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AccidentsCollision between two A-10 Thunderbolt: one of the two pilots has died
Las Vegas, Usa - They were in training mission
Two airplanes of the American Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt, crashed in flight while carring on the training mission over Nevada state skies. One of the pilots is died while the other was able to eject... more
AccidentsRussia, two airplanes that escorted Putin have been forced landing
Moscow, Russia - They had refuelled of poor fuel in Kirghizistan
Two Russian airplanes, where travelled journalists and officials, have been forced landing in Kazakhstan: they escorted the Russian president Putin. The two aircraft had refuelled of poor carburetant... more
AccidentsPlane crashes into Federal Reserve Building
Miami, Usa - Only the pilot died
Moments of panic, and horrible memories, when, few hours ago, a small single-engine aircraft has crashed on the east wing of the Federal Reserve Building in Miami (Florida). A small fire immediately spread... more
AccidentsPart of BA Concorde tail cut off
London, UK - The carrier has already set up an inquery
It's the fifth rudder incident that happens to the Concorde since 1989 and no one believes in the fatality anymore. British Airways therefore has decided to proceed with assessments after that, during... more
AccidentsJapan: two planes touch during taxiing
Narita, Japan - It's the first case of this kind at this airport
The security authorities of Narita airport are already leading surveyings in order to evidence the causes of the crash between the wings of two airplanes happened on Saturday. The aircraft involved are... more
AccidentsCar bomb exploded near Knowst Afghanistan airport
Kabul, Afghanistan - The terrorist outrage in an American patrolled zone
A powerful outbreak has been happened, yesterday, near Knowst airport, in the eastern of Afghanistan, zone entirely controlled by the American force. According to the first reconstructions the cause... more
AccidentsKenya, terrorist outrage (3): two arrested people possessed American passport
Mombasa, Kenya - Said it the director of hotel where two people accommodated
The first two people, arrested yesterday after the terrorist outrage at Paradise hotel of Mombasa, possessed an American passport. The director of Le Soleil Beach Club where two people accommodated from... more
AccidentsKenya, terrorist outrage (2): Australia would advise its citizens
Mombasa, Kenya - United States and Great Britain would ignore advise
The 12 November, two weeks before terrorist outrage of yesterday in Kenya, Australian Foreign minister, after many investigations, would advise its citizens about possible terrorist outrage in Mombasa... more
AccidentsKenya, terrorist outrage: American and Israeli detectives arrived
Mombasa, Kenya - Four Hercules rempatriate the tourists
The first American and Israeli detectives are arrived in Kenya to investigate about terrorist outrage of yesterday in Kenya in which 12 people died in Paradise hotel of Mombasa. Three Americans and 23... more
AccidentsCrashed a tourism aircraft (2): intervention of Amref
Nairobi, Kenya - "The airplane crashed while organize the aid after the attack"
After the crash of a tourism aircraft fell down in Kenya nearly in the same time of the attack to the hotel in Mombasa, Amref says that, with the aid to the victims of the attack, they are organizing also... more
AccidentsA My Travel jet in an emergency landing at Birmingham airport
Birmingham, UK - Technical problems for the Boeing 757
A Boeing 757, departed from Manchester airport and directed in Tunisia, has had to carry out an emergency landing, yesterday morning, after that the pilot has noticed a technical problem inside the cockpit.... more
AccidentsKenya: tourism airplane crashed
Nairobi, Kenya - At the moment there aren't victims among the passengers
After two terrorist outrages a new dramatic fact shake Kenya. A tourism plane with a 20 passengers is crashed while flew over Masai Mara zone, in Kenya. The missionary press Misna said mentioning Amref,... more
AccidentsMombasa, attack to the hotel: Israeli Aviation sends a rescue mission
Tel Aviv, Israel - A military aircraft will board the tourists in the hotel
Israeli Aviation is sending in these minutes a rescue mission, the mission is taking off from Tel Aviv, for the prelevation of the Israeli tourists still present in Mombasa's hotel under attack. (... more
AccidentsSix died in a plane crash in Oklahoma
Oklahoma, Usa - A breakdown in one of its two engines the cause of the disaster
It's the Faa (Federal Aviation Administration) to diffuse the news of the incident that, yesterday afternoon, costed the lives of six persons. The victims were on board of a light transport aircraft,... more
AccidentsMissiles fired at an Israeli airplane (2): the aircraft has been hit
Tel Aviv, Israele - El Al air company delays all its flights too
They would have been two Strella missiles to to have been launched this morning against an airplane of the Israeli company Arkya, of which one would have hit the objective. The aircraft, a Boeing 757,... more
AccidentsMissiles fired at an Israeli airplane
Nairobi, Kenya - The attack just after the take-off from Mombasa
An offensive against Israeli targets has been delivered this morning in the central African state of Kenya. Firstly a violent outbreak inside of the hotel "Paradise" in Mombasa, especially attended by... more
AccidentsCrashed a helicopter of a salvage team: six are the major injured
Johannesburg, South Africa - The mission to collect the material of a stranded Italian ship
