Accidents

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MOST RECENT ACCIDENTS & INCIDENTS (past three months), in reverse chronological order:

Iran Air; Boeing 727-200;  (EP-IRP);;  near Orumiyeh, Iran;  Jan 9, 2011

Windrose Air;  Hawker Beechcraft [Raytheon] 390 Premier IA;  (D-IAYL);;  Bever, Switzerland;  Dec 19, 2010

Tara Air;  de Havilland DHC-6-300 Twin Otter;  (9N-AFX);;  Okhaldhunga district, Nepal;  Dec 15, 2010

Sun Way Flt MGC-4412;  Ilyushin IL-76;  (4L-GNI);;  Karachi, Pakistan;  Nov 28, 2010

Qantas Flt QF 32;  Airbus A380  (VH-OQA);  near Singapore;  Nov 4, 2010

American Airlines Flt 1640;  Boeing 757-200  (N626AA);  Miami, Florida;  Oct 26, 2010

Transafrik International Flt MUA-662;  Lockheed L-10;  near Kabul, Afghanistan;  Oct 12, 2010





ARCHIVES: Accidents - Listed alphabetically by carrier name within in each sector


Passenger Airlines (Scheduled and Charter)

Adam Air Flt DHI-574;  Boeing 737-400  (PK-KKW);  Makassar Strait (en route SUB-MDC);  Jan 1, 2007

Aeroflot-Nord Flt SU-821;  Boeing 737-500  (VP-BKO);  Perm, Russia;  Sep 14, 2008

Afriqiyah Airways Flt 8U-771;  Airbus A330-200  (5A-ONG); Tripoli, Libya; May 12, 2010

Agni Air Flt AG-101;  Dornier DO 228  (9N-AHE);  Makwanpur District, Nepal; Aug 24, 2010

Air France Flt AF 447; Airbus A330-200  (F-GZCP); Atlantic Ocean (en route GIG-CDG); Jun 1, 2009

Air India Express Flt IX812;  Boeing 737-800  (VT-AXV); Magalore, India; May 22, 2010

Air New Zealand/XL Airways Germany Flt GXL888T;  Airbus A320-200  (D-AXLA [ZK-OJL]); Mediterranean Sea, near Perpignan, France; Nov 27, 2008

Airblue Flt 202; Airbus A321-200  (AP-BJB);  Islamabad, Pakistan;  Jul 28, 2010

Aires Flt 4C-8250;  Boeing 737-700  (HK-4682);  San Andrés Island, Colombia; Aug 16, 2010

Airnorth;  Embraer 120  (VH-ANB); Darwin, NT, Australia; Mar 22, 2010

American Airlines Flt AA 331;  Boeing 737-800  (N977AN); Kingston, Jamaica; Dec 22, 2009

ASA Flt 4951;  Canadair CRJ-900  (N133EV);  New York (JFK);  Sep 25, 2010

Aviastar-TU;  Tupolev TU-204-100  (RA-64011); Moscow, Russia; Mar 22, 2010

British Airways Flt BA038;  Boeing 777-236ER (G-YMMM); London, England; Jan 17, 2008

Cathay Pacific Airways Flt CX780;  Airbus A330-342 (B-HLL);  Hong Kong;  Apr 13, 2010

China Airlines Flt CI120;  Boeing 737-800 (B-18616);  Naha, Okinawa, Japan;  Aug 20, 2007

Colgan Air  Flt 3407;  Bombardier Dash-8 Q400  (N200WQ);  near Buffalo, New York;  Feb 12, 2009

Comair Flt 5191;  Bombardier CRJ-100  (N431CA); Lexington, Kentucky; Aug 27, 2006

Continental Airlines Flt 1404;  Boeing 737-500  (N18611); Denver, Colorado; Dec 20, 2008

Conviasa Flt 2350; ATR 42-300  (YV1010);  Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela;  Sep 13, 2010

Delta Air Lines Flt 160;  Boeing 767-332ER  (N185DN); Atlanta, Georgia; Oct 19, 2009

Ethiopian Airlines Flt. ET409;  Boeing 737-800   (ET-ANB); near Beirut, Lebanon; Jan 25, 2010

Etihad Airways;  Airbus A340-600  (F-WWCJ) ;  Toulouse, France;  Nov 15, 2007

Filair;  Let L-410;  Bandundu, Democratic Republic of Congo; Aug 25, 2010

Garuda Indonesia Flt GA200;  Boeing 737-400  (PK-GZC); Yogyakarta, Indonesia;  Mar 7, 2007

Henan Airlines Flt VD-8387;  Embraer E190  (B-3130);  Yichun City, China; Aug 24, 2010

