Accidents
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AccidentsMacedonia. Piper Seneca II airplane crashed: six victims, all Italians. Francesco Montagner among them
Treviso, Italy - Sorrow at Treviso's flying school
A strong roar of an explosion, and an airplane with flames before crash at ground: some witnesses of a Macedonian village (Vetersko, near Veles) saw this. It was a Piper PA-34/200T Seneca II, with German... more
AccidentsB-767/300 airplane of United landed in emergency in Shannon, Ireland: wounded
Shannon, Ireland - The aircraft has had a strong and sudden turbulence on the Atlantic, two hours and half from taking-off from Houston
The captain of a B-767/300 airplane of the US United Airlines in flight from Houston, Texas, to London-Heathrow, with 207 passengers and 13 crewmembers on board, due to a strong turbulence had around 3:00am... more
AccidentsThe pilot of the Swiss F/A-18 airplane, missing on Monday, found dead
Berne, Switzerland - The aircraft together with other two fighters made a training mission to the air combat
The Swiss authorities unveiled it this morning. The body of the pilot has been found, absolutely identified, at the dawn of today among the wreckage of the F/A-18 Hornet airplane crashed last Monday, on... more
AccidentsCargo airplane accident at the airport of Bergamo, Italy: it breaks the containment and invades the road
Bergamo, Italy - No injuries; massacre avoided by pure luck
It happened today around 4:00 am in the middle of a light Summer storm: the cargo airplane of DHL, a B-737/400 flight BCS 7332 coming from the airport of Paris “Charles de Gaulle” while landing to Ber... more
AccidentsIt happened today: 16 years ago the Concorde tragedy. It was the beginning of the end of the supersonic airplane -VIDEO
Paris, France - It was then the safest passenger transport aircraft in the world
Air France Flight 4590 was an Aérospatiale-BAC Concorde, registration F-BTSC, on a scheduled international flight from Paris, France, to New York City, on 25 July 2000, local time 16:43 CET. While taking... more
AccidentsRussia. IL-76 airplane wreckage, disappeared last Friday in firefighting operations, found
Moscow, Russia - All ten occupants dead
The wreckage of the Russian IL-76 airplane have been found yesterday. The aircraft was taken off from its Siberian base of Irkutsk with 10 people on board for a firefighting operation in the district of... more
AccidentsEgyptair airplane: the "Lethbridge" ship recovers the victims' remains -2 VIDEO
Cairo, Egypt - The examination of the black boxes has confirmed the smoke in the cockpit
The Egyptian inquiry commission appointed for the investigation on the Egyptair airplane crash flight 804, unveiled in a note in these hours that the "John Lethbridge" oceanographical ship involved in... more
AccidentsAircraft accident in Moscow region, the pilot seems to be dead - VIDEO
Moscow, Russia - A Sukhoi Su-27 crashed today, it was confirmed by the ministry of defense
A Sukhoi Su-27 attack interceptor and air superiority fighter aircraft of Soviet production, which was conducting a training flight crashed today in Pushkinsky District in the Moscow region at a distance... more
AccidentsSevere turbolence on the flight Lima-Buenos Aires
Lima, Peru - The Airbus A-330 of Avianca was damaged because of the pressures on the fuselage
23 passengers on the overnight flight AV-965 operated by the Colombian airline Avanca, based in Barranquilla and has its airport in Bogotá, on the Lima-Buenos Aires route were injured as a result of severe... more
AccidentsEgyptAir aircraft. Thursday the retrieve of black boxes
Rome, Italy - A ship of Deep Ocean Search (DOS) company will arrive in the evening in the zone of the crash
The ship "John Lethbridge" of a research company "Will come on Thursday evening" in the place of the crash of the Airbus A-320 of airline EgyptAir disappeared on May 19th in the eastern Mediterranean sea... more
AccidentsEgyptair airplane (2): denied sudden turns before its crash
Paris, France - The hypothesis of micro-bombs exploded in several parts of the aircraft it's becoming more convincing
Investigations of the Airbus A-320 airplane of Egyptair crashed Thursday in the eastern Mediterranean sea (see AVIONEWS) are still ongoing and overlap many conflicting assumptions about what could have... more
AccidentsEgyptair aircraft. Soon the DNA test to identify the victims
Cairo, Egypt - It was revealed today by an Egyptian coroner at Zeinhom morgue
At the main Cairo morgue, Zeinhom, staff is ready to make the first DNA tests to identify human remains found by the research of the Airbus A-320 airplane of Egyptair, crashed Thursday (see AVIONEWS). About... more
AccidentsEgyptair aircraft. Probable inside explosion on the right side of the airplane
Cairo, Egypt - The research of the black boxes is ongoing, revealed presence of smoke on the machine before its vanishing from radar systems
