deaths & Injuries: 2f/2
Circumstances: Crashed shortly after reaching top of climb in bad icing
(suspect icing induced control loss).

Date: 12-Dec
Aircraft: FlyBe Bae146
Deaths & Injuries: 4 inj/?
Circumstances: During descent to Belfast injuries caused by severe unexpected
control movements (nil turb).

Date: 7-Dec
Aircraft: Changan Dash-8Q
Deaths & Injuries: Nil
Circumstances: Taxied by mechanic in ice/snow, hit terminal building at Xian-
Xianyang Intl A/P and caught fire.

Date: 28-Nov
Aircraft: Eagle Let 410
Deaths & Injuries: If/20
Circumstances: Crashed during attempted forced landing following eng fail
(2nd Eagle loss of Let 410 in 6 months).

Date: 28-Nov
Aircraft: Arkia 757-300
Deaths & Injuries: Nil
Circumstances: A/C was targeted by two SA-7 shoulder-fired missiles on
lift-off from Mombasa (both missed).

Date: 27-Nov
Aircraft: BA Concorde
Deaths & Injuries: Nil
Circumstances: A/C lost lower portion of rudder in-flight (5th rudder
part-loss for Concorde).

Date: 23-Nov
Aircraft: Air France  737-500
Deaths & Injuries: Nil
Circumstances: Swiss SAAB 2000 taking off narrowly missed 737 crossing active
runway (28) at Zurich.

Date: 21-Nov
Aircraft: AA 777-200
Deaths & Injuries: Nil
Circumstances: Take-off aborted as trucks ahead started crossing the runway
(Dallas DFW).

Date: 11-Nov
Aircraft: Laoag Intl F-27
Deaths & Injuries: 18f/34
Circumstances: Fuel supply loss on take-off led to a Manila bay ditching
(airline grounded for illegalities).

Date: 9-Nov
Aircraft: Tyumen AN-26
Deaths & Injuries: Nil
Circumstances: Hit power lines and crashed 500m short of threshold at
Antalya, Turkey.

Date: 7-Nov
Aircraft: Silkway AN-12
Deaths & Injuries: Nil
Circumstances: Overran at N'Djamena (Chad) - damaged beyond repair.

Date: 6-Nov
Aircraft: Luxair F-50
Deaths & Injuries: 20f/22
Circumstances: Suddenly lost height, crashed, caught fire 6km short of Findel
A/P (suspected inflight ground-idle).

Date: 4-Nov
Aircraft: Air France Concorde
Deaths & Injuries: Nil
Circumstances: Engine shut down at 60,000ft but continued to Paris (CDG) on
three remaining.

Date: 2-Nov
Aircraft: EuroCeltic F-27-500
Deaths & Injuries: Nil
Circumstances: Overran into sea landing at Sligo (Ireland) in bad weather.

Date: 25-Oct
Aircraft: KingAir 100
Deaths & Injuries: 8 f/8
Circumstances: Sen. Wellstone family and aides killed. Freezing rain and
snow in area.

Date: 25-Oct
Aircraft: Atlantic Coast CL-600
Deaths & Injuries: Nil
Circumstances: Chicago. Collided with crew bus on tarmac.

Date: 21-Oct
Aircraft: Kyrgyzstan Yak-40
Deaths & Injuries: Nil
Circumstances: Ran into ditch on take-off at Osh A/P.

Date: 15-Oct
Aircraft: Mesaba RJ-8rA
Deaths & Injuries: Nil
Circumstances: Being taxied by a mechanic, crashed into airbridge/caught
fire.

Date: 9-Oct
Aircraft: NWA 747-400
Deaths & Injuries: Nil
Circumstances: Safe diversionary landing at Anchorage after experiencing
extreme uncommanded rudder deflections.

Date: 7-Oct
Aircraft: Lufthansa 747-400
Deaths & Injuries: Nil
Circumstances: Missed Mexicana A320 by 100ft vertically during TCAS response
approaching Mexico City.

