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AccidentsKOSOVO CRASHED HELICOPTER (2): TECHNICAL SHEET OF BREDA NARDI 500
ROME, Breda Nardi 500 is a light utility helicopter built by license from U.S. McDonnell Douglas. In Italy it is used by Army, the Guardia di Finanza (Italian Fiscal Police) and Corpo Forestale dello... more
AccidentsKOSOVO (2): HELICOPTER CRASHES
KOSOVO, According to official sources, questioned by WAPA, the crash of and helicopter occurred at 2:35 p.m. local time in Kosovo, involved a Breda Nardi 500 belonging at 72th Air Wing of Italian Air Force,... more
AccidentsHELICOPTER CRASHES IN KOSOVO
PRISTINA, The helicopter, a NH-500 carrying two airmen, crashed down one km away from downtown Gracanica. The cause of the accident is still unknown. The two men suffered minor injuries. The helicopter... more
AccidentsFIRE AT AMSTERDAM AIRPORT
AMSTERDAM, An explosion happened in a toilet block in an arrival hall sparked a fire this morning at Schipol Amsterdam airport. Ingrid Bouw, spokeswoman for the airport, said the fire was "serious" but... more
AccidentsUK: SMALL PLANE CRASHES ON A ROAD
KENT, A small plane crashed on a road just outside Rochester airport and went into a hedge. The two people on board were treated for head and knee injuries. more
AccidentsEMERGENCY LANDING FOR HOCKEY TEAM PLANE
SACRAMENTO, The DC-9, carrying the Detroit Red Wings hockey team, was forced to make an emergency landing on monday at Sacramento International airport because of engine problems. The plane was flying... more
AccidentsDELTA AIRCRAFT COMES BACK FOR EMERGENCY
KANSAS CITY, MO, Yesterday a Delta aircraft bound for Orlando, came back to Kansas City International Airport just after take off, because of smoke noticed in the cockpit. Some of 87 passengers suffered... more
AccidentsEMERGENCY LANDING FOR A DELTA FLIGHT
KANSAS CITY, USA, A plane of Delta, bound to Orlando, Florida, had to make an emergency return to Kansas City international airport because of smoke in the cockpit just after takeoff. The crew and the... more
AccidentsUSA: PLANE CRASH IN UTAH, NINE KILLED
TOOELE, USA, The Beechcraft KingAir was on a flight from Mesquite, Nevada and it was carrying a group of nine people returned from a skydiving trip, the pilot and eight passengers. They were all killed... more
AccidentsCANADA: TWO PILOTS KILLED IN COLLISION
CANADA, An ultralight aircraft and a small airplane have collided on saturday in Mattawa in northern Ontario. The planes fell in a park and residential neighbourhood. Both the pilots were killed. The cause... more
AccidentsBRAZIL: TWO AIR CRASHES, 5 KILLED
BRAZIL, Two twin-engine aircrafts crashed last friday in Brazil. The first plunged into a hillside near Erico Cardoso killing the pilot, co-pilot and the passenger. The second small plane smashed into... more
AccidentsRESCUE HELICOPTER CRASHED IN GREECE (2): A-109E ''POWER'' SPECIFICATIONS
ROME, The Agusta A-109E "Power" helicopter: accomodation: 7 passengers; full-IFR capacity, A category. Lenght overall: 42 ft 9 in; lenght with rotors turning fuselage: 11,44; height: 11 ft 5 3/4 in; weight... more
AccidentsPASSENGER TRANSPORT VEHICLE HIT BARRIER
DULLES AIRPORT, WASHINGTON, A passenger transport vehicle with 41 people onboard has hit a concrete barrier in Washington Dulles International Airport injuring 18 people on the 41 on board. All injured... more
AccidentsMICROLIGHT CRASHES IN ENGLAND, KILLED THE PILOT
ENGLAND, The microlight, coming from Liverpool, went down on farmland in Staffordshire. The pilot, Phillip Chester, 40, was killed. The single passenger on board suffered broken ribs and has been released... more
AccidentsNEW ZEALAND: HELICOPTER CRASH IN DOWNTOWN WELLINGTON, KILLED THE PILOT
WELLINGTON, A Bell "Huey" helicopter crashed this morning in downtown Wellington killing the pilot. The helicopter was flying a load of materials for a building under construction and crashed into... more
