Accidents
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AccidentsThe pilot of the helicopter crashed near Como in October maybe was drunk
Como, Italy - Tests made by experts argue that theory
Alberto Vitali, the pilot 40 years old who commanding the helicopter crashed last October near Como (north side of Italy) inducing his own decease and 5 further people’s ones aboard, maybe was driving d... more
AccidentsKfor crashed in Hungary: Slovak Defence Secretary threatens resignation
Bratislava, Slovakia - The tragedy happened on January 19
Juraj Liska, Slovak Defence Secretary member of Sdku (Christian Democracy), threatened his resignation on January 27 because of the crash happened on January 19 where 42 Slovak soldiers were dead (see... more
AccidentsFear aboard of a Swiss International Air Lines' flight
Stuttgart, Germany - The landing plane went outside the runway
Scare aboard of a Swiss International Air Lines’ flight this morning. An Embraer 145, a flag Swiss’ aircraft, went landing outside the runway in Stuttgart, after its route connecting with Zurich. There wer... more
AccidentsUN's helicopter fell down in Sudan's Darfur region
Khartoum, Sudan - 13 people involved in the crash: all unhurt, but one is missing
A UN’s helicopter engaged in Sudan has crashed for reasons to clarify near the city of Golo, in the Southern side of the state. 13 people were involved in the crash, and they are all members of philanthropic i... more
AccidentsCirrus SR-22 crashes in Lincoln Park, New Jersey: two people aboard are escaped the accident unhurt
New Jersey, USA - The episode happened latest Sunday in the afternoon
A Cirrus SR-22 registered to Inalytix Llc, a New York City-based computer consulting company, crashed attempting to land near Morris County’s airport. The area of the incident happened latest Sunday a... more
AccidentsA twin-engined aircraft Cessna crashed in California: 4 people dead
Carlsbad, USA - The aircraft fallen landing
Four people dead for an air crash happened yesterday in California, exactly in Carlsbad, in the airport far some kilometres from San Diego. Some eyewitnesses have seen the aircraft be in desperate straits... more
AccidentsRed Cross' aid helicopter missing in Pakistan
Islamabad, Pakistan - The aircraft left from Peshwar to help people involved in earthquake
An helicopter rent by Red Cross to bring humanitarian aids for people involved in earthquake is disappeared in mysterious circumstances last Saturday after its take off from Peshawar, in Pakistan. The... more
AccidentsA Slovak aircraft crashed in Hungary (2): more than 40 people dead
Telkibanya, Hungary - Militaries were members of Kfor engaged in Kosovo
43 people dead for a crash happened yesterday in the night in north-east side of Hungary, on mountains near Telkibanya, a very inaccessible zone hard for rescues. The aircraft, an Antonov AN-24, was transporting... more
AccidentsAntonov AN-24 Slovakian military aircraft crashed with 48 people on board
Budapest, Hungary - A Slovakian military airplane came down but the crash's reasons still imprecise
It has crashed near Telkibanya close to Slovakian border. Onboard were 48 people among them 44 would be dead at the impact and other four are survived. The causes are still uncertain, the crash occurred... more
AccidentsTuninter's ATR-72 crash: none of us has to die when is 23 years old, just for lack of fuel
Bari, Italy - The father of one of the dead writes a letter to press to report administrative slowness
"I can’t wait for administrative slowness; I ask to throw light on that disaster, liables must be subjected to an exemplary punishment, and sentences must be passed against who decided to kill 16 young p... more
AccidentsFour people dead in crash in France
Paris, France - The wreckage found in a zone 1000 meters high
No way out for four people on board of an American touristic plane disappeared from radars last Monday evening, when it was flying around Low Savoia’s skies after a take-off from Chambery to Paris. At t... more
AccidentsA mechanic dead in USA after has been sucked down by an aircraft's engine
El Paso, Usa - The accident happened in the Texan city's airport with a Continental aircraft
A very severe accident occurred yesterday in the Texan El Paso’s airport. A mechanic was under a Continental Airlines’ B-737, departing from El Paso and bound Houston, when has been sucked down by an... more
AccidentsUnited States: families of two pilots dead start a legal case against Pinnacle Airlines
