Accidents and Incidents

Air Safety Week, Dec 12, 2005

DATE/SITE: 20 Oct. 0846L Sydney, Australia
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: 777-2B5ER of KAL, HL7530
CIRCUMSTANCES: 777 on t/off 34L passed <400ft over a tug towing a 747-400F
across r/way
DEATH & INJURY: Nil
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at www.iasa.com.au/121205.htm: Crossed at Alpha-1,
777 had rotated abeam Alpha-4, airborne by Bravo-8

DATE/SITE: 22 Oct. 1926L Heathrow, UK
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: A319-131 of BA, Reg: G-EUOB
CIRCUMSTANCES: Lost all displays and lighting 8 mins after departure. Eventually
reset in the hold & continued on to Budapest
DEATH & INJURY: Nil
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at www.iasa.com.au/121205.htm: Lost all PFDs, NDs,
upper ECAM, autopilot, autothrust, intercom and lighting. Held for 40 mins
recovering.

DATE/SITE: 06 Nov. 0745L Heathrow, UK
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: 767-200 of US Airways N653US
CIRCUMSTANCES: Flt US098 cited by ATC for failing to lower gear on late finals
to Heathrow
DEATH & INJURY: Nil
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at www.iasa.com.au/121205.htm: Go-round ordered
but crew extended gear & cleared to land. UK investigating

DATE/SITE: 15 Nov. Guam, Micronesia
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: 767-338ER of Qantas
CIRCUMSTANCES: Dispatched with LH Gen inop, crew noted APU oil qty decreasing &
divtd
DEATH & INJURY: Nil
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at www.iasa.com.au/121205.htm: After landing, oil
quantity was found to be zero. APU = 2nd elec power source

DATE/SITE: 16 Nov. Mildura, Victoria
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: C441 Conquest
CIRCUMSTANCES: Nose locker door and bags departed the a/c en route from Adelaide
S.A.
DEATH & INJURY: Nil
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at www.iasa.com.au/121205.htm: All without hitting
the prop, too. Years of overstressing the hinge castings...

DATE/SITE: 17 Nov. Bogota, Colombia
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: MI-8 of Colombia Military Forces
CIRCUMSTANCES: Crashed in the southern province of Amazonas - cause unknown
DEATH & INJURY: 3 fatal & 14 inj / 25
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at www.iasa.com.au/121205.htm: While conducting
counter-insurgency ops near a southern military base

DATE/SITE: 17 Nov. 2156Z JFK Intl., N.Y.
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: 737 of Continental
CIRCUMSTANCES: Flt COA730 struck a gateway with the left wingtip on pushback
DEATH & INJURY: Nil
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at www.iasa.com.au/121205.htm: Minor damage
requiring some metal-bashing

DATE/SITE: 17 Nov. 1710Z Atlanta, Ga.
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: KingAir 100 Reg: N86TR
CIRCUMSTANCES: Landed gear up at Fulton County Airport, Atlanta, Ga.
DEATH & INJURY: Nil / 3
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at www.iasa.com.au/121205.htm: Minor damage.
Assumed inadvertent

DATE/SITE: 18 Nov. Sydney, Australia
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: 767-336 of Qantas
CIRCUMSTANCES: F/O's airspeed fluctuated in t/off roll &, in climb, EICAS msgs
appeared for rudder ratio & aileron lockout
DEATH & INJURY: Nil
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at www.iasa.com.au/121205.htm: Dense clouds of
flying moths had contaminated the pitot system during taxi/takeoff. Self-cleared
thru FL280

DATE/SITE: 18 Nov. ~1250L West Belize
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: Islander of Blancaneux Lodge
CIRCUMSTANCES: Deptd Belize City but never arrived at Blancaneaux Resort that
day
DEATH & INJURY: 3 dead
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at www.iasa.com.au/121205.htm: V3-HCT crashed 5kms
N of Privacion airstrip and was found 24 hrs later.

