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AccidentsHis Piper airplane falls: pop star Gabriel Diniz dies
He had left Salvador to go to his girlfriend's birthday. Three victims as a whole
The Piper PA-28-180 Cherokee Archer airplane, registration PT-KLO, on which he travelled crashed to the ground. Thus the Latin pop star Gabriel Diniz died at the age of 28. The causes of the accident occurred... more
AccidentsFor FAA the B-737 MAX aircraft will be working again within the end of June
Good news for the companies from the American regulatory authority
FAA (Federal Aviation Administration, the American regulator for aviation) would be ready to give the green light to the new certification of the B-737 MAX. The Boeing airplane will be working again within... more
AccidentsB-737 MAX aircraft: Boeing did not listen to suggestions from pilots on the MCAS
Ethiopia tragedy avoided if it did, the American Airlines union said it
In recent weeks, senior Boeing executives have repeatedly stated that the actions by the pilots of Lion Air and Ethiopian Airlines respectively (at the controls of the two B-737 MAX aircraft crashed in... more
AccidentsAirplane crash in Honduras: 5 tourists died
4 people were Americans; still unknown the nationality of the fifth victim - VIDEO
Five tourists died in the crash of a small plane in the Atlantic Ocean occurred yesterday near the coast of Honduras. According to reports from local authorities, the aircraft, a Piper PA-38 Cherokee Six,... more
AccidentsSSJ-100 airplane crash: preliminary investigation data processed
The first conclusions by the Investigative Committee - 2 VIDEO
The Federal Investigative Committee, established by Russian Prime Minister Medvedev shortly after Aeroflot's SSJ-100 accident at Moscow-Sheremetyevo Airport on May 5, processed preliminary inquiry data.... more
AccidentsAlaska: flight collision between de Havilland seaplanes
Five victims, one missing, 10 survivors, seriously injured -VIDEO
Two seaplanes (the first one a Havilland Canada DHC-3T Vazar Turbine Otter; the second a de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver) with eleven (on the DHC-3) and five (on the DHC-2) occupants, were involved yesterday... more
AccidentsSSJ-100 plane crash: the black boxes recovered
The investigative committee, set up by Medvedev, at work -VIDEO
The two black boxes (actually orange in color) were recovered of the Aeroflot Superjet 100 plane and caught fire on the second emergency landing attempt on the runway of Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport in... more
AccidentsSSJ-100 airplane crash (5): it is a controversy on the relief efforts
The fire-fighting vehicles were not on-runway: the images say it -VIDEO
The unfortunate series of events that led to the incident in the late afternoon yesterday on a Superjet 100 aircraft of the Russian airline Aeroflot is now more or less outlined: the plane took off after... more
AccidentsSSJ-100 airplane tragedy (3): already talk on the compensating the victims
Three days of mourning declared in the region
"Aeroflot expresses its condolences to the families and friends of the killed passengers and closeness to those injured in the crash of the Moscow-Murmansk SU1492 flight. The crew of the plane has done... more
AccidentsSSJ-100 airplane tragedy (2): passenger filmed flames on the wing
A tongue of fire on the runway shows a tank breaking -VIDEO
Perhaps it will help the Investigation Commission established tonight by Russian Prime Minister Medvedev the video that started circulating on the web in these hours, showing how the left wing of Aeroflot's... more
AccidentsAeroflot's SSJ-100 airplane: 41 victims confirmed out of 78 on board
The Moscow-Sheremetyevo airport operates with only one runway - The VIDEO
A correspondent from Moscow of AVIONEWS confirms the news of the last hour about the accident verified a few hours ago at Moscow-Sheremetyevo airport, when an Aeroflot Superjet 100 aircraft, flight SU1492,... more
AccidentsJapan: F-35 aircraft wreck recovery operations soon
Flight data logger required for the investigation -DATASHEET
