AccidentsBritish Airways plane stuck in the tarmac in Antigua

Saint John's, Antigua - The runway had earlier in the day been resurfaced and had not set properly

A British Airways plane with 140 people on board has become stuck in the tarmac of a runway in the Caribbean island of Antigua. The aircraft, which was flying from London's Gatwick airport to Antigua,... more

AccidentsWide range of possibilities in China Airlines crash

Taipei, Taiwan - Fuel tank explosion, metal fatigue, breakup after a stall and recovery

The investigation into the bizarre crash of a China Airlines 747-200 just off the coast of Taiwan that killed all 225 onboard Saturday is focusing on a range of possibilities including a fuel tank explosion,... more

AccidentsLockerbie: Libya will grant 10 USDm to each victims' family

Washington, Usa - Compensation subjected to UN/USA sanctions' reduction

The Libya's government has declared that 10 USDm for family will be granted to victims' relatives for PanAm 103 Lockerbie tragedy occured in 1988. The total amount of refund would be estimated in 2,7 USDb.... more

AccidentsAt last found the recorders of Air China 747

Taipei, Taiwan

Search squads have at last found the two recorders which was on board the Air China's 747 plunged on last Saturday in the waters off Taiwan's coasts. The "pingers" have been found and identified, as in... more

AccidentsCrashed 747's recorders hard to found

Taipei, Taiwan

Hopes of finding the "black box" flight recorders from the China Airlines plane which crashed into the sea on Saturday killing 225 people, have been dented. Signals picked up by search teams are not from... more

AccidentsNTSB investigators see similarity in Taiwan accident with two other accidents

Taipei, Taiwan

According to U.S. NTSB officials, the accident occurred last Saturday to a Boeing 747-200, whcih caused 225 dead, is very similar to other two accidents. The first is the TWA of 1996 and the other is... more

AccidentsTaiwan refuses Hong Kong helicopter rescue helicopter help

Taipei, Taiwan

Two helicopters and a group of rescue workers sent by the Hong Kong Civil Aviation Department to China Airlines plane crash site had to return on their half way because of refusal from Taiwan, a senior... more

AccidentsBoeing 747 plunged in Taiwan strait (4): no black box has been found yet

Taipei, Taiwan - Denied previous rumours

According to Taiwan's Aviation Safety Council, signals detected this morning were not coming from the black box of the Boeing 747-200 which, plunged last Saturday in Taiwan strait, caused the death of... more

AccidentsA Boeing 747 plunged in Taiwan strait (3): it was not shot down by a Chinese missile

Taipei, Taiwan - Taiwan government confirmed

Taiwan officially rejected the ipothesys according to which the China Airlines Boeing 747-200 crashed in the Taiwan strait last Saturday would have been shot down by a Chinese missile. Kay Kong, director... more

AccidentsPiper crashed in Tuscany

La Spezia, Italia - The three people on board survived

The three people on board the tourism aircraft crashed yesterday onto the mountains between the Italian regions of Emilia-Romagna and Tuscany have been rescued thanks to the intervention of 70 people of... more

AccidentsA Us predator crashed in Kuwait

Washington, Usa - Pentagon excluded an enemy attack ipothesys

A Us reconnaissance unmanned aircraft, a 'drone' Predator, crashed in Kuwait as it was landing after a control mission in Afghanistan. At the moment Us inquirers are at work to find out the probable causes... more

AccidentsA Us predator crashed in Kuwait

Washington, Usa - Pentagon excluded an enemy attack ipothesys

A Us reconnaissance unmanned aircraft, a 'drone' Predator, crashed in Kuwait as it was landing after a control mission in Afghanistan. At the moment Us inquirers are at work to find out the probable causes... more

AccidentsA Boeing 747 plunged in Taiwan strait (2): a technical sheet

Rome, Italy - Boeing 747-200 (Usa)

Type: long-haul widebody airliner Accommodation: two pilots, a flight engineer, 516 passengers Dimensions - length: 231 ft - wingspan: 195 ft - height: 63 ft 5 in Weights - empty: 358.100... more

AccidentsA Boeing 747 plunged in Taiwan strait

Taipei, Taiwan - Probably no one of the 225 people aboard survived

Last Saturday a Boeing 747-200 of the Taiwan air carrier China Airlines plunged into the waters of the Taiwan strait. The 206 passengers and the 19 crew members on flight CI611 had taken off from Taipei... more

AccidentsBalloon crashes in Mexico

Mexico City, Mexico - The two passengers survived without a scratch

A balloon with two Britons on board fell down into a canyon, near Monterrey, in the northern side of Mexico. The two Britons on board survived without a scratch. The balloon was on its promotion flight... more

AccidentsTourism aircraft vanished over Polinesian skies

Papeete, Polinesia - 5 people on board

A tourism aircraft with 5 people on board, a pilot and 4 passengers, vanished over the skies of the Tuamotu islands, Polinesia. Local civil aviation authorities promptly set up rescue operations to discover... more

