Accidents
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AccidentsUsa: collision between two choppers
Washington, Usa - Unknown the causes of the accident
Two helicopters, a R-44 and a R-22, crash into each other yesterday, while they were flying above the airport of the town of Torrance, California. The accident, that caused the death of two people and... more
AccidentsBlack Hawk crashed (2): 6 the deaths
Tikrit, Iraq - It seems they all belonged to the 101° air-transported Division
It's six the number of deaths in the crashing of a Usa chopper happened today in Iraq. According to a Usa official there had been a fire engagement in the area. Still unknown the causes of the acci... more
AccidentsUS Black Hawk crashes near Tikrit
Tikrit, Iraq - All soldiers on board may be dead
A US helicopter crashed on Friday about 9:40 a.m. on a riverbank along the Tigris River half mile from the U.S. base in Saddam Hussein's former palace. The exact number of casualties is not known yet,... more
AccidentsFrench Army helicopter crashes
Paris, France - A pilot and 3 civilian personnel were killed
A pilot and 3 civilian personnel died on Thursday when their Gazelle helicopter crashed near the Caylus military base in the southwest of the country. The helicopter seems to have hit a power line during... more
AccidentsMan killed by the rotor blades of a model
Washington, Usa - A remote-controlled model helicopter flew among the public
Last Sunday Ronald Kyle was watching some aero-model shows, when a remote-controlled model helicopter escaped the owner's control, a boy whose identity is still unknown. The little chopper, out of control,... more
AccidentsEmergency landing in Glasgow
Glasgow, Scotland - The passengers and the crew members are out of danger
An aircraft flying from Frankfurt to Washington DC made an emergency landing at a Scottish airport after the some passengers noticed a fire inside the plane. The Boeing 777 carrying 270 passengers belongs... more
AccidentsRussian plane crashes during show flight
Montegi, Japan - The pilot was wounded
A Russian training plane operated by the pilot Aleksander Krotov crashed during a show flight in the Japanese town Montegi. The pilot was just making an aerobatics figure over the town stadium when he... more
AccidentsFormer combat jet crashes in Bavaria
Brannenburg, Germany - Pilot and co-pilot supposedly dead
A converted Alpha combat jet crashed yesterday in a field in Bavaria near a busy road, announced the German police. The accident occurred near Brannenburg, 50 kilometres south-east of Munich. The pilot... more
AccidentsStaff members arrested in Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - Three engineers cut some wires in an Australia-bound aircraft
Three staff members of Malaysia Airlines were arrested after cutting some wires in an Australia-bond aircraft. The aircraft, an Airbus A-330, was about to leave for Perth on October 2, but 2 engineers... more
AccidentsEmergency landing at a Japanese airport
Tokyo, Japan - The passengers and the crew members are out of danger
A jet for Hong Kong belonging to the Cathay Pacific Airways landed last night at a Japanese airport 30 minutes after taking off from Tokyo's International airport because the pilots noticed a burning smell... more
AccidentsEngine fire on board of a Delta flight
Atlanta, Usa -The plane was forced to return to airport
A Delta Air Lines flight on route from Atlanta to New York was forced to return to Hartsfield International Airport as an engine caught fire immediately after taking off. The pilot returned to the airport... more
AccidentsAir Malta plane hit by airport vehicle
Manchester, Great Britain - Neither the passengers nor the crewmembers were injured
The Air Malta Boeing 737-200A was to operate the flight KM-139 from Manchester to Malta and while it was being pushed back from its stand, an airport vehicle hit it. The passengers and the members of the... more
AccidentsAir France pilot investigated
Roissy, Francia - He did not land to save a a clandestine hidden in the landing-gear
Two inquiries have been opened about the episode of the death of a young man from Congo clandestinely boarded on an Air France flight, the first by the police and the second by the same airline. The inquired... more
AccidentsArgentinian cargo aircraft crashes: 5 deaths
Buenos Aires, Argentina - A plane that carried newspapers came down
Yesterday, few minutes before dawn an Argentinian cargo aircraft which carried newspapers from Buenos Aires to the North of Argentina crashed few kilometres away from "Ezeiza" international airport. The... more
AccidentsClouds: scenery of a failed accident
London, Great Britain - A British military plane brushes a Brussels Airlines scheduled flight
That, that according to Aviation spokespersons could have been one of the worse accidents of the latest times, could have occurred two days ago, when a British military jet, a Jaguar, nosedived into a... more
AccidentsArrested the two friends of the English parachutist died last summer
London, Uk, - Both the suspension lines ot his parachute had been cut
They have been arrested with the accusation of having murdered their companion, Stephen Hilder, the 20-year-old cadet of the Royal Military College of Science of Shrivenam, in Wiltshire, fallen the 4 July... more
AccidentsEmergency landing of An-24
