Accidents
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AccidentsBelarusian fighter jet crashes during air show in Poland, two pilots killed
Radom, Poland - Authorities from the two countries opened a joint investigation
A two-seat Belarusian Sukhoi Su-27UBM Flanker fighter jet crashed yesterday during an air show to which it was participating at Radom Air Base, Poland. Both the pilots didn't manage to eject on time and... more
AccidentsComoros air disaster: black box recovered
Moroni, Comoros - By an international research team
An international research team today recovered the flight data recorder from the Yemenia Airbus A-310/300 that crashed on June 30 in the Indian Ocean, off the coast of Moroni, Comoros Islands, accident... more
AccidentsFirefighting aircraft crash in Greece, pilot killed
Argostoli, Greece - It was in service on the Ionian island of Kefalonia
A PZL-Mielec M-18 Dromader firefighting aircraft crashed today in Greece while it was in service trying to fight a fire in a southern area of the Ionian island of Kefalonia. The pilot, 55-year-old Stergios... more
AccidentsCargo airplane crashes in Congo
Brazzaville, Congo - The number of victims is still unknown
An Antonov An-12 aircraft, likely belonging to the fleet of Aeroflot Business, crashed this morning near Brazzaville, capital city of the Republic of Congo, while it was approaching the country's main... more
AccidentsAccident in Congo (2): 7 victims discovered so far
Brazzaville, Congo - Five Russian crewmembers and two Congolese passengers who were not on the list
The victims of today's accident occurred to an Antonov An-12 cargo aircraft in Congo, near the capital Brazzaville (see AVIONEWS), would be at least seven, as confirmed by transport minister Emile Ouosso... more
AccidentsItalian helicopter crash, tomorrow the funerals of the victims
Belluno, Italy - The tragedy on Saturday
An Elidolomiti Agusta A-109S Grand helicopter, operating for the medical emergency service SUEM 118, crashed on Saturday on Mount Cristallo, in northern Italy, after hitting high tension cables, killing... more
AccidentsAir collision between a helicopter and an airplane in Germany, 4 killed
Stuttgart, Germany - All the victims were on board of the Robinson R-44
New air collision yesterday between a helicopter and a tourism airplane, this time in Germany, near Ellwangen (Stuttgart). Four people have been killed in the impact between the Robinson R-44 and the Reims-Cessna... more
AccidentsFive killed in French air accident
Callas, France - The cause of the tragedy is still unknown
A tourism airplane, likely a Socata TB-9 Tampico, has crashed yesterday in France near Callas, between Marseilles and Montecarlo. The five occupants of the aircraft, among which two children, have been... more
AccidentsTwo injured in Teterboro aircraft crash, New York
New York, USA - The accident occurred during landing operations
The pilot and passenger of a small airplane, a Beechcraft Baron 58 (tail number N167TB), that crashed today while landing at Teterboro airport, New York, have been injured. Both have been hospitalized... more
AccidentsSearches interrupted for flight AF447's black boxes
Paris, France - BEA: "The search has not been able to locate the wreck of the plane"
Searches have been interrupted for the black boxes of Air France's Airbus A-330/200 aircraft, flight AF447, that ditched in the Atlantic on June 1 while en route from Rio de Janeiro to Paris with 228 people... more
AccidentsNew York accident, flight controller was jocking on the phone
New York, USA - The transcript of the call: "Fire up the cat on the grill"
The flight controller of Teterboro control tower was jocking on the phone with a woman at the moment of the air collision, between an helicopter and a small airplane (of which he would have had to follow... more
AccidentsPilot killed in Italian glider crash
Bolzano, Italy - His wife is in very serious conditions
Alessandro Muzzarelli, 55-year-old pilot of a Grob G-103 Twin II Acro glider that crashed yesterday afternoon in northern Italy after flying over Rittner Horn, has been killed on impact. His wife, 37-year-old... more
AccidentsTwo killed in American military helicopter accident
Leadville, USA - One injured and one missing among the other two occupants of the aircraft
