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AccidentsRECOVERED THE FLIGHT RECORDER OF CRASHED ILYUSHIN
BATUMI, The flight recorder of the Ilyushin crashed yesterday has been recovered. It will be useful to make the cause of the crash clear. All the people on board died in the crash, 71 passengers and... more
AccidentsEMERGENCY LANDING FOR A 737 OF AIR CANADA
CANADA, A Boeing 737 of Air Canada had to make an emergency landing yeterday after an electrical failure. The plane, which was carrying some journalists and the canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien,... more
AccidentsILYUSHIN CREASHES IN GEORGIA
WAPA-BATUMI-GEORGIA, An Ilyushin of russian Ministry of Defense crashed yesterday into caucasian mountains, 25 km east of Batumi. The aircraft was carrying about 80 people and it was flying to Batumi air... more
AccidentsSMALL PLANE CRASHES IN GERMANY
BLUMBERG, GERMANY, A small twin-engine plane crashed into a mountain last night nearby Blumberg, Germany. The thick fog prevented the pilot from detecting the headland. Four people died. more
AccidentsTWO PLANES COLLIDE ON A RUNWAY IN NEW YORK
NEW YORK, Two planes, a Boeing 727 of American Trans Air and a small jet of ComAir, collide while taxiing on a runway of NY La Guardia airport. No passenger was injured. The planes suffered light d... more
AccidentsQANTAS: THROMBOSIS IS NOT CAUSED ONLY BY LONG HAUL ROUTES
LONDON, Qantas airline, about the death of Emma Christoffersen for blood clot, said there is no direct connection between that pathology and long haul routes. According to the carrier there are risks from... more
AccidentsUGANDA: LIGHT AEROPLANE PLUNGES INTO LAKE VICTORIA
UGANDA, A light aeroplane plunged into Lake Victoria attempting to land at Entebbe international airport in Uganda. The aircraft, with five people on board, was in route from northern Tanzania. The cause... more
AccidentsMID-AIR COLLISION IN ARGENTINA, 11 KILLED
ARGENTINA, Two Piper aircraft have collided in flight in western Argentina last night. The accident happened over the city of Chacabuco. All the 11 people on board were killed, including four children.... more
AccidentsAIR CRASH IN DELAWARE, THREE KILLED
DELAWARE, USA, The number of people killed when a single engined Beechcraft Musketeer aircraftlanded on a Interstate Highway 71 in Delaware has risen to three. Two passengers died in the crash, one in... more
AccidentsWOMAN DIES FROM BLOOD CLOT AFTER 20-HOUR FLIGHT
LONDON, A british woman aged 28, Emma Christoffersen, died from a blood clot after a 20-hours flight from Sydney to London. Ms Christoffersen complained of feeling unwell a few minutes before Qantas flight... more
AccidentsGOVERNOR'S SON TOLD AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS THE PLAN WAS MALFUNCTIONING
MISSOURI, USA, According to NTSB the son of Governor Mel Carnahan told air traffic controllers the instruments of Cessna 335 he was piloting was malfunctioning minutes before it crashed. Carnahan, his... more
AccidentsBURST TIRE CLOSED NAIROBI AIRPORT
NAIROBI, KENYA, Nairobi Jomo Keniatta airport was closed a few hours after a Kenya Airways Boeing 737-200 had to abort take-off because of a burst tire. The aircraft veered off the runway, but no one... more
AccidentsSMALL AIRLINE PLANE CRASHES IN LAOS
VIENTIANE, LAOS, A laotian small airline plane, carrying 15 people, crashed yesterday during a flight from the capital Vientiane to the northern town of Sam Neua. The small plane, a chinese made Y-12,... more
AccidentsARMY HELICOPTER CRASHES IN COLOMBIA
BOGOTA, A colombian army Black Hawk helicopter, which was flying 22 soldiers into the town of Dabeiba, went down in an isolated region of north-west Antioquia after being hit by gunfire. An undeterminated... more
AccidentsSMOKEY OVEN ON A PLANE AND THE PILOT RETURNS TO AIRPORT
WASHINGTON, A smokey oven sent Mariners plane back to NYC airport after the pilot made this decision for safety reasons. Mariners were just eliminated by Indians, in the semi-final of U.S. baseball league.... more
