Accidents
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AccidentsUs F/A-18 jet crashes while landing on the aircraft carrier
Virginia, Usa - Maybe a malfunctioning of the arresting cable
According to the first official information of the American Navy 12 would be wounded, of whom 3 seriously, because of an incident happened yesterday evening on board of the nuclear-powered Uss American... more
AccidentsBeechcraft crashes off Madeira, 9 died
Lisbon, Portugal - The incident just after the takeoff
A double-engines Beechcraft airplane motor crashed in the Atlantic Ocean just after the takeoff from the Portuguese island of Madeira and the authorities believe the 8 Iberian passengers and the English... more
AccidentsSouthwest Airlines plane collides with a parked aircraft
Seattle, Usa - Several flights have been delayed
An empty Southwest Airlines aircraft has hit the tail of an other parked airplane, without passengers on board as well, while it was towed to reach the B-4 boarding gate where a hundred of passengers attended... more
AccidentsEnglish reporter killed by Us helicopter
London, UK - New evidences on the death of Terry Lloyd
Reporter of the English television, Terry Lloyd, died in March in Iraq would be killed because of the a spray of bullets coming from an American combat helicopter and not by crossfire between US Marines... more
AccidentsTwo helicopter crashes the same day in Venezuela
Caracas, Venezuela - Three men died, 8 more enjured
Two helicopters crashed yesterday in Venezuela during as many separate incidents, killing 3 occupants and wounding other 8. The first episode happened near the city of Saint Cristobal, 600 km west of... more
AccidentsUs F-16 crashes, unhurt the pilot
Seoul, South Korea - Unknown the causes
A F-16C jet fighter of the 35th Fighting Squadron based in the US airbase in Kunsan, in South Korea, crashed at 01:05 GMT during a normal training flight for causes still unknown. The pilot was able... more
AccidentsPlane crashes down and erupts in flames
Washington, Usa - It almost hit a house
A Pierce County man fell down with his new experimental float plane late Thursday: the aircraft crashed close to a house on Snag Island in Lake Tapps and burned, but fortunately the pilot was saved by... more
AccidentsBA plane makes an emergency landing at Gatwick
London, UK - The pilot smelled burning
A British Airways plane bound for Paris has made an emergency landing after the pilot smelt burning in the cockpit. The scheduled BA-324 flight from Heathrow to Paris Charles de Gaulle with 70 passengers... more
AccidentsSmall plane lands on golf course
Oakhurst, Usa - Golfers play through
On Sunday morning Larry Baum, Oakhurst Country Golf and Club's starter and ranger, was on the fairway spotting for some members playing in a tournament when the sound of an airplane engine cutting out... more
AccidentsQantas flight forced to an emergency landing in New Zealand
Christchurch, New Zealand - 108 passengers on board, no injuries
Last night a Melbourne-bound Qantas plane made an emergency landing at Christchurch International Airport: emergency services were on standby at the airport after engine difficulties forced Qantas flight... more
AccidentsBA worldwide computer failure blocks check-in desks
London, UK - Dozens of flights delayed and cancelled
According to the declarations of a British Airways spokesman it would have been a power outage to the central system located at Heathrow to paralyze, yesterday, the BA computers all over the world. Indeed... more
AccidentsMissiles fired to a plane taking off from Baghdad Airport
Baghdad, Iraq - No consequences on the ground
Since May 1 they are three the occasions in which Iraqi guerrillas they have fired surface-to-air missiles against American aircraft, taking off or landing from the airport of Baghdad. The last incident... more
AccidentsAA aircraft land on the nose, no casualty reported
New York, Usa - Faa is already inquiring
An American Airlines MD-80 airplane has carried out an emergency landing at the John F Kennedy airport of New York because of a malfunctioning of the frontal undercarriage; nobody of the 128 passengers... more
AccidentsHara-kiri attempt on Air China flight
Beijing, China - The man wasn't accepted at Paris airport
Desperate act on a Chinese plane: a distraught passenger tried to commit hara-kiri with a pair of scissors, but was stopped at the last minute. A stewardess on board the Air China flight en route to Beijing... more
AccidentsRussian KA-32 crashed, 9 died
Moscow, Russia - The helicopter was wrapped in thick fog
A KA-32 helicopter, operated from the private Russian company Pankh, crashed yesterday near the city of Sochi, on the Black Sea, after missing in deep fog that wrapped the surrounding mountains. 9 persons... more
AccidentsGround Zero does not respect the victims of September 11
New York, Usa - Relatives protest
Two years after September 11 massacre, the reconstruction of Ground Zero goes on slowly: a new train station for commuter takes shape, while 5200 projects of the memorial for the victims are under examination.... more
AccidentsEmergency landing for a Trans Air's aircraft
Boston, Usa - A problem with the landing gear
Emergency landing at the International Airport Logan of Boston, yesterday, for a B-757 of the American airline, Trans Air, because of a problem with its landing gear. Flight 152 en route from Chicago... more
AccidentsNessie doesn't like to be photographed
