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AccidentsATR-72/600 plane crash in Taiwan: the engines, both failed, the cause of the disaster (VIDEO)
Taipei, Taiwan - 35 victims, recovered the body of the pilot-hero
Recovered the body of Liao Chien-tsung, the pilot of the GE235 flight tragically crashed in Taipei few minutes after the takeoff. The dead body of the pilot was found in the cockpit with his hands clasped... more
AccidentsATR-72/600 accident in Taiwan: airplane stalled, from tonight black boxes under study by investigators (VIDEO)
Taipei, Taiwan - The victims raised to 31, 12 still missing
Increases to 31 the victims of the plane crash took place yesterday in Taiwan. The count is unfortunately fated to rise because 12 passengers are still missing. The spokesman for the Fire Department... more
AccidentsAccident ATR-72/600 Taiwan (3): recovered part of the plane. Raised the number of victims (LIVE VIDEO)
Taipei, Taiwan - A shutdown of one of the engines among the causes
The number of confirmed victims of the ATR-72/600 aircraft, flight GE235, raised to 23, while it’s still higher the number of the missing passengers; 20 passengers are, in fact, still unaccounted for. The 1... more
AccidentsTaiwan: ATR-72 TransAsia Airways airplane falls into a river; currently 19 victims (VIDEO)
Rome, Italy - 58 people on board; 23 missing
This morning at 10:56 local time (3:56 am Italian time) a plane crashed north of Taipei in Keelung River after having impacted the freeway. The flight GE235 of TransAsia Airways has lost contact with... more
AccidentsAirAsia aircraft crash: the co-pilot was in charge. Is his responsibility?
Jakarta, Indonesia - The director of NTSC, Mardjono Siswosuwarno, announced it yesterday
Mardjono Siswosuwarno, director of NTSC (National Safety Transports Committee), unveiled, during a press conference took place yesterday in Jakarta, some of the conclusions of the preliminary inquiry report.... more
AccidentsAirAsia aircraft crash: NSRA committed to restart bodies' research
Jakarta, Indonesia - After renouncement announced last Tuesday by the Indonesian Armed Forces
AirAsia airline unveiled that the National Search and Rescue Agency (NSRA) is committed to the researches of missing bodies of the passengers embarked on QZ8501 flight, served by the low-cost carrier,... more
AccidentsGreek F-16 fighter airplane crash: further details about the tragedy
Madrid, Spain - Roberta Pinotti made a hearing at Senate
Further details are available about the tragedy occurred yesterday at 3:00pm on the air base in Los Llanos, Albacete (Spain) that has made sad the manoeuvres of the Tactical Leadership Programme (TLP)... more
AccidentsGreek F-16 plane (2): condolences by NATO secretary Stoltenberg. Italian Minister Pinotti reported at Senate
Rome, Italy - The minister will visit in Spain the Italian wounded soldiers as soon as possible
"I am deeply saddened by the crash of a Greek fighter jet at the Los Llanos base in Spain, which has caused many casualties. This is a tragedy which affects the whole NATO family. I express my heartfelt... more
AccidentsGreek F-16 fighter airplane crashed in Spain: 10 victims at the moment. Provisional data: 9 Italian wounded (VIDEO)
Madrid, Spain - And 13 injured according to a press release by the Defence Ministry of Madrid
"A F-16 airplane of the Greek Air Force has suffered an accident yesterday afternoon at the Air Base in Los Llanos, Albacete", according to a press release diffused by the Spanish Defence Ministry, while... more
AccidentsAirAsia aircraft: two attempts to inspect the fuselage failed
Jakarta, Indonesia - Strong currents and poor visibility hinder the divers’ work
Indonesian divers have been trying in vain for two days to get inside the fuselage of AirAsia aircraft crashed in the Java Sea last 28 December. Strong currents and poor visibility caused the failure of... more
AccidentsAirAsia aircraft: Singapore naval ship detects the fuselage
Jakarta, Indonesia - Most of the victims’ bodies might still be trapped inside this section of the A-320
After retrieving the tail and the two black boxes, searchers detected the fuselage of the AirAsia aircraft that crashed in the Java Sea last 28 December with 162 passengers on board. 48 bodies have been... more
AccidentsAirAsia aircraft: divers recover both the black boxes
Jakarta, Indonesia - The Flight Data Recorder was retrieved yesterday while the Cockpit Voice Recorder has been brought to the surface this morning
Divers have retrieved the second black box from the AirAsia aircraft that crashed in the Java Sea last 28 December. Yesterday they brought to the surface the “Flight Data Recorder” (FDR), a device tha... more
AccidentsAirAsia aircraft: black boxes signals detected
Jakarta, Indonesia - The recorders might no longer be in the plane’s tail spotted on 7 January
