Accidents
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AccidentsFighter crashed in France
Paris, France - No victims in the incident
A Mirage 2000-5 fighter of French Air Force, crashed yesterday, about 100 kilometres South from Paris, on a building of the State railway command. The pilot survived ejecting himself out of the plane.... more
AccidentsAirbus: explosion in a facility, 5 people injured
Toulouse, France - Two of the five people are serious
About 7:45 am local hour, in an Airbus’ facility in Toulouse it is happened an explosion which caused the injuring of five people, two of whom are serious. According to the first investigations an hydraulic p... more
AccidentsA US Marines Cobra AH-1 fell down
Baghdad, Iraq - Two crew members missing
US Marines made known that Saturday a Cobra AH-1 helicopter fell in Al Anbar Province, West Iraq, during a test flight. The two military men who were on board are missing. According to US authorities,... more
AccidentsAir crash in Sicily (3): a risky manoeuvre could be the cause
Ragusa, Italy - According to the hypothesis of Ragusa's flying squad
Ragusa’s flying squad, basing on first investigations, has hypothesized that the cause of the Mooney M-20 crash on Giubiliana retreat avionic surface was a risky manoeuvre, maybe an ability game. According t... more
AccidentsLinate accident: Zacchetti is the "Whipping boy"
Milan, Italy - Barrister Cicolella said that in his speech
Yesterday there were the speech of advocate Cesare Cicolella, barrister of the flight controller, Paolo Zacchetti, who was sentenced to 8 reclusion years in first degree for Linate accident which caused... more
AccidentsA NATO Cessna falls in Kosovo
Pristina, Kosovo - Two American military men on board were injured
A NATO Cessna hit high-tension wires and fell near the village of Mazgit, 9 km from Pristina, Kosovo. It happened in the night between Wednesday and Thursday. The two American military men who were on... more
AccidentsAir crash in Sicily (2): against a wall during landing
Ragusa, Italy - Three Swiss tourists died burned
The small aircraft with three Swiss tourists on board, headed to Pantelleria, was making a fuel supply landing near Giubiliana’s retreat, in the heliport of a hotel, when it crashed against a wall and i... more
AccidentsAir crash in Sicily
Ragusa, Italy - It is a Swiss M-20S
An hour and a half ago, at 10:15 am, a Swiss M-20S, registered as HB-DHY, which took off with 3 people on board from Giubiliana (between Ragusa and Comiso, Sicily) and headed to Pantelleria had an accident.... more
AccidentsF-16 collision. Tricarico: our pilots has reacted guiding other fighters
Cagliari, Italy - General Tricarico said that during a press conference at Decimomannu's air base
Today the Italian Air Force Chief of Staff, General Tricarico, during a press conference at Decimomannu’s air base (Sardinia), said that "There are elements to exactly set the accident’s dynamics. [..... more
AccidentsOne Turkish and one Greek fighters collide on Aegean Sea (2): one of the Turkish pilots is save
Athens, Greece - The other Turkish pilot and the Greek one are still missing
One of the two Turkish pilots, missing this morning after the collision of their aircraft with a Greek F-16 fighter (see for details AVIONEWS), was found by a fishing boat. The man refused to go on board... more
AccidentsOne Turkish and one Greek fighters collide on Aegean Sea
Athens, Greece - They are trying to rescue pilots
A Greek Air Force F-16 fighter and a Turkish recognition aircraft collided on flight this morning over Karpathos, an island in the Aegean Sea. From the first reports the Turkish fighter seemed to have... more
AccidentsA NATO's Awacs aircraft registered the two F-16s' incident
Cagliari, Italy - The radar outline of the plane will be able to help the investigations
The people who have to investigate on the collision of the two F-16 aircraft of the Italian Air Force happened yesterday evening on the sea offing Sardinian Coast (see for details AVIONEWS), will be able... more
AccidentsAn Hungarian hang-glider died in Umbria
Perugia, Italy - The Carabinieri's investigations are in progress
Yesterday an Hugarian hang-glider from Budapest died because of the hurts suffered after the fall on Sibillini Mountains. He was immediatly rescued with an heli-ambulance but because of his serious hurts,... more