Loch Ness, Scotland - Helicopter with television crew on board hits power lines
A television crew filming aerial shots of Loch Ness had a fortunate escape after their helicopter hit power lines. An Inverness-based helicopter hired by a private film crew to fly over the renowned attraction... more
AccidentsPeople honouring yesterday Swissair flight 111 passengers
Nova Scotia, Canada - They died five years ago as the plane slammed into the ocean
A flutist's mournful tune rose over Nova Scotia's south shore yesterday as dozens of people paid tribute to those killed five years ago when Swissair flight 111 plunged into the Atlantic Ocean. Relatives... more
AccidentsPilot injured after plane crash in Novato
Novato, Usa - Helicopter brings him to hospital
A small plane crashed yesterday in Novato (California), injuring the pilot. The pilot, whose name has not been released, took off from the Marin County Airport Gnoss Field in Novato in a single engine... more
AccidentsDuke of Westminster sues Cessna
London, UK - His Citation would have burnt into flames for an electrical fault
The Duke of Westminster has sued the American aircraft constructor Cessna for GBP 3,5m; the decision has been taken after his new twin-engine plane Cessna Citation has burnt into flames on the ground at... more
AccidentsJfk: emergency landing for an American Airlines plane
New York, Usa - The nose landing gear malfunctioned
Yesterday morning an American Airlines plane was forced to make an emergency landing at Kennedy International Airport after its nose landing gear malfunctioned. The pilot then used the landing gear under... more
AccidentsPlane crashes in Indiana, woman dies with 2 her children
Indiana, Usa - Little before the pilot launched a sos to the near airport
A single-engine Beechcraft-Bonanza plane crashed yesterday night near a field in the Wells County after having hit a cable that left without electricity many houses of the zone; little before the pilot,... more
AccidentsSingle-engine plane crashes, 2 victims
South Carolina, Usa - Faa and Ntsb to investigate the incident
A small single-engine aircraft has crashed sunday afternoon in a wooded zone before reaching the airport of Hilton Head (South Carolina), cost the lives the two passengers, 61 pilot Robert Edward and his... more
AccidentsPilot crashes into house
Shoreham, Usa - The fuel finished before reaching the near hub
A small twin-engine Piper plane has crashed into house in the city of Shoreham, in the West Sussex, just before Mrs Helen Monahan, the owner of the home, went out to collect her children from school. By... more
AccidentsRussian technicians to inquiry on the incident of the Brasilian base of Alcantara
Brasilia, Brazil - The request directly from the Brasilian authorities
The Brazilian government has demanded to the Russian Space Agency, Rosaviakosmos, to collaborate in the inquiry to determine the causes of the incident happened on last August 22 during the launch of a... more
AccidentsPlane crashes in Minnesota
Grand Marais, Usa - Two young girls alive by a miracle
On August 28 a plane crashed in a wooded area north of the Cook County Airport (Minnesota). With great wonder rescuers found two young girls alive near the wreckage of the plane near Grand Marais. The... more
AccidentsUS UH-60 helicopter crashes in Iraq
Baghdad, Iraq - One dead and one hurt according to a first balance
According to what the American commando in Iraq has communicated few minutes ago an American helicopter UH-60 crashed for unknown causes. "A soldier pertaining to the 1st armored division has been killed... more
AccidentsPassengers sue Gol Airlines after terrifying flight
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - "The pilot was crazy!"
Passengers on an internal flight in Brazil are suing the airline over inappropriate comments made by the pilot: they say the pilot made them feel "scared and nervous" with his comments on a flight from... more
AccidentsPlane crashes during the test
Tracy, Usa - The pilot, who had designed it, died
On Thursday morning a single engine aircraft crashed shortly after takeoff killing its pilot. The plane, a home-built amphibious craft of pilot Dave Petz's design, took off shortly after 8 am from Tracy... more
AccidentsGheddafi about Ustica's tragedy: DC-9 was shot down by Us to kill me
Tripoli, Libya - Meanwhile reached the agreement with the Uta plane victims' relatives
The Libyan leader, Muhammar Gheddafi, had the chance to clear which is his position care the Ustica's tragedy when, on June 27, 1980, a DC-9 Itavia in flight from Bologna to Palermo, blew up over Ustica... more
AccidentsPiper falls down in Venezuela because of bad weather
Caracas, Venezuela - The three men on board died
A Piper in difficulty crashed on Friday in Guarico State. On the plane there were Juan Freitas, Guarico ex-governator, and another politic figure: the two men and the pilot died when the plane faced a... more
AccidentsPlane crashed near Hyannis after tail wing trouble
Hyannis, Usa - It had undergone a maintenance check the day before
On Tuesday a twin-engine turboprep plane plunged into Nantucket Sound after its pilot made a distress call reporting a problem with the plane's tail wing. No passengers were aboard the 19-seat Colgan Air... more
AccidentsHK Gfs helicopter crashes, 2 victims
Hong Kong, China - It was bought 6 months ago