DATE/SITE: 19 Nov. ~2100L Lanzarote, Spain
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: 757 of Thomas Cook
CIRCUMSTANCES: Pilot elected to land after a cabin fire departing Fuertaventura
(Canaries)
DEATH & INJURY: Nil / 200 pax
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at www.iasa.com.au/121205.htm: Sparks were seen
flying out of cabin reading lights (which were shut off)

DATE/SITE: 19 Nov. Brisbane, Qld
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: A330 of Cathay Pacific, Flt 564
CIRCUMSTANCES: 34yo drunken French tourist tried to open a pax door mid-flight
for a ciggy
DEATH & INJURY: Nil
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at www.iasa.com.au/121205.htm: With cigarette and
lighter in hand she was having trouble getting a door open

DATE/SITE: 20 Nov. Heathrow
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: 757-200 of BA Shuttle 8V
CIRCUMSTANCES: Emergency landing Heathrow due to cabin and cockpit filled by
oily smoke
DEATH & INJURY: Nil
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at www.iasa.com.au/121205.htm: G-CPEK or G-CPER?
Seal deterioration.

DATE/SITE: 20 Nov. evening Voronezh, Russia
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: Cessna C208B Reg: P4-OIN
CIRCUMSTANCES: Disappeared off radar screen 10 mins before landing Moscow in
heavy snow
DEATH & INJURY: 8 dead
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at www.iasa.com.au/121205.htm: Ex N1283Y. Went
down near village of Staroye, 10kms NE of Stupino

DATE/SITE: 20 Nov. ~1700L Gatwick, UK
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: 737-800 of Ryanair FR117
CIRCUMSTANCES: Flight was cancelled after a baggage truck rammed the aircraft at
the gate
DEATH & INJURY: Nil
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at www.iasa.com.au/121205.htm: Pax offered refunds
or alternate routing to Dublin

DATE/SITE: 21 Nov. ~1100L Ratanakiri, Cmbdia
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: Yunshuji Y7-1000 of PMTAir
CIRCUMSTANCES: Y7 departed the runway side on landing and sheared an u/carriage
leg
DEATH & INJURY: Nil / 59 pax +6 o/b
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at www.iasa.com.au/121205.htm: Substantial damage.
XU-072 leased from Royal Phnom Penh Airways

DATE/SITE: 22 Nov. Amsterdam, Neth.
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: 767 of US Airways N656US
CIRCUMSTANCES: Deptd r/way 24 and immed landed 27 Schiphol after a series of
loud surges
DEATH & INJURY: Nil
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at www.iasa.com.au/121205.htm: ...complete with
lengthy flames from #1. Was enrt to Philadelphia, Pa.

DATE/SITE: 22 Nov. 1211L Hillsboro, Ore.
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: Gulfstream GV Reg: N225GV
CIRCUMSTANCES: 6hr drama ended with stuck-up gear-leg extending & jet landing
safely
DEATH & INJURY: Nil / 4 pax +3
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at www.iasa.com.au/121205.htm: Rt MLG had become
quarter extended & jammed & the N2 backup sys failed

DATE/SITE: 23 Nov. 0059Z Altoona, Pa.
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: C208 Caravan Reg: N981FE
CIRCUMSTANCES: A/c veered off the side of the taxiway and became stuck in the
mud
DEATH & INJURY: Nil
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at www.iasa.com.au/121205.htm: Minor damage

DATE/SITE: 23 Nov. Nashville, Tenn.
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: 737-300 of US Airways
CIRCUMSTANCES: Flt 53 ex Charlotte, N.C., diverted Nashville due to losing cabin
pressure
DEATH & INJURY: Nil
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at www.iasa.com.au/121205.htm: Had been en route
to Kansas City Intl.

DATE/SITE: 23 Nov. 1950Z Telluride, Colo.
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: Beech 1900D of Great Lakes Air
CIRCUMSTANCES: N253GL was struck on the LH stabalon by a tug while parked
DEATH & INJURY: Nil / 19 pax
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at www.iasa.com.au/121205.htm: Minor damage

DATE/SITE: 24 Nov. Trondheim, Norway
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: DHC-8 of Wideroe Airlines
CIRCUMSTANCES: Pax fell asleep and later awoke to find himself back at his
starting point
DEATH & INJURY: +1 / 33 onboard
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at www.iasa.com.au/121205.htm: Namsos via Roervik
flight ret'd to Trondheim with 21 y.o. dozing man

DATE/SITE: 24 Nov. East Midlands, UK
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: A319-111 of EasyJet + A320 of Thomas Cook
CIRCUMSTANCES: G-EZEU (A319) taxied into A320 G-BXKC, leaving its winglet
embedded in the nav light area of its wingtip
DEATH & INJURY: Nil
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at www.iasa.com.au/121205.htm: Parking ramp
congestion will do it every time (make people try too hard when they should be
saying "enough")

DATE/SITE: 25 Nov. Afyon, W.Turkey
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: A321 (of German registration)
CIRCUMSTANCES: A/c departing Egypt for Istanbul caused panic with non-
communication & fighter intercept attempt was made
DEATH & INJURY: Nil
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at www.iasa.com.au/121205.htm: Entered airspace at
Antalya at 1720 overflew & departed into Bulgarian FIR without being intercepted
at all.

