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AccidentsBOMB SCARE ON A PAKISTANI FLIGHT
LONDON, A Pakistan International Airways Boeing 747 had to make an emergency landing at Manchester airport due to a bomb scare. A phone call alleged that a bomb had been planted on the plane. The jet took... more
AccidentsSU-24 BOMBER CRASHES IN MOZDOK
MOZDOK, A Su-24M bomber crashed while landing at a military airport in Mozdok, Russia, last night. The crew commander and the navigator survived and they did not manage to reach the runway because of fog.... more
AccidentsTHAI AIRWAYS BLAST CAUSED BY A MULFUNCTION
BANGKOK, THAILAND, Thaksin Shinawatra, Thai Prime Minister, said the explosion that destroyed a Thai Airways Boeing 737-400 on March 3 was caused by a malfunctioning of the air-conditioning system and... more
AccidentsBILLION COMPENSATION FOR CONCORDE VICTIMS RELATIVES
BERLIN, GERMANY, According to Bild am Sontag German newspaper, relatives of 109 victims of Air France's Concorde, crashed at Paris on july 2000, will be compensated with record payments. Air France, together... more
AccidentsEMERGENCY LANDING FOR BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT FAKE ALARM
GLASGOW. SCOTLAND, Due to a malfunctioning smoke detecton in baggage compartment, a Boeing 757 operated by Continental Airlines, heading to New York, landed in emergency at Glasgow airport. The 140 people... more
AccidentsEMERGENCY LANDING FOR A CONTINENTAL AIRLINES 757 PLANE
GLASGOW, SCOTLAND, A Continental Airlines Boeing 757 headed to Newark, New Jersey, had to return to Glasgow airport after a warning light indicated "A small fire in the luggage hold". The plane landed... more
AccidentsPLANE PLUNGES INTO SEA, TWO KILLED
REYKJAVIK, An Aero Commander 560 aircraft crashed in the sea off Iceland. Both th women aboard were killed. The plane was headed to Scotland. The two bodies were recovered separately by the Iceland... more
AccidentsHELICOPTER CRASH IN ITALY, THREE INJURED
ROME, An Agusta A 109 Power helicopter crashed yesterday afternoon in Malagrotta, near Rome. The helicopter went down shortly after takeoff. Three people were aboard, the pilot, Raniero di Bartolomeo,... more
AccidentsTHAI AIRCRAFT ON GROUND WAS DESTROYED BY A BOMB
BANGKOK, THAILAND, Thai authorities confirmed that was a bomb which destroyed the Boeing 737-400 operated by Thai Airways which have to carry Thailand's Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. Fortunately,... more
AccidentsSOUTHWEST AIRLINES JET SKIDS OFF THE RUNWAY
PHOENIX, USA, A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 yesterday skidded off a Sky Harbor International Airport runway at landing. It seems the runway had been shortened because of a construction project. The aircraft,... more
AccidentsBRAATHENS AIRCRAFT HIT BY LIGHTNING
SCOTLAND, The Braathens Boeing 737 was struck as it approached the norwegian airport of Stavanger at an altitude of 4000 feet. A side of the plane was hit but there were no problems in landing. No passenger... more
AccidentsLIGHT AIRCRAFT CRASHES IN BRAZIL, SIX KILLED
BRAZIL, A light aircraft crashed in the north-west of Brazil. All the six people aboard were killed. The aircraft went down shortly after takeoff from Cerejeras, 2200 km from Rio, police said. more
AccidentsEMERGENCY LANDING FOR A SOUTHWEST AIRCRAFT
PHOENIX, USA, A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 headed to San Antonio had to return to Phoenix Sky Harbour International airport and made an emergency landing after smoke was reported in the rear cabin.... more
AccidentsUS MILITARY PLANE CRASHES IN GEORGIA
USA, A U.S. National Guard C-23 Sherpa crashed went down near Unadilla, aqbout 100 km south of Atlanta, in Georgia. All the 21 people on board, three crew members and eighteen Air National Guard members... more
AccidentsBOMB HOAX ON AN AIR INDIA FLIGHT
SINGAPORE, An Air India A310, en route from Mumbai to Jakarta, made an emergency landing at a military base inside Singapore airport after it received a bomb threat. An anonymous call warned of the presence... more
AccidentsROYAL MAIL AIRCRAFT CRASHES NEAR EDIMBURGH (2): SPECIFICATIONS
ROME, Shorts 360 Sherpa (UK): Type: short-haul commuter Accomodation: two pilots, cabin attendant; 36 psassengers Lenght: 70 ft 9 in Wingspan: 74 ft 9 in Empty weight: 17350lb Max T/O weight:... more
AccidentsROYAL MAIL AIRCRAFT CRASHES NEAR EDIMBURGH
