Accidents
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AccidentsCessna-421 crashed in Tennessee: five passengers died
Washington, USA - The only survivor was co-pilot
A small plane carrying Seventh-day Adventist Church officials crashed yesterday soon after taking off in Tennessee. Five persons were killed, the only survivor was co-pilot Jim Huff who was immediately... more
AccidentsKabul: an American UAV crashed on the French Cultural Centre
Kabul, Afghanistan - There would be no victims
No victims would exist after the incident occurred to an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) today, as it would have fallen headlong over Kabul crashing then on the French Cultural Centre. The aircraft would... more
AccidentsThailandia: plane lost part of an engine unit and hit a car. There was no injured
Bangkok, Thailandia - Passengers were embarked on other flight
A Cathay Pacific Airways Boeing 777-300 with 362 passengers on board, just after taking off from Bangkok Airport at about 6:00pm yesterday, lost part on an engine unit which went down on a car of an astonished... more
AccidentsIndonesia plane crash: taileron did not function properly
Jakarta, Indonesia - Boeing expressed its sorrow to victims and families
Bad weather was one of the main causes of the accident which killed 26 people aboard the airplane whose taileron did not work well, according to Indonesian investigators (see for details AVIONEWS). The... more
AccidentsUS plane missing in Afghanistan: six occupants died
Kabul, Afghanistan - Aircraft wreckage found in the mountains
Six Americans were flying on board military Casa-212 plane missing in Afghanistan from Saturday evening (see for details AVIONEWS), were all killed. Military spokesman, Mark McCann, unveiled it: aircraft... more
AccidentsIndonesia plane crash: there is no definitive toll
Jakarta, Indonesia - Body identification is difficult
There are conflicting tolls about plane crash which affected yesterday a local carrier Lion Air McDonnell-Douglas MD-82 skidded off the runway of Solo Airport due to heavy rain (see AVIONEWS): Police said... more
AccidentsBlack Hawk crashed in Texas: Army Safety Center are investigating into the incident
Washington, USA - Thick fog and warning lights of TV transmission tower knocked out could be the causes
An investigation team from US Army Safety Center at Fort Rucker has been sent to the scene of a incident occurred on Monday in Texas (see AVIONEWS), to try determining cause of the tragedy which killed... more
AccidentsIndonesia plane crash: toll reached thirty-one
Jakarta, Indonesia - Injured had been taken to five hospitals in the city
Up to 31 people have been killed and injured would be tens, as airport sources put the death toll at 18 (see for details AVIONEWS). At least one wing ripped off the plane, and the fuselage was badly damaged... more
AccidentsMI-8 missing in Russia: four bodies found
Moscow, Russia - Communication with helicopter was lost at 4:20am last Saturday
The corpses of four of five people who were on board the Mil MI-8 crashed in Russia (see for details AVIONEWS) have been found in Kamchatka: rescuers found them under a layer of snow, stones and helicopter... more
AccidentsUS plane missing in Afghanistan
Kabul, Afghanistan - On board six persons, among which three American soldiers were flying
US military transport plane with six persons, including three crew and three soldiers on board, was missing in central Afghanistan last week end: a US military statement said it today. The aircraft, a... more
AccidentsBlack Hawk crashed in Texas: there were no survivors
Washington, USA - Seven soldiers travelled on board the helicopter
A US Army Black Hawk helicopter went down yesterday in the central Texas, killing all seven soldiers flying on board it. Helicopter, a UH-60L Black Hawk, took off from Fort Hood bound for Texarkana and... more
AccidentsUSA: plane crashed after take off
Washington, USA - NBC Sports Chairman and sons are involved
NBC Sports Chairman, Dick Ebersol, and one of his sons emerged only injured from the crash which affected their plane after it crashed during takeoff and burst into flames, killing two crew members, pilot... more
AccidentsRussia: MI-8 helicopter goes missing with six persons aboard
Moscow, Russia - Also helicopter with a mission to search disappeared
MI-8 helicopter of Kamchatka Airline got missing on Saturday, November 27, in the Far East Russia: on board there were six persons, among which two doctors and one patient, flying between Osacha and Yelizovo,... more
