Accidents
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AccidentsBalloon crash on South of Dubai caused two victims and wounded
Dubai, UAE - 14 people on board, among them the pilot and a crew member
A balloon served by BAE society (Balloon Adventures Emirates) has been protagonist of a tragic crash while was in landing phase, perhaps due to a sudden and violent blast of wind. The event has occurred... more
AccidentsFinland: PA-28R-200 crashes for engine problem
Helsinki, Finland - A victim and two severe injured among three people on board
A private airplane Piper PA-28R-200 Cherokee Arrow II has crashed today at 11:30 (local hour) in Emasalo, near Porvoo, in the extreme south of Finland. The airplane with three people on board has crashed... more
AccidentsCargo aircraft precipitated in Philippines: 3 dead
Mexico, Philippines - Near the city of Mexico, survived other three crew members
An Antonov 12BP cargo plane, registered UP-AN216, was destroyed when it crashed near the town of Mexico, Philippines. Three crew members survived, three others are presumed to have been killed in the crash.... more
AccidentsAirbus about cargo airplane crash to Aero Union flight 302
Toulouse, France - Near Monterrey in Mexico
Airbus regrets to confirm that an A-300B4 Freighter aircraft operated by Aero Union was involved in an accident shortly after 23.30hrs local time on April 13th, 2010, (04.30hrs GMT, April 14th) while on... more
AccidentsA-330B4 Freighter airplane crashed in Monterey
Monterey, Mexico - Five victims on board and one at ground
An A-330B4 Freighter airplane crashed in the night between Tuesday and Wednesday while was ending the final approach's phase at the "Mariano Escobedo" airport in Monterrey, Mexico, where it was making... more
AccidentsEmergency for Cathay's airplane in Hong Kong: tragedy at the landing grazed
Hong Kong, China - And after touched ground six tyres exploded: seven passengers wounded
A severe occurrence has seen involved at 1:45 pm of today an A-330 airplane of Cathay Pacific, whose pilot has asked to land in emergency at the international airport in Hong Kong due to a failure not... more
AccidentsCessna 182 aircraft falls down near Ancona: three victims' corpse found
Ancona, Italy - Probably cause snowstorm; researches lasted all through the night
Cessna 182 aircraft took off yesterday at 5:00 p.m from Rome-Urbe's airport and directed to Austria, with a pilot and two passengers on board, fell down near Fabriano, district of Ancona. The airplane... more
AccidentsPresident Kaczynski dead in air incident: chief of state's mourning
Moscow, Russia - Medved and Putin, Walesa, Frattini and Berlusconi
Mourning's words are coming from many chiefs of state and important political representatives. First of all, beside Mendved's ones, (representing the Country where tragedy happened) and of first minister... more
AccidentsPresidential airplane fell down: president and government members are dead
Warsaw, Poland - 132 victims, among which the Kaczynski's wife, the Army's Chief of State and foreign minister assistant
Polish president Lech Kaczynski is dead on Saturday when the presidential Tupolev 154 airplane has fallen down while approaching the fourth attempt to land at Smolensk's airport, in south of Russia, the... more
AccidentsCV-22B Osprey tilt-rotor crashes in Afghanistan
Kabul, Afghanistan - Three victims and injured among soldiers; a death among civilians
A CV-22B Osprey tilt-rotor of US Air Force, operating in the ambit of ISAF forces (International Security Assistance Force) in Afghanistan, has crashed yesterday evening at 11 km east of Qualat, in the... more
AccidentsFrench Air Force's Mirage F-1 aicraft's technical breakdown
Reims, France - Pilot could saves his life launching by ejection seat
Sirpa Air, French Ministry of Defense's body, let know yesterday Mirage F-1 aircraft's pilot, because of a technical breakdown, was forced to eject himself while was flying near Orleans, district of Loire,... more
AccidentsAirplanes near miss over San Francisco's sky
San Francisco, Usa - Boeing 777 and a small Aronca 11AC aircraft risked to come in collision
Investigators from US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) are investigating about reasons of near miss on last 27th March over San Francisco, involving a Boeing 777 and Aeronca 11AC aircraft. The... more
AccidentsAustralia. PA-30 Twin Comache falls down: two victims
Perth, Australia - They were disappeared yesterday night from radar monitor: helicopter found wreckage today at 8 a.m.