To find the cause of the crash of the Lockheed Martin F-35A aircraft of the Japanese air force (Jasdf) it could take a very long time, especially since the main part of the wreck is sunk in an area of... more
AccidentsJapan: an F-35A aircraft disappeared from the radar
It happens during an exercise. Research in progress
A Lockheed Martin F-35 fighter aircraft of Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) disappeared this afternoon in the Pacific Ocean, about 160 kilometers east of the city of Misawa in the north of the country.... more
AccidentsEthiopian plane crash: preliminary report released
Total revision of the anti-stall system recommended
Preliminary report on Ethiopian Airlines' Boeing B-737 MAX 8 aircraft crashed on March 10 shortly after take-off from Addis Ababa was released this morning by the Ethiopian Transport Ministry, and was... more
AccidentsEgyptAir accident. "The aircraft didn't have to take off"
It emerged during a further investigation by the French Ministry of Justice
According to a report by experts from the French Ministry of Justice, the Airbus A-320/200 -registration SU-GCC- of EgyptAir crashed on May 19, 2016 during the Paris-Cairo flight should not have taken... more
AccidentsEthiopian accident: pilots would have deactivated anti-stall system
They would follow all the indications of Boeing
"The Wall Street Journal" continues to talk about Ethiopian Airlines' Boeing B-737 MAX 8 aircraft incident. During the investigations -the preliminary report will be published in the short term- it would... more
AccidentsEthiopian plane accident (2): report not before the next few days
Meanwhile, the Norwegian Air CEO flies to Seattle to meet Boeing
The preliminary report on the Ethiopian Airlines Boeing B-737 MAX 8 aircraft will not be published today by the Ethiopian ministry of transport, but it will probably be done in the next few days after... more
AccidentsEthiopian accident: historic compensation claims?
It could be a blow to the industry
The requests for compensation that could arrive on the Boeing table and not only could be the biggest in the history of civil aviation, so much so that according to the broker Willis Re there could also... more
AccidentsEthiopian plane accident: anti-stall system among the causes of the disaster
It has emerged from the investigations
During the analysis of the Flight Data Recorded and the Cockpit Voice Recorder of the Boeing B-737 MAX 8 aircraft of Ethiopian Airlines it would have emerged -according to the US press- that the automatic... more
AccidentsMalaysia plane: first trilateral to try to resolve case MH17
Identify who actually fired the missile
The Dutch, Australian and Russian government officials held a meeting to try to identify the person responsible for the shooting down of the Boeing B-777/200ER aircraft -with 9M-MRD registration- of Malaysia... more
AccidentsEthiopian plane accident: preliminary report will be published this week
First step towards the truth
Three weeks after the accident of the Ethiopian Airlines Boeing B-737 MAX 8 aircraft crashed last March 10, shortly after take-off from Addis Ababa airport, it should be published a preliminary report... more
AccidentsEthiopian accident: pilot had not been trained in the new airplane simultaneous?
It could be one of the causes of the disaster
Yared Getachew, the 29-year-old commander of the Boeing B-737 MAX 8 aircraft of Ethiopian Airlines -which crashed in Addis Ababa on 10 March killing the 157 people on board-, would never have been trained... more
AccidentsTehran Airport: Fokker 100 of Iran Air lands without landing gear
Safe the 100 people on board
A Fokker F-100 aircraft -registration EP-IDG- of Iran Air carried out an emergency landing this morning at Tehran airport, where it had to touch the ground without the main landing gear, which could not... more
AccidentsEthiopian accident: in a few weeks the preliminary report
Investigators returned to Ethiopia to analyze data on black boxes
The investigators of the accident of the Ethiopian Airlines Boeing B-737 MAX 8 plane returned to Addis Ababa this morning after recovering the information recorded in the two black boxes examined in Paris.... more
AccidentsLion Air accident: final report will be published for July?
