Accidents and Incidents

Air Safety Week,  Sept 12, 2005  

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DATE/SITE: 07 June 0125L Louisville, Ky.
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: MD-11 of UPS Reg: N250UP
CIRCUMSTANCES: Hard derotation resulted in nosegear breakup and engine ingestion
of debris
DEATH & INJURY: Nil
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/120905.htm: A/c is largely
dismantled and subject to a multi-million $ repair scheme

DATE/SITE: 02 Aug. Kinshasa, Congo
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: A330 of Air France Flt AF899
CIRCUMSTANCES: Stowaway's body discovered in a MLG wheelwell four days after a
DRC flight
DEATH & INJURY: 1 dead (in Paris)
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/120905.htm: A/c had been to
USA and back in the interim. Similar to BA177 30 Dec. 2003

DATE/SITE: 08 Aug. ~0650L Luena, Angola
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: AN-12 of FAP de Angola
CIRCUMSTANCES: Registration T-300 written off in a landing crash (4 eng
turboprop)
DEATH & INJURY: Nil
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/120905.htm: Angolan Air Force
Reg T-304 also written off at Luena on 27 Jan. 02

DATE/SITE: 16 Aug. 1252L Perth W Australia
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: 737 of QANTAS Flt: 587
CIRCUMSTANCES: Aircraft was struck by lightning just before landing at Perth
International
DEATH & INJURY: Nil/114 pax
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/120905.htm: Damage was minimal

DATE/SITE: 18 Aug. Budapest, Hungary
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: A300B4-2C of FlyAir
CIRCUMSTANCES: Diverted in with an engine problem (see later FlyAir entry)
DEATH & INJURY: Nil/293 pax +11
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/120905.htm: Istanbul to
Brussels flight

DATE/SITE: 21 Aug. Durban Virginia SA
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: BN-2B Islander of BD Bendall
CIRCUMSTANCES: ZS-PCJ crashed into a house shortly after starting a go-round -
written-off
DEATH & INJURY: Nil/5 o/b
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/120905.htm: No further details

DATE/SITE: 25 Aug. 1830Z Drummond Is., Mich.
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: C414 Reg: N77DN
CIRCUMSTANCES: Right maingear collapsed on landing Drummond Island in calm
conditions
DEATH & INJURY: Nil
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/120905.htm: Substantial damage
(arriving from Coldwater, Michigan)

DATE/SITE: 26 Aug. 1755Z Providence, R.I.
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: MD-88 of Delta Flt: DAL566
CIRCUMSTANCES: Beltloader grabbed aft door kickplate and tore it from the a/c
(at the gate)
DEATH & INJURY: Nil
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/120905.htm: N994DL flight
cancelled

DATE/SITE: 26 Aug. 1930L New Delhi, India
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: A320 of Indian Airlines IC940
CIRCUMSTANCES: 30 minutes out, crew reported hydraulic problems & returned
DEATH & INJURY: Nil/87 pax
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/120905.htm: New Delhi to
Hyderabad

DATE/SITE: 27 Aug. Acapulco, Mexico
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: 767-200 of LAB Flt: 911
CIRCUMSTANCES: Mexico City to La Paz (Bolivia) flight diverted in with an engine
problemo
DEATH & INJURY: Nil
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/120905.htm: LAB = Lloyd Aereo
Boliviano

DATE/SITE: 27 Aug. Paris (CDG A/P)
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: A300B4-2C of FlyAir TC-FLK
CIRCUMSTANCES: Grounded twice by inspectors after discovery of fuel leak & 2
unauth tires
DEATH & INJURY: Nil/160 o/b
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/120905.htm: Headed Antalya
Turkey (pax refused to board a FlyAir A300 in Paris on 24 Aug)

DATE/SITE: 28 Aug. 1045L Corfu, Greece
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: 737-Q8 of Hola Airways EC-IOR
CIRCUMSTANCES: Aircraft headed Brussels had to return after a bad birdstrike
(ingested a bird)
DEATH & INJURY: Nil/149 pax
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/120905.htm: #1 eng severely
damaged. Pax rebooked on another TNT flight.

DATE/SITE: 29 Aug. 0020Z Beaver Is., Mich.
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: MU-2 of NorthFlight
CIRCUMSTANCES: Medevac a/c struck a 50lb fawn that entered runway during landing
rollout
DEATH & INJURY: Nil
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/120905.htm: N912NF. Damage to
left main landing gear. Patient remained on the island.

