88 AIRLINER WORLD SEPTEMBER 2017
Air
Safety
Reports
and details
of recent
incidents.DATE REG’N C/N TYPE OWNER FATALITIES LOCATION NOTES
Jun-14 TZ-DDG BB-589 Beech 200 Super King Air Malian Aéro Company 0 Mali Propellers badly damaged in landing accident at Bamako
Jun-23 N315DN 7436 Airbus A321-211 Delta Air Lines 0 US Tailstrike during landing at Atlanta
Jun-27 UR-19717 1G165-31 Antonov 2R Albatros 0 Ukraine Impacted terrain after loss of power in the Kiliya district
Jul-03 N9714B 208B-0153 Cessna 208B Super
CargomasterMartinaire 0 US Damaged beyond repair in forced landing near Alpine-CasparisJul-04 YV2896 469 Gulfstream III SATA 9 Venezuela Crashed into the sea off Macanao with the loss of all onboard
Jul-17 LV-ZTV BB-1703 Beech B200 Super King Air Aero Baires 0 Argentina Damaged in a landing accident at San Carlos de Bariloche
Jul-18 PK-YGG 23743 Boeing 737-301 (SF) Tri-MG Airlines 0 Indonesia Left the runway on landing at Wamena. Gear then collapsedSkyWest Airlines Bombardier CRJ700
N796SK (c/n 10300) experienced
an engine fire on landing at Denver
International Airport on July 4. All 59
passengers and crew evacuated theaircraft safely via the air stairs. The
jet was operating a United Express
service from Aspen when the incident
occurred. (Photo AirTeamImages.com/
4x6zk-moni shafir)Engine Fire at Denver
Jet2 Airbus A330-243 G-VYGL
(c/n 1555) suffered severe damage to
its main gear tyres during landing at
Tenerife South Airport on June 27. The
jet, which is leased from AirTanker, was
landing on Runway 07 after flight LS917
from Manchester when the accident
happened. The aircraft, which was
carrying 321 passengers and 11 crew,decelerated to a stop and airport fire
service personnel attended and veri-
fied there was no fire. Photos of the
incident show the two tyres on the left
gear are missing and severe damage
to the wheel rims. The two rear tyres
on the right gear were also badly dam-
aged, leaving the aircraft disabled on
the runway.Spain’s Comisión de Investigación de
Accidentes e Incidentes de Aviación
Civil, (Civil Aviation Accident and
Incident Investigation Commission,
CIAIAC) said all on board left the air-
craft via the steps as normal and none
needed medical attention. CIAIAC con-
firmed the runway was also damaged.
(AirTeamImages.com/Manuel EstevezR)A330 Damaged in Tenerife
The British Airline Pilots’ Association
(BALPA) has renewed calls for better
regulation of drones, and education
for their operators. The association’s
move comes after flying at Gatwick
was halted twice in in a single day
when a drone was operated near the
airport. The incident on July 2 led
to the runway being closed for two
periods of nine minutes and five
minutes respectively.
BALPA is calling for compulsory
registration and better education of
users, during which it wants the rules
about operating close to airports and
aircraft made clear as well as high-
profile prosecutions for offenders.BALPA Flight Safety Specialist, Steve
Landells, said: “Drones can be great
fun, and have huge commercial poten-
tial, but with a significant increase in
near misses in recent years it seems
not everyone who is flying them either
knows or cares about the rules that
are in place for good reason.
“While we take no issue with people
who fly their drones in a safe and
sensible manner, some people who fly
them near airports or densely popu-
lated areas are behaving dangerously.
“We believe a collision, particularly
with a helicopter, has the potential to
be catastrophic. Measures should be
put in place that will allow the policeto identify and locate anyone who flies
a drone in an irresponsible way.”
Landells says that with substantial
number of drones being sold, more
technological solutions will be
required to address the problem.
“These should include, amongst other
things, geofencing as standard and a
system whereby the drone transmits
enough data for the police to locate
the operator when it is flown in a
dangerous manner,” he explained.
“If the user has endangered an
aircraft, we would like to see the
culprit prosecuted; endangering an
aircraft has a maximum sentence of
five years in prison.”BALPA Reiterates Drone Concerns