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AccidentsHelicopter crashes in Brazil, two people killed
Sao Paulo, Brazil - Entangled in high-tension cables
Two people, a flight instructor and an air force colonel, were killed yesterday onboard their helicopter, which crashed in Itarapina, province of Sao Paulo. The helicopter crashed after getting entangled... more
AccidentsPredator crashes in California during an exercise
Los Angeles, USA - No casualties
During an exercise program for pilots and experts of the Italian Air Force and Navy in the desert South of California, a Predator, manoeuvred by a ground position by and Italian pilot and a US instructor,... more
AccidentsSkyhawk crashes in West Bank
Tel Aviv, Israel - The pilot is safe
According to what has been published on Ynet, the online site of Yediot Ahronot, a Skyhawk crashed yesterday South of Hebron, probably because of a technical failure. The pilot is safe, even if his conditions... more
AccidentsAir crash in United Arab Emirates (7): the technical sheet
Rome, Italy - It's a Fokker 50
The Fokker 50, based on the successful project of F-27, is an upgraded version equipped with PW-127 engines giving better performance from short runways and in high temperatures. Here below the technical... more
AccidentsAn Iranian airplane has fallen headlong in the United Arab Emirates
Sharjah, UAE - The airplane had some 35 passengers aboard
An Iranian airplane of Kish Airways company would have fallen headlong during its landing approach at Sharjah Airport, in the United Arab Emirates. It has been reported by local police. The airplane had... more
AccidentsNew findings on the New York plane crash in November 2001
New York, USA - Many theories and few certainties
The investigation on the American Airlines Airbus A-300/600 that crashed in November 2001 on the houses of Queens, New York, killing 265 people, continues (see AVIONEWS). According to the latest conclusions... more
AccidentsFlash Airlines tragedy: the crash was probably caused by a fabrication fault
Cairo, Egypt - The fault should have been in the rudder
The investigation on the Flash Airlines Boeing 737 incident in Sharm El Sheikh waters continues. The inquirers are looking at technical fault giving a particular attention to the hypothesis of a making... more
AccidentsPlane crash in France: two casualties
Bordeaux, France - Unknown the cause
Two are the casualties of the plane crashed yesterday evening near Bordeaux, France: two 72 and 50 years old passengers died and a 53 years old woman is now hospitalized in serious conditions. A small... more
AccidentsUH-1 "Huey" crashes to north of San Diego
Washington, Usa - Three soldiers died, a wounded
According to the first news diffused from a network of San Diego, the UH-1 "Huey" would have hit against the power line during a nocturnal exercise with on board the soldiers, of which three would died... more
AccidentsSharm el-Sheikh air disaster: crime theory falls definitively
Cairo, Egypt - Black box reveals it
From the Flash Airlines black box recording about the crash offshore at Sharm el-Sheikh, two weeks ago - recaptured by "Super Achille", the third robot that has been sent from France to lead the search... more
AccidentsSpotted the flight recorder transmitter of the Boeing crashed last January 3rd in the Red Sea
Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt - While research keeps going on incessantly
The ongoing research in the Red Sea, where in January 3rd Flash Airlines Boeing 737 sunk, spotted the transmitter of one of the aircraft two flight recorders. The transmitter localization doesn’t necessarily m... more
AccidentsPlane crash in Uzbekistan
Tashkent, Uzbekistan - 37 people died
Yesterday at 19.27 local time a Yak-40 made in Russia, coming from Termez, crashed during landing in Tashkent airport. First theories held fog responsible for the accident, but today the Uzbekistan Director... more
AccidentsSharm El Sheik crash: today "Scorpio" plunges to search the flight recorders
Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt - It will work between 600 and 800 metres depth
Today the second robot, sent by France and belonging to France Telecom marine, comes into action. Apparently it will be able to recuperate the two Flash Airlines B-737/300 flight recorders, crashed last... more
AccidentsAnother US helicopter crashes in Falluja
Falluja, Iraq - It's probably an Apache
Referring to what has been said by an US soldier spokesman another helicopter, an Apache this time, crashed in Falluja, Iraq. For the moment there is no news about the dead or injured and nothing leaked... more
AccidentsCompensation agreed for the families of the UTA crash victims
Paris, France - USD 1m per family
Guillame Denoix de Saint-Marc, spokesman for the families of 177 DC-10 UTA victims crashed in the Niger desert (see AVIONEWS), has announced that today in Paris the compensation has been fixed. Each family... more
AccidentsUS helicopter crashes in emergency landing (2): probably hit by an enemy fire
Baghdad , Iraq - Up to nine the number of casualties
The helicopter, a "Black Hawk" (see AVIONEWS), crashed in Falluja, city located in the "Sunni triangle", North-West of Baghdad, during a mission of medical evacuation, probably hit by an enemy fire which... more
AccidentsUS helicopter crashes in emergency landing
Baghdad, Iraq - Dead eight soldiers