AccidentsThe September 11 hijackers used navigation tools to pinpoint Wtc site

New York, Usa - The Gps devices were bought months before

The leader of the September 11 hijackers visited the World Trade Center days before the attack to obtain coordinates for a navigation device, law enforcement officials now believe. Mohamed Atta, who led... more

AccidentsFirecrackers found in lavatory of United Airlines jet

Hong Kong, China - They were too small to cause any major damage

Seven firecrackers were discovered in the lavatory of a United Airlines jet that flew from Chicago to Hong Kong with 335 people aboard, but they were too small to have caused any major damage if they had... more

AccidentsNigeria's Airlines protest against BAC 1-11s stop

Dagos, Nigeria - Established after last May 4th 148-dead air tragedy

The stop to all BAC 1-11s aircraft, decided after last May 4th 148-dead air incident by Dagos government, is likely to be challenged by the country's air operators of the AON, Airline Operators of Nigeria.... more

AccidentsSeptember 11th: the fourth plane, crashed in Pennsylvania, was heading against the White House

New York, Usa - According to Abu Zubaydahun

According to Abu Zubaydahun, a terrorist under interrogation, the fourth aircraft, which hijacked by Bin Laden supporters last September 11th crashed in Pennsylvania, was heading against the White House... more

AccidentsFlames on board a British Airways flight

Goteborg, Sweden - In service between Goteborg and Rome

Flames burst on board of a British Airways aircraft in service between Goteborg and Rome, even though promptly extinguished, forced the pilot to come back to the Swedish airport. No problem for the 180... more

AccidentsTwo military helicopters collided in Iran

Teheran, Iran - 4 dead

The collision between two military helicopters occurred this morning in the surroundings of Khorram village (central Iran), caused the death of the four crew members, two pilots and two co-pilots, on board... more

AccidentsUs spy aircraft crashed in Pakistan (2): a technical sheet

Rome, Italy - Predator RQ1, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc (Usa)

Type: long-range unmanned spy plane Dimensions - length: 27 ft - height: 6,9 ft - wingspan: 48,7 ft Weights - payload: 450 lb Performance - max speed: up to 140 mph - range: 454 miles -... more

AccidentsUs spy aircraft crashed in Pakistan

Islamabad, Pakistan - Pentagon: "it was not shot down by enemy's fire"

According to Pentagon spokesman Michael Humm, a RQ1 Predator reconnaissance aircraft of the Us Air Force crashed last Saturday in the surroundings of Jacobadad, in the nearby of the American command in... more

AccidentsEmergency landing at Brindisi airport : a passenger had a heart attack

Brindisi, Italy - He died immediately after landing

A charter flying from Greece to England landed in emergency at Brindisi airport, in Italy, to allow an elderly passenger who suffered from an infarction to be treated. The British citizen, 81, did not... more

AccidentsGround Zero will "close" next May 30th

New York, Usa - New York Mayor fixed the symbolic end of debris removal work

New York Mayor, Michael Bloomberg has fixed at May 30th the symbolic end of debris removal work at Ground Zero. Actually, the work will continue both for the recovery and identification of bodies and... more

AccidentsAustralian fighter almost collided with a civil aircraft

Sydney, Australia - Defence ministry officially apologized

During a "dangerous" exercise, an Australian fighter almost collided with a Us passenger flight on the skies over Sydney. After any terrorist attack hypothesis proved to be out of question, the Australian... more

AccidentsSecurity guards foils an Iranian jetliner hijacking

Tehran, Iran -

On board security guards have foiled the attempted hi-jack of an Iranian airliner, They overpowered a man who was threatening to set off home made bombs which were strapped to his body. The Russian-built... more

AccidentsPlane crash in China: five out of seven foreigners' bodies recovered

Beijing, China - Thirty-nine corpses still missing

Five corpses have been recovered out of seven non-Chinese passengers who were on the plane crashed into the ocean off Chinese coasts last May 7th. Three Japanese, one South Korean, one Singaporian, one... more

Accidents2000 people took part to the funerals of the seven victims of the Baykonour incident

Baykonour, Kazakhstan - Each victim's family will have a EUR 330 indemnity

Today 2000some people attended the funerals held to commemorate the seven workers died in last Sunday incident at the Baykonour aerospace center (Kazakhstan), when the roof on an hangar collapsed because... more

AccidentsJAL captain accused of death allegations

Captain Koichi Takamoto was piloting the Japan Airlines MD-82 on a flight from Hong Kong to the Japanese city of Nagoya when the incident happened in 1997. The Nagoya District Public Prosecutors Office... more

AccidentsNTSB recessed a hearing due to lack of valid witnesses on a crash

Washington USA

The National Transportation Safety Board recessed its public hearing on the crash of a cargo airliner. Member John Goglia, the Chairman of the hearing that was held last week, said he will reconvene... more

