Accidents
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AccidentsMilitary C-130 jet smashed on a building in Teheran (2): the edifice is bursting into flames
Teheran, Iran - At least ten fatalities on the ground
Teheran’s 10-story building is bursting: an Iranian aviation C-130 plane crashed on it today. The airplane was bound for the city of Bandar Abbas, in the south of the country, when the pilot reported t... more
AccidentsIndian fighter jet crashed at Goa Airport
New Delhi, India - Pilot emerged killed, he was the only passenger on the Sea Harrier
An Indian Navy Sea Harrier jet went down at Goa-Dabolim Airport yesterday morning killing its pilot, the 30-year-old Lieutenant Pannu. The jet, which was performing a routine training, crashed during the... more
AccidentsVirgin Blue: a crack in the B-737 of the Australian low-cost carrier force-landed the aircraft
Sydney, Australia - Nine passengers were hospitalized due to depressurization
The Virgin Blue’s aircraft departed from Townsville last Friday night to reach Brisbane. A crack in a cockpit’s window forced pilot to make an emergency landing in the city of destination. The crack cau... more
AccidentsHelicopter ambulance crashed onto a frozen river in Russia killing five
Moscow, Russia - A rescue team is working on the scene helped by local fishermen
A Mi-8 helicopter en route from Nikolayevsk-on-Amur to Bogorodskoye (Eastern Russia) crashed today onto an ice-covered river killing five persons: two doctors and three crew members. Aircraft was carrying... more
AccidentsEmergency landing for two US helicopters in Afghanistan
Kabul, Afghanistan - Five American soldiers and one Afghani emerged wounded
Two emergency landings for as much American choppers occurred yesterday in Afghanistan: five US soldiers and one from Afghanistan have been injured while they were conducting combat operations on board... more
AccidentsTuninter ATR-72 crash: accident's survivors hearing started yesterday
Bari, Italy - It hopes to obtain information to discover the cause of the incident
Twenty passengers survived after the air crash occurred on August 6 (see for details AVIONEWS), have been heared last afternoon. The hearings are expected to complete today: they are conducted by judges... more
AccidentsUSA: Army helicopter had a hard landing
Washington, USA - The two crew members reported light wounds
A reconnaissance and attack helicopter belonging to US Army’s 82nd Airborne Division has been forced to a hard landing on an airfield at Camp Mackall on Fort Bragg, the US’s most active military installations, las... more
AccidentsSpain: helicopter carrying politicians went down
Madrid. Spain - Passengers suffered for light injuries only
Mariano Rajoy and Esperanza Aguirre, the presidents of the Partido Popular and the Autonomous Community of Madrid respectively, survived a helicopter accident occurred after midday today. The mayor of... more
AccidentsUkraine: friendly fire during a military exercise, two soldiers died
Kiev, Ukraine - A tank would have hit the two soldiers due to a mistake, seriously wounding a third one
Two soldiers were killed and one seriously wounded: this the tragic result of a military exercise held in Ukraine yesterday, due to a fatal mistake. A tank of Ukrainian Army would have fired against a... more
AccidentsIndia: problems affecting the Dhruv helicopters
New Dheli, India - After an accident which would have involved an aircraft on last November 25 due to a tail rotor failure; all the other choppers have been grounded
Indian authorities competent for aviation decided to ground all the HAL Dhruv helicopters in the country after an accident which involved a vehicle of this type on last November 25. This event follows... more
AccidentsATR-72 Tuninter accident (2): Palermo Attorney took delivery of documents from ATR company
Bari, Italy - ATR had recommended proper modifications for the fuel indicator system
Palermo Attorney took delivery, concerning the investigation on the ATR-72 Tuninter accident, documents by which the Italian-French consortium ATR would have "recommended" airlines operating the ATR-42s... more
AccidentsATR-72 Tuninter accident: survivors to be heard by Judges on December 1st
Bari, Italy - Their deposition will be useful to find disaster reasons
Survivors of the accident which affected the Tuninter’s aircraft will be heard by Judges in Bari on next December 1st (see aldo AVIONEWS). Safe passengers, 23 persons, will witness to two magistrates f... more
AccidentsNigeria: two killed in air accident
