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20may18 N1101X PA-34-200T 34-7570208 dam
A private Piper Seneca II went missing on a flight from Burl-
ington International (VT) to Harriman-and-West (MA), with
only the pilot onboard. The following day the wreckage was
found on Bald Mountain in Bennington County near Wood-
ford (VT). Sadly the pilot died in the crash. The NTSB and FAA
are looking into what caused the crash.
21may18 TC-OCH A330-243 437 dam
Saudi Arabian Airlines flight SV3818, from Madinah, Saudi
Arabia to Dhaka, Bangladesh, was enroute at FL370 (37,00f0t)
about 200 miles north-east of Madinah when the crew
decided to turn around and divert to Jeddah due to a hydrau-
lic failure. During the approach to Jeddah’s runway 34R the
crew went around from 1,000ft due to an unsafe gear indica-
tion. They entered a hold for about one hour while working
the checklists, and then performed a low approach to Jeddah.
When all seemed OK they repositioned for a full stop landing
without the nose gear. The Airbus, leased from Onur Air but
flying in full Saudia colours, landed on Jeddah’s runway 34R
about 4.5 hours after departure from Madinah. It skidded on
the main gear and aircraft nose, producing sparks, to a halt
on the runway. The aircraft was evacuated and all 141 pas-
sengers and ten crew members got out without any injuries
being reported. The aircraft sustained substantial damage
however.
21may18 RA- SA342 w/o
A Gazelle of an unknown operator carried out an emergency
landing near the confluence of the Shevli and Uda rivers
of the Tuguro-Chumikansky district, Russia. After the hard
landing the chopper caught fire. Luckily the occupants had
time to evacuate before the helicopter caught fire. On the
way to a nearby hunting lodge, one kilometre from the scene,
one person allegedly had a heart attack, as a result of which
he died. That person was a former Colonel-General of the
Federal Security Service of Russia in 1946.
22may18 N813WM G200 054 w/o
TVPX Aircraft Solutions’s G200 suffered a runway excur-
sion after landing on runway 02 at Tegucigalpa-Toncontin
Airport, Honduras. It went down a slope and came to rest
across a road. The fuselage broke in two pieces, immediately
forward of the wing. All seven persons onboard were injured.
The Galaxy came from Austin-Bergstrom International
Airport (TX).
22may18 KhF1-14/37 L-39ZA 365416 w/o
A Royal Thai Air Force L-39 Albatros crashed at the Bhumi-
bol Dam Golf Course, Sam Ngao district, Tak Province, close
to the Myanmar border, due to a technical issue. The crash
resulted in one pilot killed while the other one was seriously
injured. The Albatros was assigned to the 4th Wing and 401sq
“Dragon”, which is based out of Takhli.
22may18 PH-SBM CeF172N F17201637 w/o
Both occupants died when the Sand Air Cessna Skyhawk
impacted a tree south-west of Stolwijk, the Netherlands, in
the Krimpenerwaard polder, and came to rest in a pond. It
was on a local training flight out of Rotterdam-The Hague
Airport.
22may18 P4-KBB A320-232 5613 dam
An Air Astana Airbus A320 ran off Astana’s runway 22 for a
few moments during a landing amidst poor weather condi-
tions (thunderstorms in the vicinity with strong gusting
crosswinds). It crossed taxiways B and C and returned onto
the centre line of the runway. There were no injuries, the
aircraft sustained damage to the left hand engine inlet. It
came back from Shymkent as flight KC352 with 97 passen-
gers and nine crew members. The storm was so severe that
it caused a building crane to collapse, houses being unroofed
and about twenty people on the ground being injured down-
town Astana.
23may18 PT-FLW Ce208B 208B0451 w/o
An Amazonaves Táxi Aéreo Cessna Grand Caravan was
consumed by fire after it crashed in a wasteland while on
approach to Manaus-Aeroclube de Flores Airport’s runway
11, Brazil. It had left Manaus-Eduardo Gomes International
Airport earlier for the very short hop. Luckily the pilot sur-
vived the accident.
23may18 SA316 w/o
The Indian Air Force lost a Cheetah after it made a crash-
landing during a routine sortie from Jammu to Natha Top.
All four occupants were safe.
23may18 T-38 w/o
A T-38 Talon of the USAF crashed near Columbus AFB (MS)
after a technical malfunction. It came down off Highway 373
near Barton’s Ferry Road north of the base. Both instructor
and student ejected safely.
24may18 4811 F-5FM IH1006 w/o
The Força Aerea Brasileira lost an F-5 Tiger II when it came
down just after take-off from Santa Cruz-Bartolomeu de
Gusmão, near Rio de Janeiro. Both pilots ejected safely.
Credits: ASN, Aviation Herald, B3A, JACDEC, FAA, Jane’s
During challenging weather conditions this Air Astana A320 P4-KBB had a difficult landing as thunderstorms and wind gusts forced the air-
plane off the runway for some moments. Apart from small damage to the aircraft, none of the passengers were harmed. (Dubai, 2 October 2016,
Simon Titchmarsh)
