AeroInside Monthly Aviation Safety Review December 2021

December 2021 was a busy month in aviation safety. Please find our summary below.

All in all, 81 new articles have been published during last month. 6 accidents have occurred during that timeframe. Additionally, 73 incidents have been observed with our focus on commercial jet aviation.

Accidents (6)

Malu S360 near Shabunda on Dec 23rd 2021, impacted ground in bad weather
A Malu Aviation Shorts 360, registration 9S-GPS performing a flight from Goma to Shabunda (DR Congo) with 6 passengers and 3 crew, was on approach to…

Allegiant A319 enroute on Dec 13th 2021, fumes injure flight attendant
An Allegiant Airbus A319-100, registration N318NV performing flight G4-33 from Las Vegas,NV to Bozeman,MT (USA), was enroute about 20 minutes into…

Frontier A20N at Las Vegas on Dec 12th 2021, tail strike on landing
A Frontier Airlines Airbus A320-200N, registration N307FR performing flight F9-2047 from Memphis,TN to Las Vegas,NV (USA), landed on Las Vegas'…

Transnorthern DC3S at Anchorage on Dec 8th 2021, engine failure and gear up landing
A Transnorthern Aviation Douglas DC-3 (C-117 Skytrain), registration N28TN performing freight flight TNV-123 from Anchorage,AK to Kodiak,AK (USA)…

Caraibes A359 at Cayenne on Dec 5th 2021, turbulence injures 3 cabin crew
An Air Caraibes Airbus A350-900, registration F-HNET performing flight TX-570 from Paris Orly (France) to Cayenne (French Guiana), was descending…

Frontier A321 near El Paso on Dec 2nd 2021, fumes on board
A Frontier Airlines Airbus A321-200, registration N718FR performing flight F9-2074 from Las Vegas,NV to San Antonio,TX (USA), was enroute at FL350…

Incidents (73)

LOT B38M at London Heathrow, UK on Dec 28th 2021, struck by ground truck
A LOT Polish Airlines Boeing 737-800MAX at London Heathrow, UK on December 28th 2021 was struck by a ground truck and received minor damage to its…

Caraibes A333 at Sint Maarten on Dec 28th 2021, engine shut down in flight
An Air Caraibes Airbus A330-300, registration F-ORLY performing flight TX-527 from Sint Maarten (Sint Maarten) to Paris Orly (France), was in the…

Delta A333 at Paris on Dec 28th 2021, hydraulic leak
A Delta Airlines Airbus A330-300, registration N821NW performing flight DL-98 from Detroit,MI (USA) to Paris Charles de Gaulle (France), was enroute…

Allegiant Air A320 at Punta Gorda, United States on Dec 27th 2021, ground collision with other aircraft
An Allegiant Air Airbus A320 struck another A320 from the same company at Punta Gorda, FL, United States while being pushed back from the gate.…

Westjet B738 near Winnipeg on Dec 27th 2021, first officer incapacitated
A Westjet Boeing 737-800, registration C-FUSM performing flight WS-656 from Calgary,AB to Toronto,ON (Canada), was enroute at FL370 about 70nm…

Cargolux B744 at Amsterdam on Dec 26th 2021, main deck fire warning
A Cargolux Boeing 747-400, registration LX-UCV performing flight CV-7156 from Nairobi (Kenya) to Amsterdam (Netherlands), was on approach to…

Aeroflot A320 at Rostov on Dec 26th 2021, late go around due to snow plough on runway
An Aeroflot Airbus A320-200, registration VP-BIJ performing flight SU-1156 from Moscow Sheremetyevo to Rostov (Russia) with 140 passengers and 5…

UTAir B738 at Tyumen on Dec 25th 2021, rejecgted takeoff due to engine failure
A UTAir Boeing 737-800, registration VQ-BQP performing flight UT-9875 from Tyumen (Russia) to Yerevan (Armenia), was accelerating for takeoff from…

Red Wings SU95 at Anapa on Dec 25th 2021, rejected takeoff due to disagreeing airspeeds
A Red Wings Sukhoi Superjet 100-95, registration RA-89137 performing flight WZ-1282 from Anapa to Chelyabinsk (Russia), was accelerating for takeoff…

