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AccidentsNigeria air crash (4): the Pope's sorrow
Rome, Italy - Benedictus XVI said he is saddened for the air disaster
"Deep sorrow" has been expressed today by the Pope about the air disaster of the Boeing 737 fallen yesterday in Nigeria. Among the 98 victims of the crash there is also the spiritual leader of the Nigerian... more
AccidentsNigeria air crash (3): the ADC licence has been suspended
Abuja, Nigeria - The cause of the disaster has probably been the pilot's disobedience
After having underlined the pilot's responsibility in the disaster of the Boeing 737/200 fallen yesterday near Abuja airport, the Nigerian Minister of Aviation, Babalola Borishade, said he has decided... more
AccidentsNigeria air crash (2): one black box has been recovered
Abuja, Nigeria - It is still unknown which data it contains
The investigators have found one of the two black boxes of the Boeing 737/200 aircraft crashed yesterday near the Abuja airport, in Nigeria. It is still unknown if the data contained inside are the conversations... more
AccidentsAir crash in Nigeria: 98 died
Abuja, Nigeria - Among the victims there is the Sokoto Sultan and his son. The cause has maybe been the bad weather
The crash of the Boeing 737/200 of the private airline Adc fallen yesterday afternoon 30 seconds after the take off near the Abuja airport, killed 98. Among the victims there is also an important Muslim... more
AccidentsThe bodies of the victims of the air crash in Sweden have been recovered
Stockholm, Sweden - The aircraft of the Coast Guard fell yesterday in a canal
The bodies of the three passengers and of the pilot died yesterday in an air crash in Sweden have been recovered today. The plane of the Coast Guard fell into a canal (see for details AVIONEWS). Some... more
AccidentsAir crash in Arizona, an entire family died
Las Vegas, Arizona - The Cirrus was disappeared from the radar screens on Wednesday, yesterday the wreckage has been detected
The bodies of the four members of a family died in a plane crash have been recovered yesterday in Arizona. The Cirrus SR-22 had lifted from San Francisco and was directed to Phoenix; during the flight... more
AccidentsSweden: a Coast Guard plane crashed, maybe 4 died
Stockholm, Sweden - The rescuers have already found a body, and search for the others
The victims of the air crash of today in Sweden are feared to be four. A plane of the Coast Guard fell into a canal in the south-eastern zone of the Country. The plane sank before the rescuers could reach... more
AccidentsPlane crashed in Madagascar: the three Italians have been identified
Antanarivo, Madagascar - They are three businessmen went to the island with a Swiss entrepreneur
The names of the three Italian businessmen died in the Madagascar air crash of yesterday (see for details AVIONEWS) have been revealed. The incident of the Cessna 425 also the two pilots and a Swiss entrepreneur. Carlo... more
AccidentsIce on the wings, a Cirrus crashed in the USA
Las Vegas, Usa - The pilot had launched the alarm before disappearing from the radar screen
A private plane crashed yesterday at about 60 miles far from Las Vegas (USA), after the pilot communicated to the control tower there was ice on the wings. The 4-seated single-engine was flying at about... more
AccidentsA Cessna falls at Liverpool airport, flights cancelled and delays
Liverpool, Unitd Kingdom - The two people on board are safe, the planes were diverted to the "East Midlands" airport
A small private plane fell yesterday near the runway of the Liverpool airport "John Lennon" causing the closing of the airport for about 30 minutes. The Cessna fell in a field near the English airport... more
AccidentsAir crash in Madagascar: six dead
Antananarivo, Madagascar - Three Italians too on the Cessna 425
Six people died in an air crash of a small aircraft in South-Western Madagascar. A Cessna 425 by a private airline, Société de transport aérien, crashed soon after the lift-off at 4:15am this morning in... more
AccidentsThe voice recorder of the Boeing crashed in Brazil has been found
Brasilia, Brazil - The device should had registered the conversations between the pilots before the collision with the Embraer
Yesterday the voice recorder of the Boeing 737 fallen in Amazzonia on September 29th has been found in the wrecks. The plane of the Brazilian low-cost airline which collided with a private plane fell and... more
AccidentsThe commission of inquiry about the Nigerian DC-9 plane crash came to a conclusion
Lagos, Nigeria - It has been several unlucky causes to determine the crash few meters far from the landing strip; 106 people died