AccidentsThe pilots of the F-16s locked horns yesterday evening will be discharged soon
Cagliari, Italy - The two ones had been transported to the hospital with an helicopter
The two pilots of the F-16 fighters of the Italian Air Force locked horns yesterday evening offing Sardinian coast during a drill (see for details AVIONEWS) will be discharged soon. The conditions of the... more
AccidentsFlight collision between two F-16 fighters of the Italian Air Force
Cagliari, Italy - The two pilots are not injured
Two F-16 of the Italian Air Force locked horns yesterday evening offing Sardinian coast during a flight drill. The two pilots, both in service at the 37th Wing of Trapani-Birgi, are unhurt thanks to the... more
AccidentsCapo Gallo air disaster: the 20 survivors questioned again
Bari, Italy - According to the new crime hypothesis of command pull-out
Basing upon the new investigation trend concerning the air incident in August 6, 2005, which saw the Tuninter Bari-Djerba flight sinking off the coasts of Palermo, Bari’s Police headquarters are questioning t... more
AccidentsAdula mountain: the three years ago incident was caused by a human mistake
Locarno, Switzerland - Two men from Florence died in the incident
The Adula mountain is at the borderline between the Ticino Canton and the Grigioni one, in Switzerland, and against its top crashed, on September 3 of three years ago, a single engine Mooney with two people... more
AccidentsAir disaster in Greece, August 2005: the cause is a human mistake
Athens, Greece - Non automatic activation of cockpit decompression system would have caused leck of oxygen
Athens’ newspaper reported the news that a human mistake and not a technical damage caused the crash of Helios fight last August 14 against mountains North the Greek Capital. Technicians at Larnaca airport, p... more
AccidentsWest Carribean accident. "Le Figaro": the MD-82 fell because of human mistake
Paris, France - Black boxes analysis reveals that
Yesterday "Le Figaro" talked about the West Carribean MD-82 which sank off the Venezuelan coasts last Summer shortly after lifting off in Panama and heading to French Martinique. According to the French... more
AccidentsLufthansa B-747's landing gear ceded
Frankfurt, Germany - No of the 258 people on board remained injured
Yesterday a B-747 of German airline Lufthansa, which was due to take off to New Delhi from Frankfurt, was obliged to postpone the departure because of the downfall of the landing gear. The snout of the... more
Accidents"Piloted" landing of an Italian "Predator" in Iraq
Nassiriya, Iraq - The press release of the Defense General Staff
An Italian remote-controlled Predator UAV (Unmanned aerial vehicle) fell yesterday in Nassiriya after an engine breakdown. The crash happened in a uninhabited area and it did not cause any damages to people... more
AccidentsAir disaster in the Black Sea: a robotic device to recover black boxes
Moscow, Russia - It is the first time it is tested for a non-natural object return
Russian authorities will use a special robotic device to recover data recorders of the Armenian plane which sank into the Black Sea less than two weeks ago, causing death to 113 passengers (see AVIONEWS... more
AccidentsRussian helicopter crashed into the sea: two victims
Moscow, Russia - The accident was shot by cameras
Victims offset rises in the accident where a Russian Civil Defense helicopter sank yesterday into the Sea of Okhotsk, North of Japan, during a rescue exercise (see AVIONEWS for details). In addition to... more
AccidentsAn ultralight aircraft crashes in Czech Republic
Prague, Czech Republic - Both passengers died
An ultralight aircraft fell today onto a garden on the village of Chodovska Hut, Czech Republic, near the border with Germany. The plane caught fire after the crash and both Czech passengers on board died:... more
AccidentsMalaysian Pilatus PC-7 goes down in a rice paddy
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - Two pilots injured
A Malaysian Air Force Pilatus PC-7 went down today in a rice paddy outside Alor Star, in the Northern Region of Kedah, Malaysia. Both pilots on board were injured and were carried to a military hospital,... more
AccidentsA Vietnamese MIG-21 crashes onto a house
