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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
AccidentsSEVEN INJURED PASSENGER BECAUSE OF A ROUGH LANDING
CHICAGO, ILL., Yesterday seven passengers reported injured after a United Express flight's rough landing at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport: it was unclear whether the plane's landing gear failed... more
AccidentsHELICOPTER CRASHES IN ZAMBIA
ZAMBIA, An helicopter crashed in Mfuwe national park in eastern Zambia. Rescue teams were not able to reach the crash site because of heavy rains. Two people are feared dead. The new was reported b... more
AccidentsHELICOPTER CRASHES IN RUSSIA
RUSSIA, A Mi-8 helicopter with 18 passengers and 3 crew members on board yesterday crashed in Tomsk region in Siberia. A passenger was injured. The helicopter fell after getting into a snowstorm, preliminary... more
AccidentsLEARJET CRASHES IN GERMANY, THREE ITALIANS KILLED
ROME, Specifications of the Learjet LR 35 aircraft: Lenght: 48 ft 8 in Wingspan: 39 ft 6 in Height: 12 ft 3 in Empty: 10119 lb Max T/O: 18300 lb Payload: 3381 lb Max speed: 542 mph Range: 2196... more
AccidentsLEARJET CRASHES IN GERMANY, THREE ITALIANS KILLED
NUREMBERG, GERMANY, Three italians, a pilot and two technicians, were killed yesterday in an air crash. The light plane, a Learjet LR 35, crashed shortly after takeoff from Nuremberg airport. The pilot... more
AccidentsTWO CESSNA SMALL PLANES COLLIDE
DENISON, USA, Two Cessna planes collided in Oklahoma. The pilot and the passenger of one aircraft were killed. The other, a Cessna 172, landed safely and the two occupants were uninjured. Visibility was... more
AccidentsAIR RAGE ON AN IBERIA FLIGHT
BILBAO, FRANCIA, The front landing gear of an Iberia Airbus A320 plane snapped as it touched down in Bilbao airport. A woman was taken to hospital and other passengers left the plane by emergency exits.... more
AccidentsTWO FAKE SMUGGLERS DIED DURING TRAINING WITH COAST GUARD
MARATHON, FLORIDA, Two civilian volunteers, Robert S. Fuller, 49, and Casey A. Purvis, 50, died for the crash of their Piper Archer plane, during a training with U.S. Coast Guard, in which they simulate... more
AccidentsEMERGENCY LANDING AT MELBOURNE FOR ENGINE FIRE
MELBOURNE, A Singapore Airlines Boeing jumbo jet just departed, made an emergency landing at Melbourne airport: it appears there was an engine fire, but has yet to be confirmed. It landed safely and the... more
AccidentsTACA AIRBUS BRAKES FAIL AFTER LANDING
TEGUCIGALPA, HONDURAS, The brakes of an Airbus A320 of TACA airline failed after landing at Tegucigalpa's airport, in Honduras, and it was forced to turn abruptly to avoid hitting a busy highway. It seems... more
AccidentsMARINES HARRIER CRASH, TWO DIED
CHERRY POINT, NORTH CAROLINA, USA, A vertical take off and landing (VTOL) Marines Harrier aircraft crashed during landing at Cherry Point airbase where ther eis a training squadron and three operating... more
AccidentsSMALL PLANE CRASHES IN BRAZIL, ROCK SINGER IN COMA
RIO DE JANEIRO, Herbert Vianna, leader of the rock band Os Paralamas do Sucesso was seriously injured in an air crash yesterday. His light plane went down close to Mangaratiba, 62 miles from Rio de... more
AccidentsPLANES SLIDES OFF THE RUNWAY AT LANDING
SHEFFIELD, ENGLAND, A Shorts 360 plane, carrying 30 people, careered off the runway while landing at Sheffield airport because of a tyre burst. The flight was coming from Dublin. None was injured but a... more
AccidentsEMERGENCY STOP FOR A BA JUMBO
NEW YORK, Last evening a British Airways' Boeing 747 from Houston to New York with 175 passengers on board made an emergency landing at Baltimore-Washington Airport when fumes were reported in the cabin.... more
AccidentsLIBYAN PROTEST AT LOCKERBIE VERDICT
TRIPOLI, Carrying anti-U.S. banners, 5,000 people marched to U.N. offices saturday in protest at the conviction of a Libyan intelligence agent in the Lockerbie trial in Scotland in 1988. The explosion... more
AccidentsEMERGENCY LANDING FOR A CANADA 3000 PLANE
TORONTO, CANADA, A Boeing 757 of Canada 3000, carrying 200 people, had to make an emergency landing at Toronto's Pearson airport after one nose wheel became separated during takeoff. No one was inj... more
AccidentsEMERGENCY LANDING IN SWEDEN
STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN, A smoke-filled charter plane with 229 passengers aboard made an emergency landing outside a Gothenburg, 500 kilometers southwest of the capital, Stockholm, in southwestern Sweden:... more