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AccidentsHelicopter crash in Mexico: 3 victims
Cubiri de la Maquina, Mexico - Possible mechanical breakdown
A helicopter of the Mexican Geological Service (SGM) crashed on Wednesday at about GMT 8:55 pm (2:55 pm local time) in the Mexican region of Sinaloa, near Cubiri de la Maquina. No one of the three occupants... more
AccidentsUSA: firefighting aircraft pilot killed in air accident
Madison, USA - He was supplying information to the firefighters on ground
Heath Van Handel, 36-year-old expert pilot, has been killed yesterday in Wisconsin during a firefighting mission on board of a Cessna 337C "Super Skymaster". His duty was to observe the fire from the sky... more
AccidentsAir accident in Indonesia: 6 victims
Wamena, Indonesia - The BAE-146 crashed in the mountains around Wamena
An Aviastar Mandiri BAE-146/300 crashed today at about midnight CET in the mountains near Wamena airport, Indonesia, its final destination. All the six occupants of the cargo were killed, according to... more
AccidentsPhilippines, helicopter crashes with presidential staff on board: 3 certain victims
Baguio City, Philippines - Bodies found in the wreck. Missing the other 5 occupants
A Bell 412 Philippines Air Force helicopter carrying 8 people, including 5 presidential officials, crashed yesterday on the mountains near Baguio City, from where it took off shortly before for a flight... more
AccidentsAirplane crash in the USA. Pilot killed
Chesnee, USA - Still unknown the cause of the accident
NTSB (National Transport Safety Board) is investigating on the air accident happened yesterday near Chesnee, South Carolina, USA, in which Stuart E. Adcock Jr. was killed. The man was the only occupant... more
AccidentsHelicopter crash in France: 3 victims
Dierre, France - Two people lost their lives immediately, the third for the bad burns reported
It turned into tragedy a touristic helicopter flight on Sunday for three people in France, at Dierre airport. The private Robinson R-44 Raven II helicopter, probably owned by the pilot, crashed without... more
AccidentsNorth Sea accident: all the bodies recovered
Aberdeen, UK - Discussions about safety of the "Super Puma" go on
All the bodies of the victims of the accident that occurred last week to a Bond operated Eurocopter "Super Puma" in the North Sea, off the coast of Aberdeen, in Scotland, returning from an oil platform,... more
AccidentsMilitary airplane crashes in Indonesia: 24 victims
Bandung, Indonesia - The aging Fokker 27 hit a hangar and exploded
A 32-year-old Fokker 27 crashed this afternoon in Bandung, Indonesia, with 24 people on board. The plane crashed, seems due to heavy rain, on a hangar, exploding and killing all the occupants. Among them,... more
AccidentsWorld War II airplane crashes in New York
New York , USA - Killed the expert pilot
A Curtiss-Wright P-40 "Warhawk" World War II aircraft ditched yesterday in the Atlantic ocean off the coast of New York, killing the pilot, expert 61-year-old Robert Baranaskas, who was practicing for... more
AccidentsAerobatic airplane crashes in the USA: pilot killed
Englewood, USA - Seriously injured the second occupant
A single-engine Van's RV-6A aircraft crashed on Saturday near Englewood, Florida, while performing aerobatic tricks. The pilot was instantly killed. The second occupant was instead hospitalized with serious... more
AccidentsSpanish F-18 crashes. The pilot ejected safely
Bardenas Reales, Spain - The accident, which cause is still unknown, happened during an exercise
The Spanish ministry of defense issued a press release stating that an air force F-18 "Hornet" fighter crashed during an exercise near Bardenas Reales base, in the North of Spain. The pilot, who managed... more
AccidentsNorth Sea accident (2): 16 victims balance confirmed
Aberdeen, UK - The police: "The search for eight people still missing is now a recovery rather than a rescue operation"
The police confirmed what was feared: no one of the 16 occupants of the helicopter that ditched yesterday in the Scottish waters of the North Sea survived. "The search for eight people still missing is... more
AccidentsUSA: two killed in Piper accident
Newberg, USA - It crashed near the houses. No injuries on the ground
A Piper PA-22 crashed yesterday near Newberg, Oregon. Two people, a man (the plane's owner) and a woman, who used to fly together daily to work, were on board. The aircraft crashed near some houses, but... more
