AeroInside Monthly Aviation Safety Review May 2023

May 2023 was a busy month in aviation safety. Please find our summary below.

All in all, 81 new articles have been published during last month. 8 accidents have occurred during that timeframe. Additionally, 73 incidents have been observed with our focus on commercial jet aviation.

Accidents (8)

Asiana A321 at Daegu on May 26th 2023, emergency exit opened in flight
An Asiana Airlines Airbus A321-200, registration HL8256 performing flight OZ-8124 from Jeju to Daegu (South Korea) with 194 people on board, had been…

Avelo B737 near Orlando on May 20th 2023, wake turbulence injures flight attendants
An Avelo Airlines Boeing 737-700, registration N701VL performing flight XP-357 from New Haven,CT to Fort Myers,FL (USA), was enroute at FL360 about…

India B788 enroute on May 16th 2023, severe turbulence injures 7 passengers
An Air India Boeing 787-8, registration VT-ANY performing flight AI-302 from Delhi (India) to Sydney,NS (Australia), was enroute when the aircraft…

Cargolux B744 at Luxembourg on May 14th 2023, could not retract landing gear, on return right center gear bogey separated
A Cargolux Boeing 747-400, registration LX-OCV performing flight CV-6857 from Luxembourg (Luxembourg) to Chicago O'Hare,IL (USA), was climbing out of…

Mesa E175 near Houston on May 11th 2023, turbulence injures passenger
A Mesa Airlines Embraer ERJ-175 on behalf of United, registration N88331 performing flight UA-6217 from New York La Guardia,NY to Houston…

Qatar B773 near Bangkok on May 10th 2023, severe turbulence causes injuries
A Qatar Airways Boeing 777-300, registration A7-BAN performing flight Qr-960 (dep May 9th) from Doha (Qatar) to Denpasar (Indonesia), was enroute at…

UPS B744 at Tokyo on May 6th 2023, hard touchdown on windshear recovery
A UPS United Parcel Service Boeing 747-400, registration N580UP performing flight 5X-109 from Shanghai Pudong (China) to Tokyo Narita (Japan), was on…

American A321 at Charlotte on May 5th 2023, tail strike on landing
An American Airlines Airbus A321-200, registration N921US performing flight AA-1753 from Fort Lauderdale,FL to Charlotte,NC (USA), landed on…

Incidents (73)

Garuda B738 at Manado on May 31st 2023, engine problems
A Garuda Indonesia Boeing 737-800, registration PK-GMU performing flight GA-607 from Manado to Jakarta (Indonesia) with 88 people on board, was…

Delta B763 at Stockholm on May 31st 2023, bird strike
A Delta Airlines Boeing 767-300, registration N191DN performing flight DL-205 from Stockholm (Sweden) to New York JFK,NY (USA) with 179 people on…

Delta A319 at Salt Lake City on May 30th 2023, smell of smoke in cabin
A Delta Airlines Airbus A319-100, registration N315NB performing flight DL-2036 from Salt Lake City,UT to San Antonio,TX (USA), was climbing out of…

Baltic BCS3 near Vienna on May 30th 2023, unreliable airspeed
An Air Baltic Bombardier C-Series CS-300 on behalf of Swiss, registration YL-ABC performing flight LX-2251 from Budapest (Hungary) to Zurich…

American B738 at Dallas on May 30th 2023, tyre and wing damage on landing
An American Airlines Boeing 737-800, registration N984NN performing flight AA-860 from New York JFK,NY to Dallas Ft. Worth,TX (USA), landed on Fort…

France A359 near Osaka on May 28th 2023, weather radar and airspeed malfunction
An Air France Airbus A350-900, registration F-HTYO performing flight AF-291 from Osaka (Japan) to Paris Charles de Gaulle (France) with 324 people on…

Egypt B738 at Jeddah on May 28th 2023, tyre damage on landing
An Egypt Air Boeing 737-800, registration SU-GEM performing flight MS-643 from Cairo (Egypt) to Jeddah (Saudi Arabia), landed on Jeddah's runway 16R…

