Accidents
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AccidentsIndian Air Force "Jaguar" aircraft crashed
New Delhi, India - The victims are two
A few days after the air crash that involved a MiG-21 fighter aircraft (see AVIONEWS) another similar fact has been reported from India: a Sepecat "Jaguar" airplane (registration JS19) of the Indian Air... more
AccidentsRio-Paris airplane crash: victims' parents speak
Paris, France - Families and union against BEA
The associations of relatives of the victims died on the flight Rio de Janeiro-Paris on June, 1st, 2009 that caused the deaths of 228 people and the French National Airline Pilots Union (SNPL) have proclaimed... more
AccidentsPakistan presents probe on Airblue's aircraft incident
Islamabad, Pakistan - Report announced today
Pakistan Civil Aviation Authorities submitted today August 4 to prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani the final report on the airplane crash that took place on July 28, 2010, in which an Airbus 321 airplane... more
AccidentsIndonesia: Bell 412 helicopter crashed
Jakarta, Indonesia - No survivors
Indonesian authorities reported today August, 4 the news of an incident happened yesterday afternoon in North Sulawesi province, on Sulawesi island; the aircraft was transporting 8 passengers and 2 crew... more
AccidentsGrand Caravan aircraft of Brazilian Air force crashed
Bom , Brazil - No survivors
A Cessna 208B Grand Caravan plane (C-98A registration, FAB2735) of Brazilian Air Force crashed yesterday August, 2 in the south of the Country, killing all occupants, according to official sources said. The... more
AccidentsMiG-21 crashed in Rajasthan, the pilot dead
Bikaner, India - Unknown the reasons
An Indian defence spokesperson has declared today August, 2 that this morning a MiG-21 "Type-96" fighter aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) crashed for causes still unknown in the North-East of the... more
AccidentsBEA presents new safety recommendations
Paris, France - Deduced from incident's circumstances
New Safety Recommendations Analysis of the history of the flight based on the readout of the flight recorders has led to the issuing of ten new safety recommendations. XX Three safety recommendations... more
AccidentsAccording to BEA Rio-Paris air crash could be avoided
Paris, France - The crew didn't closely follow the manual
The results of the third report of BEA (French Bureau of investigation and analysis of air accident) presented on July 29 answered some questions on the air crash of Air France Airbus A-330/203 on June... more
AccidentsBEA publishes a synthesis note on Rio-Paris air crash
Paris, France - AVIONEWS presents the note uncut
Safety Investigation into the accident on 1 June 2009 to the Airbus A-330/203 airplane, flight AF447. On Sunday 31 May 2009, the Airbus A-330/203 registered F-GZCP operated by Air France took off at... more
AccidentsPoland presents final report on air crash of Tupolev 154 aircraft
Warsaw, Poland - Different factors led to the tragedy
Polish Committee for Investigation of National Aviation Accidents unveiled today July 29 in Warsaw final report on the tragic accident happened on May 10, 2010 in which lost his life the then Polish president,... more
AccidentsJapan: an airplane crashed during a training flight
Hokkaido, Japan - Three dead; a student survived
Three men dead on July, 28 for an air crash that involved a Beechcraft A-36 airplane belonging to a Japanese aviation school next to Hokkaido, in the north of the Country. There were on board the pilot... more
AccidentsAsiana Airlines cargo aircraft missed in South Korea
Seoul, South Korea - There would be 2 victims
Official sources reported that this morning in South Korea a Boeing cargo plane B-747/400 operated by the South Korea's carrier Asiana Airlines has crashed into the sea off the coast of the province of... more
AccidentsVictims' number in Morocco airplane crash rises up
Guelmin, Morocco - 80 dead and no survivors
The King of Morocco Mohammed VI has declared three days of national mourning for the victims of the plane crash occurred on July 26 in the south of the Country (see AVIONEWS), the most serious for the... more
AccidentsNew findings on Rio de Janeiro-Paris airplane crash will be unveiled on July, 29
