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AccidentsMilitary helicopter crashed in France
Paris, France - The three men on board died
A combat helicopter of the French Army, belonging to the 5th regiment, crashed yesterday on the Pyrenees, near the town of Bareges. Nobody of the three men on board survived. The rotorcraft, an Aerospatiale... more
AccidentsNigeria: bad weather caused the two incidents by the end of 2005
Lagos, Nigeria - A report by Aviation Ministry says that
On October 22 a Boeing aircraft operated by African private carrier Bellview Airlines crashed shortly after take-off from Lagos, capital of Nigeria, killing 117 passengers (see AVIONEWS for details). On... more
AccidentsAir incident in Kenya: 14 people dead
Nairobi, Kenya - The tragedy caused by low visibility
Yesterday an Y-12 aircraft with 17 people on board crashed in Kenya three kilometres from the city of Marsabit, in the north of the country. Most of the plane’s passengers were politicians and deputies, i... more
AccidentsLethal incident on the Apuane Alps
Lucca, Italy - It was necessary the intervention of the Alpes rescue services' helicopters
Yesterday a mountain climber, 46 years old, died on Apuane Alps (Tuscany), after a fall in a precipice at about 1000 metres of altitude. Stefano Pardini, this was the name of the victim, slipped for 150-200... more
AccidentsA lawsuit against Southwest and Boeing
Chicago, USA - For an accident where a 6-year-old child died
Last December 8 a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 coming from Baltimore, with 98 passengers on board, skidded off Chicago’s Midway Airport runway during a snow storm and stroke with its anterior section a... more
AccidentsMilitary aircraft crashed in China
Hong Kong, China - It was written by "Wen Wei Po" newspaper
Hong Kong’s press made known that, on Tuesday, a Chinese military aircraft should be crashed in the south of the country, about 20 kilometres from the city of Wenchang, on Hainan island. The plane, according w... more
AccidentsAn American military airplane C-5 Galaxy crashes
Dover, USA - 17 people on board, no details yet
A spokesman of US Air Force said a goods transportation airplane, C-5 Galaxy, crashed onto Dover’s air base in Delaware with 17 people on board. No further details about the accident is available at t... more
AccidentsAir incident in Brazil
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 19 people dead
In the night between last Friday and Saturday a Let-410, made in Czech Republic, with 19 people on board, fell down in Serra do Rio Bonito while it was flying from the oil district of Macaé and Rio de... more
AccidentsFound an aircraft missing from 48 hours near Santo Domingo
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic - Also USA cooperates to the rescue services
Rescue and search teams localized, in Dominican Republic, the Cessna 172 which took off on last Wednesday from an air station near the Caribbean State’s country, loosing after few minutes the radio connection w... more
AccidentsLibyan aircraft out of runway at Moscow airport
Moscow, Russia - On the aircraft there were no passengers
Yesterday a Libyan Ilyushin went out of the runway after to have take land at the Russian capital airport of Domodiedovo. There were no passengers on board. The aircraft went out of the runway for about... more
AccidentsRecovered the remains of an aircraft crashed in Bolivia 21 years ago
La Paz, Bolivia - 27 people died in the incident
Yesterday the remains of a Boeing 727 aircraft crashed 21 years ago on Illimani mount in Bolivia have been recovered by an expedition of four Bolivian climbers. Until now it was impossible to arrive in... more
AccidentsTourism airplane crashed on a campus in Colombia: 5 dead, and injured on ground
Medellin, Colombia - The aircraft catch fire in the impact with ground
A small tourism aircraft, would be a Cessna, crashed this morning on a sport complex of the Medellin’s University, 400 far from Bogotà, causing the death of five people on board, and hurting on ground of... more
AccidentsCargo plane is fallen in Iran
Teheran, Iran - Nonconforming versions about incident's dynamics