An EC-155B1 helicopter operated by the HK Gfs (Government Flying Service) crashed on Tuesday night but the rescuers were able to localize the wreckage only hours after the incident, cost the lives of 2... more
AccidentsSmall plane crashes into a court killing the pilot
Santiago, Chile - No one hurt among the people on the ground
A small single engine aircraft Piper PA Tomahawk 38 crashed yesterday afternoon for mechanical problems in the courtyard of a house in Santiago, killing the pilot and wounding the copilot. The airplane... more
AccidentsThe remains of UA-93 flight are irrecuperable
Washington, Usa - The flight symbol of American will to oppose terrorism
The medical examiner of Somerset county, Pennsylvania, where one of the four hijacked planes on September 11, 2001, crashed, stated less than 10% of the remains of the UA-93 flight victims has been recovered. There... more
AccidentsIsraeli air attack kills two civilians
Gaza, Israel - One of them was a teenager
A Palestinian teenager died of his injuries overnight, becoming the second civilian victim of an abortive Israeli air raid against suspected militants the previous day: a 65-year-old bystander was also... more
AccidentsPassenger dies during the Dublin-Rome flight
Paris, France - The route was operated with an Alitalia plane
A man, whose nationality is not known yet, died yesterday afternoon on board of an Alitalia aircraft taken off from Dublin at 13:10 and directed to Rome. Indeed on flight AZ-297 a person was suddenly... more
AccidentsFirefighter dragged into the air by helicopter
Greith, Austria - He had his hand trapped
On Monday an Austrian firefighter was dragged 500 metres into the air after trapping his hand in a water tank on a helicopter. Werner Seidl was fighting a forest fire in Greith with 30 other firemen and... more
AccidentsMan shot inside the Swiss' offices in the Indian capital, no casualty reported
New Delhi, India - It was just a robbery
A man not identified yet has opened the fire today in the Swiss International Air Lines' offices in New Delhi, inside the World Trade Tower, for a robbery that would have yielded not more than USD 217.... more
AccidentsA bird the cause of the collision between 2 Russian Mi-24V helicopters
Moscow, Russia - An official source has communicated it
The incident that yesterday has involved 2 Russian Mi-24V military helicopters in the Country's Far East would have been caused from a bird sucked from one of the engines, according to official declarations... more
AccidentsBeech 1900 commuter plane crashes just after the takeoff
New York, Usa - In January an identical plane of Colgan Air crashed after the departure
A Beechcraft 1900 operated by Colgan Air, a Us Airways Express carrier, crashed yesterday while the pilot tried to carry out an emergency landing at the airport of Boston, from where it took off few minutes... more
AccidentsA II World War Blenheim crashes, no casualty reported
Duxford, UK - An engine problem the cause of the incident
It's the third incident of the sort in the last 2 months that involves an aircraft of the Duxford Imperial War Museum, and this time has been the mythical Bristol Blenheim, of which just one flying version... more
AccidentsColombia: the helicopter carrying the vice-chief of the police was hitten
Bogota, Colombia - No one was harmed
Yesterday some shoots were fired against the helicopter carrying the vice-chief of Colombian police Hector Castro while arriving at Ronsesvalles, in Tolima district. The chief of national police, Luis... more
AccidentsCollision between 2 helicopters in the Russian Far East
Moscow, Russia - Also the Defense Minister was present
They are still poor of details the news that are coming from the airport of Chernigovka, in the Russian Far East, where this morning 2 Mi-24 helicopters crashed during the phase of landing: 5 victims and... more
AccidentsFire on board of a Lufthansa plane, emergency landing in Austria
Innsbruck, Austria - No one of the 84 passengers was enjured
According to the first available information a small fire raged in the passenger hand-baggage compartment, but then it has been quickly extinguished by the crew. This the cause that has forced, on Saturday,... more
AccidentsIranian plane makes an emergency landing
Teheran, Iran - Fire in the cabin
On August 23 an Iranian plane was forced to an emergency landing because of a fire in the cabin. The aircraft, a Fokker 100 flying from Shiraz to Mahshahr, in the Khizistan south-west province south-west,... more
AccidentsUs base of Samarra under attack: it's waiting for a confirmation or deny
Baghdad, Iraq - While helicopters are flying to carry the casualties
According to news that need to be officialy confirmed, the American base of Samarra in Iraq would have been attacked last night, strong blows have been heard. But journalists confirm several helicopters... more
AccidentsTropical Airways aircraft crashes, 21 victims
Port-au-Prine, Haiti - Unknown the causes of the incident
The news are contrasting about the causes that yesterday would have provoked the crash of a Tropical Airways airplane, killing the 19 passengers and 2 members of the crew on board. The tragedy has taken... more
AccidentsSmall plane crashes in Florida, 2 victims
Florida, Usa - A third one has been airlifted to the nearest hospital
Probably the strong rain that in that moment was hitting the zone is the main cause of the incident in which yesterday 2 persons died and a third one was wound, when the small plane on which they travelled... more