Paris, France - Based on the last examinations
BEA, the French civil aviation authority, has announced on July, 25 that next Friday will be communicated to the press new findings that has been discovered about the "Exact circumstances" that caused... more
AccidentsC-130 crashes in Morocco: victims, aircraft destroyed
Guelmin, Morocco - According to initial reports there were about seventy people on-board
The news coming today from Arab broadcaster "Al Jazeera" are still very confused, in relation to a serious incident which involved a C-130 military aircraft of Royal Air Maroc carrying, it seems, about... more
AccidentsHelicopter crashed in Russia: 3 dead and 2 injured
Moscow, Russia - The third incident in a few days
Local authorities have reported that on July, 25 a Mil Mi-8 helicopter crashed in the Kamchatka peninsula in the far East of Russia, killing a crew member and two passengers, while two other people who... more
AccidentsThai military helicopter crashed: 3 dead
Bangkok, Thailandia - The third incident in a few days
Military sources have reported the news that on Sunday, July 24 a Bell-212 helicopter crashed in Phetchaburi province, west of the Country on the Thai Gulf; the incident resulted in the deaths of three... more
AccidentsIndia: Bombardier aircraft skidded on the runway while landing with 54 people on board
New Delhi, India - Due a tyre burst; no victims
Today, an accident involved a Bombardier CRJ-701ER (CL-600-2C10) regional jet at the end of AL-9801 direct flight from New Delhi to Kolkata via Kunpur (an air link activated about a month ago) operated... more
AccidentsP-92 Echo aircraft crashes in phase of landing in Lodi, Italy
Lodi, Italy - Two people injured
At 12:30 local time yesterday a P-92 Echo Tecnam aircraft crashed next to the canal Muzza in Cornegliano Laudense, Lodi (Italy), while it was landing in the airport of Massalengo in order to re-supply. The... more
AccidentsBrazil: 16 people died after air crash
Recife, Brazil - The aircraft crashed for unknown reasons
This morning, Wednesday, July 13, at 6:51 am local hour, a Let L-140 "Turbolet" aircraft operated by the regional company Noar Linhas Aereas crashed in a desert area near the city of Recife, on the coast... more
AccidentsEstablished compensations for families of dead and for injured of Monday's accident involving An-24 airplane (VIDEO)
Moscow, Russia - With amounts from 1770 and 35,500 dollars per family
The day after the accident involving the Antonov An-24 aircraft registered RA-47302 operated by Angara Airlines, crashed during an emergency landing in the Ob river in Siberia (see AVIONEWS), compensations... more
AccidentsAn-24, Tu-134 aircraft and Volga's ferry tragedy: Medvedev orders transport safety controls on a large scale
Moscow, Russia - He considers to ground An-24 e Tu-134 aircraft, on duty respectively since 1950 and 1960
Is gradually updated the record of the incident happened this morning which involved an Antonov An-24 aircraft of Angara Airlines Company, whose pilot was forced to ditch a fortune on the Ob River, from... more
AccidentsAircraft crash in Alabama: dead a whole family
Demopolis, USA - 7 victims, 5 of them are children
Last night, Sunday, July 10, the chief of police of the city of Demopolis, Alabama, reported the news that Saturday, July 9 at 06:30 pm a twin-engine Cessna C-421 crashed in a wooded area near the airport... more
AccidentsCongo plane crash: the number of victims grows
Kisangani, Congo - News are still uncertain
Despite the continuing uncertainty about the number of passengers and victims, according to the latest information released by Hewa Bora Airways on board the Boeing 727 aircraft, registration 9Q-COP, there... more
AccidentsSiberia, An-24 aircraft crashes during an emergency water landing due to an engine failure
Irkustsk, Siberia - At least 5 dead, as many missing and various injured
At 8:55 MSK today an Antonov AN-24 airplane -registration RA-47302- operated by Angara Airlines was serving a connection from Surgut to Tomsk-Bogashevo airport, when the left engine (an Ivchenko AI-24VT)... more
AccidentsHewa Bora Airways airplane crashes in Congo: 53 dead until now
Kinshasa, Congo - The aircraft was coming from the Capital Kinshasa
