Accidents And Incidents

Air Safety Week, Oct 16, 2006

Date/Site: 20 Sep 1245L Sydney Australia
Aircraft & Regn: SAAB340B of Regional Express Reg: VH-RXE
Circumstances: LH eng shutdown & a/c decld emerg on finals r'way 25
Death & Injury: nil
Preliminary Analysis2Imagery At Http:// Www.Iasa.Com.Au/161006.Htm: Sydney for
Merimbula NSW

Date/Site: 24 Sep 1302Z 130nm W of Darwin NT
Aircraft & Regn: 737-476 of QANTASReg: VH-TJI
Circumstances: declared emerg due to  high vibration levels in left engine
Death & Injury: nil
Preliminary Analysis2Imagery At Http:// Www.Iasa.Com.Au/161006.Htm: Headed
Denpasar, Indonesia -- returned to Darwin

Date/Site: 30 Sep ~1800L Los Angeles Ca (LAX A/P)
Aircraft & Regn: CRJ700 of SkywestGulfstream GIV (incursion)
Circumstances: Skywest 6430 came to a halt less than 100ft fm GIV that had
entered w/out clearance
Death & Injury: nil/39 pax
Preliminary Analysis2Imagery At Http:// Www.Iasa.Com.Au/161006.Htm: Controllers
say near collision was very close after Flt 6430 aborted at 100kts. 8th near
miss for 2006 (six occurred in 2005)

Date/Site: 01 Oct day Orange County Airport New York State
Aircraft & Regn: Gulfstream 2 reg: N104VV (owner Vincenzo Oppedisano - NY
contractor)
Circumstances: Grounded by FAA after site flightaware.com showed irregularities
in operation
Death & Injury: nil/8 onboard
Preliminary Analysis2Imagery At Http:// Www.Iasa.Com.Au/161006.Htm: enroute
Dallas to Orange County A/P in upstate New York, dropping from 39,000 ft down
to 5,500 ft in a span of 2 minutes

Date/Site: 02 Oct 1215L Decatur Illinois USA
Aircraft & Regn: Learjet C21 of USAF Training Command
Circumstances: Crashed during ldg on taxiway adjacent to runway 24
Death & Injury: nil/2 onboard
Preliminary Analysis2Imagery At Http:// Www.Iasa.Com.Au/161006.Htm: A/c written
off (burnt). Training flight. A/c had been cleared for "the option".

Date/Site: 03 Oct day Kinshasa D. R. Congo
Aircraft & Regn: B-Hunter UAV Drone of EUFOR (EU peacekeepers)
Circumstances: 2-eng'd drone crashed in city on a crowd (double engfail)
Death & Injury: 1 woman dead/3 inj'd
Preliminary Analysis2Imagery At Http:// Www.Iasa.Com.Au/161006.Htm: Launched
from N'dolo A/P to monitor elections. Prior 28 Jul crash due software

Date/Site: 03 Oct day (hijacked @ 1758L) Brindisi Italy
Aircraft & Regn: 737-400 of Turkish AirlinesReg: TC-JET Flt: TK1476
Circumstances: Hijacked while enrt from Tirana Albania to Istanbul
Death & Injury: nil/107 pax    6 crew
Preliminary Analysis2Imagery At Http:// Www.Iasa.Com.Au/161006.Htm: Cockpit
invasion. Culprit made bomb threats but surrendered at Brindisi

Date/Site: 03 Oct 1830L Melbourne Australia
Aircraft & Regn: 767-338ER of QANTASReg: VH-OGJ
Circumstances: Struck a flock of birds during t/off & ingested a few
Death & Injury: nil
Preliminary Analysis2Imagery At Http:// Www.Iasa.Com.Au/161006.Htm: Carcasses
of 8 Corellas found on the runway. Tullamarine for Sydney

Date/Site: 03 Oct 1354L Knoxville Tennessee
Aircraft & Regn: MD-88 of DeltaFlight: DL488
Circumstances: Landed safely after reporting undercarriage difficulties
Death & Injury: nil/63 pax   5 crew
Preliminary Analysis2Imagery At Http:// Www.Iasa.Com.Au/161006.Htm: at McGhee
Tyson airport. It's understood to have been a loose/flapping panel