Jefferson City, USA - The crash happened in October 2004. Aircraft makers are under suspicion
The families of two Pinnacle Airlines former pilots dead in a crash in October 2004 are going to start a legal case against seven societies. In their opinion, the crash was caused by a faulty oil pump... more
AccidentsUnited States: the families of two pilots dead start a legal case against Pinnacle Airlines
Jefferson City, USA - Maybe aircraft makers are in charge of the incident happened in October 2004
One year later a crash happened in Kansas City, where just the two pilots working for Pinnacle Airlines are dead, their families started a new legal case about the incident. The lawyers for the families... more
Accidents2500 marines dead in Iraq and Afghanistan
Baghdad, Iraq - War in Middle East produces more victims
The long list of US marines dead in Middle East is increasing day by day. The reckoning of deads overtakes 2500, added the victims in Afghanistan. Last Sunday, a helicopter "UH-60 Black Hawk" type on... more
AccidentsDead in a crash Ahmad Kazemi, head of "Guardians of Revolution"Iranian group
Teheran, Iran - 12 among officials and executives dead in the crash
Ahmad Kazemi, the head of "Guardians of Revolution" Iranian group, is deceased for a crash near to Orumiyeh, in the North-West side of Iran. There were 12 officials and executives with him on board of... more
AccidentsDifficult moments last Tuesday in Sweden's skies: an emergency landing and another one difficult
Stockholm, Sweden - One to an Austrian Airlines' aircraft and the other to a FlyMe's airplane
The Sweden’s skies last Tuesday have lived tension moments that for luckily have been resolved without alarm and with passengers and crewmembers all safe. An Austrian Airlines’ airplane and an aircraft of... more
AccidentsA flight school's airplane of New Jersey crashed in the cold waters of Hudson River
New York, Usa - The single-engine plane's two occupants safe
It happened last Monday morning, the news has been filmed by TV channel Fox News: a single-engine airplane took off from a New Jersey’s flying club with two people onboard, has crashed in Hudson River, n... more
AccidentsHeli-ambulance crashed in Slovakia: three victims
Bratislava, Slovakia - The mean was an Agusta A-109K2
An Agusta A-109K2 destined for heli-ambulance crashed in the evening of yesterday (Italian hour) in the centre of Slovakia, reported today Pavol Sveton, spokesperson of the Air Transport Europe medical... more
Accidents2005: 1059 fatalities as result of 35 fatal accidents, according to the Aviation Safety Network
Amsterdam, Netherlands - Africa would be still is the most unsafe region with 13 accidents
The Aviation Safety Network communicated yesterday that "Although the number of accidents was significantly lower than the ten-year average (40), the number of fatalities was almost equal to the 1995-2004... more
AccidentsBAe-125 crashed in Ukraine coming from Russia
Kiev, Ukraine - Currently no news about three people on board
A Russian BAe-125 with three people on board (two pilots and a hostess) crashed this morning in a lake at North-East of Ukraine, near Kharkiv; the airplane was taken off from Moscow and the final destination... more
AccidentsDelta Airlines: American carrier's aircraft made an emergency landing in Zurich
Zurich, Switzerland - The Swiss Airport management society said it
Delta Airlines’ airplane was a B-767 and just took off from the International Airport of Zurich has been forced to return immediatly and to make an emergency landing because of a failure to the engines d... more
AccidentsIndia: a military trainer fell headlong, the two pilots are safe
Bangalore, India - An accident maybe due to an engine failure
An Indian military airplane fell headlong in a Bangalore city’s residential area today. The airplane, a HAL (Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd) HJT-16 Kiran basic trainer, had two persons on board on training a... more
AccidentsHelicopter crashed in Iraq: due to a in-flight collision between two Apaches
Baghdad, Iraq - One of the two vehicles fell headlong killing its two passengers while the other aircraft succeeded in landing
Air accident which killed two US soldiers West from Baghdad yesterday involved two US Army’s AH-64 Apache combat helicopters (see for details AVIONEWS). One of the two aircraft fell headlong while the o... more
AccidentsOff-runway for Spain's Defence Minister plane
Mostar, Bosnia-Herzegovina - None of the 59 passengers reported injuries during landing at Mostar