DATE/SITE: 29 Aug. 1420L Portland, Ore.
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: A330-200 of NWA N855NW
CIRCUMSTANCES: Taxiing for departure runway when it clipped the tail of a
Horizon Air Dash8
DEATH & INJURY: 1 inj/223 pax +13
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/120905.htm: NWA5 Portland to
Narita.QEXA65 was waiting for further taxi clearance.

DATE/SITE: 29 Aug. Kazan, Tatarstan
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: YAK42 of Tatarstan Flt: 370
CIRCUMSTANCES: Returned Kazan after an engine failure. Pax re-boarded a TU134
DEATH & INJURY: Nil/65 pax +7
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/120905.htm: Kazan (Volga
Region) to Moscow (Domodedovo A/P)

DATE/SITE: 29 Aug. evening Ottawa, Canada
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: EMB145 of UAL
CIRCUMSTANCES: Carried out an emergency landing after experiencing spoiler
failure
DEATH & INJURY: Nil/66 pax
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/120905.htm: Chicago to Ottawa

DATE/SITE: 29 Aug. 1520Z Raleigh, N.C.
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: EMB-145 of Chautauqua
CIRCUMSTANCES: CHQ3833 landed safely with a tire blown on take-off but debris
hit engine
DEATH & INJURY: Nil
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/120905.htm: Unknown damage.
Assuming that tire was blown on take-off

DATE/SITE: 29 Aug. 0523Z Anchorage, Alaska
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: C414 Reg: N77SA
CIRCUMSTANCES: On landing the a/c reported a landing gear malfunction and
resulting fire
DEATH & INJURY: Nil
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/120905.htm: I.e., engine fire
caused by gear collapse. Substantial damage

DATE/SITE: 29 Aug. 2138L Anchorage, Alaska
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: C441 of Security Aviation
CIRCUMSTANCES: Nose-gear collapsed on landing runway 7R and a/c exploded in
flames
DEATH & INJURY: Nil
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/120905.htm: Medevac flight had
fuel cell punctured by runway light during skid

DATE/SITE: 30 Aug. ~1699L Canberra, Australia
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: Beech King Air of unknown
CIRCUMSTANCES: A/c triggered national security alert after pilot used a codeword
for hijack
DEATH & INJURY: Nil
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/120905.htm: Archerfield to
Essendon flight security alert lasted over 2 hours (false alarm)

DATE/SITE: 30 Aug. 0100L Lyon Bron A/P, France
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: ATR42-500 of Airlinair
CIRCUMSTANCES: A/c hard-landed, bursting tires and damaging wings, badly
injuring a F/A
DEATH & INJURY: 1 inj
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/120905.htm: F-GPYA carrying
Olympique Lyonnais football team from Auxerre

DATE/SITE: 30 Aug. 0925L Belfast City A/P
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: Q400 of FlyBE
CIRCUMSTANCES: Aircraft returned after 15 minutes for emergency landing (engine
failure)
DEATH & INJURY: Nil/71 pax
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/120905.htm: Enroute Belfast to
Liverpool. BAe146 took pax to John Lennon International

DATE/SITE: 30 Aug. Zurich
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: A300 of Onur Air Reg: TC-ONY
CIRCUMSTANCES: 24 hour delay after Swiss inspectors grounded a/c for hydraulic
repairs.
DEATH & INJURY: Nil
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/120905.htm: Onur Air has
reportedly (since this event) ceased operations

DATE/SITE: 31 Aug. Paris, France
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: A300 of FlyAir
CIRCUMSTANCES: Pilot sacked by fax when he returned Orly after a generator
failure on dept
DEATH & INJURY: Nil/235 pax
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/120905.htm: Paris (Orly) for
Djerba, Tunisia. Other problems included a bad fuel leak

DATE/SITE: 31 Aug. 0612L Canberra A.C.T. Australia
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: 737-800 of Qantas
CIRCUMSTANCES: A/c circled National Capital for over 20 mins because sole ATC
operator had slept in (no controllers in situ)
DEATH & INJURY: Non compus mentus
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/120905.htm: PM now tracking to
Parliament House via ATC "digs" daily -- in order to give the duty controller a
wake-up call