AccidentsNorth Sea accident: at least 8 victims
Aberdeen, UK - Still missing the other 8 occupants, searches continue
The searches in the North Sea, off the Scottish coast, after yesterday's accident that has seen a Bond Helicopters Eurocopter "Super Puma" ditch with 16 people on board (see AVIONEWS), brought to the finding... more
AccidentsMexico, federal agent killed in helicopter crash
Santa Clara, Mexico - Ditched near the border with the USA. Injured the other two occupants
Erica Simon Corona, Mexican federal agent, has been killed on Monday in the accident that involved, among the gulf of Santa Clara, near the border with the USA, the Bell 212 helicopter on which she was... more
AccidentsA "Super Puma" helicopter ditched in the North Sea
Crimond, UK - It was carrying 16 people coming back from an oil platform
A Bond Helicopters Eurocopter AS-332/L2 "Super Puma" ditched at around 13:00 GMT in the North Sea, off the coast of Crimond, in Scotland, while it was carrying 16 people coming back from an oil platform.... more
AccidentsUltralight plane crashes in Georgia, USA. Pilot injured
Griffin, USA - The Ken Flaglor "Sky Scooter" ditched for an engine problem
Shortly after taking off on Monday from the Beaverbrook airfield, near Griffin, in Georgia, the small Ken Flaglor "Sky Scooter" suffered for a problem to its engine. The pilot, Kenny Rogers, was forced... more
AccidentsMilitary plane crashes in Poland, 4 victims
Gdynia, Poland - The Polish Navy announced the accident
A Polish Navy PZL-Mielec M-28B "Bryza" aircraft crashed yesterday at around 3:00pm GMT among the military base of Babie Doly, close to Gdynia, in Northern Poland, during a training mission. It has been... more
AccidentsSouth Korea: a F-16 aircraft crashed into Yellow Sea
Seoul, South Korea - No victim
A South Korean F-16 fighter jet crashed on Tuesday in the Yellow Sea but its two pilots ejected safely, the defence ministry said. The two-seater fighter jet was on a routine training from a base on the... more
AccidentsTrainer airplane crashes in Brazil
Londrina, Brazil - Damaged two houses and a car. No one injured
During a training flight the pilot of a Brazilian Aero Boero AB-115, that was flying together with his instructor, didn't manage to avoid the impact with two houses, damaging the roofs and the power lines.... more
AccidentsHelicopter land-crashes in Wales
Swansea, UK - Injured the pilot and the passenger, both with head damages
The pilot and the passenger of a Robinson R-44 helicopter that crashed yesterday while landing at Swansea airport, in Wales, have been transported to the local hospital for the head injuries that they... more
AccidentsCessna crashes in America, killed the pilot
Stillwater, USA - A witness: "The airplane's engines did not sound right before the crash"
A man died after his private Cessna 337-C "Super Skymaster" airplane crashed tonight (1:45 am GMT) in Stillwater, Oklahoma. He was approaching the local airport. Neither the pilot's name nor the reasons... more
AccidentsPrivate airplane crashes near Ravenna, in Italy. Uninjured the occupants
Ravenna, Italy - The accident caused by a gust of wind, Carabinieri stated
The Italian Carabinieri of Lugo di Romagna (Ravenna) that investigated the accident confirmed to AVIONEWS that a private Cirrus SR-22 airplane crashed today around midday in the small airport of San Martino... more
AccidentsTurkish helicopter accident: found the wreckage site. No one survived
Ankara, Turkey - Six bodies have been uncovered after 48 hours of search, including the ultranationalist politician Yazicioglu
The Turkish authorities' search for the site of the accident that Wednesday (see AVIONEWS) occurred to a Bell 206L4 "Long Ranger", probably caused by bad weather, with six people on board among which the... more
AccidentsTurkish helicopter accident (2): TV broadcasts emergency call
Ankara, Turkey - Maybe the only survivor, managed to phone: "We are freezing, I think they are all dead"
The Turkish television is broadcasting an emergency call made by one of the occupants of the helicopter that crashed yesterday in Turkey carrying a politician (see AVIONEWS). "I am inside the helicopter,... more
AccidentsMilitary plane crashes in Ecuador
Quito, Ecuador - The helicopter's rescue cable broke while lifting the first pilot
