Accidents and Incidents

Air Safety Week, Feb 28, 2005

DATE/SITE: 22 Feb 0500Z Atlanta, Ga.

AIRCRAFT & REGN: 737 of Delta Flt DAL1009

CIRCUMSTANCES: While taxiing, the right wing-tip hit a service truck DEATH & INJURY: Nil

PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 imagery at www.iasa.com.au/280205.htm: Minor damage

DATE/SITE: 22 Feb 2026L Trinidad, Bolivia

AIRCRAFT & REGN: Convair 580 of TAM

CIRCUMSTANCES: Crash-landed on mudflats just after t/off - following engine problems

DEATH & INJURY: 28 inj/ 50 o/b

PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 imagery at www.iasa.com.au/280205.htm: Turboprop (headed for Cochabamba - J. Wilsterman Airport, Bolivia)

DATE/SITE: 23 Feb 1915L Cedar Rapids, Iowa

AIRCRAFT & REGN: CRJ200 of Pinnacle Airlines

CIRCUMSTANCES: Detroit, Mich., to Wichita, Kan., flight diverted in with a cracked windshield

DEATH & INJURY: Nil/ 45 o/b

PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 imagery at www.iasa.com.au/280205.htm: Operated for Northwest Airlink

DATE/SITE: 23 Feb New Haven, Conn.

AIRCRAFT & REGN: EMB145 of US Airways

CIRCUMSTANCES: Pilot diverted into Tweed Airport with one failed engine DEATH & INJURY: Nil/ 26 o/b

PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 imagery at www.iasa.com.au/280205.htm: No further details

1 Air carrier accidents, or other incidents involving serious failures or fatal injuries, investigated by National Transportation Safety Boards. 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)

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