Accidents
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AccidentsA small plane crashed in South Carolina, one victim
South Carolina, USA - Yet unknown the causes of the accident
A small plane Cessna 150 E crashed on Saturday. The only occupant of the aircraft was a man of 69 years, Robert Burdette. The aviator, who was described as an experienced pilot and lover of flight, was... more
AccidentsRobinson R-44 crashes in Puglia, Italy: one dead
Barletta, Italy - This is the second accident occurred in February 2011 to an aircraft of this model
At about 7:45 today, 18 February 2011, a private helicopter crashed in the countryside of Canne della Battaglia, near Barletta, Puglia, Italy, catching fire in the impact. Still unknown a lot of data... more
AccidentsPlane crashed in Honduras: no survivors
Cerro de Hula, Honduras - Bad weather is the probable cause
There are some updates on the plane Let L-410UVP-E20 that crashed yesterday in Honduras near Cerro de Hula while going from San Pedro Sula to Tegucigalpa. The airplane which had a capacity of 19 people... more
AccidentsIndonesia, 5 dead in a plane crash
Jakarta, Indonesia - During a test flight
On Saturday, February 12, 2011, at 13:42 local time a CASA/Nurtanio NC-212 A4 Aviocar 100, registration number PK-ZAI, on a domestic route in Indonesia, crashed at about 15 km from the airport of destination,... more
AccidentsRussia, Mil Mi-28 Night Hunter attack helicopter falls
Moscow, Russia - Two crew members injured
This morning at 10:40 local time, a Mil Mi-28N Night Hunter attack helicopter fell just outside the village of Praskovye in the district of Budyennovsk in the region of Stavropol, Russia. It would have... more
AccidentsHonduras: the crashed plane is a Let 410
Tegucigalpa, Honduras - It's a disaster
The plane crashed in Honduras, 15 km from the city of Tegucigalpa, is a twin engine Let 410. To report it was the red cross. At least 10 people dead in the accident. The citizens of the close city of... more
AccidentsPlane crash at Irish airport of Cork
Cork, Ireland - Eight dead
It has recently been unveiled the news of a plane crash in Ireland, in which eight people were killed and wounded four ones. According to preliminary reports provided by the international press, this... more
AccidentsIran: Minister of Transport involved in an helicopter crash
Tehran, Iran - He was in office from only one day
On February 1, after a plane crash, the Iranian parliament had discouraged the Minister of Transport Hamid Behbahani, forced to resign after an aircraft disaster happened in Urumieh, in the north-west... more
AccidentsPrivate plane crash in the suburbs of Sydney
Sydney, Australia - The passengers are saved
On board of the small private plane, crashed last night (about the 00:30pm in Australia ) in the outskirts of Sydney, there were only 2 passengers and a dog. The occupants of the aircraft are all miraculously... more
AccidentsYemen. UAV Predator crashes. The wreckage in Al-Qaeda's hands
Sanaa, Yemen - Armed men would have collected and brought the scraps with them
An UAV, Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, Predator airplane would have crashed probably tonight in the Abyan province, in the south-west of Yemen, a city overlooking the Gulf of Aden. The drone seems to belong... more
AccidentsIraq, 7 dead in the crash of a tourism plane
Baghdad, Iraq - Taking-off from Sulaymaniyah airport
A Raytheon Hawker 900 tourism plane operated by the Lebanese "Sky Lounge" crashed on Friday, February 4, at 17:49, in the region of Sulaymaniyah, Iraqi Kurdistan, 260 km north-east of Baghdad. The incident... more
AccidentsCrash in Australia: a Robinson R-44 helicopter was engulfed in flames
Hunter Valley , Australia - Two victims, the pilot survived
This morning, in Australia, at 11:45 there was an air crash in the Cessnock Aerodrome in NSW (New South Wales) Hunter Valley. The aircraft was an helicopter Robinson R-44 which was engulfed in flames after... more
AccidentsIndia: Army helicopter crashes killing both pilots
Nashik , India - According to preliminary investigations the incident is due to technical failure
An Army helicopter crashed in a residential area of the Indian city of Nashik (central-western part of the country) today killing both its pilots butthere was no casualty on the ground. The Cheetah... more