Spanish Defence Minister Josè Bono emerged safe after the incident occurred last Sunday involving the airplane on which he was landing at Mostar Airport where he was expected to give Spanish contingent... more
AccidentsAN-28 came down in Sudan killing two
El Geneina, Sudan - The plane belonged to the African Union, the body which attends to Darfur troubled situation
An Antonov AN-28 airplane of the African Union crashed in the region of Darfur last December 24 killing the two pilots on board, an Ukrainian and a Moldovan. The aircraft had been hired to carry African... more
AccidentsAzerbaijan Airlines plane crashed killing 23
Baku, Azerbaijan - There were also 8 foreign citizens among fatalities
An Azerbaijan Airlines Antonov 140-100 jet, crashed on the Caspian Sea shore last December 23 shortly after departure from Baku (Azerbaijan). All killed the 18 passengers and five crew members on board... more
AccidentsScotland: a helicopter fell headlong, two died
Dundee, UK - Victims' identity, aircraft type and accident reasons are still unknown
A helicopter fell headlong in Scotland some 15 km far from Dundee city around 15:15 am local time today, not far from a road. Aircraft type is unknown, but local Police unveiled that the two persons on... more
AccidentsMidwest Airlines plane performed an emergency landing at Boston Airport
Boston, USA - The event has been broadcasted by US "All news" television
A B-717 jet by Midwest Airlines took off from Boston-Logan International Airport at 10:00pm local time bound for Milwaukee. Shortly after the take off, the pilot noticed problems with aircraft’s rear r... more
AccidentsMany ambiguities in the accident of C-130 crashed at Teheran
Teheran, Iran - "Blunders" by pundits
An old C-130 of Iran Air Force fell headlong on a building in Teheran (in the outer city) on last December 6, but after two weeks from the disaster the accident still shows many ambiguities (see for details... more
AccidentsHelios crash: a reconstruction of the fatal flight
Larnaca, Cyprus - An air travel repeated for the first time for investigative purposes
An airplane carrying on board Greek investigators -15 persons in all- took off yesterday from the island of Cyprus in order to reconstruct the flight operated by the Boeing 737/300 crashed near Athens... more
AccidentsColombia: no useful result while searching for the US helicopter crashed in the sea
Bogotà, Colombia - Operations go on also by a Colombia special ship's support but the deep seabed makes such mission a difficult one
No concrete results have been achieved yet in searching for the US Navy’s helicopter fallen headlong in front of Colombian coast during an anti-drug operation (see for details AVIONEWS). US authorities w... more
AccidentsAnother Boeing 737 skidded off runway
Berlin, Germany - Turkish Airlines plane slid 100 meters at Dusseldorf
A Turkish Airlines airplane after landing at Dusseldorf Airport last Sunday skidded off the runway and slid 100 meters before stopping in a security zone of the same runway. No one was hurt and experts... more
AccidentsSeaplane crashed off Miami (2): there were not indication of terrorism or sabotage
Washington, USA - Aircraft was built in 1947
Witnesses said the plane exploded in flight. Amateur video broadcasted by CNN showed the seaplane slamming into the water. Most of the bodies were found in the fuselage, still strapped to their seats.... more
AccidentsSeaplane crashed off Miami killing 19 passengers
Washington, USA - It was just taken off bound for Bahamas
A seaplane en route between Florida and Bahamas crashed shortly after the take off at 2:30pm local time for unknown reason. The balance was of 19 fatalities, including three kids and two crew members.... more
AccidentsCanada: wreckage of Coast Guard helicopter sank into Atlantic Ocean was found
Toronto, Canada - The final report on the accident will be complete not before six months
Searches have spotted and pulled out from water the MBB-105 helicopter of Canadian Coast Guard crashed off Burin Peninsula, in the Atlantic Ocean, last December 7 (see for details AVIONEWS). The incident... more
AccidentsFlorida: one dead and two missing in air accident
Washington, USA - A 16 year old girl was safe
At least one people has died and two more are missing after a small airplane Cessna 195 crashed off the Florida coast yesterday. Missing were the pilot Gary Tillman, 43, and his daughter, Hanna, 16, both... more
AccidentsSmall aircraft crashed in Germany: two people may be killed