DATE/SITE: 31 Aug. Antalya, Turkey
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: A321 of Onur Air
CIRCUMSTANCES: Pax used tape to secure falling cabin panels after seeing exposed
wiring
DEATH & INJURY: Nil
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/120905.htm: Antalya to
Leipzig, Germany

DATE/SITE: 31 Aug. 2010Z Milwaukee, Wisc.
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: 717-2BL of Midwest Airlines
CIRCUMSTANCES: Right wing hit a utility truck spraying weeds on taxiway verge
during taxi
DEATH & INJURY: Nil
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/120905.htm: Returned to ramp
with a significantly dimpled stbd wing leading edge

DATE/SITE: 01 Sep. 0800L Bordeaux, France
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: 737-400 of FlyGlobespan
CIRCUMSTANCES: GSM6142 pressn failure/emergency descent into Bordeaux with a
cracked eyebrow window on the F/O's side
DEATH & INJURY: Nil/>150 pax
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/120905.htm: Glasgow-Alicante.
A/c belongs to Travel Service, wet leased to Czech. Pax masks deployed by
cockpit crew

DATE/SITE: 01 Sep. night Osaka, Japan
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: DC-10-30 of JAL Flt: J058
CIRCUMSTANCES: Landed Osaka (Kansai A/P) due to a recurring problem in bleed air
system
DEATH & INJURY: Nil/76 pax
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/120905.htm: Fukuoka-Osaka -
Honolulu. Bleed air drives pressurization, anti-ice etc.

DATE/SITE: 01 Sept. 1515L Tampa, Fla.
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: 2 x 737 of SWA Flts 96 & 394
CIRCUMSTANCES: Flt 394 clipped Flt 96 tail at North end of main N/S runway
during taxi-out
DEATH & INJURY: Nil
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/120905.htm: Flt 394 for
Phoenix, Ariz.; Flt 96 for Baltimore, Md. Both cancelled

DATE/SITE: 01 Sep. 0830L Cardiff, UK
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: A330 of Monarch
CIRCUMSTANCES: Stowaway frogs from Cuba in the hold delayed flight departure for
an hour
DEATH & INJURY: Nil
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/120905.htm: Hopping mad
Customs amphibian experts played toad-in-the-hold for 1hr

DATE/SITE: 01 Sep. 1046L Bogota, Colombia
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: Piper Navajo of Navajo Inc.
CIRCUMSTANCES: Pilot mayday'd just after leaving Guaymaral A/P and a/c crashed
DEATH & INJURY: 8 dead
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/120905.htm: Reg: HK3069
crashed 200m from a high school North of Bogota

DATE/SITE: 01 Sep. Wellington, NZ
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: 737-300 of Air New Zealand
CIRCUMSTANCES: Air NZ pilot suspended after making sarcastic comment about PM's
lateness
DEATH & INJURY: Nil
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/120905.htm: Wellington-
Christchurch flight. Pilot suspended two days for "comms trg"

DATE/SITE: 01 Sep. 1945Z Dallas Love Field
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: 737 of SWA Flt: SWA32
CIRCUMSTANCES: A/c hit turbulence on approach to Dallas Texas and F/A was
injured
DEATH & INJURY: 1 inj
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/120905.htm: Minor injuries

DATE/SITE: 01 Sep. 0429Z Houston, Texas
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: Beech 200 Reg: N438CR
CIRCUMSTANCES: Gear collapsed after landing runway 17 at Houston Hobby Airport
DEATH & INJURY: Nil/4 o/b
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/120905.htm: Minor damage

DATE/SITE: 01 Sep. 0007Z Lorain County A/P
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: Falcon 20D of USA Jet Airlines
CIRCUMSTANCES: N821AA/flt JUS821 crashed on take-off with substantial damage
DEATH & INJURY: Nil
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/120905.htm: N821AA was bound
for St Louis- Lambert Intl A/P Missouri

DATE/SITE: 02 Sep. New Delhi, India
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: 737-800 of SpiceJet
CIRCUMSTANCES: Fire extinguisher bottles fired into a smoking engine while
taxiing on ramp
DEATH & INJURY: Nil/117 pax
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/120905.htm: Probable hot start
aftermath reported by panicky pax. Headed Ahmedabad

