Accidents
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AccidentsAn helicopter falls in Mexico: one dead and seven injured
Mexico City, Mexico - Among the injured, Real Madrid's officer Valdano
One of the eight passengers of the helicopter fallen in Mexico last Saturday, which also carried the ex-soccer player and ex-officer of Real Madrid, Jorge Valdano, died. The aircraft, fallen maybe for... more
AccidentsA technical mistake caused the air crash in Sharm el Sheikh
Cairo, Egypt - The final report on the January 2004 incident said that
The final report on the air accident on January 3, 2004 in Sharm el Sheikh, Red Sea, which caused 148 victims (see AVIONEWS for details), says that the disgrace was due to a technical mistake. According... more
AccidentsAn airplane falls over a factory in Ecuador
Quito, Ecuador - Only six not seriously injured
A little civil airplane, taken off from Cuenca airport, in Southern Ecuador, and headed to Macas, crashed onto a tyre factory last Saturday. Six of 14 passengers on board were injured and taken to the... more
AccidentsAngelo D'Arrigo is dead
Ragusa, Italy - He plunged yesterday by an aircraft with Italian Air Force General Agostino De Marchis
During yesterday’s late morning the famous hang glider Angelo D’Arrigo plunged near Comiso’s airfield, Sicily, while he was carrying out a test flight with Italian Air Force ex General Agostino De March... more
AccidentsATR-72 Tuninter: received by EASA the third safety recommendation issued by ANSV
Rome, Italy - The Italian Air Safety Board's press release
"ANSV (Italian Air Safety Board) informs that the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has endorsed the third safety recommendation, issued by ANSV on December 5, 2005 and related to the accident occurred... more
Accidents45 people injured because an air incident in Seville
Seville, Spain - Out of runway for a problem to the landing gear
About 45 people were injured on last Saturday, after that the plane in which they were flying went out of runway during the landing at Seville airport, Spain. The aircraft, which is of Air Algerie, were... more
AccidentsNew evolves about Tomarkens' incident
Los Angeles, USA - A engine's breakdown is the likely cause of the disgrace
A preliminary enquiry established that the likely cause of the incident in which Tomarkens died the Tomarkers on last March 13 is an engine’s breakdown (see for details AVIONEWS). The "Los Angeles Times" m... more
AccidentsTurkish helicopter crashed into rocks
Ankara, Turkey - Six of the five military officers on board died
Yesterday a military helicopter stroke high voltage power wires and then it crashed into rocks near Erzincan, Eastern Turkey. Turkish press agency "Anatolia" refers that. The accident causes have not been... more
AccidentsNorthwest Airlines aircraft meets strong turbulences in its landing
Washington, USA - Three passengers were injured
Three passengers were injured yesterday because of the "Particular" landing of a Northwest Airlines A-320 taken off from Detroit and headed to Washington. The turbulences on the city’s airport were so s... more
AccidentsAmerican F-16 fighter crashed into Korean waters
Seoul, South Korea - Safe pilot, unknown dynamics
A U.S. Force F-16 fighter jet crashed yesterday morning at 9:30 (local time) off the West coast of the Korean Peninsula. The pilot, ejected from the aircraft, fell into the sea and was rescued by South... more
AccidentsA Russian SU-24M bomber crashed
Moscow, Russia - Both pilots survive
A Russian military jet, SU-24M bomber, has crashed today, during a training mission, into a field in Voronezh region about 450 kilometers South of Moscow. Defence Ministry has made known that both pilots... more
AccidentsFormer TV game show host dies in an air incident
Santa Monica, USA - He was piloting a small aircraft for a rescue flight
A former American TV game show host, Peter Tomarken, and his wife died Monday after an air incident on board of a small aircraft crashed shortly after takeoff near Santa Monica, California. The two, who... more
AccidentsArgentinian military plane fell down in Bolivia
La Paz, Bolivia - The six people of the crew are dead
Yesterday an aircraft of the Argentinian Armed Forces fell down in Bolivia, a very few later to be taken off from La Paz military airport. All the six men of the crew dead. Incident’s causes are still u... more
AccidentsAir ambulance plane plunged in Hawaii
Honolulu, USA - Three people dead
Yesterday an air ambulance plane fell down in the parking of a BMW dealership in Maui island, Hawaii (USA). On board there were the pilots and two nurses, everybody dead, while among the people who were... more
AccidentsInternational Red Cross helicopter fell down in Pakistan
Islamabad, Pakistan - Two people injured
Today an helicopter of the International Red Cross fell down in Pakistan not far from the city of Muzaffarabad, in Pakistani Kashmir. The rotorcraft was engaged in a relief mission for the people hit by... more
AccidentsFlat tyres cause 2 hours impasse at Manila's airport
Manila, Philippines - The Cebu Pacific airplane was about to take off
An aircraft of Cebu Pacific, a domestic Philippine aircraft, had two tyres blown up yesterday while it was preparing to take off from the runway of Manila’s "Ninoy Aquino" International Airport. The a... more
AccidentsAlitalia's MD-80 made a critical landing at Linate's Airport
Milan, Italy - The Firemen have issued a press release
This morning, an Alitalia’s MD-80 coming form Catania, flight AZ-1714, has made a critical landing at Linate’s airport (final destination of the plane) due to a problem to a door observed during the fli... more
AccidentsPlane out of runway at Holland, United States
Holland, USA - FAA started an enquiry
Last Monday evening a small plane ended up in a ditch after that, during landing, it missed the runway at Tulip City Airport of Holland, Michigan, United States. Two men remained seriously injured and... more
AccidentsAir incident at Georgetown, Texas: two people dead
Georgetown, USA - Probable an engine's breakdown, investigations in progress
