Accidents
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AccidentsMI-8 helicopter crashes in Pamir
Dushanbe, Tajikistan - 11 alpine climbers on board; pilot dead, five injured
A helicopter has crashed in the last weeks, but the news has been unveiled only today, in Ghund Valley, near the border between Tajikistan and Afghanistan. On board there were 11 alpine climbers, crew... more
AccidentsMissing airplane in Los Roques: researches are resuming
Caracas, Venezuela - Almost 3 months after the incident, a sonar and a sonde have given a boost to the researches
Researches of the Transaven airplane directed to Los Roques missing from January, 4th in the water nearby Caracas, with 14 passengers (as it was certain until some days ago), in which 8 Italian people... more
AccidentsA Citation business jet crashes near Farborough, five died
Farnborough, Great Britain - Aircraft took fire at the crash on the ground
A Cessna Citation business jet crashed near UK airport of Farnborough, all five people on board, the two pilots and three passengers, died in the accident. The aircraft called the Biggin Hill near small... more
AccidentsMil Mi-8 crashed in the Black Sea (2): victims increase to 12
Kiev, Ukraine - Confirmation comes from Ukraine Emergencies' Minister
The only one survivor of the border guard's helicopter crashed yesterday nearby Zmeiny Island (also know as Snakes' Island, or Achille Island), in the Black Sea, is fighting for his life. The helicopter,... more
AccidentsA Mil Mi-8 helicopter crashed into the Black Sea: at the present time seven victims
Kiev, Ukraine - A serious wounded and five missing people
Ukraine: a Russian-made Mil Mi-8 military helicopter belonging to the Frontier Service took off this morning at 11:00 am from Odessa, Ukraine's largest port, with 13 people onboard (12 soldiers and one... more
AccidentsClearness about the SU-25 airplane crashed last March, 20th nearby Vladivostock
Moscow, Russia - Not a technical failure but a human mistake made by a same formation's pilot
It was not a technical failure the cause of the Sukhoi SU-25's plane crash, that took place last March, 20th, during a fire-exercise in the Chernigovka air base, 40 km far from Vladivostok, where the pilot... more
AccidentsRussian Air Force stops Sukhoi SU-25 flight after fatal accident
Moscow, Russia - The accident happened during a live fire exercise
Russian Air Force commander has suspended all Su-25 strike aircraft flights after a fatal crash caused the lost of aircraft and pilot's dead, in the country's Far East, Primorye Territory near the Chernigovka... more
AccidentsGreek Army's helicopter crashed in North-East of Country
Athens, Greece - Three occupants would be dead
Greek Defense's leadership unveiled that a UH-1 Huey helicopter of the national Army crashed this morning after took off from an air base situated in the Imathia Prefecture, missing from radar screens... more
AccidentsFrench prosecutor seeks Concorde charges for Continental and other four people
Cergy, France - The accident caused by a small part lost by an airline's aircraft
A French judge is expected to decide in coming weeks whether to accept the request of the deputy prosecutor in the city of Pontoise, Bernard Farret who asked Court to bring manslaughter charges against... more
AccidentsHelicopter, destined for touristic flights, crashes in Tagikistan
Dušanbe, Tagikistan - Pilot died, five tourists injured
A helicopter, probably of Russian construction, destined for touristic flights and helisky activity crashed yesterday morning during its landing phase in Tagikistan, in a pleasant skiing resort, 500 km... more
AccidentsPowered glider falls near Varese: dead the only occupant
Varese, Italy - The airplane took off from the Aero Club of Calcinate del Pesce
A powered glider, apparently of the type SF-25, code I-IMAC taken off in today's late morning from the runway of the Aero Club of Calcinate del Pesce (Varese, Italy), with one person on board, has fallen... more
AccidentsHelicopter falls in Antarctica
Berlin, Germany - News spread by the German minister of Education and Research
Annette Schavan, German minister of Education and Research, specified today regarding the helicopter crash they "Have lost the helicopter's pilot and a researcher". The accident occurred yesterday morning... more
