Accidents
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AccidentsTwo Mexican Air Force MI-17 collided at mid-air
Mexico City, Mexico - Five dead and three hurted persons were reported
Five soldiers from Mexican Air Force were killed yesterday during a training flight at Northern suburb of Mexico City: some witnesses told that two Russian-made MI-17 helicopters collided at mid-air, went... more
AccidentsMarine chopper crashed in Iraq
Baghdad, Iraq - American armed forces will report later about possible casualties
Last night around 1:20am local hour, a USA transport helicopter went down in the Western Iraqi city of Rutbah. US Army unveiled it: aircraft would be crashed in the desert close to the border with Jordan... more
AccidentsThe Pilatus PC-21 to fly again
Berne, Switzerland - UFAC allowed the company to restart tests with the only available prototype and the mass production has already been granted with a green light
The Pilatus PC-21 is about to fly again. After the accident occurred on last January 13, when one of the two prototypes fell headlong killing the pilot and seriously wounding a civilian nearby Buochs Airport,... more
AccidentsEngland: four persons killed in a helicopter crash
London, United Kingdom - Search took 20 hours to find the wreckage due to bad weather
In the night between Saturday and Sunday, a private chopper crashed because of the adverse weather conditions in Somerset Region (Great Britain): all four passengers were killed, including a father and... more
AccidentsUS AH-64 went down during a training flight
Kuwait City, Kuwait - Pilot was killed and passenger was wounded
An 25 year old American pilot have been killed and an other was injured because of an Apache helicopter crashed during a training flight in the North-Western Kuwait at 1:30pm last Friday: the AH-64 would... more
AccidentsUSA: Cessna crashed in Kansas killing five passengers
Washington, USA- It went down on a residential area but no one on the ground was hurt
Last Friday, a twin-engine plane Cessna 421-C Golden Eagle III crashed after shortly takeoff at Overland Park "Johnson County Executive" Airport in Kansas blowing up: it went down into a home in a Kansas... more
AccidentsAustralia: collision between two acrobatic team aircraft
Sydney, Australia - Pilots suffered no damage
Two Pilatus PC 9-A aircraft of Royal Australian Air Force Roulettes Aerobatic team collided in mid-air during a practice training near the RAAF East Sale base at Victoria, in Gippsland (Australia): one... more
AccidentsUSA: Police helicopter crashed during a training exercise
Washington, USA- Passengers were wounded
A Police helicopter which was carrying out a training exercise at Stinson Airfield in San Antonio (Texas), went down to the ground late afternoon yesterday: fortunately, two pilots on board suffered only... more
AccidentsSwitzerland: preliminary inquest on crashes involving two Crossair aircraft
Berne, Switzerland - Accused include also airline and UFAC former managers
Swiss Public Minister (MPC) last February opened an inquest concerning two Crossair airplane incidents occurred on January 10, 2000 at Nassenwil (see for details AVIONEWS) and November 24, 2001 at Basserdorf... more
AccidentsPolice helicopter crashed in Germany: two victims
Berlin, Germany - There were five passengers in all on board, the other three were wounded
Two agents of German Police were killed yesterday because of the crash occurred to the helicopter on which they were flying while were involved in operation to find a missing 24-year-old woman. Aircraft... more
AccidentsAntonov went down in Siberia (2): black box was found
Moscow, Russia - A lot of high-ranking officials were flying on the airplane
Plane would be crashed into the face of a mountain near Bazhenovo gully while it was attempting an emergency landing (see for details AVIONEWS). A special commission is working to indicate the reasons... more
AccidentsOne of the Pilatus PC-21 prototypes fell headlong
Berne, Switzerland - A structural component of the aircraft would have broken away during landing and the plane crashed on the ground killing its pilot
A Pilatus PC-21 basic training airplane fell headlong nearby Buochs Airport yesterday. According to witnesses, the aircraft would have lost a not better structural component during its landing procedure... more
AccidentsAntonov went down in Siberia killing nine persons
Moscow, Russia - Airplane disappeared from radar screens last afternoon: early today the tragic finding occurred