The commission of inquiry about the Nigerian DC-9 plane crashed on December 12th 2005 during the landing at the airport of Port Harcourt (see for details AVIONEWS), has came to a conclusion. The investigations... more
AccidentsPiper crashes in USA: two died
Odenton, Usa - The single-engine plane fell near Tipton airport
A private plane fell yesterday afternoon near Tipton airport, in Maryland (Usa). Both the people on board died in the incident which happened at about 3:45pm. In the place immediately arrived the Fire... more
AccidentsUzbekistan (2). crashed an Antonov AN-2. 15 victims
Tashkent , Uzbekistan - The loss of control due to poor weather conditions
An AN-2 transport plane carrying servicemen has crashed in the Tashkent region of Uzbekistan, killing all 15 people on board, the republic's emergencies ministry said Thursday. The plane, carrying 13... more
AccidentsUzbekistan: 15 dead in an air crash
Tashkent , Uzbekistan - It attempted an emergency landing
"15 people are dead, two crewmembers and 13 militaries": a note of the Emergency Ministry of Uzbekistan has made known it today afternoon. An aircraft of the Uzbekistan Airways crashed near Tashkent, the... more
AccidentsMaybe the wind cause the New York air crash
New York, Usa - The baseball player Cory Lidle maybe had not been able to face a windcross and lost control
The investigation on the air crash of last October 11th in New York when baseball champion Cory Lidle and his flight instructor died, are going on. The investigators until now have not found any mechanical... more
AccidentsFrance: a private plane exploded after take off, 4 died
Besancon, France - In the crash 2 pilots and 2 surgeons who were going to explant a livery died
A small plane crashed last night in France after having catching fire after the take off from Besancon-la Veze airport, in eastern France. In the incident the two pilots and the two surgeons onboard flying... more
AccidentsA Piper crashes in Arizona while taking pictures of an old Soviet MIG
Prescott, Usa - The 5 people onboard died, maybe the reason was an engine breakdown
A private plane flying in Arizona fell yesterday: all the 5 people onboard died. The Piper Cheyenne had taken off from the Prescott airport, and the passengers onboard had to shoot some pictures of an... more
AccidentsBrazil:a girl child died crished under water dropped by an anti-fire plane during an exhibition
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - The pilot dropped the water on the public
A terrible tragedy happened yesterday in Rio de Janeiro, where a 9 year old child has been killed by a waterfall dropped by an anti-fire plane which was performing in front a thousand people at Campo dos... more
AccidentsPlane fell in Brazil: the Legacy pilots maybe were following the flight plan
Brazilia, Brazil - According to the first reconstructions the two US pilots followed the route at least until Brazilia
The two US pilots of the Embraer Legacy 600 jet which on September 29th collided with the Gol's Boeing on Amazzonia skies, were following the flight plan at least until few minutes before the incident.... more
AccidentsThree died in an air crash in Usa
Washington , Usa - It is still missing the fourth passenger of the twin-engine fallen in Oklahoma
At the moment there are three ascertained victims of the air crash which yesterday involved a private plane in the south-eastern Oklahoma (Usa). The researches for the fourth passenger of the twin-engine... more
AccidentsA Turkish F-16 flighter crashed during training, the pilot died
Ankara, Turkey - The incident occurred in the southeastern Province of Turkey, the identity of the pilot is unknown
A military pilot died yesterday in the crash of his F-16 fighter in a mountainous area of the south-eastern Turkey. The news has been reported by the same Turkish Air Force which also specified the incident... more
AccidentsSri Lanka: a military plane crashed, the pilot is safe
Colombo, Sri Lanka - The man managed to eject, the reasons of the incident are unknown
A Sri Lankan military aircraft crashed today shortly after the take off from the Katunayake airport, during a mission against the "Tamil" rebels. It has been communicated by military sources in Sri Lanka,... more
AccidentsBrazil, missing plane maybe plunged into the Atlantic Ocean
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Onboard 6 persons, an entire family probably dead
The last hopes to find alive the 6 persons aboard the private plane disappeared on Friday in Brazil, are over. The 5 passengers and the pilot were all of the same family. The alarm started after the Seneca... more