Abuja, Nigeria - A private aircraft crashed inside Kaduna Airport
A Beechcraft King Air B-200 plane went down yesterday in Nigeria shortly after departing and killed both passengers. The aircraft crashed inside the airport of Kaduna because of unknown cause. An US-trained... more
AccidentsCessna landed on its belly at Las Vegas
Washington, USA - An electrical problem forced the pilot to the special procedure
The pilot of a Cessna 340 aircraft has been forced to land on its belly at the North Las Vegas Airport due to problems with the electrical system. Airport spokeswoman, Linda Healey, has reported that none... more
AccidentsColombian plane crashed in Venezuela: engines failure made the accident inevitable
Caracas, Venezuela - Crew tried to regain control of the aircraft unsuccessful
The Venezuelan accident investigating committee released factual information regarding the crash involving a West Caribbean Airways Boeing MD-82 failed near Machiques last August 16 (see for details AVIONEWS).... more
AccidentsTuninter ATR-72 accident: "Mafia interests on the market of bogus parts"
Bari, Italy - Lawyers of plaintiff, Nicola Persico and Davide Romano, claimed it
Lawyers of plaintiff, Nicola Persico and Davide Romano, during the process aiming at finding the cause of the accident occurred to the Tuninter’s ATR-72 plane last Summer, have in their hands an anonymous d... more
AccidentsCessna crashed in Russia killing 8 persons
Moscow, Russia - All passengers died including crew
A Russian tourism plane carrying 8 people on board, including two crew members, crashed in the night between Saturday and Sunday: no passengers emerged safe. The Cessna went down just outside the city... more
AccidentsHelicopter crashed in Colombia: there were not survivors
Bogota, Colombia - Some politicians were among the fatalities too
A helicopter bound for Antioquia with a Colombian congressman and other five people on board crashed during a storm on mountains North of Bogota killing all passengers yesterday. A terrorist attack has... more
AccidentsUSA: pilot died in a helicopter crash
Miami, USA - Two aircraft have collided
Two helicopters have collided while a motorcycle race was ongoing in Miami, Florida. One pilot died during the transfer to the hospital: it seems that one aircraft was taken off from speedways’ helipad s... more
AccidentsRussia: helicopter fell headlong nearby a natural gas pipeline
Moscow, Russia - Four died and two were injured in this tragedy
A Mil Mi-2 helicopter flying over some infrastructures dedicated to natural gas procurement in Northern Russia (in particular, in the Vologda region around 500 km far from Moscow), fell headlong today... more
AccidentsNo failure affected the Air France's A-340 skidded off runway in Canada in August
Ottawa, Canada - Human error and bad weather hypothesis still remain
The accident occurred to an Air France’s plane which skidded off runway Toronto’s "Pearson" International Airport last August 2 (see for details AVIONEWS), did not appear to have been due to technical pro... more
AccidentsHelicopter and Japanese military plane came close to collision
Tokyo, Japan - They were within 50 to 100 meters distance
A Nippon military transport airplane and a helicopter risked to collide in Southern Japan last morning. The YS-11TA aircraft belonging to the Maritime Self-Defense Forces was on flight over a base on Southern... more
AccidentsTwo manslaughter sentences for PAM air crash in Kosovo
Rome, Italy - Four years prison for both operational director and technical director of SiFly
Two people have been sentenced as guilty for the air accident occurred in Kosovo in November 12, 1999. Today, Italian judge Barbara Callari sentenced, with summary proceedings, to 4 years prison Paolo... more
AccidentsCessna 206 dropped in Colombia
Medellin, Colombia - There were no survivor among 6 passengers
A small tourism plane carrying six people on board crashed shortly after take-off from Medellin (Colombia) yesterday. Passengers of the Cessna 206 aircraft belonging to the charter company Sade, were all... more
AccidentsAirplane crashed in Nigeria: there is no trace of black boxes
Lagos, Nigeria - The head of the investigation team revealed it
Investigators failed to find the black boxes containing flight data and voice recorders in the site of the accident occurred in Nigeria at the Boeing 737 of Bellview Airlines killing 111 passengers and... more
AccidentsCargo plane crashed in Afghanistan: 8 fatalities