TAP A21N near Funchal on Dec 25th 2021, bag mismatch
A TAP Air Portugal Airbus A321-200N, registration CS-TXA performing flight TP-5 from Lisbon (Portugal) to Natal,RN (Brazil), was enroute at FL330…

S7 B738 near Moscow on Dec 24th 2021, loss of cabin pressure
A S7 Sibir Airlines Boeing 737-800, registration VP-BND performing flight S7-1236 from Saratov to Moscow Domodedovo (Russia), was enroute at FL360…

United B738 at Newark on Dec 24th 2021, engine shut down in flight
A United Boeing 737-800, registration N78509 performing flight UA-794 from Newark,NJ to San Diego,CA (USA) with 167 people on board, was climbing out…

PIA B772 near Muscat on Dec 23rd 2021, cargo fire indication
A PIA Pakistan International Airlines Boeing 777-200, registration AP-BGZ performing flight PK-9739 (dep Dec 22nd) from Multan (Pakistan) to Jeddah…

SriLankan A333 near Colombo on Dec 23rd 2021, hydraulic fault
A SriLankan Airbus A330-300, registration 4R-ALQ performing flight UL-606 from Colombo (Sri Lanka) to Sydney,NS (Australia), was enroute at FL330…

Swift B734 near Cologne on Dec 22nd 2021, loss of cabin pressure
A Swiftair Boeing 737-400 on behalf of DHL, registration EC-NMK performing freight flight QY-8842 from Cologne (Germany) to Madrid,SP (Spain), was…

Summit RJ1H near Thunder Bay on Dec 21st 2021, loss of cabin pressure
A Summit Air Avro RJ-100, registration C-FRJY performing flight SUT-8225 from Thunder Bay,ON to Waterloo,ON (Canada) with 31 passengers and 4 crew,…

ANZ AT72 at Christchurch on Dec 21st 2021, smoke indication
An ANZ Air New Zealand Avions de Transport Regional ATR-72-212A, registration ZK-MVM performing flight NZ-5777 from Napier to Christchurch (New…

Emirates B773 at Dubai on Dec 20th 2021, overran runway on departure
An Emirates Boeing 777-300, registration A6-EQI performing flight EK-231 from Dubai (United Arab Emirates) to Washington Dulles,DC (USA), was…

Cargolux B744 at Novosibirsk on Dec 19th 2021, rejected takeoff due to engine problem
A Cargolux Boeing 747-400 freighter, registration LX-MCL performing flight CV-6497 from Novosibirsk (Russia) to Luxembourg (Luxembourg), was…

Eastern B763 at Miami on Dec 19th 2021, flaps problem
An Eastern Airlines Boeing 767-300, registration N705KW performing flight 2D-154 from Miami,FL (USA) to Montevideo (Uruguay), was climbing out of…

Canada B38M at Vancouver on Dec 19th 2021, rotated on its own
An Air Canada Boeing 737-8 MAX, registration C-GEKX performing flight AC-234 from Vancouver,BC to Edmonton,AB (Canada) with 160 passengers and 6…

Edelweiss A320 at Zurich on Dec 18th 2021, rejected takeoff due to bird strike
An Edelweiss Airbus A320-200, registration HB-IHY performing flight WK-224 from Zurich (Switzerland) to Santiago de Compostela,SP (Spain), was…

Piedmont E145 at Charlotte on Dec 18th 2021, crack in windshield
A Piedmont Embraer ERJ-145 on behalf of American Airlines, registration N651AE performing flight AA-6165 from Charlotte,NC to Mobile,AL (USA), was…

KLM A332 at Entebbe on Dec 18th 2021, engine shut down in flight
A KLM Airbus A330-200, registration PH-AOE performing flight KL-535 (sched. dep Dec 17th, act. dep Dec 18th) from Entebbe (Uganda) to Amsterdam…

Aeroflot B773 at Phuket on Dec 18th 2021, rejected takeoff due to engine failure
An Aeroflot Boeing 777-300, registration VQ-BQE performing flight SU-275 from Phuket (Thailand) to Moscow Sheremetyevo (Russia), was accelerating for…

