Accidents
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AccidentsSpain: collision in flight between two Mirage F-1 fighters
Madrid, Spain - Died three Air Force pilots
Three Spanish Air Force pilots died this morning when two Mirage F-1 fighters apparently collided during a training exercise over eastern Spain, in the province of Albacete. It was not immediately clear... more
AccidentsCapo Gallo-Tuninter crash: the requests by public prosecutors for nine accused
Palermo, Italy - Overall sentences for 90 years of jail
12 years for Chafik Gharby, Capt. of ATR-72 of Tuninter, and for the second pilot Ali Kebaier, nine and four months for Moncef Zouari, carrier's general manager, for technical director Zoueir Chetouane... more
AccidentsUS helicopter crashes in Afghanistan; today emergency landing for "Black Hawk"
Kabul, Afghanistan - A general dead and 12 men of the Afghan regular troops
US Army's sources in Kabul have unveiled an accident happened yesterday to an American military helicopter, crashed at West of Afghanistan. A general and 12 men of the Afghan national troops dead in the... more
AccidentsDaghestan, ground collision between two military airplanes
Makhachkala, Daghestan - Five victims, two injured
Two Ilyushin IL-76 military airplanes, maybe due to a thick fog, have collided yesterday evening on the runway of Makhachkala's airport, Daghestan's capital, one of the Republics of Russian Confederation,... more
AccidentsAn A-320 forced to an emergency landing on water few minutes after take off from New York
New York, Usa - A bird-strike caused the incident. All the 150 persons on board are alive
A US Airways Airbus 320 forced to an emergency land few minutes after take off from New York's "La Guardia" airport. A bird-strike is likely to be the reason of the incident, after striking the two engines.... more
AccidentsRussian Mil helicopter crashed on Altai:
Moscow, Russia - The sentence on the daily "Kommersant" pages
The incident has something of the grotesque about it: the Russian daily "Kommersant" reported today the passengers of the Mil Mi-171 helicopter crashed on January 9th in Altai were probably engaged in... more
AccidentsMil Mi-171 helicopter crashed on Russia: 7 victims
Moscow, Russia - Four survivors. Among victims also a government representative in the low house of Parliament
A Mil Mi-171 helicopter disappeared from radar last Friday with 11 people onboard while flying on Altai Region, South-West Siberia. The weather conditions creates several problems in the wreckage's sighting.... more
AccidentsCollision in flight in Australian skies: two victims
Sydney, Australia - Grazed a ground tragedy
Two Cessna school-airplanes have had a collision in flight this morning in the skies above the West hinterland of Sydney, Australia. The teacher and her student, both 20, have been killed, crashed with... more
AccidentsPartially recovered the wreckage of the German helicopter crashed in Switzerland
Berne, Switzerland - The snow blocks the operations
The rescue operations of CH-53 helicopter have been blocked due to the heavy snowfalls and strong wind. The fuel and oil have been sucked up. The blades, the two engines and also the auxiliary engine and... more
AccidentsReturn of three helicopters of Italian Air Force
Rome, Italy - Careful maintenance before the return
The Italian Air Force (AMI), after the precautionary stop of three helicopters HH-3F and after the recent helicopter crash happened in France, ordered their return to the respective centers. The helicopter... more
AccidentsSwitzerland: hot air balloon went up in flames while it was flying
Berneck, Switzerland - Injured the five people on the board
It was maybe a propane gas leak, used to fuel the gas burner which sending hot air into the balloon consents it to fly, that originate the almost-tragedy two days ago in Berneck, Canton Saint Gallen, in... more