Easyjet A320 at London on May 28th 2023, engine failure
An Easyjet Airbus A320-200, registration G-EZTL performing flight U2-8569 from London Gatwick,EN (UK) to Dalaman (Turkey), was climbing out of…

El Al B788 at Boston on May 28th 2023, tyre damage, steering failure, possibly hard landing
An El Al Boeing 787-8, registration 4X-ERB performing flight LY-15 from Tel Aviv (Israel) to Boston,MA (USA), landed on Boston's runway 22L and was…

Malta Air B738 at Milan on May 27th 2023, nose tyre damage on departure
A Malta Air Boeing 737-800 on behalf of Ryanair, registration 9H-QEU performing flight FR-7540 from Milan Malpensa (Italy) to Barcelona,SP (Spain),…

Nepal A320 at Kathmandu on May 27th 2023, bird strike
A Nepal Airlines Airbus A320-200, registration 9N-AKW performing flight RA-225 from Kathmandu (Nepal) to Bangalore (India), was climbing out of…

KLM B772 near Dubai on May 26th 2023, engine shut down in flight
A KLM Boeing 777-200, registration PH-BQL performing flight KL-876 from Bangkok (Thailand) to Amsterdam (Netherlands) with 286 passengers and 12…

India B773 near Delhi on May 26th 2023, engine trouble
An Air India Boeing 777-300, registration VT-ALM performing flight AI-185 from Delhi (India) to Vancouver,BC (Canada), was enroute at FL300 about…

TAP A332 at New York on May 26th 2023, hit something on departure
A TAP Air Portugal Airbus A330-200, registration CS-TOO performing flight TP-208 from New York JFK,NY (USA) to Lisbon (Portugal) with 267 people on…

Indigo A20N at Mangalore on May 25th 2023, rejected takeoff due to bird strike
An Indigo Airbus A320-200N, registration VT-ISY performing flight 6E-1467 from Mangalore (India) to Dubai (United Arab Emirates) with 160 people on…

PIA A320 at Karachi on May 24th 2023, bird strike
A PIA Pakistan International Airlines Airbus A320-200, registration AP-BLS performing flight PK-310 from Karachi to Quetta (Pakistan), was climbing…

United B753 over Pacific on May 24th 2023, rudder issues
A United Boeing 757-300, registration N77871 performing flight UA-2380 from San Francisco,CA to Honolulu,HI (USA) with 223 passengers and 7 crew, was…

Jetstar A320 at Brisbane on May 23rd 2023, chemical smell on board
A Jetstar Airbus A320-200, registration VH-XNP performing flight JQ-904 from Brisbane,QL to Townsville,QL (Australia), was climbing out of Brisbane…

United B737 at Louisville on May 23rd 2023, wheel well fire indication
A United Boeing 737-700, registration N13718 performing flight UA-1745 from Louisville,KY to Houston Intercontinental,TX (USA) with 121 people on…

THY A21N and BA Euroflyer A320 at London on May 23rd 2023, on short final with aircraft in position for departure resulting in fuel emergency
A THY Turkish Airlines Airbus A321-200N, registration TC-LSN performing flight TK-1997 from Istanbul (Turkey) to London Gatwick,EN (UK) with 112…

Brussels A333 near Paris on May 22nd 2023, engine vibrations
A Brussels Airlines Airbus A330-300, registration OO-SFC performing flight SN-357 from Brussels (Belgium) to Kinshasa N'djili (DR Congo) with 206…

PIA A320 at Quetta on May 22nd 2023, rejected takeoff due to windshear warning
A PIA Pakistan International Airlines Airbus A320-200, registration AP-BMV performing flight PK-326 from Quetta to Islamabad (Pakistan), was…

Jetblue A320 near New York on May 22nd 2023, loss of cabin pressure
A Jetblue Airbus A320-200, registration N534JB performing flight B6-137 from New York JFK,NY (USA) to Santiago (Dominican Republic), was climbing…