DATE/SITE: 26 Nov. Sydney, Australia
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: 737-8FE of Virgin Blue
CIRCUMSTANCES: Ingested a Masked Lapwing into #2 engine on t/off and ret'd with
vibns
DEATH & INJURY: Nil
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at www.iasa.com.au/121205.htm: Extensive damage to
fan blades

DATE/SITE: 27 Nov. 1756L Georgetown, C.I.
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: 737 of Cayman Airways, Flt 106
CIRCUMSTANCES: Landed safely at Owen Roberts Airport with a gear unsafe warning
DEATH & INJURY: Nil / 86 o/b
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at www.iasa.com.au/121205.htm: Cayman Islands
outbound for Miami returned and landed runway 08

DATE/SITE: 28 Nov. LAX, Calif.
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: MD83 of AA Flt. 612
CIRCUMSTANCES: Pilot reported a smoke trail pass by his cockpit in the after
t/off climbout
DEATH & INJURY: Nil
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at www.iasa.com.au/121205.htm: Enrt to Chicago.
Manpads missile or bottle-rocket?

DATE/SITE: 30 Nov. 1815L Liberec, Bohemia
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: Citation 525 of Czech registration
CIRCUMSTANCES: Comms fail bizjet was intercepted at 22,000ft and escorted into
Prague
DEATH & INJURY: Nil
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at www.iasa.com.au/121205.htm: By JAS Gripen ftrs.
C525 was Warsaw Poland for Prague Czechoslovakia

DATE/SITE: 30 Nov. ~0815L Sinabang-Lasikin
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: CASA 212-A4 of Raya Air Charter
CIRCUMSTANCES: Overran r/way 25 Lasikin A/P by 60+m and came to rest in a swamp
DEATH & INJURY: Nil / 15 o/b
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at www.iasa.com.au/121205.htm: PK-ZAI had deptd
Medan Polonia for Sinabang Indonesia. Heavily damaged

DATE/SITE: 01 Dec. ~1900L Tobago
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: 777 of BA
CIRCUMSTANCES: A/c grounded at Crown Point A/P when an APU fire broke out pre-
taxi
DEATH & INJURY: Nil / 111 pax +14
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at www.iasa.com.au/121205.htm: Fire-bottle put it
out but pax were off back to their hotels

DATE/SITE: 01 Dec. ~1700L Kagoshima, Japan
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: 767-300 of Skymark Airlines
CIRCUMSTANCES: Climbing thru 5400ft, an uncontained #2 eng failure spat out
turbine blades
DEATH & INJURY: Nil / 90 o/b
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at www.iasa.com.au/121205.htm: Flt 306 to Tokyo
Haneda A/P. 20cm x 60cm hole found in engine

DATE/SITE: 01 Dec. 1706L Cape Cod, Mass.
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: Beech Baron B55 Reg: N64PW
CIRCUMSTANCES: Beech Baron disappeared into water of Nantucket Sound at 1.5nms
finals
DEATH & INJURY: 1 fatal
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at www.iasa.com.au/121205.htm: Last radar paint at
200ft. Philanthropist Billionaire George Baker III dead

DATE/SITE: 02 Dec. Seattle Tacoma, Wash.
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: 757-300 of NWA Flt. 89
CIRCUMSTANCES: Emerg slide deployed suddenly as the aircraft sat at a gate, in
3rd of series of ground incidents in preceding 3 days
DEATH & INJURY: Nil
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at www.iasa.com.au/121205.htm: Accidents aplenty:
Thurs. a hole was punched in a Hawaiian Airlines jet. Tues. a fuel truck hit
America West jet

