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AccidentsSosoliso Airlines DC-9 crashed in Nigeria (4): plane was more than 32 years old
Port Harcourt, Nigeria - Sensational revelation from Serbian carrier JAT Airways
The DC-9 jet crashed at Port Harcourt last Saturday was more than 32 years old revealed the Serbian airline that previously owned the aircraft. It is JAT Airways which today said that the Nigerian private... more
AccidentsSouthwest Airlines plane slid off runway at Chicago: a brake failure?
Chicago, USA - They are considering declarations of the pilot of flight 1248
Pilot for Southwest Airlines plane skidded off runway at Chicago told investigators that he found some mechanical problems when the aircraft touched the ground (see for details AVIONEWS). Braking system... more
AccidentsC-130 crashed at Teheran: Defence Minister to be under indictment
Teheran, Iran - Impeachment motion against the Iranian Government's member
Iran’s Defence Minister, Mostafa Mohammad Najjar, has been put under indictment by the Parliament: a group of 49 deputies filed an impeachment motion against him after the crash occurred to an old C-130 o... more
AccidentsSosoliso Airlines DC-9 crashed in Nigeria (3): accident's causes are still unknown
Port Harcourt, Nigeria - It was the first mortal incident involving the carrier
Sosoliso Airlines flight 1145 was scheduled to depart Abuja for Port Harcourt at 10:00am, but the take-off was delayed to 01:26pm. Its crew was authorized to land on Port Harcourt’s runway 21 going up i... more
AccidentsSosoliso Airlines DC-9 crashed in Nigeria (2): black boxes have been found
Port Harcourt, Nigeria - The second air disaster in the country in less than two months
Investigators have found the black boxes of the DC-9 jet that crashed killing 107 people. Flight-data recorders have been brought to Lagos en route for abroad for proper analysis. The McDonnell Douglas... more
AccidentsSosoliso Airlines DC-9 crashed in Nigeria: a youth's massacre
Port Harcourt, Nigeria - 110 fatalities including 75 students
The bad weather may have caused the crash of a Sosoliso Airlines DC-9 by Port Harcourt Airport, oil area in Southern Nigeria, while it was landing. On board the aircraft departed from Abuja there were... more
AccidentsSouthwest Airlines plane slid off runway at Chicago (3): airport reopened
Washington, USA - "It was premature to comment on possible causes"
Southwest Airlines plane showed no technical problems the day before it slid off a Chicago Airport’s runway (see for details AVIONEWS) causing the first fatal accident in the carrier’s 35-year history. Air... more
AccidentsCanada: Coast Guard helicopter sank into Atlantic Ocean
Toronto, Canada - The two crew members were killed
A Canadian Coast Guard MBB-105 helicopter crashed off Burin Peninsula, in Newfoundland, on Wednesday afternoon. On board there were pilot Gord Simmons, 65, and technician Carl Neal, 46, both killed after... more
AccidentsCanada: no airplane fell headlong on December 7
Ottawa, Canada - Eyewitnesses could have been misled by a low ceiling flight of some aircraft, according to Canadian Police
News release on last Wednesday, December 7, according to which an airplane would have fallen headlong in Canada (see for details AVIONEWS), fortunately proved baseless. Rescue teams sent to the site indicated... more
AccidentsSouthwest Airlines plane slid off runway at Chicago (2): NTSB abd FAA started investigation
Chicago, USA - "Pilot had been flying for 10 years" carrier answered back
Carrier confirmed that flight 1248 was departed at 4:50pm from Baltimore and was expected to land at 6:30pm, but plane was seen flying around Chicago Midway Airport at about 7:15pm: the Southwest’s Boeing, b... more
AccidentsSouthwest Airlines plane slid off runway at Chicago: one killed
Chicago, USA - He was a child travelling on one of two cars struck by the aircraft
A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 skidded off runway at Chicago’s Midway Airport during a snowstorm yesterday evening; it slammed through a fence onto a road skirting the airport and crashed into two cars: a... more
AccidentsATR-72 Tuninter's accident: "We now hope for quick answers"
Bari, Italy - Lawyers Persico and Romano's statements
Lawyers Persico and Romano, representing victims and their relatives of the ATR-72 Tuninter’s accident, think that the investigation must be carried on by focusing on specific matters, taking into account A... more