Iberia Flt IB6463;  Airbus A340-600  (EC-JOH);  Quito, Ecuador;  Nov 9, 2007

Kenya Airways Flt KQ507;  Boeing 737-800  (5Y-KYA);  Douala, Cameroon;  May 5, 2007

Merpati Nusantara Flt MZ-836;  Boeing 737-300  (PK-MDE);  Manokwari, West Papua; Apr 13, 2010

MexicanaClick Flt QA7222;   Fokker 100  (XA-SHJ); Monterrey, Mexico; Feb 11, 2010

Nationwide Airlines Flt CE723;  Boeing 737-200  (ZS-OEZ);  Cape Town, South Africa; Nov 7, 2007

One-Two-Go Flt OG269;  MD-82  (HS-OMG);  Phuket, Thailand; Sep 16, 2007

PSA Airlines Flt 2495;  Bombardier CRJ-200  (N246PS); Charleston, West Virginia; Jan 19, 2010

Qantas Flt QF 30;  Boeing 747-400  (VH-OJK); Manila, Philippines; Jul 25, 2008

Qantas Flt QF 72;  Airbus A330-303  (VH-QPA); Learmonth, WA, Australia; Oct 7, 2008

Qantas Flt QF 74; Boeing 747-400  (VH-OJP);  near San Francisco, California;  Aug 31, 2010

Ryanair Flt FR4102;  Boeing 737-800  (EI-DYG);  Rome (Ciampino), Italy;  Nov 10, 2008

Southwest Airlines Flt 2294;  Boeing 737-300  (N387SW);  Charleston, WV;  Jul 13, 2009

Spanair Flt JK5022; MD-82  (EC-HFP); Madrid, Spain; Aug 20, 2008

Taban Air Flt HH-6347;  Tupolev TU-154M  (RA-85787); Mashad, Iran; Jan 24, 2010

TACA International Airlines Flt TA1390;   Airbus A320-233  (EI-TAF);  Tegucigalpa, Honduras;  May 30, 2008

TAM Flt JJ-3054;  Airbus A320-200  (PR-MBK);  Sao Paulo, Brazil;  Jul 17, 2007

Turkish Airlines Flt TK1951;  Boeing 737-800  ( T-CJGE); near Amsterdam, Netherlands;  Feb 25, 2009

US Airways Flt 1549;  Airbus A320-124  (N106US); Hudson River, New York City; Jan 15, 2009

Yemenia Flt IY626;  Airbus A310-300  (70-ADJ);  Indian Ocean, Near Moroni, Comoros Islands;  Jun 30, 2009

Yeti Airlines Flt 0Y-103;  de Haviland DHC-6 Twin Otter  (9N-AFE);  Lukla, Nepal;  Oct 8, 2008


Air Cargo (Scheduled and On-demand)

ACE Air Cargo; Beech 1900C  (N112AX); near Sand Point, Alaska; Jan 21, 2010

AeroUnión Flt 6R-302;  Airbus A-300B4-200  (XA-TUE); Monterrey, Mexico; Apr 13, 2010

Air Tahoma Flt AT1147;  Convair CV-580  (N587X);  near Columbus, Ohio;  Sep 1, 2008

All West Freight; Fairchild C-123K Provider  (N709RR); Denali Nat'l Park, Alaska; Aug 1, 2010

Avient Aviation Flt Z3-324;  MD-11F  (Z-BAV); Shanghai, China; Nov 28, 2009

FedEx Flt FX-80;  MD-11F  (N526FE);  Tokyo, Japan; Mar 23, 2009

Kalitta Air Flt WE164 (for Centurion);  Boeing 747-209B  (N714CK); near Bogota, Colombia;  Jul 7, 2008

Kalitta Air Flt K4-207;  Boeing 747-209F  (N704CK);  Brussels, Belgium;  May 25, 2008

Lufthansa Cargo Flt 8460; MD-11 freighter  (D-ALCQ) ;  Riyadh, Saudi Arabia;  Jul 27, 2010

Royal Air Freight Flt RAX 988;  Learjet 35A  (N720RA);  near Wheeling, Illinois; Jan 5, 2010

UPS Flt 5X-6; Boeing 747-400F  (N571UP);  Dubai, UAE;  Sep 3, 2010


Business Aviation

East Coast Jets Flt ECJ81; BAe 125-800 [Hawker 800] (N818MV);  Owatonna, Minnesota; Jul 31, 2008

Global Exec Aviation;  Learjet 60  (N999LJ); Columbia, South Carolina; Sep 19, 2008

Marlin Air;  Cessna Citation  II 500  (N550BP); Lake Michigan, en route MKE-YIP; Jun 4, 2007

Time Air (Czech);  Cessna 550B Citation Bravo  (OK-ACH); near Reinhardtsdorf-Schöna, Germany; Feb 14, 2010