Accidents
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AccidentsTurkish plane force-landed at Budapest
Budapest, Hungary - No injuries were reported among the over 300 people on board
An Airbus A-300 of the Turkish Fly Air airline made an emergency landing at Budapest International Airport this morning. The charter airplane was en route from Istanbul to Brussels carrying 293 passengers... more
AccidentsColombian plane crashed in Venezuela: an Italian national among the 161 victims
Caracas, Venezuela - Pilots had warned authorities about WCA's safety conditions
Davide Scaglioni from Val d’Aosta Region, resident in Martinique for 10 years, is one of the 161 victims of the terrible accident occurred two days back in Venezuela. Almost all the coffins have been r... more
AccidentsColombian plane crashed in Venezuela (4): West Carribean Airways has skeleton in the cupboard
Caracas, Venezuela - Early this year it got a spot fine because infringed the Reglamento Aeronáutico Colombiano
The McDonnell Douglas MD-82 belonging to West Carribean Airways had been chartered by the "Globe Trotters" travel agency in Martinique. It is the second air accident involving the Medellin-based carrier... more
AccidentsColombian plane crashed in Venezuela (3): what is happened before the accident
Caracas, Venezuela - Pilot tried to change route to land on Maracaibo Airport
Now it needs finding what really happened during the fatal flight performed by the MD-82 arrived at Panama-Tocumen Airport after a trip started from Medellín-"José María Córdova" Airport. The plane was... more
AccidentsATR-72 Tuninter accident: Pratica di Mare Base's analyses on fuel started
Rome, Italy - Results should be available in 48 h
Results related to fuel and engines’ oil of the ATR-72 Tuninter at Italian Air Force Pratica di Mare Base (Rome) should be available in 48 h. The purpose is the one of verifying if agents able to cause p... more
AccidentsDC-10 carried out an emergency landing in El Salvador
El Salvador, Republic of El Salvador - Problems with the landing gear have been found
A Venezuela’s charter flight carrying 220 people -all Nicaraguan students coming back from a Youth Festival that ended Monday in Caracas- has carried out an emergency landing on the runway at the Comalapa I... more
AccidentsColombian plane crashed in Venezuela (2): a Boeing team to support local investigators
Caracas, Venezuela - West Caribean suspended its flights for a week last month
West Caribean Airways is a small carrier based in Medellin (Colombia). Its fleet is made up of three airplanes only and serves both Colombian and Caribean destinations: it seems that the carrier was forced... more
AccidentsColombian plane crashed in Venezuela: 160 French occupants have been all killed
Caracas, Venezuela - Crew members were eight, passengers 152
Passengers travelling on the charter flight operated by the Colombian West Caribean Airways returning them at home to the French island of Martinique after having been stayed in Panama for a holiday, were... more
AccidentsISAF helicopter crashed in Afghanistan: Cougar downed by rocket?
Kabul, Afghanistan - The victims were members of a contingent engaged to provide security for next September's election
Spanish Defence Minister, Josè Bono, does not exclude that the Cougar AS-532 helicopter of the Afghanistan peacekeeping force crashed in the area of Herat yesterday killing 17 soldiers from Spanish contingent... more
AccidentsCypriot plane accident: co-pilot was alive at the moment of the crash
Athens, Greece - The first pilot's corpse is yet to be confirmed as found
A Greek Air Force C-130 plane departed from the military airport of Eleussi bound for Larnaca last evening carrying the coffins of 23 victims of the air accident occurred last Sunday. Meanwhile the police... more
AccidentsATR-72 Tuninter's accident (2): carrier ready to ensure compensations for the victims
Palermo, Italy - Some EUR 20,000 each have been suggested for the deceased persons
Search for the remaining sections of the ATR-72 belonging to Tunisian carrier Tuninter and lost in the Sicily’s waters go on. Two naval units are been deployed for sounding operations trying to analyse t... more
AccidentsCypriot plane accident (3): the B-737 had decompression problems back
Athens, Greece - A woman would have attempted to take command of the aircraft
Low-cost carrier Helios Airways, which decided to ground all planes after the disaster, has confirmed that the Boeing 737-300 fallen last Sunday North to Athens, had already experienced cabin’s decompression p... more
AccidentsColombian plane went down in Venezuela (3): rescuers reached the area of the crash
Caracas, Venezuela - There were 8 crew members on board
The flight HK-4374X operated by Colombian carrier West Caribean Airways was bound for Fort de France Le Lamentin Airport, but pilot intended to divert to Caracas after signalling problems with engines.... more