AccidentsSantiago de Chile: airplane falls on a stadium's gym causing 11 casualties
Santiago de Chile, Chile - It is only a temporary toll
A Cessna 210 of Carabineros of Santiago de Chile fell on the gym of the municipal stadium in the residential quarter of Penalonen. The crash occurred shortly after the takeoff from the local airport: in... more
AccidentsVenezuela (4): ATR 42–300 information
Merida, Venezuela - One research helicopter found the aircraft in a mountain region northeast of Merida
The ATR-42/300 manufacturing serial number 028 (YV-1449) operated by Santa Barbara Airlines is reported missing and one research helicopter found the aircraft in a mountainous region northeast of Merida. The... more
AccidentsGulf of Mexico: crash between two US F-15C Eagles fighters
Washington, USA - Died one of the two pilots involved
Two US F-15C Eagles fighters crashed on Wednesday on the Gulf of Mexico, off the coast of Florida, just South of the Tyndall Air Force Base. According to US sources, only a Pilot has died after a mid-air... more
AccidentsAn Indian Cheetah helicopter crashes near Himalaya, one heavy wounded
Lobuche, Nepal - It's a military version of Lama
A SA-315B Cheetah, military Indian license produced version of the French Aerospatiale (now Eurocopter) Lama, a well known high-altitude capable helicopter, crashed today in the Khumbu Valley, near Himalaya... more
AccidentsSwitzerland: investigation concluded on German Tornado crashed in Lauterbrunnental
Bern, Switzerland - Accident caused by human error
A human error caused the incident of April 12th 2007, in which a Tornado of the German Luftwaffe crashed in Lauterbrunnental. The erroneous evaluation of the terrain's morphology and the flight parameters... more
AccidentsArmenia, crashed a Belavia Airlines Bombardier CRJ-100 aircraft
Yerevan, Armenia - The incident has not provoked any victims
Four people were hospitalized after a passenger plane, belongs to the Belarusian state-owned airline, Belavia Airlines, crashed on takeoff at an airport near the capital of Armenia, early on Thursday. The... more
AccidentsFifty years ago the "Busby Babes" tragedy
Manchester, United Kingdom - The English "Superga"
Football lovers should remember it. On February 6th, 1950, exactly fifty years ago, a twin-engine airplane of BEA (British European Airways) crashed while taking off from the airport of Munich, after a... more
AccidentsTwin-engine crashes in North Carolina, 6 dead
Washington, USA - Two prominent Republicans among the victims
A twin-engine Beechcraft King Air plane, started from Georgia and headed to Virginia, in the South of the US, crashed in the week-end in the environs of the airport of Mount Airy, in North Carolina. All... more
AccidentsPortuguese F-16 crashes near Lisbon
Lisbon , Portugal - Investigations ongoing
Yesterday afternoon, at 1:40pm local time, an F-16 fighter jet of the Portuguese Air Force crashed to the ground in the area around the air base of Monte Real, in the environs of the city of Leiria, north... more
AccidentsLost airplane in Venezuela: Transaven airline had no licence
Caracas , Venezuela - And the research pundits denounce: "Insufficient means"
There are developments in the question of the two-engine aircraft crashed into the sea of Venezuela with 14 people on board, among which 8 Italian tourists, on last January the 4th. It seems namely now... more
AccidentsTragedy in Poland, military airplane crashes
Warsaw, Poland - They were returning from a flight safety conference
The Polish armed forces lost yesterday 20 men, among whom some high officers, in consequence of a flight accident occurred near the Air Force base of Miroslawiec, in the north-western part of the country.... more
AccidentsAirplane falls near Perugia, two dead
Perugia, Italy - The accident occurred in the late afternoon of yesterday probably due to the fog
According to witnesses, the very thick fog in the area could have been the cause of the accident occurred to a little tourism airplane, fallen in the area between Torgiano and Bettona, near Perugia, in... more
AccidentsHelicopter falls near Milan's East bypass
Milan, Italy - Two victims
