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AccidentsVenezuela air crash: started the operations for the identification of wrecked aircraft off the coast of Los Roques
Caracas, Venezuela - Reported by the Italian Foreign Ministry
The operation of identifying the wreck of what the authorities in Caracas consider to be, with all probability, the Transaven aircraft YV-2081 which disappeared on 4 January, begins today in Venezuela.... more
AccidentsPlane crashes in the Andes, survivors rescued 9 days after
Santiago de Chile, Chile - It has reminded the 1972's "Andes disaster"
Nine people who survived to a plane crash in the Andes, Chile, were found last week after 9 days while rescuers were looking for them in spite of bad weather and thick-fog. The Cessna Caravan aircraft... more
AccidentsSudan plane crash, number of victims increases
Karthoum, Sudan - Disaster causes are still not clear
At least 30 people died in the plane crash, 2 days ago, near Karthoum airport, in Sudan (see for details AVIONEWS). According to inquiry's responsible, 30 bodies have already been recovered and carried... more
AccidentsSudan air crash, an Airbus A-310 bursts into flames. At least 28 victims
Khartoum, Sudan - Still uncertain the causes of the disaster
A Sudan Airways Airbus A-310, Flight 109, with onboard 210 passengers and 14 crew-members, has burst into flames shortly after landing at Khartoum airport during a sandstorm. At least twenty-eight passengers... more
AccidentsKenya, tourism airplane crashes killing 4 people
Nairobi, Kenya - Two Ministers onboard
A small tourism aircraft crashed yesterday in Kenya around 3:00 pm (local time), killing 4 people, the pilot, a policeman and two Ministers. Took-off from "Wilson" Nairobi airport, the airplane was... more
AccidentsOhio, Cessna crashes on a scenic flight: 6 killed
Fremont, USA - Few minutes after take-off
Six people died when a small plane piloted by a former state lawmaker crashed in Fremont, northern Ohio (USA), yesterday, a few minutes after take-off around 1:00pm (local time). No other injuries,... more
AccidentsUS helicopter crashes in Afghanistan, 2 killed
Kabul, Afghanistan - Their details are still unknown
An helicopter belonging to the US coalition has crashed yesterday at around 06:30pm (Local time) in Kandahar province while returning from a maintenance mission in southern Afghanistan, Rumi Nielson-Green... more
Accidents5 people killed in last week-end air crashes in Italy
Rome, Italy - Disasters abroad, also in Spain and Honduras
It's been a tragic week-end for the aviation. Five people died after air crashes in Italy, while more accidents happened in Spain and Honduras. On Sunday, June, 1st, an NH-90 helicopter has fallen in... more
AccidentsNH-90 Italian Army helicopter crashes in Bracciano lake
Rome, Italy - One of the 3 militaries on board is dead
An NH-90 Italian Army helicopter is crashed last Sunday afternoon into Bracciano lake (Rome). The crew on board was formed by 3 militaries. One of them has been rescued by Carabinieri divers after its... more
AccidentsHelicopter crashes on Panama: died the Chile's Federal Police Chief and his wife
Panama City, Panama - 11 victims; only one person survived
This night a helicopter is crashed against a building in Panama City, killing 11 people, five Panamanians and six Chileans; only one person on the helicopter - a Panamanian -survived. He is in the hospital... more
AccidentsRussia, cargo plane crash: 9 killed
Chelyabinsk , Russia - Disaster nearby Urali mountains
An owned Moskovia Airlines Antonov cargo plane crashed yesterday near the city of Chelyabinsk in the Urals region of Russia, killing all nine people aboard, Interfax agency reported. According to a... more
AccidentsTransaven airplane lost in Venezuela (2): the letter of relatives to the Italian Foreign Minister
Rome, Italy - A formal meeting is expecting
Following the statements by the Italian Foreign Minister, Franco Frattini, after the meeting in Lima with the Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, AVIONEWS has interviewed the Lawyer Riccardo Tropiano, brother-in-law... more
AccidentsTransaven airplane lost in Venezuela: in short-time the recovery of the wreck localized off the Los Roques coasts
Caracas, Venezuela - Frattini: "A unsuspected show of affection"
