Accidents
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AccidentsPlane crash in India (VIDEO)
Delhi, India - A PC-12 crashed in a residential area near Delhi
At about 10:45pm of yesterday an air-ambulance Pilatus PC-12 airplane, registration VT-ACF, has fallen in India in the center of Cologne Parvat, which is located in the district of Faridabad, while was... more
AccidentsPilot of S-269C helicopter crashed yesterday in Treviso, Italy, in critical conditions
Treviso, Italy - The crash could be due to an engine failure
At around 8:00 pm local time yesterday, a Schweizer S-269C helicopter, taken-off from a bit more than one hour, crashed from an altitude of 20 meters while was spreading chemical substances on behalf of... more
AccidentsBEA: detailed information collected from black boxes about 2009 Rio-Paris flight plane crash will be unveiled tomorrow
Paris, France - To correct "The partial and more or less contradictory information published in the media"
On Friday, May 27, 2011, will finally be unveiled the details of the content of the two black boxes, recently found with the support of submarine robots, of Air France AF447 flight (see AVIONEWS), fallen... more
Accidents2009 crash of Air France A-330 plane maybe due to a series of errors: failure of the sensors and aircraft in stall
Paris, France - Anonymous sources anticipate the content of black boxes
The "Wall Street Journal" has unveiled the content of the black boxes, recently discovered by submarine robots, of the ACJ-330 (new nomenclature of the A-330) aircraft of Air France fallen in the Atlantic... more
AccidentsIncident of Beechcraft King Air C-90 in Nigeria
Abuja, Nigeria - Four victims
On Tuesday, May 24, 2011, at about 12:00 am, a Beechcraft King Air C-90 plane, registration number N364NZ, operated by the company Shoreline Consultancy Service Ltd, crashed at Barkallau, not far from... more
AccidentsCollision between an aircraft and a glider (VIDEO)
Saarmund, Germany - Three people had lost their lives
Last Saturday there was a plane crash near the airfield in Saarmund in Germany. Two planes have collided, a lightweight Remos GX started from Schonhagen, and a glider Grob G102 Astir CS Jeans took off... more
AccidentsCaught fire an air-tanker load of fuel in California (VIDEO)
California, USA - The three people on board are safe
Yesterday, an air-tanker operated by Omega Air Refueling, carrying a cargo of fuel and three crew members crashed during takeoff from the Naval Air Station at Point Mugu in Ventura County in California. The... more
AccidentsPlane crash in Patagonia
Patagonia, Argentina - 22 people had lost their life
Last night a plane Saab-340 twin turbo operated by the company Sol, with 22 people on board, crashed in Patagonia near Prahuaniyeu. The accident occurred about 40 minutes after takeoff, more precisely... more
AccidentsFour dead in an airplane crash in Brazil
Sao Paolo, Brazil - Causes still unknown
It has been revealed yesterday that on the night between Monday and Tuesday a small plane for school-flights crashed not far from the city of Sao Paulo, Brazil. On board there were four people. The... more
AccidentsAirbus statement regarding media reports about the AF447 airplane investigation
Toulouse, France - About AIT document
Some recent media reports about the AF447 accident mention an information note issued by Airbus to its customers. The purpose of this document, known as an AIT (Accident Information Telex), is to provide... more
AccidentsPlane crash near the airport of Ilopango in the state of El Salvador
San Salvador, El Salvador - Three people lost their lives
Yesterday morning around 11:00, near the airport Ilopango of El Salvador, there was a plane crash in which three people were killed two Chinese nationals, Gouliang Wankai of 58 years and Li Hai of 49,... more
AccidentsIncident in landing phase for CH-47D helicopter of Canadian Armed Forces
Kandahar, Afghanistan - In Afghanistan
A Boeing CH-47D Chinook helicopter, registration unknown, with on board 5 crew members, about 25 soldiers and one "Canadian Press" journalist, had an incident today, during the night, in Panjwaii, in the... more
AccidentsAircraft Air France Rio-Paris: black boxes recovered contain readable data
Paris, France - It will take several weeks for the depth analysis of data
On June 1st, 2009: the flight AF447, Rio-Paris, 228 passengers on board, disappeared from the Brazilian radar at 8:00 am (Italian time). To date, no causes have yet been established. But there is a fundamental... more
AccidentsA-29 crashes: Brazilian Air Force pilot died
Sao Paulo, Brazil - Authorities investigate