Canada BCS3 near Santa Ana on Dec 18th 2021, right elevator failed in flight
An Air Canada Bombardier C-Series CS-300, registration C-GUAC performing flight AC-598 from Vancouver,BC (Canada) to Santa Ana,CA (USA) with 115…

Gol B738 near Salvador on Dec 18th 2021, cargo fire indication
A Gol Transportes Aereos Boeing 737-800, registration PR-GTC performing flight G3-1512 from Sao Paulo Guarulhos,SP to Joao Pessoa,PB (Brazil) with…

PIA B772 near Karachi on Dec 17th 2021, cracked cockpit window
A PIA Pakistan International Airlines Boeing 777-200, registration AP-BHX performing flight PK-9753 from Islamabad (Pakistan) to Riyadh (Saudi…

Pegas E190 at St. Petersburg on Dec 16th 2021, cabin pressure problems
An Pegasfly (former Ikar) Embraer ERJ-190, registration VP-BZG performing flight E0-215 from St. Petersburg to Nizhny Novgorod (Russia), was climbing…

Lufthansa A20N at Hamburg on Dec 15th 2021, nose gear did not retract
A Lufthansa Airbus A320-200N, registration D-AIJD performing flight LH-7 from Hamburg to Frankfurt/Main (Germany), was in the climb out of Hamburg's…

Jazz DH8D at Vancouver on Dec 15th 2021, engine failure
A Jazz De Havilland Dash 8-400, registration C-GGOY performing flight QK-8399 from Vancouver,BC to Sandspit,BC (Canada) with 26 passengers and 4…

Binter E295 near Lanzarote on Dec 14th 2021, cargo smoke indication
A Binter Canaria Embraer ERJ-195-E2, registration EC-NFA performing flight NT-9301 from Turin (Italy) to Las Palmas,CI (Spain), was enroute at FL290…

Vistara A320 at Delhi on Dec 14th 2021, bird strike
A Vistara Airbus A320-200, registration VT-TTK performing flight UK-641 from Delhi to Lucknow (India) with 148 people on board, was climbing through…

SriLankan A21N at Chennai on Dec 14th 2021, burning smell on board
A SriLankan Airlines Airbus A321-200N, registration 4R-AND performing flight 4L-122 from Chennai (India) to Colombo (Sri Lanka), departed Chennai's…

Lion B739 at Padang on Dec 13th 2021, cabin did not properly pressurize
A Lionair Boeing 737-900, registration PK-LQR performing flight JT-145 from Padang to Batam (Indonesia) with 196 passengers and 7 crew, was climbing…

PIA A320 at Islamabad on Dec 12th 2021, engine troubles reduce passenger count from 186 to 6
A PIA Pakistan International Airlines Airbus A320-200, registration AP-BLB performing flight PK-301 from Islamabad to Karachi (Pakistan) with 180…

Malta Air B738 at Parma on Dec 12th 2021, rejected takeoff due to bird strike
A Malta Air Boeing 737-800 on behalf of Ryanair, registration 9H-QCZ performing flight FR-8111 from Parma to Cagliari (Italy), was accelerating for…

Jetblue A320 at Fort Lauderdale on Dec 12th 2021, bird strike
A Jetblue Airways Airbus A320-200, registration N629JB performing flight B6-1710 from Port au Prince (Haiti) to Fort Lauderdale,FL (USA), was on…

Indigo A20N at Mumbai and Abu Dhabi on Dec 12th 2021, involuntary stowaway
An Indigo Airbus A320-200N, registration VT-IIJ performing flight 6E-1835 from Mumbai (India) to Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates), was preparing for…

Gol B738 at Vitoria on Dec 12th 2021, captain's and first officer's instruments differ
A Gol Transportes Aereos Boeing 737-800, registration PR-GUZ performing flight G3-1395 from Vitoria,ES to Sao Paulo Guarulhos,SP (Brazil) with 176…

