Accidents
5,354 news found
AccidentsAir disaster in Russia: was Putin a target for the terrorists?
Moscow, Russia - According to Israeli sources, the first airplane should have crashed on the Russian President's seat in Soci
Doubts still exist regarding the reasons which would have caused the two air accidents occurred in Russia two days ago. Victims’ number has been confirmed (89) as also the very short span between the f... more
AccidentsFirefighting helicopter crashed in France
Ventiseri, France - It was performing coordinated operations jointly with Firemen on the ground in Corsica
A S-64 firefighting helicopter would have fallen headlong in Corsica this morning at about 08:50 am. The accident would have occurred nearby Ventiseri, a site involved since the last weekend by fires which... more
AccidentsDouble air disaster in Russia (3): the hijacking alarm for the aircraft flying towards Soci has been confirmed
Moscow, Russia - In the meantime, President Putin would have decided to stop his holidays and go back to the capital to attend to the matter
Russian carrier Sibir Airlines would have officially confirmed that its own TU-154 exploded in flight last night en route towards Soci, Black Sea, would have resorted to the warning signal for an attempted... more
AccidentsDouble air disaster in Russia (2): the attempt hypothesis appears unlikely
Moscow, Russia - FSB thinks also to human error and failures caused by the fuel type used as the other two major reasons
The development of the matter related to investigation started with reference to the double air disaster occurred in Russia last night, would have revealed a series of important aspects even if they are... more
AccidentsDouble air disaster in Russia: a terroristic attempt is being feared
Moscow, Russia - About 90 persons would have been killed by the two accidents almost simultaneously occurred last night
A double air accident occurred in Russia yesterday in the evening involving two transport airplanes and killing an overall number of about 90 persons. A Tupolev TU-154 of Sibir Air Lines with 46 persons... more
AccidentsSingapore Airlines B-777 makes an emergency landing
Melbourne, Australia - It happened last night because of some sparks from the left engine
A Singapore Airlines B-777/300 with 278 passengers and 21 crew members last night has been forced to make an emergency landing at Melbourne Airport. Aircraft discharged some of its fuel in Port Philip... more
AccidentsUS helicopter accident in Okinawa: protest by institutional authorities
Tokyo, Japan - Japanese Government did not appreciate the lack of cooperation by Americans aiming to realize about the reasons for such disaster
A US CH-53 helicopter fell headlong in Okinawa (Japan) on last August 13, after hitting one among the buildings of Ginowan University, without killing or injuring anybody among the civilians anyway (see... more
AccidentsA light aircraft crashed in France due to reduced distance in flight with a fighter
Istres, France - The small airplane would have fallen headlong following the low distance with a Mirage 2000
An air accident occurred in France this morning due to the low distance between a fighter and a light aircraft. Two Mirage 2000s which took off from Istres Base, in southern France, were flying east from... more
AccidentsA fire occurred aboard a Spanair's airplane while taxiing
Cologne, Germany - The aircraft was immediately evacuated and some 20 persons would have been contused
A MD-83 of the Spanish airline, Spanair, was immediately evacuated this morning at Cologne Airport (Germany), due to a failure which would have caused a fire on board. The accident would have occurred... more
AccidentsVenezuelan military transport airplane fell headlong
Caracas, Venezuela - At least 25 among military personnel and civilians died, and even several children
A Venezuelan Air Force's transport airplane would have crashed against a mountain yesterday killing some 25 persons. The Skytruck M-28 was going back to Venezuela from Caribo island of La Orchila, where... more
AccidentsA collision over the Azores' sky was risked
Lisbon, Portugal - The pilot of an Airbus A-310 succeeded in avoiding to collide with a small Beechcraft but 25 persons would have been injured aboard
A collision was avoided over the Azores' sky today. Just before landing at Terceira Airport at about 09:40 am (local time), the pilot of a Tap Air Portugal Airbus A-310 was forced to suddenly resort to... more
AccidentsThe "Blair Witch project" filmmaker dies by an air incident
Washington, USA - Neil Fredericks became famous all over the world thanks to event-film about the Blair witch