Yakutsk, Russia - Neither the passengers nor the crewmembers were hurt
An An-24 passenger plane was forced to make an emergency landing immediately after taking off at the Tuimaada Airport in Yakutsk on Monday at 11:51 local time. The crew commander noticed and informed the... more
AccidentsMysterious death on AeroMexico flight
Washington, Usa - Still unknown the causes of the death of a 25-years-old Australian boy
A 25-years-old Australian boy, Alexander Siess, died under unknown circumstances on the AeroMexico Mexico City-Paris flight. According to the reports made by the other passengers, who have given discordant... more
AccidentsJordan: pilot dies in air force plane crash
Amman, Jordan - The cause was a technical problem
Due to a technical failure, a Jordanian air force plane crashed on Sunday killing the pilot. A military official declared: "A Jordanian air force plane crashed while on a routine training exercise as... more
AccidentsShadow 200 crashed in South Korea
Washington, Usa - US grounded all Shadow 200 UAVs
The US spy plane Shadow 200 (published by AVIONEWS) deployed in South Korea crashed Thursday night (October 16th) near the border with North Korea. The tactical unmanned aerial vehicle (TUAV), crashed... more
AccidentsIncident at Southwest Airlines
Washington, Usa - A plane landed right after taking off
A Boeing 737, from Southwest Airlines, made an emergency landing at Sea-Tac Airport after the pilot observed an engine failure. The plane landed with no incidents and it was taken out of service for the... more
AccidentsRescue of F/A-18A Marine pilots missed yesterday
Charleston, USA – They are safe
Two pilots were saved and brought back to land yesterday after their military jet fighters crashed off the South Carolina coast. According to Capt. Don Caetano, public affairs officer for the Beaufort... more
AccidentsMiG-31 crashed in Russia
Moscow, Russia - No victim was reported
Russian Ministry of Emergencies reports that a MiG-31 fighter crashed at 2.54 pm, Moscow time, in the Tver region, Staritsky district near the Borovaya village. The two pilots on board were catapulted... more
AccidentsRussian MiG-31 crashes
Moscow, Russia - The pilots are safe and sound
A MiG-31 fighter jet belonging to the Russian Defence Ministry crashed in the Tver region, today, October 14. The crash took place at 14:54 Moscow time near Borovaya. The cause: the right engine caught... more
AccidentsFour new French-made rescue Helicopters grounded by the HK Government
Hong Kong - The first fatalities for the Hong Kong Government Flying Service
Four new French-made search-and-rescue helicopters have been temporarily grounded by the Hong Kong's government after they discover a major mechanical failure at one of the aircraft. Six months ago the... more
AccidentsNegotiations for Uta DC-10 victims start again
Tripoli, Lybia - A victims' family's delegation invited to Tripoli to find a final agreement
It seems that French President's, Jacques Chirac, words were not left unheard. Saturday afternoon, Mr Chirac, during a visit to the city of Rabat, kindly reminded Libya that if it did not respect the engagements... more
AccidentsPlane crash avoided in Japan
Tokyo, Japan - Avoided collision in landing
Yesterday, Japanese press revealed the dynamics of an avoided collision between an airline plane and a military plane. Last Tuesday, a Boeing 737 with 62 passengers on board came close to crash at a distance... more
AccidentsPlane shot down to celebrate wedding
Kraijevo, Serbia - The two passengers were seriously injured
It happened at Kraijevo, in the central part of Serbia, when a group of wedding guests, intending to celebrate the grooms, fired some shots in the air. Unfortunately, at that very moment a small, light,... more
Accidents8 Indonesian soldiers die during training
Jakarta, Indonesia - The crew cut the rope
Last Saturday, during a training exercise, eight Indonesian Kopassus special forces soldiers fell from a height of 180 metres and died. The incident took place about 300 metres offshore near the town of... more
AccidentsCessna passengers rescued
Cornwall, Uk - The passengers were three war veterans
Saturday, October 5, one of the nine Cessna light aircraft that took of from Land's End and was directed to the Isles of Scilly fell into the water. The persons on board, three war veterans, former Fleet... more
AccidentsFear at Logan airport of Boston
Washington, Usa - Aircraft on fire
According to the first evaluations reported of the accident was due to a fuel left over in the left engine of an AirTran Airways aircraft. The flames took over during the taxiing phase. Twentyseven passengers... more
AccidentsTurkish military helicopter on fire
Ankara, Turkey - 11 wounded
Yesterday, while trying to land at a commando base in the province of Hakkari, an MI-17 helicopter fell on one side and caught fire. It carried 14 passengers and four members of the crew. The shock punctured... more
AccidentsAn R-22 crashed yesterday, the two occupants died
Derby, Australia - Investigators to begin analysis
An R-22 helicopter crashed yesterday 90km south of Derby. The pilot and the other occupant died after the single engine, two-seater helicopter crashed while used to muster cattle. Later today two experts... more
AccidentsRomanian Mig-21 crashes, the pilot is dead
Bucharest, Romania - No munition on board, just a training flight