AccidentsBaykonour incident: 8th corpse yet to be found

Baykonour, Kazakhstan - New collapses feared

One of the 8 workers on the roof collapsed last Sunday at the Baykonour aerospace center in Kazakhstan, is still missing. In the meanwhile, as other collapses are feared to occur, security measures deny... more

AccidentsPlane crash in China: black boxes found

Beijing, China - Us submarine detection instruments been used

The two black boxes of the plane crashed last May 7th in China have been found yesterday: the first one at 3.05 pm local time, the second one a couple of hours later . The finding was successful thanks... more

AccidentsOn the Baykonour space center incident

Baykonour, Kazakhstan - Found the seventh corpse

The count of the incident occurred last Sunday at the Baykonour space center in Kazakhstan, raises again as another corpse, the seventh so far, has been found under the debris. According to officials,... more

AccidentsOn the plane crash which killed Aaliyah

Los Angeles, Usa - Her parents to sue Virgin Records and Blackhawk International Airways

According to the parents of Aaliyah, the 22-year old pop star died in last 27th August plane crash together with 6 more people, the Cessna they were aboard of plummetted because of Virgin Records neglect. The... more

AccidentsIncident at the Baykonour aerospace center (2): 6 deaths

Baykonour, Kazhakstan - Neither terrorism attack nor structural cave-in

Last count of the roof collapsed yesterday at the Baykonour space center in Kazakhstan says 6 victims. So far of the 8 people involved in the incident, two are yet to be found under the debris. As far... more

AccidentsTourism aircraft crashes in Spain

Madrid, Spain - Three German dead

The wreckage of a tourism aircraft has been found in a natural reserve, 15 km from Granada, Spain. Three German citizens have been found dead. Granada airport control tower lost contact with the plane... more

AccidentsIncident at the Baykonour aerospace center

Baykonour, Russia - Three victims

Yesterday part of the roof of a hangar at the Baykonour aerospace center in Kazakhstan collapsed running over 8 people. So far rescue teams found just three corpses while other 5 people are still under... more

AccidentsEgyptair crash: experts go to France to decipher black boxes

Cairo, Egypt - The Boeing 737 was approching airport lower than usual

Egyptian, Tunisian and American experts are expected to go to France next week, in order to decipher the black boxes of the Egyptair Boeing 737-500 crashed last Tuesday near Tunis. The chairman of Egyptair... more

AccidentsAir India bombing trial postponed

Vancouver, Canada - Air India plane exploded in 1985, killing 329 people

The judge presiding over the trial of three men accused of bombing an Air India flight in 1985 has decided to postpone the case until March 31st 2003. The Air India airliner exploded in mid-air off the... more

AccidentsChina Northern crash: Md-82 had been hijacked to Taiwan in 1993

Beijing, China - The hijacker has been sentenced twice

The Md-82 crashed last Tuesday off the coast of Dalian, China, had been hijacked to Taiwan in 1993. That McDonnell Douglas aircraft manufactured in China had been forced to land at a Taiwan airport, soon... more

AccidentsEgyptair crash (2): a plane carries home casualties

Tunis, Tunisia - Last list of casualties mentions 14 dead and 48 injured

An Egyptair Airbus 321 carried home the casualties of the Boeing 737-500 crashed last Tuesday near Tunis. The last list of casualties mentions 14 dead - 7 Egyptian, 6 Tunisian, 1 Jordanian - and 48 injured,... more

AccidentsPlane crash in China: 60 boats in search of the bodies missing

Dalian, China - "Black box difficult to be found"

Sixty boats and fifty scuba divers are operating in the search of the 46 still missing bodies of the Tuesday's China Northern Airlines crash. A Chinese official reported the finding of the black box to... more

AccidentsIndia: 4 military aircrafts have crashed in three weeks

New Delhi, India - Today's accident involved a Jaguar

An Indian Air Force Jaguar crashed today at take-off from the military base of Ambala, 200 km north of New Delhi. The pilot died outright. This is the fourth plane crash in less than three weeks for the... more

AccidentsEgyptair crash: "the plane was approaching the airport too fast"

Tunis, Tunisia - As reported by Tunisian minister of Transportation

"The Egyptair Boeing approach to the airport was faster than correct landing procedures require", affirmed the Tunisian minister of Transportation. He also said that before the control tower lost radio... more

AccidentsPiper crashed in Slovenia

Ljubljana, Slovenia - Three Swedish died

Three Swedish citizens died in their Piper crash yesterday 70 km south-west from Ljubljana. The two passengers of the tourist aircraft died outright, whereas the pilot perished immediately after being... more

AccidentsTwo Us Navy jets crash into Mexican Gulf

Pensacola, Usa - 7 crew missing

Two Us Navy jets crashed into Mexican Gulf during a military training exercise. Still missing the 7 crew. It has not been reported if the two jets crashed into each other. (004) more