According to a statement by a spokesman for the Brazilian Air Force, an aircraft Embraer A-29 crashed yesterday in northern Brazil, and the pilot died. The A-29 was conducting a flight near Natal, the... more
AccidentsKam Air DC-8 plane's accident influenced EU's ban to Afghan airlines
Manston, United Kingdom - The aircraft had taken-off with almost 12 tons of cargo more than consented limits
On August 11, 2010, the tail of a Douglas DC-8 airplane, registration number YA-ViC, with on board three crew members and 9 passengers, struck on the runway of the airport of Manston, England, while in... more
AccidentsMi-17 helicopter of Afghan Army crashes in phase of landing
Kabul, Afghanistan - Nine soldiers injured
Today, at 12:15 pm, a Mi-17 helicopter of ANA, Afghan National Army, registration number unknown, crashed in Paroon, in the Nuristan province, in Afghanistan. It was unveiled by Mohammed Zareen, spokesman... more
AccidentsCollision between two Piper aircraft
New York, USA - The two pilots have been killed in the crash
Yesterday, two single-engine Piper aircraft, a Pa-24/250 Comanche and Pa-28/180 Cherokee D, crashed in a wood to about 60 miles to north of the New York city. According to eyewitnesses the two aircraft... more
AccidentsIndonesia, found the first black box of the plane fallen in the sea during the week-end
Jakarta, Indonesia - Causing the death of 27 people
Tatang Kurniadi, chairman of local commission for transport safety, today stated to "AFP", "Agence France Presse", that has been retrieved the first black box of the air crash occurred on May 7 in Indonesia,... more
AccidentsRio-Paris flight A-330: the first two bodies rescued
Paris, France - Talk Valter Declame, coroner
Recovered two corpses from Airbus A-330 of Air France crashed on 1st June 2009 in the Atlantic with 228 passengers on board, without even the cases have been detected (see AVIONEWS). Thanks to a remote... more
Accidents165 F-22 Raptor airplanes of USAF grounded
Anchorage, Alaska - For alleged malfunctioning of the oxygen generator system
According to reports made in recent days by officials of USAF, US Air Force, the entire fleet of Lockheed Martin-Boeing F-22 Raptors of US Air Forces, 165 copies, have been grounded. It was established... more
AccidentsTwo killed in Pioneer 200 plane crash
Leogang, Austria - In Austria
Today an ultralight Alpi Aviation Pioneer 200 plane, registration D-MJWF, crashed in Leogang, Austria, killing both the occupants. According to reports by local sources, the aircraft had taken-off from... more
AccidentsKorea Forest Service helicopter crashes
Seoul, South Korea - With two pilots on board
This morning, at 11:32 local time, a Korea Forest Service helicopter, whose model and registration are still unknown, with two pilots on board would have crashed today next to Sogeum river, in Gangwon... more
AccidentsFound the first corpse of the Rio-Paris flight
Paris, France - Will be sought to determine the identity of the bodies with DNA tests
Rescued the first body of one of the passengers of the Air France flight to Rio de Janeiro-Paris crashed into the Atlantic in 2009. It reports the direction of the French national gendarme that said in... more
AccidentsAttempt to find again corpses of victims of 2009 Air France plane crash
Paris, France - In the next hours
Yesterday, an anonymous source close to the investigators working on plane crash occurred, June 1st, 2009, to Air France plane on Rio-Paris route, in which 228 people died (see AVIONEWS), would have unveiled... more
AccidentsMay 4, 1949/2011: 62 years from Superga airplane crash
Turin, Italy - We remember what happened: the darkest page of Italian sport news
The "Tragedy of Superga" is the name used to remember a terrible air crash occurred on May 4, 1949 that especially shocked the football world: at 05:03 pm on May 4, 1949 a Fiat G-212, three-engined transport... more
AccidentsFound again 2nd black box of Air France airplane fallen in the Atlantic
Paris, France - The first had been discovered on Sunday
According to French board BEA, Bureau d’Enquêtes et d’Analyses pour la sécurité de l’aviation civile, it has been found again, in good conditions, the second black box of Air France A-330/200 plane, f... more
AccidentsBeechcraft E-18S airplane crashes in Florida during take-off for cargo flight
Miami, Florida - The pilot is dead
This morning, at about 08:00, a Beechcraft E-18S plane, registration N18R, crashed close to Opa-Locka airport, Florida, USA. The aircraft, on which there was only the pilot, who died in the incident,... more
AccidentsPakistani Army helicopter crashes in Abbottabad. Involved in the attack on Bin Laden?