Date: 26-Sep
Aircraft: Aerocontinente 737-200
Deaths & Injuries: Nil
Circumstances: Chiclayo Peru - main landing gear collapsed on landing.

Date: 14-Sep
Aircraft: Total Linhas Aereas ATR42
Deaths & Injuries: 2f/2
Circumstances: Freighter crashed in field 20 minutes after take-off in bad
weather from Parapanema, Brazil.

Date: 4-Sep
Aircraft: Asian Spirit Dash 7
Deaths & Injuries: Nil
Circumstances: After a gear extension failure, a belly landing r/way 24
Manila left a/c damaged beyond repair.

Date: 2-Sep
Aircraft: Ex Ansett Bae146-100
Deaths & Injuries: Nil
Circumstances: 5 uninsured parked a/c awaiting sale damaged severely by blow-
together in storm - Melbourne Vic.

Date: 30-Aug
Aircraft: TAM Fokker 100
Deaths & Injuries: Nil/35
Circumstances: Lost all fuel /forced landing. 6th hull loss for TAM -
destroyed by impact (1.5 hrs earlier another TAM F-100 made an
intentional gear-up landing at Sao Paolo (Viracopos A/P).

Date: 30-Aug
Aircraft: Rico Linhas EMB120
Deaths & Injuries: 23f/31
Circumstances: Crashed 1.5km short on approach in poor visibility at
Rio Branco, Brazil.

Date: 29-Aug
Aircraft: Vostok AN-28
Deaths & Injuries: 16f/16
Circumstances: Crashed into Okhotsk Sea during night appch to Ayan (Russia).

Date: 22-Aug
Aircraft: Shangri-La DHC-6-300
Deaths & Injuries: 18f/18
Circumstances: Tourist flight hit 4600ft mount on appch to Pokhara Nepal in
bad weather.

Date: 2-Aug
Aircraft: Yemenia 727-200
Deaths & Injuries: Nil
Circumstances: Asmara (Eritrea) destroyed in hard landing gear collapse.

Date: 28-Jul
Aircraft: Pulkovo IL-86
Deaths & Injuries: 14f/16
Circumstances: Crashed soon after t/off Moscow in fine weather
(Sheremetyevo) on ferry flight.

Date: 27-Jul
Aircraft: Lviv IL76MD on grnd
Deaths & Injuries: Nil
Circumstances: Poorly judged maneuver by SU-27 aerobatics pilot led to
ejection of two/deaths of  ~ 100 spectators.

Date: 26-Jul
Aircraft: FEDEX 727-200F
Deaths & Injuries: 2 inj
Circumstances: Pre-dawn approach - aircraft impacted 0.5 miles short of the
landing runway -destroyed by fire.

Date: 26-Jul
Aircraft: Tretyakovo IL-62
Deaths & Injuries: 2inj/9
Circumstances: Pre-dawn appch Bishkek- hit airport boundary fence -
destroyed by fire.

Date: 19-Jul
Aircraft: Fire Svc PB4Y-2
Deaths & Injuries: 2f/2
Circumstances: Wing separation observed as aircraft approached drop point at
Big Elk (Co) (undetected fatigue).

Date: 15-Jul
Aircraft: BA Concorde
Deaths & Injuries: Nil
Circumstances: Returned to Heathrow after engine power surge at 58,000ft.

Date: 10-Jul
Aircraft: Swiss SAAB 2000
Deaths & Injuries: Nil
Circumstances: Landed on abandoned airfield after weather divert. Severely
damaged by runway obstructions.

Date: 4-Jul
Aircraft: New Gomair 707
Deaths & Injuries: 23f/25
Circumstances: Crashed 4m final in residential area next to Bangui airport
(C.A.R.) due to fuel starvation.

Date: 1-Jul
Aircraft: Bashkirian Tu154
Deaths & Injuries: 73f/73
Circumstances: High-level collision with DHL 757F (ATC fiasco caused TCAS
Alert/improper TU-154 response).

Date: 26-Jun
Aircraft: All Nippon 767-200
Deaths & Injuries: 2inj/5
Circumstances: Tailstrike on touch and go followed by control loss/runway
side departure.

