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1974
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FLIGHT International, 17 January 1974 81 ACCIDENTS TO PUBLIC TRANSPORT OPERATOR'S AIRCRAFT-1973 SCHEDULED PASSENGER FLIGHTS (Over 12,5001b 5,700kg) Date Carrier Aircraft Location Total Fatalities Occupants Phase Circumstances Crew Pass Crew Pass Jan 22 Royal Jordanian Airlines Jan 29 Egyptair Feb 19 Feb 21 Mar 3 Mar 5 Mar 19 May 5 May 29 May 31 June 1 June 20 July 11 July 22 July 24 July 31 Aug 13 Aerofiot Urraca Balkan-Bulgarian Iberia Air Vietnam Egyptair Air Gaspe Indian Airlines Cruzeiro do Sul Aeromexico Varig PanAm Ozark Air Lines Delta Air Lines Aviaco B.707 (JY-ADO) 11-18 (SU-AOY) Tu-154(CCCP85023) DC-3 11-18 (LZ-BEM) DC-9 (EC-BII) DC-4(XV-NUI) B.707 (SU-APE) DC-3 B.737 (VT-EAM) Caravelle (PP-PDX) DC-9 (XA-SOC) B.707 (PP-VJZ) B.707 (N417PA) FH.227 (N4215) DC-9(N975NE) Caravelle (EC-BIC) Kano, Nigeria North Cyprus Prague Panama Moscow, Sheremetyevo Nantes Ben Me Thuot over Alps Rimouski Delhi Sao Luiz Puerto Vallarta Paris, Orly Papeete St Louis Boston Corunna 1 170 7 30 4 62 19 7 18 61 57 1 1 43 16 23 116 68 37 83 79 3 5 7 4 7 10 1 5 6 Aug 27 Aerovias Condor Aug 30 TWA Sep 11 Jugoslav Aerotransport Texas International Convair 600 (N94230) Electra(HK-777) Bogota B.707 Los Angeles Caravelle (YU-AHO) Titograd 6 36 — 1 6 35 Sep 27 Oct 13 Oct 23 Nov 4 Nov 2 Nov 17 Dec 8 Aerofiot Vasp National Urraca Air Vietnam Aerofiot Dec 16 Aerofiot Tu.104 YS-11A (PP-SMJ) DC-10(N6ONA) Herald (HK-718) DC-3(XV-NIE) Tu-104 Tu-124 Eagleton 3 Moscow Domodedovo 28 Rio de Janeiro Alberquerque Villavicencia Quang Ngai Moscow, Domodedovo 100m from Moscow — 7 — 1 3 23 13 11 7 198 30 9 91 24 7 7 5 ? 3 7 7 4 17 10 3 5 6 6 9 6 18 61 57 ? i 58 16 23 117 69 42 83 79 36 132 35 60 app 12 116 3 23 72 L Landed in undershoot. Fire. Runway surface collapsed App Crashed during visual approach. Destroyed by fire L Reported locked tailplane ER No details L Tailplane icing ER Mid-air collision with Spantax Coronado EC-BJC App No details ER Severe turbulence App Hit mountain during diversion L Crashed in flames L Overshot, crashed and burnt App Hit high ground App Fire broke out during descent T/O Crashed in sea after declaring emergency App Struck by lightning L Hit sea wall in fog and burnt L Fourth approach in bad weather. One killed on ground T/O Hit high ground in fog App Upset due to autopilot malfunction App Hit high ground ER Became lost in bad weather L Details not reported T/O Crashed into water ER Engine damage caused cabin decompres sion L Emergency landing with undercarriage trouble ER No details L Landed short in bad weather ER No details NON-SCHEDULED PASSENGER FLIGHTS (Over 12,5001b, 5,700kg) Date Carrier Aircraft Total Fatalities Occupants Location Basle Amman West of Stavang Godthaat, Tangier Durban Green er land Crew 4 1 — 3 7 — Pass 104 1 4 12 98 1 Crew 6 7 2 3 7 3 Pass 139 77 15 12 98 22 Phase App T/O ER ER App App Circumstances Struck high ground Overran abandoned T/O 7 killed on ground Tail rotor drive failure Crashed in sea Hit high ground Crashed in water Apr 10 Invicta International Vanguard (G-AXOP) June 30 Aerofiot Tu-134 (CCCP65668) July 9 Helikopter Services S-61N (LN-OQA) Oct 25 Gronlandsfly S-61N (OY-HAI) Dec 22 Sobelair Caravelle (OO-SRD) Dec 28 Executive Fun DC-3 (ZS-DAK) SCHEDULED PASSENGER FLIGHTS (Below 12,5001b, 5,700kg) Date Carrier Aircraft Location Total Fatalities Occupants Crew Pass Crew Pass Phase Circumstances Feb 28 Apr 18 Apr 19 Aug 16 Merpati Nusantara Bakhtar Afghan Air Iowa Turks & Caicos Airways Twin Otter (PK-NUC) West Irian Twin Otter (YA-GAT) Bamyam (Twin-piston) Davenport Islander (N38JA) Cap Haitien 3 10 2 2 6 2 8 10 17 ER TO ER No details No details No details Hit high ground HOSTILE ACTION Date Carrier Date Carrier Aircraft Location Total Fatalities Occupants Phase Circumstances Feb 21 Libyan Arab Late May Aerofiot FREIGHT B.727(5A-DAH) Tu 104 Sinai Siberia Crew Pass 4 106 about 100 Crew Pass 5 108 ? ? ER ER Shot down after navigational error Gunfight after hijack attempt Aircraft Location Total Fatalities Occupants Crew Pass Crew Pass Phase Circumstances Jan 2 Jan 27 June 9 June 21 Sep 8 Nov 3 Dec 16 Pacific Western Airlines TAN (Honduras) Varig Transair Cargo World Airways PanAm Aircraft Pool Leasing B.707 (CF-PWZ) DC-6 (HR-TNO) B.707 DC-7 DC-8 (N802WA) B.707 (N458PA) Constellation (N6917C) Edmonton Tegucigalpa Rio de Janeiro Miami Cold Bay, Alaska Boston Miami — 5 — 3 — 4 — 3 — 6 — 3 3 — App Crashed in undershoot at night App Crashed and burnt out 10m north of airfield L Hit runway edge on landing T/O No details App Hit high ground in fog ER Fire broke out when acid cargo spilled. Crash landed at airfield T/O Five killed on ground
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