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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
AccidentsPlane crash in Serbia
Belgrade, Serbia - 4 people lost their lives
A single-engine Cessna 172 plane crashed yesterday near Mrcajevci, a small village about 150 km in the south of Belgrade, in the accident all the occupants of the aircraft lost their lives. Initially,... more
AccidentsAn accident during an exercise of civil protection in the province of Bergamo
Bergamo, Italy - Three men were injured
Yesterday, during a combined exercise in the province of Bergamo, two technicians of VI Delegazione Orobica del Soccorso Alpino and one of SAGF (Alpine Rescue of the Financial Police), carried at 2300... more
AccidentsPhilippines: Piper crashes. CAA starts investigation...
Baguio, Philippines - Two dead and four injured
Yesterday, at about 3:00 pm LT, a Piper PA-34/200 Seneca airplane, registration number RP-C5140, crashed near Baguio, Philippines, causing the death of two of the six occupants. More exactly the twin-engine... more
AccidentsIranian Sukhoi SU-24MK crashes
Shiraz, Iran - Dead the pilot, the copilot injured
According to local news agency yesterday, on Sunday April 10, an airplane belonging to IRIAF, Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force, crashed not far from Sarvestan, about 80 km east of Shiraz, Iran. It... more
AccidentsRussia wants to question Polish officials about Smolensk plane crash
Moscow, Russia - In which died the Poland's President Lech Kaczynski
"RIA Novosti" today unveils that the Russian investigators want to question the Polish officials in the context of the investigation on the accident which involved, on April 4, 2010, the President's airplane... more
AccidentsSeven under investigation for the plane crash of Ravenna
Ravenna, Italy - For culpable air disaster
Seven are currently under investigation in the crash which involved, in the last days, a Pilatus PC-6 airplane not far from Ravenna, Italy (see AVIONEWS). Among the suspects for culpable air disaster... more
AccidentsIt's necessary at least one month to investigate on the crash SU-27 airplane
Moscow, Russia - Russian Air Force landed all the aircraft of the same model
It could be necessary at least one month to complete the investigations on the accident occurred yesterday to a SU-27 airplane: it was unveiled by an anonymous source in the minister of defense. "Judging... more
AccidentsA fighter jet crashes in California: 2 dead
California, USA - Not clear the dynamic of the incident
Yesterday, around noon local time, a fighter plane crashed in a field near an air base in Central California, killing two people on board. The official of Leemore's Naval Air Station, where the accident... more
AccidentsSu-27 plane crashes in Russia: the pilot is safe
Moscow, Russia - To investigate on the reason of the accident
A Russian fighter plane Su-27 Flanker crashed on Tuesday in the village of Solovei Klyuch around 5:22pm local time, during a training flight in Eastern Russia. Fortunately there were no victims and... more
AccidentsReckless landing of a Piper Warrior plane on the beach of New York (VIDEO)
New York, USA - The pilot took the idea from a television program
A young man of 24 years old, in the night of last Monday, improvised a landing with a Piper Warrior plane on the beach of Rockaway Beach near New York. None of the three occupants of the aircraft, including... more
AccidentsConsigned preliminary report about the crash of G-650 plane of April 2
Roswell, New Mexico - General Dynamics expresses its sorrow to the victims' relatives and looks forward to resume tests
In a statement, General Dynamics expresses its sorrow to the relatives of the victims of the crash occurred, on Saturday, to one of its airplanes, affirming it's ready to support the investigations and... more
AccidentsDetails and updates on yesterday's crash of UN airplane
Kinshasa, Congo - 32 dead, only one survived
In the latest hours more details and updates about the incident occurred yesterday in Kinshasa, Congo, at about 1:30, to a UN aircraft, have been released (also see AVIONEWS 1 and 2). It would be a... more
AccidentsPlane crash in the province of Gorizia
Gorizia, Italy - A man of 53 year old has lost his life
On Saturday an ultralight aircraft Asso V crashed in the province of Gorizia. In the incident, which occurred in the landing phase, the airplane that was almost entirely of wood caught fire and its only... more
AccidentsSouth Korea, Kamov KA-32T helicopter crashes
Seoul, South Korea - Dead the two crew members
According to reports by local press on Monday, April 4, a Kamov KA-32T helicopter is crashed in the Gyeonggi province, in South Korea, about 40 km north of the capital Seoul. The private aircraft,... more
AccidentsBrescia: dies in paragliding
Brescia, Italy - Betrayed by a sudden blast of wind during take-off
Last Saturday a 31 year old boy crashed while was paragliding in the triangle of sky between the mountain Pizzocolo, the Spino and the Pirello. There was nothing to do for Giovanni Zanca, engineer resident... more
AccidentsParagliding accident in the mountains of Bergamo
Bergamo, Italy - A 54 year old man was injured
Yesterday afternoon a man of 54 years of Monte Marenzo was injured following an accident by a paraglider. While he was flying over the Roncola, at the foot of Mount Linzone in the mountains of Bergamo... more
AccidentsPlane crash Pilatus PC-6 near Ravenna
Ravenna, Italy - 2 injured in peril of one's life
A Pilatus PC-6 single propeller plane with 11 people aboard, who were about to make a parachute jump, crashed Saturday afternoon, shortly after takeoff near the airport "Gastone Novelli" in Ravenna. The... more
AccidentsNow are 16 victims for UN airplane crashed in Kinshasa, Congo
