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AccidentsEthiopian plane accident: preliminary report will be published this week
First step towards the truth
Three weeks after the accident of the Ethiopian Airlines Boeing B-737 MAX 8 aircraft crashed last March 10, shortly after take-off from Addis Ababa airport, it should be published a preliminary report... more
AccidentsEthiopian accident: pilot had not been trained in the new airplane simultaneous?
It could be one of the causes of the disaster
Yared Getachew, the 29-year-old commander of the Boeing B-737 MAX 8 aircraft of Ethiopian Airlines -which crashed in Addis Ababa on 10 March killing the 157 people on board-, would never have been trained... more
AccidentsTehran Airport: Fokker 100 of Iran Air lands without landing gear
Safe the 100 people on board
A Fokker F-100 aircraft -registration EP-IDG- of Iran Air carried out an emergency landing this morning at Tehran airport, where it had to touch the ground without the main landing gear, which could not... more
AccidentsEthiopian accident: in a few weeks the preliminary report
Investigators returned to Ethiopia to analyze data on black boxes
The investigators of the accident of the Ethiopian Airlines Boeing B-737 MAX 8 plane returned to Addis Ababa this morning after recovering the information recorded in the two black boxes examined in Paris.... more
AccidentsLion Air accident: final report will be published for July?
An attempt is made to shorten the survey time
According to what was declared this morning by the director of the indonesian transport safety agency (KNKT), Indonesia is accelerating the time to complete the investigation on the aircraft crash of Lion... more
AccidentsBoeing B-737 MAX: problems also for carriers
They will have to sign "wet leasing" agreements to operate on the connections provided
The double incident within 6 months of Lion Air's and Ethiopian Airlines Boeing B-737 MAX 8 aircraft could create many problems for the US company and fleet-based airlines. For the first, the greatest... more
AccidentsEthiopian planes accidents (4): Canada also ground the B-737 MAX
New data recorded via satellite would have emerged
Canada has also decided to ground and to prohibit the overflight of the airspace to the Boeing B-737 MAX and to announce it was the Minister of Transport Marc Garneau that explained how the choice has... more
AccidentsEthiopian accident (3): black boxes will be sent to Europe between today and tomorrow
The company announces that the relationship with Boeing will continue
The black boxes of Ethiopian Airlines' Boeing B-737 MAX 8 aircraft crashed Sunday morning shortly after take-off from Addis Ababa airport will be sent between "today and tomorrow in an European country",... more
AccidentsEthiopian aircraft (6): testimonials do not exclude technical failure
The B-737 MAX 8 would lose smoke and debris during the climb
24 hours after the accident of the Boeing B-737 MAX 8 aircraft crashed yesterday shortly after take-off from Addis Ababa airport it is still not clear what could have caused the fatal crash for the 157... more
AccidentsColombia: Douglas DC-3 crashes with 14 people on board
Black week-end for air transport
A black week-end for air travel because in addition to the Boeing B-737 MAX 8 of Ethiopian Airlines crashed shortly after take-off killing 157 people on board (see AVIONEWS), in Colombia a Douglas DC-3... more
AccidentsEthiopian plane crash: to cause it the same problem as the Lion Air?
Pilots untrained to face that kind of malfunction?
The accident of the Boeing B-737 MAX 8 of Ethiopian Airlines (see AVIONEWS), which occurred yesterday morning shortly after take-off from Addis Ababa airport, reopened the case concerning the anti-stall... more
AccidentsEthiopian Airlines plane crash (2): no survivor
On board 8 Italians. The pilot had asked to return to Addis Ababa -2 VIDEO
There is no survivor among the 159 people who were on board the Ethiopian Airlines Boeing B-737 MAX 8 plane crashed this morning shortly after taking off from Addis Ababa airport; on board there were also... more
AccidentsEthiopian Airlines B-737 MAX 8 aircraft crashes
159 people on board
A Boeing B-737 MAX 8 plane -registration ET-AVJ- of Ethiopian Airlines crashed shortly after take-off from Addis Ababa airport with 149 passengers and 8 crew members on board, for which there would most... more
AccidentsPlane crash Prime Air: found a new registration
It will be an important aid for the surveys -VIDEO
While investigators and divers are still engaged in the search for Atlas Air's Boeing B-777/300ER aircraft and used on behalf of Amazon Prime Air, that crasehd into the waters of Houston's Trinity Bay... more
AccidentsMH390 Malaysia: will the research of the plane resume?
On March 8 (fifth anniversary) the announcement could arrive
The Malaysian government could announce the reopening of the research of the wreckage of the Boeing B-777/200ER aircraft -registration 9M-MRO- of Malaysia Airlines mysteriously disappeared during the flight... more
AccidentsPlane crash Sala: the pilot did not have a commercial license?