Yesterday an Antonov cargo plane in Bulgarian fee fell down west from Teheran. So said the official Iranian press agency IRNA, which then added that there are no dead people among the 12 members of the... more
AccidentsHelicopter fallen in Russia: 4 people dead
Moscow, Russia - Investigations are in progress to set incident's causes
A Polar Aviation MI-8 helicopter crashed yesterday afternoon around 4:40 pm near the village of Russkoye Ustilye in the region of Yakutia, 4,800 km East from Moscow. About the 12 people on board, among... more
AccidentsD'Arrigo's funeral officiated today in Catania
Catania, Italy - Probable cremation. The wreckage of fallen aircraft removed
Funeral of Angelo D’Arrigo, the Italian hang glider recordman who died two days ago in Comiso (Sicily) in an air incident where also Air Force ex-General Giulio De Marchis lost his life, has been officiated t... more
AccidentsCapo Gallo air disaster: victims' families write to Lunardi
Bari, Italy - No real results on after-disaster
On the 6th of last August 16 people, whose 14 were Italians, died and other 23 people were injured in an air accident which saw Tuninter ATR-72, flying from Bari (Italy) to Djerba (Tunisia), fall down... more
AccidentsD'Arrigo: Linguaglossa's mourning
Catania, Italy - Also Sky Arrows' technicians are verifying the aircraft's conditions
Linguaglossa is in grief for the tragic death of Angelo D’Arrigo. The famous hang glider chose little town near Etna as his residence to prepare the flight over the Aconagua, in the Andes, and for the n... more
AccidentsAn helicopter falls in Mexico: one dead and seven injured
Mexico City, Mexico - Among the injured, Real Madrid's officer Valdano
One of the eight passengers of the helicopter fallen in Mexico last Saturday, which also carried the ex-soccer player and ex-officer of Real Madrid, Jorge Valdano, died. The aircraft, fallen maybe for... more
AccidentsA technical mistake caused the air crash in Sharm el Sheikh
Cairo, Egypt - The final report on the January 2004 incident said that
The final report on the air accident on January 3, 2004 in Sharm el Sheikh, Red Sea, which caused 148 victims (see AVIONEWS for details), says that the disgrace was due to a technical mistake. According... more
AccidentsAn airplane falls over a factory in Ecuador
Quito, Ecuador - Only six not seriously injured
A little civil airplane, taken off from Cuenca airport, in Southern Ecuador, and headed to Macas, crashed onto a tyre factory last Saturday. Six of 14 passengers on board were injured and taken to the... more
AccidentsAngelo D'Arrigo is dead
Ragusa, Italy - He plunged yesterday by an aircraft with Italian Air Force General Agostino De Marchis
During yesterday’s late morning the famous hang glider Angelo D’Arrigo plunged near Comiso’s airfield, Sicily, while he was carrying out a test flight with Italian Air Force ex General Agostino De March... more
AccidentsATR-72 Tuninter: received by EASA the third safety recommendation issued by ANSV
Rome, Italy - The Italian Air Safety Board's press release
"ANSV (Italian Air Safety Board) informs that the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has endorsed the third safety recommendation, issued by ANSV on December 5, 2005 and related to the accident occurred... more
Accidents45 people injured because an air incident in Seville
Seville, Spain - Out of runway for a problem to the landing gear
About 45 people were injured on last Saturday, after that the plane in which they were flying went out of runway during the landing at Seville airport, Spain. The aircraft, which is of Air Algerie, were... more
AccidentsNew evolves about Tomarkens' incident
Los Angeles, USA - A engine's breakdown is the likely cause of the disgrace
A preliminary enquiry established that the likely cause of the incident in which Tomarkens died the Tomarkers on last March 13 is an engine’s breakdown (see for details AVIONEWS). The "Los Angeles Times" m... more
AccidentsTurkish helicopter crashed into rocks
Ankara, Turkey - Six of the five military officers on board died
Yesterday a military helicopter stroke high voltage power wires and then it crashed into rocks near Erzincan, Eastern Turkey. Turkish press agency "Anatolia" refers that. The accident causes have not been... more