On Sunday 15 August, Neil Fredericks was overflying the Keys Islands, in Florida, with other three peoples on an airplane: it was the last travel of the horror film "The Blair Witch Project" cinematographer.... more
AccidentsUnited Airlines: fear on an A-319
Chicago, USA - Some sparks from engine determined a flight to Vancouver evacuation
On Monday night the flight 1035, by United Airlines, to Vancouver, was taxiing on the "O' Hare" track, the Chicago international air station, when a pilot of the crew, as it seems, saw before taking off,... more
AccidentsA US Air Force's Predator fell headlong in Iraq
Balad, Iraq - The accident would have occurred during a reconnaissance mission
A US Air Force's General Atomics MQ-1 Predator unmanned airplane would have fallen headlong yesterday in the morning north from the Balad military base, in Iraq. The accident would have occurred at about... more
AccidentsMarines' helicopter fell headlong in Afghanistan
Kabul, Afghanistan - One died and 14 were injured though it does not seem the reason should be put down to a rebels' attack
A Marine Corps' UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter would have fallen headlong in the eastern region of Afghanistan. The aircraft would have crashed on the ground completely destroyed, without burning anyway.... more
AccidentsAmerican helicopter crashed in Okinawa
Ginowan, Japan - The CH-53 would have fallen after bumping against one of the buildings of the University structure in such Pacific island
A US CH-53 military transport helicopter would have fallen headlong on the Okinawa's University, in Ginowan, Japan. The event would have occurred at about 02:20 pm (local time), when the aircraft would... more
AccidentsAir Guinea B-737 lands in a marsh
Freetown, Sierra Leone - The incident occurred yesterday, but only today we hear about it
According to an airport responsible, about 6km from the "Lungi" Freetown International air station, from which it took off, an Air Guinea Boeing 737 has got bogged down in a marsh, with its semi-wing.... more
AccidentsA US helicopter fell headlong in Sigonella (2): the Black Stallion crashed after a fire occurred on board
Sigonella, Italy - The aircraft would have fallen at the base from an altitude of five m
The US military helicopter involved yesterday in an accident which wounded its four crew's members would have fallen within the perimeter of Sigonella Base, and not in the sea. The accident would have... more
AccidentsA US Navy's S-3B Viking crashed during an exercise
Tokyo, Japan - It occurred yesterday evening in the Pacific Ocean, while the SAR units are at work in order to find the crew
During the JASEX 2004 (Joint Air-Sea Exercise) US air-naval exercise which is being currently held in the Pacific Ocean, a S-3B Viking antisom attack airplane would have fallen headlong in the sea yesterday... more
AccidentsA US helicopter fell headlong in Sigonella
Sigonella, Italy - The four crew's members are injured
Last night, a US military helicopter operating at Sicily's Sigonella Base would have fallen headlong in the sea. The event would have occurred during a test flight, and the four crew's members would have... more
AccidentsEmergency landing for a Swiss flight: it was not a failure, but the explosion of one of the turbines
Berne, Switzerland - BAe's personnel is at work in order to realize about its cause
At first, the reason for the emergency landing performed by a Swiss International Air Lines’ Avro in Frankfurt yesterday was thought to be a failure occurred to one of its engines (see for details AVIONEWS). N... more
AccidentsEmergency landing for a Swiss International Air Lines' Avro RJ-100
Frankfurt, Germany - A failure for one of its four engines
The four-engined aircraft of the Swiss carrier had taken off yesterday morning with 56 persons on board from Amsterdam towards Zurich, and it was forced to perform an emergency landing at Frankfurt air... more
AccidentsUSA: collision in flight between two tourism airplanes
Kinnelon, New Jersey, USA - One survival only among the six persons on board the two aircraft
The reason for an air accident occurred two days ago, on August 7, was a collision in flight which involved a Piper PA-28 and a Cessna. The collision occurred over Kinnelon, New Jersey: the first one disintegrated... more
AccidentsItalian National Flight Assistance Agency starts technical investigation about a Portuguese A319 serious inconvenient
Rome, Italy - Airbus took off recently from Malpensa to Lisbon when it was run over by strong stormy nucleus
"The ANSV (Italian National Flight Assistance Agency), after opening a dossier and obtaining basics useful to a correct classification of the event, has set up a technical investigation for serious inconvenient... more
AccidentsUSA's helicopter deployed during the struggles with Al-Sadr's militiamen