An AS-350B Ecureuil helicopter fell down in Milan near the exit 24 Usmate-Velate of the East bypass; the bodies of the occupants, two entrepreneurs from Brescia, were found charred in the aircraft wreckage.... more
AccidentsAngola, 12 dead in air accident
Luanda , Angola - Rescue helicopter forced to emergency landing
A two-engine Beechcraft B-200 King Air airplane crashed in Angola, on Saturday, as it was flying from the capital Luanda toward the city of Huambo. All 12 people on board died. The wreckage of the... more
AccidentsTwo single-engine collide in the skies of California
Los Angeles , USA - 5 verified victims
Two private single-engine airplanes, a Cessna-150 and a Cessna-172, crashed over Corona, a suburban district 40 miles east of Los Angeles, in California. The former aircraft, of smaller size, is said... more
AccidentsATR-72 Tuninter: Italian ANSV's final report on the accident
Rome, Italy - A hyphen and a series of mistakes and negligences led to the disaster in which 16 people died
We can say a misinterpreted hyphen 16 people lost their lives and other 23 were injured, 16 of whom severely: that's what happened on August 6th, 2005 when an ATR-72 airplane of Tuninter, Tunisian carrier,... more
AccidentsBody found in Venezuela belongs to copilot of the missing Let-410
Caracas, Venezuela - Recognized by the dental examination
The body rescued off the coast of Falcòn, in Venezuela, belongs to Alfredo Avila Otamendi, 37, copilot of the Let-410 plane of the Transaven airline, disappeared in the waters around Los Roques last January... more
AccidentsRecovered in Venezuela the possible body of one of the passengers of the Let-410 airplane
Caracas, Venezuela - Spotted Saturday by local fishermen
The body of a man, who may have been among the passengers of the airplane disappeared off Venezuela on January the fourth with 14 people on board, was recovered yesterday in front of the coast of the peninsula... more
AccidentsPerhaps crashed in tailspin the Treviso Piper
Treviso , Italy - The incident's dynamic being investigated
Yesterday have arrived in Treviso the two technicians deployed by the Italian Air Safety Board (ANSV) to investigate the dynamic of the incident that last Saturday cost the life of Matteo Finotto (26)... more
AccidentsFarnesina: still looking for the airplane disappeared in Venezuela
Rome, Italy - The hijacking hypothesis is ruled out
"The Italian vice-minister of of Foreign Affairs, Franco Danieli, keeps following with attention the research operations about the Italians who were onboard the airplane disappeared last January 4th, in... more
AccidentsVenezuela (3): also oceanographic ship employed for finding the disappeared airplane
Caracas, Venezuela - Still no trace of the plane
The Venezuelan network "Globalvision" unveils the latest declarations by the director of the local civil protection Antonio Rivero, according to which in the researches for the airplane disappeared last... more
AccidentsAirplane crashes in the Gulf of Alaska, 6 dead 4 survivors
Anchorage, USA - Tragedy in a Christian-Orthodox community
A serious incident has hit the small community of the Russian Orthodox Old Believers, a sect of about 1500 Orthodox-Christians who live in Alaska, mostly far from civilization. An airplane with 9 young... more
AccidentsVenezuela (2), still no results in the search for the lost airplane
Caracas , Venezuela - Also means of the Netherlands Antilles engaged
The search in the Caribbean Sea of signs of the plane disappeared last Friday with 14 persons on board, among which 8 Italians (see AVIONEWS), goes on. For the moment though, the efforts of the rescue... more
AccidentsBelgium: crashes a helicopter hitting a high-tension electricity cable
Merchtem, Belgium - Five victims
Five people died in the evening of 26th December when a Bell Jet Ranger 206 helicopter crashed in a field in the central Belgian between Merchtem and Wemmel, North-Western of Brussels. The official... more
AccidentsTwo light aircraft collide in England
Midlands, England - Two dead, three safe after emergency landing
Two persons died yesterday following the collision between two private light aircraft in the skies over the Midlands, central England. One of the two airplanes, a two-seat Luscombe Silvaire, crashed after... more
AccidentsSingle-engine plane crashes in Idaho, 3 dead