Ikar B738 near Moscow on Dec 11th 2021, loss of cabin pressure
An Ikar Boeing 737-800, registration VP-BPI performing flight N4-161 from Moscow Sheremetyevo to Krasnodar (Russia) with 164 passengers and 6 crew,…

Delta B763 at Cincinnati and Cleveland on Dec 11th 2021, go around due to windshear, remains on the ground after landing
A Delta Boeing 767-300, registration N172DN performing flight DL-1617 (scheduled dep Dec 10th, actual dep Dec 11th) from Atlanta,GA to Cincinnati,KY…

Finnair A359 at Helsinki on Dec 11th 2021, runway excursion during line up
A Finnair Airbus A350-900, registration OH-LWA performing flight AY-1963 (sched. dep Dec 10th, act. dep Dec 11th) from Helsinki (Finland) to Dubai…

United B739 near Houston on Dec 11th 2021, weather radar failure
A United Boeing 737-900, registration N38443 performing flight UA-1161 from Newark,NJ (USA) to Puerto Vallarta (Mexico), was enroute at FL340 about…

American A321 at Los Angeles on Dec 11th 2021, engine shut down in flight
An American Airlines Airbus A321-200, registration N130AN performing flight AA-2801 from Los Angeles,CA (USA) to Cancun (Mexico), was climbing out of…

Max Air B733 at Benin on 11th Dec 2021, ground collision with other aircraft while taxiing
A Max Air B737-300 with registration 5N-ADB collided with an Air Peace B737-300 during taxiing at Benin Airport in Nigeria. Max Air B737-300…

Air Peace B733 at Benin on 11th Dec 2021, ground collisionwith other aircraft while taxiing
An Air Peace B737-300 with registration 5N-BUQ collided with a Max Air B737-300 during taxiing at Benin Airport in Nigeria. Max Air B737-300…

PAL Express DH8D at Mactan on Dec 10th 2021, runway excursion on landing
A PAL Express de Havilland Dash 8-400, registration RP-C5911 performing flight 2P-2369 from Caticlan to Mactan Cebu (Philippines) with 29 passengers…

Azur B752 enroute on Dec 10th 2021, slat problems
An Azur Air Boeing 757-200, registration VQ-BKF performing flight ZF-698 from Sharm el Sheikh (Egypt) to Chelyabinsk (Russia) with 235 passengers and…

ITA A320 at Rio de Janeiro on Dec 10th 2021, hydraulic failure
An ITA Transportes Aereos Airbus A320-200, registration PS-TCS performing flight 8I-5610 from Rio de Janeiro Galeao,RJ to Brasilia,DF (Brazil) with…

Anadolujet B738 at Istanbul on Dec 9th 2021, engine failure
An Anadolujet Boeing 737-800 on behalf of THY Turkish Airlines, registration TC-JFT performing flight TK-7236 from Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen to Samsun…

Endeavor CRJ9 at Raleigh/Durham on Dec 9th 2021, brakes overheat on departure
An Endeavor Canadair CRJ-900 on behalf of Delta Airlines, registration N936XJ performing flight DL-5500 from Raleigh/Durham,NC to New York La…

Spicejet B38M near Mumbai on Dec 9th 2021, engine shut down in flight
A Spicejet Boeing 737-8 MAX, registration VT-MXE performing flight SG-467 from Mumbai to Kolkata (India), was climbing through FL330 out of Mumbai…

Horizon DH8D at Portland on Dec 9th 2021, engine shut down in flight
A Horizon Airlines de Havilland Dash 8-400 on behalf of Alaska Airlines, registration N450QX performing flight AS-2232 from Portland,OR to Spokane,WA…

TUI B788 at Manchester on Dec 8th 2021, could not retract nose gear
A TUI Airways Boeing 787-8, registration G-TUIB performing flight BY-186 from Manchester,EN (UK) to Puerto Vallarta (Mexico), was climbing out of…

Canada BCS3 at Toronto on Dec 8th 2021, odour in cockpit and cabin
An Air Canada Bombardier C-Series CS-300, registration C-GUPL performing flight AC-466 from Toronto,ON to Ottawa,ON (Canada) with 131 people on…

