Accidents
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AccidentsFire in an hangar of the Italian airport of Forlì, 5 aircraft destroyed
Forlì, Italy - Damages for about one million euros
It was probably a short circuit to cause the fire broke out yesterday morning, shortly after 06:00 am local time, in the hangar of the "Aernova" flight school at the Italian "Ridolfi" airport of Forlì. According... more
AccidentsItaly, two helicopters crash
Aosta, Italy - Three injured according to the local press
On Thursday, at about 10:30 local time, in the area of Plateau Rosa, above Cervinia, Italy, a crash between two helicopters has occurred, in which three people were injured. The dynamics of the collision... more
AccidentsFlames at the airport of Rome-Fiumicino
Rome, Italy - A car catches fire in front of Terminal 2
Already yesterday in the Terminal 3 of Fiumicino airport was broke out a small fire in a wastebasket. This morning instead was a car to catch fire in front of the Terminal 2. On board of the gray Ford... more
AccidentsAirplane tragedy: in Congo at least 19 dead
Brazzaville, Congo - Plane crashes in Pointe-Noire
An Antonov 12 cargo plane of Trans Air Congo airline crashed yesterday into a residential area of Pointe-Noire in the city's Mvou Mvou district, the Republic of Congo's economic capital. The plane crashes... more
AccidentsColombia, collision of two FAC Bell UH-1H helicopters
Bogota, Colombia - Five dead and four injured according to the latest information
Yesterday in Colombia, at 5:40 pm (2240 GMT), two Bell UH-1H military helicopters belonging to the helicopter school of FAC, Air Force of Colombia, crashed during an exercise mission. The crash occurred... more
AccidentsRussia, Antonov 148/100 crashes during test flight
Moscow, Russia - Dead all the 6 people on board
On Saturday, March 5th, 2011, at about 11:00 local time, an Antonov 148/100 crashed in southern Russia, causing the death of all six people aboard. The aircraft, registration number RA-61708, had taken... more
AccidentsA plane crash has rendered unusable an heart for transplant
Forlì , Italy - The patient is saved thanks to another organ
Following the release of ANSV (Italian Air Safety Board), that opened an investigation, we note which was revealed that due to accident occurred on the night of March 2 at the airport of Forlì, an heart... more
AccidentsIsrael, Cessna 172 plane crashes
Jerusalem, Israel - Two dead
According to the local press, two people would have died in the North of Israel because of an accident occurred to the Cessna 172 aircraft on which they were travelling. It seems that the airplane,... more
AccidentsSri Lanka: mid-air collision between two aircraft Kfir
Colombo, Sri Lanka - The only victim is a pilot
This morning two Kfir jet planes have fallen after be entered in collision. This happened during an exercise for the celebrations, which begin tomorrow, of the 60th anniversary of Sri Lanka Air Force. The... more
AccidentsUAE, 4 people die on a McKinnon G-21G Turbo Goose plane
Al Ain, United Arab Emirates - Crashed shortly after the take-off
GCAA, General Civil Aviation Authority, unveiled today that four people were killed last night in the crash of a small McKinnon G-21G Turbo Goose airplane, registration number N221AG, just after the take-off... more
AccidentsCommercial helicopter crash on Hokio beach, north of Paraparaumu
Wellington, New Zealand - Pilot rescued upon the call of an eye-witness
A Huey helicopter, an ex-military 66-0869, Bell UH-1H Iroquois, registration ZK-HSP, this morning at 9 am crashed onto Hokyo beach, 10 km North of Levin, on the Horowhenua coast. The pilot on board... more
AccidentsOld private airplane crashes 100 miles north of New York
New York, Usa - The 1969 jet was a BAC-167 Strikemaster
A 1969 plane with a dragon’s face painted on its nose fell out of the sky on Saturday afternoon and crashed into the icy Hudson River in upstate New York. Crews were still searching for the pilot, t... more
AccidentsPlane crash in Venezuela: 6 victims
San Pedro del Rio, Venezuela - Yet unknown the causes
Yesterday a twin-engine plane Cessna 340/A, with registration number YV2402, crashed in San Pedro del Rio in the east of Venezuela, near the border with Colombia. The authorities have announced that all... more