AccidentsUSA: R-22 crashed killing two persons
Washington, USA - Witnesses said the helicopter's engine exploded
Investigators are trying to sort out what caused a deadly helicopter crash on Saturday near Arlington (Washington) killing two peolple. The helicopter, a Robinson R-22, took off from Arlington Airport... more
AccidentsAir incident in Chad: three casualties corpses to arrive in Turin today
Turin, Italy - They will come back by a flight from Paris
A flight coming from Paris will take home in Italy the corpses of three Turin citizens died due to the air incident in Chad: the reporter and writer Dada Rosso, the publishing firm "Bollati Boringhieri"... more
AccidentsA MQ-1 Predator crashed in South Eastern Asia
Washington, USA - US military sources would have anyway given the lie to the hypothesis of a shooting down even if it is the armed version of the RQ-1
US military sources unveiled recently that a US Air Force's MQ-1 Predator remote-controlled airplane fell headlong in a not better clarified area in the South Eastern Asia on last Wednesday, November 24.... more
AccidentsAir incident in Chad: Italians safe come back in Italy
Turin, Italy - Tomorrow could return also victim corpses
Italian tourists safe during the incident which involved an aerotaxi in Chad on Tuesday (see for details AVIONEWS) came back in Italy: the corpses of Armando Mandelli, Raffaella Seymandi and Dada Rosso... more
AccidentsThey were recovered the black boxes of the Yunnan's plane which crashed last Sunday
Beijing, China - One of it resulted to be damaged and would be sent to Beijing in order to be examinated
The black boxes of the aircraft of the Yunnan which crashed, some seconds after taking off, last Sunday, killing 54 person, were recovered (see AVIONEWS). The researches which immediately started in an... more
AccidentsIt was flying too low the jet which crashed on Monday; on board of which should have flown Bush senior
New York, Usa - The tower controls said officials they warned the pilot of the private jet just before the plane crashed into a field
The Gulfstream’s plane, which should have transported former President Bush, and that instead crashed in foggy weather last Monday was flying to low. It should have been at 1,000 feet (305 metres) while i... more
AccidentsAir accident in Chad: designer Giugiaro is safe
N'Djamena, Chad - He was on board another aerotaxi regularly landed at the airport of the capital of the African country
Giorgetto Giugiaro, the well known Italian car designer, was aboard an aerotaxi in Chad last night, regularly landed at the airport of the capital of the African country, N’Djamena, waiting for the arrival o... more
AccidentsAerotaxi fell headlong in Chad: three Italians died
N'Djamena, Chad - The reasons for such accident occurred nearby the African state's capital last night are still unknown
Three Italian-natives died last night due to an air accident which involved an aerotaxi in Chad, nearby the capital of the African state, N'Djamena. The names of the three persons were anyway revealed:... more
AccidentsPlane that had been scheduled to take Bush senior crashed
Houston, USA - Three persons died
At early morning local hour a private jet, a Gulfstream G-1159A which was supposed to take former President Bush, father of the present President Bush, to Ecuador, at Houston airport (Texas) crashed on... more
AccidentsPilot collapsed and Indonesian plane was forced to an emrgency landing
Jakarta, Indonesia - He rescued aircraft shortly before he died
Today the pilot of a Garuda Boeing B-737, taken off at 8:36am local hour from Kalimantan -Borneo island- island with 116 passengers on board, bound for Jakarta had a heart attack shortly after taking off... more
AccidentsAirplane crashed in China: no survivors have been reported among 53 people on board
Nanhai, China - The bodies of 49 were recovered from frozen lake; two casualties on the ground
On Sunday at 1:50am, the Bombardier CRJ-200 of the China Eastern Airlines subsidiary carrier Yunnan, after take off crashed into a frozen lake in the reserve of Nanhai (borders of Inner Mongolia). Witnesses... more
AccidentsPortugal: Iberia flight makes emergency landing
Lisbon, Portugal - The incident led to a closure of Lisbon Airport for about four hours: also Putin delayed
An Airbus A-340/600 from Iberia, at the early today, has been forced to make an emergency landing in Lisbon injuring 9 persons, among which one has a nasty wound and undergone surgery. A spokeperson for... more
AccidentsAn air accident in Venezuela provoked two victims and fourteen injured