Hanoi, Vietnam - No casualties reported, either civil or military
A MIG-21 Russian-made jet fighter owned by Vietnamese Air Force fell this morning at about 9:30 am (local time) in Binh Dinh province, central Vietnam. The aircraft had landed few minutes before for training,... more
AccidentsA Russian helicopter crashes into the sea during rescue exercises
Moscow, Russia - One dead and three injured people
During joint rescue exercises between Russia and Japan, a Russian helicopter sank today into the Sea of Okhotsk off the island of Sakhalin, North of Japan’s Hokkaido. A blade of the Russian Mi-14, with 1... more
AccidentsAir disaster in Greece, August 2005: an indipendent investigator as proxy for Cyprus
Nicosia, Cyprus - He will investigate on the crash cause of Helios Airways B-737/300
Cypriot government appointed an indipendent investigator, ex-judge Panayiotis Kallis, to investigate the cause of air crash on August 14 last year where 121 passengers died. The Cypriot Helios Airways... more
AccidentsFinmeccanica: agreement between the Italian industry and Region Valle d'Aosta
Aosta, Italy - Yesterday it took place a meeting between the Region President, Luciano Caveri, and Guarguaglini
Yesterday it took place a meeting between the President and CEO of Finmeccanica, Pier Francesco Guarguaglini, and the President of Region Valle d’Aosta, Luciano Caveri. The goal of the meeting was the r... more
AccidentsThe champion of the Brazilian acrobatic aviation, Fabiano Santana, died in an air incident
Saint Paul, Brazil - The causes of the disgrace are still unknown
Yesterday, during an exibition in the city of Atibaia near Saint Paul of Brazil, the champion of the Brazilian acrobatic aviation Fabiano Santana died. The single engine aircraft on which the champion... more
AccidentsHelicopter falls: mountain climber Carlos Pauner is safe
Kathmandu, Nepal - The aircraft fell onto an Himalayan glacier
Notorious Spanish mountain climber Pauner and the other helicopter passengers who weathered the accident. The Spanish climbers team went to Nepal to try to climb Dhaulagiri Himalayan mountain. An helicopter... more
AccidentsGermany: collision between a glider and a plane
Wuerzburg, germany - Two people were killed
Yesterday a glider crashed with a small airplane near Wuerzburg, Bavaria (Germany). None of the three passengers on board of the aircraft, which landed at a nearby airport, were hurt, but the two people... more
AccidentsTuninter's ATR-72 incident . BCPT: the professionality of the two pilots permitted to safe more than an half of the passengers
Tunis, Tunisia - The statement of the Bureau de cordination des pilotes
Tunisian pilots, through their national association, defended today the works of their colleagues who are under investigation in Palermo because of the incident of the ATR-72 of Tuninter happened on last... more
AccidentsYesterday was the anniversary of Superga tragedy
Superga, Italy - Where players, trainers and managers of Turin team died together with three journalists
At 5:05 pm of May 4, 1949 a Fiat G-212 with Turin football team on board crashed against the wall of Superga Basilica back embankment, in Turin suburbs, Italy. The players, the trainers and some journalists... more
AccidentsAir disaster in the Black Sea: black boxes have been localized
Moscow, Russia - The signal uttered by one of them has been picked up
Yesterday evening Russian Transport Minister, Igor Levitin, announced in a press conference that the black boxes of the Armenian Airbus sunk Wednesday night off the Soci coast, Russian holiday city in... more
AccidentsRussia in a spot for the recovery of Armenian plane wreckage sunk in the Black Sea
Moscow, Russia - It admits its difficulties
The airplane, with 113 people on board -all of them died in the incident- sank Wednesday night in the Black Sea waters (see AVIONEWS for details); some corpses were recovered, but now the Kremlin admits... more
AccidentsA Continental Express' aircraft made an emergency landing in Houston
Houston, USA - The event recorded by US network
A Continental Express’ aircraft, a Continental airlines’ subsidiary, made yesterday an emergency landing at Houston Airport, air station from which it was took off to Minneapolis, after that the landing gea... more
AccidentsAir disaster in the Black Sea (2): Russia and Armenia start an inquiry