DATE/SITE: 02 Dec. 1345L Condobolin NSW
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: PA31-350 Reg: VH-PYN
CIRCUMSTANCES: A/c crashed 12 nms Northwest of Condobolin - broke up in spiral
dive
DEATH & INJURY: 4 fatal / 4
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at www.iasa.com.au/121205.htm: Top cattle baron
Peter Menegazzo dead. A/c control lost in thunderstorm

DATE/SITE: 02 Dec. ~0400L Atlanta, Ga.
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: 767-300 of Delta Flt. 228
CIRCUMSTANCES: Flight 228 hit severe turbulence enrt over Albuquerque New
Mexico.
DEATH & INJURY: 4 inj
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at www.iasa.com.au/121205.htm: San Diego to
Atlanta flt was met by medics upon arrival (1 x pax, 3 crew)

DATE/SITE: 02 Dec. (evening) Evros E. Greece
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: A321 of Turkish Airlines
CIRCUMSTANCES: TK1528 hit severe turbulence over Thrace during approach to
Istanbul
DEATH & INJURY: 13 hosp / 118 o/b
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at www.iasa.com.au/121205.htm: Flt originated
Dusseldorf Germany. 4 crew & 9 pax hospitalized (inc a baby)

DATE/SITE: 02 Dec. 2230L Brisbane, Qld
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: 737-800 of Virgin Blue
CIRCUMSTANCES: Pilot made an emerg descent to 10Kft when a windscreen cracked at
FL340
DEATH & INJURY: 11inj
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at www.iasa.com.au/121205.htm: VH-VBC pax reported
suffering from nose-bleeds, ear-aches, nausea etc

DATE/SITE: 02 Dec. am hrs Shannon, Ireland
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: C17 of USAF
CIRCUMSTANCES: Divtd enrt into Shannon due to hydraulic and brake problems
DEATH & INJURY: Nil
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at www.iasa.com.au/121205.htm: Carrying 58 helium
gas cylinders (for military radar balloons) to Iraq

DATE/SITE: 02 Dec. 1330L Kansas City Intl.
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: A320-200 of America West
CIRCUMSTANCES: Emerg landing after note found in plane's toilet read "Taliban is
here"
DEATH & INJURY: Nil
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at www.iasa.com.au/121205.htm: FAA considering
toilet exit doorhandle actuated time-recording cameras?

DATE/SITE: 03 Dec. ~1200L Newark, N.J.
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: EMB135 of Continental
CIRCUMSTANCES: Bomb threat found scrawled in bathroom of flt 2499 at Terminal C
DEATH & INJURY: Nil
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at www.iasa.com.au/121205.htm: Towed away for a 2
hr search and pax deptd on a different a/c at 1515L

DATE/SITE: 03 Dec. ~2200L Long Beach, Calif.
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: A320 of JetBlue Flt. 216
CIRCUMSTANCES: Gear door warning light after t/off caused crew to circle for
over 2 hrs
DEATH & INJURY: Nil / 146 pax +6
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at www.iasa.com.au/121205.htm: New York-bound flt
landed back for a micro-switch check and some more gas

DATE/SITE: 04 Dec. 1110L Cochin Intl., India
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: A310 of Air India Flt. AI962
CIRCUMSTANCES: A/c made an emerg landing with an unspecified n/wheel or NWS
problem
DEATH & INJURY: Nil
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at www.iasa.com.au/121205.htm: Kozhikode to Kochi
flt arrived with no further damage

DATE/SITE: 04 Dec. 0910L Trivandrum, India
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: A310 of Air India Flt. AI981
CIRCUMSTANCES: After 20 mins outbound, a/c returned with smoke and panic in the
cabin
DEATH & INJURY: 6inj / 129 o/b
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at www.iasa.com.au/121205.htm: Dubai-bound. A/c
later had to be removed from runway with a crane

DATE/SITE: 04 Dec. Stansted A/P, UK
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: 737-800 of Ryanair
CIRCUMSTANCES: Ramp agent towing the rear steps on stand 62L rammed the RH wing
T.E.
DEATH & INJURY: Nil
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at www.iasa.com.au/121205.htm: Handling agent
Swissport. Significant trailing edge wing damage.

