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AccidentsThe Russian Mi-26 has been shot down
Moscow, Russia - The official inquiry confirmed
At the end of its investigations, the official inquiry commission entrusted to find out the causes of the tragedy occurred in Chechnya last August 19 when a Russian helicopter Mi-26 with 147 people aboard... more
AccidentsBomb warning at Belfast airport
Belfast, Northern Ireland - Passengers forced to remain in the terminal building
Last Friday evening a telephone call warned the Belfast International Airport as a bomb was supposed to be hidden in a car park. "We have been able to get flights into the airport and they have been arriving... more
AccidentsBird forced a Vietnamese Airbus to an emergency landing
Hanoi, Vietnam - Passengers reached their final destination on board another aircraft
Last Friday a Vietnam's flagship airline Airbus A320 has been forced to carry out an emergency landing at the Hanoi airport after a bird hit the front window of the cockpit. Once landed the passengers... more
AccidentsTourism aircraft crashed into a truck
Brussels, Belgium - Two victims
Last Friday a small aircraft heading to Antwerp crashed into a truck in the surroundings of Berchen. In the fire caused by the crash both the pilot and the driver found death. Local authorities set up... more
AccidentsUs "Apache" vanished in the surroundings of Seoul
Seoul, South Korea - Rescue teams at work to save the two soldiers on board
An "Apache" helicopter belonging to the Us armed forces deployed in South Korea has vanished last night in a mountainous district 80 kilometers far from Seoul. Promptly a massive rescue operation has been... more
AccidentsPlane crash in Nepal
Nepal, Asia - 18 dead
An aircraft belonging to Shangri-La Airlines on board which were flying 18 people crashed in Nepal. All those on board, among which 13 Germans, one British and one Us citizen, died in the crash. The Twin... more
AccidentsBelarusian student uses a lighter on American airplane, pilot decides to land
Washington, Usa- The young man arrested, but authorities don’t think he’s a terrorist
Authorities believe that the Belarusian student arrested in Utah for having been using a lighter on a American Airlines airplane is not a terrorist. But the reasons of the use of the lighter are still... more
AccidentsPanic at Nairobi airport for a maybe to real drill
Nairobi, Kenya - Police as well didn't know anything about that
Yesterday at 6pm (CET) the news that a jetliner with 76 people on board had crashed at Nairobi airport (Kenya) broke out and in just a few minutes it spread all over the world. Only afterwards a spokesman... more
AccidentsUs military helicopter crashed in Lousiana (2): a technical sheet
Rome, Italy - Bell OH-58D Kiowa (Usa)
Type: light reconnaissance helicopter Accommodation: two pilots side-by-side Dimensions - length: 34 ft 4 in - rotor diameter: 35 ft - height: 12 ft 10 in Weights - empty: 3045 lb - max T/O:... more
AccidentsUs military helicopter crashed in Lousiana
Fort Polk, Usa - Both the soldiers on board died in the blow up
A Us military helicopter OH-58D with two soldiers belonging to the 4th Squadron of the 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment on board crashed Tuesday night in the surroundings of Fort Polk, Lousiana. The pilot... more
AccidentsAmerican Airlines flight forced to an emergency landing at Santo Domingo
Washington, Usa - For a terror alert
After some Us passengers alerted crew members of a potential terror menace by a Dominican passenger, an American Airlines aircraft has been forced to carry out an a emergency landing at Puerto Plata, a... more
AccidentsChechen rebels shot down a Russian helicopter (2): a technical sheet
Rome, Italy - Mil Mi-26 Halo (Russia)
Type: heavy-lift helicopter Accomodation: 2 pilots, 1 flight engineer, navigator, 80 troops, 60 stretchers Dimensions - length: 110 ft 8 in - rotor diameter: 105 ft - height: 26 ft 8 in Weights -... more
AccidentsChechen rebels shot down a Russian helicopter
Moscow, Russia - 99 dead