AccidentsUS: a F-18 fighter crashed near San Diego killing three people
San Diego, USA - Took off from an aircraft carrier for a training mission
A Marine Corps F-18 fighter, took off from "USS Abraham Lincoln" aircraft carrier off the coast of San Diego for a training mission, crashed on a residential neighborhood of the city, destroying two homes... more
AccidentsBrazil, a Beechcraft airplane crashed
Goiânia , Brazil - Four victims
A Beechcraft Baron 58 airplane crashed in the night between Friday and Saturday after the take-off from Anapolis Airport, in the State of Goiás, centre of Brazil. Four victims of the six people onboard.... more
AccidentsA German military helicopter crashes in Switzerland
Engelberg, Switzerland - One of five occupants wounded
The Swiss Air Forces have unveiled the news about a crash occurred this morning to a German CH-53 helicopter with five men on board, fell in Titlis, not far from Engelberg, Obvaldo canton, Switzerland.... more
AccidentsFrance: crashed an Air New Zealand Airbus A-320 airplane
Canet-en-Roussillon , France - Three victims and four missing
Creashed into the sea an Air New Zealand Airbus A-320 in leasing to XL Airways Germany with seven people onboard, two Germans and five New Zealanders, but only three corpses have been found. The accident... more
AccidentsMexico air crash: NTSB's opinion
Mexico City, Mexico - "No elements leading to think that there were hijackers" behind the air crash
After a careful analysis of black boxes, NTSB (National Transportation Safety Board) expressed its opinion on the air crash occurred last week when minister Mouriño and other eight people died. By... more
AccidentsMilan-Linate air disaster: criticism on former manager Marzocca' sentence
Rome, Italy - "Free on probation"
It seemed that Milan-Linate air disaster was ended with the sentence of last February. But the most terrible air disaster ever recorded in Italy is still causing debates and criticisms, this time for the... more
AccidentsItalian Air Force about helicopter crash in France: blade's failure, the only case in 30 years
Rome, Italy - Further verifications are ongoing in synergy with judicial Authorities
"The Italian Air Force, following to the crash occurred in France last October 23 at HH-3F helicopter of the 84th CSAR of Brindisi, with the death of all eight men on board, has started a technical inquiry... more
AccidentsTanzania air crash: the victims are four Italian tourists
Rome, Italy - The pilot is the only survivor
They were in Tanzania to photograph Kilimanjaro. Four Italian people were onboard a CESSNA 206 airplane, left from Kenya, that in short-time lost altitude and crashed near Mawenzi. African authorities... more
AccidentsMexico air accident: "November 4th events will be carefully analyzed"
Mexico City, Mexico - President Calderón's emotional words
Emotional words were pronounced by president Calderón in front of Interior Minister Mouriño coffin, tragically disappeared on Tuesday (see AVIONEWS). "The terrible events occurred on November 4th will b... more
AccidentsGreece: military helicopter crash. Risk of uranium contamination
Athens, Greece - 200 kilos of bullets on board
Wednesday night an Apache helicopter belonging to Greek Army crashed and blew up near Kymi, isle of Evia, south-east of Greece. The news has been issued today by "Ethnos" newspaper, which has explained... more
AccidentsMexico: air crash in the capital
Mexico City, Mexico - The Interior Minister dies
Yesterday a Learjet 45 airplane crashed in Mexico City. Among the nearly eight people on board, there was the Interior Minister, coming back from a visit in San Luis Potosì state, who died. Due to... more
AccidentsFrance: found the wreckage of the airplane disappeared
Valence, France - The four people on board probably died immediately after the crash
