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AccidentsAnother tragedy in Pakistan: Cessna with 8 person on board crashed (2): found the wreck
Islamabad, Pakistan - A shocking news for Karzai president
It has been recovered the wreck of Cessna 402 crashed in the Pakistani Sea with a Afghan Minister (and not two like erroneously it was reported previously), 45 km far from the airport of Karachi from where... more
AccidentsSome news about the Ilyushin crashed on last Wednesday
Teheran, Iran - No Al Qaida member on board
Some half truth and false news would be those circulated the next day of the incident that has seen a Iranian Ilyushin aircraft crashing on last Wednesday near Kerman, with the Pasdarans on board, the... more
AccidentsYemeni military helicopter crashed in the Red Sea: 8 died
Sanaa, Yemen - An engine failure the tragedy's cause
A Yemeni military helicopter, whose model is at the moment still disowned, has crashed on Saturday, causing the deaths of 8 soldiers on board on a total of 12. The incident has taken place in the Red... more
AccidentsAnother tragedy in Pakistan: Cessna with 8 person on board crashed
Islamabad, Pakistan - It was a flight classified as Vip
A Cessna with 8 persons aboard, among whom the Chinese manager of Mcc Respurce development Sun Chang Feng, and 2 Afghan Ministers, crashed this morning in the south of Pakistan, deepening into the sea.... more
AccidentsThe plane crash in Pakistan perhaps not for a mechanical trouble
Islamabad, Pakistan - The hypotesis of an outrage is taking shape
It vanishes hour by hour the hypothesis of the incident for the aircraft crashed in Pakistan two days ago, cost the lives of 17 persons, among whom also the head of Paf (Pakistan Air Force), during what... more
AccidentsTerroristic group claims responsability for the Iranian plane shooting down
Teheran, Iran - No comment from the Government
While the searches continue on the mountains in order to recover the 302 military Pasdaran victims, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, very difficult because of the bad environmental conditions, two Arabic... more
AccidentsHelicopter crashed in Gulf of Mexico: two deads, three the survivors
Texas, Usa - The Texan Coast Guard performed the rescue mission
A Bell-407 helicopter has crashed on last Sunday in Gulf of Mexico, approximately 50 km far east from Port Aransas: three of the five on board have been recovered, while two, between whom the pilot, are... more
AccidentsQantas plane out of runway, no one was enjured
Sydney, Australia - The weather was just bad
A Qantas airplane, flight QF760 with 79 passengers on board directed from Adelaide to Darwin, has uprooted several emergency lights at the edge of airport where it was landing. The incident, happened... more
AccidentsPakistani Fokker has crashed (2): the technical sheet
Rome, Italy - Fokker 27
In 1950, Fokker began a series of studies in order to define an airplane that was in a position to replacing the DC-3. Fokker 27 or model 275 was a Boeing’s, than the Dutch company had acquired by American i... more
AccidentsA Pakistani Air Force Fokker has crashed on the ground
Kohat, Pakistan - Air Force leader was among the dead men
According to APP, Pakistani state press agency, today a Fokker-27 airplane has crashed in the north of Pakistan, about 70 km in the west of Kohat city. The 16 passengers on board are died in the crash.... more
AccidentsDisaster in Iran: an Ilyushin crashed, 302 died
Teheran, Iran - The last year was the most terrible for the Iranian aviation
That one of yesterday has been the umpteen Iranian aviation tragedy, that cost the life of 302 persons: 18 crew members and 284 Pasdaran, chosen soldiers who make part of the Revolution Guardians, a corp... more
AccidentsAir France: a Concorde in emergency landing
Ottawa, Canada - One of the four engines get blocked
One more emergency situation for the Concorde, the supersonic airplane that has been victim of several incidents in the last three years. This time has been the block of one of the 4 engines to push... more
AccidentsF-18 Hornet crashed in the Pacific Ocean, rescued the pilot (2): the technical sheet
Rome, Italy - It was developed in 1978 from YF-17