A Russian military helicopter with 132 people on board has been shot down yesterday by a missile launched by the Chechen independent rebels. 99 people died at least in the attack occurred as the giant... more
AccidentsTwo U.S. helicopters crash-land
Washington, Usa - Eight crew members slightly injured in separate noncombat incidents
A U.S. Army AH-64 attack helicopter with two crew members aboard came down 20 miles south of Kabul during a military operation. Both crew members were treated for minor injuries. The cause of the accident... more
AccidentsA 747 risked to be shot down for a misunderstanding on September 11
New York, Usa - A dramatic incomprehension between pilots and air trafic controllers revealed
It has been revealed only after one year. On September 11, a dangerous series of misunderstanding led a Korean Jumbo to become the target for two American fighter aircraft. Soon after the impact of the... more
AccidentsUS military helicopter crashes in Germany
Berlin, Germany - One of the two pilots got slightly injured
A US military helicopter "Apache" crashed during an emergency landing in southern Germany. One of the two pilots onboard got slightly injured, while the aircraft completely broke up. The cause of the... more
AccidentsHelicopter crashes at airport in England
London, UK - It carried a trainee pilot and instructor
A helicopter, carrying a trainee pilot and instructor, has crashed at an airport in Bedfordshire. The female passenger in the two-seater helicopter was not injured. The female pilot escaped serious... more
AccidentsFire on board, emergency landing
Flames on a British Airways 747-400 flying from Sidney to London
Sidney – Fire on board, probably caused by an electrical failure, has forced flight BA 16 to an emergency landing. Few minutes after take off, the captain has detected the presence of flames on board i... more
AccidentsIberia plane returns to JFK after engine fire
New York, Usa - It was carrying 386 people
An engine fire forced an Iberia Airlines 747 jet to return to John F. Kennedy Airport on Sunday shortly after takeoff. Pilots turned the plane around when a fire warning light came on. All 386 passengers... more
AccidentsAir France plane suffers engine failure on take-off
Paris, France - It was carrying 80 passengers
An Air France aircraft suffered an engine failure on take-off at "Charles de Gaulle" airport in Paris. The pilot had to brake the plane rolling at high speed after he had realized one of the two engines... more
AccidentsWoman beheaded by a plane in Brazil
Belem, Brazil - She was jogging along a highway
A woman has been beheaded by the wing of a Cessna which was landing in emergency on a highway near Belem, in northern Brazil. The victim, Maria dos Santos Rodriguez, 42, was jogging along the road. Turist... more
AccidentsC130 crashes in Puerto Rico
Washington, Usa - The ten people aboard died
A C130 military aircraft of the US Army Special Forces Command crashed in Puerto Rico. The ten people aboard died. The military plane crashed into a mountain top, approximately 10 miles south of the capital... more
AccidentsLockerbie tragedy: Lybia ready to indemnify 270 victims'relatives
Washington, Usa - As stated by the ministry for International Affairs
After 14 years this time seems the right one for the government of Lybia to eventually assume its responsibilities and indemnify the relatives of the 270 victims of the air tragedy occurred in 1988 in... more
AccidentsBomb alert on board a Zurich-Tel Aviv flight
Geneva, Switzerland - Police set up an inquiry
Yesterday a telephone call alerted a Zurich-Tel Aviv flight operated by the Helvetic airline "Swiss" thus preventing the aircraft to take off. After 253 people on board have been evacuated, the aircraft... more
AccidentsMaybe a rocket hit the Sukhoi that crashed in Lvov
Kiev, Ukraine - The accident caused the death of 83 people
A film shows a rocket-sized object that skims over the Sukhoi-27 before crashing into the crowd in Lvov, western Ukraine. The accident caused the death of 83 people and the injuring of 66. At present... more
AccidentsEmergency landing for a helicopter in the surroundings of Santo Domingo
