Accidents
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AccidentsScotland, Tristar aircraft of the Royal Air Force makes an emergency landing
Edinburgh, United Kingdom - Due to a problem encountered in the wings during the flight
"BBC" reports that a Lockheed L-1011 Tristar of RAF (Royal Air Force) aircraft was forced to make an emergency landing in Edinburgh, Scotland, due to a problem encountered in the wings while it was in... more
AccidentsBlack box of Lithuanian L-39 aircraft retrieved
Vilnius, Lithuania - The airplane collided with a NATO Mirage 2000 on August, 30
Investigators discovered the black box of trainer/light attack Aero Vodochody L-39ZA Albatros aircraft which, on August 30, collided with a Mirage 2000C fighter belonging to the French detachment of NATO... more
AccidentsUltralight aircraft with on board team manager of Italian cycling group falls in the sea
Rome, Italy - On the airplane also a friend of him, both are alive
The team manager of the Italian cycling team Paolo Bettini, Olympic champion in Athens in 22006, today had to face a dangerous water landing. Bettini was on an ultralight aircraft together with another... more
AccidentsCollision between Lithuan L-39 and French Mirage 2000 airplanes
Vilnius, Lithuania - The accident occurred during a NATO training, no dead
At 10:30 local time today, two aircraft collided in the skies of Lithuania, in the context of a training that was taking place at Lithuanian Siauliai Air Force Base (in the north of the Country). L-39ZA... more
AccidentsMil Mi-8 helicopter crashed in Russia with 13 people on board (VIDEO)
Arkhyz, Russia - No victims among the board, including some members of the local political
The Russian press and other sources have reported that an helicopter Mil Mi-8 operated by Rosneft crashed at 04:30 pm local time near the village of Arkhyz in Karachaevo-Cherkessia republic in southern... more
AccidentsAustria: mid-air collision between Cessna airplane and a motor-glider
Zell am See, Austria - 4 persons died
Yesterday August 28 an accident between a Cessna 150-F aircraft and a Diamond HK-36 Super Dimona motor-glider caused the death of four people in Austria, near the airport of Zell am See, in Salzburg. According... more
AccidentsIndia, Gulf Air A-320/214 aircraft out of runway during landing phase
Kochi, India - 7 of the 137 passengers were injured
At about 4:00 local time an Airbus A-320/214 airplane belonging to the airline Gulf Air, registration A0C-AG, skidded off runway while it was on landing phase at "Cochin International Airport" not far... more
AccidentsCessna plane falls in Italy, one dead and one injured
Isernia, Italy - 3 accidents reported on Sunday
Three aircraft accidents happened yesterday August 28 causing the deaths of two people, the most serious in the province of Isernia and Belluno, while an occurrence forced a Piper aircraft into an emergency... more
AccidentsDiscovered the corpse of the pilot Ferruccio Piludu, dead yesterday on board of a glider next to L'Aquila, Italy
Rome, Italy - He was a famous drawer and the second oldest glider pilot in Italy
On Monday morning, the local Fire Department discovered the body of Piludu Ferruccio, the Italian pilot from Milan but living in Rome of whom all trace was lost the previous day. Piludu had departed... more
AccidentsHelicopter crash in Brasil:4 people died
Rio de Janeiro, Brasil - Bodies found after intense research
A helicopter rented out by Brazilian oil major Petrobras crashed in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Rio de Janeiro last Friday causing the death of four people, amongst which the pilot and co-pilot.... more
AccidentsRed Arrows pilot killed during Uk airshow
Dorset , UK - Suspected "Bird strike" cause
A Red Arrows 33-year old pilot, Flight Lieutenant Jon Egging was killed on Saturday 20th August when his plane crashed after a display at the Bournemouth Air Festival. His Hawk T-1 aircraft plunged to... more
AccidentsCessna aeroplane accident causes the death of four persons
Krakow, Poland - The aircraft crashed into a wooden house
Yesterday evening 21st August a fatal aviation accident occurred in Krakow, southern Poland causing the death of three girls (two 12-year olds and one 14 year-old) and the pilot. The plane departed from... more
AccidentsAnother Antonov plane crash in Siberia