DATE/SITE: 02 Sep. Seattle-Tacoma
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: Dash8-400 of Horizon
CIRCUMSTANCES: Menzies baggage tug hit N406QX just behind aft baggage
compartment door
DEATH & INJURY: Nil
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/120905.htm: Bound Bozeman,
Montana but flight was cancelled (repairs required)

DATE/SITE: 03 Sep. 1900L Pantelleria, Italy
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: ATR42-320 of Italy Fly
CIRCUMSTANCES: A/c lost power on finals and engine was shutdown (possible flame-
out?)
DEATH & INJURY: Nil/27 o/b
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/120905.htm: Trapani Western
Sicily to Pantelleria. Another case ATR72 fuel gage in lieu?

DATE/SITE: 03 Sep. Beijing Intl., China
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: MD-11 of Finnair Flt: AY-052
CIRCUMSTANCES: Fuel-truck rammed jet after refuel & became lodged under its wing
DEATH & INJURY: Nil
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/120905.htm: 287 pax evac'd. 02
Sep in Xian, China Eastern MU2628 was rammed by a truck

DATE/SITE: 04 Sep. West Sumatra
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: MI-2 helo of Indon. Police
CIRCUMSTANCES: Helo low-flying in weather crashed in jungle after a forest fire
check
DEATH & INJURY: 6 dead/7 o/b
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/120905.htm: Enroute to the
West Sumatra capital of Padang. 2nd 2005 fatal police crash

DATE/SITE: 04 Sep. Chicago O'Hare
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: MD82 of AA Flt: 1893
CIRCUMSTANCES: Scraped starboard wingtip on touchdown on arrival from Las Vegas
DEATH & INJURY: Nil/146 pax
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/120905.htm: Possible tail-
strike as well due to slow speed/nose high attitude

DATE/SITE: 05 Sep. ~0830L Isiro D.R. Congo
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: AN26 of Galaxie -- a.k.a. Kavatshi
CIRCUMSTANCES: ER-AZT hit a tree about 1500m short during an approach in fog &
crashed
DEATH & INJURY: 11 fatal
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/120905.htm: Arriving Isiro,
Orientale Province from Beni, Eastern Nord-Kivu Province

DATE/SITE: 05 Sep. 1752Z Albuquerque, N.M.
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: Eclipse500 Bizjet Reg: N505EA
CIRCUMSTANCES: Inadvertently landed gear up due to a pilot error during
development flight
DEATH & INJURY: Nil
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/120905.htm: Perhaps it needs a
more sophisticated alert system?

DATE/SITE: 05 Sep. 0020Z New Orleans
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: Eurocopter AS332 Super Puma
CIRCUMSTANCES: N330CC crashed near Danziger Bridge during Katrina relief work
DEATH & INJURY: 2 inj
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/120905.htm: Crew rescued by a
USCG helo

DATE/SITE: 05 Sep. 0940L Medan, Indonesia
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: 737-230 of Mandala Airlines
CIRCUMSTANCES: Reg: PK-RIM lost left eng & crashed into residential area just
after airborne
DEATH & INJURY: 150 killed
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/120905.htm: 103/117 onboard
died. Flt RI091 departing from Polonia A/P for Jakarta

DATE/SITE: 05 Sep. Soelden, Austria
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: Lama SA315B of Heli Alpin Knaus
CIRCUMSTANCES: Overflying helo dropped a concrete block fm 1000ft onto cable car
gondola
DEATH & INJURY: 9 fatal 10 inj
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/120905.htm: 1500lb slung load.
100 other gondola pax needed rescuing from their cars

DATE/SITE: 05 Sep. 0820Z Casablanca
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: A321 of Iberia Flt: 0967
CIRCUMSTANCES: Flt declared a Mayday and landed Casablanca (Mohammed V A/P)
DEATH & INJURY: Nil/160 pax +6
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/120905.htm: Canary Is to
Madrid. Engine shutdown after fire warning & visible fire

DATE/SITE: 05 Sep. Kabul, Afghanistan
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: C130 of USAF
CIRCUMSTANCES: A/c carrying US ambassador lost an engine due to oil pressure
failure
DEATH & INJURY: Nil
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/120905.htm: Bamiyan to Kabul.
Envoy returning from local govt works inspection