Authorities in Congo have confirmed reports that during this morning Friday, July 8, a plane operated by Hewa Bora Airways, which was carrying 112 passengers, crashed during landing, causing at least 53... more
AccidentsSmall plane falls down in California. 2 dead
Watsonville, USA - Victims' names not reported
In the evening of yesterday on Thursday, July 7 a Mooney M-20 plane of 1974 crashed in a parking lot near the Watsonville Community Hospital of Watsonville, about 90 miles south of San Francisco, California,... more
AccidentsMarine dead for helicopter incident in California
Camp Pendleton, USA - He left his 23 year old wife
The 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing said yesterday on Thursday, July 7 that Wednesday, July 6 an UH-1Y helicopter crashed for reasons unknown near the base of Camp Pendleton, 80 miles from San Clemente, in California. The... more
AccidentsTwo dead due to the crash of MDM-1 Fox glider
Feldkirchen, Austria - Operated by Adria Aerobatics Club
At 11:03 local time yesterday an aerobatic glider MDM-1 Fox of Marga?ski & Mys?owski operated by Alpe Adria Aerobatics Club, registration OE-5601, crashed causing the death of both the people on board,... more
AccidentsDead former British Airways pilot in plane crash
West Sussex, England - Unhurt other aircraft's pilot
Yesterday, on Tuesday, July 5 a collision between two aircraft in West Sussex, England, has caused the death of Alan Weal, 63 years old, a former employee of the air company British Airways, who was aboard... more
AccidentsISAF Ilyushin 76-D cargo aircraft crashes in Afghanistan
Kabul, Afghanistan - Dead all the 9 occupants
Kabul and NATO sources unveiled that during the night an Ilyushin 76-D cargo plane whose operator was Silk Way Airlines, rent by ISAF (International Security Assistance Force under NATO's command) crashed... more
AccidentsJapanese fighter jet missing during training flight
Tokyo, Japan - Go on researches in open sea
The Japanese authorities have confirmed reports that this morning, Tuesday, July 5, an F-15 fighter jet of the Air Self-Defense Force has been declared missing, having disappeared from the radar signal... more
AccidentsSiberia: 2 dead and 14 injured into the crash of a Mil Mi-8 helicopter
Irkutsk, Russia - Operated by UTAir Aviation
At 9:31 am this morning (local time), a Mil Mi-8 helicopter, registration unknown, operated by UTAir Aviation, crashed in the Oblast' of Irkutsk, Siberia (Russia). The aircraft, with 16 people on board... more
AccidentsRussia, Evektor EV-97R plane crashes
Moscow, Russia - One of the two occupants is dead
Today at 9:42 am (local time) an Evektor EV-97 EuroStar, -R version, registration unknown, operated by "Desna" Airclub crashed next to Drakino, in the Moscow region (Russia), causing the death of one of... more
AccidentsCommemorations on the occasion of 31st anniversary of plane crash of Ustica, in Italy
Palermo, Italy - In which 81 people died
Today it's the 31st anniversary of the plane crash occurred in Ustica (Palermo), in which 81 people died. On June 28, 1980, Douglas DC-9, registration I-TIGI, took-off with a two-hour delay from Bologna,... more
AccidentsVictims of Tu-134 plane crash rise to 47
Moscow, Russia - All of them have been identified according to local media
It has risen of two further victims the death toll of the plane crash occurred on June, 21th to a Tupolev Tu-134 aircraft in the republic of Karelia, Russia. The aircraft -registration RA-65691- had... more
AccidentsUltralight aircraft crashed in Province of Mantova (Italy): dead the pilot and passenger
Mantua, Italy - Unknown the causes of the accident
Prosecutor's Office initiated an investigation on the incident happened yesterday, Sunday, June 26, in Fossate, fraction of Rodigo in the province of Mantua, in which two men were killed, Fulvio Piccolo,... more
AccidentsTreviso's Province, in Italy: a Schweizer S-269C helicopter crashed
Treviso, Italy - The pilot had two daughters
On Saturday, June 25, a Schweizer S-269 C helicopter flying over the area of Rolle di Cison, in the province of Treviso (in Italy), crashed killing the pilot Massimo Alocci, 36 year old native of Tuscany... more
AccidentsRobinson helicopter crashed in Canada: one dead
Schefferville, Canada - The accident happened in a shut off area