AccidentsPiacenza air crash: the C-130 black boxe will be sent to Washington
Piacenza, Italy - It is no possible to analyze it in Italy as it is very old
The black boxe of the C-130 Hercules aircraft fallen near Piacenza on last August 13th will be sent to the United States to be decoded. The operation is necessary because the model is very old and cannot... more
AccidentsA Mil MI-8 Russian helicopter crashed in North Ossezia
Moscow, Russia - An assessment of eleven dead and four wounded
Yesterday, a Russian military helicopter crashed near Vladikavkaz, in North Ossezia, causing the death of eleven persons and wounding four. According to eye witnesses, the crew of the MI-8 was composed... more
AccidentsThe Cessna that disappeared in Venezuela in July has been found
Caracas, Venezuela - No survivors among the six people on board
The Cessna 206 that crashed in Venezuela on the 24th of July with six people on board has been found in the Henry Pitter Park area, where thick vegetation made researches by military and private helicopters... more
AccidentsA Turkish F-16 crashed in Canakkale district
Ankara, Turkey - The incident is thought to have occurred due to engine malfunction
Yesterday, around 1 pm, a F-16 Viper of the Turkish Air Force crashed near Evciler village, province of Canakkale. The pilot of the jet has survived the crash, according to eye witness, managing to eject.... more
AccidentsItalian wounded in Afghanistan: are the COMSUBIN's sailors. The names have been made known
Kabul, Afghanistan - No one is in danger of life.
Friday September 8th, at 9:00 am, a bomb exploded while an Italian military vehicle was passing on a street in the Afghani city of Farah. This vehicle was conducting a routine surveillance activity, in... more
AccidentsCollision during the Air Grand Prix of Malta. Dead the Swedish acrobatic recordman
La Valletta, Malta - One of the two aircraft has shorn in error the tail's pinna of the other
During the Air Grand Prix of Malta, two acrobatic, while performing revolutions and simulations of air duels, collided and then crashed in the sea. In the collision, one of the two aircraft shore off the... more
AccidentsThe copilot of the Comair jet fallen in Kentucky has come out of a coma
Washington, Usa - The man is the lone survivor to the terrible crash that killed 49 people
The copilot of the Comair aircraft that August 27 plunged in Kentucky, causing the death of 49 persons, has come out of a coma. It’s been communicated by hospital sources that clarified that James Polehinke, t... more
AccidentsChina: penalized four military Officers liables of a air crash
Beijing, China - Assessment of about 40 victims
Four High Officers of the Chinese Popular Liberation Army have been punished for an air crash. Last June 3, a military air cargo has thrown down in the East district of Anhui, provoking the death of 40... more
AccidentsC-130 fallen in Piacenza: today the corpse of the crew will be repatriated
Piacenza, Italy - In the mean time the investigations about the crash are going on
After almost a month the Piacenza’s magistracy has given green light to repatriate the bodies of the three crew members of the Algerian C-130 Hercules plunged near Piacenza last August 13. The mortal r... more
AccidentsFire on board of Russian nuclear U-boat in the Barents Sea
Moscow, Russia - No dangerous of radioactive leakages
Round about midnight of yesterday, 10:00 p.m. Italian hour, burst a fire on board of the Russian nuclear U-boat "Daniil Moskovsky" of the North Fleet, provoking the dead of two crewmembers. The fire envolved... more
AccidentsFlorida: a private plane falls, an ex-Us Air Force pilot dies
Washington, Usa - The man has fallen into a peanuts field with his aircraft, also his daughter is dead
US press sources retails that last Sunday in Florida an air incident that involved a private plane caused the death of a 68-year-old man and of his 42-year-old daughter. William David Herren was a former... more
AccidentsOssezia: exchange of accusations between Moscow and Tblisi
Moscow, Russia - Failed attempt also last August 28
After the incident of yesterday on the helicopter shot by the fire of the South Ossezia’s separatists, on board of the which found the Georgian Minister of Defense, Irakly Okruashvili, Moscow and Tblisi, C... more
AccidentsAir crash in Kentucky: a victim's family files lawsuit against Comair
Lexington, USA - The airline staff is charged from negligence