Delta B752 near Jacksonville on May 22nd 2023, lightning strike
A Delta Airlines Boeing 757-200, registration N6708D performing flight DL-2990 from Atlanta,GA to Jacksonville,FL (USA), was descending towards…

Easyjet Europe A320 at Toulouse on May 21st 2023, bird strike
An Easyjet Europe Airbus A320-200, registration OE-IJR performing flight U2-4943 from Toulouse (France) to Palma Mallorca,SP (Spain), was in the…

United B788 over Pacific on May 20th 2023, engine shut down in flight
A United Boeing 787-8, registration N26906 performing flight UA-348 from Kahului,HI to Chicago O'Hare,IL (USA), was enroute at FL390 about 940nm…

Cargolux B748 at Luxembourg on May 20th 2023, unsafe gear
A Cargolux Boeing 747-8, registration LX-VCB performing flight CV-5486 (dep May 19th) from Chicago O'Hare,IL (USA) to Luxembourg (Luxembourg), was on…

Easyjet A319 near Manchester on May 19th 2023, burning odour on board
An Easyjet Airbus A319-100, registration G-EZBT performing flight U2-619 from Glasgow,SC to London Luton,EN (UK), was enroute at FL250 about 80nm…

Alaska B738 at Brownsville on May 19th 2023, bird strike
An Alaska Airlines Boeing 737-800, registration N514AS performing flight AS-9540 from Brownsville,TX to Los Angeles,CA (USA), was climbing out of…

Easyjet A320 at Geneva on May 18th 2023, fire in overhead locker
An Easyjet Airbus A320-200, registration HB-JZY performing flight U2-1517 from Geneva (Switzerland) to Amsterdam (Netherlands) with 191 people on…

Canada A333 at Toronto on May 18th 2023, electrical odour in cabin
An Air Canada Airbus A330-300, registration C-GFAH performing flight AC-490 from Toronto,ON to Montreal,QC (Canada) with 297 passengers and 12 crew,…

Brussels A319 at Brussels on May 17th 2023, door open indication
A Brussels Airlines Airbus A319-100, registration OO-SSO performing flight SN-2317 from Brussels (Belgium) to Gothenburg (Sweden) with 125 passengers…

Qantas B738 at Cairns on May 16th 2023, engine problem
A Qantas Boeing 737-800, registration VH-VZO performing flight QF-703 from Cairns,QL to Melbourne,VI (Australia), was climbing out of Cairns' runway…

PSA CRJ9 at Dayton on May 16th 2023, engine vibrations
A PSA Airlines Canadair CRJ-900 on behalf of American Airlines, registration N600NN performing flight AA-5157 from Dayton,OH to Dallas Ft. Worth,TX…

UPS B744 at Anchorage on May 16th 2023, engine fire
A UPS United Parcel Service Boeing 747-400, registration N581UP performing flight 5X-6099 from Anchorage,AK to Louisville,KY (USA), was climbing out…

Brussels A320 enroute on May 16th 2023, hydraulic problems
A Brussels Airlines Airbus A320-200, registration OO-TCH performing flight SN-3781 from Brussels (Belgium) to Tenerife South,CI (Spain) with 172…

Lufthansa A359 at Montreal on May 15th 2023, hydraulic failure
A Lufthansa Airbus A350-900, registration D-AIVB performing flight LH-474 from Munich (Germany) to Montreal,QC (Canada) with 308 people on board, was…

Oman B739 at Shiraz on May 15th 2023, foreign object on runway at landing
An Oman Air Boeing 737-900, registration A4O-BI performing flight WY-2435 from Muscat (Oman) to Shiraz (Iran), landed on Shiraz's runway 29L but…

Ryanair B738 at Faro on May 14th 2023, flaps problem on departure
A Ryanair Boeing 737-800, registration EI-DPP performing flihgt FR-2912 from Faro (Portugal) to Birmingham,EN (UK) with 184 people on board, was…