Yesterday an Antonov AN-2 went missing after takeoff at Vanavara village bound for Turà, North Siberia: early today, rescuers found plane and seven passengers and two crew members all killed. The little... more
AccidentsBlack Hawk crashed in Colombia: there were at least 20 dead
Bogotà, Colombia - It was part of a counter-narcotics mission
A Black Hawk helicopter of Colombian Army with 20 persons on board went down during a counter-narcotics mission in the jungles of South-West country: all 20 soldiers who were travelling on it would be... more
AccidentseasyJet flight would have risked a crash over Heathrow flying area
London, Great Britain - But control authorities and airline denied it
An easyJet airplane which took off at Newcastle Airport bound for Barcelona, would have been near to hit an other plane: this aircraft would have home in on the Britsh plane's flightpath so close that... more
AccidentsRaptor and Lancer flying again
Washington, USA - According to USAF, the two recent incidents involving these aircraft would not be serious
After the recent accidents involving a Lockheed Martin F/A-22 Raptor multirole fighter interceptor (see for details AVIONEWS) and a B-1 Lancer strategic supersonic bomber (see for details AVIONEWS), US... more
AccidentsIndian Mig-21 fell headlong
New Dheli, India - Pilot is safe but it is the 60th aircraft of this type to be involved by an accident in this country in ten years
The Mig-21 Fishbeds lost by Indian Air Force during the last ten years are some 60. This is what the Air Force announced recently concerning the operational activity as the last accident occurred yesterday,... more
AccidentsThe B-1 Lancers grounded in the USA
Washington, USA - Following the structural collapse of the aircraft's gear immediately after its ri-entry at its base
A Rockwell B-1 Lancer supersonic strategic bomber was involved by an accident on last Friday which led the representatives from US Air Force yesterday to order to ground all the airplanes of this type... more
AccidentsNepal: helicopter crashed 60 Km to Kathmandu
Kathmandu, Nepal - There would be at least three casualties
An Air Dynasty Heliservices Private Ltd chopper crashed in the morning in Nepal: the aircraft was en route from Kathmandu to Lukla Airport in Solukhumbu district (North-Eastern Nepal) when it seems it... more
AccidentsItaly: PA-28 carried out emergency landing at Ancona-Falconara Airport
Ancona, Italy - Air station has been closed and Ryanair flight from London delayed
The "Raffaello Sanzio" Airport has been closed yesterday forcing two flights to delay: the Alitalia AZ-1126 taking off to Rome and the Ryanair flight from London. A Piper PA-28 of Ancona-Falconara Aeroclub... more
AccidentsItaly: Blue Panorama plane forced to emergency landing at Malpensa
Varese, Italy - It hit a bird soon after take off and asked for making comeback
A Boeing B-767 from Blue Panorama Airlines has been forced to carry out an emergency landing at Malpensa Airport where it had just left to go to Bangkok (Thailand) between January 1 and 2: the airplane... more
AccidentsFrance: tourism plane crashed in taking off stage
Paris, France - At the moment, three casualties have been found
A tourism plane went down to the ground in the Southern France in the morning: three passengers were killed. The aircraft was in taking off stage from the Montpellier-Maugio Aeroclub and it finished in... more
AccidentsF/A-22: USAF proves confident despite the recent accident
Washington, USA - Although all the prototypes were left on the ground, the US Air Force's representatives think the programme will not be negatively affected
Following the recent accident which involved a F/A-22 Raptor stealth multirole fighter interceptor (see for details AVIONEWS), the remaining seven aircraft produced by Lockheed Martin have been kept on... more
AccidentsSwitzerland: two Air-Glaciers pilots convicted for Beuson incident
Berna, Switzerland - Two touristic travel helicopters collided
On September 26, 2000, in a football field in the village of Beuson, Switzerland, a heliport was arranged to offer to 160 Indian tourists a sightseeing trip over the Vallese Alps. The group arrived one... more
AccidentsIndonesian Air Force's helicopter fell headlong: 14 died
Jakarta, Indonesia - The reason of the accident should be put down to the bad weather conditions
An Indonesian Air Force's transport helicopter fell headlong nearby Java today. The aircraft, a Super Puma, was bound for the capital Jakarta carrying some 14 persons non board, all members of the armed... more