AccidentsFound the wreckage of the small plane crashed yesterday afternoon in the province of Perugia
Perugia, Italy - On board there was only the pilot
A little Cessna 172 (also see AVIONEWS)departed yesterday from Ancona-Falconara, around 2:47pm, has never reached its destination. In fact, the radio contact with the plane, that was directed to Foligno,... more
AccidentsBlast at Moscow-Domodedovo airport: 31 casualties
Moscow, Russia - The explosion ripped through the arrivals hall
A explosion ripped through the arrivals hall at Moscow's busiest airport today, killing 31 people and wounding about 130, Health Ministry officials said. Sources said the explosion may have been caused... more
AccidentsAirport of Frankfurt, bus hit group of passengers
Frankfurt, Germany - Killing 1 and injuring 5
International press reports that, according to statements from police's spokesman Manfred Fuellhardt, yesterday morning it would have been a serious incident at the airport of Frankfurt, Germany. A... more
AccidentsUSA: in 2010, doubled air accidents caused by lasers. Global emergency
Los Angeles, USA - Secretary of Transportation LaHood: "An unacceptable risk to passenger safety"
FAA, Federal Aviation Administration, on Wednesday, January 19, 2011, revealed worrying data about the incidents at US airports caused by laser pointers directed toward helicopters and airplanes during... more
AccidentsRussia, published black boxes' transcriptions of Smolensk's plane crash
Moscow, Russia - That would exculpate Russian air traffic controllers, accused by Poland to have responsibilities in the Tu-154's incident
As reported yesterday, 19 January 2010, by the international press, the Russian aviation investigating commission would have taken an unprecedented decision: to publish the full transcripts of the black... more
AccidentsRIS Rome, further exams for the helicopter fallen on Monte Bianco
Rome, Italy - In September 2009
Are now ongoing in the Scientific investigation department (RIS) laboratories of Rome, examinations to understand the cause of the accident which involved, on September 7, 2009, the SA-315B Lama helicopter,... more
AccidentsPrivate aircraft misses packed passenger plane at Birmingham Airport
Birmingham, UK - The event occurred on Wednesday, January 12th but details have been released today
A flight packed with passengers came within 'inches' of crashing into a private plane at Birmingham Airport. An urgent investigation is underway today into the near-miss, which was caused by a runway mix-up. Air... more
AccidentsCrash Smolensk. Poland wants from Russia cockpit voice recordings of the Tu-154 airplane
Moscow, Russia - The ex-Soviet Country states that they have already been delivered to it after the tragedy
This morning, the Polish interior ministry has said through its spokeswoman Malgorzata Wozniak that Russia has asked Poland to have, in addition to the transcripts, also the cockpit voice recordings of... more
AccidentsPolish ministers' meeting to assess MAK's report on Tu-154 airplane's Smolensk crash
Warsaw, Poland - Awaited the Prime Minister Donald Tusk's statements
Awaited, in this hours, the Warsaw's response to the report on the Smolensk's accident written by the Committee of Inquiry of MAK, the interstate executive body which oversees the use and the management... more
AccidentsTu-154 airplane's crash. MAK: pilot's error the main cause
Moscow, Russia - Presented today the report on the air disaster
MAK, Interstate Aviation Committee, that is the executive body which oversees the use and management of the civil aviation field in the Commonwealth of Independent States, today unveiled the report of... more
AccidentsRobin DR-400 plane crashes just out of Rome, at the beginning of the towing phase of a glider
Rome, Italy - Dead the pilot
A single-engine tourism Robin DR-400 airplane crashed at around 05:00 pm yesterday afternoon in the military airport of Guidonia-Montecelio, Rome. It seems that at the time of the incident the pilot,... more
AccidentsFound black boxes of the Boeing airplane crashed in Iran
Tehran, Iran - Last Sunday
Have been found the black boxes of the Boeing 727/286 aircraft of Iran Air crashed on Sunday, January 9, 8 km away from Urumiyeh, Iran, perhaps because of the thick fog and the snow that raged on the area,... more