A spokesperson for the US Army informed that a Black Hawk crashed near Falluja during an emergency landing. The eight soldiers on board died. more
AccidentsFlash Airlines (2): according to radar trace irregular flight
Paris, France - It was stated by Busserau
"The aircraft had an irregular flight: ascent, horizontal level, ascent, horizontal level before the tragic descent". This is what has been said by Dominique Busserau, French Under Secretary for Transports,... more
AccidentsFlash Airlines: a more powerful robot and a third French ship for research in the Red Sea
Paris, France - Aim: Recuperate the black boxes and the bodies of the remaining last Saturday's plane crash victims
Following Achille, the first robot sent by France - currently mourning the 133 French casualties out of 148 passengers of the charter plane crashed last Saturday in Sharm El Sheikh, Red Sea - the French... more
AccidentsAir crash in Egypt (3): spotted the wreck
Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt - It's 400 metres under the sea
It seems that French divers spotted the wreck of the Boeing crashed on Saturday morning, which should be placed at 400 metre depth in the Red Sea. more
AccidentsAir crash in Egypt (2): it could have been a terrorist attack
Cairo, Egypt - It was claimed by the group Ansar al Haq
It seems that an international press agency in Cairo revelead to have received a phone call where an unknown group called Ansar al Haq apparently claimed to have organized the attack against the Boeing... more
AccidentsAir crash in Egypt: they are trying to find out the causes
Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt - France wants to find the black box
France is using every mean it has to find the answer to the air crash occurred in the morning of January 3rd in the Red Sea, where 148 people lost their lives, and 133 were French tourists. The Boeing... more
AccidentsEmergency landing in Munich
Munich, Germany - Safe the 35 people on board
This morning a Fokker 70 departed from Vienna and directed to Munich made an emergency landing on a field near the destination's airport, because of an engine problem. The aircraft probably belongs to... more
AccidentsSerbian Santa Claus chopper crashes
Belgrade, Serbia - Injured the four people aboard
Ugly adventure for the crew of a military helicopter that transported Santa Claus, waited by hundred of children in the city of Kragujevac, in the central zone of the country. The aircraft in fact crashed... more
AccidentsIranian Armed Forces denies the Sunday chopper crash
Tehran, Iran - It was only an emergency landing
The Iranian Armed Forces have denied yesterday the news, released by the local press agencies and then diffused by numerous media all over the world, of the crash of a helicopter belonging to the Iranian... more
AccidentsIran: a second helicopter crashes
Teheran, Iran - They were engaged in aid missions for the population hit by the earthquake
Two Iranian helicopters crashed during aid missions for the population hit by the earthquake. Yesterday an helicopter belonging to Iranian Navy crashed near the city of Bam, after having delivered the... more
AccidentsUk: British Army chopper crashes
London, Uk - There are two victims
Two English soldiers died as a result of the crash of a Gazelle helicopter belonging to the British Army, happened yesterday afternoon in Londonberry. The aircraft, that had took off just 15 minutes before... more
AccidentsLybia continues to delay the payments of compensations for the Uta's victims
Paris, France - France begins to lose patience
The French Minister of Foreign Affairs Villepin, following the announcement that after several months of secret negotiations with Usa and Great Britain, Lybia will get rid of its arms of mass destruction,... more
AccidentsCrash for the chopper of Jennifer Murray and Colin Bodill
South Pole - Stopped the record flight from pole to pole
On Sunday morning the helicopter which was carrying Jennifer Murray (63 years old) and Colin Bodill (53 years old), the pair who was trying to carry out a record flight from pole to pole, crashed because... more
AccidentsMilitary helicopter's crash in Ukraina
Kiev, Ukraina - Three casualties
The Ukrainian Ministry of Defence has apparently announced the crash of a Mil Mi-8 belonging to the Ukrainian Armed Forces, in the Eastern part of the country, in the region of Sumi. The victims of what... more
AccidentsFrench military aircraft crashes (2). The plane was carrying paratroopers
Paris, France - The victims are the members of the crew
According to the Bbc the military aircraft crashed today in France is a Casa CN-235. The incident happened this morning at 10:30 and it seems that the aircraft was carrying paratroopers who launched themselves... more
AccidentsFrench military aircraft crashes
Arege, France - Six the victims
According to an official notice released by a spokesperson of the regional government of Arege, a military aircraft still to be identified has crashed in the south-west zone of the country: six are the... more
AccidentsBelgium: collision between two F-16 aircraft
Brussels, Belgium - One of the two pilots lost his life
Today, during a practice, two F-16 aircraft in flight collided into each other in the south of Belgium, causing the dead of one of the pilots, who could not eject himself before the impact. The other pilot... more
AccidentsIraq: another Usa chopper crashes
Baghdad, Iraq - The incident happened near Falluja