It is of two victims, one injured and one missing the toll of an accident occurred yesterday to a US Army Sikorsky MH-60 Black Hawk helicopter during a training mission on the mountains of Colorado. The... more
AccidentsIranian air accident maybe caused by a bird strike
Tehran, Iran - Tehran's government ruled out the presence of explosives on board
The air accident occurred on July 15 to a Caspian Airlines Tupolev Tu-154 aircraft, in which 168 people were killed (see AVIONEWS), might have been caused by the ingestion of an object (likely a bird)... more
AccidentsCollision between two Russian Su-27 fighters, one pilot killed
Moscow, Russia - Also five civilians on the ground involved in the accident
The pilot of a Suhkoi Su-27UB Flanker fighter jet of the Russian display team "Russian Knights" died yesterday following the mid air collision between his two-seat aircraft and another single-seat Su-27.... more
AccidentsNew York air collision: a flight controller under investigation
New York, USA - He was on phone at the time of the accident
Investigations go on following Saturday August 8's tragedy over the Hudson river, in which 9 people were killed in the collision between an helicopter, Eurocopter AS-350BA operated by Liberty Helicopters,... more
AccidentsSwedish Gripen caught fire on landing. Pilot safe
Kallinge, Sweden - Likely the gear didn't extend
A Swedish Air Force Saab JAS-39 Gripen caught fire today on the runway of Kallinge airport, in Sweden, after landing. The fire burst on contact of the gear with the ground. Luckily the pilot managed to... more
AccidentsSikorsky S-64E Skycrane hit by a lightning: 4 injured
McCall, USA - The aircraft was on the ground. An inquiry has been opened
A Sikorsky S-64E Skycrane helicopter has been hit by a lightning in McCall, Idaho, USA, that injured four people, while the helicopter was on the ground. This kind of aircraft, also known as Erickson Aircrane,... more
AccidentsPilot killed in fighter jet accident in Pakistan
Islamabad, Pakistan - No damage to people or property on the ground
A Chinese-built Pakistani Air Force (PAF) Chengdu FT-7 fighter jet crashed during a training mission near Attock city, in the eastern province of Punjab. The pilot of the aircraft, lieutenant Shahryar... more
AccidentsThailand, Koh Samui airport reopened after accident
Koh Samui, Thailand - The co-pilot is in critical conditions
Koh Samui airport has been reopened after being closed due to Tuesday's accident occurred to a Bangkok Airways ATR-72/500 aircraft while landing on the tourist island after its journey from Krabi, Thailand.... more
AccidentsThailand: ATR-72's black boxes recovered
Koh Samui, Thailand - Investigation underway on yesterday's accident
The black boxes of the ATR-72/500 that crashed yesterday against the old control tower of Koh Samui, Thailand, were it was landing after taking off from Krabi with 68 passengers and 4 crewmembers on board.... more
AccidentsIndonesian accident: the airline will cover insurance costs for the victims
Jayapura, Indonesia - Bad weather is hampering wreckage rescue operations
Merpati Nusantara Airlines, operator of the De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 aircraft that crashed on Sunday in Indonesia with 16 people on board (see AVIONEWS), announced that it will cover medical... more
AccidentsThailand, ATR-72 accident (2): several foreign people injured
Koh Samui, Thailand - At least 56 out of 88 passengers on board
At least 56 out of 68 passengers on board of Bangkok Airways ATR-72/500 aircraft, flight PG266 from Krabi to Koh Samui tourist island in Thailand, involved in this morning's accident. The Italian ministry... more
AccidentsWreckage of Indonesian missing Twin Otter found
Jayapura, Indonesia - Few chances to recover any survivors
A reconnaissance aircraft has found this morning (yesterday evening in Europe) the wreckage of the airplane, a De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 belonging to Merpati Nusantara Airlines, that went... more
AccidentsThailand: aircraft hit the control tower on landing. At least 1 victim
Koh Samui, Thailand - Heavy rain is likely the cause of this accident