A Piper PA-30/160 Twin B Comanche aircraft with two person crew, disappeared from the radar monitor yesterday around 9 p.m. after taken off from The Northam's airport to come back to Jandakot's one. This... more
AccidentsAn ISAF's helicopter crashed in Afghanistan
Kabul, Afghanistan - Dead a Turkish soldier
Last Tuesday, in Afghanistan, a Turkish soldier was killed after helicopter's crash where was together with other five military men. The incident, occurred in province of Wardak, at south-east of Kabul,... more
AccidentsNTSB's chairwoman about accidents on runways
Orlando, Usa - She said they are declining at the National Air Traffic Controllers Association
Accident involving planes on runways have declined, but there still is need for improvement. It's what National Transportation Safety Board's (NTSB) chairwoman, Debbie Hersman affirmed. Mrs Hersman... more
AccidentsMalaysia: Pilatus PC-7 MKII Turbo Trainer falls down
Alor Star, Malaysia - It seems during an air show
Pilatus PC-7 MKII aircraft belonging to Royal Malaysian Air Force felt down around 10:15 local time zone of yesterday, in the State of Kedah, north-western region of Malese peninsula, while performing... more
AccidentsNew flight simulator to prevent incidents
New York, Usa - Air Line Pilots Association and National Transportation Safety Bulletin sustain this
The Airline Pilots Association expressed, throughout its spokesman Bryan Burks, its point of view on new flight simulation technology, underlining great usefulness of these training tools to avoid aerodynamic... more
AccidentsUganda: helicopter crashes with President Yoweri Museveni
Kampala, Uganda - Surviving together with other five people on board
A helicopter with Uganda's President, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, and other five people on board, has crashed today for still unknown causes at 150 km from capital Kampala from where it was departed. Kenyan... more
AccidentsUSA: Cessna T-303 Crusader airplane crashes on a cottage
Virginia Beach, Usa - The owner-pilot dead, only occupant of the aircraft; no victims at ground
A Cessna T-303 Crusader airplane, code N9305T crashed yesterday on a cottage in Louisa, central-east of Virginia, USA. The aircraft was in climbing phase few minutes after take off from Louisa County Airport,... more
AccidentsEthiopian airplane tragedy: weeks for inquiry's conclusion
Beirut, Lebanon - The victims' families take legal action against Boeing and ask compensations for EUR millions
It could be necessary also some weeks for the conclusion of inquiry about air disaster occurred off the coast of Beirut, when an Ethiopian Airlines' airplane last January 25 sank in the sea with 90 people... more
AccidentsIndia, airplane falls down during acrobatic exhibition
Hyderabad, India - Opening event of "India aviation" upset by a tragic crash
Today 3rd of March at Hyderabad, middle-south of India, the opening event of "India aviation" was upset by a fatal event. Airplane of Indian Navy crashed on a building during an acrobatic fly exhibition;... more
AccidentsTwo military airplanes crashed in South Korea
Seoul, South Korea - Impact of two F-5 jets on a mountain, missing three pilots
Yesterday two F-5 jets of South Korean Air Force crashed on a mountain in the area of Gangneung, 237 kilometers east by Seoul. The collision happened during an exercise, at 12:20 local time. Three pilots... more
AccidentsMexican military aircraft crash: 2 killed
Chihuahua, Mexico - Injured the other three occupants of the Cessna 182
The toll of an accident occurred yesterday to a Mexican Air Force Cessna 182 aircraft is of two victims and three seriously injured people. The plane had taken off shortly before from Chihuahua air base,... more
AccidentsItalian Air Force HH-3F crash in 2008: it was human error
Rome, Italy - During maintenance operations performed several months before
It would have been a human error during maintenance operations performed several months before to cause a failure on the Italian Air Force 84th Air Rescue Center (SAR) HH-3F helicopter which crashed on... more
AccidentsTexas accident inquiry passed to FBI
Austin, USA - Due to the apparently criminal nature of the event
The US NTSB (National Transportation Safety Board) has transferred control of the investigation into last Thursday's crash of a Piper PA/28-236 Dakota aircraft into an office building in Austin, Texas... more