The airplane Robin DR-400It crashed at 1200 metres high against Boisseron mountain in the small village of Montreal-les-Sources (South-East France), Rhodan valley. It disappeared from radar screens on... more
AccidentsBrazil: an airplane crashes in a school courtyard
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - An inquiry has been opened
Disaster in Brazil skies. A small airplane crashed in the courtyard of a school in the South of the Country, in Paranà State. The five people on board died. No one died and no one remained injured among... more
AccidentsItalian Air Force: a HH-3F helicopter of the 15th Wing Sar crashed in France yesterday with on board eight men, all died
Rome, Italy - The aircraft would have to participate at a multinational training activity, named TLP (Tactical Leadership Programme)
"A HH-3F helicopter of the Italian Air Force's 15th Wing has crashed yesterday around 4:30pm in France, during a transfer flight from Dijon to Florennes, in Belgium. The aircraft belonged to the 84th SAR... more
AccidentsA helicopter ambulance crashed in USA
Chicago, USA - Four victims, a baby of 13 months among them
USA counts still a new crash occurred to a helicopter ambulance, the ninth from the beginning of the year. A helicopter for medical rescue, around midnight of yesterday, has crashed in a residential area... more
AccidentsKilled from the helicopter's blades
Sedona, Usa - A doctor of the rescue team of the American Department of Public Safety
A tragic accident yesterday afternoon in Arizona, on the Red Roks mountains, during a rescue operation for two young climbers; for their rescue a helicopter of the Department of Public Safety was alerted. The... more
AccidentsSeventh anniversary of Milan-Linate air disaster
Milan, Italy - Many commemoration ceremonies scheduled for today
Seven years have passed from the air disaster at Milan-Linate airport of October 8th 2001, when 118 people died in the crash of a McDonnell Douglas MD-87 of SAS - Scandinavian Airlines with a Cessna Citation.... more
AccidentsNepal air crash
Kathmandu, Nepal - 18 people died, only one survivor
According to local authorities, a small tourism airplane crashed this morning in east Nepal. The twin-engined aircraft belonging to "Yeti Airlines", taken off from Kathmandu, crashed while landing at Tenzing-Hillary... more
AccidentsFlight collision in the French skies for two Navy fighter planes
Paris, France - One of the pilot is safe, the other one is missed
After taking off from the air base of Landivisiau (north-west France), two fighter planes of the French Military Navy collided while flying yesterday in the afternoon, offshore Morlaix coasts. It seems... more
AccidentsCrashed a UNAMID helicopter in Darfur: does it shot down?
Khartum, Sudan - At least two victims
A United Nations-contracted helicopter with four people on board crashed in the western Sudanese region of Darfur, a UN spokesman said. The aircraft, hired by the joint UN-African Union peacekeeping force,... more
AccidentsTravis Barker, ex-"Blink 182" drummer, victim of an air crash
Columbia, South Carolina - A tyre blowout as possible cause of the accident
Ex-"Blink 182" drummer, Travis Barker, is still in critical conditions after the air crash of Friday night. After a free concert in Columbia with DJ AM, the drummer was travelling on board of a Learjet... more
AccidentsIraq: US helicopter crashed
Baghdad, Iraq - Seven people have probably died
An helicopter CH-47 Chinook of the US Army crashed last night in south Iraq, nearly 100 km from Basra city. The aircraft, flying from Kuwait and bound for a Us base, in north Baghdad, carried on board... more
AccidentsDubai: an helicopter crashed
Rome, Italy - Seven people died
According to the press release issued by "Petrofac", the company in charge of Dubai government offshore oilfields, "An Aerogulf Bell 212 helicopter crashed yesterday at 8:20pm (local hour) at approximately... more
AccidentsAugust 2008: really a "Black month" for air transport?