Gol B738 at Sao Paulo on May 14th 2023, rejected takeoff due to engine failure
A Gol Transportes Aereos Boeing 737-800, registration PR-GTH performing flight G3-1490 from Sao Paulo Congonhas,SP to Campo Grande,MS (Brazil), was…

Southwest B38M over Pacific on May 14th 2023, cracked windshield
A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-8 MAX, registration N8701Q performing flight WN-2367 from Honolulu,HI to San Diego,CA (USA), was enroute at FL350…

Wizz A320 at Einhoven on May 14th 2023, engine failure
A Wizz Air Airbus A320-200, registration HA-LYP performing flight W6-1072 from Eindhoven (Netherlands) to Katowice (Poland), was in the initial climb…

United B789 at Denver on May 12th 2023, hydraulic failure
A United Boeing 787-9, registration N36962 performing flight UA-142 from Tokyo Narita (Japan) to Denver,CO (USA) with 261 people on board, was on…

Ryanair B738 at Valencia on May 12th 2023, flaps problems
A Ryanair Boeing 737-800, registration EI-EKC performing flight FR-999 from Rome Fiumicino (Italy) to Valencia,SP (Spain), was on final approach to…

Volaris A320 near Monterrey on May 12th 2023, hail strike
A Volaris Airbus A320-200, registration N518VL performing flight Y4-512 from Tijuana to Monterrey (Mexico), was descending towards Monterrey when the…

HiSky A21N near Manchester on May 11th 2023, pilot incapacitated
A HiSky Europe Airbus A321-200N, registration YR-WIN performing flight H4-474 from Dublin (Ireland) to Chisinau (Moldavia), was climbing through…

Endeavor CRJ9 at New York on May 11th 2023, heading problems
An Endeavor Canadair CRJ-900 on behalf of Delta Airlines, registration N295PQ performing flight DL-5145 from New York La Guardia,NY to Savannah,GA…

Azul E295 at Salvador on May 10th 2023, overran runway on landing
An Azul Linhas Aereas Embraer ERJ-195-E2, registration PS-AED performing flight AD-4372 (dep May 9th) from Sao Paulo Viracopos,SP to Salvador,BA…

Aeromexico B38M at Mexico City on May 10th 2023, rejected takeoff after operational error
An Aeromexico Boeing 737-8 MAX, registration N868AM performing flight AM-117 from Mexico City to Ciudad Juarez (Mexico), was cleared for takeoff from…

KLM B773 at Amsterdam on May 9th 2023, engine shut down in flight
A KLM Boeing 777-300, registration PH-BVR performing flight KL-791 from Amsterdam (Netherlands) to Sao Paulo Guarulhos,SP (Brazil), was in the…

Indigo A320 near Medan on May 9th 2023, smell of smoke in cabin
An Indigo Airbus A320-200, registration VT-IAN performing flight 6E-1007 from Tiruchirappalli (India) to Singapore (Singapore), was enroute at FL350…

Swiss A20N at Zurich on May 9th 2023, rejected takeoff due to bird strike
A Swiss International Airlines Airbus A320-200N, registration HB-JDE performing flight LX-1254 from Zurich (Switzerland) to Stockholm (Sweden) with…

Max B734 at Yola and Abuja on May 7th 2023, burst tyres on departure, small gear fire on landing
A Max Air Boeing 737-400, registration 5N-MBD performing a flight from Yola to Abuja (Nigeria) with 144 passengers and 6 crew, burst at least one…

Fedex A306 near Indianapolis on May 7th 2023, hydraulic problems
A Fedex Federal Express Airbus A300-600, registration N743FD performing freight flight FX-739 from Memphis,TN (USA) to Columbus Rickenbacher,OH (USA)…

DAT A320 near Rimini on May 7th 2023, engine failure
A DAT Danish Air Transport Airbus A320-200 on behalf of Air Malta, registration OY-RUZ performing flight KM-376 from Malta (Malta) to Berlin…

