Selected international accidents/incidents 1 April – 30 June 2024

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1 April

  • Aircraft: Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner
  • Location: 150 km south-east of Tokyo-Narita Airport, Japan
  • Fatalities: 0
  • Description: Aircraft encountered severe turbulence, injuring 4 cabin crew, one with lower tibial (shin) fracture.

7 April

  • Aircraft: Boeing 737 Max 8
  • Location: Toronto-Pearson Airport, Canada
  • Fatalities: 0
  • Description: Tractor towing luggage carts struck engine nacelle, severely injuring the driver. Aircraft removed from service for repairs.

16 April

  • Aircraft: Piper PA-46-350TP Malibu Mirage
  • Location: Near Hartsburg, Missouri, US
  • Fatalities: 1
  • Description: Private IFR flight entered spiralling left rapid descent from FL160. Calculated descent rate reached 16,000 fpm before impact with ground. Outer wings and tail separated during descent. SIGMET in area for thunderstorms and hail.

23 April

  • Aircraft: Douglas C-54D (DC-4)
  • Location: Fairbanks, Alaska, US
  • Fatalities: 2
  • Description: Soon after take-off, pilot reported ‘fire on board’ and requested immediate return for aircraft which was carrying petrol and propane gas cargo. Ground witness saw fire in No.1 engine followed by explosion and separation of engine. Aircraft began uncontrolled descent and exploded on contact with ground.

28 April

  • Aircraft: Ibis GS-7-Magic
  • Location: Cartago, Colombia
  • Fatalities: 1
  • Description: Light sport aircraft had engine failure at take-off and
    crashed on road near airfield, killing a motorcyclist.

12 May

  • Aircraft: Piper PA-46-500TP Malibu Meridian
  • Location: Near Marianna, Arkansas, US
  • Fatalities: 2
  • Description: Private IFR flight entered spiralling right rapid
    descent from FL280. Descent rate reached 17,000 fpm before
    impact with ground.

15 May

  • Aircraft: Beechcraft V35 Bonanza
  • Location: Near Franklin, Tennessee, US
  • Fatalities: 3
  • Description: Aircraft entered area of predicted moderate to heavy rain at 9,000 feet. ADS-B data recorded 5,000 fpm descent. Witnesses saw pieces of aircraft falling out of overcast. Wreckage spread over 800-metre radius.

19 May

  • Aircraft: Tecnam P2006T
  • Location: Sunburst Field, Bumi Serpong Damai, Indonesia
  • Fatalities: 3
  • Description: Flying club aircraft crashed en route under unknown circumstances. Media reported one body found outside fuselage.

21 May

  • Aircraft: Boeing 777-300
  • Location: Over Irrawaddy Basin, Myanmar
  • Fatalities: 1
  • Description: Singapore Airlines flight encountered severe turbulence. During incident, vertical acceleration decreased from +1.35G to -1.5G withing 0.6 second. Passenger reported to have died from a medical episode associated with the event. Thirty others injured.

25 May

  • Aircraft: Supermarine Spitfire IX
  • Location: Near Coningsby, UK
  • Fatalities: 1
  • Description: Fighter belonging to Battle of Britain Memorial flight crashed after engine failure at take-off.

2 June

  • Aircraft: Yakovlev Yak-52
  • Location: Beja, Portugal
  • Fatalities: 1
  • Description: Aerobatic aircraft collided in airshow display, severing tail of one; the pilot died in the crash. Other aircraft also crashed but pilot uninjured.

17 June

  • Aircraft: Lockheed 12A Electra Junior
  • Location: Jackson, Georgia, US
  • Fatalities: 0
  • Description: Tail dragger twin-engine monoplane made in 1936 veered off runway to left during landing and struck trees, injuring crew. Preliminary investigation found loose hose fitting on right‑hand brakes.

28 June

  • Aircraft: Bell 212
  • Location: Fort Good Hope, Northwest territories, Canada
  • Fatalities: 1
  • Description: Main rotor blade on firefighting helicopter separated soon after lift-off. Second blade separated from mast soon after and helicopter fell to ground.

30 June

  • Aircraft: Cessna F172N (Reims)
  • Location: Collégien, France
  • Fatalities: 3
  • Description: Aircraft struck power lines during landing approach.

30 June

  • Aircraft: Piper Malibu
  • Location: Near Sidney, New York State, US
  • Fatalities: 5
  • Description: Aircraft entered rapid descent and crashed according to ADS-B data. NTSB investigating.

30 June

  • Aircraft: Waco YKC
  • Location: Near Selden, Kansas, US
  • Fatalities: 2
  • Description: Pilot of 90-year-old aircraft made phone calls before return flight inquiring about weather en route. Radar data showed climbing turns followed by descending right bank that continued into ground. Aircraft crashed in 90-degree bank, 40 degrees nose down. Foggy conditions at time.

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