AccidentsTuninter ATR-72. Bogus parts: it needs a Parliamentary board of inquiry
Rome, Italy - A proposal of UDEUR's deputy Pino Pisicchio
Italian Deputy from Popolari-Udeur party, Pino Pisicchio, proposed a Parliamentary board of inquiry to investigate onto the aircraft bogus parts case emerged from the air crash occurred off Palermo last... more
AccidentsUS military aircraft pitched down off Florida: pilot was safe
Washington, USA - He would be dropped by parachute from his AV-8B Harrier
An US Marine pilot, whose AV-8B Harrier jet threw down headlong into the Atlantic Ocean, is recovering at a Florida hospital after the Coast Guard rescued him. Aircraft plunged off St. Augustine and the... more
AccidentsC-130 crashed at Teheran (2): national mourning in Iran
Teheran, Iran - Administration offices will close for two days
Relatives of more than 100 fatalities of yesterday’s air disaster are angry: it seems in fact that Iran’s military authorities knew in advance before the crash that the crashed plane was not safe to fly... more
AccidentsATR-72 Tuninter's accident: survivors and victims' families could be compensated like after Linate disaster
Bari, Italy -
Survivors and victims’ families could be compensated like after Linate disaster. This project has been under analysis among institutions and associations in Bari. It would be necessary to resort to procedures a... more
AccidentsC-130 crashed at Teheran: plane could be over 26
Teheran, Iran - Sabotage or terrorism were excluded
Journalists flying on the Imperial Iranian Air Force C-130 aircraft should be 40: they were killed when plane crashed on a 10-story building in Teheran (see for details AVIONEWS). People on board were... more
AccidentsMilitary C-130 jet smashed on a building in Teheran (6): 128 killed so far
Teheran, Iran - Many person in the edifice injured and got poisoned by fire
The death toll is becoming more and more serious hour by hour after the air disaster occurred in Iran; fatalities would be 128 so far: 94 C-130’s passengers, including many Iranian journalists heading t... more
AccidentsMilitary C-130 jet smashed on a building in Teheran (4): edifice's dwellers emerged all safe
Teheran, Iran - The building was in a residential zone destined to Navy's families
According to Police the death toll could very high as the site of the military aircraft’s crash was densely populated, but the fire brigade said that no dueller of the building smashed by the Lockheed C... more
AccidentsMilitary C-130 jet smashed on a building in Teheran (5): "It was like an earthquake"
Teheran, Iran - The excited description of witnesses
According to some sources on board there were all militaries while "Irna" agency sustained that the plane was carrying also journalists. As opposed to what declared by the fire brigade, the state radio... more
AccidentsMilitary C-130 jet smashed on a building in Teheran (3): all killed on board to local media
Teheran, Iran - Plane was attempting an emergency landing
The Iranian C-130 crashed at 1:45pm local time: the building it smashed on was occupied by some 250 persons. More than 90 passengers are feared dead, including crew. Helicopters from Iran’s Army and f... more
AccidentsMilitary C-130 jet smashed on a building in Teheran (2): the edifice is bursting into flames
Teheran, Iran - At least ten fatalities on the ground
Teheran’s 10-story building is bursting: an Iranian aviation C-130 plane crashed on it today. The airplane was bound for the city of Bandar Abbas, in the south of the country, when the pilot reported t... more
AccidentsIndian fighter jet crashed at Goa Airport
New Delhi, India - Pilot emerged killed, he was the only passenger on the Sea Harrier
An Indian Navy Sea Harrier jet went down at Goa-Dabolim Airport yesterday morning killing its pilot, the 30-year-old Lieutenant Pannu. The jet, which was performing a routine training, crashed during the... more
AccidentsVirgin Blue: a crack in the B-737 of the Australian low-cost carrier force-landed the aircraft
Sydney, Australia - Nine passengers were hospitalized due to depressurization
The Virgin Blue’s aircraft departed from Townsville last Friday night to reach Brisbane. A crack in a cockpit’s window forced pilot to make an emergency landing in the city of destination. The crack cau... more
AccidentsHelicopter ambulance crashed onto a frozen river in Russia killing five
Moscow, Russia - A rescue team is working on the scene helped by local fishermen