A Bangkok Airways ATR-72/500 this morning skidded of the runway while landing, crashing against the old control tower, currently unused, of Koh Samui airport, where it had arrived after taking off from... more
AccidentsMotor glider crashed in northern Italy: pilot killed
Bolzano, Italy - ANSV opened an inquiry
A Fournier RF-4D motor glider, tail number D-KIRE, crashed this morning at about 10:30 local time near Bolzano, in Italy. Rescuers could only report the pilot's death, lone occupant of the aircraft,... more
AccidentsAirbus will finance flight AF447 black boxes' search
Paris, France - Recovered so far only 4-5% of the A-330/200
Airbus is going to finance the search for black boxes and debris from the A-330/200, flight AF447, that ditched in the Atlantic on June 1 while en route from Rio de Janeiro to Paris with 228 people on... more
Accidents16 victims in Iranian air accident
Mashad, Iran - License retired to Aria Air
16 people, 13 crewmembers and 3 passengers, have been killed Saturday when the Aria Air Ilyushin Il-62M aircraft on which they were flying skidded the runway on landing, crashing against the external wall... more
AccidentsTwo killed in military helicopter crash in Uzbekistan
Tashkent, Uzbekistan - Near Chirchiq airport
A Mil Mi-24 helicopter of the Uzbek Air Force crashed yesterday near Chirchiq, North-East of the capital Tashkent, and both people on board have been killed. The news has been confirmed by the country's... more
AccidentsTurkish F-4 Phantom crash in Anatolia
Ankara, Turkey - The two pilots ejected safely
A Turkish F-4 Phantom fighter jet departed from Erhac Air Base crashed this morning near Misirdere, in Anatolia, Turkey. The accident happened during a training flight; the aircraft, according to local... more
AccidentsSix killed in Russian helicopter accident
Volgograd, Russia - Pilot and copilot survived
A Mil Mi-8 helicopter of the Gazprom oil company (but some sources reported it as belonging to Lukoil) has crashed this morning in Russia, in the Volgograd region, causing the death of six out of eight... more
AccidentsRAF Tornado crashes in Afghanistan, pilots ejected
Kandahar, Afghanistan - Enemy attack possibility ruled out
A RAF Panavia Tornado GR4 crashed this morning near Kandahar base, in Afghanistan. The two pilots managed to ejects safely from the aircraft. The accident happened during take off phase and an inquiry... more
AccidentsChinese fighter-bomber crashes killing the two pilots
Taonan, China - Before a Russian-Chinese joint anti-terrorism exercise
A Chinese Air Force fighter-bomber crashed yesterday near Taonan training base, in China. Both pilots have been killed in the accident. The exact model of the aircraft has not yet been unveiled, even if... more
AccidentsTwo victims in American F-15 crash in Afghanistan
Kabul, Afghanistan - A Taliban attack has been ruled out
A US Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle fighter jet crashed in eastern Afghanistan for reasons that are currently under investigation, but that are considered as not related with Taliban rebels' actions, despite... more
Accidents16 killed in helicopter crash in Afghanistan
Kandahar, Afghanistan - Further 5 people have been injured, including the three crewmembers
A Mil Mi-8 helicopter operated by Russian Vertikal-T Air Company crashed yesterday morning in Afghanistan, near NATO base in Kandahar. In the accident 16 people have been killed, all civilians, and further... more
AccidentsIranian air accident caused by technical failure
Tehran, Iran - Pilot's responsibility excluded. Also two Canadians among the victims
It would have been a technical failure, not a pilot's mistake, the cause of Wednesday's tragical air accident, in which 168 have been killed on board of Tupolev Tu-154, en route from Tehran, Iran, to Yerevan,... more
AccidentsTaiwanese F-5 fighter jet crashes, entire fleet grounded
Taipei, Taiwan - The two pilots have been killed
A Taiwan Air Force F-5F Tiger II fighter jet crashed yesterday, provoking the death of the two pilots on board. After taking off from Chingchuangkang air base, western coast, the aircraft disappeared from... more
AccidentsIranian accident: black boxes recovered
Tehran, Iran - The Tupolev Tu-154 would have exploded in flight just before impacting on the ground