Kabul, Afghanistan - Russians, Ukrainians and Pakistani among victims
Eight people were killed in the air crash occurred last Friday involving an Ilyushin 76MD Ilyushin 76MD plane owned by Global Georgian Airways and operated by the Pakistan-based Royal Airlines Cargo to... more
AccidentsCargo plane crashed in Afghanistan (3): it was an Ilyushin Il-76
Kabul, Afghanistan - Number of fatalities is still uncertain
News about the number of victims are still conflicting, they may be eight or ten as it has previously published (see for details AVIONEWS). But it appears certain that plane crashed against a mountain... more
AccidentsCargo plane crashed in Afghanistan (2): there is no one alive
Kabul, Afghanistan - It was a Russian-made aircraft
All 10 passengers on board were killed when a cargo plane crashed on Afghanistan’s mountains near Bagram, the US-led coalition’s headquarters. The nationality of the casualties was not immediately unv... more
AccidentsRelatives of air crash victims sued the airline, the maker and the engine provider
Beijing, China - China Eastern Airlines, Bombardier and GE
Relatives of 20 out of 47 people who died in an aerial accident last year involving a Bombardier CRJ-200 of China Eastern Airlines crashed on a frozen lake nearby the Mongol borders (see for details AVIONEWS),... more
AccidentsATR-72 Tuninter accident: investigation is likely to be transferred to Bari on the basis of latest appraisals
Bari, Italy - Lawyers Persico and Romano stated it
Lawyers Persico and Romano’s activities go on without stopping on every aspect, without excluding any hypothesis in searching for truth about reasons for the sea landing of the ATR-72 Tuninter occurred l... more
AccidentsCargo plane crashed on a store and caught fire: no victims were reported
Washington, USA - It was just taken of from Manchester Airport, in the United States
The pilot of a Embraer 110P1 Bandeirante cargo aircraft operated by AirNow, which was carrying out an air forwarding on behalf of UPS, received only light injuries after his airplane crashed at Manchester... more
AccidentsATR-72 Tuninter accident: a hypothesis of a fuel indicator failure detected by Captain has been suggested
Bari, Italy - Lawyers of some passengers of such a flight would have asked local Attorney for assessing on the airplane on board book
Lawyers of some passengers of the ATR-72 Tuninter fallen headlong on last August 6 would have requested Bari’s Attorney for assessing the presence of particular notes by Captain on the airplane on board b... more
AccidentsVietnam Air Force M-28 crashed killing three militaries
Hanoi, Vietnam - The helicopter was carrying out a training flight
A training helicopter for Vietnam aviation crashed near the capital last November 4 killing all three passengers on board. The helicopter went down around 9:00am in Gia Lam district. The cause of the accident... more
AccidentsATR-72 Tuninter accident: full cooperation ensured by Tunisia to Italian authorities
Rome, Italy - It was warranted by Tunisian Ambassador visiting Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs headquarter
Full collaboration by the Tunisian authorities to verify till the end causes and responsabilities about the accident which affected a Tunisian airline Tuninter’s ATR-72 on last August 6. It was ensured b... more
AccidentsTexas: Cessna crashed on runway shortly after takeoff
Houston, USA - Two passengers were killed
Two people died yesterday on board a small plane crashed by Houston’s Hobby Airport. The aircraft, a Cessna 500 Citation I, was preparing to leave the air station bound for the Corpus Christi International A... more
AccidentsCessna crashed in Guyana
Georgetown, Guyana - It was flown by a student pilot flanked by his instructor: both emerged safe
A Cessna plane flown by a student pilot crashed in the main airport of the Republic of Guyana yesterday: no one was wounded fortunately. The student pilot and his instructor were staging the landing at... more
AccidentsCroatian cargo plane crashed near Bergamo: wreckage has been recovered
Bergamo, Italy - It will try to restore the aircraft skeleton
Wreckage and what has remained of the cargo carried by the Coratian LET-410 plane crashed last Sunday after takeoff from Bergamo-Orio al Serio Airport (see for details AVIONEWS), have recovered thanks... more
AccidentsUS helicopter downed at Ramadi (2). Al Qaeda: "We have shot down it"
Ramadi, Iraq - The attempt was claimed on the Internet