AccidentsHelicopter crashed in Spain (2): a fourth passenger carried to Malaga hospital
Madrid, Spain - The bodies of the victims to remove today
A Guardia Civil helicopter and an air ambulance rushed at the scene and they was able only to establish the death of three occupants and to carry an other passenger to the Hospital Clinico Universitario... more
AccidentsUSA: plane skidded off a runway in Rhode Island
Washington, USA - No victims or injured
An airplane skidded off a runway in Warwick, Rhode Island, because of the bad weather which hit United States these days: there were no injured person on board the aircraft. American Airlines flight 501... more
AccidentsHelicopter crashed killing a British newly-wed couple in Spain
Madrid, Spain - They wanted to do a scenic flight over the Costa del Sol between the cerimony and reception
A British wed couple which got married yesterday, died soon after cerimony, because of the helicopter on board they were flying before to reach parents and friends for the reception, crashed. The scenic... more
AccidentsPeruvian Air Force SU-22 crashed into a river
Lima, Peru - Two pilots killed
A Peruvian Air Force plane crashed into a river on Friday late evening 30 meters from a popular neighborhood of Lurin district, 28 kilometers South of Lima: two persons were killed on the Sukhoi SU-22... more
AccidentsAir incident in Malaysia (2): the third one to a Pilatus aircraft in seven months
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - It is a plane for pilot training
The Pilatus Pc-7 is a Swiss-built single-engine turbo-shaft aircraft, which is used as a trainer for pilot selection and basic coaching in Europe, Asia and Middle East. For this, Malaysian Government bought... more
AccidentsAir incident in Malaysia: two occupants killed
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - They were travelling on a Pilatus aircraft in training flight
Two persons were killed in a crash occurred to a military airplane in the Northern Malaysia: two occupants were a trainee pilot and his instructor. The plane, which was a Pilatus Pc-7, would be gone down... more
AccidentsAn US Air Force helicopter brought down in Afghanistan
Herat, Afghanistan - There were two militaries injured
The aircraft - which type has not been revealed - seems to be not knocked down by enemy fire, according to a report coming from American Army. Probably the fact of the US Air Force helicopter to bring... more
AccidentsPolish military helicopter crashed in Iraq
Karbala, Iraq - Three Polish soldiers would have died while the remaining four passengers would have been injured
A Sokol helicopter from the Polish armed forces would have fallen headlong in Iraq this morning, in the Karbala city area, killing three out of the seven persons on board. The aircraft's pilot, as realizing... more
AccidentsAirplane fell headlong in Mexico
Monterrey, Mexico - It would have crashed on the ground immediately after the takeoff so killing its five passengers
An airplane with five persons aboard fell headlong in Mexico yesterday, in the Northern region of the country, killing all its passengers. The aircraft, a Commander twin-engined plane, would have crashed... more
AccidentsConcorde's accident: the Judge's report
Paris, France - French Judge proves convinced of the role played by the DC-10's component on the runway but the hypothesis of a supersonic aircraft gear
Paris’ Judge and the French authorities competent for air transport would have commented by a report on the cause which would have determined the air accident occurred on July 25, 2000 when an Air France C... more
AccidentsLos Angeles: Robinson R-22 down on skyscraper roof
Los Angeles, USA - It was trying an emergency landing
A helicopter crashed yesterday morning around 10:00am local hour, on the roof of a skyscraper in Los Angeles: the Robinson R-22 was trying to carried out an emergency landing at the 54-storey building.... more
AccidentsMilitary plane crashed in Venezuela (2): technical sheet
Caracas, Venezuela - M-28 Skytruck
M-28 Skytruck is a twin-engine plane available for different applications, both for commercial and governmental operators. It is a PT-6-engined high-wind. It is able to take off or landing on unprepared... more
AccidentsTwo "Snowbirds" fighters collided in mid-air: one pilot died
Ottawa, Canada - Two planes of Canadian acrobatic patrol were trying some manoeuvres in Saskatchewan base