AccidentsNorthwest Airlines aircraft meets strong turbulences in its landing
Washington, USA - Three passengers were injured
Three passengers were injured yesterday because of the "Particular" landing of a Northwest Airlines A-320 taken off from Detroit and headed to Washington. The turbulences on the city’s airport were so s... more
AccidentsAmerican F-16 fighter crashed into Korean waters
Seoul, South Korea - Safe pilot, unknown dynamics
A U.S. Force F-16 fighter jet crashed yesterday morning at 9:30 (local time) off the West coast of the Korean Peninsula. The pilot, ejected from the aircraft, fell into the sea and was rescued by South... more
AccidentsA Russian SU-24M bomber crashed
Moscow, Russia - Both pilots survive
A Russian military jet, SU-24M bomber, has crashed today, during a training mission, into a field in Voronezh region about 450 kilometers South of Moscow. Defence Ministry has made known that both pilots... more
AccidentsFormer TV game show host dies in an air incident
Santa Monica, USA - He was piloting a small aircraft for a rescue flight
A former American TV game show host, Peter Tomarken, and his wife died Monday after an air incident on board of a small aircraft crashed shortly after takeoff near Santa Monica, California. The two, who... more
AccidentsArgentinian military plane fell down in Bolivia
La Paz, Bolivia - The six people of the crew are dead
Yesterday an aircraft of the Argentinian Armed Forces fell down in Bolivia, a very few later to be taken off from La Paz military airport. All the six men of the crew dead. Incident’s causes are still u... more
AccidentsAir ambulance plane plunged in Hawaii
Honolulu, USA - Three people dead
Yesterday an air ambulance plane fell down in the parking of a BMW dealership in Maui island, Hawaii (USA). On board there were the pilots and two nurses, everybody dead, while among the people who were... more
AccidentsInternational Red Cross helicopter fell down in Pakistan
Islamabad, Pakistan - Two people injured
Today an helicopter of the International Red Cross fell down in Pakistan not far from the city of Muzaffarabad, in Pakistani Kashmir. The rotorcraft was engaged in a relief mission for the people hit by... more
AccidentsFlat tyres cause 2 hours impasse at Manila's airport
Manila, Philippines - The Cebu Pacific airplane was about to take off
An aircraft of Cebu Pacific, a domestic Philippine aircraft, had two tyres blown up yesterday while it was preparing to take off from the runway of Manila’s "Ninoy Aquino" International Airport. The a... more
AccidentsAlitalia's MD-80 made a critical landing at Linate's Airport
Milan, Italy - The Firemen have issued a press release
This morning, an Alitalia’s MD-80 coming form Catania, flight AZ-1714, has made a critical landing at Linate’s airport (final destination of the plane) due to a problem to a door observed during the fli... more
AccidentsPlane out of runway at Holland, United States
Holland, USA - FAA started an enquiry
Last Monday evening a small plane ended up in a ditch after that, during landing, it missed the runway at Tulip City Airport of Holland, Michigan, United States. Two men remained seriously injured and... more
AccidentsAir incident at Georgetown, Texas: two people dead
Georgetown, USA - Probable an engine's breakdown, investigations in progress
A Cessna 182 fell down, in the last evening of Saturday, after take off from Georgetown’s airport, Texas (United States). About the four men on board two, among whom the pilot, were killed because of t... more
AccidentsHelicopter falls down in New Zealand: two people dead
Wellington, New Zealand - The causes of the incident are still unknown
Yesterday a helicopter fell down in Mount Aspiring National Park, New Zealand. There were two men on board who police, Sunday’s latest evening, identified as Canadian Keith Andrew Mackenzie, a trainee p... more
AccidentsHelicopter incident in Venezuela
Caracas, Venezuela - Seven victims until now known
