Accidents
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AccidentsPilot crashes into house
Shoreham, Usa - The fuel finished before reaching the near hub
A small twin-engine Piper plane has crashed into house in the city of Shoreham, in the West Sussex, just before Mrs Helen Monahan, the owner of the home, went out to collect her children from school. By... more
AccidentsRussian technicians to inquiry on the incident of the Brasilian base of Alcantara
Brasilia, Brazil - The request directly from the Brasilian authorities
The Brazilian government has demanded to the Russian Space Agency, Rosaviakosmos, to collaborate in the inquiry to determine the causes of the incident happened on last August 22 during the launch of a... more
AccidentsPlane crashes in Minnesota
Grand Marais, Usa - Two young girls alive by a miracle
On August 28 a plane crashed in a wooded area north of the Cook County Airport (Minnesota). With great wonder rescuers found two young girls alive near the wreckage of the plane near Grand Marais. The... more
AccidentsUS UH-60 helicopter crashes in Iraq
Baghdad, Iraq - One dead and one hurt according to a first balance
According to what the American commando in Iraq has communicated few minutes ago an American helicopter UH-60 crashed for unknown causes. "A soldier pertaining to the 1st armored division has been killed... more
AccidentsPassengers sue Gol Airlines after terrifying flight
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - "The pilot was crazy!"
Passengers on an internal flight in Brazil are suing the airline over inappropriate comments made by the pilot: they say the pilot made them feel "scared and nervous" with his comments on a flight from... more
AccidentsPlane crashes during the test
Tracy, Usa - The pilot, who had designed it, died
On Thursday morning a single engine aircraft crashed shortly after takeoff killing its pilot. The plane, a home-built amphibious craft of pilot Dave Petz's design, took off shortly after 8 am from Tracy... more
AccidentsGheddafi about Ustica's tragedy: DC-9 was shot down by Us to kill me
Tripoli, Libya - Meanwhile reached the agreement with the Uta plane victims' relatives
The Libyan leader, Muhammar Gheddafi, had the chance to clear which is his position care the Ustica's tragedy when, on June 27, 1980, a DC-9 Itavia in flight from Bologna to Palermo, blew up over Ustica... more
AccidentsPiper falls down in Venezuela because of bad weather
Caracas, Venezuela - The three men on board died
A Piper in difficulty crashed on Friday in Guarico State. On the plane there were Juan Freitas, Guarico ex-governator, and another politic figure: the two men and the pilot died when the plane faced a... more
AccidentsPlane crashed near Hyannis after tail wing trouble
Hyannis, Usa - It had undergone a maintenance check the day before
On Tuesday a twin-engine turboprep plane plunged into Nantucket Sound after its pilot made a distress call reporting a problem with the plane's tail wing. No passengers were aboard the 19-seat Colgan Air... more
AccidentsHK Gfs helicopter crashes, 2 victims
Hong Kong, China - It was bought 6 months ago
An EC-155B1 helicopter operated by the HK Gfs (Government Flying Service) crashed on Tuesday night but the rescuers were able to localize the wreckage only hours after the incident, cost the lives of 2... more
AccidentsSmall plane crashes into a court killing the pilot
Santiago, Chile - No one hurt among the people on the ground
A small single engine aircraft Piper PA Tomahawk 38 crashed yesterday afternoon for mechanical problems in the courtyard of a house in Santiago, killing the pilot and wounding the copilot. The airplane... more
AccidentsThe remains of UA-93 flight are irrecuperable
Washington, Usa - The flight symbol of American will to oppose terrorism
The medical examiner of Somerset county, Pennsylvania, where one of the four hijacked planes on September 11, 2001, crashed, stated less than 10% of the remains of the UA-93 flight victims has been recovered. There... more
AccidentsIsraeli air attack kills two civilians
Gaza, Israel - One of them was a teenager
A Palestinian teenager died of his injuries overnight, becoming the second civilian victim of an abortive Israeli air raid against suspected militants the previous day: a 65-year-old bystander was also... more
AccidentsPassenger dies during the Dublin-Rome flight
Paris, France - The route was operated with an Alitalia plane
A man, whose nationality is not known yet, died yesterday afternoon on board of an Alitalia aircraft taken off from Dublin at 13:10 and directed to Rome. Indeed on flight AZ-297 a person was suddenly... more
AccidentsFirefighter dragged into the air by helicopter
Greith, Austria - He had his hand trapped
On Monday an Austrian firefighter was dragged 500 metres into the air after trapping his hand in a water tank on a helicopter. Werner Seidl was fighting a forest fire in Greith with 30 other firemen and... more
AccidentsMan shot inside the Swiss' offices in the Indian capital, no casualty reported
New Delhi, India - It was just a robbery
A man not identified yet has opened the fire today in the Swiss International Air Lines' offices in New Delhi, inside the World Trade Tower, for a robbery that would have yielded not more than USD 217.... more
AccidentsA bird the cause of the collision between 2 Russian Mi-24V helicopters
Moscow, Russia - An official source has communicated it
The incident that yesterday has involved 2 Russian Mi-24V military helicopters in the Country's Far East would have been caused from a bird sucked from one of the engines, according to official declarations... more