AccidentsRAF HAWK CRASHES IN UK
UK, An hawk jet of RAF crashed yesterday afternoon on a minor road near Lowick, south of Berwick. Unhurt the pilot and the navigator who parachuted before the crash. The jet was on a routine navigation... more
AccidentsTWO INDIAN MIG-21 COLLIDES, BOTH PILOTS DIED
INDIA, The pilots of two russian built Mig21 fighter jets of the India's Air force have collided few minutes after take off from Salonibari air force base, are died. The airport of Salonibari, where the... more
Accidents(2) FOUND GOVERNOR AIRCRAFT, ALL DIED
HILLSBORO, MISSOURI, USA, The sheriff of the Hillsboro County has declared that the small aircraft crashed with Mel Carnahan, Missouri Governor, his son, Roger "Randy" Carnahan and the governor's political... more
AccidentsMISSOURI GOVERNOR PROBABLY DIED IN AIR ACCIDENT
USA, A small aircraft with the democratic governor of Missouri, Mel Carnahan, his son and a political adviser on board, has disappeared from radar control displays. The aircraft was heading New Madrid... more
AccidentsACCIDENT SURVIVORS AWARDED OVER USD$ 6 MILLION
USA, Anna Lloyd, 22, a survivor of the American Airlines crash at Little Rock airport occurred on June 1, 1999, has been refunded, by jury order, over USD6 million in compensation for the psychological... more
AccidentsSIX AMERICAN DOCTORS DIED IN AIR ACCIDENT
WAPA, MEXICO, Six american doctor died in an air accident occurred near Ensenada, about 60 miles south of Tijuana, on the Pacific Coast. No information about type of aircraft and cause of accident are... more
AccidentsNTSB INVESTIGATING CHALLENGER CRASH
NEW ORLEANS, NTSB set up an inquiry about the Challenger crash in Whicita in which the experimental test pilot, Bryan Irelan, and the flight test engineer David Riggs were killed. The third passenger,... more
AccidentsCHALLENGER 604 CRASHES DOWN SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF
USA, A Challenger 604, carrying three passengers, crashed into a field in the west edge of Whicita's Mid-Continent Airport shortly after the takeoff. Two crew members died and the third was hospitalized... more
AccidentsFAMILIES OF GERMAN VICTIMS OF CONCORDE ASK FOR COMPENSATION
PARIS, FRANCE, According to declarations of Gerhard Baum, former German Justice minister and presently the lawyer of one of the families of the victims in the Concorde air disaster, that occurs in July... more
AccidentsATR42 EXPERIENCE LANDING GEAR RUPTURE
BOURNEMOUTH, GREAT BRITAIN, An ATR-42 turboprop aircraft with 38 people on board has experienced the rupture of the front landing gear during a landing at Bournemouth International Airport. No persons... more
AccidentsCOLLISION BETWEEN TWO FRENCH PLANES NEAR LIBYAN COAST
CAIRO, Libyan televion reported news of two french aircrafts collision, one plunged into Mediterranean sea while the other landed safely. The planes belonged to humanitarian organization. There are... more
AccidentsEMERGENCY LANDING TO LAHORE
PAKISTAN, A turboprop engine passengers aircraft of Pakistan International Airlines had problems during approach to Lahore airport to pull out the landing gear. It effectued an emergency landing in... more
AccidentsSUSPECTED BOMB STOPS AIR TANZANIA FLIGHT FOR FOUR HOURS
ENTEBBE, UGANDA, Uganda Civil Aviation office has revealed that a Boeing 737 jetliner operated by Air Tanzania was stopped on Entebbe International Airport for almost four hours last week due to an... more
AccidentsAIRCRAFT REMOVED FROM SITE CRASH IN NORTHEN MESSICO
MESSICO CITY, Authorities removed on Sunday aircraft slid off runway and recovered flight data recorder.The plane from Messico City was landing at 5 p.m. to Reynosa airport when it smashed into 2 cars... more
AccidentsEMERGENCY LANDING FOR A MD-80 IN UTAH
UTAH, USA, A MD-80 jetliner operated by American Airlines heading from Denver to Los Angeles, has made an emergency landing at a small airport in southern Utah after experiencing dense smoke in the cockpit... more
AccidentsLOS ANGELES AIRPORT: COLLISION BETWEEN UNITED AIRLINES 747 AND A MAINTENANCE VAN.