Caracas, Venezuela - Because of a mistake of the pilot during the landing
A plane of a regional-jet airline of Venezuela, which had nineteen passengers on board, crashed yesterday into the "Simon Bolivar" airport's firemen installation of Maiquetia (Venezuela) at the moment... more
AccidentsUSA: Piper crashed on the old-age home. Five plane passengers died
Washington, USA - FAA said weather condition were no good
A tourism airplane crashed in Texas one an old-age home yesterday: five persons, all the plane occupants, died. The local press reported that aircraft smashed into the building, but there were no casualties... more
AccidentsCiampino: emergency landing for the Emirates Airlines C-130
Rome, Italy - The plane took from London bound for Athens
This morning, an Emirates Airlines C-130 was forced to an emergency landing at Rome-Ciampino Airport: the plane took off from London bound for Athens and according to the first information aircraft had... more
AccidentsIndia: Mirage 2000 "under observation"
New Dheli, India - An accident occurred some days ago would have warned Ministry of Defence which opted for a series of appraisals on the fleet
Indian Ministry of Defence decided to start investigating deeply on the technical condition of the Mirage 2000s fleet of Indian Air Force, following an accident which involved a Dassault-made interceptor... more
AccidentsSharm el Sheikh: airplane crashed after trying to correct turn
Cairo, Egypt - On June 2005 the final report over investigation
The tragedy of the Flash Airlines charter flight occurred last 3rd January, when a Boeing B-737 with 148 people onboard, mostly French, sunk in the Red Sea, occurred apparently after trying to correct... more
AccidentsA Cathay Pacific's Boeing made a force-land at Los Angeles' airport
Washington, Usa - Because of a fire occured to one of its engines
A B-747 of the Cathay Pacific, Hong Kong's airline, made a force-land on Wednesday night (local time) at the International Airport of Los Angeles "Lux", because of a fire occurred to one of its engines:... more
AccidentsB-737 AirAsia off-runway during landing
Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia - Two passengers and two pilots were walking wounded
Departures cancelled, flights diverted and 111 frightened passengers last Sunday when the B-737/300 of AirAsia from Kuala Lumpur has been forced to a hard landing because of a heavy rain over the International... more
AccidentsSyracuse International Airport: another emergency landing for a F-16
Syracuse, USA - This time the technical problem would have dealt with the fighter's engine
Another US Air Force’s F-16 Fighting Falcon experienced some technical problems which forced it to perform an emergency landing at the Syracuse International Airport (New York). An airplane of the same t... more
AccidentsManchester: collision on the ground between two airplanes (2). A B-737's tail crash into a B-767's wing
Manchester, United Kingdom - The Air Accident Investigation Branch is investigating about incident
An inquiry has been launched to verify the cause of the collision between two airplanes occurred at Manchester Airport yesterday afternoon (see for details AVIONEWS). About 340 occupants were safe: the... more
AccidentsManchester: collision on the ground between two airplanes
Manchester, United Kingdom - All passengers are safe
"We consider it has been a collision in the taxiing stage", the spokesperson for the Manchester Airport manager society said. Two airplanes loaded with passengers have been ploughed around 5:00pm local... more
AccidentsStructural failure for the gear of a Dutch F-16 during landing
Manas, Kyrgyzstan - Pilot was safe, while the damages on the runway caused the closing of the air station for some hours
A Dutch Air Force's F-16 Fighting Falcon would have bee seriously damaged during the landing at the Manas civil airport (Kyrgyzstan) yesterday, where the United States decided to re-deploy some forces... more
AccidentsEmergency landing for an ANG's F-16
Syracuse, USA - Following problems to the combat airplane's brake system
A US Air National Guard's F-16 Fighting Falcon light multirole fighter of the 174th Fighter Wing performed an emergency landing at the Syracuse International Airport (New York) on last November 1. While... more
AccidentsB-747 goes off-runway at Paris-Roissy Airport
Paris, France - It was an Angola Airways aircraft
This morning, the Paris "Charles de Gaulle" air station has been under tension. A spokesman for "Airport of Paris" - which manages the air terminal - has declared that: "The airplane arrived too much fast... more