An Ecuadorian Air Force BAC MK-89 Strikemaster crashed yesterday among the border with Colombia. The two occupants successfully ejected, but during the rescue operations the cable that was lifting the... more
AccidentsMontana accident: an AD from the FAA was issued on Pilatus PC-12
Butte, USA - The directive, of last 10th of March and published by AVIONEWS, concerned stick-pusher problems
Two weeks before Sunday's tragic accident in Montana (see AVIONEWS) the FAA issued an airworthiness directive regarding various Pilatus models, including the PC-12 (see AVIONEWS). The problem concerns... more
AccidentsUSAF F-22 crashes in California. Pilot killed
Washington, USA - The accident at Edwards Air Force Base during a test flight
The pilot of an USAF Lockheed-Martin/Boeing F-22A Raptor crashed yesterday at 10:30am (5:30pm GMT) at Edwars Air Force Base, California, has been killed. The reasons are still under investigation and no... more
AccidentsTurkey, helicopter with politician on board crashed: missing
Ankara, Turkey - Bad weather didn't allow to find the accident's location yet
A Bell 206L4 "Long Ranger" helicopter carrying ultranationalist party leader Muhsin Yazicioglu crashed yesterday afternoon in the Turkish region of Goksun, while flying from Kahmanmaras to Yozgat. The... more
AccidentsMontana accident: found a device that could possibly give some clues
Butte, USA - An engine performance recorder might throw light on the accident
It has been found on Sunday's accident's site (see AVIONEWS 1 and 2) an engine performance recorder that might throw light on the accident in which 14 people were killed. If usable the data present... more
AccidentsTokyo accident (2): blackbox recovered
Tokyo, Japan - According to the ministry of transports data are usable
The blackbox and the cockpit voice recorder of the FedEx cargo that crashed in Narita airport, Tokyo, have been recovered and, according to what has been reported by Japanese ministry of transports spokesman... more
AccidentsBoeing about Tokyo accident
Seattle, USA - The constructor expresses its condolences and offers support to the Japanese authorities
The American constructor Boeing, after Monday's (Sunday evening in Europe) tragic accident that killed the two pilots of a FedEx McDonnell Douglas MD-11F cargo in Tokyo (see AVIONEWS), issued on its site... more
AccidentsMontana accident might have been caused by ice
Butte, USA - Besides the meteorological conditions, also a possible overloading is being investigated
It might have been ice to cause Sunday's accident that caused the death of 14 people near a cemetery in Butte, in Montana (see AVIONEWS). Mark Rosenker, acting chairman of the National Transportation Safety... more
AccidentsATR-72 air disaster (2): 7 condemned, 2 acquitted
Palermo, Italy - Palermo preliminary judge issued today the sentence about the accident that in 2005 killed 16 people
Palermo preliminary judge, Vittorio Anania, issued today the sentence about the air disaster that caused the death of 16 people on board of a Tuninter ATR-72 on the 6th of August 2005 near Capo Gallo,... more
AccidentsItaly, 2005 ATR-72 air disaster: 10 years asked for the pilot
Palermo, Italy - The sentence issued today by Palermo preliminary judge
Palermo preliminary judge issued today the sentence about the indictment of the nine people accused of August the 6th 2005 disaster involving a Tuninter ATR-72 aircraft that was forced to put down on the... more
AccidentsFedEx Cargo tips over in Japan, catching fire: 2 killed
Tokyo, Japan - The accident probably caused by the strong wind
A tragic accident occurred yesterday evening (European time) to a FedEx McDonnell Douglas MD-11F airplane while landing in Narita airport, Tokyo, coming from Guangzhou, China. Both the occupants have been... more
AccidentsUSA, air disaster in Montana: 14 victims, 7 kids
Butte, USA - The pilot lost control and crashed into a cemetery
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) let know that there are at least 7 children within the 14 certain victims (but they could be more, probably up to 17) of the air accident that occurred yesterday near... more
AccidentsHelicopter crashes in Australia
Narooma, Australia - The accident caused by a gust of wind, uninjured the two occupants