Rome, Italy - The answers of an expert of the Italian Air Safety Board
After a month of media terrorism, when news about air accidents and inconveniences followed one another, the fear of flying is affecting all the passengers, obsessed with an unique question: are security... more
AccidentsAir accident in Venezuela: the relatives of Italian missed people despair
Rome, Italy - They write a letter addressed to prime minister Berlusconi
The relatives of Italian missing people are in a state of despair. On January 4th, they travelled on board of a Transaven Let 410 which seems to be fallen in the sea offshore Caracas (Venezuela), with... more
AccidentsCrashed airplane missing yesterday in Congo
Kinshasa, Democratic Republic Congo - 17 people on board
It's official: the airplane, operated by a Congolese third part under a contract to Air Serv International in Congo, has crashed. The aircraft was en route from Kinsangani to Bukavu, in the East of Country,... more
AccidentsDiscussion about airplane crashed in Congo
Kinshasa, Democratic Republic Congo - A machine dated to 1990 leased from CemAir
Accident description Date: 01 SEP 2008 Time: ca 16:00 Type: Beechcraft 1900C-1 Operating for: Air Serv International Leased from: CemAir Registration: ZS-OLD ? C/n / msn: UC-137... more
AccidentsCanada: an Air France airplane skidded off the runway
Montreal, Canada - No injured reported
Yesterday in the afternoon (local time), a Boeing 747 airplane of Air France, coming from Paris and with more than 500 people on board, among passengers and cabin crew, skidded off the runway while landing... more
AccidentsMadrid-Barajas air crash: criticism and long wait for black boxes analysis
Madrid, Spain - The lastest news
Until now 90 corpses have been identified after the terrible air crash occurred last Wednesday at Madrid-Barajas airport, when 154 died. Among them, Domenico Riso, an Italian flight attendant working for... more
AccidentsAir accident in Kyrgyzstan
Rome, Italy - Around 70 people died
Yesterday an Itek Air Boeing 737 airplane bound for Iran, with around 90 people on board among passengers and members crew, crashed at Bishkek airport (Kyrgyzstan). Around 70 people died during the accident.... more
AccidentsMadrid-Barajas airport accident
Madrid, Spain - At least seven people have died and 20 have been injured
At 14:45 p.m., a Spanair aircraft directed to Canary Islands skidded off the runway at terminal 4 of Madrid-Barajas airport. 166 passengers were on board. Till now seven people have died and around... more
AccidentsMadrid Barajas airport accident (2)
Madrid, Spain - The death toll is high: estimated one hundred victims
One hundred are the victims, till now estimated, of the Spainar JK 5022 flight with around 160 passengers on board destined for Canary Islands. Eleven trucks belonging to Spanish firefighters are working... more
AccidentsAir accident in Germany
Berlin, Germany - An aircraft got tangled in high tension cables
Yesterday, in Germany, a tourism aircraft with two people on board, husband and wife, "Got tangled in high tension cables". Immediate the intervention of firefighters who worked for more than two hours... more
AccidentsFire during a CSAR training session in Puglia
Ostuni , Italy - No damages
Yesterday in the morning, during a training session carried out by an helicopter HH-3F of 84th Csar Centre (Combat Search and Rescue) in Ostuni area (Brindisi), a "Spark of a smoke producer fell on brushwood... more
AccidentsCalifornia: an helicopter crashed
Los Angeles, Usa - Four injured people and nine missing people
An helicopter Sikorsky S-61N (N-612AZ) of US Departement of Forestry crashed 35 miles of Redding (California). According to National Transportation Safety Board, the Authority in charge of trasportation... more
AccidentsCrashed a Royal Thai Air Force helicopter
Bangkok, Thailand - Six soldiers dead
Col. Acra Tiproch, spokesman of Thai Army, informed today a Royal Thai Air Force helicopter, one Bell UH-1H (Huey II) crashed killing pilot, co-pilot, two SaR (Search and Rescue) soldiers and two engineers. The... more
AccidentsManchester airport: collision on the runway between two planes
Manchester, UK - Holidays delayed but no injured people
Yesterday, at Manchester airport, during take-off operations the wing of a Futura Boeing 737, heading to Tenerife and carrying 180 passengers, hit the tail of a Lufthansa Airbus A-320, heading to Frankfurt,... more
AccidentsCessna crashes on a home in Oregon
Gearhart, Usa - Two people on board dead; three young victims at ground
A Cessna crashed today on a house in Gearhart, in Clatsop county, on Oregon's coast, perhaps due to a thick fog in the area. A home has been hit, leased by a couple to spend a holiday together with... more
AccidentsAir accident in Croatia
Zagreb, Croatia - Twin-engine plane located
Yesterday in the afternoon, Croatian authorities located the Piper PA-44 "Seminole" crashed on Friday offshore Zara coasts (Croatia). On board an Italian boy, aged 20, and his Croatian instructor. The... more