Computer-Related Incidents with Commercial Aircraft

The Incidents and Accidents

• My Favorite CRICA Nightmare
• TAM A320 runway overrun accident, Sao Paolo Congonhas airport, Brazil, July 2007
• B737-800/Embraer Legacy midair collision, Amazon jungle, Brazil, September 2006
• B777, anomalous flight behavior and partial Loss of Control, off Perth, W. Australia, August 2005
• A320, runway overrun on landing, Taipei-Sungshan airport, Taiwan, October 2004
• Unknown FBW aircraft type, Byzantine failures in Flight Control System (FCS), n.d.
• A320, braking problem on touchdown. Cardiff, August 2003
• British Mediterranean Airways, A320, false navigation data on non-precision approach. Addis Ababa, March 2003
• Singapore Airlines, B747-400, Primary Flight Display information loss, January 2003
• B717, in-flight engine shutdown due to electronic fault, Launceston, Australia, October 2002
• Tu154m and B757, Midair Collision, Überlingen, Lake Constance, Germany, July 2002
• B717, dual electronic Flight Management System failure, nr. Launceston, Australia, December 2001
• American Airlines Flight 587, In-Flight Break-Up, New York City, November 2001
• Air Transat Flight 236: The Azores Glider, August 2001
• A330, landing difficulties, Melbourne, Australia, August 2001
• A320 cross-wired sidestick incident, Frankfurt am Main, March 2001
• Comair, Embraer Brasilia turboprop, Primary Flight Display information loss, 19 March 2001
• Iberia A320, hard landing, Bilbao, Spain, February 2001
• Beech 300, CFIT, Blumberg near Donaueschingen, Germany, October 2000
• Air France Concorde SST, Fire and Loss of Control, Paris, France, July 2000
• Air New Zealand Flight 60, B767, false glideslope capture, Faleola, Samoa, July 2000
• A340/A330 airprox under RVSM, North Atlantic Track E, October 2000
• Various aircraft; airprox caused by TCAS RA manoeuvring, Trasadingen, September 2000
• British Airways/Korean Air near miss, Chinese airspace, 28 June 1999
• High-Intensity Electromagnetic Radiated Fields; TWA 800, and Swissair 111 (1996 and 1998)
• Air UK Leisure A320 braking problem and runway overrun, Ibiza, May 1998
• Philippine Airlines A320 braking problem and runway overrun, Bacolod, Philippines, March 1998
• News on the China Airlines A300 Accident, Taipei, February 1998
• The Korean Air Lines B747 CFIT Accident in Guam, August 1997
• The FedEx MD11 Accident on Landing at Newark, July 1997
• The Aeroperu B757 Accident, October 1996
• The Ariane 5 Failure, June 1996
• Reports on the Martinair B767 EFIS-loss incident near Boston, MA, May 1996
• The T-43A Accident near Dubrovnik, April 1996
• The Birgen Air B757 Accident near Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic, February 1996
• The American Airlines B757 Accident in Cali, December 1995
• The A320 Maintenance Incident at Gatwick, February 1995
• The A330 Flight-Test Accident in Toulouse, June 1994
• The Tokyo-London A340 FMGS Problem, June 1994
• The A300 Crash in Nagoya, April 1994
• The A320 Accident in Warsaw, September 1993
• The Air Inter A320 CFIT Accident near Strasbourg, January 1992
• The Sydney A320/DC10 Incident, August 1991
• The Lauda Air B767 Accident, May 1991
• British Midland B737-400 at Kegworth, January 1989
• A 1985 B747 Upset Incident, February 1985
• The Eastern Airlines L1011 Common Mode Engine Failure, May 1983
• A Space Shuttle Control Incident, 1981
• The American Airlines DC10 Takeoff Accident in Chicago, May 1979

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