A pilot from "Snowbirds", the acrobatic patrol of Canada's Air Force, died during a practice in the base of Saskatchewan (Canada), last Saturday. Pilots involved, on board two fighter planes, were trying... more
AccidentsMilitary plane crashed in Venezuela killing sixteen people
Caracas, Venezuela - There were also seven civilians and one child among victims
A military SkyTruck plane crashed in Venezuela in the mountains near the Capital, killing 16 persons on board, including two generals, on Friday. The National Guard small aircraft went down in town of... more
AccidentsHH-60 Jayhawk crashed in Alaska (2): planes and choppers on the scene at environmental damage risk
Anchorage, Alaska - From the freighter rescued, heavy bunker fuel and diesel might spill
The ship rescued by American Coast Guard helicopter crashed in Alaska (see for details AVIONEWS), the "Selendang Ayu" freighter, was ripped clean in half off the shore of Aleutian Islands, in Bering Sea:... more
AccidentsHH-60 Jayhawk crashed in Alaska: missing search continues
Anchorage, Alaska - The cause of the crash was still unknown
The search continues for six people still missing in frigid waters of Alaska’s Bering Sea, following a Coast Guard helicopter HH-60 Jayhawk crashed aiding a freighter due to a possible spill (see for d... more
AccidentsBritish Lynx crashed into the sea: body of occupants found
London, United Kingdom - Board of inquiry had been set up
Last night body of four occupants flying on helicopter missing on December 8, have been found (see for details AVIONEWS): they were near the wreckage of Royal Navy Lynx chopper off the Cornish coast. Royal... more
AccidentsAlaska: Coast Guard HH-60 Jayhawk crashed into the water
Anchorage, Alaska - To rescue a freighter in the Bering Sea
A Coast Guard rescue helicopter which was carrying people rescued from a freighter stranded in the Bering Sea, crashed before Alaska's coast around 7:30pm local hour, yesterday: there were 10 passengers... more
AccidentsBritish military helicopter crashed into the sea (2): located the wreckage
London, United Kingdom - It to be checked by underwater cameras
The wreckage of Lynx helicopter missing yesterday has been found (see for details AVIONEWS): it has been located in the morning on the seabed off the coast of Cornwall thanks to a group of people on board... more
AccidentsIndonesia: aviation safety standard slated after serious crash to Lion MD-82
Jakarta, Indonesia - Flight recorders in US for analysis
Indonesian political parties requested an immediate review of aviation regulation and safety standard, after the terrible incident occurred to MD-82 Lion Air skidded off the runway at "Adi Sumarmo International... more
AccidentsBritish military helicopter crashed into the sea
London, United Kingdom - Last contact was around 7:00pm of yesterday
Royal Navy Lynx helicopter crashed into the sea off the coast of Cornwall yesterday: four people were flying on board. Rescue operation was under way last night and it have no news from crew, overflying... more
AccidentsFlorida: cargo plane "lands" on water
Miami, USA - It ditches between edifices and boats
A Miami AirLease Convair 340-70 bound for Bahamas, has been forced on Saturday morning to landing on water of Maule Lake, South of the Aventura Mall, Miami (Florida). It seems that cargo plane engine failed... more
AccidentsB-767 stopped take off due to tyre blew
Rome, Italy - It occurred to British Airways plane leaving from Fiumicino Airport
Yesterday, a Boeing B-767 has been forced to stop taking off at Rome-Fiumicino Airport around 1:00pm, because of a tyre blew: when the plane was arrived half-runway, pilot found that one of four tyres... more
AccidentsA "Blue Angels" acrobatic squad's F/A-18 crashed
Washington, USA - It would have fallen in the sea after a sudden power loss which would have led its pilot to eject
A F/A-18 Hornet fighter belonging to the US Navy acrobati squad known as the "Blue Angels" fell headlong in the Gulf of Mexico two days ago, according to what indicated by US military sources. The airplane... more
AccidentsNew Zealand: difficult search of man killed in a Piper crash on Tuesday
Wellington, New Zealand - The bad weather hamper attempts of rescuers
Bad weather continues to thwart attempts to recover the bodies of the two men killed in a plane crash on Mount Taranaki (New Zealand) on Tuesday, November 30, when a Piper Seneca en route from New Plymouth... more