Colonel Antonio Rivero, of the Venezuelan Civil Defence, made known today that, yesterday afternoon, seven people dead and one remained injured because of an helicopter incident in the zone of Puerto Ayacucho,... more
AccidentsEmergency for a Northwest Airlines' aircraft
Okinawa, Japan - Because of smoke in the cockpit
On February 25 on a Northwest Airlines’ Boeing 747 took off from Hong Kong to Los Angeles, after the take off, some smoke radiated: the reasons should be due to a leak of oil from the engine of the left w... more
AccidentsAnomalous landing at Birmingham Airport for an Iranian A-310
Birmingham, Great Britain - Airbus' black box will be examined
An Iranian Mahan Airlines Airbus A-310 took off at Teheran has made a risky landing yesterday at Birmingham International Airport. The aircraft unexplainably moved near the English city flying over its... more
AccidentsSmall collision at Stansted Airport
London, Great Britain - Two planes collide in the apron: an investigation was launched
An alarm was raised at Stansted Airport yesterday morning, when a First Choice Airbus 321 and a Ryanair aircraft collided while the former was being pushed back under tow on the airport apron. Motorists... more
AccidentsMilitary airplane fallen in Sabaudia: filing rejected
Latina, Italy - The inquiry on the accident will go on for three of the four investigated people
On January 20, 2000 an Italian Air Force’s training airplane, a Siai SF-260 Marchetti, sinked in Sabaudia because of an average due to a damaged engine piece. The expert’s report carried out by Lazio pow... more
AccidentsSmall aircraft falls near Washington
Washington, USA - Uncertain causes, an investigation will be set
In a private airport at Washington suburbs, two men died and a woman was critically injured because the small plane in which they were crashed down. It happened yesterday at Maryland Freeway Airport. The... more
AccidentsMissing airplane's wreckage was found in Irak
Baghdad, Irak - It disappeared thursday leaving no trace
The small airplane disappeared thursday evening (see for details AVIONEWS) while flying between Azerbaijan and Irak was found yesterday in Arbat, Irak Kurdistan, 30 km Norh-East of Suleimaniyah. Halabja... more
AccidentsGibuti: ten American soldiers dead for the collision of two helicopters
Washington, USA - Also French soldiers exploited for the rescue
Pentagon unveiled that last Friday ten American soldiers dead offing of Gibuti after the collision of the two helicopters CH-53F on board of which they were carrying out a patrol mission. Of the 12 crew... more
AccidentsEmergency landing yesterday evening at Kiel, German airport
Kiel, Germany - All six occupants injured onboard of Russian Falcon 20
Yesterday evening a Falcon 20 registered Russian has made an emergency landing at German airport of Kiel. The aircraft, took off from Moscow, was direct to London and has been forced to landing at Kiel... more
AccidentsMishap at Oslo airport
Oslo, Norway - The undercarriage collapses, unknown cause
The undercarriage of an empty SAS Braathens airliner collapsed last night, leaving the Fokker 50 lying on its fuselage at an Oslo airport gate. No one was injured. The cause of the mishap has not been... more
AccidentsTurkish Airlines: carrier's plane went out from the runway at the airport "JFK" of New York
New York, USA - All passengers injured
Yesterday at 3:20 am (Italian local hour) an A-340 of the Turkish Airlines has slidded off going out from one of the runways of the international airport "JFK" of New York. 198 passengers were on board,... more
AccidentsKarthago Airlines' aircraft has returned at Djerba's airport for anomalies in cockpit
Tunis, Tunisia - Many passengers have refused to take off with an aircraft of the same carrier
Last Sunday, a B-737 of the Tunisian private carrier, Karthago Airlines, took off from Tunisian airport of Djerba and bound Paris, shortly after the take off has returned at Djerba because of some anomalies... more
AccidentsA young Italian pilot dead in America
Washington, USA - It could be a suicide
Patrick Pfeifhofer, 21 years old from Sesto in Pusteria (Bolzano, north side of Italy), is dead for an helicopter incident happened in the night between Sunday and Monday around a desert area in Montana,... more