THY A333 at Frankfurt on Dec 7th 2021, hydraulic failure
A THY Turkish Airlines Airbus A330-300, registration TC-JNP performing flight TK-1587 from Istanbul (Turkey) to Frankfurt/Main (Germany) with 152…

American A319 at Des Moines on Dec 7th 2021, bird strike damages left engine and right wing
An American Airlines Airbus A319-100, registration N808AW performing flight AA-2854 from Des Moines,IA to Charlotte,NC (USA), was in the initial…

MNG A306 at East Midlands and Cologne on Dec 7th 2021, weather and ILS receivers cause fuel emergency
A MNG Airlines Airbus A300-600 freighter, registration TC-MCG performing flight MB-251 from Istanbul (Turkey) to East Midlands,EN (UK), was on final…

Azul AT72 at Sao Jose do Rio Preto on Dec 7th 2021, engine failure
An Azul Linhas Aereas Avions de Transport Regional ATR-72-212A, registration PR-AQP performing flight AD-9169 from Sao Jose do Rio Preto,SP to Belo…

Emirates A388 at Dubai on Dec 6th 2021, tyre low pressure indication
An Emirates Airbus A380-800, registration A6-EUT performing flight EK-30 from London Heathrow,EN (UK) to Dubai (United Arab Emirates) with 447…

Westjet B38M near Calgary on Dec 6th 2021, captain incapacitated
A Westjet Boeing 737-8 MAX, registration C-GXAX performing flight WS-1590 from Calgary,AB (Canada) to Atlanta,GA (USA) with 99 people on board, was…

Condor A321 near Frankfurt on Dec 5th 2021, smoke in cockpit
A Condor Airbus A321-200, registration D-AIAF performing flight DE-1462 from Leipzig (Germany) to Las Palmas,CI (Spain) with 172 people on board, was…

Jazz DH8D at Toronto on Dec 5th 2021, airspeed fluctuations, engines overtorqued in windshear escape
A Jazz de Havilland Dash 8-400, registration C-GGMI performing flight QK-8936 from Thunder Bay,ON to Toronto,ON (Canada) with 58 passengers and 4…

Eurowings A320 at Dusseldorf on Dec 4th 2021, engine shut down in flight
A Eurowings Airbus A320-200, registration D-ABNN performing flight EW-9552 from Dusseldorf (Germany) to Fuerteventura,CI (Spain), was climbing out of…

Baltic BCS3 at Riga on Dec 3rd 2021, runway excursion while vacating the runway
An Air Baltic Bombardier C-Series CS-300, registration YL-CSE performing flight BT-102 from Stockholm (Sweden) to Riga (Latvia) with 44 people on…

Qatar A359 near Karachi on Dec 3rd 2021, engine shut down in flight
A Qatar Airways Airbus A350-900, registration A7-ALH performing flight QR-817 from Hong Kong (China) to Doha (Qatar), was enroute at FL400 about…

Aeroflot A321 at Budapest or Moscow on Dec 3rd 2021, has a screw loose
An Aeroflot Airbus A321-200, registration VP-BEE performing flight SU-2031 from Budapest (Hungary) to Moscow Sheremetyevo (Russia), departed…

S7 A21N at Magadan on Dec 2nd 2021, unreliable airspeed
A S7 Sibir Airlines Airbus A321-200N, registration VQ-BGU performing flight S7-5220 from Magadan to Novosibirsk (Russia) with 192 passengers and 7…

Serene A332 at Islamabad on Dec 2nd 2021, bird strike
A Serene Air Airbus A330-200, registration AP-BNG performing flight ER-504 from Karachi to Islamabad (Pakistan), was on approach to Islamabad's…

Delta BCS1 at Salt Lake City on Dec 2nd 2021, bird strike
A Delta Airlines Bombardier C-Series CS-100, registration N134DU performing flight DL-2513 from Denver,CO to Salt Lake City,UT (USA), was on approach…

Gol B737 at Rio de Janeiro on Dec 2nd 2021, engine malfunction
A Gol Transportes Aereos Boeing 737-700, registration PR-GEH performing flight G3-2090 from Rio de Janeiro Santos Dumont,RJ to Salvador,BA (Brazil)…