AccidentsUH-1H helicopter of the Turkish Army crashes: 5 victims
Ankara, Turkey - Dead four officer training pilots and their instructor
An UH-1 Huey Iroquois helicopter belonging to Turkish Army Aviation crashed last night while it was being used for a training night flight. The crash occurred near to the capital Ankara, close to the village... more
AccidentsAirplane crashes in Iran, almost 80 dead
Tehran, Iran - And dozens of injured according to the latest estimates
At 7:45 pm (local time) yesterday, January 9, 2010, a Boeing 727/286 plane of the airline Iran Air, registration number EP-IRP, departed from Tehran, crashed at about 8 km from the airport of Urumiyeh,... more
AccidentsRussia, Tupolev 154 aircraft may be prohibited after another plane crash
Moscow, Russia - On Saturday, in which 4 people died and more than 40 were wounded
A "Well-informed source" told "Itar-Tass" about the talks between Gennady Kourvenkov, head of Russian Federal Agency for Transport, and Transport Minister Igor Levitin, in which it was said that Moscow... more
AccidentsRussia, 12 dead in the crash of an Antonov An-22 airplane
Moscow, Russia - Of the Russian Air Force
Dead all the 12 men on board of an Antonov An-22 military transport aircraft, registration number RA-09343, belonging to the Russian Air Force, crashed on Tuesday night in the village of Krasny Oktyabr,... more
AccidentsPakistan Army's plane crashes
Quetta, Pakistan - Dead the two people on board.
On Wednesday a small trainer plane of PAF, Pakistan Air Force, model and registration number of which are still unknown, crashed in the mountains of Muslim Bagh, in Baluchistan, Pakistan's largest province.... more
AccidentsCrash of a Bangladesh Air Force airplane
Barisal, Bangladesh - Both pilots died in the crash
In the afternoon of Monday, December 20, 2010, a Nanchang PT-6 airplane, registration number 3510, belonging to the BAF, Bangladesh Air Force, crashed shortly after the take-off from Barisal, 177 km south... more
AccidentsSwitzerland, two dead in air crash
St Moritz, Switzerland - Probably for having hit three power lines
On Sunday, December 19, 2010, at around 02:40 pm, a Hawker Beechcraft 390 Premier IA aircraft registered in Germany, registration number D-IAYL , which had taken off from Zagreb, Croatia, crashed during... more
AccidentsFound the wreckage of the airplane lost yesterday in Nepal
Kathmandu, Nepal - Those are the names of the 22 people on board, all dead in the crash
This morning were found, near the mountainous area of Okhaldhunga, the wreckages of a DHC-6 Twin Otter plane of Tara Air registered 9N-AFX disappeared from the radars yesterday shortly after the take-off... more
AccidentsHuman error and technical failure among the most probable causes of the Tupolev airplane crash in Moscow
Moscow, Russia - Investigators declared it
According to today's reports by "RIA Novosti", it seems that technical failure and human error are among the most likely causes of the occurrence-crash occurred on December 4th to a Tupolev Tu-154 airplane... more
AccidentsMexico, Bell 412 helicopter of the "PGR", Attorney General's Office, crashes
Veracruz, Mexico - Some of the people on board killed in the accident
A Bell 412 helicopter registered XC-HFJ belonging to the Attorney General of the Republic ("Procuraduría General de la República") with 11 people on board crashed yesterday in the State of Veracruz, M... more
AccidentsFound wreckage of the helicopter missing from Tuesday in France
Paris, France - Nobody of the three people on board survived
At around 10:00 pm of Wednesday, December 8, 2010, were found near Breil, on the French side of the Val Roja, the wreckage of the Eurocopter AS-350 Ecureuil helicopter of the Héli Air Monaco society,... more
AccidentsA Piper PA-32 airplane crashed soon after take off from Rome-Urbe airport
Rome, Italy - One victim
A Piper PA-32 with identification number M58SE crashed yesterday at 5:30 pm (4:30 pm GMT) soon after take off from the runway of Rome-Urbe airport, falling on a bus deposit. The pilot, Giovanni Magliocca,... more
AccidentsRussian aircraft makes an energency landing at Moscow-Domodedovo: 2 deads and tens of injured
Moscow, Russia - 155 persons were on board of the Dagestan airlines TU-154