AccidentsTexas accident, NTSB: too early to establish the cause (Video)
Austin, Texas - Media statements ascribed to the board denied
Despite information issued by some media, the US NTSB (National Transportation Safety Board) has denied what had been reported by the press, precising that it is still too early to establish the cause... more
AccidentsIndian MiG-27 crash: pilot killed
Hashimara, India - During a routine mission for unknown reasons
An Indian Air Force MiG-27 Flogger crashed yesterday near Hashimara, in Western Bengal, killing the pilot, as confirmed by official New Delhi aviation sources. After taking off from Hashimara Air Base... more
AccidentsEthiopian airplane: second black box's memory recovered
Beirut, Lebanon - Valuable to set for which reason the pilot redirected from path indicated from control tower
A Lebanese military report communicates today that the memory of the second black box has been recovered of the B-737/800 sank off Beirut's coasts, after took off from the local airport with 90 people... more
Accidents3 victims in US helicopter crash
Phoenix, USA - Two adults and a child
Three people were killed yesterday in the crash occurred to the Eurocopter EC-135 helicopter on which they were flying, near Cave Creek just north of the city of Phoenix (USA). The identified victims are... more
AccidentsMilitary helicopter crash in Yemen: 13 killed
Saada, Yemen - Accident likely caused by a technical failure
It would be of 13 victims and an injured the toll of an accident occurred yesterday to an helicopter of the Yemeni Army, model and manufacturer unknown. On board there were 11 people (7 wounded and a crew... more
AccidentsThree helicopters crashed yesterday: AH-1F Cobra, AS-350BA, HB-350L1 Esquilo
San Paulo, Brazil - Three victims in total
The world helicopter panorama has been hit from three crashes yesterday, mortal two of them, that have caused the death of three people in total. The first one has regarded a Bell AH-1F Cobra military... more
AccidentsEthiopian's aircraft exploded in flight
Beirut, Lebanon - According to Lebanese Health Minister has affirmed yesterday
The Ethiopian Airlines' B-737/800 airplane, sank off Lebanon's coasts last January 25 with 90 people on board, would be exploded in flight shortly after the take-off from Beirut's airport. "The aircraft... more
AccidentsEthiopian: black boxes recovered from the crashed Boeing
Beirut, Lebanon - All 90 people on board had been killed in the accident
Black boxes from the crashed Ethiopian Airlines' Boeing 737/800 aircraft that last month ditched into the Mediterranean sea off the coast of Lebanon have been recovered. All 90 people on board had been... more
AccidentsFrance, the Concorde trial starts today
Pontoise, France - Continental Airlines is charged with negligent homicide
Ten years after the tragic accident of the Concorde, 25 July 2000, the trial has started in Pontoise, France. In the crash 113 people were killed, four of which on the ground. The disaster ended the career... more
AccidentsAir accident in the Philippines: nine killed
Manila, Philippines - One of the victims was likely on the ground
A Philippine Air Force GAF N-22 Nomad aircraft today crashed near Cotabato City, killing nine people. The crash, happened in a residential area near Manila, took place during take off. According to... more
AccidentsEthiopian air crash: black boxes located
Beirut, Lebanon - At a depth of 1,300 meters, 8 km west of Beirut airport
The flight data and flight voice recorders of Ethiopian Airlines' Boeing 737/800 aircraft that crashed on Monday in the Mediterranean sea, off the coast of Lebanon, with 90 people on board, have been located... more
AccidentsNigerian Navy helicopter crash, 4 victims
Port Harcourt, Nigeria - It has likely hit a telephone mast
A Nigerian Navy Agusta A-109E helicopter yesterday crashed in a swamp near Port Harcourt, during a flight towards Lagos. The four military on board have been killed on impact. According to eyewitnesses,... more
AccidentsNTSB to take part in Ethiopian accident probe
Beirut, Lebanon - The team will include experts from the FAA and Boeing
The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) announced that it will dispatch an aviation investigator to assist the government of Lebanon in its probe on the crash of an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing-737/800... more