The black boxes of Caspian Airlines' Tupolev Tu-154, crashed yesterday in Iran with 168 people on board (see AVIONEWS). The two flight recorders will be analyzed by Iranian experts to try to verify the... more
AccidentsComoros disaster, search for more bodies to end
Moroni, Comoros - To date 24 have been recovered
Search for bodies along the coast of Tanzania and Comoros, following June 30's air accident in which 152 of the 153 people on board of a Yemenia Airbus A-310/300 have been killed, will be stopped. To date... more
AccidentsIran air accident: a fire in mid-air the possible cause of the crash
Tehran, Iran - 168 people, maybe 170, have been killed in the tragedy
It might have been a fire in mid-air the cause of this morning's air accident occured to a Caspian Airlines Tupolev Tu-154 (flight RV-7908, tail number EP-CPG), en route from Tehran, Iran, to Yerevan,... more
AccidentsSerious air accident in Iran, maybe 168 victims
Tehran, Iran - According to local authorities nobody would have survived
A new, serious air accident has hit this morning at about 7 am GMT the world of civil aviation: a passenger aircraft, a Caspian Airlines Tupolev TU-154, with 168 people on board (153 passengers and 15... more
AccidentsNon-military helicopter crashes in Afghanistan, 4 victims
Kandahar, Afghanistan - Maybe shot down by Taliban rebels, who claimed the attack
It is of at least four victims the toll of an accident that this morning involved a civil helicopter in Afghanistan, near Sangin base in the province of Helmand. Taliban rebels who are fighting in the... more
AccidentsComoros accident: further bodies and debris found
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania - Recovered off the coast of Tanzania
Research teams committed in the area of last June 30's accident have recovered 5 more bodies and parts of the ditched aircraft off the coast of Tanzania, hundreds of km away from the place of the impact.... more
AccidentsFlight AF447 debris en route to France
Paris, France - On board of the "Ville de Bordeaux" ship
More than 640 pieces of Air France's Airbus A-330/200, flight AF447, that ditched on June 1 in the Atlantic during its Rio de Janeiro-Paris flight with 228 people on board, have been sent from Brazil to... more
AccidentsYemenia Airbus shot down by French missile?
Moroni, Comoros - The stunning revelation made by people close to the investigation on June 30's accident
Yemenia Airbus A-310/300, flight IY626, might have been shot down by a French missile. The aircraft, with 153 people on board, ditched in the waters of the Indian ocean on June 30, while en route from... more
AccidentsAir France accident: pilots' union charges aviation safety agencies
Paris, France - According to the carrier it is not unusual that reaction after loss of contact was not immediate
SPAF, a union of Air France pilots, charged French (DGAC) and European (EASA) aviation safety agencies of not considering the problems with speed sensors, not making all that was possible to avoid possible... more
AccidentsYemenia might cancel Airbus order
Moroni, Comoros - In the meanwhile first bodies recovered on the place of June 30's accident
Yemenia Airways might cancel a US$2 billion order for 10 Airbus A-350 aircraft, if France will continue with its hard position against the carrier, Yemenia president Abdulkalek Saleh Al-Kadi stated. The... more
AccidentsComoros accident, BEA: blackbox signal received
Moroni, Comoros - In the meanwhile, recovered debris including a large piece
The sub at work on the site of June 30's accident, that involved a Yemenia Airbus A-310/300 that ditched off the coast of the Comoros islands with 153 people on board, have received acoustic signals from... more
AccidentsAF447 tragedy: search for the black boxes will continue after July 10
Paris, France - The statement by French transport minister Bussereau
The search for Air France's Airbus A-330/200 that ditched in the Atlantic ocean on June 1st, with 228 people on board, will continue also after July 10, the French transport minister Dominique Bussereau... more
AccidentsTwo victims in Tornado crash in Scotland
London, UK - RAF opened an inquiry too
Two RAF pilots have been killed yesterday in an accident that occurred to their Tornado F-3 aircraft during a routine mission. London's defense ministry issued a note confirming the accident, and stating... more