SCOTLAND, The Short 360 crashed into the sea shortly after takeoff. The two-men crew were killed and their bodies were found by rescuers. The aircraft issued a mayday call due to a failure engine and tried... more
AccidentsNINE PEOPLE HELD IN HOSTAGE ON AIRCAFT IN PRETORIA AIRPORT
JOHANNESBURG, An armed man keeps nine people in hostage in a DC-3 aircraft operated by a local airline at Wonderboom airport near Pretoria, in South Africa. The airport is used mainly for domestic flights... more
Accidents''PREACHER
MANCHESTER, GREAT BRITAIN, On an Airbus A-320 operated by Iberworld, flying from Manchester, Great Britain, and Tenerife Island, carrying 180 people, a passenger dressed in black and wearing sunglasses,... more
AccidentsEMERGENCY LANDING FOR AN IL-96
YUZHNO-SAKHALINSK, RUSSIA, Yesterday an IL-96 of Domodedovo Airlines made an emergency landing at Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk airport in Russian Far East, to all appearance because of a fire engine. Ulterior news... more
AccidentsTILES FLIES AWAY FOR A LOW-ALTITUDE AIRCRAFT PASSAGE
OSTENDA, THE NETHERLANDS, An aircraft of Ethiopian Airlines, passed at low-altitude on an house near Ostenda airport(less than 70 meters) during landing , caused the flyaway of several tiles of the roof.... more
AccidentsPLANE CRASH IN ENGLAND, FOUR KILLED
SHARPTHORNE, UK, A light aircraft crashed into a field killing all the four people on board. The Rockwell Commander nose-dived in Sharpthorne, West Suxxex. An investigation is on its way to determine the... more
AccidentsCESSNA CRASHES IN VENEZUELA, SEVEN PEOPLE KILLED
HIGUEROTE - VENEZUELA, A Cessna 206 plunged into the sea near Higuerote beach, not far from Caracas. The plane was carrying seven parachutists. They all were killed when the Cessna crashed last saturday... more
AccidentsQANTAS PLANE FORCED TO RETURN FOR REPAIRS
SYDNEY, A Qantas plane, en route from Singapore to Paris, had to return to Sydney to repair a malfunctioning light indicator. The problem occurred an hour after departure and the plane dumped fuel before... more
AccidentsSINGAPORE AIRLINES CRASH INVESTIGATORS: SEVERAL STANDARDS VIOLATED
TAIWAN, Taiwan investigators of Singapore Airlines crash, in which 83 people died, said airport officials have violated several international safety standards the night of the fatal accident. The runway,... more
AccidentsCONTROL TOWER SHOT MISTAKENLY: NO PEOPLE INJURED
AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS, A dutch control tower of a military airport near a range employed for air-to-ground fire exercises has been hit by seven 27-mm round fired mistakenly probably by a German Tornado... more
AccidentsNAVY PLANE CRASHES IN USA (2): SPECIFICATIONS
ROME, BAe/McDonnel Douglas T45A Goshawk: Type: carrier-borne advanced trainer Accomodation: two pilots in tandem Lenght: 35 ft 9 in Wingspan: 30 ft 9 in Height: 13 ft 4 in Empty weight: 9834... more
AccidentsNAVY JET CRASHES IN USA
JACKSONVILLE, USA, A Navy T-45A Goshawk crashed into the Atlantic yesterday off Florida coast. The plane took off from Naval Air Station in Jacksonville. Gregory Fulco, an instructor pilot based in Kingsville,... more
AccidentsPASSENGER DIES ON A FLIGHT
SINGAPORE, A 51 year-old american man died during a United flight from Hong Kong to Singapore. The death of the man, who was travelling in economy class, was unnoticed until the plane landed. United, in... more
AccidentsDEAD BODY FOUND IN THE WHEEL WELL OF A US AIRWAYS JET
SAN FRANCISCO, The dead body of an unidentified man was found shortly after the US Airways Boeing 747 landed at San Francisco International Airport. The plane came from London's Gatwick and made a stop... more
AccidentsUSA PLANE CRASHES IN GEORGIA, FOUR MISSING PERSONS
ATLANTA, The plane, which was carrying four ppl returning home from Daytona 500 race, plunged into the sea off Georgia's coast. The wreckage were found 25 km away from the crash site. more
AccidentsUNITED AIRBUS BACK TO DEPARTURE AIRPORT FOR CABIN PRESSURE PROBLEMS
SAN FRANCISCO, An United Airlines Airbus A-320 jet heading to Newark, New Jersey from San Francisco experienced probelms with cabin pressurization system and forced to return to departure airport soon... more
AccidentsLIGHT AIRCRAFT CRASHES IN UK, TWO INJURED
UK, A light plane crshed at Bagber Farm, Milton Abbas, near Blandford. Two people were seriously injured and treated at Dorchester hospital. more
AccidentsNEW ZEALAND MILITARY JET CRASHES IN AUSTRALIA