Irkutsk, Siberia - One dead and three seriously injured in the accident occurred during an emergency landing
On Monday, in Siberia occurred the umpteenth accident of the year involving an Antonov aircraft. It's an An-2 which carried out an emergency landing at about 100 km from Kyzyl, the capital of Siberian... more
AccidentsStill unclear the causes of Saturday's crash of B-737 airplane
Ottawa, Canada - Occurred in Canada, in which 12 people died
Still unclear the causes of the crash that, at 12:50 local time of 20 August, 2011, involved a Boeing B-737/210C operated by First Air in Canada, causing the death of 12 and the wounding of 3 people. The... more
AccidentsInvestigation on An-12 plane crash spot starts today
Moscow, Russia - The accident occurred on Tuesday in Russia
Natalya Salkina, an Investigation Committee spokeswoman, stated that the investigation on the spot of the crash involving Antonov An-12 plane registration number RA-11125, occurred on Tuesday in the Magadan... more
Accidents"Cockpit Voice Recorder" of An-12 plane crashed on Tuesday discovered today
Moscow, Russia - The investigations continue to make clear the causes of the accident, maybe due to an in flight fuel explosion
A spokesperson for Russia's emergency ministry disclosed it was discovered at 2:45 am Moscow time today the flight recorder of the Antonov An-12 -RA-11125 registration- which crashed Tuesday in the Russian... more
AccidentsTwo dead in a plane crash occurred yesterday in Italy
Terni, Italy - According to witnesses, the ultralight was flying at a low altitude before the accident
Two people died yesterday morning in Umbria, Italy, in the crash of a Sky Arrow aircraft in Nera Montoro di Narni. They're the pilot Riccardo Cori, 45, born in Rome, but living in Montefiascone and Eszter... more
AccidentsNewness on crash of An-12 plane in Russia: all the 11 occupants are feared to be dead
Moscow, Russia - It's reported by the regional prosecutors
International sources unveiled further details on the crash involving, this morning, an Antonov An-12 plane operated by Avis Amur on the Russian territory (see AVIONEWS). According to the latest news,... more
AccidentsRussia, ongoing researches on Antonov An-12 plane disappeared from radars and crashed according to witnesses
Moscow, Russia - The crew had reported an oil leak and an engine fire
A cargo plane Antonov An-12 operated by Avis Amur with 12 (or according to other sources, 11) people and 18 ton cargo on board disappeared from radars this morning at 7:34 Moscow time. Traces of the... more
AccidentsRussia, other incident involving An-24 airplane: today a copy of this model landed out of the runway and lost both wings
Moscow, Russia - 15 out of the 36 occupants were injured
On Friday, August 8, 2011, in Russia occurred an accident involving an Antonov An-24. The aircraft, registration RA-46561, operated by IrAero, was flying with 36 people onboard from "Chita" airport to... more
AccidentsItaly: helicopter crashed in Trentino, one died
Trento, Italy - Safe 4 passengers
This morning an AS-350B3 helicopter crashed in the province of Trento, North Italy, next to Cima Pedrina: on board there were 5 people, the pilot and four passengers who according to the sources are employers... more
AccidentsIndian Air Force "Jaguar" aircraft crashed
New Delhi, India - The victims are two
A few days after the air crash that involved a MiG-21 fighter aircraft (see AVIONEWS) another similar fact has been reported from India: a Sepecat "Jaguar" airplane (registration JS19) of the Indian Air... more
AccidentsRio-Paris airplane crash: victims' parents speak
Paris, France - Families and union against BEA
The associations of relatives of the victims died on the flight Rio de Janeiro-Paris on June, 1st, 2009 that caused the deaths of 228 people and the French National Airline Pilots Union (SNPL) have proclaimed... more
AccidentsPakistan presents probe on Airblue's aircraft incident
Islamabad, Pakistan - Report announced today
Pakistan Civil Aviation Authorities submitted today August 4 to prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani the final report on the airplane crash that took place on July 28, 2010, in which an Airbus 321 airplane... more
AccidentsIndonesia: Bell 412 helicopter crashed
Jakarta, Indonesia - No survivors