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic - The pop star singer Shakira on board
Because of the bad weather conditions, a helicopter, on board of which among the others was also flying the Colombian pop star singer Shakira, has been forced to carry out an emergency landing in the surroundings... more
Accidents17-year old boy lighted a shoe on board a US Airways flight
Pittsburgh, Usa - The airline asked the boy and his father to make other travel arrangements
As it was taxing at the Pittsburgh International Airport, a 17-year old boy on board a US Airways aircraft coming from Toronto has been stopped by the flight attendants for using a lighter on his shoe.... more
AccidentsMilitary helicopter crashed in Colombia (2): a technical sheet
Rome, Italy - Bell 212 UH1N (Usa)
Type: medium lift helicopter Accommodation: two pilots, 14 passengers Dimensions - length: 42 ft 4 in - rotor diameter: 48 ft 2 in - height: 14 ft 10 in Weights - empty: 5997 lb - max T/O:... more
AccidentsMilitary helicopter crashed in Colombia
Bogotà, Colombia - Seven dead, one survivor
A UH1N helicopter belonging to the Colombian Army with 8 soldiers on board crashed in the area between Valparaiso and Solita, in Colombia. On board the aircraft, a gift of United States to the Colombian... more
AccidentsUkrainian air show tragedy: president rejected minister of Defence's resignation
Moscow, Russia - And pushed him to find out who's responsible for the 83 victims
Yesterday broke out the news according to which the Ukrainian president Leonid Kuchna formally had rejected resignation sent by the minister of Defence Vladimir Shkidcenko in relation to last Saturday... more
AccidentsAnti-fire helicopter crashed in Colorado
Washington, Usa - The pilot died
An anti-fire helicopter crashed yesterday over the Rocky Mountains (Colorado) as it was working to fight the flames that since several weeks started to burn down hectares of vegetation in the western United... more
AccidentsSydney: emergency landing for an Air Canada flight
Sydney, Australia - All safe the 66 people on board
Because of the smoke smelled in the cockpit, an aircraft belonging to the north American air carrier Air Canada has been forced to an emergency landing at Sydney International Airport. None of the 66 people... more
AccidentsNew emergency landing in Russia
Moscow, Russia - The 4th in two weeks
The average of emergency landings in Russia is starting to become seriously worrisome as in fact today, for the fourth time in 14 days, another aircraft has been forced to carry out an emergency landing.... more
AccidentsEmergency braking for an Air Canada Boeing 767
Mexico City, Mexico - None of the 198 people on board got injured
A Boeing 767 belonging to the north American airline Air Canada has been forced to carry out an emergency braking at the airport of Mexico City. The pilot in fact, after noticing a technical trouble on... more
AccidentsArmy team thwarted a bomb attack at Tame airport in Colombia
Tame, Colombia - A terrorist outrage by rebels of the National Liberation Army
Today at the Colombian airport of Tame, some Army specialists made safe a bomb placed on a runway by the rebels of the country's National Liberation Army. According to Army officials "the bomb was supposed... more
AccidentsMoscow crash: stabiliser suspected
Moscow, Russia - One of the two flight attendants survived was virtually unscathed
An inquiry into the Russian jet crash that killed 14 crew members is focusing on a possible malfunction of its horizontal stabiliser. The device spontaneously moved two seconds after the Ilyushin II-86... more
AccidentsA Bangladesh Air Force aircraft crashed over two homes
Chittagong, Bangladesh - 4 dead and 10 injured
A military training aircraft of the Bangladesh Air Force crashed over two houses of a residential area in the country's coast killing 4 people and injuring 10. Pilot, able to leave the plane thanks to... more
AccidentsA Bangladesh Air Force aircraft crashed over two homes
Chittagong, Bangladesh - 4 dead and 10 injured