Two people have been killed after a Russian-operated Tupolev Tu-154 crashed while attempting an emergency landing at Moscow-Domodedovo. Tens of others are injured. The Russian emergency situations ministry... more
AccidentsGeorgian cargo plane crashes shortly after take off from Karachi airport
Karachi, Pakistan - At least 12 persons might have died (8 of which were on board)
Pakistani officials say at least 12 people were killed when a Russian-made cargo plane crashed early Sunday (local time) in the country's southern city of Karachi shortly after taking off from the Karachi... more
AccidentsSiberia, Mil Mi-8 helicopter crashes
Moscow, Russia - The death toll is 7; 3 survived
A Mil Mi-8 helicopter with ten people on board crashed today at 12:35 local time, in the Omsk Region, in the southwestern Siberia, Russia. According to the latest death toll, seven people died and three... more
AccidentsCargo airplane of the Mexican Air Force crashes
Monterrey, Mexico - All dead the five people on board
The Department of Defense of Mexico has announced that yesterday, at 2:36 pm, a Russian twin-engine cargo airplane, Antonov 32B model, belonging to 301 Squadron of the Fuerza Aérea Mexicana (Mexican Air... more
AccidentsMiG-31 Foxhound airplane crashes in Russia
Moscow, Russia - But the two people on board eject safely
Today a MiG-31 Foxhound fighter interceptor crashed in the city of Perm, at the feet of Ural Mountains in Russia, but the two people on board, pilot and navigator, managed to eject safely and have already... more
AccidentsIndia, 12 dead in the crash of a IAF's Mil Mi-17 helicopter
Tawang, India - After an explosion, shortly after the take-off. On board 11 officials of the Indian Air Force and an Army officer
Today, twelve people, an Army officer and eleven officials of the Indian Air Force, died following an accident involving a helicopter Mil Mi-17 of the IAF, Indian Air Force. To unveil the news, the Colonel... more
AccidentsThe pilot was sleeping: that's the cause of the air disaster in Mangalore
Mangalore, India - In which in May 158 people died
According to the Indian newspaper "Hindustian Times" on Tuesday, November 16, was presented to Praful Patel, Indian Minister for Civil Aviation, the official report on the investigation opened by the New... more
AccidentsSouth Korea, reconnaissance airplane crashes during a training flight
Seoul, South Korea - Two pilots died
On Friday two pilots died in Jeonju, at about 260 km from Seoul, in the South Korea, during a low-altitude training flight on a reconnaissance airplane McDonnel RF-4C Phantom belonging to South-Korean... more
AccidentsSudan: freight airplane accident, only one dead?
Khartoum, Sudan - Antonov 24-B caught fire while landing at the airport of Zalingei
Some people died, yesterday, in the accident occurred in Darfur, Sudan, not far from the airport of Zalingei. According to reports by the international press the aircraft, an Antonov 24-B belonging to... more
AccidentsAir crash occurred to a MiG-27 belonging to the Indian air force
Rajasthan, India - This is the 4th accident happened in India in 2010 to aircraft of this model
On Wednesday, November 10, a MiG-27 plane belonging to the Indian air force, IAF, crashed in Rajasthan, in the western India. The pilot, Lieutenant A. Patni, the only one on board, managed to eject safely.... more
AccidentsPakistan, Italian Eni's charter airplane crashes
Karachi, Pakistan - 21 victims, among which an Italian, Antonio Sasso
This morning, at 7:13 local time, a charter turboprop airplane Beech 1900-C JS Air chartered by the Italian oil company Eni, which had just taken-off from Karachi's Jinnah International Airport, crashed... more
AccidentsAirplane crashes in Cuba, 68 dead: the victims' names
Havana, Cuba - 40 Cubans and 28 foreigners, among which an Italian citizen
Yesterday afternoon an ATR-72/212 plane belonging to the regional state-owned airline Aero Caribbean (Empresa Aerocaribbean Sa) crashed in Cuba, near the village of Guasimal. The flight 883, which was... more
AccidentsKenya, Piper-Saratoga airplane crashes, dead the Italian pilot
Mombasa, Kenya - Living in the African Country since long time
In the afternoon of Saturday, October 23rd, a small Piper-Saratoga airplane, registered 5Y-NAM, crashed in Kilifi while it was flying on Lamu/Mombasa route, in Kenya. The only person on board was the... more