AccidentsColombian plane went down in Venezuela (2): an engine failure was reported to control tower
Caracas, Venezuela - Pilot asked for guidelines for landing on the Maracaibo Airport
Military helicopters overflying the accident’s site have found no survivor to date. Meanwhile Venezuela’s Interior Minister, Jesse Chacon, said the MD-80 for the West Caribean Airways took off from Tac... more
AccidentsColombian plane went down in Venezuela
Caracas, Venezuela - More than 150 people were travelling on board
An airplane MD-80 of West Caribian carrier left from Panama and bound for Martinica, has crashed in Western Venezuela near the Colombian border: there were 152 persons aboard and it fears no passenger... more
AccidentsISAF helicopter crashed in Afghanistan: 17 Spanish soldiers have been killed
Kabul, Afghanistan - They belonged to the NATO peacekeeping forces
A helicopter for the NATO International Security Assistance Force crashed in Afghanistan today killing 17 Spanish troops. Rescuers would have already reached the site of the accident near the Herat’s b... more
AccidentsCypriot plane accident (2): signs of "Solid freeze" found on the victims' bodies
Athens, Greece - The most serious air accident in the history of Greek civil aviation
The pilot would have informed the control tower that the plane was suffering for air conditioning problems before communication was lost. Alarm started at 10:35 local time after the Cypriot aircraft entered... more
AccidentsATR-72 Tuninter accident: Bari-Djerba flights started again by Tunisair
Rome, Italy - Italian Air Force to begin analyses on fuel and filters of the fallen aircraft tomorrow
Italian Air Force will begin the analysis of fuel and filters of the ATR-72 Tuninter at Pratica di Mare Base (Rome) tomorrow and at least some days will be necessary before knowing results. In the meantime,... more
AccidentsCypriot plane accident: no survivor
Athens, Greece - A depressurization problem caused the tragedy
A Boeing 737-300 belonging to the Cypriot carrier Helios crashed into a mountainous area North of Athens last Sunday maybe suffering for problems with cabin’s air supply. Plane took off from Larnaca (... more
AccidentsHelicopter fell headlong in the sea in Estonia: recovery of passengers' bodies started
Tallinn, Estonia - The attempt hypothesis has been excluded, there are doubts on weather condition while the idea of a technical failure is getting more support
Recovery operations for the bodies of the persons who were on board the Sikorsky S-76 helicopter fallen headlong in the Baltic Sea on last August 10 go on (see for details AVIONEWS). All the 14 subjects... more
AccidentsATR-72 Tuninter accident (2): worry in Europe due to problems related to on board communication
Rome, Italy - No flight assistant would have been able to speak Italian to warn passengers about the danger, so showing again in the worst manner an issue on which AVIONEWS had already focused in the past
Italian Vice-Minister of Infrastructures and Transport, Mario Tassone, commented recently on the accident which affected an ATR-72 of Tuninter, focusing also on the two emergency landings at Linate and... more
AccidentsATR-72 Tuninter accident: "dirt" fuel hypothesis proves less and less probable
Palermo, Italy - In the meantime, second pilot reminded that no mistake was performed aboard in managing the emergency
According to the first analyses related to the fuel aboard the ATR-72 Tuninter, it would seem that its quality was a good one. Nevertheless, Palermo’s Attorney reminded that it is still soon to be sure o... more
AccidentsBrazil: helicopter fell headlong after hitting electric wires
Brasilia, Brazil - Three died and one was seriously injured during the disaster
Three died and one was seriously injured: this is the result of an accident which affected a helicopter in Brazil yesterday. The aircraft, flying over the Mato Grosso and deployed by an important breeder,... more
AccidentsATR-72 Tuninter accident (2): AVIONEWS interviewed Assaeroporti President, Giovanni Maniscalco
Rome, Italy - "Safety is a good which must be constantly improved and Assaeroporti is going to suggest the foundation of a subject able to favour a better communication"
AVIONEWS interviewed Assaeroporti (Italian airports association) President, Giovanni Maniscalco, about the accident which affected a Tuninter’s ATR-72. According to Maniscalco, two aspects should be k... more
AccidentsATR-72 Tuninter accident: Italian Air Force expected to verify the quality of fuel
Rome, Italy - Meanwhile, Margherita Party and CODACONS association asked Italian Ministry of Transport for making clearer safety and passenger information aspects
Chemical analyses intended to verify the quality of fuel deployed for the refuelling of the ATR-72 Tuninter will be performed at Italian Air Force Pratica di Mare Base, while Bari’s Attorney has taken d... more