A technical mission of some Italian experts will go to Venezuela to evaluate the recovery's ways of the wreck localized off the coast of Los Roques. The Venezuelan authorities consider it the airplane... more
AccidentsCrossair trial: Dosé acquittal requested
Bellinzona , Switzerland - Ex-Crossair Ceo charged of umpremeditated murder
Lawyer Lorenz Erni, defender of André Dosé, ex-president of the Swiss airline Crossair, that lost an airplane in an incident 25 November of 2001, with the consequent death of 24 people and wounding of o... more
AccidentsFound aircraft in Brazil crashed into the sea
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - No one on board aircraft found
A business jet airplane crashed into the sea offshore one of the coasts of the northeast of Brazil at the end of the last week, has been found from the rescue squads after a few days of searches. The... more
AccidentsMissing airplane in Venezuela: opinion of an eminent pathologist (2)
Rome, Italy - Further questions, doubts and uncertainties raises from expertise
Premised that we are cruising in a hypothesis sea, and that there are and not will be any certainties, at least until that the airplane and its occupants will not be recovered, we expose the facts to you. In... more
AccidentsMissing airplane in Venezuela: opinion of an eminent pathologist
Rome, Italy - Co-pilot body pictures submitted by AVIONEWS to his attention
AVIONEWS's got pictures of the corpse found in Venezuela and identified by Venezuelan authorities as Osmel Alfredo Avila Otamendi, copilot of the airplane disappeared on January, 4th carrying 14 people... more
AccidentsTransaven air crash in Venezuela: critical notes about the second relationship of Incostas company
Caracas, Venezuela - Sonar could had found the relict of a cargo ship
About the suspected finding of the Transaven airplane, it's necessary to underline the following contradictions between the company's assumption in its report to the Venezuelan authorities, and what the... more
AccidentsAircraft with the Sudanese Minister on board crashed
Juba, Sudan - 26 victims of the tragedy
The Vice-Premier of the independent Government of South Sudan, Riek Machar, unveiled that an airplane with on board Dominic Din Deng, Minister of Defense of the Regional Government of South of the Country,... more
AccidentsVenezuelan accident pilot's conversation with control tower by AVIONEWS also available on YouTube
Rome, Italy - It is available also on home page streaming service of AVIONEWS
The conversation between Transaven pilot and Maiquetia control tower few minutes before the aircraft's take off, is now available, other than the streaming service on the AVIONEWS home page, also on... more
AccidentsAirplane lost in Venezuela: removed the chief of the Venezuelan Civil Defense
Rome, Italy - The Authority involved in the aircraft's research
AVIONEWS is among the press agencies, as not many, that are trying to clarify about the aircraft's missing with 14 (or 18) people, among them eight Italians on board, occurred in Los Roques (Venezuela)... more
AccidentsExclusive Venezuela air crash: sound-recording of the conversation between pilot and tower before the takeoff
Rome, Italy - But there is something wrong...
AVIONEWS offers in preview to its readers an exclusive and unpublished document. We accede to the integral sound-recording between the pilots of the YV2081 Transaven airplane (then lost after the mayday)... more
AccidentsVenezuela: small aircraft crashed on a building
Catia la Mar, Venezuela - One killed and 4 injured
One killed and 4 injuries are the consequences of yesterday's air crash, when a light aircraft hit against a private building. That's happened in Vargas State, in the north of the country, in a town called... more
AccidentsZlin Z-37 plunges on the crowd in Germany
Eisenach, Germany - One killed and many injured
A Zlin (or Let) Z-37 aircraft single-seat, once missed take-off, has gone out of the sprit and plunged on the crowd during an air parade in Eisenach, Turingia, yesterday. The plane, built in Czech Republic,... more
AccidentsHelicopter crashes in the Black Sea: 19 killed
Kiev, Ukraine - 20 people were on board, only one survivor
A Mil Mi-8 helicopter owned by Ukraine's company Naftogaz, is crashed this morning around 10:30am in the Black Sea. According to the Russian press agency, "Itar Tass", 20 people were on board and just... more
AccidentsMIL MI-8 crashed in Nepal
Makalu, Nepal - Safe the occupants in a miraculous manner