AccidentsA small plane crashed in South Carolina, one victim
South Carolina, USA - Yet unknown the causes of the accident
A small plane Cessna 150 E crashed on Saturday. The only occupant of the aircraft was a man of 69 years, Robert Burdette. The aviator, who was described as an experienced pilot and lover of flight, was... more
AccidentsRobinson R-44 crashes in Puglia, Italy: one dead
Barletta, Italy - This is the second accident occurred in February 2011 to an aircraft of this model
At about 7:45 today, 18 February 2011, a private helicopter crashed in the countryside of Canne della Battaglia, near Barletta, Puglia, Italy, catching fire in the impact. Still unknown a lot of data... more
AccidentsPlane crashed in Honduras: no survivors
Cerro de Hula, Honduras - Bad weather is the probable cause
There are some updates on the plane Let L-410UVP-E20 that crashed yesterday in Honduras near Cerro de Hula while going from San Pedro Sula to Tegucigalpa. The airplane which had a capacity of 19 people... more
AccidentsIndonesia, 5 dead in a plane crash
Jakarta, Indonesia - During a test flight
On Saturday, February 12, 2011, at 13:42 local time a CASA/Nurtanio NC-212 A4 Aviocar 100, registration number PK-ZAI, on a domestic route in Indonesia, crashed at about 15 km from the airport of destination,... more
AccidentsRussia, Mil Mi-28 Night Hunter attack helicopter falls
Moscow, Russia - Two crew members injured
This morning at 10:40 local time, a Mil Mi-28N Night Hunter attack helicopter fell just outside the village of Praskovye in the district of Budyennovsk in the region of Stavropol, Russia. It would have... more
AccidentsHonduras: the crashed plane is a Let 410
Tegucigalpa, Honduras - It's a disaster
The plane crashed in Honduras, 15 km from the city of Tegucigalpa, is a twin engine Let 410. To report it was the red cross. At least 10 people dead in the accident. The citizens of the close city of... more
AccidentsPlane crash at Irish airport of Cork
Cork, Ireland - Eight dead
It has recently been unveiled the news of a plane crash in Ireland, in which eight people were killed and wounded four ones. According to preliminary reports provided by the international press, this... more
AccidentsIran: Minister of Transport involved in an helicopter crash
Tehran, Iran - He was in office from only one day
On February 1, after a plane crash, the Iranian parliament had discouraged the Minister of Transport Hamid Behbahani, forced to resign after an aircraft disaster happened in Urumieh, in the north-west... more
AccidentsPrivate plane crash in the suburbs of Sydney
Sydney, Australia - The passengers are saved
On board of the small private plane, crashed last night (about the 00:30pm in Australia ) in the outskirts of Sydney, there were only 2 passengers and a dog. The occupants of the aircraft are all miraculously... more
AccidentsYemen. UAV Predator crashes. The wreckage in Al-Qaeda's hands
Sanaa, Yemen - Armed men would have collected and brought the scraps with them
An UAV, Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, Predator airplane would have crashed probably tonight in the Abyan province, in the south-west of Yemen, a city overlooking the Gulf of Aden. The drone seems to belong... more
AccidentsIraq, 7 dead in the crash of a tourism plane
Baghdad, Iraq - Taking-off from Sulaymaniyah airport
A Raytheon Hawker 900 tourism plane operated by the Lebanese "Sky Lounge" crashed on Friday, February 4, at 17:49, in the region of Sulaymaniyah, Iraqi Kurdistan, 260 km north-east of Baghdad. The incident... more
AccidentsCrash in Australia: a Robinson R-44 helicopter was engulfed in flames
Hunter Valley , Australia - Two victims, the pilot survived
This morning, in Australia, at 11:45 there was an air crash in the Cessnock Aerodrome in NSW (New South Wales) Hunter Valley. The aircraft was an helicopter Robinson R-44 which was engulfed in flames after... more
AccidentsIndia: Army helicopter crashes killing both pilots
Nashik , India - According to preliminary investigations the incident is due to technical failure
An Army helicopter crashed in a residential area of the Indian city of Nashik (central-western part of the country) today killing both its pilots butthere was no casualty on the ground. The Cheetah... more