A military training aircraft of the Bangladesh Air Force crashed over two houses of a residential area in the of country's coast killing 4 people and injuring 10. Pilot, able to leave the plane tanks to... more
AccidentsSingapore Airlines fires two pilots involved in Taiwan crash
Singapore - Eighty-three people died at Taipei airport in 2000
Singapore Airlines fired two of the three pilots involved in a crash in Taiwan two years ago that killed 83 of the 179 people on board. A third pilot remains employed by the company but has been grounded. Singapore... more
AccidentsTwo more air emergencies in Russia
Moscow, Russia - Emergency landing for a Tupolev-134, takeoff stopped for an Ilyushin-86
After yesterday's air crash in Moscow, two more emergencies troubled Russian skies. A Tupolev-134 landed in emergency with only one engine at Norilsk, Russian largest city beyond Artic circle. It belonged... more
AccidentsSecond Sukhoi crashed in Ukraine
Kiev, Ukraine - The pilot was killed in the accident
After the Saturday's disaster at Lviv, a second Sukhoi has crashed in Ukraine. The latest disaster took place on Sunday morning at dawn in Zaporozhie, Southeast Ukraine. The second aircraft to crash was... more
AccidentsFedEx 727 crashed on landing in Florida
Tallahassee, Florida - The three-member crew escaped with minor injuries
A FedEx Boeing 727 cargo jet crashed and burned short of the runway Friday at Tallahassee Airport. The three-member crew escaped with minor injuries. The three-engine jet, FedEx Flight 1478 from Memphis,... more
AccidentsRussian cargo plane crashed (2): a technical sheet
Rome, Italy - Ilyushin II-86
Type: medium-haul widebody cargo Accommodation: two pilots, 1 flight engineer Dimensions: - length: 59,4 m - wingspan: 48,1 m - height: 15,8 m Weights: - max T/O: 208.000 kg - payload:... more
AccidentsRussian cargo plane crashed: 14 dead
Moscow, Russia - Two air hostesses survived
A Russian Ilyushin Il-86 cargo plane with 16 crew members aboard crashed yesterday while taking off from Moscow’s Sheremetyevo-1 airport, killing 14 people on board. Two air hostesses survived, but they w... more
AccidentsTragedy at an air show in Ukraine (2): a technical sheet
Kiev, Ukraine - Sukhoi Su-27 Flanker (Russia)
Type: interceptor fighter Accommodation: two pilots Dimensions - length: 71 ft 11 in - wingspan: 48 ft 2 in - height: 19 ft 5 in Weights - empty: 39.021 lb - max T/O: 48.500 lb Performance -... more
AccidentsTragedy at an air show in Ukraine
Kiev, Ukrain - 83 dead and 116 injured
83 dead and 116 injured: that's the tragic bulletin of the air crash occurred last Saturday at an air show in Leopoli, Ukraine. A combat aircraft Su-27 with two pilots on board crashed in fact over the... more
AccidentsUnited Airlines flight forced to an emergency landing at Los Angeles airport
Los Angeles, Usa - No injured among the 128 people on board
Because of the smoke noticed in the cockpit, the pilot of a United Airlines flight in service between Los Angeles and Washington has been forced to carry out an emergency landing at the Los Angeles international... more
AccidentsPlane crashed in Indonesia: one of the 10 people aboard found alive
Jakarta, Indonesia - He had been walking for days through the jungle without food
One of the 10 people aboard the plane that crashed in Indonesian Borneo last week has been found alive. He had been walking for days through the jungle without food, before he stumbled exhausted and semi-clothed... more
AccidentsMissed collision over British skies
London, Uk - Nats: "passengers safety has never anyway been at risk"
A British Airways (BA) aircraft with 79 passengers on board almost collided with a Saab 2000 with 30 people on board over Brighton (south England) skies. The BA airliner was in service between Manchester... more
AccidentsRussian Mi-8 helicopter crashed in Ingushetia
Moscow, Russia - The twelve people on board died
The Mi-8 helicopter crashed in the Ingush mountains, in the North Caucasus, while it was airlifting servicemen from the Nazran border guard unit. The helicopter was carrying four crew members and eight... more