Nth crash in Nepal, where the percentage of helicopter crashes is increased because of the atmospheric condition (hot at high levels) that, mainly, of the obsolete machines and in bad maintenance, very... more
AccidentsYV2801 Transaven flight missing in Venezuela: no confirmations about the airplane wreck's recovery
Rome, Italy - Imprudence on news released by Venezuelan government
News about the recovery of YV-2801 Transaven flight missing since last January, 4th, are spreading in these days on Italian and Venezuelan press. At the moment, the only confirmed news is about a wreck... more
AccidentsVenezuela. Transaven air crash: it is waiting for the confirmation of the code by INCOSTA
Caracas, Venezuela - It all fits perfectly. There is the 90% possibility
Some days ago we have announced the discovery of a wreck compatible with LET-410UVP belonging to Transaven, lost at sea on January 4th on the route between Caracas and Los Roques, Venezuela (see AVIONEWS),... more
AccidentsATR Tuninter hearing: Gup admits civil parts constitution
Palermo, Italy - Of "Committee October, 8th to not forget" and relatives of a victim and an injured
Vittorio Anania, gup which has presided today over the preliminary audience of the trial about the ATR-72 Tuninter's incident (well known as "The Capo Gallo disaster") of 2005 August, 6th in the waters... more
AccidentsSukhoi fighter crashed at "Mehrabad" of Teheran
Tehran, Iran - Two people onboard are safe
A Sukhoi fighter of Iran Air Force, while landing after a training flight, is crashed yesterday afternoon on the "Mehrabad" airport in Tehran. The 2 pilots have got out from the aircraft so they're safe. The... more
AccidentsB-727 airplane crashed in Congo (2): the provisional number of victims is 78 people
Goma, Congo - Intervention of several helicopters to extinguish the fire
The number of victims in the incident of the Hewa Bora Boeing B-727 airplane, crashed on Goma, Congo, bound to Kinshasa, would be about 78 people, but the number is still provisional. According to some... more
AccidentsB-727 aircraft crashes in Congo
Goma, Congo - Number and nationality of passengers is still unknown
A security functional at Goma's airport has said: "It's an airliner. Many people were on board. We're doing the best to reach the aircraft but it's still on fire. Fuel is burning and we're afraid of an... more
AccidentsGreat Britain air accident: on board the famous car pilot David Leslie
Farnborough, Great Britain - Aircraft pilot informed airport tower of heavy engine vibrations before crash
On the private Cessna Citation 501 business jet crashed on last March 31 on a house in Broadwater Gardens near Farnborough, Kent County, died the famous car pilot David Leslie, 54, with his team manager,... more
AccidentsMissed aircraft in Venezuela: military ship researches will last until April 19
Rome, Italy - If needed, additional searches could be performed by and Italian firm
According to Venezuelan media, tomorrow will start the researches performed by military Venezuelan oceanographic ship "Punta Brava" which will last until April 19. If nothing will be found, the contract... more
AccidentsVietnam, military airplane crashes: five people died
Hanoi, Vietnam - The twin-engine airplane is crashed in Thanh Tri, nearby the Capital
A military twin-engine airplane with 5 people aboard is crashed around 10:00am (local time) in the outskirts of Hanoi, in Vietnam. The 5 militaries are died. Now, incident's causes are unknown. In... more
AccidentsTuninter ATR-72 disaster: Tribunal preliminary talks start
Palermo, Italy - Nine people investigated
It is starting in Palermo the Court's preliminary talk about the Tuninter ATR-72 aircraft disaster occurred on August 6, 2005. In the accident 16 people died and 23 passengers were rescued by helpers. Involved... more
AccidentsSuriname, plane crash, at least 20 people died
Paramaribo, Suriname - Still unknown the incident's causes; there should be no survivors
A twin-engined airplane Antonov AN-28 of Blue Wings, Surinamese airline, has crashed yesterday at 11:00am (local time) nearby Paramaribo, from where it took-off. There were at least 20 people, 18 passengers... more
AccidentsMI-8 helicopter crashes in Pamir
Dushanbe, Tajikistan - 11 alpine climbers on board; pilot dead, five injured