Date: 17-Jun
Aircraft: Fire Svc L-182
Deaths & Injuries: 3f/3
Circumstances: C-130A wings separated at low-level due to undetected fatigue
cracking.

Date: 11-Jun
Aircraft: Sudan Awys F-27
Deaths & Injuries: Nil
Circumstances: Khartoum touch and go aborted, a/c left r/way, impacting
the 18 Glideslope antenna (total loss).

Date: 1-Jun
Aircraft: Airquarius BAe748
Deaths & Injuries: 3f/3
Circumstances: SA cricket Capt Hanse Kronje died  (a/c hit high terrain
following a missed approach at George).

Date: 26-May
Aircraft: Monarch 757-200
Deaths & Injuries: Nil
Circumstances: Nose-gear touchdown Gibraltar led to early suggestion of
uneconomic repair (high-cycle a/c).

Date: 26-May
Aircraft: Trigana Twin Otter
Deaths & Injuries: 6f/6
Circumstances: Crashed into Jungle Mountain at 7800ft enroute
Nabire-Enarotali West Papua.

Date: 25-May
Aircraft: China Air 747-200
Deaths & Injuries: 273f
Circumstances: Inflight breakup at Top of Climb ex Taipei (China
Air's 10th jet hull loss) 37th B747 hull loss.

Date: 21-May
Aircraft: Sky Exec LET410
Deaths & Injuries: 5f/5
Circumstances: Crashed in swamp during test flight out of  Port
Harcourt to Calabar Nigeria.

Date: 7-May
Aircraft: China Northern MD82
Deaths & Injuries: 112f/112
Circumstances: Crashed into sea on descent for approach - after
reporting a cabin fire.

Date: 7-May
Aircraft: Egyptair 737-500
Deaths & Injuries: 14f/60
Circumstances: Crashed on hill 6 miles short on appch to Carthage
Intl (Tunis) in a sandstorm.

Date: 4-May
Aircraft: EAS BAC-111
Deaths & Injuries: 75f/77
Circumstances: Crashed in residential area of Kano after take-off killing
many others on the ground.

Date: 26-Apr
Aircraft: Hewa Bora 707-336C
Deaths & Injuries: Nil
Circumstances: Damaged beyond repair after runway departure on landing
Kinshasa (DRC).

Date: 21-Apr
Aircraft: Enimex AN-72
Deaths & Injuries: Nil
Circumstances: Wamena (PNG) dest by fire due gear collapse after hard
landing.

Date: 19-Apr
Aircraft: Selva AN-32
Deaths & Injuries: 8-Mar
Circumstances: Crashed after engine failure following departure Popayan
Colombia.

Date: 17-Apr
Aircraft: United Airlines LET-410
Deaths & Injuries: Nil
Circumstances: 5Y-UAS stalled on take-off, crashed and was destroyed
(Masai Mara Kenya).

Date: 15-Apr
Aircraft: Air China 767-200
Deaths & Injuries: 128f/166
Circumstances: Crashed into hill while on circling approach in heavy rain to
runway 18R Pusan S. Korea.

Date: 12-Apr
Aircraft: Tadair Metro III
Deaths & Injuries: 2f/2
Circumstances: Crashed on approach 24L Palma de Mallorca in early morning
darkness in good weather.

Date: 28-Mar
Aircraft: Boeing 307
Deaths & Injuries: Nil
Circumstances: Newly refurbished 62 year old museum piece ran out of fuel and
was ditched in Elliot Bay Seattle, Wash.

Date: 27-Mar
Aircraft: 727   2xBAC-111
Deaths & Injuries: Nil
Circumstances: Damaged beyond repair in severe storm at Abuja (Nigeria).

Date: 18-Mar
Aircraft: VARIG LOG 727
Deaths & Injuries: Nil
Circumstances: Damaged beyond repair in landing accident (runway departure)
at Belo Horizonte Brazil.

