http://www.frenchflightsafety.com/Toute l'actualité FRENCH FLIGHT SAFETYwebmaster@frenchflightssafety.comfrFRENCH FLIGHT SAFETYFRENCH FLIGHT SAFETYFRENCH FLIGHT SAFETYFlorent BONNEVIEhttp://www.frenchflightsafety.com/defaut.php?id=13&num=1926-08-2008 21:08:57 GMThttp://www.frenchflightsafety.com/defaut.php?id=13&num=19http://www.frenchflightsafety.com/defaut.php?id=13&num=19All three crew on board a Fokker F27 freighter operated by Kenyan regional carrier Fly540 were killed when it crashed on approach into the Somalian capital of Mogadishu on 13 August.
The F27 Mk500 (5Y-BVF) was operating a charter freight flight from Nairobi to Mogadishu North airport - also known as K50 airport. Fly540 says the F27, which was carrying two pilots and an engineer, crashed during an attempted landing in poor weather conditions.
"Until investigations have been completed it will not be possible to ascertain the cause of the crash, but it seems likely to have been the result of bad weather," says the airline. Unconfirmed local media reports say the aircraft was seen approaching the airport twice before going around and colliding with a telecommunication antenna.
The aircraft's captain had just under 30 years' flying experience on jets and turboprop types and was also a qualified instructor. His co-pilot had been flying for over two years, says the airline.
Source : Flightglobal.comFlorent BONNEVIEhttp://www.frenchflightsafety.com/defaut.php?id=13&num=2026-08-2008 21:08:57 GMThttp://www.frenchflightsafety.com/defaut.php?id=13&num=20http://www.frenchflightsafety.com/defaut.php?id=13&num=20The 20 August crash of a Spanair Boeing MD-82 occurred in hot and high conditions that would have reduced aircraft performance margins.
Persistent reports from multiple sources suggest its left engine failed and caught fire, but this nor any other information had by 22 August been confirmed by the Spanish authorities.
Madrid's main airport has an elevation of 2,000ft (610m), and the weather was fairly hot at 28°C (82°F) or 29°C (see box).
Heat and altitude both markedly reduce the power a jet engine can produce, although this is taken into account in take-off performance calculations.
Barajas's Runway 36L is very long to accommodate take-offs in summer conditions, which at the time included a very light wind that was varying between southerly and south-westerly.
The MD-82 was carrying a full load of 172 people, including 10 crew, four of whom were off duty.
The aircraft was fuelled to fly to Las Palmas in the Canary Islands, a distance of 1,765km (970nm), which is comfortably within the aircraft's range under the conditions.
At some point well into the take-off the pilots lost control, and the aircraft veered away from the runway to the right, and the widely dispersed wreckage eventually came to rest in a shallow gully between runways 36L and 36R.
The aircraft is believed to have got airborne, if only briefly, above the runway, but then to have landed back on it before veering off.
The flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder have been recovered.
A fierce fire appears to have been the cause of most casualties because the medical services are having problems identifying most of the bodies. The number of deaths has been put at 153, with many of the 19 survivors suffering serious injuries.
The flight was late taking off because, about 2h earlier, the crew had returned the aircraft to the ramp with a fault that is believed to have been an overheating pitot tube, although the authorities have not confirmed this.
Source : Flightglobal.comFlorent BONNEVIEhttp://www.frenchflightsafety.com/defaut.php?id=13&num=2226-08-2008 21:08:57 GMThttp://www.frenchflightsafety.com/defaut.php?id=13&num=22http://www.frenchflightsafety.com/defaut.php?id=13&num=22Ryanair has identified the Boeing 737-800 involved in a depressurisation incident late yesterday as a five-year old example, adding that the twin-jet was serviced a month ago.
The Irish Air Accidents Investigation Unit has given the registration of the aircraft as EI-DAS.
Flight's ACAS database says the aircraft, serial number 33553, is owned by the Irish budget airline and had accumulated over 17,300 hours in more than 11,600 cycles.
The 737 had been operating Bristol-Girona as flight FR9336 when it suffered the depressurisation and diverted to Limoges in France, touching down at 23:30.
Sixteen of the 168 passengers on board were transferred to a local hospital with ear complaints.
Ryanair says the aircraft was last serviced on 24 July, and stresses that the oxygen system on board the jet was operating correctly. It adds that the captain of the aircraft has over 13,400h flight experience.
Florent BONNEVIEhttp://www.frenchflightsafety.com/defaut.php?id=13&num=2125-07-2008 21:08:57 GMThttp://www.frenchflightsafety.com/defaut.php?id=13&num=21http://www.frenchflightsafety.com/defaut.php?id=13&num=21