A helicopter has crashed in the last weeks, but the news has been unveiled only today, in Ghund Valley, near the border between Tajikistan and Afghanistan. On board there were 11 alpine climbers, crew... more
AccidentsMissing airplane in Los Roques: researches are resuming
Caracas, Venezuela - Almost 3 months after the incident, a sonar and a sonde have given a boost to the researches
Researches of the Transaven airplane directed to Los Roques missing from January, 4th in the water nearby Caracas, with 14 passengers (as it was certain until some days ago), in which 8 Italian people... more
AccidentsA Citation business jet crashes near Farborough, five died
Farnborough, Great Britain - Aircraft took fire at the crash on the ground
A Cessna Citation business jet crashed near UK airport of Farnborough, all five people on board, the two pilots and three passengers, died in the accident. The aircraft called the Biggin Hill near small... more
AccidentsMil Mi-8 crashed in the Black Sea (2): victims increase to 12
Kiev, Ukraine - Confirmation comes from Ukraine Emergencies' Minister
The only one survivor of the border guard's helicopter crashed yesterday nearby Zmeiny Island (also know as Snakes' Island, or Achille Island), in the Black Sea, is fighting for his life. The helicopter,... more
AccidentsA Mil Mi-8 helicopter crashed into the Black Sea: at the present time seven victims
Kiev, Ukraine - A serious wounded and five missing people
Ukraine: a Russian-made Mil Mi-8 military helicopter belonging to the Frontier Service took off this morning at 11:00 am from Odessa, Ukraine's largest port, with 13 people onboard (12 soldiers and one... more
AccidentsClearness about the SU-25 airplane crashed last March, 20th nearby Vladivostock
Moscow, Russia - Not a technical failure but a human mistake made by a same formation's pilot
It was not a technical failure the cause of the Sukhoi SU-25's plane crash, that took place last March, 20th, during a fire-exercise in the Chernigovka air base, 40 km far from Vladivostok, where the pilot... more
AccidentsRussian Air Force stops Sukhoi SU-25 flight after fatal accident
Moscow, Russia - The accident happened during a live fire exercise
Russian Air Force commander has suspended all Su-25 strike aircraft flights after a fatal crash caused the lost of aircraft and pilot's dead, in the country's Far East, Primorye Territory near the Chernigovka... more
AccidentsGreek Army's helicopter crashed in North-East of Country
Athens, Greece - Three occupants would be dead
Greek Defense's leadership unveiled that a UH-1 Huey helicopter of the national Army crashed this morning after took off from an air base situated in the Imathia Prefecture, missing from radar screens... more
AccidentsFrench prosecutor seeks Concorde charges for Continental and other four people
Cergy, France - The accident caused by a small part lost by an airline's aircraft
A French judge is expected to decide in coming weeks whether to accept the request of the deputy prosecutor in the city of Pontoise, Bernard Farret who asked Court to bring manslaughter charges against... more
AccidentsHelicopter, destined for touristic flights, crashes in Tagikistan
Dušanbe, Tagikistan - Pilot died, five tourists injured
A helicopter, probably of Russian construction, destined for touristic flights and helisky activity crashed yesterday morning during its landing phase in Tagikistan, in a pleasant skiing resort, 500 km... more
AccidentsPowered glider falls near Varese: dead the only occupant
Varese, Italy - The airplane took off from the Aero Club of Calcinate del Pesce
A powered glider, apparently of the type SF-25, code I-IMAC taken off in today's late morning from the runway of the Aero Club of Calcinate del Pesce (Varese, Italy), with one person on board, has fallen... more
AccidentsHelicopter falls in Antarctica
Berlin, Germany - News spread by the German minister of Education and Research
Annette Schavan, German minister of Education and Research, specified today regarding the helicopter crash they "Have lost the helicopter's pilot and a researcher". The accident occurred yesterday morning... more
AccidentsSantiago de Chile: airplane falls on a stadium's gym causing 11 casualties
Santiago de Chile, Chile - It is only a temporary toll
A Cessna 210 of Carabineros of Santiago de Chile fell on the gym of the municipal stadium in the residential quarter of Penalonen. The crash occurred shortly after the takeoff from the local airport: in... more