PIA B772 at Lahore on May 6th 2023, burst tyre on landing
A PIA Pakistan International Airlines Boeing 777-200, registration AP-BGK performing flight PK-248 (sched. dep May 5th) from Dammam (Saudi Arabia) to…

Tibet A319 at Shenzhen on May 6th 2023, smell of smoke in cabin
A Tibet Airlines Airbus A319-100, registration B-6467 performing flight TV-9918 from Shenzhen to Mian Yang (China), was climbing out of Shenzhen's…

France BCS3 at Prague on May 5th 2023, hard landing
An Air France Bombardier C-Series CS-300, registration F-HZUA performing flight AF-1382 from Paris Charles de Gaulle (France) to Prague (Czech…

Biman Bangladesh B738 at Kathmandu on May 5th 2023, flaps problems
A Biman Bangladesh Boeing 737-800, registration S2-AFL performing flight BG-371 from Dhaka (Bangladesh) to Kathmandu (Nepal) with 77 people on board,…

Avion Malta A320 at Berlin on May 5th 2023, hydraulic leak
An Avion Express Malta Airbus A320-200 on behalf of Eurowings, registration 9H-SWF performing flight EW-8592 from Berlin (Germany) to Palma…

Aeroregional B735 near Quito on May 5th 2023, loss of cabin pressure
An Aeroregional Boeing 737-500, registration HC-CTF performing flight RER-870 from Loja to Quito (Ecuador), had been enroute at FL320 and was…

Fedex AT72 at Memphis on May 5th 2023, runway excursion on landing
A Fedex Federal Express Avions de Transport Regional ATR-72-202 freighter on behalf of Mountain Air Cargo, registration N820FX performing flight…

PAL DH8D at Goose Bay on May 5th 2023, burst tyre on departure
A PAL Provincial Airlines de Havilland Dash 8-400, registration C-GPAO performing flight PB-412 from Goose Bay,NL to Voisey Bay,NL (Canada) with 60…

TUI B738 enroute on May 4th 2023, one flight crew incapacitated
A TUI Airways Boeing 737-800, registration G-FDZZ performing flight BY-1424 from Newcastle,EN (UK) to Las Palmas,CI (Spain), was enroute at FL360…

Gol B738 at Rio de Janeiro on May 4th 2023, rejected takeoff due to engine surges
A Gol Transportes Aereos Boeing 737-800, registration PR-GXH performing flight G3-2040 from Rio de Janeiro Santos Dumont,RJ to Porto Alegre,RS…

Boliviana B738 at Sao Paulo on May 4th 2023, dropped winglet on landing
A BoA Boliviana de Aviacion Boeing 737-800, registration CP-3151 performing flight OB-736 from Santa Cruz (Bolivia) to Sao Paulo Guarulhos,SP…

Transavia B738 at Rotterdam on May 4th 2023, bird strike
A Transavia Boeing 737-800, registration PH-HZX performing flight HV-5681 from Rotterdam (Netherlands) to Ibiza,SP (Spain), was climbing out of…

Canadian North B734 at Kuujjuaq on May 4th 2023, engine rolled back
A Canadian North Boeing 737-400, registration C-FFNF performing flight 5T-163 from Kuujjuaq,QC to Montreal,QC (Canada) with 43 passengers and 4 crew,…

United B788 near Dublin on May 4th 2023, cracked windshield
A United Boeing 787-8, registration N45905 performing flight UA-72 (dep May 3rd) from Washington Dulles,DC (USA) to Tel Aviv (Israel), was enroute at…

Aeromexico E190 near Oaxaca on May 3rd 2023, loss of cabin pressure
An Aeromexico Embraer ERJ-190, registration XA-ACT performing flight AM-2547 from Puerto Escondido to Mexico City (Mexico), was enroute at FL300…

