Accidents and Incidents

Air Safety Week, March 1, 2004

ACCIDENTS AND INCIDENTS

DATE/SITE: 16 Feb. 2030Z Vancouver, BC

AIRCRAFT & REGN: A340-313 Flt: AC0008

CIRCUMSTANCES: During climb, both #1 and #2 engines (CFM 56-5C4) indic eng bleed faults.

DEATH & INJURY: Nil

PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at http://www.iasa.com.au/010304.htm: Resets failed. C-GDVZ landed 1000kg overweight but maint found no faults.

DATE/SITE: 19 Feb. 0645Z Northern France

AIRCRAFT & REGN: Flt: KL1924 Flt: LX17

CIRCUMSTANCES: KLM 737 rec'd TCAS RA & then took visual avoiding action on Swiss A330.

DEATH & INJURY: Nil />218 involved

PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at http://www.iasa.com.au/010304.htm: French DGCA claim a/c came within 15 to 35 secs of collision over Reims.

DATE/SITE: 19 Feb. 1422L Vero Beach, Fla.

AIRCRAFT & REGN: Beech 1900 of unknown

CIRCUMSTANCES: GLF296 diverted into Vero Beach, Fla. due to a cargo door being blown off.

DEATH & INJURY: Nil

PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at http://www.iasa.com.au/010304.htm: Orlando-Miami (other circumstances unknown).

DATE/SITE: 19 Feb. 0612L Dallas, Texas

AIRCRAFT & REGN: DC-8 of UPS Reg: NUPA607

CIRCUMSTANCES: Flt UPS607 reported multiple birdstrike on finals. DEATH & INJURY: Nil

PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at http://www.iasa.com.au/010304.htm: Damage to anti-skid assembly (deptd Chicago, Il. for Dallas).

DATE/SITE: 19 Feb. 0120L Atlanta, Ga.

AIRCRAFT & REGN: 737-700 of Delta N305DL

CIRCUMSTANCES: During loading an item of heavy cargo fell and damaged the floor. DEATH & INJURY: Nil

PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at http://www.iasa.com.au/010304.htm: Minor damage.

DATE/SITE: 19 Feb. 2316L Bangor, Maine

AIRCRAFT & REGN: 767 of Royal Air Maroc

CIRCUMSTANCES: Flt 201 divtd Bangor after pax made inflight phone-call to family.

DEATH & INJURY: Nil / 92 o/b

PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at http://www.iasa.com.au/010304.htm: Kidnap/suicide bomb-threat by pax during JFK - Casablanca flight.

DATE/SITE: 20 Feb. Phoenix, Ariz.

AIRCRAFT & REGN: CRJ of America West

CIRCUMSTANCES: A/c carried out emerg descent after windscreen cracked at 33,000 ft.

DEATH & INJURY: Nil

PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at http://www.iasa.com.au/010304.htm: Colorado Springs - Las Vegas. Windscreen was splintered.

DATE/SITE: 20 Feb. 1442Z New Delhi

AIRCRAFT & REGN: KC-10 refueler of USAF

CIRCUMSTANCES: A/c re-landed Indira Ghandi A/P with an engine fire 30 mins after departing.

DEATH & INJURY: Nil / 110 o/b

PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at http://www.iasa.com.au/010304.htm: Enroute Andersen AFB after F15 Cope-India 04 Exercise in Gwalior.

DATE/SITE: 20 Feb. 1715L Table Mountain

AIRCRAFT & REGN: AeroCommander of TASAIR

CIRCUMSTANCES: Aircraft crashed in rugged terrain due weather (on positioning flight)

DEATH & INJURY: 1 fatal /1 o/b

PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at http://www.iasa.com.au/010304.htm: Had departed Hobart (Tasmania) 70kms to the south at 5 p.m.

DATE/SITE: 20 Feb. 2145L Ft Lauderdale A/P

AIRCRAFT & REGN: Learjet 25B of Aztec JetCenter

CIRCUMSTANCES: On landing, air ambulance overran by > 1500ft & eventually hit a warehouse.

DEATH & INJURY: 2 inj / 4 o/b

PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at http://www.iasa.com.au/010304.htm: Ft Lauderdale Exec A/P. A/C jumped a 4-lane hwy covered with cars.

DATE/SITE: 21 Feb. 1425L Buenos Aires

AIRCRAFT & REGN: MD-81 of Austral LV-WPY

CIRCUMSTANCES: AU2734 landed Ezeiza A/P after losing a wheel on t/off Jorge Newberry A/P.

DEATH & INJURY: Nil / 157 o/b

PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at http://www.iasa.com.au/010304.htm: Flt was headed North for Iguazu Falls, Subsidiary of AeroLineas Argentinas.

DATE/SITE: 22 Feb. Los Angeles Int'l A/P

AIRCRAFT & REGN: 747-400 of Air NZ Flt: NZ3

CIRCUMSTANCES: Flt cancelled after suicide impacted top of crew minibus enroute to LAX from hotel.

DEATH & INJURY: 1 fatal

PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at http://www.iasa.com.au/010304.htm: Carrier flew jet home empty of pax to Auckland.

DATE/SITE: 22 Feb. 1700L Cardiff Wales, UK

AIRCRAFT & REGN: B737-59D of BMIBaby

CIRCUMSTANCES: At touchdown upon braking, one brake unit disintegrated, including the torque link on that side.

DEATH & INJURY: Nil / 85 pax

PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at http://www.iasa.com.au/010304.htm: G-BVKC remained stuck on runway overnight, clearing 10am next day. RWY 30, wind 040/20 gusting 31 kts.

DATE/SITE: 22 Feb. 1231L New York JFK

AIRCRAFT & REGN: 777 of AA Flt: 167

CIRCUMSTANCES: Re-landed 28mins (fuel-dumping) after port-side Trent engine surged on t/off

DEATH & INJURY: Nil / 163 o/b

PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at http://www.iasa.com.au/010304.htm: pax deptd for (207 min ETOPS) flt to Tokyo at 1814L arriving NRT 2238L

DATE/SITE: 23 Feb. 1310L Tokyo Narita

AIRCRAFT & REGN: 777 of UAL Flt: UA879

CIRCUMSTANCES: Hawaii-Japan flight hit severe turbulence about 20 mins from landing

DEATH & INJURY: 3 inj / 299 o/b

PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at http://www.iasa.com.au/010304.htm: 3 crew members hospitalized.

DATE/SITE: 24 Feb.Romulus, Michigan

AIRCRAFT & REGN: SAAB 340B of Mesaba

CIRCUMSTANCES: Pushed back into another SAAB340 & both a/c were substantially damaged

DEATH & INJURY: Nil / 32 o/b

PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at http://www.iasa.com.au/010304.htm: N364PX & N420XJ (Detroit Metro Wayne County A/P)