Indonesian authorities reported today August, 4 the news of an incident happened yesterday afternoon in North Sulawesi province, on Sulawesi island; the aircraft was transporting 8 passengers and 2 crew... more
AccidentsGrand Caravan aircraft of Brazilian Air force crashed
Bom , Brazil - No survivors
A Cessna 208B Grand Caravan plane (C-98A registration, FAB2735) of Brazilian Air Force crashed yesterday August, 2 in the south of the Country, killing all occupants, according to official sources said. The... more
AccidentsMiG-21 crashed in Rajasthan, the pilot dead
Bikaner, India - Unknown the reasons
An Indian defence spokesperson has declared today August, 2 that this morning a MiG-21 "Type-96" fighter aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) crashed for causes still unknown in the North-East of the... more
AccidentsBEA presents new safety recommendations
Paris, France - Deduced from incident's circumstances
New Safety Recommendations Analysis of the history of the flight based on the readout of the flight recorders has led to the issuing of ten new safety recommendations. XX Three safety recommendations... more
AccidentsAccording to BEA Rio-Paris air crash could be avoided
Paris, France - The crew didn't closely follow the manual
The results of the third report of BEA (French Bureau of investigation and analysis of air accident) presented on July 29 answered some questions on the air crash of Air France Airbus A-330/203 on June... more
AccidentsBEA publishes a synthesis note on Rio-Paris air crash
Paris, France - AVIONEWS presents the note uncut
Safety Investigation into the accident on 1 June 2009 to the Airbus A-330/203 airplane, flight AF447. On Sunday 31 May 2009, the Airbus A-330/203 registered F-GZCP operated by Air France took off at... more
AccidentsPoland presents final report on air crash of Tupolev 154 aircraft
Warsaw, Poland - Different factors led to the tragedy
Polish Committee for Investigation of National Aviation Accidents unveiled today July 29 in Warsaw final report on the tragic accident happened on May 10, 2010 in which lost his life the then Polish president,... more
AccidentsJapan: an airplane crashed during a training flight
Hokkaido, Japan - Three dead; a student survived
Three men dead on July, 28 for an air crash that involved a Beechcraft A-36 airplane belonging to a Japanese aviation school next to Hokkaido, in the north of the Country. There were on board the pilot... more
AccidentsAsiana Airlines cargo aircraft missed in South Korea
Seoul, South Korea - There would be 2 victims
Official sources reported that this morning in South Korea a Boeing cargo plane B-747/400 operated by the South Korea's carrier Asiana Airlines has crashed into the sea off the coast of the province of... more
AccidentsVictims' number in Morocco airplane crash rises up
Guelmin, Morocco - 80 dead and no survivors
The King of Morocco Mohammed VI has declared three days of national mourning for the victims of the plane crash occurred on July 26 in the south of the Country (see AVIONEWS), the most serious for the... more
AccidentsNew findings on Rio de Janeiro-Paris airplane crash will be unveiled on July, 29
Paris, France - Based on the last examinations
BEA, the French civil aviation authority, has announced on July, 25 that next Friday will be communicated to the press new findings that has been discovered about the "Exact circumstances" that caused... more
AccidentsC-130 crashes in Morocco: victims, aircraft destroyed
Guelmin, Morocco - According to initial reports there were about seventy people on-board
The news coming today from Arab broadcaster "Al Jazeera" are still very confused, in relation to a serious incident which involved a C-130 military aircraft of Royal Air Maroc carrying, it seems, about... more
AccidentsHelicopter crashed in Russia: 3 dead and 2 injured
Moscow, Russia - The third incident in a few days
Local authorities have reported that on July, 25 a Mil Mi-8 helicopter crashed in the Kamchatka peninsula in the far East of Russia, killing a crew member and two passengers, while two other people who... more
AccidentsThai military helicopter crashed: 3 dead
Bangkok, Thailandia - The third incident in a few days