AUSTRALIA, A New Zealand air force jet crashed near the Australian Naval Air Base at Nowra, south of Sydney. The pilot, Murray Neilsen, was killed. The single-seater A-4 Skyhawk crashed to the ground west... more
AccidentsAIR CRASH IN CAMERUN, KILLED CHAD'S MINISTER AND OFFICER
CHAD, The small plane went down into the river Chari on the cameroonian coast. The Development minister and the secretary-general of Chad and the pilot were killed. The plane crashed while trying to land... more
AccidentsTWO CESSNA PLANES COLLIDE IN USA
LONG BEACH, USA, A Cessna 172 and a 152 collided off the California coast near Long Beach yesterday afternoon. At least one person was killed, the other three are missing. Both the planes were carrying... more
AccidentsFIRE ALARM ON QANTAS PLANE
BANGKOK, A Qantas Boeing 747 that travelled from London to Sydney, has carried out a emergency landing at Bangkok's airport, from which it was hardly left after to have landed there: the avionics had... more
AccidentsSRI LANKA: EMERGENCY LANDING
COLOMBO, SRI LANKA, An Airbus A-330 plane directed in Indonesia with 310 passengers on board, has had to carry out an emergency landing at International Airport of Columbo, Sri Lanka, for engines' problems:... more
AccidentsTWO MILITARY HELICOPTERS COLLIDE IN JAPAN
JAPAN, The mid-air collision occurred yesterday in Chiba, about 30 km east of Tokyo. One of the two helicopters crashed to the ground and took fire. The two people aboard were killed. A man in the other... more
AccidentsFEAR ON THE AIRPLANE OF THE JOURNALISTS WHO FOLLOW BUSH
WASHINGTON, Great fright but no one injured between the journalists on board of the airplane which was carried them to Norfolk, where the president Bush is continuing its visits to military installations.... more
AccidentsTHE LAST OSPREY CRASHED FOR SOFTWARE AND HYDRAULIC FAILURES
WASHINGTON, According to U.S. Defense Department, the crash of the MV-22 Osprey occurred in last December is due to failures in software controlling system and in hydaulic control systems. Has been excluded... more
AccidentsFIRE ON BOEING 737 FOR FLARE EXPLOSION
PARIS, A fire beginning in the baggage of a Boeing 737 for S.Petersbourg, alarmed the emergency to the Roissy-Paris airport, Charles de Gaulle, where the Air France's airplane was in departure attending... more
AccidentsMILITARY HELICOPTER CRASHES NEAR PRAGUE
CZECH REPUBLIC, A W3-A Sokol military helicopter crashed late yesterday in the village of Skvorec, near Prague. Two pilots and one technician were seriously injured. The aircraft was on a routine exercise... more
AccidentsTWO U.S. ARMY HELICOPTERS BLACK HAWK CRASH IN HAWAII (2): SPECIFICATIONS
ROME, UH-60 BLACK HAWK SPECIFICATIONS Accomodation: 29 persons Dimensions: Length: 50 ft (15,3 m) Rotor diameter: 53 ft 8 in (16,4 m) Height: 16 ft 10 in (5,1 m) Weights: Empty: 11.284... more
AccidentsTWO U.S. ARMY HELICOPTERS CRASH IN HAWAII
HAWAII, Two U.S. army helicopters crashed yesterday night during an exercise in Hawaii. Seven soldiers were killed. The accident happened near Kahuku base. The crash was reported by an army spokesw... more
AccidentsPLANE CRASHES IN SURINAME, TEN KILLED
SURINAME, A charter plane last saturday crashed into a mountainside in Suriname. All the ten people on board were killed. Six brazilian were among them. The plane, bound to a gold mining town in the southwest... more
AccidentsMOTHER AND HER SONS SURVIVE PLANE CRASH
BEAVER ISLAND, MICHIGAN, A woman and her three sons are survived to the incident that involved the twin-engine airplane on which they were going from Chicago to the Beaver island, Michigan: nothing to... more
AccidentsPLANE COLLISION IN MID-AIR KILLS THREE PEOPLE
FRANCE, Two small planes collided near the the Mont Blanc in eastern France. A light aircraft carrying a flight instructor and student crashed with a private plane, holding only the pilot. The three people... more
AccidentsEMERGENCY LANDING FOR A SRI LANKAN AIRLINES AIRBUS
COLOMBO, SRI LANKA, The Airbus A340 was carrying 310 passengers and was bound to London. The plane made an emergency landing at Colombo after one of its wheels burst on take off. Air traffic controllers... more
AccidentsDANISH QUEEN SECURITY HELICOPTER CRASHES
BANGKOK , THAILAND, According to "Bangkok Post" an advance security Bell helicopter, with two pilots and seven policemen on board, escorting Danish Queen Margrethe II on her tour of northern Thailand crashed... more