The black boxes of AirAsia aircraft that crashed in Java Sea last 28 December might be found soon, but the flight data recorders appear to be no longer in the rear section of the plane spotted two days... more
AccidentsAirAsia aircraft: rescuers find the tail; it may contain the black boxes
Jakarta, Indonesia - Improved weather conditions allowed divers to restore searches
Indonesian divers identified today the tail of the Airbus A-320/200 that disappeared from radars on 28 December after a piece was spotted by an underwater machine using a sonar scan. The news was given... more
AccidentsAirAsia aircraft: large pieces of the aircraft detected on the seabed
Jakarta, Indonesia - But their recovery has been hampered by bad weather
Search teams are still working on the recovery of the airplane’s wreckage and passengers’ bodies from AirAsia QZ8501 flight that disappeared from radars last 28 December. The head of Indonesia's National Sea... more
AccidentsAirAsia aircraft: bodies and wreckage found
Jakarta, Indonesia - Remains have been detected few km from the point where radars lost track of the airliner
Rescue teams have found the first wreckage of AirAsia Airbus A-320 aircraft disappeared on December 28 and dead floating bodies in the Java Sea. The news was confirmed by the head of the Indonesia's National... more
AccidentsAirbus A-320/200 airplane: AirAsia Indonesia flight QZ 8501 (3)
Toulouse, France - The industry will provide full assistance to the BEA and authorities
Airbus regrets to confirm that an A-320/200 operated by AirAsia Indonesia lost contact with air traffic control yesterday morning, 28th December 2014. The aircraft was operating a scheduled service, Flight... more
AccidentsAirAsia aircraft (2): shallow Java Sea might help searches
Jakarta, Indonesia - Indonesia might receive help for underwater searches from other countries
Indonesia transport minister Ignasius Joan said searches for AirAsia aircraft disappeared in the early morning of December 28 are focused on a 70 nautical miles area in the Java Sea between the island... more
AccidentsAirAsia aircraft disappeared during flight
Surabaya, Indonesia - Radars lost track of the plane around 40 minutes after takeoff from an Indonesian city
An Airbus A-320 aircraft of the Malaysian low-cost airline AirAsia disappeared while flying over the ocean between Borneo and Sumatra early in the morning on December 28. There were 162 people on board... more
AccidentsFrench military airplane crashes on health care centre: one killed
Tours, France - The Alpha Jet took off from the near air force base for a night training flight
A French air force Alpha Jet military airplane crashed on a health home yesterday at 5:30 pm at Vouvray, near Tours in western France. The accident caused the death of a 63 year-old woman who lived in... more
AccidentsUSA, aircraft crashes on house: six dead and two buildings destroyed (VIDEO)
Washington, USA - The Embraer Phenom 100 business jet caught fire after the collision because of a fuel leak
An Embraer EMB-500 Phenom 100 business airplane crashed on a house in Maryland on Monday December 8, 1.6 km from its destination, the Montgomery County Airpark in a Washington suburb. Six people died in... more
AccidentsTwin-engine airplane crashes against Wichita airport building: four dead
Wichita, USA - The victims are the pilot and three people who were inside a flight simulator
A Beechcraft King Air twin-engine airplane collided with a building in Wichita airport (Kansas) yesterday, October 30, around 9:50 am local time, killing three people. A minute after teak-off, the pilot... more
AccidentsOil company Total CEO died in airplane accident last night in Moscow
Moscow, Russia - He was flying on a private jet which collided with a snow removal machine on the runway
Tragic airplane accident last night at Moscow "Vnukovo" airport. At midnight local time (9:00pm GMT) a private jet Dassault Falcon 50 taxiing on the runway collided with a snow removal machine. All the... more
AccidentsNevada (USA): collision between tourism aircraft, two pilots dead
Yerington, USA - The accident happened during an informal fly-in
Two pilots died yesterday, Sunday October 12, at 8:00 am after the collision between a Cessna 170 tourism airplane and an unidentified experimental aircraft in Nevada (USA). The crash happened 10 miles... more
AccidentsSearch for the Malaysia airplane to resume in the Indian Ocean
Sydney, Australia - Three special ships will explore the area south-west of Australia from October 5
The Australian and Malaysian governments have decided to send a new mission to find the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777/200ER aircraft, disappeared from radars while en route between Kuala Lumpur and Beijing... more
AccidentsEgypt: military airplane crashes, six people die
Cairo, Egypt - The cause might be a malfunction