AccidentsAt least 40 injured in Iranian air accident
Mashhad, Iran - The aircraft was seriously damaged by the fire on its tail
At least 40 people were injured on Sunday in the accident occurred to the Taban Air Tupolev Tu-154 on which they were flying. On board there were overall 157 passengers. The crash happened on landing at... more
AccidentsET-409 flight: Ethiopian's CEO held a press conference
Beirut, Lebanon - Further details about the accident
Ethiopian’s Chief Executive Officer, Ato Girma Wake held a press conference this morning at the Ethiopian Headquarters and provided further details relative to ET-409’s accident in Beirut. In opening the... more
AccidentsEthiopian's tragedy: first corpses recovered
Beirut, Lebanon - The Lebanese, included the security forces, are making every effort to find survivors
Following to the crash to B-737 airplane of Ethiopian Airlines crashed into the sea shortly after take off from Beirut's airport, the first corpses have been recovered into the waters. According to the... more
AccidentsEthiopian Airlines' Boeing crashes after take off in Lebanon
Beirut, Lebanon - Reportedly there are no survivors among the 90 people on board
An Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737/800 aircraft tonight crashed in the sea off the coast of Lebanon, shortly after take off in Beirut. According to first reports there would be no survivor among the 90 people... more
AccidentsSu-27 disappears from radars in Russia's far east
Moscow, Russia - Search for the wreckage go on
A Sukhoi Su-27 Flanker yesterday disappeared from radars during a scheduled flight in the Russian far east Khabarovsk region. The defense ministry stated that contact was lost with the aircraft about 30... more
AccidentsMilitary pilot died in New Zealand air accident
Ohakea, New Zealand - Member of the display team "Red Checkers"
A military instructor pilot of the New Zealand Air Force was killed this morning in an accident involving his Pacific Aerospace CT-4E trainer aircraft, near Ohakea Air Base. 32-year-old squadron leader... more
AccidentsItalian AMI: today air crash to an UAV Predator
Rome, Italy - The aircraft, in a training flight on Puglia's skies, has been spotted on the sea in Camporino
"The Italian Air Force Chief of Staff communicates that today, on Wednesday January 13, a Predator A-Plus aircraft, during the phase in a training flight on Puglia's skies, crashed. The Predator, took... more
AccidentsSix victims in Mexican helicopter crash
Mexico City, Mexico - Bad weather has likely caused the crash
Six people died yesterday in an accident occurred in Mexico to the Agusta 109E Power helicopter (registration XA-LSA) on which they were flying for an executive flight. The crash took place within the... more
AccidentsBell 206/B Jet Ranger III crashes: four victims
Redinger Lake, Usa - The machine has caught fire after the impact on the ground
Four people (pilot and three biologists of the American Hunting and Fishing Department) have dead last Tuesday when the helicopter on which they travelled, a Bell 206/B Jet Ranger III of the Palm Springs... more
AccidentsSix Ecuadorian soldiers killed in Cessna accident
Quito, Ecuador - Still unknown the cause of the crash
Six Ecuadorian Army soldiers were killed yesterday in an accident involving the Cessna 206 aircraft on which they were flying. A spokesman for the country's armed forces said that the crash happened about... more
AccidentsTwo years since the disappearance of the airplane in Los Roques
Rome, Italy - 14 people were on board, among which 8 Italians, whose fate is still a mystery
January 4, 2008 - January 4, 2010: two years have passed since the disappearance of Venezuelan Transaven's Let-410 aircraft while en route from Caracas to Los Roques with 14 people on board, among which... more
AccidentsCrash in Jamaica teaches: don't land with wind in tail on short runway under violent tropical rains
Rome, Italy - The considerations by Capt. Renzo Dentesano, investigator of aeronautical accidents
In the late evening of last December 23 a Boeing B-737/800 aircraft of the American Airlines, took off from Miami (FL) with 148 passengers and six members on board, has tried a nocturnal landing on the... more