LOS ANGELES, Thursday afternoon three workers were injured in an accident involving a maintenance van and a United 747. The van was striken by a engine of the jet during the takeoff. The three workers... more
AccidentsPRISTINA AIRCRASH DUE TO HUMAN AND TECHNICAL ERRORS
LONDON, The Inquiry Commission about the Sifly's ATR-42 air crash occurred on November 12 1999 has drawn the conclusion and it attributed the crash to "a combination of human and technical errors" in particular... more
AccidentsELEPHANT ON THE RUNWAY HELD UP AIRLINER
INDIA, An indian airliner, before landing, had to circle the airport until an elephant on the runway was scared off. The wild animal entered the airport at Gauthy in Assam after breaking through a... more
AccidentsBLAZE IN THE COCKPIT FORCES AIRCFRACT TO MAKE EMERGENCY LANDING
ALABAMA, USA, A blaze broken out in the cockpit of a Continental Airlines plane forced the pilot to make an emergency landing at International airport of Birmingham, Alabama. The flight 1579, a DC-9 aircraft,... more
AccidentsUS NAVY STUDENT AND INSTRUCTOR KILLED IN AIR CRASH
ALABAMA, USA, A US Navy single-engine T-34C Turbo Mentor crashed last September 27 near Silverhill, Alabama. The student and the flight instructor were killed. The names of the victims were not reported.... more
AccidentsREAL FIRE DURING MOCK DISASTER DRILL
NEWARK, NEW YORK, A real explosion and subsequent fire was occurred in a FedEx building in the Newark Airport, while a mock disaster drill was going on outside. Two workers have been affected by fire,... more
AccidentsUS NAVY F/A 18-C CRASHES IN GULF
USA, A single-seat US Navy fighter jet has crashed in the Gulf shortly after taking off from the Lincoln aircraft carrier. The cause of the crash is under investigation. The FA/18-C Hornet, arrived on... more
AccidentsALARM THREAT ON FLIGHT ATHENS-NEW YORK
ROME, False alarm threat for an Olympic Airways jetliner, carrying 294 passengers, which was forced to make an emergency landing at Fiumicino airport. A man called the greek airline's office to inform... more
AccidentsHIJACKER KILLED AFTER THE PLANE LANDED
PEKING, A hijacker was killed in northern China after the plane landed. The man was stabbed by a security agent. The Peking bound Boeing 737 of "Xinhua Airlines" landed safely at Jinan. The hijacker was... more
AccidentsEMERGENCY MANOEUVRE FOR REAL MADRID PLAYERS' PLANE
MADRID, The players of Real Madrid went through an air scare when their jet lost cabin pressure and dived more than 15.000 feet. Iberia' Boeing 757, flying from Nantes to Dusseldorf, made that manoeuvre... more
AccidentsHIJACKER ARRESTED AFTER CHANGING HIS MIND
JORDAN, An iraqi terrorist tried to hijack a plane of Royal Jordanian but was arrested after he changed his mind and surrendered. The plane, carrying 119 people, landed safely at Amman. He said he was... more
AccidentsFIREFIGTHING HELICOPTER CRASH IN NEVADA
MONTELLO, NEVADA, The crash of the Bell LongRanger occurred shortly after takeoff at Montello, Nev., northeast of the northern Nevada town of Elko. A passenger died, another one was reported injured, the... more
AccidentsHIJACK FOILED ON A FOKKER 100 HEADED TO TEHERAN
TEHERAN, A Fokker 100, flying from Shiraz to Teheran and carrying 30 foreigners was near to be hijacked by a gunman threatening to set the plane on fire. Fortunately he was captured by security men. The... more
AccidentsEIGHT DIED IN HELICOPTERS COLLISION
SWITZERLAND, Eight tourists were killed in the collision of two helicopters occurred over the community of Beuson, three miles south-west of Sion. Four tourists were seriously injured. Both helicopters... more
AccidentsAIR INDIA PLANE FORCED TO MAKE EMERGENCY LANDING
NEW DELHI, A strong turbolence forced an Air India plane, carryng 187 passenger and 11 crew members, to make an emergency landing. The jetliner took off from Chenay in southern India and was headed to... more
AccidentsEMERGENCY LANDING AT CRETE AIRPORT
CRETE, GREEK, A passenger jet, a Boeing 757, with 238 people has landed safely at the Iraklion airport, on Greece's southern island of Crete, after an explosion, briefly after take-off, has damaged... more
AccidentsTHAI AIRWAYS ORDERED TO PAY DAMAGES TO VICTIM'S FAMILY
TOKYO, The Tokyo District Court ordered Thai Airways International yesterday to pay nearly USD$321,000 to the family of a Japanese victim of a 1992 plane crash in Nepal. The court ruled that Thai Airways... more
AccidentsFIRE IN A MILITARY BASE HANGAR: THREE FIGHTERS DAMAGED
MOSCOW, Three Sukhoi-24 fighters were seriously damaged by a fire broke out in an hangar of the military base of Pushkin, nearby St. Peterburg, where the aircrafts had to be repaired. Sources of Ministry... more
AccidentsCUBAN PLANE CRASHED; "THEY STOLE ANTONOV, SO THEY MUST BE REPATRIATED"
HAVANA, A cuban official defined the survivors "criminals", asking for them repatriation. "They committed a crime stealing the plane, so they have to be sent back as it is specified in the international... more
AccidentsSURVIVORS OF CUBAN PLANE CRASHED BROUGHT TO U.S.
KEY WEST, Eight of the nine cuban survivors of the air crash have arrived to Key West, the island off Florida sea, with a U.S. Coastguard ship. The risk is the repetion of a diplomatic incident as it occurred... more