A military training flight ended up in tragedy yesterday, 21 September, in Egypt. The airplane, a Lockheed C-130 Hercules, crashed in Kawm Awshim, in the province of Fayoum -85 kms south of Cairo- before... more
Accidents"Fly Venice". Airplane Extra 300 crashed: aerobatics champion Francesco Fornabaio died
Venice, Italy - Luckily no-one in the public got injured
The thing that air show organizers would like to shun the most is a fatal airplane crash during an event. But this is what happened during “Fly Venice 2014”, which took place from September 19 to 21 at... more
AccidentsMalaysian airplane shot down in Ukraine (2): the preliminary report by the Dutch Safety Board (VIDEO)
Amsterdam, The Netherlands - The airplane hit from "A large number of high-energy objects that penetrated the aircraft from outside"
The Dutch Safety Board (DSB), the Dutch authority which is conducting a series of investigations on the shot down of the Malaysian Airlines' B-777/200 airplane. It was disintegrating while flying over... more
AccidentsMalaysia's airplane shot down in Ukraine: first inquiry report arrives (integral version in the second part of this AVIONEWS article). (VIDEO)
Amsterdam, The Netherlands - After an additional appendix of inquiry, the conclusions expected within next July
The Dutch Safety Board (DSB) issued the preliminary inquiry today, September 9, 2014. It is about the events that brought the in-flight demolition in the Malaysian Airlines aircraft last July 17. The preliminary... more
AccidentsTen dead bodies found from the Columbian plane’s accident
Puerto Santander, Colombia - Among the passengers there were two researchers in biodiversity
Fuerza Aérea Colombiana (the Columbian military air force) recovered the bodies of the 10 occupants –eight passengers and two pilots– that were on board the Piper PA-31 Navajo aircraft that fell Saturday afte... more
AccidentsUkrainian AN-12BK cargo airplane crashes in Algeria: seven victims
Tamanrasset, Algeria - The aircraft already belonging to the Russian and Ukrainian Air Forces
An AN-12BK airplane flight 4012, served by Ukraine Air Alliance airline, crashed last August 30 while it was making a cargo service between Glasgow-Prestwick (UK) and Bamako (Mali, third technical stopover)... more
AccidentsA Breezy aircraft was involved yesterday in a landing accident on the east side of "Wittman Airport" in Oshkosh: FAA and NTSB began to investigate
Oshkosh, Usa - The male pilot died due to his injuries and the femal passenger is in serious condition
At 9 am on Thursday, July 31, a custom-built Breezy aircraft was involved in a landing accident on the east side of "Wittman Regional Airport" in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. There were two people aboard the aircraft... more
AccidentsAir Algerie (2). One black box of the aircraft crashed down has been recovered
Rome , Italy - France confirms the theory on the route change
Before disappearing, the pilot asked for a route change, maybe because of bad weather condition; this would be the cause of the air disaster occurred yesterday, when an aircraft operated by Air Algerie... more
AccidentsAir Algérie. Elysee Palace sends more than 100 soldiers to the crash area
Rome , Italy - After the victims of the MH17 flight shot down in Eastern skies, France cries for the death of 51 citizens
New victims in the skies of the world, this time in Africa, where an aircraft operated by Air Algérie crashed down yesterday morning, in a desert zone difficult to reach. The airplane disappeared from... more
AccidentsAir Algerie aircraft (2): it seems that the airplane has crashed while it was flying over Niger; others say it was in the skies of Mali
Rome , Italy - The nationality of the passengers to be confirmed, all Spanish the members of the crew
According to international media, McDonnel Douglas MD-83 (registration EC-LTV) departing from Ouagadougou, in Burkina Faso, bound to Algiers, while it was flying over Niamey, in Niger, where was ongoing... more
AccidentsWorld-spanning flight ends in tragedy in the American Samoa
Rome, Italy - A single-engine aircraft with father and son on board went down just after takeoff
Haris Suleman, 17, and his father Babar had left on June 21 from Indianapolis on their single-engine (a Beechcraft Bonanza A36 airplane) for a world-spanning flight. This trip, that aim to raise funds... more
AccidentsAn ATR 72-600 (72-212A) aircraft crashes down in Taiwan: currently, 47 victims in 58 passengers
Taipei, Taiwan - Operated by TransAsia Airways, it was performing a regional flight between Taiwan and Penghu islands
An ATR-72/600 (-72/212A) operated by TransAsia Airways, departing from Kaohsiung International Airport (Taiwan) bound to Magong Airport, in Penghu Islands, has crashed down while it was near the destination... more
AccidentsShot down Malaysia aircraft. The last evidence of the passengers on board (VIDEO)