Military Usa sources and the Cnn have reported that a Usa military helicopter crashed in Iraq, near the city of Falluja. At the moment no more details are known about the incident. more
AccidentsDc-10 Uta compensations: Chirac is optimistic
Tunisi, Tunisia - The French President hopes for the achievement of an agree
"I think that the two parts will arrive to an agreement, I heartly wish it", with these words the French President, Jacques Chirac, has expressed yesterday his hope for a happy conclusion of the negotiates... more
AccidentsCalifornia: Goodyear blimp crashes
Washington, Usa - Injured one of the occupants
An advertising blimp of the Goodyear crashed Wednesdays evening at 10:00 local time (1 a.m. in Italy) in the base of Carson, in California, one of the three in America that host aircrafts of this type.... more
AccidentsLeszek Miller, Polish Premier, involved in a helicopter incident
Warsaw, Poland - He had two vertebras cracked
Ugly experience for the Polish Premier, Leszek Miller, that had two vertebras cracked for an abrupt emergency landing of the helicopter MI-8 that was carrying him. The incident has happened yesterday evening... more
AccidentsAircraft crash in Congo
Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo - No one survived
On Saturday afternoon, November 29, an Antonov 26 going from Boende - 600 kilometres North of the capital - to Kinshasa crashed straight after taking off, causing the death of the 26 passengers on board... more
AccidentsMaybe a breakdown caused the crash of the Usa helicopter in Afghanistan
Kabul, Afghanistan - Surveyings have found no traces of enemy fire
The preliminary surveyings conducted to establish the causes that have led Sunday to the crash of the Usa military helicopter near the air force base of Bagram have up to now found no traces of enemy fire... more
AccidentsAfghanistan: still unknown the causes of the Usa chopper crashing
Kabul, Afghanistan - Confirmed the number of victims: 5 soldiers killed and 7 injured
Still unknown the causes that Sunday morning provoked the crashing of the American helicopter near the air force base of Bagram, near Kabul (read AVIONEWS). Witnesses present on the scene of the incident... more
AccidentsBogota: airplane makes emergency landing for terroristic threats
Bogota, Colombia - But it was a false alarm
The General Manager of the airport "Eldorado" of Bogota, Silvia Fernandez, has declared yesterday that an airplane belonging to the Columbian air company Aero-Republica with 65 passengers on board was... more
AccidentsUsa chopper crashes in Afghanistan
Khabul, Afghanistan - 5 soldiers were killed and 7 injured
At least five American soldiers were killed and seven have been injured yesterday when the military helicopter that was carrying them crashed. The chopper, according to what has been released by the Usa... more
AccidentsDamaged Alitalia B-747 cargo plane
Kansai, Japan - No problems for the crew
Alitalia B-747 cargo plane took off today at 1.30 am from Kansai airport in Japan, and about 40 minutes after it was forced to go back to the same airport as there was a problem in one of its propeller.... more
AccidentsEmergency landing for Dhl cargo aircraft
Baghdad, Iraq - The crew is safe
At 6.30 am of Saturday, 22nd of November, an Airbus A-300 Dhl cargo aircraft was forced to operate an emergency landing at Baghdad International Airport as the engine was on fire. The company spokesperson... more
AccidentsSwedish military helicopter crashed: the victims are six
Goeteborg, Sweden - It was reported by military sources
Military sources have released the news of the definitive number of the victims of the incident happened on Tuesday, when a Swedish military helicopter participating to a training exercise crashed in the... more
AccidentsSwedish military rescue helicopter falls into the sea
Goeteborg, Sweden - 2 died, 2 were missing and 1 is seriously wounded
A Swedish military rescue helicopter crashed into the sea during a rescue exercise off the southwestern port of Goeteborg late on Tuesday. The "Super Puma" crashed at around 7:00 pm while was executing... more
Accidents13 die in cargo plane crash in southern Sudan
Khartoum, Sudan - The cause of the accident is still unknown
A cargo plane belonging to the Saria Sudanese air company exploded in the air and crashed near the city of Wau in southern Sudan on Monday. The 13 people on board died. The Soviet-built Antonov-12 following... more
AccidentsThe wreckage of the missing Mig-29 fighter jet was found
Yerevan, Armenia - The fate of the pilot is still unknown
The wreckage of a Russian fighter plane which disappeared in Armenia on Wednesday has been found by the Russian rescuers early Thursday. The MiG-29 was executing a training flight and crashed near the... more
AccidentsSouth Korean pilot dies in plane crash
Sachon, South Korea - The instructor managed to eject himself
A South Korean pilot died today when his plane crashed on a river bank shortly after taking off from an air base in Sachon, a town on the country's central south coast. The instructor ejected himself from... more
AccidentsPeretola incident of 1997: acquitted the three people accused
Florence, Italy - It cost the life of the commander of an Atr 42 belonging to Air Littoral
The airplane, after taking off from Nizza with 14 passengers on board plus three members of the crew, went outside the strip while it was landing at the airport of Florence-Peretola and stopped on the... more