They are all wounded but miraculously secured 15 occupants of a Puma helicopter in rescue mission. In truth the mission was planned in order to recover the material from the Italian ship Jolly Rubino,... more
AccidentsCollision risk at Forth Worth airport, in Usa
Dallas, Usa - The AA plane stopped just 1220 m from two trucks
It could have disastrous consequences the incident that on Thursday has happened to 2421 flight of the American Airlines while it was taking off from the international airport of Forth Worth in Dallas.... more
AccidentsCrash in Verona: asked the confirmation of the sentences
Verona, Italy -The crash, in 1995, involved a Roumanian aircraft
Seven years after the crash that caused the death of 49 persons boarded on Banat-Air's, crashed in Verona after only 49 seconds from the landing, the General Prosecutor of the Supreme Court of the venetian... more
AccidentsPowerful blast devastes airport in Nigeria: air traffic paralized
Lagos, Nigeria - Still unknown the number of victims
Probably a fatality that one that has caused, at 14,30 (GMT) yesterday, the outbreak at the airport of Lagos, Nigeria's capital and the greatest city of whole Africa. Damages for millions of dollars and... more
AccidentsAttempted hijacking on Air France flight (3): spokesman in Rome denies the event too
Paris, France - According to the carrier "everything was just normal"
The spokesman of Air France in Italy has confirmed what has circulated officially from the French airline about the presumed diversion on flight AF345 of the Air France in connection from Montreal to... more
AccidentsAttempted hijacking on Air France flight (2): the carrier denies the event
Paris, France - "There was no hijack"
It's arrived timely and resolute the refutation of the Air France about the declaration of the minister of French transport who this morning had announced a diversion, then failed, of a Air France flight,... more
AccidentsAttempted hijacking on Air France flight
Paris, France - Just fright for the passengers
Probably he has been a man of Moroccan origin to try the hijack, the last night, of an Air France flight from Montreal to Paris. The man would have threatened to blow up the airplane but once landed at... more
AccidentsAn Efa prototype crashes (2): it was a Typhoon DA6
Belvis de la Jara, Spain - A damage to the engines the possible cause
Spain has lost its prototype of the combat European aircraft Eurofighter in the crash happened 110 kilometers far from Madrid. The two pilots, Ignacio Lombo and Eduardo Cuadrado, after having without... more
AccidentsThe Spanish prototype of the Efa crashes
Belvis de la jara, Spain - Unhurted the two pilots
It is happened today in the southern of Spain during a test flight. The two pilots - commander Ignacio Lombo and the lieutenant colonel Eduardo Cuadrato - were able to eject before the Efa crashing.... more
AccidentsA MD-90 of Jas in emergency landing at Nagoya hub
Nagoya, Japan - No one was injured on board
A strange sound and strong vibrations coming from the right engine have suggested the pilot of flight 423 of the Jas (Japan Air System) to an emergency landing after the takeoff. The MD-90, that transported... more
AccidentsBoy evades security measures and destroys a plane cockpit at Stansted
London, UK - Embarrassment for the airport staff
A fact that would not deserve any comment, but the vandalistic action of the 18 years old-boy who on November 13th has destroyed a cockpit of an airplane at Stansted (London) airport, has left many staff... more
AccidentsBlocked funds at Linate airport
Verona, Italy - The funds will be used to pay back the relatives of the victims of an air crash happened in 1995
With an unexpected decision, the Milan tribunal has decided to pay back the relatives of an air crash happened in 1995 in Villafranca (Verona) airport with the funds that Linate airport pays to the Italian... more
AccidentsHijacking attempt on an El Al flight
Istanbul, Turkey - The man was blocked by the security guards on board
It's called Tevfik Fukra, the Arab but with Israeli passport, who yesterday has tried to divert a Boeing 757-200 of the El Al, the Israeli airline. The attempt has never realized in a real threat neither for... more
AccidentsPiper crashed during show: at least 7 died
Buenos Aires, Argentina - Probably the strong wind the cause
The incident would have happened yesterday but AVIONEWS will supply greater particular in the course of the daily edition. By now sources that come from Argentina speak about at least 7 deads, among... more
AccidentsEnglish Navy helicopter crashed (2): its technical sheet
London, UK - Sea King is one of the most versatile helicopter ever made
The first version of this multipurpose helicopter, equipped with a double engine, has flown, for the first time in 1959, more than 40 years ago. The "Sea King" has been replaced by the SH-60F as antisubmarine... more
AccidentsEnglish Navy helicopter hit the ship from which it took off
London, UK - Three injured, one in serious condition
An English Navy helicopter, a Sea King from 848 Squadron based at Yeovilton, crashed onto the deck of the ship from which it took off after having hit, with its rotor blade, a part of the ship. The three... more
AccidentsAn Indian Mig 21 trainer crashed yesterday near Bagdogra air base
New Delhi - Both pilots died
The incident has happened yesterday morning at 7.30 am, local timetable. The IAF fighter (Indian Air Force) was returning to the Bagdogra air base when it has hit cables of high tension: the aircraft has... more
AccidentsHoward died in a plane crash, he was a forerunner of the satellite tv