Rome, Italy - “If the plane disappears, this is what it looks like"
In the cruel landscape of the tragedy occurred last Thursday evening, when a Boeing 777/200ER airplane operated by Malaysia Airlines, departing from Amsterdam bound to Kuala Lumpur, shot down by a ground-to-air... more
AccidentsMalaysia B-777 shot down (7). Ukrainian security service releases a video on Youtube that would confirm pro-Russian guilty (VIDEO)
Rome, Italy - The reliability of the intercepted phone calls has not been confirmed yet
The first theories on the responsibility for the air disaster occurred yesterday evening over the border between Russia and Ukraine are coming to light, where a Boeing B-777 of Malaysia Airlines was probably... more
AccidentsMalaysian airplane shot down (8). Ashton: "International inquiry necessary"
Rome, Italy - The two black boxes found, a four day ceasefire to facilitate the investigation
After the tragedy happened yesterday evening in the skies between Russia and Ukraine border, where a B-777/200ER airplane of Malaysian Airlines shot down by a missile, launched by unknown hands, the international... more
AccidentsMalaysian airplane (2). FAA: notice and NOTAM
Washington, Usa - The ban to flight operations in the area of risk extended
On the evening of July 17, the Federal Aviation Administration issued a Notice to Airman (NOTAM) prohibiting US flight operations until further notice, in the airspace over eastern Ukraine, due to recent... more
AccidentsMalaysian B-777 airplane. Eurocontrol: the Eastern part of Ukraine's air space closed (Dnipropetrovsk Flight Information Region)
Brussels, Belgium - All the flight schedule about this area will be rejected
EUROCONTROL has been informed that MH 17 en route from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur has crashed in the eastern part of Ukraine. According to our information, the aircraft was flying at Flight Level 330... more
AccidentsMalaysian B-777 (3). The cruel accusation exchange. Creative theories: mistaken for Putin's aircraft?
Rome, Italy - Confirmed the theory about the missile
The tragedy of the Malaysia Airlines B-777 occurred yesterday, that took off from Amsterdam directed to Kuala Lumpur, shot down over the border between Russia and Ukraine, approximately 80 kilometers far... more
AccidentsShot down aircraft (4), Eurocontrol: the aircraft was flying at 33.000 feet
Rome , Italy - "Flightradar24", website that tracks air-traffic
According to Eurocontrol, European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation, the Malaysian Airliner shot down by a missile this afternoon was flying at 33.000 feet. Ukrainian authorities closed traffic... more
AccidentsA Mil helicopter crashes near Hanoi, in Vietnam: 16 dead
Hanoi, Vietnam - And 5 injured. Causes are still unknown
This morning 7th of July, at around 7:50 am a Mil Mi-171 military helicopter, owned by the Army, crashed near the West area of Hanoi, in Vietnam, during a transfer flight, about fifteen minutes later the... more
AccidentsA Fokker-50 aircraft crashes near Nairobi airport
Nairobi, Kenya - Four people on board: no one survives
A Skyward International Fokker-50 aircraft, registration 5Y-CET, has crashed in Kenya at about 4:00 am local time on 2nd of July. Four people were on board: no one survives. Airport authority stated... more
AccidentsMissing Malaysia Airlines aircraft: the search is moving south
Perth, Australia - Two ships might perform batimetric surveys
The search for Malaysia Airlines' Boeing 777/200ER aircraft, which vanished from radar screens during the night between Friday 7 and Saturday 8 March 2014 while it was flying between Kuala Lumpur and Beijing... more
AccidentsSearches for missing Malaysia Airlines aircraft not focused on the most likely location, according to Inmarsat
Perth, Australia - No trace of Flight MH370 after more than 100 days of operations
More than 100 days passed from the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines' Boeing 777/20ER aircraft, which vanished from radar screens during the night between Friday 7 and Saturday 8 March 2014 while it was... more
AccidentsEurofighter Typhoon aircraft crashes in Spain, the pilot dies
Seville, Spain - The accident occurred in an airbase near Seville
The pilot of an Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft died today, Monday 9 June 2014, in an accident which involved his fighter at Moron del la Frontera airbase, in Southern Spain, at about 60 km south-east of... more
AccidentsAustralia is looking for a company to search Malaysia Airlines' missing aircraft
Canberra, Australia - The operation will begin in August and might last up to 12 months
The Australian Transport Safety Board released a request for tender to acquire the services of a specialist company capable of conducting a deep-water search (under ATSB direction) for the missing Malaysia... more