Aviation Today :: Accidents & Incidents

Date	Aircraft Type	Narrative	Death/Injury	Remarks
10 May Peshawar Pakistan	767 of Etihad Awys Flt: EY261	A6-EYZ reportedly at 300ft AGL (1000ft low) at 3.7nm from runway 35 threshold	Nil	Overshot following GPWS alert. Abu Dhabi CAA are investigating near CFIT
30 Jun 1330L Saltillo Mexico	North American Sabreliner 40	Acft overran runway 35 at Saltillo A/P on landing by about 150 m into a dirt mound	Nil/4 onboard	Arr from Monterrey (Gen Mariano Escobedo A/P) Mexico. Subst damage
05 Jul 0915L La Guardia A/P New York	CRJ100 of Comair Reg: N7415	650ft near collision after COM196 was cleared to cross ahead of a landing Delta Flight DAL 1238 (a 737)	Nil/58 aboard Comair	Ground controller thought DAL1238 had been told to go round and cleared the CRJ across r/way 22 at Foxtrot
06 Jul 0931L Nairobi Kenya	LET410-UVP	Blew tire & veered off runway at Wilson A/P on landing, ending up in bushes	Nil/19 pax + 2 crew	Substantial damage
06 Jul 1815L Malmoe Sweden	737-800 of Primera Air Flt: GX-2533	Moments after rotation the aircraft sustained multiple birdstrikes (seagulls)	Nil	Minor damage. Acft returned to Malmoe (destination was Chania Greece)
07 Jul day Bangkok Thailand	A300-600 of Thai Airways	Airbus ran off the runway side on landing due to a maladjusted auto-brake system	nil	LH maingear and a section of fuselage was damaged at Suvarnabhumi A/P
08 Jul ~1330 Dhaka Bangladesh	MD-82 of GMG Airlines Flt:Z5-31	Soon after takeoff, the pilot shut down a failing engine and returned to Dhaka	Nil/165 pax onboard	Dhaka to Bangkok. Minor damage
09 Jul 1010L Almaty Kazakhstan	A320 of Atlas Jet Flt: KK741	At least 6 pax were injured after a high speed abort following an engine failure	6 injured/ 213 pax	Almaty to Antalya
10 Jul ~1500L Sydney Australia	737-800 of QANTAS QF752	On landing the crew managed to blow a tire causing little damage	Nil/136 pax	Adelaide to Sydney
12 Jul 1505L Santiago de Chile	737-800 of GOL Flt: G3-7479	A failed engine was shutdown after takeoff and aircraft returned to Santiago	nil	Santiago to Sao Paulo (Gru)
15 Jul 1617L Reno Nevada	SR22 Cirrus Reg: N254SR	Engine failed at 17,000ft and pilot conducted a successful forced landing. Turbocharger turbine wheel had separated from shaft & was missing.	Nil/2 onboard	Op by Aquatic Innovations Inc. Similar failures exp by N552SR (06 May) and N188G (also in May 07). Kelly Aerospace Superchargers investigating
15 Jul 0805L Camarillo Ca	F-51D Mustang Reg: N51TK	Control was lost during an attempted go-round during a pilot's first solo on type	One dead	Had just completed a dual sortie in the two-seat P-51D variant. Destroyed
16 Jul 1243L Congonhas A/P Sao Paulo Brazil	ATR42-300 of Panatal Linhas Aereas	Aircraft veered off the side of the wet runway on landing coming to rest in mud with its nosegear broken.	Nil/20 onboard	Main runway at Congonhas was re-opened only 10 days prior after many weeks of resurfacing. Subst damage
16 Jul 0910L Benchmark Mt	Bell UH-1H Reg: N667HP	US Forest Service helo crashed on dept in rapidly reducing visibility (due to smoke)	1 minor injury	Operator is Leading Edge Aviation LLC of Clarkston Washington. Subst damage
16 Jul 1420L Vancouver Ca	777-200 of Korean Air Flt: KE72	During t/off a loud bang was heard and flames seen coming out of an engine	Nil/260 pax	Vancouver to Seoul. Takeoff was aborted
16 Jul ~1300L Bucharest Romania	737-400 of Blue Air Flt: OB2102	Safe emerg landing at Bucharest after the crew were informed of tire fragments being found after departure from Istanbul	Nil/165 onboard	Minor damage
17 Jul ~1230L Isfahan A/P Iran	A300-B2 of Iran Air Flt: IR 3431	Soon after take off the aircraft suffered engine failure associated with a fire.	nil	Pilots managed to return to land safely and put the flames out before landing.
17 Jul 2154Z Congonhas A/P Sao Paulo Brazil	A320-233 of TAM Reg: PT-MBK Flt: JJ3054	Overran r/way 35L at Congonhas A/P at speed, dropped 80m over an embankment & crashed into a cargo depot & burnt out	199 dead (18 on the ground)	Probably due to thrust lever on eng with locked out reverser being not retarded to idle (causing nil spoilers/nil auto-brake)
17 Jul day Santa Marte Colombia	Embraer E-190LR Reg: HK-4455 of Aero Republica	Skidded off wet runway beyond the airport boundary and fell over a 2 m embankment coming to rest in sea water	5 injured/ 54 pax +5 crew	Five passengers sustained injuries. Damage is believed to be substantial.