AccidentsATR-72 Tuninter accident (2): chemical analyses of fuel in 30 days
Rome, Italy - One week to accomplish the recovery of all the components of the aircraft wreckage
All the ATR-72 Tuninter’s wreckage components will be recovered in one week, according to what ensured by Italian Government which intends to provide EUR 1.5m to complete the operations. Moreover, some 3... more
AccidentsEstonia: helicopter fell headlong in the sea
Tallinn, Estonia - Reasons for the disaster are still unknown while no indications about dead and injured people among the 14 persons on board exist
A Sikorsky S-76 helicopter would have fallen headlong some five km far from the coast in Estonia today due to still unknown reasons. The aircraft was travelling from the capital Tallinn to Helsinki (Finland)... more
AccidentsATR-72 Tuninter accident: the road tanker had already refuelled other 5 planes at Bari-Palese
Rome, Italy - Investigators' doubt concerns the fact that damaging residuals could have maybe remained on the bottom of the tank
Palermo Attorney confirmed that there are three persons under investigation for the accident affecting the Tuninter’s ATR-72: its Captain, Tunisian Chefik Gharbi, responsible for ENI depot from which f... more
AccidentsAirbus Air France skidded off runway: "Systems and engines worked at best"
Toronto, Canada - Technicians responsible for investigation prove convinced of it but the airplane landed half the runway
Technicians who are trying to understand the causes of the accident which involved an Air France’s A-340 at Canadian Toronto Airport, would appear convinced about the fact that all long range airplane’s sys... more
AccidentsATR-72 Tuninter accident: victims' funeral being held today
Bari, Italy - In the meantime, Palermo's judges suggested the hypothesis of negligent disaster and investigates on three subjects
An Italian Air Force’s C-130 Hercules carried the 13 bodies of the victims of the accident which affected the ATR-72 Tuninter to Bari Airport yesterday night. Funeral is being held this morning starting a... more
AccidentsAirbus Air France skidded off runway: is a long landing the reason for the disaster?
Toronto, Canada - It would have been stated by some experts from investigations while analyses on both the black boxes are being carried on
While experts who are attending to investigations on the accident which involved an Air France Airbus A-340 at Canadian Toronto Airport last week are analysing both the black boxes recovered, some responsibles... more
AccidentsATR-72 Tuninter accident (3): Italian Air Force's C-130s to carry victims' bodies to Bari by the evening
Palermo, Italy - Institutions' mourning while Italian Minister Lunardi reinforced checks on charter flights
The Palermo-Bari transport of the 13 victims caused by the ATR-72 Tuninter accident is scheduled by this evening and two Italian Air Force’s C-130s have been provided. Institutions expressed their sorrow b... more
AccidentsATR-72 Tuninter accident (2): Attorneys' and ANSV's investigation started
Palermo, Italy - Human error and technical failure hypotheses under analysis while it is being focused on the strange turn off of both engines
The ANSV (Italian National Agency for Flight Safety), Palermo’s and Bari’s Attorneys have already started investigating separately to verify the causes of the tragedy which affected the ATR-72 Tuninter fel... more
AccidentsATR-72 Tuninter accident: 13 died, 23 were injured and three missing
Palermo, Italy - A ditch attempt with turn-off engines performed by the Turboprop's crew flying from Bari to Djerba
A Tuninter ATR-72 regional turboprop (as a Tunisian charter carrier related to Tunisair) was affected by a serious accident early in the afternoon on last Saturday, August 6, after a ditch attempt occurred... more
AccidentsUS: collision in mid-air
Seattle, USA - Crash killed two persons, five people emerged safe but it could be a tragedy
It could be a tragedy the collision between two tourism airplanes over Renton, near Seattle, in the State of Washington. One of the planes ended up crashing onto a roof of a school killing the two passengers... more
AccidentsAir France Airbus skidded off runway: black boxes to be analyzed in France
Toronto, Canada - It have been excluded technical wrongs on the airplane
The two black boxes of Air France flight 385 will be analyzed in France, but meanwhile the first inspections made in Toronto by Canada Transportation Safety Board’s investigators found no wrong for the A... more
AccidentsGarang's death in helicopter crash (2): investigators on the scene
Kampala, Uganda - They will investigate joint with experts from Sudan and international boards