It's still doubt on the causes that led to the crash in the sea of the MS804 Egyptair airplane (see AVIONEWS). The research of the black boxes are ongoing and the Egyptian prime minister al Sisi cal... more
AccidentsEgyptair airplane (2). Human remains have been found while searching
Cairo, Egypt - Greek Defense Minister Panos Kammenos has declared it
Panos Kammenos, the Greek Minister of Defence, has declared today together with a spokeperson of Egyptian Army that during the researches of the Airbus A-320/232 airplane, disappeared yesterday in Karpathos,... more
AccidentsEgyptAir airplane accident. Flames spotted in the sky filmed by night near the disappearing zone -VIDEO
Paris, France - The amateur video made by the captain of a Greek mercant ship could document the disaster
After the news of the disappearance on the Paris-Cairo route A-320 airplane, MS804 flight of EgyptAir (see AVIONEWS) some updates have suggested that the area where the aircraft made its last transmission... more
AccidentsPlanes. Egyptair (9) organizes a crisis unit for the parents of the victims
Paris, France - Flights for Paris to Cairo and support for the families in Egypt
Egyptair launches a crisis unit for the parents of the victims that lost their lives in the accident of today that involved an A-320 aircraft with 66 people on board. Consternation dominates these persons... more
AccidentsAircraft. The route of EgyptAir MS804 flight before disappearing (8) -VIDEO
Paris, France - In "Flightradar 24" tracking can be seen all the stages before its vanishing from radar systems
The website "Flightradar 24" provides a global monitoring service on flights departing and arriving and provides real-time information on thousands of aircraft worldwide. Below the video that traces... more
AccidentsCommercial aircraft EgyptAir A-320 disappeared (5) the Egyptian government confirms the crash into the sea
Paris, France - "Found MS804 flight wreckage near Karpathos Island", Hollande said: "We can't exclude terrorist attack"
Just now the news of A-320 EgyptAir flight MS804 wreckage finding after its disappearance (see AVIONEWS), the news was released to the media in a flash: "Found flight MS804 wreckage near Karpathos island".... more
AccidentsCommercial aircraft EgyptAir disappeared (2). On the expert Troadec behalf probable hypothesis are: bomb explosion, suicide bomber or missile
Paris, France - Cairo authorities are working close to Paris'. The Egyptian foreign affairs minister comments: "We cant' exclude anything"
The Egyptian foreign ministry said the government is working closely with the French authorities to carry out a more thorough investigation after the disappearance of the aircraft EgyptAir MS804. The prime... more
AccidentsAirbus on Egyptair flight MS 804 loss of aircraft (3)
Toulouse, France - The A-320 airplane had accumulated approximately 48,000 flight hours
Airbus regrets to confirm that an A-320 operated by Egyptair was lost at around 02:30 am (Egypt local time) today over the Mediterranean sea. The aircraft was operating a scheduled service, Flight MS 804... more
AccidentsEgyptAir aircraft accident (7): Egypt opens an investigation
Paris, France - Egyptian authorities did not reject the terrorist attack hypothesis
A few minutes ago that the attorney general of Egypt called for a public investigation for the disappearance of the A-320 airplane, MS804 flight of EgyptAir (see AVIONEWS). The Egyptian authorities have... more
AccidentsEgyptAir informs about airplane diseappeared on Paris-Cairo route (4)
Cairo, Egypt - The airline denies misleading information published by websites and on the social media channels
EGYPTAIR denies all misleading information published by news websites and on the social media channels regarding the reasons of the disappearance of its flight MS804 and the company confirms that the reason... more
AccidentsCommercial aircraft EgyptAir A-320 disappeared from radar systems on its route Paris-Cairo
Paris, France - The airplane was flying at 37.000 feet when vanished with 56 passengers and 10 cabin crew members on board
Last night the EgyptAir flight MS804 has vanished from radar systems on the route from Paris to Cairo, carrying on board 66 people from France, Egypt, Great Britain, Belgium, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia,... more
AccidentsEgyptAir accident airplane (6): it started to veer suddenly right before vanishing
Paris, France - A-320 turned 90 degrees to the left and then veered 360 to the right
The Greek Defense Minister reported earlier today that the disappeared EgyptAir aircraft (see AVIONEWS) before falling has "Suddenly" started to veer to the right and to the left and then vanished from... more
AccidentsCessna 172K Skyhawk plane crashed in South Africa: two injured
Midrand, South Africa - Happened this morning in an area near Johannesburg, for causes still unknown