DATE/SITE: 04 Dec. Keflavik, Iceland
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: A330 of Air Canada
CIRCUMSTANCES: A/c divtd, made a single-engined landing & required an engine
change
DEATH & INJURY: Nil / 281 pax
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at www.iasa.com.au/121205.htm: Frankfurt Germany
to Toronto Canada. An124 conveyed sick eng to Prestwick

DATE/SITE: 05 Dec. Segovia, Spain
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: Cessna 525 of MSR Flug Chtr Reg: D-ISSW
CIRCUMSTANCES: Chartered aircraft impounded by  police with 106kg of cocaine on
board upon its arrival from Guinea
DEATH & INJURY:
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at www.iasa.com.au/121205.htm: 10 arrests in
Madrid of German & Brazilian citizens. New drug route being developed from
Africa to Europe

DATE/SITE: 05 Dec. ~1007L Zurich, Switz.
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: Avro RJ of Swiss European Awys
CIRCUMSTANCES: A/c returned shortly after takeoff with smoke in the cockpit
DEATH & INJURY: Nil
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at www.iasa.com.au/121205.htm: En route to
Brussels

DATE/SITE: 06 Dec. Nikolaevsk, Russia
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: MI-8 of Emerg Situations Min.
CIRCUMSTANCES: Medevac helo crashed into Amur River 5mins after t/off
DEATH & INJURY: At least 3 dead
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at www.iasa.com.au/121205.htm: Reports of between
2 and 5 killed. Enrt to Bogorodskoye City Hospital

DATE/SITE: 06 Dec. 1309L S. Luis Obispo, Ca.
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: EMB120 of Skywest
CIRCUMSTANCES: Flt 6091 made an emerg landing SLO after LH eng shutdown for oil
loss
DEATH & INJURY: Nil / 25 o/b
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at www.iasa.com.au/121205.htm: Brasilia a/c flying
Los Angeles to Monterey, Calif.

DATE/SITE: 06 Dec. Tehran, Iran
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: C130 of Iranian AirForce
CIRCUMSTANCES: C130 turned back after eng failure on t/off & crashed into
apartment bldg
DEATH & INJURY: >128 dead & unk inj
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at www.iasa.com.au/121205.htm: All 94 o/b died.
Hauling media reps to Bandar Abbas for PR on a mil exercise

DATE/SITE: 07 Dec. Miami, Fla.
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: 757 of AA Flt. AA924
CIRCUMSTANCES: 44yo male US citizen was shot by two US Air Marshals at Gate 42D
after claiming to have a bomb and fleeing
DEATH & INJURY: 1 dead (bipolar disorder?)
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at www.iasa.com.au/121205.htm: Flt had arrived
from Medellin, Colombia, and was to depart for Orlando, Fla. Case under
investigation.

DATE/SITE: 08 Dec. Miri, Borneo
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: DHC6 of MAS
CIRCUMSTANCES: Twin Otter slid off runway onto grass on arrival and was disabled
DEATH & INJURY: Nil / 19 pax +2
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at www.iasa.com.au/121205.htm: Minimal damage.
Airport temporarily closed for aircraft removal

DATE/SITE: 08 Dec. 1505L Nantes, France
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: MD11 of KLM Reg: PH-KCF
CIRCUMSTANCES: Flt KLM733 declared emerg & divtd into Nantes with a seriously
ill pax
DEATH & INJURY: 1 pax ill
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at www.iasa.com.au/121205.htm: Enrt Amsterdam to
Princess Juliana International Airport on St. Maartens

DATE/SITE: 08 Dec. 1754L Manila, Philippines
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: 737 of Malaysian Flt. MH086
CIRCUMSTANCES: A/c made emergency landing at Ninoy Aquino Intl with an engine
out
DEATH & INJURY: Nil / 84 pax +7
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at www.iasa.com.au/121205.htm: Bound Kaoshiung
Taiwan from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

DATE/SITE: 08 Dec. 0200Z Chicago Midway A/P, Ill.
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: 737 of SWA Flt. SW1248
CIRCUMSTANCES: Overran snow-covered 6255ft runway 31C hitting a car. Nosegear
collapsed. A/c was heavily damaged & evac'd
DEATH & INJURY: 2 pax inj / 98 pax +5 crew
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at www.iasa.com.au/121205.htm: 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.

DATE/SITE: 09 Dec. 0555L Rockhampton QLD
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: MetroLiner Cargo of Pel-Air
CIRCUMSTANCES: Smoke filled cockpit & crew shut down RH eng & made emerg landing
DEATH & INJURY: Nil / 2
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at www.iasa.com.au/121205.htm: 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).