DATE/SITE: 06 Sep. 0806L Pekan Baru, Indon.
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: 737-400 of Garuda GA-181
CIRCUMSTANCES: PK-GWW's #2 eng stalled and stayed at flt idle with a chip
detector light
DEATH & INJURY: Nil/90 o/b
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/120905.htm: Polonia A/P Medan
for Jakarta Shutdown #2 & diverted Pekan Baru

DATE/SITE: 06 Sep. Washington Dulles
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: EMB170 of United Express
CIRCUMSTANCES: Katrina evacuee had attempted suicide aboard Flt 7565 out of
Houston
DEATH & INJURY: 1 injury
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/120905.htm: Landed at ANG
facility in Nashville Tennessee (hospitalization of person)

DATE/SITE: 06 Sep ~1600L Sabine, Texas
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: S-76 of Rowan Cos Inc
CIRCUMSTANCES: USCG units rescued 12 persons from a chopper downed south of
Sabine Texas
DEATH & INJURY: 8 inj/12 o/b
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/120905.htm: Helo had just left
the Bob Keller rig for their Sabine Pass facility

DATE/SITE: 07 Sep. Denver, Colo. Ex Houston, Texas
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: A319 of Frontier Flt: 147
CIRCUMSTANCES: 26yo man was duct-taped to a seat by other Katrina evacuees after
he started beating up on a flight attendant
DEATH & INJURY: 1 restraint
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/120905.htm: Arrested on
arrival. "Duct tape is like The Force, it has a Dark Side and a Light Side and
it holds the universe together"

DATE/SITE: 07 Sep. afternoon Bali, Indonesia
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: 737-400 of Garuda
CIRCUMSTANCES: Flight returned to Ngurah Rai A/P on Bali 30 mins after t/off
with inst failure
DEATH & INJURY: Nil
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/120905.htm: Cockpit lighting
had failed

DATE/SITE: 07 Sep. am hrs Bali, Indonesia
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: MD-82 of Wing Air
CIRCUMSTANCES: Pilot aborted take-off and returned to ramp with engine problems
DEATH & INJURY: Nil/151 pax
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/120905.htm: No further details
- but there have been many such since the Medan crash

DATE/SITE: 08 Sep. 1400Z Liberia A/P C.R.
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: A300 of AA Flt: AA1700
CIRCUMSTANCES: Diverted Liberia A/P Costa Rica due smoke in cabin (San Jose to
Miami flt)
DEATH & INJURY: Nil
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/120905.htm: Carrying Trinidad
& Tobago's national soccer team. 757 to rescue.

DATE/SITE: 08 Sep. Johannesburg, SA
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: 737-600 of Nationwide
CIRCUMSTANCES: #1 engine failure on dept climb passing FL270 - returned & landed
03 R
DEATH & INJURY: Nil
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/120905.htm: Loss of oil
pressure forced a precautionary shutdown

DATE/SITE: 08 Sep. Colombo Sri Lanka Bandaranaike A/P
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: 747-300 of Saudia  Flt: SV781
CIRCUMSTANCES: Woman pax died & 70 inj during a panicky evacuation of the a/c
following false alarm bomb aboard alert by ATC
DEATH & INJURY: 1 fatal/430 o/b
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/120905.htm: 20 persons
hospitalized, many with fractures, after incident during taxi-out at
Bandaranaike Airport

DATE/SITE: 09 Sep. Palembang, Indon.
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: 737-200 of Batavia Air
CIRCUMSTANCES: Jakarta to Medan flight made an emergency landing with engine
trouble
DEATH & INJURY: Nil/80 pax
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/120905.htm: Exact nature of
"trouble" unknown but it's a hot topic in the Indon Parliament

DATE/SITE: 09 Sep. Goma, Zaire
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: Twin Otter of TMK
CIRCUMSTANCES: Unsubstantiated reports of a crash of a DHC-6
DEATH & INJURY: Unk
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/120905.htm: No further details

DATE/SITE: 09 Sep. Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
AIRCRAFT  & REGN: 747-400 of Iran Air
CIRCUMSTANCES: Pilgrim's flight returned after 10 mins with an engine shut down
due to a fire
DEATH & INJURY: Nil/>440 o/b
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS2 Imagery at  www.iasa.com.au/120905.htm: Those second-hand
black market parts are reliably unreliable

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).