The F/A-18 was developed from the McDonnell Douglas in collaboration with Northrop Grumman; this last one produced the YF-17 fighter and in fact it's followed from such airplane in order to proceed to... more
AccidentsF-18 Hornet crashed in the Pacific Ocean, rescued the pilot
Washington, Usa - The fighter was operating from the US aircraft carrier "Carl Vinson"
According to what was reported in the yesterday evening by official sources of Pentagon, a F/A-18 Hornet fighter, boarded on the American nuclear aircraft carrier "Carl Vinson" has sunk in the Pacific... more
AccidentsViolent explosion near Neiva Colombian airport
Neiva, Colombia - The budget attempt is heavy
At 7 o’clock (GT 12 am ), in the morning, near Neivia airport, in the southern Colombia, while the police was engaged in domiciliary searchs for the imminent visit of President Alvaro Uribe, a strong e... more
AccidentsUs Cessna crashed in Colombia, the passengers maybe kidnapped by the rebels
Bogota, Colombia - 5 Black Hawk helicopters are already patrolling the zone
A Cessna 208 "Caravan", taken off from Bogota and directed to an airport in the area of Florencia, has crashed yesterday when it was just eight minutes far from the previewed landing point. On board,... more
AccidentsA plane slides off the runway at Windsor's airport
Ontario, Usa - Bad weather conditions the main cause
According to the first reconstructions it would have been an environment factor, the strong wind and the ice, to cause the sliding off the tarmac of an A-320 with 94 passengers and 7 crew members on board.... more
AccidentsArabian Airlines B-747 into an electricity pylon
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - Just a damage on the left wing
No casualties but a lot of fear for the 429 passengers and 17crew members on board of Boeing 747 of the Saudi Arabian Airlines crashed into an electricity pylon after having landed at the airport of Sanaa,... more
AccidentsIt has been found the Colombian Minister's plane disappeared on Thursday, all dead
Bogota, Colombia - The shooting down was claimed by Eln
It has been found last night the twin-engine plane on which the Minister of the Social Protection, Juan Luis Londono, travelled, 48 years, disappeared last Thursday (to see news published by AVIONEWS on... more
AccidentsThe searches for a crashed Cessna still continue
Jakarta, Indonesia - Three helicopters and two planes have been patrolling the zone since Thursday
The Indonesian authorities have intensified, in these last hours, the searches of the Cessna 172PK-Dcm whose last contact goes back to Thursday of last week, when it is afraid it has crashed close to Mount... more
AccidentsAn Elitalia helicopter ambulance crashed, probably 4 persons died
Athens, Greek - It's the third disaster in three years involving Elitalia aircraft
An Agusta A-109 Power, used as helicopter ambulance, has crashed around midnight after having left from the island of Lesbo and directed to Ikaria in order to help a sick woman, 3,5 km far from the landing... more
AccidentsEasyJet pilot fell from the plane: he's fighting for his life
London, UK - It's the first-ever accident of this kind
According to the first reconstructions Kenneth Rutherford, 46 years, it would fall down while he was closing the hatch of its Boeing 737 on Saturday around 3 pm. Now the ill-fated commander of easyJet... more
AccidentsColombia's plane Labor Minister disappearing
Bogota, Colombia - No bad weather when it took off
A PA-60 carrying the Columbian Minister of Labor and Health, Juan Luis Londono, has been missing since yesterday afternoon, after the takeoff from Girardot airport, 120 km far from capital Bogota, directed... more
AccidentsHelicopter crashes, unharmed two occupants
Melbourne, Australia - No formal investigation to be carried
Two men, an instructor and his student, are escaped safely from the incident that has been involved this morning their helicopter, a Robinson R-22, crashed in an adjacent field to the pit of landing at... more
AccidentsAnthrax scare at Us air base
Washington, Usa - 16 people were evacuated for contamination hazard
It has been evacuated few hours ago the Richmond Air base because of a package in whose inside it is suspected to be anthrax powder. They have been 16, among civilians and soldiers, to be firstly decontaminated,... more