Military sources have reported the news that on Sunday, July 24 a Bell-212 helicopter crashed in Phetchaburi province, west of the Country on the Thai Gulf; the incident resulted in the deaths of three... more
AccidentsIndia: Bombardier aircraft skidded on the runway while landing with 54 people on board
New Delhi, India - Due a tyre burst; no victims
Today, an accident involved a Bombardier CRJ-701ER (CL-600-2C10) regional jet at the end of AL-9801 direct flight from New Delhi to Kolkata via Kunpur (an air link activated about a month ago) operated... more
AccidentsP-92 Echo aircraft crashes in phase of landing in Lodi, Italy
Lodi, Italy - Two people injured
At 12:30 local time yesterday a P-92 Echo Tecnam aircraft crashed next to the canal Muzza in Cornegliano Laudense, Lodi (Italy), while it was landing in the airport of Massalengo in order to re-supply. The... more
AccidentsBrazil: 16 people died after air crash
Recife, Brazil - The aircraft crashed for unknown reasons
This morning, Wednesday, July 13, at 6:51 am local hour, a Let L-140 "Turbolet" aircraft operated by the regional company Noar Linhas Aereas crashed in a desert area near the city of Recife, on the coast... more
AccidentsEstablished compensations for families of dead and for injured of Monday's accident involving An-24 airplane (VIDEO)
Moscow, Russia - With amounts from 1770 and 35,500 dollars per family
The day after the accident involving the Antonov An-24 aircraft registered RA-47302 operated by Angara Airlines, crashed during an emergency landing in the Ob river in Siberia (see AVIONEWS), compensations... more
AccidentsAn-24, Tu-134 aircraft and Volga's ferry tragedy: Medvedev orders transport safety controls on a large scale
Moscow, Russia - He considers to ground An-24 e Tu-134 aircraft, on duty respectively since 1950 and 1960
Is gradually updated the record of the incident happened this morning which involved an Antonov An-24 aircraft of Angara Airlines Company, whose pilot was forced to ditch a fortune on the Ob River, from... more
AccidentsAircraft crash in Alabama: dead a whole family
Demopolis, USA - 7 victims, 5 of them are children
Last night, Sunday, July 10, the chief of police of the city of Demopolis, Alabama, reported the news that Saturday, July 9 at 06:30 pm a twin-engine Cessna C-421 crashed in a wooded area near the airport... more
AccidentsCongo plane crash: the number of victims grows
Kisangani, Congo - News are still uncertain
Despite the continuing uncertainty about the number of passengers and victims, according to the latest information released by Hewa Bora Airways on board the Boeing 727 aircraft, registration 9Q-COP, there... more
AccidentsSiberia, An-24 aircraft crashes during an emergency water landing due to an engine failure
Irkustsk, Siberia - At least 5 dead, as many missing and various injured
At 8:55 MSK today an Antonov AN-24 airplane -registration RA-47302- operated by Angara Airlines was serving a connection from Surgut to Tomsk-Bogashevo airport, when the left engine (an Ivchenko AI-24VT)... more
AccidentsHewa Bora Airways airplane crashes in Congo: 53 dead until now
Kinshasa, Congo - The aircraft was coming from the Capital Kinshasa
Authorities in Congo have confirmed reports that during this morning Friday, July 8, a plane operated by Hewa Bora Airways, which was carrying 112 passengers, crashed during landing, causing at least 53... more
AccidentsSmall plane falls down in California. 2 dead
Watsonville, USA - Victims' names not reported
In the evening of yesterday on Thursday, July 7 a Mooney M-20 plane of 1974 crashed in a parking lot near the Watsonville Community Hospital of Watsonville, about 90 miles south of San Francisco, California,... more
AccidentsMarine dead for helicopter incident in California
Camp Pendleton, USA - He left his 23 year old wife
The 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing said yesterday on Thursday, July 7 that Wednesday, July 6 an UH-1Y helicopter crashed for reasons unknown near the base of Camp Pendleton, 80 miles from San Clemente, in California. The... more
AccidentsTwo dead due to the crash of MDM-1 Fox glider
Feldkirchen, Austria - Operated by Adria Aerobatics Club
At 11:03 local time yesterday an aerobatic glider MDM-1 Fox of Marga?ski & Mys?owski operated by Alpe Adria Aerobatics Club, registration OE-5601, crashed causing the death of both the people on board,... more