A private Robinson R-44 II helicopter crashed today in Narooma, Australia. Both the pilot and his wife came out uninjured from the accident, even if the woman has been hospitalized as a precaution. To... more
AccidentsEcuador: military aircraft crashes into house, 7 victims
Quito, Ecuador - The Red Cross: "There might be more casualties"
A small military training airplane, a Beechcraft 200 Super King Air, has crashed at 5:30 pm (10:30 pm GMT) into a house in Quito, capital of Ecuador. 7 people have been killed, all the 5 occupants of the... more
AccidentsRussia: L-39 Albatross combat trainer aircraft crashed
Krasnodar, Russia - The only victim was the pilot
The pilot of a L-39 combat trainer was killed when his aircraft crashed in the Krasnodar Territory, Southern Russia, near the Kushchevskoye airfield on Tuesday evening while on a training flight, an Air... more
AccidentsMilitary plane crashes in Turkey, one pilot dead
Konya, Turkey - The accident during a training flight. Wounded the other man
A military plane crashed yesterday in Konya, Turkey, during a training flight. One pilot has been killed while the second one has been transported to the nearby hospital. Neither the causes of the accident,... more
AccidentsCanadian helicopter crash, the terrible balance: 17 victims
Saint John's, Canada - Of the 18 people on board only one was rescued. 9 bodies recovered
The wrecked Cougar Helicopters Sikorsky S-92 ditched on last Thursday in the ocean off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada, has been found 178 meters deep in the sea, with the bodies of 10 or 13 people still... more
AccidentsRAF plane crashes during training
York, UK - The accident while performing aerobatics. Pilot injured
He was training yesterday, March 12th, for an upcoming aerobatic show on his Tucano T-1 flight lieutenant Mike Rutland when his plane crashed in Linton-on-Ouse RAF airfield, Yorkshire. The expert pilot... more
AccidentsCanadian helicopter crash: one dead, 16 missing
Saint John's, Canada - 16 people still in the freezing Atlantic waters. Found one body
Still missing in the freezing North Atlantic waters 16 (14 passengers, workers on an offshore oil platform, and two crew members) of the 18 occupants of the Cougar Helicopters Sikorsky S-92 that crashed... more
AccidentsCanadian helicopter crash (3): still missing 17 people
Saint John's, Canada - Difficult weather conditions are creating problems to the rescues
Still missing 17 passengers of the helicopter (maybe one of Cougar Helicopter's Sikorsky S-92s), that crashed today in the freezing waters of the Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada. Despite... more
AccidentsCanadian helicopter crash (2): at least one rescue
Saint John's, Canada - Still in the sea the other passengers
The authorities are struggling to rescue the passengers of the helicopter crashed today off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada, with 18 people on board. The shuttle was flying towards an oil platform 300km... more
AccidentsCanadian helicopter crashes with 18 people on board
Saint John's, Canada - Strong wind caused the accident off the coast of Newfoundland. Rescue operations in progress
A Canadian helicopter directed to an oil platform crashed today in the Atlantic with 18 people on board, off the coast of Newfoundland. The cause seems to have been the strong wind. Two rescue helicopters... more
AccidentsPolice helicopter crashes in Austria
Vienna, Austria - Badly injured the three occupants
It should have been the impact with a roof during a mission to cause the crash of a police helicopter Deutschlandsberg, in the Austrian province of Styria. The authorities have not precised the nature... more
AccidentsHang-glider crash in New Zealand: two victims
Queenstown, New Zealand - A panoramic flight cost life to an Argentinian pilot and his passenger, a local firefighter
A serious accident happened yesterday evening (European time) to a hang-glider in Queenstown, New Zealand. No hope was left to the two occupants of the aircraft: Gerardo Bean, 27-year-old Argentinian expert... more
AccidentsHang-glider crashes near Viterbo
Viterbo, Italy - 32-year-old died right after being extracted from the cockpit. Injured the other occupant
Died yesterday, March 8th, one of the two occupants of the 2-place motorized Ulm hang-glider, model Skin-Polaris 412, crashed in Ceravolo, near Capranica (Viterbo). To cause the accident, according to... more