Date: 17-Mar
Aircraft: Djibouti Air  Let410
Deaths & Injuries: 4f/4
Circumstances: Crashed into sea on approach to Djibouti Airport

Date: 15-Mar
Aircraft: BA Concorde
Deaths & Injuries: Nil
Circumstances: Take-off roll abandoned at moderate speed ( at Heathrow) due
to engine surge.

Date: 8-Mar
Aircraft: Indian Airlines A300B2
Deaths & Injuries: Nil
Circumstances: VT-EFW damaged beyond repair after control lost while towing
ex hangar.

Date: 3-Mar
Aircraft: Nippon Cargo 747-200
Deaths & Injuries: Nil
Circumstances: 1440 hrs -Attempted take-off on taxiway but halted and
corrected by Anchorage ATC.

Date: 3-Mar
Aircraft: L-1011 of Air Europe
Deaths & Injuries: Nil
Circumstances: Captain put it to passenger vote (whether to continue) after
engine problems were claimed resolved. Pax voted almost unanimously to
return to Milan (versus continuing to Havana).

Date: 17-Feb
Aircraft: EWA CL44
Deaths & Injuries: 2inj/24
Circumstances: Written off in off-field forced landing Mbuji (DRC) after one
of 4 engines failed after t/off.

Date: 15-Feb
Aircraft: Chartere AN-12
Deaths & Injuries: 1f/8
Circumstances: Charter a/c crashed on approach Monrovia (Liberia) after
distress call.

Date: 12-Feb
Aircraft: IranAir Tu-154m
Deaths & Injuries: 117f/117
Circumstances: Lost contact ATC, later hit ridge on appch Khorramabad
(onboard fire?) 50th hull loss of TU154.

Date: 7-Feb
Aircraft: China Air 747-400
Deaths & Injuries: Nil
Circumstances: During recovery opn after n/wheel collapse, airbag lift
caused a fall onto tail (stabilizer damage and fuel-tank rupture).
A/c repairability status undetermined.

Date: 6-Feb
Aircraft: Volare AN-12
Deaths & Injuries: 8f/8
Circumstances: Crashed into mountains at 9900ft after take-off from Agadir,
Morocco.

Date: 30-Jan
Aircraft: Military AN-12
Deaths & Injuries: 30f/65
Circumstances: Reported engine trouble and shortly after crashed near Luena,
Angola.

Date: 28-Jan
Aircraft: TAME 727-132
Deaths & Injuries: 92f/92
Circumstances: Crashed 100ft from summit of nearby 1832 ft peak after
go-round in bad weather caused by traffic.

Date: 25-Jan
Aircraft: China Air A340-300
Deaths & Injuries: Nil/254
Circumstances: Took off on Anchorage  taxiway > 90 deg off assigned
runway and hit departure end snow berm.

Date: 21-Jan
Aircraft: FH227e of PetroD
Deaths & Injuries: 27f/27
Circumstances: Crashed on approach to Texaco drill site strip Sucumbios,
Columbia.

Date: 16-Jan
Aircraft: Lion Air 737-200
Deaths & Injuries: Nil
Circumstances: PK-LIA destroyed in high-speed aborted t/off (re-land)
Pekanbaru, Indonesia.

Date: 16-Jan
Aircraft: Garuda 737-300
Deaths & Injuries: 1f/60
Circumstances: Double flameout in heavy precipitation during descent to
23,000ft. Pilot landed in river near Solo Java. Garuda 30th  hull loss.

Date: 15-Jan
Aircraft: PGR DHC-6
Deaths & Injuries: 4f/22
Circumstances: Crashed on landing and caught fire Chilpancigo A/P Mexico.

Date: 14-Jan
Aircraft: Emb120RT
Deaths & Injuries: 3f/3
Circumstances: Cargo flt crashed into mountain in dense cloud 35m S of
Bilbao, Spain.

Date: 10-Jan
Aircraft: 727-100 x 2
Deaths & Injuries: Nil
Circumstances: A/C destroyed at Kabul A/P by US a/c attack.

Source: IASA

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