Indiscretions come from the British investigating branch
David Ibbotson, the pilot of the Piper PA-46 Malibu plane crashed in the English Channel killing him and the football player Emiliano Sala on 21 January, would not have been authorized to carry paying... more
AccidentsAircraft crash Prime Air: difficulty to find the black boxes
These would be under many meters of mud
Investigations in order to ascertain why the aircraft Boeing B-767/300ER of Atlas Air -operated by Prime Air- crashed into the sea not far from Houston may be slow and, moreover, are likely to be influenced... more
AccidentsAeroméxico aircraft crash: the cause was a pilots error
Situation has not been well managed and understood -ATTACHMENT
To cause the accident -miraculously without victims- of the aircraft Embraer ERJ-190 -registration XA-GAL- of Aeroméxico at Durango airport, which ended off-piste during take-off, was a cause of two events:... more
AccidentsNepal: an AS-350 Écureuil helicopter crashed
6 people died on board, including the Minister of Civil Aviation
An Airbus Helicopters AS-350 Écureuil -registration 9N-AMI- of Air Dynasty crashed today in Nepal near Pathibhara, killing 6 people on board including the Nepalese Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil... more
AccidentsPlane crash Sala: will it be a long legal battle?
Two problems: the investigation and insurance
The plane crash in which the Cardiff striker -who was bought by Nantes- Emiliano Sala lost his life could have a long legal following both for the investigation and for the insurance on the player. On... more
AccidentsIndia: collision in flight between two BAE Systems Hawk
1 dead and 2 seriously injured
During the tests for the flight show at the next "Aero India 2019" two BAE Systems Hawk aircraft of the Indian Air Force collided. Pilot and copilot of one of the two British production plane were able... more
AccidentsPlane crash Sala: expert excludes a technical failure
The engine had been changed in 2012
There are still many points to be clarified on the plane crash of January 21, where the striker Emiliano Sala, who was reaching Cardiff (in Wales) in a Piper PA-46 Malibu crashed in the English Channel,... more
AccidentsTurkey: Bell UH-1 helicopter crashes in Istanbul
At the base a technical problem -VIDEO
A Bell UH-1 Iroquois helicopter of the Turkish Army crashed in Istanbul today killing the 4 people on board. The reason for the accident would be a technical problem still unknown, but that there was a... more
AccidentsKenya Airways: two ERJ-190 aircraft collide at ground
Serious damage to both aircraft that will remain long out of service - PHOTO GALLERY
Last Saturday, two Embraer ERJ-190 aircraft -registration 5Y-FFF and 5Y-KYR- of Kenya Airways collided at Nairobi airport suffering serious damage to external structures and the engine. To cause this singular... more
AccidentsSudan: a Mil Mi-8 helicopter of the UN forces crashes
The causes are unknown, but the killing is excluded -VIDEO
A Mil Mi-8 helicopter -registration UNO 379P- of Ethiopian armed forces used by the UN forces involved in Sudan crashed in Abyei on Saturday, impacting an UN compound by killing 3 of the 23 people on board... more
AccidentsMalaysia plane: soon meet Russia-the Netherlands to "solve" MH17 case
Moscow continues to accuse Ukraine
The Dutch government would be sure that Russia will soon allow a meeting between the defense officials of Moscow and the international team that investigated the causes of the Malaysia Airlines Boeing... more
AccidentsAccident Emiliano Sala: found the wreck of the plane
Submerged in the English Channel
In the depths of the English Channel was found -yesterday- the wreck of the Piper PA-46 Malibu plane where the footballer Emiliano Sala was travelling. The plane had disappeared on 22nd January during... more
AccidentsIndia: Dassault Mirage 2000 crashes
Dead the 2 pilots on board
New accident for a Dassault Mirage 2000 aircraft during a training mission. After the crash of the French Air Force (see AVIONEWS), one of the Indian Air Force crashed this morning killing both pilots... more
AccidentsSala aircraft crash: found seat parts in France
It would be from the Piper PA-46 he was travelling on
The first wreckage of the Piper PA-46 Malibu on which the football striker Emiliano Sala flew was found, disappeared on Monday, January 21st during the flight between Nantes and Cardiff. On a French beach... more
AccidentsUK: hypothesis of ice on the wings on the Sala aircraft
It could have been the cause of the accident
The rescuers of Guernsey concluded yesterday their research of the Piper PA-46 Malibu aircraft probably crashed in the English Channel on Monday 21 January during a flight between Nantes and Cardiff, on... more
AccidentsUK: the research of the plane on which Sala was traveling continues
They could have used the emergency raft
The Guernsey police and the UK Coastguard have resumed -this morning- the research for the Piper PA-46 Malibu aircraft that disappeared on Sunday evening during a flight between Nantes and Cardiff, with... more
AccidentsRussia: Tupolev Tu-22M3 plane crashed
Dead 2 of the 4 crew members
During the landing at the Olenegorsk Air Base near Murmansk, a Tupolev Tu-22M3 plane crashed this morning, killing 2 of the 4 crew members on accident. The two survivors were extracted from the plates... more
AccidentsMorocco: a Mirage F1 aircraft crashes
No injury for the pilot who eject -VIDEO
During a training flight yesterday, a Dassault Mirage F1 aircraft from the Moroccan Air Force (FRA, Forces Royales Air) crashed due to -probably- a technical problem with the French production aircraft.... more