Kampala’s Government has started to make clear the helicopter crash that killed Sudan’s Vice-President John Garang, his assistants and seven Uganda’s crew members. The Uganda’s investigation commitee was mad... more
AccidentsGarang's death in helicopter crash: 130 persons killed due to Sudan battles
Khartoum, Sudan - But the city was much quieter overnight
It seems it was useless the invitation to calm made by General Salva Kiir, the next Sudan’s Vice-President (see for details AVIONEWS): at least 130 people in all have been killed and about 350 injured i... more
AccidentsAir France Airbus skidded off runway (3): the two Italians injured were in good physical condition
Toronto, Canada - Passengers waiting at the airport suffered form many troubles
The two Italian passengers emerged wounded in the air accident happened at the "Pearson" International Airport (Italian nationals were 19 on board Airbus) are in good physical condition: they are a 60-year-old... more
AccidentsAir France Airbus skidded off runway (2): passengers to be compensated by airline
Toronto, Canada - A team of experts left from Paris bound for Toronto
Landing was carried out by co-pilot: he is 43 year old and was very experienced having more than 10,000 hours of flying time, including 2500 on the A-340s. Before to be taken to the hospital, he stayed... more
AccidentsAir France Airbus skidded off runway: black boxes recovered
Toronto, Canada - The airline argued with airport authorities
Accident occurred at Toronto Airport last Tuesday when the Air France A-340 carrying 309 people skidded off runway while was landing, may have been caused due to a rash decision of re-opening the air station... more
AccidentsAir France Airbus skidded off runway in Canada (3): also two Italians were among injured passengers
Toronto, Canada - They would have been brought to Toronto's hospital
Paris-Toronto flight accident’ cause will made clear by a joint investigation of Canada’s authorities with French Flight Safety Board. Meanwhile it hears that also two Italian persons would be among inj... more
AccidentsGarang's death in helicopter crash: SPLM asked for starting an investigation
Khartoum, Sudan - His successor as VP and leader of the Movement will be appointed in two weeks’ time
After the civil commotion that has recently broken out in Sudan at Khartoum (see for details AVIONEWS) following the death of Sudan’s Vice-President and ex-leader of the Sudan liberation movement, John G... more
AccidentsAir France Airbus skidded off runway in Canada (2): passengers safe by emergency chutes
Toronto, Canada - Transportation Safety Board of Canada will attend the investigation
The airplane was immediately surrounded by rescuers and firemen’s vehicles while a part of passengers emerged safe thanks to the emergency exit chutes and other ones have been evacuated from the fuselage i... more
AccidentsAir France Airbus skidded off runway in Canada
Toronto, Canada - Passengers evacuated airplane before it caught fire
An Airbus A-340 by Air France, flying from Paris "Charles de Gaulle" Airport carrying 297 passengers and 12 crew members, skidded off runway and caught fire while was landing at Toronto’s "Pearson" International A... more
AccidentsFrench Canadair plunged in Corsica (2): entire fleet of transalpine Civil Defence was grounded
Paris, France - All planes to undergo technical test
French Interior Minister, Nicolas Sarkozy, has ordered a rapid inquest over the incident, the second in few days after a Tracker crashed on the zone of Var causing no victims last July 19. French Civil... more
AccidentsFrench Canadair plunged in Corsica killing two pilots
Paris, France - Crash causes are currently not clear
A French Civil Defence Canadair engaged to fight a fire blazed in Corsica, near Calvi, dropped last morning killing both pilot and co-pilot. The fire-fighting plane named Pelican 36 crashed in a remote... more
AccidentsUS chopper crashed during a drill in Afghanistan
Kabul, Afghanistan - The crew emerged lightly injured
An US AH-64 Apache helicopter went down last Friday while was performing a training mission in Afghanistan, near Bagram the main base for US-led forces, but the news was released only on Saturday. In... more
AccidentsSudan's Vice-President killed in helicopter crash (2). A rebel leader said: "It was not an accident"
Khartoum, Sudan - A shadow of attempt on Garang's death
"John Garang’s death is a big loss for the new Sudan forces and for all the Sudanese people. But I believe this was the result of a big conspiracy against the people" said Abdel Wahed Mohammed Ahmed N... more
AccidentsSudan's Vice-President killed in helicopter crash
Khartoum, Sudan - Omar al Beshire: "The peace process will not stop"
Sudan’s Vice-President, John Garang, was returning from a visit in Uganda last Saturday, when the helicopter he was flying on together with other 13 people, the MI-72, crashed to the ground due to the b... more