Transcarga A30B at Manaus on Dec 2nd 2021, engine shut down in flight
A Transcarga International Airlines Airbus A300B4-200, registration YV560T performing flight T9-1521 from Manaus,AM to Sao Paulo…

Airlines
The following airlines have been covered in aviation incidents during last month: ANZ Air New Zealand, Aeroflot, Air Baltic, Air Canada, Air Caraibes, Air Peace, Allegiant Air, American Airlines, Anadolujet, Azul Linhas Aereas, Azur Air, Binter Canaria, Cargolux, Condor, Delta Airlines, Eastern Airlines, Edelweiss Air, Emirates Airlines, Endeavor Air, Eurowings, Finnair, Frontier Airlines, Gol Transportes Aereos, Horizon Air, ITA Transportes Aereos (Itapemirim), Ikar Airlines, Indigo Airlines, Jazz Aviation, Jetblue, KLM, KLM Cityhopper, LOT Polish Airlines, Lion Air, Lufthansa, MNG Airlines, Malta Air, Max Air, PAL Express, PIA Pakistan International Airlines, Pegasfly (former Ikar), Piedmont Airlines, Qatar Airways, Red Wings, S7 Airlines, Serene Air, Spicejet, Srilankan Airlines, Summit Air, Swiftair, TAP Air Portugal, THY Turkish Airlines, TUI Airways, Transcarga International Airlines, Transnorthern Aviation, UTAir, United, Vistara Airlines, Westjet Airlines

Flight numbers
Flight numbers linked to aviation incidents during last month: 2D-154, 2P-2369, 4L-122, 6E-1835, 8I-5610, AA-2801, AA-2854, AA-6165, AC-234, AC-466, AC-598, AD-9169, AS-2232, AY-1963, B6-1710, BT-102, BY-186, CV-6497, CV-7156, DE-1462, DL-98, DL-1617, DL-2513, DL-5500, E0-215, EK-30, EK-231, ER-504, EW-9552, F9-2047, F9-2074, FR-8111, G3-1395, G3-1512, G3-2090, G4-33, G41687, JT-145, KL-535, LH-7, MB-251, N4-161, NT-9301, NZ-5777, PK-301, PK-9739, PK-9753, QK-8399, QK-8936, QR-817, S7-1236, S7-5220, SG-467, SU-158, SU-275, SU-1156, SU-2031, SUT-8225, T9-1521, TK-1587, TK-7236, TP-5, TX-527, TX-570, UA-794, UA-1161, UK-641, UL-606, UT-9875, WK-224, WS-656, WS-1590, WZ-1282, ZF-698

Aircraft types
The following aircraft types have been covered in one or more articles during last month: AEROSPATIALE SA-361 Dauphin, ATR ATR-72-200, AVRO RJ-100 Avroliner, Airbus A220-100, Airbus A220-300, Airbus A300, Airbus A319, Airbus A320, Airbus A320-200N, Airbus A321, Airbus A321-Neo, Airbus A330-200, Airbus A330-300, Airbus A350-900, Airbus A380-800, Boeing 737-300, Boeing 737-400, Boeing 737-700, Boeing 737-800, Boeing 737-800MAX, Boeing 737-900, Boeing 747-400, Boeing 757-200, Boeing 767-300, Boeing 777-200, Boeing 777-300, Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, Canadair CL-600 Regional Jet CRJ-705, DOUGLAS LC-117, De Havilland Dash 8 (400), Embraer ERJ-145, Embraer ERJ-175, Embraer ERJ-190, Embraer ERJ-195-E2, SUKHOI Superjet 100-95

Causes
The following causes have been reported: bird strike, cabin pressure problems, captain incapacitated, cargo smoke indication, engine failure, engine shut down in flight, first officer incapacitated, flaps problem, fumes on board, ground collision, hydraulic failure, hydraulic fault, loss of cabin pressure, rejected takeoff due to bird strike, rejected takeoff due to engine failure, runway excursion on landing, smoke in cockpit, tail strike on landing