AccidentsBeech 1900 commuter plane crashes just after the takeoff
New York, Usa - In January an identical plane of Colgan Air crashed after the departure
A Beechcraft 1900 operated by Colgan Air, a Us Airways Express carrier, crashed yesterday while the pilot tried to carry out an emergency landing at the airport of Boston, from where it took off few minutes... more
AccidentsA II World War Blenheim crashes, no casualty reported
Duxford, UK - An engine problem the cause of the incident
It's the third incident of the sort in the last 2 months that involves an aircraft of the Duxford Imperial War Museum, and this time has been the mythical Bristol Blenheim, of which just one flying version... more
AccidentsColombia: the helicopter carrying the vice-chief of the police was hitten
Bogota, Colombia - No one was harmed
Yesterday some shoots were fired against the helicopter carrying the vice-chief of Colombian police Hector Castro while arriving at Ronsesvalles, in Tolima district. The chief of national police, Luis... more
AccidentsCollision between 2 helicopters in the Russian Far East
Moscow, Russia - Also the Defense Minister was present
They are still poor of details the news that are coming from the airport of Chernigovka, in the Russian Far East, where this morning 2 Mi-24 helicopters crashed during the phase of landing: 5 victims and... more
AccidentsFire on board of a Lufthansa plane, emergency landing in Austria
Innsbruck, Austria - No one of the 84 passengers was enjured
According to the first available information a small fire raged in the passenger hand-baggage compartment, but then it has been quickly extinguished by the crew. This the cause that has forced, on Saturday,... more
AccidentsIranian plane makes an emergency landing
Teheran, Iran - Fire in the cabin
On August 23 an Iranian plane was forced to an emergency landing because of a fire in the cabin. The aircraft, a Fokker 100 flying from Shiraz to Mahshahr, in the Khizistan south-west province south-west,... more
AccidentsUs base of Samarra under attack: it's waiting for a confirmation or deny
Baghdad, Iraq - While helicopters are flying to carry the casualties
According to news that need to be officialy confirmed, the American base of Samarra in Iraq would have been attacked last night, strong blows have been heard. But journalists confirm several helicopters... more
AccidentsTropical Airways aircraft crashes, 21 victims
Port-au-Prine, Haiti - Unknown the causes of the incident
The news are contrasting about the causes that yesterday would have provoked the crash of a Tropical Airways airplane, killing the 19 passengers and 2 members of the crew on board. The tragedy has taken... more
AccidentsSmall plane crashes in Florida, 2 victims
Florida, Usa - A third one has been airlifted to the nearest hospital
Probably the strong rain that in that moment was hitting the zone is the main cause of the incident in which yesterday 2 persons died and a third one was wound, when the small plane on which they travelled... more
AccidentsAerostat crashes on a Su-27K, 2 enjured at Russian Air Show
Moscow, Russia - No damage to the other aircraft
A light incident has characterized the first morning today at the Maks-2003, when an aerostat, because of an unexpected wind blow, has crashed against a parked Su-27K plane. Only mild bruises for the... more
AccidentsUs helicopter shoots to Afghani civilians
Kabul, Afghanistan - 3 people injured and high tension
It's always overwrought the situation in Afghanistan that, free since 2 years from the bloody Taleban regimen, finds it hard to return to the civil life, also because here, in the last 30 years of war,... more
AccidentsUN helicopter causes in the death of a 7 year-old boy
Timor Est - Un police is investigating on the incident
A 7-years-old boy, resident in East Timor, has been killed today, because of a banal incident that has involved an United Nations helicopter. The aircraft, according to the official reconstruction, was... more
AccidentsHijack alarm for an Indian plane but it was a mistake
New Delhi, India - The pilot would have unintentionally trigger the alarm
Moments of fear few minutes ago when a hijack alarm has reached the Indira Ghandhi International Airport of New Delhi; the sos had been launched from an airplane of the Indian Airlines during the takeoff... more
AccidentsRussian helicopter with regional administration staff missing
Moscow, Russia - Planes and helicopters searching for survivors
Russian Defense Minister, Sergey Ivanov, has ordered the searches are carried out with all available resources and 2 military helicopters and 2 reconnaissance planes are already flying over the zone where... more
Accidents"Welchia" upsets Air Canada communications
Montreal, Canada - After the Thursday blackout, a virus delaying flights
Air Canada declared a virus known as "Welchia" disrupted its telecommunications system, resulting in flight cancellations and delays at airports in Toronto and Vancouver. The Montreal-based carrier has... more
AccidentsHijack attempt on an Algerian plane
Algerie, Algeria - The man wanted fly to Geneva
Just in this moment it's known a B-737 of Air Algerie, en route for Lille (France), has been victim of an attempt of diversion from part of an unbalanced man, according to the first information a 55 Algerian... more
AccidentsPalermo: emergency landing for two English fighters
Palermo, Italy - The carburettor light was damaged
At the "Falcone e Borsellino" airport in Palermo two Royal Air Force planes were forced to an emergency landing. As it was reported, the manoeuvre was due to the damaged carburettor light on one of the... more