A Cessna 182 fell down, in the last evening of Saturday, after take off from Georgetown’s airport, Texas (United States). About the four men on board two, among whom the pilot, were killed because of t... more
AccidentsHelicopter falls down in New Zealand: two people dead
Wellington, New Zealand - The causes of the incident are still unknown
Yesterday a helicopter fell down in Mount Aspiring National Park, New Zealand. There were two men on board who police, Sunday’s latest evening, identified as Canadian Keith Andrew Mackenzie, a trainee p... more
AccidentsHelicopter incident in Venezuela
Caracas, Venezuela - Seven victims until now known
Colonel Antonio Rivero, of the Venezuelan Civil Defence, made known today that, yesterday afternoon, seven people dead and one remained injured because of an helicopter incident in the zone of Puerto Ayacucho,... more
AccidentsEmergency for a Northwest Airlines' aircraft
Okinawa, Japan - Because of smoke in the cockpit
On February 25 on a Northwest Airlines’ Boeing 747 took off from Hong Kong to Los Angeles, after the take off, some smoke radiated: the reasons should be due to a leak of oil from the engine of the left w... more
AccidentsAnomalous landing at Birmingham Airport for an Iranian A-310
Birmingham, Great Britain - Airbus' black box will be examined
An Iranian Mahan Airlines Airbus A-310 took off at Teheran has made a risky landing yesterday at Birmingham International Airport. The aircraft unexplainably moved near the English city flying over its... more
AccidentsSmall collision at Stansted Airport
London, Great Britain - Two planes collide in the apron: an investigation was launched
An alarm was raised at Stansted Airport yesterday morning, when a First Choice Airbus 321 and a Ryanair aircraft collided while the former was being pushed back under tow on the airport apron. Motorists... more
AccidentsMilitary airplane fallen in Sabaudia: filing rejected
Latina, Italy - The inquiry on the accident will go on for three of the four investigated people
On January 20, 2000 an Italian Air Force’s training airplane, a Siai SF-260 Marchetti, sinked in Sabaudia because of an average due to a damaged engine piece. The expert’s report carried out by Lazio pow... more
AccidentsSmall aircraft falls near Washington
Washington, USA - Uncertain causes, an investigation will be set
In a private airport at Washington suburbs, two men died and a woman was critically injured because the small plane in which they were crashed down. It happened yesterday at Maryland Freeway Airport. The... more
AccidentsMissing airplane's wreckage was found in Irak
Baghdad, Irak - It disappeared thursday leaving no trace
The small airplane disappeared thursday evening (see for details AVIONEWS) while flying between Azerbaijan and Irak was found yesterday in Arbat, Irak Kurdistan, 30 km Norh-East of Suleimaniyah. Halabja... more
AccidentsGibuti: ten American soldiers dead for the collision of two helicopters
Washington, USA - Also French soldiers exploited for the rescue
Pentagon unveiled that last Friday ten American soldiers dead offing of Gibuti after the collision of the two helicopters CH-53F on board of which they were carrying out a patrol mission. Of the 12 crew... more
AccidentsEmergency landing yesterday evening at Kiel, German airport
Kiel, Germany - All six occupants injured onboard of Russian Falcon 20
Yesterday evening a Falcon 20 registered Russian has made an emergency landing at German airport of Kiel. The aircraft, took off from Moscow, was direct to London and has been forced to landing at Kiel... more
AccidentsMishap at Oslo airport
Oslo, Norway - The undercarriage collapses, unknown cause
The undercarriage of an empty SAS Braathens airliner collapsed last night, leaving the Fokker 50 lying on its fuselage at an Oslo airport gate. No one was injured. The cause of the mishap has not been... more
AccidentsTurkish Airlines: carrier's plane went out from the runway at the airport "JFK" of New York
New York, USA - All passengers injured
Yesterday at 3:20 am (Italian local hour) an A-340 of the Turkish Airlines has slidded off going out from one of the runways of the international airport "JFK" of New York. 198 passengers were on board,... more
AccidentsKarthago Airlines' aircraft has returned at Djerba's airport for anomalies in cockpit
Tunis, Tunisia - Many passengers have refused to take off with an aircraft of the same carrier
Last Sunday, a B-737 of the Tunisian private carrier, Karthago Airlines, took off from Tunisian airport of Djerba and bound Paris, shortly after the take off has returned at Djerba because of some anomalies... more
AccidentsA young Italian pilot dead in America
Washington, USA - It could be a suicide
Patrick Pfeifhofer, 21 years old from Sesto in Pusteria (Bolzano, north side of Italy), is dead for an helicopter incident happened in the night between Sunday and Monday around a desert area in Montana,... more
AccidentsTurkish tourists involved in Monday's pullman incident are left from Ciampino
Ciampino, Italy - The group is back to Istanbul
300 Turkish tourists involved in Monday’s pullman incident are back home by two Freebird flights from Ciampino yesterday. Aboard the pullman there were 31 people: 12 were dead while 18 are still in Rome t... more
AccidentsCargo collision: planes were going to Iraq
Washington, USA - According American press
Two cargoes involved into an incident last February 5 that provocated 3 staff people dead were going to Iraq (see for details AVIONEWS). That’s according American press that cites Federal Aviation Administration s... more
AccidentsTwo cargo aircraft crash into each other: dead
Washington, USA - The crash happened in Wisconsin yesterday
Two cargo aircraft crashed into each other in Wisconsin’s sky yesterday in the afternoon (24:00 in Italy). The aircraft took-off from Milwaukee and were directed to the same airport when after the collision o... more
AccidentsSix people dead for a crash
Washington, USA - The victims were aboard of a private plane
Six people, the one’s identity isn’t still revealed, dead yesterday for a crash happened in North Myrtlte (East side of America). The victims were aboard of King Air 200 rent by Trenton-based Weekend Air... more
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