AccidentsNEW ZEALAND. HELICOPTER CRASHED (2): SPECIFICATIONS
USA, The helicopter crashed in New Zealand is a Bell Model 205 UH-1 Iroquois (Huey). Lenghth: 41 ft 9 in; rotor diameter: 48ft; height: 14 ft 5 in; empty weight: 5210 lb; max T/O: 9500 lb; max speed: 127... more
AccidentsUN HELICOPTER CRASH IN MONGOLIA, 9 KILLED
MONGOLIA, A UN helicopter lost control and crashed yesterday in Mongolia killing 9 people. Among them four members of a UN disaster assessment team, an American, a Briton, a German and a Mongolian. Other... more
AccidentsCONDOR AIRLINES PLANE FORCED TO DIVERT TO MALAGA
MALAGA, SPAIN, A Condor Airlines Airbus 320 en route from Dresden to Las Palmas, had to divert Malaga because of two polish women who flew into rage. Under the influence of alcohol, they threw food trays... more
AccidentsINVESTIGATION ON CLOSED RUNWAY LANDING
MANCHESTER, GREAT BRITAIN, A small aircraft, a Ravenair PA 34 Seneca landed on a closed runway of Manchester Ariport, without problems. The runway is still under test, as it will be opened form the next... more
AccidentsDREAMED FREEDOM, FOUND DEATH
LONDON, Yesterday Cuba's state television reported that two Cuban youths who died last month after stowing away in the undercarriage of a British Airways jet to London were military who dreamed of living... more
AccidentsMAINTENANCE ERROR WAS THE CAUSE OF A POLICE HELICOPTER CRASH
SCOTLAND, Investigations have revealed that was a maintenance error that caused a police helicopter crash on the roof of an house in which an entire family was watching TV on the last 21th of april. According... more
AccidentsRYANAIR PLANE MAKES EMERGENCY LANDING DUE TO CRACKED WINDSCREEN
WALES, A Ryanair Boeing 737, en route from Bournemouth to Dublin, was diverted to Cardiff airport because of fears about a cracked windscreen. Passengers were taken by coach to Bristol to catch a plane... more
AccidentsTWO MILITARY AIRCRAFTS CRASH IN CHINA, 21 KILLED
CHINA, The crashes occurred last tuesday. The two planes crashed in different aereas and 15 soldiers and 6 civilians were killed. The new was reported by the Association for Human Rights and Democracy... more
AccidentsVICTIMS' FAMILIES FILE SUIT IN CONCORDE CRASH
USA, The families of three victims who died in last summer's crash of a Concorde jet near Paris filed suit in U.S. federal court seeking compensation from seven defendants, including Air France and... more
AccidentsBUENOS AIRES: PLANE'S UNDERCARRIAGE COLLAPSES
BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA, The undercarriage of a Lloyd aereo boliviano's plane collapsed while taking off from Buenos Aires international airport. The incident threw the plane off balance and a wing... more
AccidentsUNITED PASSENGER DIVERTED BECAUSE OF AN UNRULY PASSENGER
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA, The Boeing 747 was flying from Chicago to Hong Kong but it was forced to land at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport because of a passenger causing disturbance. The new was reported... more
AccidentsPLANE FORCED TO MAKE EMERGENCY LANDING AFTER PILOT PASSED OUT
NEW YORK, The plane, a Continental Airlines Boeing 777 en route from Houston to Paris carrying 208 people, had to make an emergency landing at Newark airport, New York, after the pilot passed out at the... more
AccidentsMILITARY PLANE MISSING IN NEW GUINEA
INDONESIA, The indonesian plane, a CASA 235 aircraft carrying nine crew and passengers, including senior army and police chiefs, went missed over dense jungle in Irian Jaya province, in New Guinea. The... more
AccidentsBEA CONFIRM THAT METAL STRIP WHICH CAUSED CONCORDE ACCIDENT COMES FROM CONTINENTAL JET
PARIS, FRANCE, According with French investigation board, (BEA) the metal strip found on runway that have caused the Concorde accident in July is surely belonging to Continental DC-10 started some... more
AccidentsPASSENGER DIES AFTER FLYING: ''ECONOMY-CLASS SYNDROME''?