AccidentsRussia: collision in flight between two Sukhoi Su-34 aircraft
The pilots would have been ejected
This morning two Sukhoi Su-34 airplanes of the Russian Air Force collided during a flight over the Sea of Japan during a training, and all 4 pilots on board -according to the Russian press- ejected. Two... more
AccidentsIran plane crash (2): 15 confirmed victims
Except only the flight engineer who is hospitalized
According to the Iranian Ministry of Defense, in the crash of this morning 15 people died (of 16) on board the Boeing B-707/300 which had taken off from Bishkek Airport in Kyrgyzstan, to transport meat... more
AccidentsLion Air plane crash: find the missing Cockpit Voice Recorder
Black box located after long searches
During the new research started last Tuesday to identify the Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR) of the Boeing B-737 MAX 8 plane of Lion Air, crashed off the coast of Jakarta on October 29th, the divers of the... more
AccidentsIran: Boeing B-707 crashes on landing
Pilot would have wrong airport -3 VIDEO and PHOTO
A Boeing B-707/300 aircraft -registration EP-CPP- of the Iranian Air Force crashed this morning on landing at Fath Airport. The bad weather and probably a pilot error are the causes of this accident; in... more
AccidentsMirage 2000 aircraft incident: the two pilots died
The research of all the wreck continues to give way to the investigations
The two pilots who were on board of the French Air Force Dassault Mirage 2000D aircraft that crashed the day before yesterday near the Swiss border died. This was announced yesterday by Minister of Defense... more
AccidentsFrance: wreck found of the Mirage 2000D aircraft crashed yesterday
It is not clear if the pilots have ejected -VIDEO
The Dassault Mirage 2000D aircraft that crashed in France yesterday morning was in a routine training in low-altitude instrumental flight in the mountainous areas of southeastern France, where, due to... more
AccidentsFrance: a Mirage 2000D aircraft disappeared from the radar
It probably crashed. Unknown the conditions of the two pilots
Breaking News. A Dassault Mirage 2000D aircraft of the French Air Force disappeared from the air traffic control radar screens this morning shortly after 11:00 am, as it was flying over the Swiss border... more
AccidentsLion Air plane crash: the searches resume of the Cabin Voice Recorder
A navy military ship will be used
The research for the B-737 MAX 8 Cabin Voice Recorder (CVR) -of Lion Air that crashed on October 29 shortly after taking off from Jakarta- should start again during this week. This time, the National Transport... more
AccidentsLion Air plane crash: stop the searches of the CVR
It will resume in the next days. But time is running out
The Cabin Voice Recorder (CVR) of the Boeing B-737 MAX 8 of Lion Air crashed on October 29 shortly after take-off from Jakarta ended unsuccessfully, this because the expense borne by the airline is too... more
AccidentsMexico: Agusta A-109S helicopter crashes
A senator and the neogovernator of the State of Puebla died -VIDEO
An Agusta A-109S Grand helicopter -registration XA-BON- crashed last Monday in Mexico in the Huejotzingo area killing the five people on board, including Martha Erika Alonso recently elected as governor... more
AccidentsCongo: an Antonov An-26 airplane crashes
Unknown the number of people on board
Shortly after delivering material for the upcoming elections inthe Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), an Antonov An-26 aircraft -registration 9S-AGB- of the Gomair airline crashed, allegedly killing... more
AccidentsLion Air incident: family members of the victims in the plaza demand justice
Pressures to get research resumed as soon as possible
In these days in Indonesia there could be a protest demonstration by the family of the 189 people who died as a result of the plane crash of the Boeing B-737 MAX 8 by Lion Air on October 29th. A rally... more
AccidentsLion Air incident: funds are lacking to look for the missing black box
The financial intervention of the carrier requested
Some bureaucratic difficulties and financial problems are the basis of the obstacles encountered in the search for the last black box (the Cockpit Voice Recorder, CVR) of the Air Lion's Boeing B-737 MAX... more
AccidentsSudan: An-12BK plane crash killing 7 people
The causes of the accident are unknown
According to Sudan State television yesterday afternoon an Antonov An-12BK aircraft -registration EY-406-, used by the Sudanese Air Force, crashed causing the death of 7 people, including the minister... more
AccidentsJapan: 5 are still missing from the Marine accident
One of the two recovered soldiers died yesterday
The research of the five soldiers dispersed after yesterday an F/A-18D Hornet fighter plane and a KC-130J Super Hercules aircrew collided during a training crashing into the sea off Japan, while one of... more
AccidentsAccident AW-169 Leicester: perhaps to cause it a tail rotor screw
It would be skipped because it was not loose, but the investigations continued -ATTACHMENT
According to the report of the Air Accident Investigation Board (AAIB), the accident of the helicopter Leonardo AW-169, where the president of Leicester Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha lost his life with 4 other... more
AccidentsIsrael: IAI-Boeing agreement for aircraft cooperation?
It would allow the Israeli company to increase its capacity
After the Israeli government has sent to the United States the demand for an order of more than 10 billion dollars for combat aircraft, refuelling airplanes and helicopters to purchase from Boeing, it... more