An attempt is made to shorten the survey time
According to what was declared this morning by the director of the indonesian transport safety agency (KNKT), Indonesia is accelerating the time to complete the investigation on the aircraft crash of Lion... more
AccidentsBoeing B-737 MAX: problems also for carriers
They will have to sign "wet leasing" agreements to operate on the connections provided
The double incident within 6 months of Lion Air's and Ethiopian Airlines Boeing B-737 MAX 8 aircraft could create many problems for the US company and fleet-based airlines. For the first, the greatest... more
AccidentsEthiopian planes accidents (4): Canada also ground the B-737 MAX
New data recorded via satellite would have emerged
Canada has also decided to ground and to prohibit the overflight of the airspace to the Boeing B-737 MAX and to announce it was the Minister of Transport Marc Garneau that explained how the choice has... more
AccidentsEthiopian accident (3): black boxes will be sent to Europe between today and tomorrow
The company announces that the relationship with Boeing will continue
The black boxes of Ethiopian Airlines' Boeing B-737 MAX 8 aircraft crashed Sunday morning shortly after take-off from Addis Ababa airport will be sent between "today and tomorrow in an European country",... more
AccidentsEthiopian aircraft (6): testimonials do not exclude technical failure
The B-737 MAX 8 would lose smoke and debris during the climb
24 hours after the accident of the Boeing B-737 MAX 8 aircraft crashed yesterday shortly after take-off from Addis Ababa airport it is still not clear what could have caused the fatal crash for the 157... more
AccidentsColombia: Douglas DC-3 crashes with 14 people on board
Black week-end for air transport
A black week-end for air travel because in addition to the Boeing B-737 MAX 8 of Ethiopian Airlines crashed shortly after take-off killing 157 people on board (see AVIONEWS), in Colombia a Douglas DC-3... more
AccidentsEthiopian plane crash: to cause it the same problem as the Lion Air?
Pilots untrained to face that kind of malfunction?
The accident of the Boeing B-737 MAX 8 of Ethiopian Airlines (see AVIONEWS), which occurred yesterday morning shortly after take-off from Addis Ababa airport, reopened the case concerning the anti-stall... more
AccidentsEthiopian Airlines plane crash (2): no survivor
On board 8 Italians. The pilot had asked to return to Addis Ababa -2 VIDEO
There is no survivor among the 159 people who were on board the Ethiopian Airlines Boeing B-737 MAX 8 plane crashed this morning shortly after taking off from Addis Ababa airport; on board there were also... more
AccidentsEthiopian Airlines B-737 MAX 8 aircraft crashes
159 people on board
A Boeing B-737 MAX 8 plane -registration ET-AVJ- of Ethiopian Airlines crashed shortly after take-off from Addis Ababa airport with 149 passengers and 8 crew members on board, for which there would most... more
AccidentsPlane crash Prime Air: found a new registration
It will be an important aid for the surveys -VIDEO
While investigators and divers are still engaged in the search for Atlas Air's Boeing B-777/300ER aircraft and used on behalf of Amazon Prime Air, that crasehd into the waters of Houston's Trinity Bay... more
AccidentsMH390 Malaysia: will the research of the plane resume?
On March 8 (fifth anniversary) the announcement could arrive
The Malaysian government could announce the reopening of the research of the wreckage of the Boeing B-777/200ER aircraft -registration 9M-MRO- of Malaysia Airlines mysteriously disappeared during the flight... more
AccidentsPlane crash Sala: the pilot did not have a commercial license?