American B738 at Queretaro on May 3rd 2023, loss of communication on approach
An American Airlines Boeing 737-800, registration N969AN performing flight AA-878 from Dallas Ft. Worth,TX (USA) to Queretaro (Mexico), was on…

Spirit A319 near Cartagena on May 2nd 2023, cracked cabin window
A Spirit Airlines Airbus A319-100, registration N506NK performing flight NK-1473 from Orlando,FL (USA) to Medellin (Colombia), was enroute at FL350…

Southern Express SF34 enroute on May 2nd 2023, engine failure
A Southern Airways Express Saab 340B, registration N95SA performing flight 9X-209 from Molokai,HI to Honolulu,HI (USA), was enroute at 4000 feet when…

Airlines
The following airlines have been covered in aviation incidents during last month: Aeromexico, Aeroregional, Air Baltic, Air Canada, Air France, Air India, Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Asiana Airlines, Avelo Airlines, Avion Express Malta, Azul Linhas Aereas, Biman Bangladesh Airlines, BoA Boliviana de Aviacion, Brussels Airlines, Canadian North, Cargolux, DAT Danish Air Transport, Delta Airlines, Easyjet, Easyjet Europe, Egypt Air, El Al, Endeavor Air, Fedex, Garuda Indonesia, Gol Transportes Aereos, HiSky Europe, Indigo Airlines, Jetblue, Jetstar Airways, KLM, Lufthansa, Malta Air, Max Air, Mesa Airlines, Nepal Airlines, Oman Air, PAL Airlines, PIA Pakistan International Airlines, PSA Airlines, Qantas, Qatar Airways, Ryanair, Southern Airways Express, Southwest Airlines, Spirit Airlines, Swiss International Airlines, TAP Air Portugal, THY Turkish Airlines, TUI Airways, Tibet Airlines, Transavia Airlines, UPS, United, Volaris, Wizz Air

Flight numbers
Flight numbers linked to aviation incidents during last month: 5T-163, 5X-109, 5X-6099, 6E-1467, 9X-209, AA-860, AA-878, AA-1753, AA-5157, AC-490, AD-4372, AF-291, AF-1382, AI-185, AI-302, AM-117, AM-2547, AS-9540, B6-137, BG-371, BY-1424, CV-5486, CV-6857, DL-205, DL-2036, DL-2990, DL-5145, EW-8592, FR-999, FR-7540, G3-1490, G3-2040, GA-607, H4-474, HV-5681, JQ-904, KL-791, KL-876, KM-376, LH-474, LX-1254, LX-2251, LY-15, MS-643, MTN-8387, NK-1473, OB-736, OZ-8124, PB-412, PK-248, PK-310, PK-326, QF-703, RA-225, RER-870, SN-357, SN-2317, SN-3781, TK-1997, TP-208, TV-9918, U2-619, U2-1517, U2-4943, U2-8569, UA-72, UA-142, UA-348, UA-1745, UA-2380, UA-6217, W6-1072, WN-2367, WY-2435, XP-357, Y4-512

Aircraft types
The following aircraft types have been covered in one or more articles during last month: ATR ATR-72-200, 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, Boeing 737-400, Boeing 737-500, Boeing 737-700, Boeing 737-800, Boeing 737-800MAX, Boeing 737-900, Boeing 747-8, Boeing 747-400, Boeing 757-200, Boeing 757-300, Boeing 767-300, Boeing 777-200, Boeing 777-300, Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, Canadair CL-600 Regional Jet CRJ-705, De Havilland Dash 8 (400), Embraer ERJ-175, Embraer ERJ-190, Embraer ERJ-195-E2, SAAB 340

Causes
The following causes have been reported: bird strike, burst tyre on landing, cracked windshield, engine failure, engine fire, engine problem, engine shut down in flight, engine trouble, engine vibrations, hard landing, hydraulic failure, hydraulic problems, lightning strike, loss of cabin pressure, overran runway on landing, rejected takeoff due to bird strike, rejected takeoff due to engine failure, runway excursion on landing, tail strike on landing, unsafe gear