The Romanian Defence Minister has announced this morning that a Mig-21 Lancer fighter of the 71st Squadron crashed last night near Campia Turzii, close to the Hungarian border, causing the death of the... more
AccidentsHelicopter with Advani forced to an emergency landing
Rajkot, India - A technical malfunction is the cause
On Thursday a helicopter with New Delhi journalists accompanying deputy Prime Minister L K Advani carried out an emergency landing in a village 75 kilometers far from Jamnagar from where it took off at... more
AccidentsThe TU-160 crashed because of a technical malfunction
Moscow, Russia - Explosion on board before the accident
The Russian Defense Minister, Sergei Ivanov, declared Tuesday the Russian military aircraft crashed last week because of a technical malfunction and not for a human error. The Tu-160 strategic bomber... more
AccidentsIsraeli fighters intercept trespassing passenger aircraft
Tel Aviv, Israel - The airliner belongs to a Russian carrier
Israeli fighters took off few time ago to intercept a Russian airliner that had unintentionally trespassed the border and was escorted outside the Israeli air space. However, in Israel the tension remains... more
AccidentsHelicopter Crash in the Grand Canyon on Saturday after Hitting a Rock
Washington, Usa - Meanwhile, Faa is investigating too
The incident that occurred nearby the Grand Canyon on Saturday, in which the pilot and 6 passengers lost their lives, would have been caused by the collision of the main rotor blades against a rocky wall... more
AccidentsOnce again military and civil jets on the same route
Edinburgh, Scotland - It happened over the Scottish sky
After the crash in flight avoided on June 2 between a Bmi airplane and a military jet in the north-west of Glasgow, the authorities for the Scottish civil aviation have promised to investigate on a similar... more
AccidentsFalse alarm on Lufthansa airplane forced to emergency landing
Venice, Italy - The passengers had a three-hour delay
A failure of a device placed on the Airbus heading is believed to have made a smoke indicator turn aboard of a Lufthansa airplane en route from Venice to Frankfurt. The alarm released 5 minutes after... more
AccidentsA Cessna 402 off-runway, the pilot died
Rhode Island, Usa - The other occupant was wounded
A Cessna 402, operated by Island Airlines, slid on the runway of the Nantucket airport, where it was trying to land, and it crashed on an embankment at the end of the runway. The incident took place 3... more
AccidentsUS F-16 crashes during a patrol flight
Louisiana,USA- The pilot is safe
A F-16 fighter belonging to the Texan National Aerial Guard crashed yesterday evening while flying in formation togheter with other pilots from the Ellington air base in Houston. The incident occurred... more
AccidentsHelicopter crashes in the Grand Canyon, 7 died
Washington, Usa - German, Japanese and American the victims
A sightseeing Aerospatiale helicopter crashed Saturday during a flight over the Grand Canyon, costing the lives of 6 tourists and the pilot; according to the first available informations 2 would be German... more
AccidentsMexican C-130 crashes
Mexico City, Mexico - 6 died in the incident
A Mexican Air Force C-130 cargo plane crashed on Friday evening near Zacatecas, a central zone of Mexico; 6 officials have died and the reasons of the disaster are not known. According to what the Air... more
AccidentsAmerican citizen tried to break into a cockpit, passengers tied him up
Atlanta, Usa - In 1987 he was protagonist in a similar incident
A 53-years-old American citizen, James Drake, has tried to break into a cockpit but he has been tied up by 2 passengers. The incident occurred yesterday on board of a South African Airlines jumbo, flight... more
Accidents2 South Korean F-5Es went missing, it's feared an incident
Seoul, South Korea - The weather conditions were unfavourable
According to what the South Korean Air Force has communicated few minutes ago, 2 South Korean F-5E jet fighters, on a routine patrol mission, are currently missing. The 2 combat planes disappeared from... more
AccidentsCanadian Air Force helicopter crashes
Toronto, Canada - 5 people suffered minor injuries
A Griffon helicopter from 444 Squadron deployed at the air force base of Goose Bay crashed this morning near Labrador (Canada) during a training flight. According to the first available informations... more
AccidentsRussian TU-160 strategic bomber crashes, 4 died
Moscow, Russia - The aircraft was not armed
Approximately 3 hours ago a Russian TU-160 bomber crashed in the region of Saratov where also the base of Russian strategic aviation is located; the Air Force has communicated the airplane was armed neither... more
AccidentsAA MD-80 avoids an other plane during flight
St Louis, Usa - 4 passengers were hurt
According to what today the "St Louis Post-Dispatch" reports an American Airlines MD-80 aircraft, en route from Oklahoma City and St Louis, has been forced to a sudden maneuver in flight to avoid the crash... more
AccidentsProblem for a Concorde engine
London, UK - It has been forced to land at Cardiff instead of Heathrow
A British Airways Concorde has been yesterday forced to land at Cardiff that instead of Heathrow because of the breakdown one of its 4 engines; no one of the passengers on board nor the crew has reported... more