Date/Site: 03 Oct day Aberdeen UK
Aircraft & Regn: Jetstream 32 of Eastern Airways
Circumstances: Landed wheels up on baggage pod and went around
Death & Injury: nil/3 pax  3 crew onboard
Preliminary Analysis2Imagery At Http:// Www.Iasa.Com.Au/161006.Htm:
Successfully extended gear and landed back at Wick with some prop damage

Date/Site: 03 Oct day Mehrabad A/p Iran
Aircraft & Regn: TU154M of IranAirTours(operates 4 x TU154M)
Circumstances: A/c made an emerg landing after an eng failure/fire
Death & Injury: nil
Preliminary Analysis2Imagery At Http:// Www.Iasa.Com.Au/161006.Htm: Tehran
airport

Date/Site: 03 Oct day Bremen Germany
Aircraft & Regn: Fokker 100 of CityHopper Airline PH-KZH
Circumstances: Diverted due to a heating induced failure of windscreen
Death & Injury: nil
Preliminary Analysis2Imagery At Http:// Www.Iasa.Com.Au/161006.Htm: enroute
Billund West Denmark to Amsterdam Holland

Date/Site: 04 Oct late afternoon Budapest Hungary
Aircraft & Regn: 757-300 of American Trans Air (ATA)
Circumstances: Emergency landing after an engine failure enroute
Death & Injury: nil/160 troops   8 crew
Preliminary Analysis2Imagery At Http:// Www.Iasa.Com.Au/161006.Htm: US military
charter carrying troops for NATO (ISAF) in Afghanistan

Date/Site: 04 Oct ~0615L Miami Florida
Aircraft & Regn: DC-7 cargo of Florida Air Transport Inc
Circumstances: Skidded off runway after relanding with hyd problems
Death & Injury: nil
Preliminary Analysis2Imagery At Http:// Www.Iasa.Com.Au/161006.Htm: Opa-Locka
Airport. Landed with full fuel load of AVGAS. Minor damage

Date/Site: 04 Oct morning Lagos Intl Airport Nigeria
Aircraft & Regn: 737-2A1 of Bellviewreg: F-GHXKFlight: B3-200
Circumstances: Lost n/wheel assy & ended up in ditch while maneuvering to avoid
MD83 on taxi
Death & Injury: nil
Preliminary Analysis2Imagery At Http:// Www.Iasa.Com.Au/161006.Htm: Headed
Abuja. Afrijet MD83 had been left parked on the taxiway & pilot was trying to
find a way around it. Subst dmg

Date/Site: 05 Oct 0706L St Louis Missouri
Aircraft & Regn: CRJ-700 of American Eagle
Circumstances: Emerg ldg after an inflight propagating w/screen crack
Death & Injury: nil/66 onboard
Preliminary Analysis2Imagery At Http:// Www.Iasa.Com.Au/161006.Htm: Little Rock
Arkansas to Chicago Illinois. Crack continued to grow quickly inflight

Date/Site: 05 Oct 1645L Billings Montana
Aircraft & Regn: 757-300 of NWA
Circumstances: Landed at Billings Logan Intl with L engine shutdown
Death & Injury: nil/250 pax
Preliminary Analysis2Imagery At Http:// Www.Iasa.Com.Au/161006.Htm: arr from
Minneapolis, bound for Seattle

Date/Site: 05 Oct Naples Italy
Aircraft & Regn: MD80 x 2 of Alitalia Airline
Circumstances: Two a/c were sabotaged in a high security area during a period
of industrial action)
Death & Injury: nil
Preliminary Analysis2Imagery At Http:// Www.Iasa.Com.Au/161006.Htm: Cables cut
through in tail section and the seal around the rear door of another MD80 was
ripped