AccidentsChopper crashes from 1600m of altitude in New Zealand: survived the three occupants
Auckland, New Zealand - Critical but stable the conditions of the injured
Three persons, one pilot and two passengers, are miraculously escaped the death when the helicopter where they were on board, a Hughes 300, has crashed to the ground. The incident has been taken place... more
AccidentsBlanketed attempt of hijacking on an Air China airplane
Beijing, China - The man has been arrested
An attempt of aerial hijacking has been blanketed yesterday on airplane of the air company "Air China" that it left from Beijing. The Chinese press agency, Xinhua, has asserted it, without to supply some... more
AccidentsSu-27 of the Argentina acrobatic team crashed
Buenos Aires, Argentina - Two pilots died
A Sukhoi Su-29 of the Argentina acrobatic team aviation has crashed today near Mendoza in an uninhabited zone. The two pilots died on the blow who, according to the first reconstructions, would not have... more
AccidentsSu-27 of the Argentina acrobatic team crashed (2): the technical sheet of the fighter
Rome, Italy - It has been the letal weapon of the Soviet Army during 80s
Su-27 "Flanker" is a multirole interceptor and a fighter of air superiority with the incredible performances, whose arrival was waited for with great trepidation by the Soviet Army. Indeed, in order... more
AccidentsIsraeli colonel died in Columbia’s crash will have state funeral
Tel Aviv, Israel - A rabbinate representative is arriving to Houston to identify the atronaut remains
Israeli parliamentarian commission for the cerimonial will decide like honoring the memory of Ilan Ramon, victim of the terrible Columbia’s crash. Today in Houston a rabbinate will arrive to identify e... more
AccidentsIn Timor East a Russian air cargo has crashed
Jakarta, Indonesia - Probably died the 6 crew members
Because of the bad meteorological conditions a Russian airplane cargo has crashed today at Timor East. It is suspected that all the six members of the crew are died. The airplane, an IL-76, has crashed... more
AccidentsAll died the 4 Us soldiers on board of a Black Hawk
Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan - External factors the probable cause
Therefore the losses due to incidents among the American Army row are gone up to 22 since it is begun, the last year, the mission "Enduring Freedom" in Afghanistan, while they are 25 the soldiers died... more
AccidentsAircraft of Tyrolean Airways looses a wheel during a flight
Innsbruck, Austria - The accident has happened nearby the Frankfurt airport
During the daytime of yesterday an aircraft of the Austrian air carrier Tyrolean Airways, while it was flying between Frankfurt and Innsbruck, has lost, it seems for a mechanical damage, a wheel that has... more
AccidentsUs helicopter crashes in Afghanistan, many soldiers on board
Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan - It wouldn't be an hostile action the cause of the disaster
According to the first sources coming from the Us Army headquarters in Tampa-Florida, a Black Hawk helicopter would crashed few minutes ago close the Bagram Air base, in Afghanistan, during a training... more
AccidentsA medical helicopter crashed in Illinois, at least one dead
West Chicago, Usa - Maybe the bad weather the main cause
At least one person would be killed in the incident happened few hours ago at the airport of DuPage (Illinois) when a medical helicopter has crashed just after the takeoff. "It had just taken off just... more
AccidentsIndian jet crashes, pilot killed (2): an highlighting on the aircraft
Rome, Italy - A model too old to be operated in the 21st century
The Indian Defense Ministry has approved, in the October of 1978, the purchase of 150 Jaguars with two separate agreements: while 40 Jaguars have been imported as to fly away, the remaining 110 had to... more
AccidentsIndian jet crashes, pilot killed
Jaipur, India - The second incident of a military aircraft in 24 hours
The last 24 hours have been really bad for the Indian Army that yesterday has lost a helicopter in an incident because of a technical failure (pubblished by AVIONEWS this morning), while last night a Jaguar... more