Soci, Russia - 46 corpses found until now
Russia and Armenia, after the last night air incident which caused the death of 113 passengers, have proclaimed a national mourning day for tomorrow and they have decided to carry on a joined inquiry on... more
AccidentsAir disaster in the Black Sea
Soci, Russia - 113 passengers sank, no survivors
An Airbus 320 of the Armenian flag airline Armavia with 113 people on board sank last night far from Soci seashore, a holiday place in the Black Sea (South Russia). The aircraft left from Erevan, Armenia,... more
AccidentsTwo aircraft crashed in Congo
Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo - 8 people died 3 ones missing
Last week end two aircraft crashed in Democratic Republic of Congo. One of the two planes, a tourism aircraft, took off from Maniema city, in the center-eastern region of the country, with 8 people on... more
AccidentsA helicopter crashes onto a road in Sao Paulo
Sao Paulo, Brazil - Three passengers died
A helicopter rented to an air taxi firm by Eletropaulo, electric company in Sao Paulo, Brazil, got entangled in high-tension wires yesterday and it fell over a city street, causing the three passengers... more
AccidentsAir incident in Jordan
Amman, Jordan - Three people death
Three people, among whom a woman, died yesterday in Jordan because of the crash of the training aircraft, a Piper Archer, on which they were flying from Amman to Aqaba. The plane, made known captain Suleiman... more
AccidentsCapo Gallo air disaster: victims' families meet Tuninter
Bari, Italy - After the airline's assurances
The members of the "August 6, 2005 Capo Gallo Air disaster Association", which includes survivors and victim’s families of the air crash where 16 people died and 23 people were injured on board of a T... more
AccidentsLinate incident: charges confirmed
Milan, Italy - The appeal trial procurator decided that
In the field of the appeal trial for the incident at Milan-Linate Airport which caused 118 victims on October 8, 2001, on April 7 there was the closing speech of procurator Salvatore Sinagra about the... more
AccidentsNTSB begins their probe into an airplane crash that killed a pilot
Columbus, Usa - It is the first fatal plane crash in airport's history of Columbus, Mississippi
Lt. Col. Ray Townsend, 59 years old, officier at Golden Triangle regional Airport, died last Sunday when his single-engine M20K Mooney, crashed a few miles from the airport runway, when, shortly after... more
AccidentsAfghanistan (2): 5 dead and 10 injured people at least in this morning accident
Kabul, Afghanistan - The Antonov-32 went out of the runway to avoid a truck
This morning a twice-engined Antonov-32 leased by an American anti-drugs agency went out of the runway of Lashkar Gah airport, ending its run against the tents of a nomad camp (see AVIONEWS). A truck crossed... more
AccidentsAfghanistan: a military airplane crashes onto houses
Kabul, Afghanistan - There are several victims and injured among civil people and crew
Today a military airplane has gone out of the runway at Lashkar Gah’s airport, the Capital of Helmand Province, South Afghanistan, crashing against some houses in a nearby residential area and causing, a... more
AccidentsA Libyan military plane crashes onto a city in Camerun
Kusseri, Camerun - Six victims, all of them were crew members
A Libyan military cargo plane crashed yesterday morning onto a residential area in Kusseri, a city in the boundaries between Camerun and Ciad, after it missed landing at N’Djamena International Airport, C... more
AccidentsA Beech B-60 hit a car and three people died in the Gainesville's regional airport
Gainesville, Usa - The FAA opened an inquiry
Last Monday a Beech B-60 hit a SUV (Sport Utility Vagon) parked near the Gainesville’s regional airport in Florida. The impact caused the death of three passengers of the private aircraft and has thrown t... more
AccidentsA pilot's mistake caused the incident in which Sudanese vice-president Garanf died
Kampala, Uganda - It was established by the mixed Sudan-Ugandan commission
Mixed Sudan-Ugandan commission, which investigated on the helicopter incident that on last July 30 caused the death of Sudanese vice-President John Garang and of other 12 people (see for details AVIONEWS),... more