AccidentsAir Canada Jumbo in emergency landing in Iceland
Reykjavic, Iceland - Smoke was filling passenger cabin
Fear yesterday over the Atlantic Ocean when an Air Canada B-747/400 has been forced to an emergency landing in Iceland after that dense smoke was invading the cabin. Flight 783 took off from Frankfurt... more
AccidentsBritish Columbia: Helicopter crashes while fighting the fire
Kamloops, British Columbia - The pilot died
A helicopter crashed yesterday afternoon 80 kilometres east of 100 Mile House. The Bell 205 chopper owned by Gemini Helicopters in Alberta was fighting the Bonaparte Lake fire, north of Kamloops. It crashed... more
AccidentsAir Canada Airbus in emergency landing
Honolulu - Runway has been closed to be cleaned
The Air Canada A-340 was en route from the International Airport of Honolulu to that one of Sydney, but the travel began badly already during the takeoff, when 2 tires of the gear undercarriage exploded... more
AccidentsTwo air incidents near Sydney
Sydney, Australia - A woman died
On Friday 15 two air accidents occurred near Sydney. In the first, a light plane crashed into the front yard of a south-western Sydney home killing the woman piloting it. The plane, a Victa Airtourer owned... more
AccidentsParis: algerian plane loses front wheel while landing
Paris, france - No injured people on board
An Algerian arriving from the northwestern Algerian city of Oran came to a juddering halt in Paris after it lost a nose wheel on landing: there were 271 passengers on board, but nobody was hurt, as airport... more
AccidentsMilitary plane forced to an emergency landing near Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv, Israel - Seven people injured
Yesterday the propeller of a Hercules 130 military transport plane broke loose after landing at Sde Dov airport near Tel Aviv. The Israeli military source said today that seven passengers were harmed,... more
AccidentsRussian Mi-6 helicopter crashes, the pilot the only victim
Moscow, Russia - The incident during a training flight
A Russian Mi-6 helicopter crashed on Saturday at 7:40 am near the city of Volgograd, in the south of Russia, during a training flight, killing the pilot. It has been announced by the chief of the Operations... more
AccidentsColombia: presidential helicopter attacked
Bogotà, Colombia - No harmed people, the order was re-established
Yesterday the helicopter carrying Colombian President Alvaro Uribe was attacked by Farc (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) guerrillas while landing at Granada, in Antioquia province: the presidential... more
AccidentsHot-air balloon enters a storm and falls down
Vienna, Austria - Two of the three people on board died
Yesterday evening a hot-air balloon fell down in Boeheimkirchen, in the nearby of St. Poelten, 60 km far from Vienna. There were three persons on board: the 40 years old pilot and a second 30 years old... more
AccidentsPlane flying to low in Portsmouth
Portsmouth, USA - "I was trying to help people," the pilot claimed
The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) is investigating on an accident happened yesterday: a plane was flying just feet above beach-goers in Portsmouth. Pilots are not legally allowed to fly within 500 ft... more
AccidentsFighter jet crashes in Pakistan
Islamabad, Pakistan - No harmed people
Yesterday an F-7 fighter jet of Pakistan Air Force (PAF) crashed near Makhad, district Attock, in Pakistan. The Directorate of Paf Public Relations declared the pilot ejected safely before the crash of... more
AccidentsLibya and families of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing victims agreed to set up a USD 2.7bn compensation
London, England - The mid-air airliner explosion killed 270 people
Libya and families of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing victims agreed on Wednesday to set up a USD 2.7bn compensation account in a key step toward closing the book on the mid-air airliner explosion that killed... more
AccidentsRecovered 22 bodies from the wreckage of an Indian oil industry helicopter crashed on Monday
Bombay, India - The death toll now stands at 25
Rescuers have recovered 22 bodies from the wreckage of an Indian oil industry helicopter which crashed into the sea near Bombay on Monday (AVIONEWS, yesterday). The Russian-made MI-172 helicopter was carrying... more
AccidentsSecond aircraft Embraer family made its maiden flight
São José dos Campos, Brazil - The first Embraer 175 aircraft performed its maiden flight on June 14
Embraer announced on 8 august the maiden flight of the Embraer 175 aircraft, the second member of a family of four new-generation commercial jets specifically designed for 70- to 110-seat markets. Manned... more
AccidentsAlaska Airlines will not face criminal charges over the crash of Flight 261
Seattle, Usa - "The evidence does not warrant the filing of criminal charges and it has closed its investigation" concluded the Us attorney's office
Alaska Airlines will not face criminal charges over the crash of Flight 261 three years ago that killed all 88 people aboard, federal investigators have decided.An aide to assistant Us attorney Matt Jacobs... more
AccidentsFaulty computer on-board indicated the plane was flying while stranded
London, UK - Pilot fixed the sensor and passengers had to choose whether to fly or not
A singular incident happened on Friday to the passengers of a Boeing 707 stranded on Spain's Balearic island of Menorca. The plane run by British tour operator MyTravel had a faulty on-board computer... more