Abbotabad , Pakistan - Yet the dynamics of the accident are not clear
A Pakistani military helicopter was shot down in the morning today, causing one dead and two injured. According to local broadcasters the incident happened around 1am in a hilly area of Abbottabad, a small... more
AccidentsLight aircraft fell dive into a lake near Maldon, Essex
Essex , United Kingdom - Two dead in the accident
Three light aircraft were flying in formation over the sky of Essex, a view not uncommon during the summer air show, when one of them after clipping a tree fell dive in a private lake at Ulting Lane in... more
AccidentsAS-211 Warrior trainer aircraft of Philippines Air Force
Manila, Philippines - Dead the pilot, maybe a passenger also?
On Thursday afternoon, at about 3:30 pm, a Siai-Marchetti AS-211 Warrior trainer aircraft, registration number unknown, belonging to Philippines Air Force, has crashed in the Banawang village, next to... more
AccidentsFound R-22 helicopter crashed in New Zealand during flight test
Wellington, New Zealand - Dead the two occupants
It has been found again this morning, at about 09:00 local time, the Robinson R-22 helicopter which crashed yesterday, on April 27, 2011, in New Zealand. The corpses of both the occupants, the trainee... more
AccidentsA new phase opened in the investigation about Airbus A-330 airplane crash
Paris, France - Located the area in which focus research
Continuing investigations on the airplane accident happened on June 1st, 2009 in which the flight AF447 from Paris to Rio de Janeiro fell into the Atlantic Ocean. Recently (see for details AVIONEWS)... more
AccidentsUltralight aircraft falls in the province of Pavia (Italy)
Pavia, Italy - The two occupants are safe, but their conditions are serious
Yesterday, an ultralight aircraft Pioneer 330 with two men on board, crashed in the countryside between the fraction of Barbavara Gravellona and Vigevano, near Pavia. The two aviators Giovanni Ferrara,... more
AccidentsFound the helicopter that was missing since yesterday in Abruzzo, (Italy)
L'Aquila, Italy - The two occupants were discovered burned among the wreckage
Since yesterday it was missing a Robinson R-22 helicopter that at around 6:00 of this morning was found near Sulmona in the province of L'Aquila. In the shell of the mean were found the carbonized bodies... more
AccidentsF-16 of United Arab Emirates goes off the track during the landing at the airport in Sigonella
Sigonella, Italy - The pilot was ejected from the plane before the crash
In the morning, an F-16 of United Arab Emirates that came from the airport of Decimomannu, had an accident during the landing phase in the base of Sigonella. The plane, an aircraft available to NATO for... more
AccidentsLight plane loaded with cocaine crashed in a lake
New Mexico , USA - No survivors on board
A small plane loaded with cocaine crashed in the lake of New Mexico Heron Lake, in the reservoir on Heron Lake State Park, near Santa Fe, on Sunday morning, apparently killing all the passengers on board,... more
AccidentsPlane crash in Brazil: 7 dead
Sao Paulo, Brazil - Yet to clarify the causes of the accident
A twin-engine plane built under license Embraer Piper Seneca (model EMB-810C) of Brazilian airline Amazonaves crashed yesterday at 2:52 pm local time, one minute after took-off, on the runaway of the Terminal... more
AccidentsFour victims in the crash involving an Indian Army helicopter
New Delhi, India - Disappeared yesterday from the radars and discovered again this morning
Are all dead the four crew members, Lieutenant Jepa and Lieutenant Colonel Bhatia, both pilots, and the soldiers Naib Subedar Rana and Panth Naik, on board the ALH, Advanced Light Helicopter, Dhruv, of... more
AccidentsBeechcraft C-24R Sierra 200 aircraft falls during flight test in Belgium
Brussels, Belgium - The pilot seriously injured