Kinshasa, Congo - On the area there was a torrential rain
16 are now the number of victims of the air disaster happened around 1:00pm of today (GMT) when a not specified airplane by UN has crashed on the Kinshasa's airport, where it was on the landing phase. It... more
AccidentsCongo. UN plane falls in Kinshasa: at the time six the victims
Kinshasa, Congo - The crash occurred at landing
An aircraft of the United Nations crashed at the N' Djili Airport in Kinshasa, Congo. The incident would have occurred while the aircraft was in landing, according to initial accounts. Unspecified the... more
AccidentsGulfstream G-650 test aircraft crashes in New Mexico
Roswell, New Mexico - Two pilots and two flight engineers dead
Gulfstream Aerospace unveiled in a statement that a G-650 test aircraft crashed on April 2, 2011, in Roswell, New Mexico, causing the death of the two pilots and the two flight engineers on board. The... more
AccidentsFound parts of Air France airplane crashed two years ago
Paris, France - Raised the hope to discover black boxes
Yesterday BEA, Bureau d’Enquêtes et d’Analyses pour la sécurité de l’aviation civile, the French body responsible for technical investigations into civil aviation accidents, has announced the news, la... more
AccidentsHawaii, CH-53 helicopter of US Marine Corps crashes
Honolulu, Hawaii - Four injured
On Wednesday, shortly after 07:30 am local time, a CH-53 helicopter belonging to the United States Marine Corps, just taken off from MCBH, Marine Corps Base Hawaii, with four crew members aboard, crashed... more
AccidentsFire in an hangar of the Italian airport of Forlì, 5 aircraft destroyed
Forlì, Italy - Damages for about one million euros
It was probably a short circuit to cause the fire broke out yesterday morning, shortly after 06:00 am local time, in the hangar of the "Aernova" flight school at the Italian "Ridolfi" airport of Forlì. According... more
AccidentsItaly, two helicopters crash
Aosta, Italy - Three injured according to the local press
On Thursday, at about 10:30 local time, in the area of Plateau Rosa, above Cervinia, Italy, a crash between two helicopters has occurred, in which three people were injured. The dynamics of the collision... more
AccidentsFlames at the airport of Rome-Fiumicino
Rome, Italy - A car catches fire in front of Terminal 2
Already yesterday in the Terminal 3 of Fiumicino airport was broke out a small fire in a wastebasket. This morning instead was a car to catch fire in front of the Terminal 2. On board of the gray Ford... more
AccidentsAirplane tragedy: in Congo at least 19 dead
Brazzaville, Congo - Plane crashes in Pointe-Noire
An Antonov 12 cargo plane of Trans Air Congo airline crashed yesterday into a residential area of Pointe-Noire in the city's Mvou Mvou district, the Republic of Congo's economic capital. The plane crashes... more
AccidentsColombia, collision of two FAC Bell UH-1H helicopters
Bogota, Colombia - Five dead and four injured according to the latest information
Yesterday in Colombia, at 5:40 pm (2240 GMT), two Bell UH-1H military helicopters belonging to the helicopter school of FAC, Air Force of Colombia, crashed during an exercise mission. The crash occurred... more
AccidentsRussia, Antonov 148/100 crashes during test flight
Moscow, Russia - Dead all the 6 people on board
On Saturday, March 5th, 2011, at about 11:00 local time, an Antonov 148/100 crashed in southern Russia, causing the death of all six people aboard. The aircraft, registration number RA-61708, had taken... more
AccidentsA plane crash has rendered unusable an heart for transplant
Forlì , Italy - The patient is saved thanks to another organ
Following the release of ANSV (Italian Air Safety Board), that opened an investigation, we note which was revealed that due to accident occurred on the night of March 2 at the airport of Forlì, an heart... more
AccidentsIsrael, Cessna 172 plane crashes
Jerusalem, Israel - Two dead
According to the local press, two people would have died in the North of Israel because of an accident occurred to the Cessna 172 aircraft on which they were travelling. It seems that the airplane,... more
AccidentsSri Lanka: mid-air collision between two aircraft Kfir
Colombo, Sri Lanka - The only victim is a pilot
This morning two Kfir jet planes have fallen after be entered in collision. This happened during an exercise for the celebrations, which begin tomorrow, of the 60th anniversary of Sri Lanka Air Force. The... more
AccidentsUAE, 4 people die on a McKinnon G-21G Turbo Goose plane
Al Ain, United Arab Emirates - Crashed shortly after the take-off
GCAA, General Civil Aviation Authority, unveiled today that four people were killed last night in the crash of a small McKinnon G-21G Turbo Goose airplane, registration number N221AG, just after the take-off... more
AccidentsCommercial helicopter crash on Hokio beach, north of Paraparaumu
Wellington, New Zealand - Pilot rescued upon the call of an eye-witness
A Huey helicopter, an ex-military 66-0869, Bell UH-1H Iroquois, registration ZK-HSP, this morning at 9 am crashed onto Hokyo beach, 10 km North of Levin, on the Horowhenua coast. The pilot on board... more
AccidentsOld private airplane crashes 100 miles north of New York
New York, Usa - The 1969 jet was a BAC-167 Strikemaster
A 1969 plane with a dragon’s face painted on its nose fell out of the sky on Saturday afternoon and crashed into the icy Hudson River in upstate New York. Crews were still searching for the pilot, t... more
AccidentsPlane crash in Venezuela: 6 victims
San Pedro del Rio, Venezuela - Yet unknown the causes
Yesterday a twin-engine plane Cessna 340/A, with registration number YV2402, crashed in San Pedro del Rio in the east of Venezuela, near the border with Colombia. The authorities have announced that all... more