AccidentsFound the wreckage of the small plane crashed yesterday afternoon in the province of Perugia
Perugia, Italy - On board there was only the pilot
A little Cessna 172 (also see AVIONEWS)departed yesterday from Ancona-Falconara, around 2:47pm, has never reached its destination. In fact, the radio contact with the plane, that was directed to Foligno,... more
AccidentsBlast at Moscow-Domodedovo airport: 31 casualties
Moscow, Russia - The explosion ripped through the arrivals hall
A explosion ripped through the arrivals hall at Moscow's busiest airport today, killing 31 people and wounding about 130, Health Ministry officials said. Sources said the explosion may have been caused... more
AccidentsAirport of Frankfurt, bus hit group of passengers
Frankfurt, Germany - Killing 1 and injuring 5
International press reports that, according to statements from police's spokesman Manfred Fuellhardt, yesterday morning it would have been a serious incident at the airport of Frankfurt, Germany. A... more
AccidentsUSA: in 2010, doubled air accidents caused by lasers. Global emergency
Los Angeles, USA - Secretary of Transportation LaHood: "An unacceptable risk to passenger safety"
FAA, Federal Aviation Administration, on Wednesday, January 19, 2011, revealed worrying data about the incidents at US airports caused by laser pointers directed toward helicopters and airplanes during... more
AccidentsRussia, published black boxes' transcriptions of Smolensk's plane crash
Moscow, Russia - That would exculpate Russian air traffic controllers, accused by Poland to have responsibilities in the Tu-154's incident
As reported yesterday, 19 January 2010, by the international press, the Russian aviation investigating commission would have taken an unprecedented decision: to publish the full transcripts of the black... more
AccidentsRIS Rome, further exams for the helicopter fallen on Monte Bianco
Rome, Italy - In September 2009
Are now ongoing in the Scientific investigation department (RIS) laboratories of Rome, examinations to understand the cause of the accident which involved, on September 7, 2009, the SA-315B Lama helicopter,... more
AccidentsPrivate aircraft misses packed passenger plane at Birmingham Airport
Birmingham, UK - The event occurred on Wednesday, January 12th but details have been released today
A flight packed with passengers came within 'inches' of crashing into a private plane at Birmingham Airport. An urgent investigation is underway today into the near-miss, which was caused by a runway mix-up. Air... more
AccidentsCrash Smolensk. Poland wants from Russia cockpit voice recordings of the Tu-154 airplane
Moscow, Russia - The ex-Soviet Country states that they have already been delivered to it after the tragedy
This morning, the Polish interior ministry has said through its spokeswoman Malgorzata Wozniak that Russia has asked Poland to have, in addition to the transcripts, also the cockpit voice recordings of... more
AccidentsPolish ministers' meeting to assess MAK's report on Tu-154 airplane's Smolensk crash
Warsaw, Poland - Awaited the Prime Minister Donald Tusk's statements
Awaited, in this hours, the Warsaw's response to the report on the Smolensk's accident written by the Committee of Inquiry of MAK, the interstate executive body which oversees the use and the management... more
AccidentsTu-154 airplane's crash. MAK: pilot's error the main cause
Moscow, Russia - Presented today the report on the air disaster
MAK, Interstate Aviation Committee, that is the executive body which oversees the use and management of the civil aviation field in the Commonwealth of Independent States, today unveiled the report of... more
AccidentsRobin DR-400 plane crashes just out of Rome, at the beginning of the towing phase of a glider
Rome, Italy - Dead the pilot
A single-engine tourism Robin DR-400 airplane crashed at around 05:00 pm yesterday afternoon in the military airport of Guidonia-Montecelio, Rome. It seems that at the time of the incident the pilot,... more
AccidentsFound black boxes of the Boeing airplane crashed in Iran
Tehran, Iran - Last Sunday