AccidentsEU's helicopter shot down in former Yugoslavia in 2002: 15 years in prison for the responsible
Rome, Italy - The Italian High Court's sentence involves the former Yugoslavian Air Force's Lieutenant pilot who fired two missiles despite the ceasefire
Liutenant Pilot Emir Sisic, who operated in the former Yugoslavian Air Force up to early 2002, and considered guilty as his fighter shot down an Italian helicopter performing a mission on the behalf of... more
AccidentsUsa: explosion on board the Presidential ex-candidate John Edwards's plane
North California, Usa - The plane was forced to re-entry immediately after the departure
It happened last Friday evening the modest accident that forced John Edwards’s plane, Senator ex-candidate for United Stated Presidential election, to re-entry, immediately after the departure, to Raleigh a... more
AccidentsRussian combat airplane lost its gear during landing on an air carrier's deck
Moscow, Russia - The structural failure could have produced dramatic effects if the stop hook had not halted the airplane's running
Russian press pointed out an accident today, occurred on board the Russian Navy's air carrier Admiral Kuznetsov on last October 18. During an exercise in the Northern Atlantic Ocean, a Sukhoi Su-25 UGT... more
AccidentsUSA: Piper P-A 24 crashed. Pilot was seriously wounded
Washington, USA - Airplane would have reported engine problems shortly after departing from Palwaukee Municipal Airport in Wheeling
Yesterday a Piper P-A 24 crashed in an industrial area in the Chicago suburb of Buffalo Grove: FAA, Federal Aviation Administration said the plane reported engine problems shortly after departing from... more
AccidentsFrance: R-22 crashed into the sea. One man killed and another one is missing
Paris, France - Incident cause is not known
A private Robinson R-22 crashed clear of Mentone, Cote D'Azur: we know that on board helicopter were travelling two persons, a trainer and his pupil. One got killed and the other is missing: victim's body... more
AccidentsUSA: Cessna-182 crashed. Two casualties verified
Springfield, USA - Airplane hit trees and it cleaved in half as it hit the ground
A small private plane crashed in the USA while it is approaching the Springfield-Branson Regional Airport on Tuesday night: two of three passengers died and the only survivor is seriously injured. Cessna-182,... more
AccidentsHendrick Motorsports's plane "King Air" crashed on the ground
Virginia, Usa - Dead all ten members on board
Hendrick Motorsports organization's Beechcraft King Air 200, leader in car racing, crashed last Sunday near Martinsville, Virginia, on the time its group was involved in the its 20th year Nextel Cup Series,... more
AccidentsUSA: medical emergency aircraft crashes. Five passengers died
San Diego, USA - A woman and four men employees of Med Flight Air Ambulance based in Albuquerque
A medical emergency aircraft crashed yesterday morning into the South-West face of Otay Mountain, about two miles east of Brown Field: all five passengers - a woman and four men - employees of Med Flight... more
AccidentsAdvanced Information Engineering Services Inc. awarded of a over 5 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the F/A-18F and EA-18G aircraft
Advanced Information Engineering Services Inc., Buffalo, N.Y., is being awarded a not-to-exceed $5,246,051 modification to a previously awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity time-and-materials... more
AccidentsThe Israeli President Katzav save yesterday from a collision
Vienna, Austria - The President was direct to Mauthausen ex-lager
Collision saved yesterday between a turistic plane and the Israeli President Moshe Katzav's helicopter. The President, currently in official visit in Austria, was direct to concentration camp of Mauthausen.... more
AccidentsSacred Heart's helicopter used as air ambulance crash
Santa Rosa Beach, Usa - Dead all three crew members aboard
It's happened yesterday the air crash the involved the Sacred Heart's helicopter, BO-105, used as air ambulance. The helicopter departed from its hangar in Santa Rosa beach at bound for Healthmark Regional... more
AccidentsEmergency landing for the presidential plane "Tango 01"
Buenos Aires, Argentine - It seems to be tecnical problems
As it has been reported yesterday by the Argentine Civil Aviation sources that the presidential aircraft emergency landing has been done without any particular problems. The "Tango 01" was carrying the... more