Washington, Usa - His son has lost his life too
Henry Taylor Howard, pioneer of the satellite tv and emeritus professor at the Stanford University, is died at the age of 70 because of the crash of his single-engine aeroplane that he was piloting. An... more
AccidentsHelicopter crashed at Long Island, "Tradeware Corporation" Ceo dies
New York, USA - William M. Smithers was regarded as a genius in the financial technology
The incident happened last Friday, but "Tradeware Corporation", the company of which Smithers was the Ceo, has given the announcement only yesterday. Smithers, 35 years old, was alone at the moment of... more
AccidentsMilitary airplane crashed in the Grigioni Canton (2): its main features
Bonaduz, Switzerland - It's used by more than 20 countries
The Pilatus PC-7 Turbo Trainer is a low-wing monoplane with a tandem seating cockpit. The aircraft’s capability to cover all aspects of basic training including aerobatics, instrument, tactical and n... more
AccidentsMilitary airplane crashed in the Grigioni Canton
Bonaduz, Switzerland - Two officials are the victims
A tragic fatality has cost the life to two officials of the Swiss Army while carrying out a training flight. Indeed their aircraft, a Pilatus PC-7, has met against a telephone cable falling down then... more
AccidentsAttempted suicide on a Brazilian aircraft
San Paolo, Brazil - The man has been blocked by the other passengers
A 58 years old man named Clodovel Dantes Lacerda has been blocked by the other passengers on board of a Gol flight from Cuiabà to Campo Grande in the federal State of Mato Grosso. The man, during the... more
AccidentsAnother Mi-24 crashed in Chechnya (2): its technical features
One of the most-ever used by the ex Red Army
The last arm-race, between USSR and USA, has implied the development of a helicopter by Russia similar to the American "Cobra", able to transport powerful systems of armament and, at the same time, with... more
AccidentsAnother Mi-24 crashed in Chechenya
Grozny, Chechenya - This time was a technical failure
The Chechen guerrillas have already shot down three helicopters of the Russian army since last August, but this time they cannot have any "merit". Indeed the Mi-24, crashed yesterday with three military... more
AccidentsThe last four bodies have been found in the Fokker-27 crashed yesterday
Manila, Philippines - 15 are the survivors
They are continued incessantly until this morning the searches leaded by the men of the Manila's Coast Guard, but an Australian man is still missing. Other 4 bodies have been found in their seats with... more
AccidentsThe cause of the Fokker-50's incident was a stoppage of the engines
Luxembourg - The final conclusion after the black box's checking
From the examination of Fokker-50's flight recorder, that crashed on Wednesday morning nearby the airport Findel in Luxembourg, turns out the cause of the incident is to attribute to a block of the engines.... more
AccidentsA plane crashed just after taken off (2): 16 the survivors
Manila, Philippines - The aircraft should be at 20 m under sea
After 24 hours since the incident that has involved an aircraft of the LoagAir 16 passengers have been saved, 14 have been found death and others 4 are, until now, dispersed. The survivors, among whom... more
AccidentsThe debris of a Chinese rocket fall over a village injuring a boy
Benjing, China - The incident occured on the last October 27th
The Ziyuan-2B rocket had been launched on last October 27th from the space base in Taiyuan. The scope of the mission was to bring in orbit a satellite for monitoring and preventing environmental disasters.... more
AccidentsA plane crashed just after taken off: six died in the Philippines
Manila, Philippines - Probably an engine failure
"LoagAir" flight 585 was transporting 29 passengers and 5 members but, as soon as taken off at 11,07 pm (GMT) on Sunday from Manila airport, it has crashed in front of the airport's bay. The airplane,... more
AccidentsStarted the examination of the flight recorder of the Fokker crashed in Luxembourg
Bruxelles, Belgium - Out of danger the survivors
The experts are on the way to complete the examination of the Luxair's Fokker 50 flight recorder to have a more clear scenario about the dynamic of the crash that caused the death of 20 persons. It seems... more
AccidentsAfter Air France, new technical problems for BA Concorde aircraft
London, Great Britain - The plane was forced to go back
New technical problems have been registered for Concorde aircraft. This time has been British Airways to bear the misadventures. The first accident has occurred last Sunday, when a BA aircraft had to get... more
AccidentsTwo Mig-29 of Slovak Air Force crashed (3): the tecnical sheet
Many missions performed but too many incidents in the last years
The Mikoyan Gurevich OKB MiG 29 "Fulcrum" was born in 1978 as the best developed Russian bomber fighter. Here below the main features. Length: 17.00 m Height: 4.70 m Wingspan: 11.40 m Wing surface:... more
AccidentsCrash incident in Indonesia (2): six died, three injured
Jakarta, Indonesia - A mechanical problem the cause
It was a BN-2A the aircraft that, last night, crashed two km far from the airport of Juwita Tarakan. The deaths would not be 7, as reported by AVIONEWS in the morning edition, but 6. Three are the... more
AccidentsTwo Mig-29 of Slovak Air Force crashed (2): the second pilot has died
Bratislava, Slovakia - This morning the discover
It was found died the second pilot been involved in the incident in which 2 MIG-29 crashed in Slovakia yesterday. The finding goes back to this morning, nearby the village of Spisske Tomasvce. The... more