Lawyers representing the family of one of the 49 victims in Comair CRJ-100 aircraft incident in Kentucky filed a lawsuit against the airline alleging negligence. The airplane crashed shortly after take-off... more
AccidentsOssezia: fallen a Georgian military helicopter
Moscow, Russia - "A Georgian helicopter that time after time had broken our air space has been shot down"
The Armed Forces of South Ossezia, pro-Russia separatist Region of Georgia, have shot down a Georgian military helicopter, which has due to realize a forced landing in a montainous area in the territory... more
AccidentsAfghanistan: a RAF’s aircraft burnt in the score of a technical fault
Kabul, Afghanistan – Military sources denied a Taliban attempt
Last Saturday, a Nimrod MR-2 of Royal Air Force (RAF), a reconnaissance aircraft, employed in a NATO mission in Afghanistan in the Kandahar’s district, with on board 12 airmen, a Royal Marine and a soldier o... more
AccidentsCessna crashes in Australia, two dead and three injured
Perth, Australia - The victims are a man and a 18-month-old girl, unknown the reasons
At about 12:05pm (local time) an air incident in Australia caused the death of a man and of a 18-month-old baby. The four-seat private aircraft Cessna 172 crashed to the ground in a zone two kilometers... more
AccidentsIran: a plane catch fire during the landing, almost 100 people died
Teheran, Iran - The aircraft coming from the South of the Country was a Tupolev with 147 people on board
The satellite tv station al Jazeera has retailed that today at 1:45pm (local time) a plane of the air company Iran Air Tour with 147 people on board has catch fire during the landing at Mashhad airport,... more
AccidentsAfghanistan: a Dutch F-6 falls, the pilot dies
Kabul, Afghanistan - The Minister of Defence of the Netherlands has excluded it was an attack
Sources from Nato and from the Government of the Netherlands has retailed that yesterday a firefighter F-16 of the Dutch Air FOrce fell in Afghanistan, the pilot is dead. The crash has happened in the... more
AccidentsUsa: a Cessna falls during a flight lesson, uninjured both instructor and pupil
Indianapolis, Usa - The aircraft lost power at about 3000 meters of altitude and fell in a field
Yesterday in the United States another incident occurred to a private plane, fortunately this time without consequences for the passengers. At about 6:00pm (local time) a Cessna 150 with a flight instructor... more
AccidentsPiacenza incident: the C-130 probable a "Downfall of the structure"
Piacenza, Italy - It's been stated by the chief prosecutor Bardi in visit to the Financial Guard of the Emilian city
The chief prosecutor of Republic in Piacenza, Lucio Bardi, on the occasion of the visit to the Provincial (Piacenza) headquarter of Financial Guard, has stated that the incident of the Algerian C-130 Hercules... more
AccidentsAir crash in Kentucky. the air-traffic controller had slept for only two hours
Lexington, Usa - It's been established by the NTSB investigation
It’s been the controller himself to state it to the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB): the day of the incident of the Comair jet, when 49 people died, he had slept for only two hours. So the d... more
AccidentsPlane fallen in Kentucky: there was only one air-traffic controller
Washington, Usa - The aircraft of Comair took the wrong runway and nobody noticed it
No-one would have seen the jet CRJ-200ER of Comair when it took the wrong runway at Lexington-Blue Grass airport in Kentucky. This is what has been demonstrated by the investigation of National Transportation... more
AccidentsPrivate plane fallen in Kentucky: victims identified
Lexington, Usa - No survivors, an entire family destroyed
The victims of the air incident that involved a private plane in Kentucky, fallen in the eastern zone of the Country (see for details AVIONEWS) have been identified. It’s a family composed of the parents J... more
AccidentsPrivate plane falls in Kentucky with 7 people on board
Lexington, Usa - It's the second air incident in two days in Kentucky
It’s the second air incident in Kentucky of the last 48 hours and -that upset more the American people- the second shortly before the anniversary of September 11. Yesterday a private airplane, a Cessna 4... more
AccidentsIt's official: the plane fallen in Kentucky had taken the wrong runway
Washington, Usa - The CRJ-200ER of Comair took-off from the shortest runway of the airport
After the retrieval of both the black boxes and the analysis made by the investigators of National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is official: the runway from which took-off the Comair’s jet crashed s... more