Baghdad, Iraq - An OH-58 Kiowa was forced to perfom an emergency landing yesterday but it would have been a technical failure
Struggles between Shiite militiamen and US units went on without stopping on last Saturday and Sunday. Baghdad and Najaf most of all were involved by fighting with the deployment of several aerial vehicles,... more
AccidentsCollision in flight between a hang-glider and a helicopter: all are safe
Vienna, Austria - In such area the Austrian national helicopter championship was occurring
This morning a hang-glider collided in flight with a helicopter near Stainach, close to Graz in Austria. The incident protagonist, a 43 man, has suffered only for slight injuries, because thanks to his... more
AccidentsPakistani Army's helicopter crashed
Islamabad, Pakistan - The reason for such accident, which killed 13 persons, could be maybe a technical failure
A Pakistani Army's helicopter would have fallen headlong today, in the north-western region of the country. This aircraft, a Mil Mi-17, was carrying ten persons together with its three crew's members,... more
AccidentsMarine's helicopter was shot down in Iraq
Najaf, Iraq - Its two crew members would have been injured
During the struggle which is occurring in these hours at the Iraqi city of Najaf, a Marine Corps' UH-1 helicopter would have been shot down by Al-Sadr's soldiers. American military forces' personnel immediately... more
AccidentsRussian helicopter fell headlong in Siberia
Moscow, Russia - The 15 persons on board died
A Russian helicopter fell headlong today in the Tiumen region, in western Siberia. It would be a Mil Mi-8 which carried some 15 persons (the three crew's members and 12 passengers), as it would have been... more
AccidentsPilot loses control and the airplane falls on a house in Texas
Austin, USA - The incident victims are 6: they were all aboard
Yesterday, a plane aboard 6 travellers crashed on a fine villa on the outskirts of Austin, in Texas. The pilot, who was trying to bring down airplane in a private airport, for unknown motives, lost plane... more
AccidentsChinese military helicopter fell headlong during anti-drug operation
Beijing, China - Five persons on board died
A Chinese military helicopter fell headlong nearby Chengde city, in the north side of the country, on last Friday July 30. Chinese authorities did not unveil the type of aircraft involved in such accident,... more
AccidentsAir Cargo: fear in-flight for 53 Germans tourists
Cairo, Egypt - Emergency landing for an undercarriage broken
The travellers of Air Cargo Egyptian charter airline are involved in the emergency landing happened yesterday morning in the Cairo International Airport: they are a group of German tourists that returned... more
AccidentsPiper fell headlong in Australia: six died
Melbourne, Australia - Bad weather conditions could have maybe been the reason for such accident
A Piper Cheyenne with six persons on board fell headlong in Australia today, just before landing at Benalla Airport, some 200 km north from Melbourne. Together with its pilot, five employees of DR Henderson... more
AccidentsReport on Val di Susa's helicopter accident
Turin, Italy - Turin Attorney would have found two reasons for such disaster
Turin Attorney representative, Raffaele Guariniello, has recently taken delivery of a report related to a technical survey requested in order to verify the reasons which caused, in Val di Susa (Italy)... more
AccidentsCollision in flight between two F-18 of the US Navy
Oregon, Usa - Two pilots died, save the third
The collision, whose causes are still to verify, has happened in the Oregon's sky during a training flight, yesterday in the first afternoon (at 11:30pm Italian hour). Official sources have declared that... more
AccidentsOn July 25, 2000, Concorde crash in Paris: it speaks again about the lamina lost from Continental Airlines' DC-10
Paris, France - In the sight of the inquiry its constitution, the titanium
On July of 2001 the surveying office for the security of the French air navigation (BEA) established that to cause the disaster that provoked the death of 113 people, both embarked on the Concorde’ Air F... more
AccidentsFalse alarm-fire to Malpensa on a BA's airplane
Milan, Italy - Because of a light probably defective that indicated smoke in the hold
It happened in the late morning of yesterday, when an aircraft of the English carrier BA, flight 4182 Milan-Birmingham of the 12:30pm, while it was in the taxiing phase has interrupted the takeoff procedure... more
AccidentsIraq: Royal Air Force's helicopter crashes
Bassora, Iraq - The toll: a military died and two wounded
The helicopter belonging to the Royal Air Forces has crashed in the south of the country, on the Bassora's airport. A spokesperson of the English Defense Ministry has declared that at the moment it seems... more