Indiscretions come from the British investigating branch
David Ibbotson, the pilot of the Piper PA-46 Malibu plane crashed in the English Channel killing him and the football player Emiliano Sala on 21 January, would not have been authorized to carry paying... more
AccidentsAircraft crash Prime Air: difficulty to find the black boxes
These would be under many meters of mud
Investigations in order to ascertain why the aircraft Boeing B-767/300ER of Atlas Air -operated by Prime Air- crashed into the sea not far from Houston may be slow and, moreover, are likely to be influenced... more
AccidentsAeroméxico aircraft crash: the cause was a pilots error
Situation has not been well managed and understood -ATTACHMENT
To cause the accident -miraculously without victims- of the aircraft Embraer ERJ-190 -registration XA-GAL- of Aeroméxico at Durango airport, which ended off-piste during take-off, was a cause of two events:... more
AccidentsNepal: an AS-350 Écureuil helicopter crashed
6 people died on board, including the Minister of Civil Aviation
An Airbus Helicopters AS-350 Écureuil -registration 9N-AMI- of Air Dynasty crashed today in Nepal near Pathibhara, killing 6 people on board including the Nepalese Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil... more
AccidentsPlane crash Sala: will it be a long legal battle?
Two problems: the investigation and insurance
The plane crash in which the Cardiff striker -who was bought by Nantes- Emiliano Sala lost his life could have a long legal following both for the investigation and for the insurance on the player. On... more
AccidentsIndia: collision in flight between two BAE Systems Hawk
1 dead and 2 seriously injured
During the tests for the flight show at the next "Aero India 2019" two BAE Systems Hawk aircraft of the Indian Air Force collided. Pilot and copilot of one of the two British production plane were able... more
AccidentsPlane crash Sala: expert excludes a technical failure
The engine had been changed in 2012
There are still many points to be clarified on the plane crash of January 21, where the striker Emiliano Sala, who was reaching Cardiff (in Wales) in a Piper PA-46 Malibu crashed in the English Channel,... more
AccidentsTurkey: Bell UH-1 helicopter crashes in Istanbul
At the base a technical problem -VIDEO
A Bell UH-1 Iroquois helicopter of the Turkish Army crashed in Istanbul today killing the 4 people on board. The reason for the accident would be a technical problem still unknown, but that there was a... more
AccidentsKenya Airways: two ERJ-190 aircraft collide at ground
Serious damage to both aircraft that will remain long out of service - PHOTO GALLERY
Last Saturday, two Embraer ERJ-190 aircraft -registration 5Y-FFF and 5Y-KYR- of Kenya Airways collided at Nairobi airport suffering serious damage to external structures and the engine. To cause this singular... more
AccidentsSudan: a Mil Mi-8 helicopter of the UN forces crashes
The causes are unknown, but the killing is excluded -VIDEO
A Mil Mi-8 helicopter -registration UNO 379P- of Ethiopian armed forces used by the UN forces involved in Sudan crashed in Abyei on Saturday, impacting an UN compound by killing 3 of the 23 people on board... more
AccidentsMalaysia plane: soon meet Russia-the Netherlands to "solve" MH17 case
Moscow continues to accuse Ukraine
The Dutch government would be sure that Russia will soon allow a meeting between the defense officials of Moscow and the international team that investigated the causes of the Malaysia Airlines Boeing... more
AccidentsAccident Emiliano Sala: found the wreck of the plane
Submerged in the English Channel
In the depths of the English Channel was found -yesterday- the wreck of the Piper PA-46 Malibu plane where the footballer Emiliano Sala was travelling. The plane had disappeared on 22nd January during... more
AccidentsIndia: Dassault Mirage 2000 crashes
Dead the 2 pilots on board
New accident for a Dassault Mirage 2000 aircraft during a training mission. After the crash of the French Air Force (see AVIONEWS), one of the Indian Air Force crashed this morning killing both pilots... more
AccidentsSala aircraft crash: found seat parts in France
It would be from the Piper PA-46 he was travelling on
The first wreckage of the Piper PA-46 Malibu on which the football striker Emiliano Sala flew was found, disappeared on Monday, January 21st during the flight between Nantes and Cardiff. On a French beach... more
AccidentsUK: hypothesis of ice on the wings on the Sala aircraft
It could have been the cause of the accident
The rescuers of Guernsey concluded yesterday their research of the Piper PA-46 Malibu aircraft probably crashed in the English Channel on Monday 21 January during a flight between Nantes and Cardiff, on... more