Have been found the black boxes of the Boeing 727/286 aircraft of Iran Air crashed on Sunday, January 9, 8 km away from Urumiyeh, Iran, perhaps because of the thick fog and the snow that raged on the area,... more
AccidentsUH-1H helicopter of the Turkish Army crashes: 5 victims
Ankara, Turkey - Dead four officer training pilots and their instructor
An UH-1 Huey Iroquois helicopter belonging to Turkish Army Aviation crashed last night while it was being used for a training night flight. The crash occurred near to the capital Ankara, close to the village... more
AccidentsAirplane crashes in Iran, almost 80 dead
Tehran, Iran - And dozens of injured according to the latest estimates
At 7:45 pm (local time) yesterday, January 9, 2010, a Boeing 727/286 plane of the airline Iran Air, registration number EP-IRP, departed from Tehran, crashed at about 8 km from the airport of Urumiyeh,... more
AccidentsRussia, Tupolev 154 aircraft may be prohibited after another plane crash
Moscow, Russia - On Saturday, in which 4 people died and more than 40 were wounded
A "Well-informed source" told "Itar-Tass" about the talks between Gennady Kourvenkov, head of Russian Federal Agency for Transport, and Transport Minister Igor Levitin, in which it was said that Moscow... more
AccidentsRussia, 12 dead in the crash of an Antonov An-22 airplane
Moscow, Russia - Of the Russian Air Force
Dead all the 12 men on board of an Antonov An-22 military transport aircraft, registration number RA-09343, belonging to the Russian Air Force, crashed on Tuesday night in the village of Krasny Oktyabr,... more
AccidentsPakistan Army's plane crashes
Quetta, Pakistan - Dead the two people on board.
On Wednesday a small trainer plane of PAF, Pakistan Air Force, model and registration number of which are still unknown, crashed in the mountains of Muslim Bagh, in Baluchistan, Pakistan's largest province.... more
AccidentsCrash of a Bangladesh Air Force airplane
Barisal, Bangladesh - Both pilots died in the crash
In the afternoon of Monday, December 20, 2010, a Nanchang PT-6 airplane, registration number 3510, belonging to the BAF, Bangladesh Air Force, crashed shortly after the take-off from Barisal, 177 km south... more
AccidentsSwitzerland, two dead in air crash
St Moritz, Switzerland - Probably for having hit three power lines
On Sunday, December 19, 2010, at around 02:40 pm, a Hawker Beechcraft 390 Premier IA aircraft registered in Germany, registration number D-IAYL , which had taken off from Zagreb, Croatia, crashed during... more
AccidentsFound the wreckage of the airplane lost yesterday in Nepal
Kathmandu, Nepal - Those are the names of the 22 people on board, all dead in the crash
This morning were found, near the mountainous area of Okhaldhunga, the wreckages of a DHC-6 Twin Otter plane of Tara Air registered 9N-AFX disappeared from the radars yesterday shortly after the take-off... more
AccidentsHuman error and technical failure among the most probable causes of the Tupolev airplane crash in Moscow
Moscow, Russia - Investigators declared it
According to today's reports by "RIA Novosti", it seems that technical failure and human error are among the most likely causes of the occurrence-crash occurred on December 4th to a Tupolev Tu-154 airplane... more
AccidentsMexico, Bell 412 helicopter of the "PGR", Attorney General's Office, crashes
Veracruz, Mexico - Some of the people on board killed in the accident
A Bell 412 helicopter registered XC-HFJ belonging to the Attorney General of the Republic ("Procuraduría General de la República") with 11 people on board crashed yesterday in the State of Veracruz, M... more
AccidentsFound wreckage of the helicopter missing from Tuesday in France
Paris, France - Nobody of the three people on board survived
At around 10:00 pm of Wednesday, December 8, 2010, were found near Breil, on the French side of the Val Roja, the wreckage of the Eurocopter AS-350 Ecureuil helicopter of the Héli Air Monaco society,... more
AccidentsA Piper PA-32 airplane crashed soon after take off from Rome-Urbe airport
Rome, Italy - One victim
A Piper PA-32 with identification number M58SE crashed yesterday at 5:30 pm (4:30 pm GMT) soon after take off from the runway of Rome-Urbe airport, falling on a bus deposit. The pilot, Giovanni Magliocca,... more