On Friday, June 24, at 06:45 in the afternoon a Robinson R-44 helicopter, owned by Capital Helicopters crashed in a remote area of Canada, killing the passenger, a man of 65 years. The pilot, 25 years... more
AccidentsRussian ministry of transportation and Tupolev recommend to ground Tu-134 planes after the recent tragedy in which 45 people died
Moscow, Russia - In the meanwhile, MAK rules out it could have been caused due to technical failures
Yesterday, upon decision of Russian president Dmitry Medvedev, took place a meeting, held by the transportation minister Igor Levitin, following which the Russian ministry and the manufacturer Tupolev... more
AccidentsCirrus plane crash near Savona, Liguria (Italy): 3 dead
Savona, Italy - It was probably coming from Cannes (France) and bound to Venice
It has crashed at around 12:00 am today, on Thursday June, 23, a Cirrus SR-20 aircraft, code LX-MPR, that probably took off from Cannes and was bounded to Venice-Lido. There were 3 passengers on board,... more
AccidentsAir crash in Karelia, death toll rises to 45
Moscow, Russia - A child who was among the survivors died in the night due to the bad injuries
It's risen to 45 the death toll of the plane crash occurred in the Russian republic of Kaleria, occured during the night of June 21, 2011, to a Tu-134 plane of RusAir, whose pilot made an emergency landing... more
AccidentsRussia: Tu-134 airplane tries to make an emergency landing on freeway in Karelia, at least 44 dead and 8 injured (VIDEO)
Besovets, Russia - The manoeuvre was carried out maybe due to the adverse weather conditions or problems with the runway illumination
Tonight, the pilot of a Tupolev Tu-134A/3 runway operated by RusAir tried to make an emergency landing on the freeway, two km far from the Petrozavodsky airport, the capital city of the Republic of Karelia,... more
AccidentsPlane crash close to Piacenza, Italy: dead all the three occupants
Piacenza, Italy - Still uncleared the causes of the incident, Italian ANSV opened an investigation
A Cessna 172 airplane, registration unknown, which had taken off from Ybbs headed to Albenga, Liguria, crashed on Saturday in Pradovera, in the city of Farini. When the rescuers arrived -the Fire Department... more
AccidentsAir France's A-330 airplane crash: transported the wreckage of Airbus in Toulouse
Toulouse, France - Expected for today forensic examinations
The wreckage of the Air France's Airbus A-330 plane crashed in the Atlantic on June 1, 2009 while it was flying from Rio de Janeiro to Paris, found after two years in the Atlantic Ocean (see AVIONEWS),... more
AccidentsAndorra, AS-350B3 helicopter crashes on the Pyrenees while bringing food supplies to a refuge
Andorra La Vella, Andorra - Five dead and one injured with serious burns
On Wednesday morning, at 9:40 local time, an AS-350B3 Ecureuil helicopter, belonging to Heliand company, registration unknown, crashed into the Pyrenees in Estany de Juclà, Canillo (Andorra), while bringing... more
AccidentsCesane helicopter accident in 2003: condemned those responsible
Turin, Italy - 6 people died in the accident
On April 19, 2003 in Sauze di Cesana crashed a helicopter AS-350 B2 "Ecureuil" (Eurocopter), used as a heliski, due to a technical problem with the engine: six people died in the accident, five skiers... more
AccidentsGermany: blimp pilot died for airship explosion
Friedberg, Germany - Unharmed the others three passengers
On the evening of Sunday, June 12, a Goodyear blimp operated by Lightship Europe has exploded, killing the pilot, Michael Nerandzic, but the man's name has not been confirmed by the German authorities. The... more
AccidentsCollision between two gliders: died a pilot
Hattula, Finland - Found after long searches
During the Finnish national glider championships, being in June in the south of the Country in the week from 11 to 18, it happened yesterday, on Sunday, June 12, an accident between two gliders, which... more
Accidents8 policemen dead in Bell UH-1H-II Huey II helicopter crash
La Salina , Colombia - 4 others injured were hospitalized in Yopal
On Saturday, 8 policemen were killed in an incident which involved a Bell UH-1H-II Huey II helicopter, military aircraft powered by a single, turboshaft engine, with a two-bladed main rotor and tail rotor,... more