Today, shortly before 4:00 am a Cessna 172K Skyhawk aircraft crashed in Midrand, near Johannesburg (South Africa) leaving two people injured. These persons were the only occupants of the plane. They were... more
AccidentsChina: Diamond DA-40 airplane crashed; two victims
Baoji, China - It was in a school flight with student and instructor on board
A Diamond DA-40 airplane crashed yesterday in China, at Baoji, in the Qiayang district, North-West of the Country, with two people on board, both dead in the impact. The aircraft entirely destroyed served... more
AccidentsBAe MK63 Hawk fighter airplane of the Royal Jordanian Air Force crashed
Amman, Jordan - An occupant dead, the second wounded
A MK-63 Hawk fighter airplane of the Royal Jordanian Air Force crashed this morning in circumstances still to specify in a place even now undefined on the North of the Jordan. The only elements available... more
AccidentsAircraft disaster in Rostov (2). The declarations by the Flydubai's CEO, Ghaith Al Ghaith
Dubai, UAE - Condemning speculations on the crash, CEO gives his maximum collaboration to assist the victims' families and to identify the causes of the tragedy
This is the statement officially diffused yesterday by the CEO of Flydubai, Ghaith Al Ghaith, regarding the disaster in Rostov, flight 981 of the airline, that has provoked the death of 62 people on board. "In... more
AccidentsAirplane disaster in Rostov: the two black boxes heavily damaged. Doubts on the pilot's action -VIDEO
Moscow, Russia - For this reason probably their decoding will require at least a month
It is difficult the inquiry on the causes that have brought to the airplane disaster of the Emirate's airline Flydubai, when last Saturday, March 19, the flight 891 served by an its B-737/800 airplane,... more
AccidentsAS-365 Dauphin rescue helicopter crashes in Taiwan: two dead and three wounded -VIDEO
Shimen, Taiwan - It verified oil leak into sea on a stranded cargo ship
An AS-365 Dauphin rescue helicopter crashed today into the sea near waters in front of Shimen, in the district of NW Taipei, Taiwan. Two dead of five occupants in the crash, while the other three, wounded,... more
AccidentsRussia: AS-350N Ecureuil helicopter crashes. Two victims out of 4 on board. Mistery?
Krasnoe, Russia - A secret shade surrounding aircraft and occupants
An AS-350N helicopter, registration RF-29011 lifted up with police mansions suddenly crashed today in Kranoe, Russia, Fact referred by the regional governor Svetlana Orlova. The accident happened nearby... more
AccidentsAnother airplane crashes in Nepal, the second in three days
Kathmandu, Nepal - Pilot and co-pilot dead. Nine passengers safe (two serious wounded)
Another passenger aircraft crashes in Nepal after two days from the previous one. It was a Pacific Aerospace PAC-750XL, registration 9N-AJB served by the Air Kasthamandap (specialized in connections at... more
AccidentsDHC-6 Twin Otter 400 airplane crashes in Nepal: 23 victims
Kathmandu, Nepal - Three crewmembers and 20 passengers that went to play hiking on the Anapurna
A Viking Air DHC-6 Twin Otter 400 aircraft (registration 9N-AHH) of the Nepalese carrier Tara Air that served a flight between airports of Phokhara and Jomson, flight 193 with 23 people on board (three... more
AccidentsTurin Airport: Air France airplane evacuated, passengers safe
Turin, Italy - The firemen on the site for a fire to an engine
One of the engines of an Air France's airplane suddenly caught fire at the Turin-Caselle airport during its dangerous taking-off phase, when the tanks are full of fuel. The passengers on board have been... more
AccidentsThe Enstrom TH-180 helicopter incident
Menominee, Usa - An investigation about it began
Enstrom’s experimental helicopter model, the TH-180, experienced an emergency hard-landing in Menominee shortly before noon on Friday, February 12. There were no injuries or casualties and the pilot w... more
AccidentsMyanmar: 5 military personnel killed in plane accident
Naypyidaw, Myanmar - Beechcraft 1900D crashes after take off
Five Myanmar military personnel were killed in the plane crash that involved a Beechcraft 1900D, a 19 passenger pressurized twin-engine turboprop fixed-wing aircraft. Originally designed to be used as... more
AccidentsIndonesia: military plane crashes into a house
Malang, Indonesia - The causes of the accident are still uncertain
Not many hours ago in Malang in East Java an Indonesian military aircraft crashed into a house. The Brazilian-made Embraer EMB-314 Super Tucano, also named ALX or A-29 is a turboprop aircraft designed... more
AccidentsBogotà. BEA: A-320 airplane hit by an unknown object at 35,000ft
Bogotà, Colombia - It has caused a depression of 20 cm on the fuselage. The authorities at work to verify its nature