AUSTRALIA, A 68 years old welsh, Thomas Lamb, died after falling ill on the journey from Heathrow to Melbourne. The man suffered breathing difficulties on arrival in Australia and was taken to hospital,... more
AccidentsSMALL AIRCRAFT CRASHES INTO HUDSON RIVER
NEW YORK, The single-engine small aircraft was reported to have crashed into the Hudson River in New York on Saturday. Rescue crews are continuing the search. Two people on the ground said they saw the... more
AccidentsBRITISH CRASHED HELICOPTER (2): TECHNICAL CARD
GREAT BRITAIN, The helicopter crashed in Great Britain was a 206 Jetranger manufactured by U.S. Bell Helicopters, now Bell Textron, which have built over 7000 unit since first in 1971. It has the following... more
AccidentsUK: HELICOPTER CRASHES INTO LAKE
UK, The JetRanger 206 was approaching Windermere, in the Lake District, when it plunged into the water about half-a-mile from shore. The pilot managed to swim to the shore suffering only from shock and... more
AccidentsPIPER CRASHES IN CANADA, FOUR KILLED
PENTICTON, CANADA, The Piper Aerostar crashed into Mt. Okanagan near Penticton, killing all four people on board. The wreckage of the plane was found after a two-day search hampered by thick fog and snow.... more
AccidentsFIRST DECLARATIONS ABOUT OSPREY CRASH
USA, U.S. Navy investigators looking at causes of the Marines MV-22 Osprey convertiplane crash, started to release first declaration after analisys of the Crash Survivable Memory Unit, a device very similar... more
AccidentsHELICOPTER CRASH IN INDIA, FIVE KILLED
INDIA, The helicopter crashed near a popular indian resort in Mussoorie, about 127 miles north of New Delhi in the northern state of Uttaranchal. Five passengers were killed and another was injured. Police... more
AccidentsHOME-MADE BOMBE EXPLODES AT PARIS' AIRPORT
PARIS, An explosion caused by a small home-made bomb has damaged a government office in the freight zone of Charles de Gaulle airport. The explosive, placed outside the doorway of a state unemployment... more
AccidentsWILL FLY AGAIN THE MAN WHICH CAUSED PROBLEMS AT BA 747 FLIGHT
LONDON, GREAT BRITAIN, Paul Kefa Mukonyi, the kenyote which nearly caused a BA 747 crash with his violent entrance in cockpit and seizure of plane controls, has been cleared by police to board on an aircraft... more
AccidentsRUSSIA: PILOT DIES SHORTLY BEFORE LANDING
MOSCOW, Vasily Pastukhov, pilot of a Tu-134 flying from Kiev to Moscow died as the plane was about to land in Moscow's Vnukovo airport. The pilot had a heart attack 20 minutes before landing. The plane... more
AccidentsBA FLIGHT ACCIDENT (2): IT WAS NOT AN HIJACKING
NAIROBI, KENYA, It was not an hijacker the man entered in cockpit of a British Airways 747 aircraft with 379 peoples on board. He attacked the cockpit crew, causing autopilot disengage and uncontrolled... more
AccidentsUSAIR PLANE EMERGENCY LANDED FOR CABIN SMOKE
NEW YORK, USA, For smoke in cabin, a UsAir flight landed in emrgency at Newark airport, soon after take off from La Guardia airport. No injures reported between 111 peoples on board; problem has been... more
AccidentsVIETNAMITE OFFICER DIED FALLING FROM AIRCRAFT
HANOI, VIETNAM, A Vietnam Air Force officer, major Dinh Xuan Le, 40, died falling from an Antonov 26 aircraft, due to sudden depressurization. Its body, sucked out from aircraft, has been found in countries... more
AccidentsEASYJET PLANE HITS PROBLEM AT LANDING
LONDON, The plane, coming from Aberdeen, was beginning its descent into Luton Airport when instruments indicated a slight decompression in the cabin. Emergency services and the airport were put on alert.... more
AccidentsHAWAIIAN AIRLINES PLANE SLIDES OFF RUNWAY
TAHITI, The DC 10-10, carrying 139 passengers and 15 crew members, slid off the runway while landing in heavy rain at Papeete airport. No injured were reported. more
AccidentsPASSENGER PROBLEM ON AN AIR FRANCE FLIGHT
TOULOUSE, The plane was on its way from Paris to Libreville, Gabon. The pilot decided to make an emergency landing in Toulouse after a man got out of control and threatened crew members and some passengers.... more
AccidentsSTOWAWAY DIES FALLING FROM JET
LONDON, The man fell from a British Airways Boeing 777 headed for Cancun, Mexico, during take off, police said. His dead body was found on a runway of London's Gatwick airport. Police also recovered another... more
AccidentsSIX DEAD IN PLANE CRASH IN ENGLAND
UK, The light aircraft, a twin-engined Beech 200, smashed into a Hampshire factory shortly after take off from Blackbushe Airport in the south of England. The plane went on fire and the crash was due to... more
AccidentsUSA: PLANE MISSES RUNWAY AT LANDING
JACKSON, USA, A small plane, carrying three people and the actress Sandra Bullock, missed the runway and crashed at Jackson Hole airport. The plane, a twin-engine Hawker corporate jet, was heavily damaged... more
AccidentsJAPAN AIRLINES BOEING 747 ENGINE CATCHES FIRE AFTER LANDING
TOKYO, One of the four engines of the aircraft caught fire while the jet, carrying 312 people, was taxiing after landing at an airport on the northern main island of Hokkaido. The pilot extinguished the... more
AccidentsPIPER CHEROKEE CRASHES IN NEW ZEALAND, THREE KILLED
NEW ZEALAND, The light aircraft was on a sightseeing trip in the south of New Zealand. The cause of the accident is still unknown. The Piper crashed near Hanmer Springs, about 70 miles northwest of Christchurch... more