A Mi-8 helicopter en route from Nikolayevsk-on-Amur to Bogorodskoye (Eastern Russia) crashed today onto an ice-covered river killing five persons: two doctors and three crew members. Aircraft was carrying... more
AccidentsEmergency landing for two US helicopters in Afghanistan
Kabul, Afghanistan - Five American soldiers and one Afghani emerged wounded
Two emergency landings for as much American choppers occurred yesterday in Afghanistan: five US soldiers and one from Afghanistan have been injured while they were conducting combat operations on board... more
AccidentsTuninter ATR-72 crash: accident's survivors hearing started yesterday
Bari, Italy - It hopes to obtain information to discover the cause of the incident
Twenty passengers survived after the air crash occurred on August 6 (see for details AVIONEWS), have been heared last afternoon. The hearings are expected to complete today: they are conducted by judges... more
AccidentsUSA: Army helicopter had a hard landing
Washington, USA - The two crew members reported light wounds
A reconnaissance and attack helicopter belonging to US Army’s 82nd Airborne Division has been forced to a hard landing on an airfield at Camp Mackall on Fort Bragg, the US’s most active military installations, las... more
AccidentsSpain: helicopter carrying politicians went down
Madrid. Spain - Passengers suffered for light injuries only
Mariano Rajoy and Esperanza Aguirre, the presidents of the Partido Popular and the Autonomous Community of Madrid respectively, survived a helicopter accident occurred after midday today. The mayor of... more
AccidentsUkraine: friendly fire during a military exercise, two soldiers died
Kiev, Ukraine - A tank would have hit the two soldiers due to a mistake, seriously wounding a third one
Two soldiers were killed and one seriously wounded: this the tragic result of a military exercise held in Ukraine yesterday, due to a fatal mistake. A tank of Ukrainian Army would have fired against a... more
AccidentsIndia: problems affecting the Dhruv helicopters
New Dheli, India - After an accident which would have involved an aircraft on last November 25 due to a tail rotor failure; all the other choppers have been grounded
Indian authorities competent for aviation decided to ground all the HAL Dhruv helicopters in the country after an accident which involved a vehicle of this type on last November 25. This event follows... more
AccidentsATR-72 Tuninter accident (2): Palermo Attorney took delivery of documents from ATR company
Bari, Italy - ATR had recommended proper modifications for the fuel indicator system
Palermo Attorney took delivery, concerning the investigation on the ATR-72 Tuninter accident, documents by which the Italian-French consortium ATR would have "recommended" airlines operating the ATR-42s... more
AccidentsATR-72 Tuninter accident: survivors to be heard by Judges on December 1st
Bari, Italy - Their deposition will be useful to find disaster reasons
Survivors of the accident which affected the Tuninter’s aircraft will be heard by Judges in Bari on next December 1st (see aldo AVIONEWS). Safe passengers, 23 persons, will witness to two magistrates f... more
AccidentsNigeria: two killed in air accident
Abuja, Nigeria - A private aircraft crashed inside Kaduna Airport
A Beechcraft King Air B-200 plane went down yesterday in Nigeria shortly after departing and killed both passengers. The aircraft crashed inside the airport of Kaduna because of unknown cause. An US-trained... more
AccidentsCessna landed on its belly at Las Vegas
Washington, USA - An electrical problem forced the pilot to the special procedure
The pilot of a Cessna 340 aircraft has been forced to land on its belly at the North Las Vegas Airport due to problems with the electrical system. Airport spokeswoman, Linda Healey, has reported that none... more
AccidentsColombian plane crashed in Venezuela: engines failure made the accident inevitable
Caracas, Venezuela - Crew tried to regain control of the aircraft unsuccessful
The Venezuelan accident investigating committee released factual information regarding the crash involving a West Caribbean Airways Boeing MD-82 failed near Machiques last August 16 (see for details AVIONEWS).... more
AccidentsTuninter ATR-72 accident: "Mafia interests on the market of bogus parts"
Bari, Italy - Lawyers of plaintiff, Nicola Persico and Davide Romano, claimed it
Lawyers of plaintiff, Nicola Persico and Davide Romano, during the process aiming at finding the cause of the accident occurred to the Tuninter’s ATR-72 plane last Summer, have in their hands an anonymous d... more