AccidentsAirport technician dies after being sucked by transport airplane' s fan
Moscow, Russia - It would have occurred at Russian capital's airport during normal checks related to engines' working
A technician of the Russian Sheremietevo air station (Moscow) would have died yesterday, after being sucked by a Boeing transport airplane's enginefan, belonging to Kazakhstan national carrier. This event... more
AccidentsHe performed an emergency landing on a USA's motorway: so he was arrested
Santa Clarita, California, Usa - Such pilot was drunk
After indicating the technical problem by the radio, the pilot of a small one-engined tourism airplane performed on last Sunday an emergency landing on the motorway which runs along Santa Clarita city,... more
AccidentsHard accuses by French press against the safety of the Paris Airport's Terminal 2E
Paris, France - But air station management company's board wants to go on in enlarging the "Charles de Gaulle"
Yesterday, at Paris "Charles de Gaulle" Airport a ceremony for victims of Terminal 2E’s accident where more than 600 persons participated, together with relatives of those who were killed by May 23 collapse, o... more
AccidentsAfter earthquake in Iran: local Governor dies due to helicopter accident
Teheran, Iran - While he was performing aerial controls over the area hit by such event
After 24 hours from the quake which hit northern Iran, in particular in Qatzvim Province, a helicopter had taken off with Province Governor Massud Emami and his staff on board, for what had to be an inspection... more
AccidentsPossible delay for Paris Airport ADP's denationalization
Paris, France - Due to much uncertainty about Terminal 2E's future
Partial denationalization of Paris "Charles de Gaulle" Airport's management company (ADP) could not be produced in the due time, according to considerations recently suggested in France by some analysts.... more
AccidentsFlash Air deceased persons will be considered as war victims
Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt - It is the solution chosen by Egyptian general attorney in order to make compensation procedure quicker
Deceased persons due to the air accident occurred on last January 3 in Sharm El Sheikh (Egypt) which involved a Boeing 737 of local carrier Flash Air (see for details AVIONEWS), will be considered as war... more
AccidentsDifficulties in identifying one of the victims of Paris "Charles de Gaulle" Airport's accident
Paris, France - A woman at first believed Czech native, could be on the contrary an Ukrainian
After the tragedy occurred on last Sunday at Paris "Charles de Gaulle" Airport which killed four persons with the falling down of the Terminal 2E, French judicial authorities had believed that one of these... more
AccidentsDebate on the shortage of resorting to helicopters to save September 11 victims
New York, USA – Doubts have been put forward with reference to the impossible resorting to instruments which are usually employed for firefighting
Debate on the possibility of employing aerial vehicles in order to save a significant number of persons during the tragic events on September 11, 2001 does not appear to cease. Whereas one asks what can... more
AccidentsA section of Paris "Charles de Gaulle" Airport Terminal 2E fell down (2): a new warning late in the morning
Paris, France - New strange creaks have been heard around the fallen section
Law enforcement, Firemen ans French judicial personnel employed during the last hours working around Terminal 2E ruins at Paris "Charles de Gaulle" Airport, has been alerted by the possibility of new structural... more
AccidentsA section of Paris "Charles de Gaulle" Airport Terminal 2E fell down
Paris, France - Four died and three were injured, according to last estimates
A section of Paris "Charles de Gaulle" Airport Terminal 2E fell down yesterday at 06:45 killing four persons (according to last estimates) and injuring three. Dozens tons cement fell with a lenght of 650m,... more
AccidentsSingaporean pilot's body has been recovered
Glendale, Usa - The pilot was found dead late Wednesday
1st Lt. Brandon Loo, 25, was taking part in night-vision goggle training south of the Barry M. Goldwater Range in the Sells Military Operating Area when the aircraft went down. The cause of the crash has... more
AccidentsGermany will keep on paying Uberlingen crash victims' relatives
Berlin, Germany - Long term legal confrontation will be avoided to victims' families
German government spokesperson said last Friday that Uberlingen air-crash victims’ relatives will still be payed despite the German Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (BFU) report (see AVIONEWS article), p... more