18 Jul day DR Congo	AN24 of Malift Air	An engine explosion on landing resulted in the total loss of the aircraft.	1 injured /12 onboard	Kinshasa to Nioki via Bandundu. Acft destroyed. Bandundu Airport (FZBO)
18 Jul 1805L Grand Rapids Michigan	DC9-50 of NWA Flt: NW292	Aircraft made a safe emergency landing at Grand Rapids after the pilots reported an engine loss during their descent.	Nil/122 pax	Detroit to Grand Rapids Michigan
18 Jul day Bandundu DRC	LET410 of Cargo Bull Avn 9Q-CIM	Ndolo based acft crashed shortly after takeoff (struck multiple birds)	3 minor injuries	9Q-CIM was a former Business Aviation Co. aircraft from Kinshasa
18 Jul 0045L Ekaterinburg Ru	TU-154M of Urals Airlines U6-2961	Acft suffered an engine failure soon after departure and landed back	nil	Headed Yuzhny Tashkent
19 Jul 1258L Chippewa Valley	A320 of NNWA Flt: NWA687	Diverted Eau Claire Wisconsin with smoke in cockpit. Landed 10 mins later.	Nil/148 pax +6 onboard	Pax bussed to Twin Cities airport
19 Jul 1513Z Erie Colorado	1951 Beech C-45H Reg: N9562Z	Acft clipped trees with wings and landing gear, hit a pole crashed into field & burnt	2 injured/2 onboard	North of Erie. Write-off
19 Jul 0500Z Gaines Creek Ak	L382 Hercules Reg: N401LC	On takeoff the cargo aircraft struck its tail heavily on the runway	nil	Substantial damage to the Lockheed L382G -44K-30
20 Jul 0137L Norfolk Virginia	767 of American Airlines	An AA 767 was diverted into Norfolk with a debilitating hydraulic failure	nil	Headed from JFK (New York) to Buenos Aires Argentina. Pax hoteled
20 Jul 1055L Lagos Nigeria	737-300 of Virgin Nigeria Flt: VS562	Go-round initiated at the threshold when an A340-600 was sighted on the runway	Nil/172 on A340-600	VK-44 of Virgin Atlantic (Lagos Heath-row). ATC cleared the A340 to line up
20 Jul ~2200L Chicago O'Hare	757-200 of Delta Flt: DL597	Aircraft diverted in to O'Hare with smoke reported in the cabin	Nil/181 onboard	New York to Seattle pax were retrieved by another DL 757
21 Jul Krasnoyarsk Ru	TU154M of Krasair	Returned some 20 mins after takeoff with excessive vibration in the LH engine	Nil/127 pax onboard	From Krasnoyarsk to Sochi. Engine was shut down because of severe vibrations
21 Jul 1815Z St Augustine Fl	Learjet 25 Reg: N70SK	On landing the right main gear was pushed up through the wing	1 uninjured	Substantial damage
21 Jul 1655L Arekuna Venez	Cessna Grand Caravan YV-1182	Both pilots were killed after the C208B aircraft crashed on takeoff	2 dead/2 onboard	Op by Linea Turistica Aereotuy
22 Jul morning Lansing Michigan	DC9-50 of NWA Flt: 619	NWA Flt returned to airport after 20 mins, reporting smoke in the cockpit	Nil/102 pax onboard	Bound Minneapolis. Acft later ferried to Detroit for maint
23 Jul evening Istanbul Turkey	737-800 of Turkish	Declared an emergency for engine failure and diverted into Istanbul	Nil/123 pax	Landed 36L (other traffic landing 06)
23 Jul afternoon near Dilesos / Evia Island Gr	Canadair CL415 of Greek Air Force Reg: 2055	Aircraft crashed into hillside at Dilesos and disintegrated during a fire-fighting mission above the island of Evia.	2 dead/2 onboard	The aircraft was the latest addition to Greece�s fire-fighting airfleet. Crashed near the town of Styra
23 Jul 1840L S.Erasmo Italy	Canadair CL415 Reg: I-DPCX	Crashed during water dropping missions to fight local bushfires near Acciano	1 dead/1 injured /2	Accident marks the 2nd CL-415 loss within one day. Op by Protezione Civile
23 Jul ~1300L Shinile Ethiopia East Somali Regn	AN26 of Djibouti Airlines	After departure from the airport of Dire Dawa the aircraft lost an engine & made a crash landing near the town of Shinile.	1 dead/8 inj /9 onboard	Dire Dawa to Djibouti. The flight was carrying passengers as well as cargo. At least one person suffered fatal injuries.
23 Jul 0446L Den Pasar Bali	A330-200 of Jetstar Reg: VH-EBE	Made a diversion to Bali after an engine shut itself down during cruise-flight	Nil/302 pax + 12 crew	Bangkok - Melbourne flight had departed with an unserviceable APU
23 Jul 0034Z Kalispell Mt	DeHav Beaver DHC2 N6748L	DHC-2 crashed under unknown circum-stances in rugged mountainous terrain	3 unknown	Bob Marshall Wilderness Area
24 Jul ~1350L Ketchikan Ak	DeHav Beaver DHC2 N995WA	Tour floatplane crashed on a hillside about 30 mls East of Ketchikan at about 2200Z	5 dead /5 onboard	The Alaska cruise-ship Sun Princess side-trip was operated by Taquan Air
25 Jul ~0624L Charlotte NC	A320 of US Airways Flt 1488	Acft had to be towed into the terminal after landing with an hydraulic failure	Nil/173 pax	No nosewheel steering etc.
1 Air carrier accidents, or other incidents involving serious failures or fatal injuries, investigated by aviation safety agencies of various nations. 2 DISCLAIMER: Assessments are not intended to assert probable cause or liability, but provide insight pending publication of a final report of investigation.

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