AccidentsCessna crashed in Russia killing 8 persons
Moscow, Russia - All passengers died including crew
A Russian tourism plane carrying 8 people on board, including two crew members, crashed in the night between Saturday and Sunday: no passengers emerged safe. The Cessna went down just outside the city... more
AccidentsHelicopter crashed in Colombia: there were not survivors
Bogota, Colombia - Some politicians were among the fatalities too
A helicopter bound for Antioquia with a Colombian congressman and other five people on board crashed during a storm on mountains North of Bogota killing all passengers yesterday. A terrorist attack has... more
AccidentsUSA: pilot died in a helicopter crash
Miami, USA - Two aircraft have collided
Two helicopters have collided while a motorcycle race was ongoing in Miami, Florida. One pilot died during the transfer to the hospital: it seems that one aircraft was taken off from speedways’ helipad s... more
AccidentsRussia: helicopter fell headlong nearby a natural gas pipeline
Moscow, Russia - Four died and two were injured in this tragedy
A Mil Mi-2 helicopter flying over some infrastructures dedicated to natural gas procurement in Northern Russia (in particular, in the Vologda region around 500 km far from Moscow), fell headlong today... more
AccidentsNo failure affected the Air France's A-340 skidded off runway in Canada in August
Ottawa, Canada - Human error and bad weather hypothesis still remain
The accident occurred to an Air France’s plane which skidded off runway Toronto’s "Pearson" International Airport last August 2 (see for details AVIONEWS), did not appear to have been due to technical pro... more
AccidentsHelicopter and Japanese military plane came close to collision
Tokyo, Japan - They were within 50 to 100 meters distance
A Nippon military transport airplane and a helicopter risked to collide in Southern Japan last morning. The YS-11TA aircraft belonging to the Maritime Self-Defense Forces was on flight over a base on Southern... more
AccidentsTwo manslaughter sentences for PAM air crash in Kosovo
Rome, Italy - Four years prison for both operational director and technical director of SiFly
Two people have been sentenced as guilty for the air accident occurred in Kosovo in November 12, 1999. Today, Italian judge Barbara Callari sentenced, with summary proceedings, to 4 years prison Paolo... more
AccidentsCessna 206 dropped in Colombia
Medellin, Colombia - There were no survivor among 6 passengers
A small tourism plane carrying six people on board crashed shortly after take-off from Medellin (Colombia) yesterday. Passengers of the Cessna 206 aircraft belonging to the charter company Sade, were all... more
AccidentsAirplane crashed in Nigeria: there is no trace of black boxes
Lagos, Nigeria - The head of the investigation team revealed it
Investigators failed to find the black boxes containing flight data and voice recorders in the site of the accident occurred in Nigeria at the Boeing 737 of Bellview Airlines killing 111 passengers and... more
AccidentsCargo plane crashed in Afghanistan: 8 fatalities
Kabul, Afghanistan - Russians, Ukrainians and Pakistani among victims
Eight people were killed in the air crash occurred last Friday involving an Ilyushin 76MD Ilyushin 76MD plane owned by Global Georgian Airways and operated by the Pakistan-based Royal Airlines Cargo to... more
AccidentsCargo plane crashed in Afghanistan (3): it was an Ilyushin Il-76
Kabul, Afghanistan - Number of fatalities is still uncertain
News about the number of victims are still conflicting, they may be eight or ten as it has previously published (see for details AVIONEWS). But it appears certain that plane crashed against a mountain... more
AccidentsCargo plane crashed in Afghanistan (2): there is no one alive
Kabul, Afghanistan - It was a Russian-made aircraft
All 10 passengers on board were killed when a cargo plane crashed on Afghanistan’s mountains near Bagram, the US-led coalition’s headquarters. The nationality of the casualties was not immediately unv... more
AccidentsRelatives of air crash victims sued the airline, the maker and the engine provider
Beijing, China - China Eastern Airlines, Bombardier and GE
Relatives of 20 out of 47 people who died in an aerial accident last year involving a Bombardier CRJ-200 of China Eastern Airlines crashed on a frozen lake nearby the Mongol borders (see for details AVIONEWS),... more