The US Marine AH-1W Super Cobra has been downed by al Qaeda which has claimed the attempt on the Internet saying: "Your brothers in the military wing of al Qaeda in Iraq brought down a Super Cobra helicopter... more
AccidentsCroatian cargo plane crashed near Bergamo: wreckage's recovering to start
Bergamo, Italy - Results of autopsy on victim's bodies are expected
Operations of recovering of the wreckage of the Croatian two-engine cargo LET-410 crashed on Sunday evening after takeoff from Bergamo Orio al Serio Airport (see for details AVIONEWS) are about to commence.... more
AccidentsUS helicopter crashed at Ramadi downed by Strela missile
Ramadi, Iraq - An Iraqi family emerged injured too
The American AH-1W Super Cobra helicopter crashed near Ramadi yesterday has been shot down by a militiamen group (see for details AVIONEWS). The aircraft, failing on a house, caused the death of two Marine... more
AccidentsUS helicopter crashed at Ramadi killing two
Ramadi, Iraq - They were carryng out a flight in support of security and stabilization operations
A Marine’s AH-1W Super Cobra helicopter went down this morning shortly after 8:00am in Iraq killing two soldiers belonging to the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (II Marine Expeditionary Force) who were carrying o... more
AccidentsCroatian cargo plane crashed near Bergamo (4): TradeAir is not part of DHL Group
Milan, Italy - A DHL statement explained
"DHL expresses its sorrow to what happened to TradeAir’s crew in the accident occurred at Bergamo yesterday and specified that TradeAir is an indipendent airline that is not part of DHL Group. DHL has a... more
AccidentsAustrian tourism plane still missing (2): researches have been suspended
Genoa, Italy - Only Genoa harbour office remained on alert
Leonard Fellner, the Austrian pilot disappeared from radar screen last Thursday (see fro details AVIONEWS), is still missing but the researches have been suspended after 72 hours of incessant explorations.... more
AccidentsAVIONEWS Specials: Cap. Renzo Dentesano's remarks on the Orio al Serio accident occurred on October 30, 2005
Rome, Italy - Finding answers to some questions concerning checks, certifications and disaster dynamics could prove useful for investigation
Cap. Renzo Dentesano focused on some aspects of the recent accident occurred at Orio al Serio Airport (see for details AVIONEWS 1 and 2). He does not intend to put forward hypotheses about the disaster... more
AccidentsAirplane crashed in Nigeria: there were episodes of looting over 117 bodies
Abuja, Nigeria - "The Punch" local newspaper in English language reported
A Nigerian Police officer told a local newspaper in English, "The Punch", that some residents of the area where the Bellview Airlines B-737 has crashed (see for details AVIONEWS) "Have even robbed the... more
AccidentsAustrian tourism plane still missing
Genova, Italy - Numerous air and naval forces take part in researches
The Austrian tourism plane disappeared last Thursday over the waters behind Liguria Region (Italy), was a single-engine aircraft type GY80 internationally registered as Deaja (see for details AVIONEWS).... more
AccidentsCroatian cargo plane crashed near Bergamo (2): Orio al Serio Airport closed after accident
Bergamo, Italy - Airline operating the flight will cooperate with the investing authorities
Bergamo-Orio al Serio was closed up to 10:50pm after the incident: the aircraft L410 UVP-E by TradeAir cargo and charter operator, registration 9A-BTA, was operating on behalf of DHL courier company, the... more
AccidentsCroatian cargo plane crashed near Bergamo killing three people
Bergamo, Italy - Pilot run into trouble due to fog
A Croatia-registered two-engine cargo plane LET-410 crashed last evening shortly afterwards 10:00pm after takeoff from Bergamo Orio al Serio Airport. Three people on board, the pilot, his wife and the... more
AccidentsAustrian tourism plane disappeared from radar screen: researches over Mar Ligure
Genova, Italy - The aircraft took off from Salisburgo bound for Corsica
A plane from French Coastguard, a helicopter and two motor patrol boats from Genova’s Coastguard are overflying the international waters of Mar LIgure (Italy) where a tourism plane carrying one passenger d... more
AccidentsPlane crashed in Nigeria: separatist group called responsibility for the accident
Lagos, Nigeria - The black box have not yet been found
Four US air safety experts arrived in Nigeria today to help find the causes of the crash that killed 117 people last October 22. The US team, led by a National Transportation Safety Board’s expert, is m... more