On Thursday, at about 10:30 am, a Beechcraft C-24R Sierra 200, registration number OO-EBT, crashed near a Belgian airport, badly injuring the pilot, the only one occupant on board. According to local... more
AccidentsPlane crash at San Angelo, Texas
San Angelo, Texas - The two passengers dead, probably lieutenants of Air Force
Two USA Air Force lieutenants were killed on Sunday when their plane crashed in West Texas while they were controlled a fire, to the claims of the federal. The spokeswoman of the FAA (Federal Aviation... more
AccidentsHelicopter tragedy at Porlezza in 2005: closed the case
Porlezza, Italy - Victim's relatives challenge the judgement
The trial on the tragic accident involving a helicopter in Porlezza, in the province of Como, in October 2005 come to an end with a verdict of not guilty. About six years of trial, however, have been... more
AccidentsMan seriously injured in a plane crash in Queensland
Quennsland, USA - It explores the dynamics of the accident
Accident in the north of Queensland yesterday: around 1:45 pm (local time) a man on board of his crop duster has crashed into a tree, cut down it completely. He then attempted an emergency landing but... more
AccidentsIndia, Mi-172 helicopter crashes: 20 dead
Tawang, India - And three survived "Badly injured and almost completely burnt"
Today, at about 13:30, a Mil Mi-172 helicopter, registration number VT-PHX, whose operator was Pawan Helicopters Ltd, crashed in north-east of India, causing the death of 20 of the 23 occupants (18 passengers... more
AccidentsMi-17 helicopter of Sudan People's Liberation Army crashes, five dead
El Fasher, Sudan - It's the second accident occurred in Sudan in less than one week
Yesterday a Mil Mi-17 helicopter of the Sudan People's Liberation Army, SPLA, crashed in a western area of Sudan causing the death of all the five occupants. The aircraft would have been flying in the... more
Accidents9th anniversary of plane crash occurred in Milan, at Pirelli Palace, in which 3 people died
Milan, Italy - Yesterday the commemoration at the presence of the local authorities
Yesterday it was the 9th anniversary of the plane crash occurred at Pirelli Palace, the seat of the Regional Council of the Italian Lombardy Region. It was on April 18, 2002: a Rockwell Commander A112... more
AccidentsPlane crash in Germany
Rheinfelden, Germany - An older couple lost life
Yesterday afternoon a plane Cessna 172 Rocket started from Biberach An Der Riss had an accident at the airport of Rheinfelden-Herten, Germany. As reported in the evening by the police of Lorrach the aircraft,... more
AccidentsPiper PA-28 Cherokee crashes in northern Israel
Haifa, Israel - Four dead in the incident
Four people were killed in a crash plane happened this morning in the Airbase Technical School of the northern Israel's city of Haifa. The dynamics of the accident is not still clear: it is only known... more
AccidentsMi-24 helicopter of Sudanese Air Force crashes
Khartoum, Sudan - During the take-off phase
This morning a Sudan Air Force's helicopter crashed causing the death of one of the three occupants. The incident involved an attack Mil-Mi 24 helicopter, in take-off phase from the military helicopter... more
AccidentsRetrieval of black boxes of the airplane crashed on route Rio-Paris in 2009
Sao Paulo, Brazil - The association of Brazilian victims' family members want them to be examined by USA; in opposition with Air France and the French Government
Nelson Faria Marinho, president of the association of Brazilian victims' family members, unveiled the retrieval of the black boxes of the airplane crashed in Brazil on June 1st, 2009. It is the A-330/200... more
AccidentsNew York, collision between two airplanes at "JFK" (VIDEO)
New York, USA - One was operated by Air France, the other by Delta's Comair
On Monday evening, shortly after 08:00 pm, an Air France A-380 plane collided with a CRJ-700 of Comair, a subsidiary of Delta Airlines, at the New York's "John F. Kennedy" airport. The Airbus aircraft,... more