Lorrach, Germany - It departed from Friburgo bound for Grenchen, in Switzerland
Police of Lorrach, a little town near Switzerland’s border, reported that a small aircraft, taken off from Friburgo and bound for Grenchen (Switzerland) crashed last morning near Kandern. The wreckage h... more
AccidentsCalifornia: small aircraft crashed near an US air base
Washington, USA - The pilot was killed in the incident
A small plane dropped last afternoon in Solano County (California), at about 5 miles from Travis Air Force Base. Aircraft’s pilot was killed. THe accident occurred shortly before 5:00pm: the wreckage h... more
AccidentsUtah: helicopter crashed in nature reserve
Washington, USA - It was carrying six people but only two were wounded
A helicopter crashed last evening in the middle of the Grand Staircase National Monument, Utah’s nature reserve that United States declared National Monument in 1996. There were six people on board but o... more
AccidentsMontenegro's military helicopter went down
Podgorica, Montenegro - The accident occurred during an institutional flight
A Montenegro Army Gazelle helicopter crashed yesterday during an institutional flight to Podgorica: the piloting instructor and the trainee were injured but live, the Defense Minister said. They were taken... more
AccidentsNigeria (3): "Shabby practices" of airlines
Abuja, Nigeria - They risk the lives of passengers with substandard planes
"First, the Minister of Aviation should resign for his failure. The full management of that Ministry should be purged. Then the President should set up proper people that are ready to work to really reform... more
AccidentsNigeria (2): resignation of Aviation Minister have been requested
Abuja, Nigeria - Nigerian aviation industry needs a purge
Disputes on Sosoliso Airlines DC-9 crashed in Nigeria are going on: meanwhile the involved carrier has been banned from flying (see for details AVIONEWS). Deputy representing Warri North constituency,... more
AccidentsTwo Air Force pilots emerged safe after air accident
Washington, USA - They ejected from their T-38 jet before crashing to the ground
One of them is still at Brooks Army Medical Center after yesterday’s air crash near Bracketville (Texas). Major Marc Montgomery and a 2nd Lieutenant Jonathan Ballard were performing a training flight o... more
AccidentsColombia: search for the crew of the US helicopter crashed goes on
Bogotà, Colombia - Also Colombian Navy's units are searching for the missing soldiers
Search for the crew of the US Navy’s helicopter fallen headlong in the sea in the Pacific Ocean yesterday, in front of Colombian coast, is going on (see for details AVIONEWS). There would be three missing p... more
AccidentsColombia: a US Navy's helicopter fallen headlong in the sea
Bogotà, Colombia - It would have occurred during an anti-drug operation
A US Navy’s helicopter would have fallen headlong in the sea West from Colombian coast today during an anti-drug mission. Neither effects on personnel on board nor the aircraft type are known. A US chopper i... more
AccidentsSosoliso Airlines DC-9 crashed in Nigeria (4): plane was more than 32 years old
Port Harcourt, Nigeria - Sensational revelation from Serbian carrier JAT Airways
The DC-9 jet crashed at Port Harcourt last Saturday was more than 32 years old revealed the Serbian airline that previously owned the aircraft. It is JAT Airways which today said that the Nigerian private... more
AccidentsSouthwest Airlines plane slid off runway at Chicago: a brake failure?
Chicago, USA - They are considering declarations of the pilot of flight 1248
Pilot for Southwest Airlines plane skidded off runway at Chicago told investigators that he found some mechanical problems when the aircraft touched the ground (see for details AVIONEWS). Braking system... more
AccidentsC-130 crashed at Teheran: Defence Minister to be under indictment
Teheran, Iran - Impeachment motion against the Iranian Government's member
Iran’s Defence Minister, Mostafa Mohammad Najjar, has been put under indictment by the Parliament: a group of 49 deputies filed an impeachment motion against him after the crash occurred to an old C-130 o... more
AccidentsSosoliso Airlines DC-9 crashed in Nigeria (3): accident's causes are still unknown
Port Harcourt, Nigeria - It was the first mortal incident involving the carrier
Sosoliso Airlines flight 1145 was scheduled to depart Abuja for Port Harcourt at 10:00am, but the take-off was delayed to 01:26pm. Its crew was authorized to land on Port Harcourt’s runway 21 going up i... more