Iron County , USA - The accident took place on the Black Mountains
The sheriff of Iron County, in the South of Utah, and his deputies, have found yesterday afternoon the lifeless bodies of three passengers of a single-engine-plane crashed in the morning in the Black mountains... more
AccidentsSearch for helicopter ambulance disappeared in Alaska stopped
Anchorage , USA - One verified victim, three still missing
After one week the search operations for the helicopter ambulance, its crew and the patient on board, which disappeared in a snow storm somewhere in the Prince William Sound mountains, in Alaska (see AVIONEWS),... more
AccidentsPrivate aircraft crashes in Ukraine, 5 dead
Kiev, Ukraine - Probable cause: human error and fog
Five persons have died when the plane on which they were travelling crashed nearby the second airport of Kiev, in the Zhuliany neighbourhood. This was reported yesterday by sources in the Ukrainian Transport... more
AccidentsGreek Air Foce F-16 fighter crashed in Aegean Sea: pilot dead
Athens, Greece - The announcement comes by the Hellenic radio station
The Hellenic radio station announced that a Greek Air Force F-16 fighter crashed in the North of Aegean Sea. In the crash the pilot died. The victim was performing a training flight, when he lost the control... more
AccidentsCanada: helicopter adapted to ambulance disappears during snow storm
Anchorage, Alaska - Three persons plus a sick woman on board
A helicopter adapted to be used as helicopter ambulance disappeared from the radar screens in the afternoon of last Monday; on board were the pilot, a nurse, a paramedic and a woman in serious health conditions.... more
AccidentsMalaysia, three paratroopers die during exercise
Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia - Two are women
3 paratroopers of the Royal Malaysian Air Force died, and other 11 remained injured yesterday, while taking part in an exercise during the preparations for the Langkawi International Maritime and Airspace... more
AccidentsTurkey: no survivors in the Atlasjet aircraft's incident
Isparta, Turkey - Reasons are still unkown
An Turkish Atlasjet aircraft crashed in Turkey’s South-West last Friday killing all 57 people onboard (see AVIONEWS). The aircraft, a McDonnell Douglas MD-83, was flying from Istanbul to Isparta a... more
AccidentsAir crash in Turkey, 56 dead
Keciborlu, Turkey - No survivors among the passengers
A Turkish carrier McDonnell Douglas MD-83 plane crashed this morning in the Turkish province of Isparta (South-West of the Country). All 56 occupants died (49 passengers and 7 crew members). The aircraft,... more
AccidentsTornado fallen last April in Berne's Oberland: Switzerland shoulders the expenses
Berne, Switzerland - It will pay around CHF 60,000
Switzerland shoulders the burden of the costs relative to the crash of a German Tornado airplane in the Bernese Oberland. Such costs amount to CHF 60,000 (less than 40,000 Euro). The costs include also... more
AccidentsSmall airplane crashes in Maine in foggy weather
Maine, USA - It was a Mooney bound for Albany
A four-seater Mooney crashed yesterday shortly after the takeoff from the airport of Greater Binghamton, near the town of Maine, in the American State of New York. Due to fog and inclement weather,... more
AccidentsIraq: military helicopter crashes
Baghdad, Iraq - Two soldiers onboard died, both English
A SA-330 Puma military helicopter came down yesterday near the town of Salman Pak, 45 kilometres South of Baghdad, Iraq. Two of the occupants, English, died in the crash. Two other soldiers "Were severely... more
AccidentsTexas: crash of a Piper aircraft. Killed two italian flight students
Abilene, USA - They were left with their instructor
Two students from Italy and a flight instructor from Texas were killed Thursday afternoon when their small plane, a single-engine Piper, crashed in central Texas. Luca Visani, of Cesena and Andrea Venturini,... more
AccidentsUS military helicopter: the official account
Treviso, Italy - 6 dead, 5 wounded
The death toll of the incident that yesterday involved a US Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter in the nearings of Santa Lucia del Piave, in province of Treviso, has risen during the night: now 6 dead and... more