Date/Site: 05 Oct day Heathrow UK
Aircraft & Regn: 757-236 of British AirwaysFlight: BA457 Reg: G-CPET
Circumstances: Landed after smoke, fumes & oil-smell in the cockpit
Death & Injury: nil
Preliminary Analysis2Imagery At Http:// Www.Iasa.Com.Au/161006.Htm: similar G-
CPET incident on 10 Mar 06. Both pilots reported feeling "unwell"

Date/Site: 05 Oct 1618LWinnipeg Canada
Aircraft & Regn: CRJ705 of Air Canada Jazz Flt: 8334
Circumstances: Emerg landing after a tire blew on rotate from Calgary
Death & Injury: nil
Preliminary Analysis2Imagery At Http:// Www.Iasa.Com.Au/161006.Htm: Flight
landed over an hour late after burning off fuel to reduce weight.

Date/Site: 06 Oct 1138L Capetown Sth Africa
Aircraft & Regn: MD82 of Kulula AirlinesFlight: MN120
Circumstances: Returned 27 mins after t/off after a pax threat was made
Death & Injury: nil
Preliminary Analysis2Imagery At Http:// Www.Iasa.Com.Au/161006.Htm: enroute
Capetown SA to Johannesburg

Date/Site: 06 Oct 0605LSao Paulo Brazil
Aircraft & Regn: 737-800 of GOLFlt: 1941
Circumstances: Slid off the wet runway on landing during light rain
Death & Injury: nil
Preliminary Analysis2Imagery At Http:// Www.Iasa.Com.Au/161006.Htm: from Cuiaba
in Mato Grosso State Brazil to Congonas A/P (Sao Paulo)

Date/Site: 07 Oct afternoon Geneva Switzerland
Aircraft & Regn: A321 of Nouvelairreg: TS-IQB
Circumstances: Lost a nosewheel on t/off and immed returned to land
Death & Injury: nil
Preliminary Analysis2Imagery At Http:// Www.Iasa.Com.Au/161006.Htm: Tunisian
Charter operator. No evacuation. A/c taxied off runway.

Date/Site: 07 Oct day Suvarnabhumi A/P Thailand
Aircraft & Regn: 737-300 of Thai AirAsiaFlight: FD3151
Circumstances: Turned back to Bangkok after RH eng cowl fell off
Death & Injury: nil
Preliminary Analysis2Imagery At Http:// Www.Iasa.Com.Au/161006.Htm: A half-hour
out on flight Bangkok to Narathiwat in Southern Thailand

Date/Site: 07 Oct ~1330L St Louis Missouri
Aircraft & Regn: CRJ 200 of Comair(A Delta subsidiary)
Circumstances: Emerg Landing after a cabin pressurization alert
Death & Injury: nil
Preliminary Analysis2Imagery At Http:// Www.Iasa.Com.Au/161006.Htm: Lambert
Field. Another a/c conveyed pax to Colorado Springs

Date/Site: 07 Oct ~1500L Leeds Bradford UK
Aircraft & Regn: 737-700 of Futura Airlines
Circumstances: Landed back after overrotating into tailstrike on T/O
Death & Injury: nil
Preliminary Analysis2Imagery At Http:// Www.Iasa.Com.Au/161006.Htm: bound
Fuerteventura Canary Is

Date/Site: 08 Oct morning (0700Z)Gatwick A/P UK
Aircraft & Regn: 747 of Virgin Atlantic
Circumstances: Forced by ATC into declaring a Mayday to get a priority landing
at Gatwick A/PS
Death & Injury: nil
Preliminary Analysis2Imagery At Http:// Www.Iasa.Com.Au/161006.Htm: Rejected at
Heathrow, he made it into Gatwick. Long-haul with min reserves? (couldn't hold
for just 10 mins at Willo)

Date/Site: 10 Oct 0735L Stord A/P Norway
Aircraft & Regn: BAe146-200 of Atlantic Airways reg: OY-CRG
Circumstances: O'shot 1200m runway 33 on landing - burnt on steep cliff
Death & Injury: 4 dead/16 onboard
Preliminary Analysis2Imagery At Http:// Www.Iasa.Com.Au/161006.Htm: 12 reported
survivors, Sola A/P near Stavanger. Some survivors found in sea.