AccidentsIndian Army chopper crashes, saved the three soldiers
Vadodara, India - A technical failure the cause of the incident
The occupants of a military helicopter are escaped miraculously unharmed when it crashed yesterday night in the village of Samaspura, close the center of Vadodara. According to the testimonies a soldier... more
AccidentsBomb explodes in AA offices in Ecuador, three wounded
Quito, Ecuador - Maybe an anti-American demonstration
According to the first declarations it would be a disowned terroristic group, called "People Revolutionary Militias" which yesterday, at 7:20 pm local time, has let a bomb explode in a hotel of Quito where's... more
AccidentsB-767 overshot the runway at Narita, nobody was hurted
Narita, Japan - Surveyings to be immediately carried
Only fear, the last night, for the passengers on board of flight 908 operated by Air Japan coming from Seoul and directed to the International Airport of Narita, when the B-767, on which they were, has... more
AccidentsFirst confirmations for the accident in which is dead the Kenian minister
Nairobi, Kenya - It seems every day more possible the hypothesis of an accident
Trusting the latest news, coming from the source of radio Kbc, it seems that the disaster after which has dead the Kenian Minister of Work, Ahmad Mohamed Khaliv, and have been seriously injured two more... more
AccidentsA MS-885 crashes in France
Lindieu, France - Three men are dead
A MS-885 airplane, that was flying over a Lieudieu forest (in the southern of France) at a low altitude, has crashed at 9 am last Saturday. According to the firemen reconstruction there were three persons... more
AccidentsB-737 of Vasp misses the runway while landing, no consequences for the passengers
Brasilia, Brazil - The fog was the cause of the incident
It should have been the tick fog the main cause of incident happened few hours ago in the international airport of Rio Branco, close to the Amazon forest, 3000 km north-west far from Rio de Janeiro. Nobody... more
AccidentsSmall plane crashed in Ohio, the occupants died
Ohio, Usa - Strong vibrations were perceived before the crash
The small aircraft, a single-engine Beech Bonanza with two persons on board, had taken off from the Wings Field Airport, close to Philadelphia, directed for South Carolina, but technical problems have... more
AccidentsTwo planes collide: 4 deaths and 7 injured
Denver, Usa - Scraps dropped over the suburb of the city
Two small planes, a Cessna 172 Skyhawk single-engine and a twin-engine Piper Cheyenne, are collided in the evening of Friday for causes still disowned while they flew on the city of Denver, Colorado's... more
AccidentsUs U-2 crashes in South Korea
Seoul, South Korea - Unknown the causes of the incident
A U-2 spy plane has crashed yesterday at 15.00 local time (7.00 GMT) close to the city of Hwasong, 80 km far from the capital. The pilot was able to eject while the crash of the aircraft has caused 3... more
AccidentsDead in an air crash Kenyan Minister of Work
Nairobi, Kenya - The radio Kbc refers the accident
Following news coming from the radio Kbc, in Western Kenya it should have crashed the small aircraft where was boarded the Minister of Work of the African State. Trusting the first news, still confused,... more
AccidentsTourists blocked in Kenya for an airplane breakdown
Mombasa, Kenya - They only leave after 6 hours of wait
A group of tourists, yesterday, has been blocked in Mombasa, in Kenya, because of a breakdown of a Lauda Air airplane, that has prevented to carry out the maneuver of takeoff for Milan-Malpensa. The... more
AccidentsTwo men fall from an airplane and finish on one house of Shangai
Shangai, China - Perhaps they are slipped from the baggage vain
According to the Xinhua, official press agency of China, two bodies would be slip from the baggages space at that of undercarriage of flight AF112 of the Air France that from Paris was directed to Shanghai.... more
AccidentsTwo Marine helicopters crashed: 4 died
Texas, Usa - Unknown the cause of the disaster
Two AH-1W Super Cobra helicopters of American Marine are crashed few hours ago while carrying on a support action to the Border Patrol engaged in an anti drug operation close to the Mexican border. On... more