The French BEA (Bureau d'Enquêtes et d'Analyses) published in these hours a report about an occurrence happened last January 10 in the Colombian skies on the border with Panama (Vor Rio Negro), Fir Bogotà. According t... more
AccidentsMoscow: not a "Buk" missile hit the MH17 flight of Malaysia Airlines
Moscow, Russia - Rosaviatsia declared it and resumes to criticize the Dutch report's not reliability
It is not a positive moment for Malaysia Airlines that in the last two years has seen to disappear an aircraft of its fleet with 239 people on board on the Indian Ocean (see for details AVIONEWS), it had... more
AccidentsAfghan MIL-17 helicopter crashed in the Logar Province
Rome, Italy - "Technical problem", the defence minister declared. Three dead and two wounded
Mourning in Afghanistan, in the Logar Province, South of Kabul, where an helicopter of the Air Force crashed, causing the death of three Afghan soldiers and other two injured in a serious manner. The accident... more
AccidentsAirplane disaster in Sinai. Moscow: it is a bomb. Cairo: there are no evidences, yet
Cairo, Egypt - While Russia put a bounty on the head of responsibles, Egypt accuses of Russians. Simultaneous investigations on hostile binaries
Vladimir Putin, the Russian President, said this morning "We followed them in each part of the world and we punish them", during a press conference. The declaration is about the responsibles of the crash... more
AccidentsAN-12BK airplane crashes in Southern Sudan: around 17 victims on board, 21 at ground
Juba, Southern Sudan - Three occupants of the aircraft survivors
A Russian aircraft, almost certainly an Antonov AN-12BK crashed yesterday evening in the Southern Sudan at only 8 km from the taking-off from the airport of the Juba capital, near the Nilo river. The airplane... more
AccidentsA-321 aircraft crash: Eurocontrol bans PASOS waypoint on the Sinai Peninsula, after request by Egypt
Cairo, Egypt - The airlines will have to to avoid the flight passageway in their links, redirecting towards West on Fir Lakto and Rasda
A few days after the airplane crash that has involved an A-321 of the Russian Metrojet last October 31, Egypt through Eurocontrol asks to the airlines to avoid the flight passageway named "PASOS". A waypoint,... more
AccidentsAirbus airplane crashed last Saturday: a Russian-Egyptian joint inquiry. Bodies recovered -two videos-
Cairo, Egypt - The FDR under examination by the experts. Some airlines will not overfly the Sinai, for safety
The pilot of the A-321/231 aircraft, registration EI-ETJ of the Russian airline Metrojet crashed last Saturday on the uplands on the North of Sinai, in Egypt, hadn't launched an emergency, contrary to... more
AccidentsAW-609 tilt-rotor aircraft (3): the names of the pilots -VIDEO of the performance of the crashed model
Vercelli, Italy - The burned out bodies recovered, unfortunately
Two victims of the crash that this morning has hit the skies in Vercelli, when an experimental tilt-rotor AgustaWestland AW-609 crashed seems after a violent explosion in flight. Two pilots on board,... more
AccidentsAircraft. AgustaWestland AW-609 tilt-rotor crashes: two victims
Vercelli, Italy - It made test flights
Currently there is certainty only of the fact that witnesses heard a strong roar, a kind of explosion, with consequent rubble fall, and that the victims are two, the occupants of the AW-609 tilt-rotor... more
AccidentsTiltrotor accident (2). Finmeccanica-AgustaWestland statement
Rome, Italy - The Company’s deepest sympathies are with the families and it is working with the authorities
Finmeccanica-AgustaWestland confirms the loss of one prototype AW-609 tiltrotor (airplane-helicopter) and the tragic loss of two pilots. The Company’s deepest sympathies are with the families. The i... more
AccidentsUSAF C-130J aircraft crashed in Afghanistan: shot down? 14 victims
Jalalabad, Afghanistan - Death toll only temporary. USAF rejects the responsibility by taliban
Six US soldiers and five civilians killed this morning following to a crash of a C-130J Hercules military transport aircraft of the 455th Air Expeiditonary Wing of the USAF and deployed in Afghanistan... more
AccidentsAS-350/B3 Ecureuil helicopter crashes in China: two victims
Nanning, China - The aircraft, entirely destroyed, belonged to a private operator for civil use
A private helicopter crashed yesterday in the South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, killing two occupants on board. The rescue operations have been begun around at 11am, when the Help arrived... more
AccidentsAir shows, a black period: still a death. Pitts S-2B Special aircraft crashed in Austria (VIDEO)
Friesac-Hirt, Austria - Only for a case the plane didn't fall among the crowd
Dittinge (Basels) Switzerland, Slovakia (in an exercise before the air show), that one serious in Brighton (UK), all in Europe, without to count the last in USA, Newburgh (New York). These are only some... more