Accidents
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AccidentsInsect in the instruments forced an aircraft to abandon take-off
Kaunas, Lithuania - Celtic players were on board
An insect in the instrument forced yesterday the pilot of a Boeing 757 to reject take-off at the last minute. The pilot was forced to take the plane back to the standing position. He informed the passengers,... more
AccidentsAir near miss in Taiwan
Taipei, Taiwan - Authorities deny they tried to hide the incident
Taiwan's "China Times" reported today that a jet fighter had come within 300 metres of a TransAsia Airways flight on a domestic flight from the southern Taiwanese town of Kaohsiung to the island of Kinmen... more
AccidentsIndian Air Force helicopter crashes, 2 victims
New Delhi, Delhi - It's a Chetak
Another incident marks the activity of the Indian Air Force, the world’s fourth largest but also that one with the highest number of misfortunes, especially about the fleet of Mig of Russian fabrication.... more
AccidentsSteve Hislop died in a helicopter incident
London, UK - He was twice World Superbike champion
Eleven times Tourist Trophy Motorcycle Races winner, ‘Hizzy’ rode into the history books in 1989 as the first rider to lap at over 120 mph. His first win came in the 1987 TT Formula 2 Race on a Yamaha. Bri... more
AccidentsSmall tourism plane crashes in France, 4 victims
Paris, France - The crash during the landing manoeuvre
They would be 4 the victims because of the incident, happened yesterday evening, of a small tourism plane that was in flight from Rochelle to Royan, in the north-west of France; according to the declarations... more
AccidentsAmerican Ambassador pays a tribute to the victims of Cermis
S. Martino di Castrozza, Italia – "Cermis, Usa will never forget"
"I’ve asked pilot to over fly that area to see by my eyes. It’s been very emotional. America Doesn’t forget", said American Ambassador Mel Sembler, shortly afterwards the helicopter model Ecureuil belon... more
AccidentsTerrorism alert on a New York-Tokyo flight
Tokyo, Japan - Plane force-landed
It was probably a terroristic act the finding today of a knife on an American Airlines plane going from New York to Tokyo. The pilot asked the possibility of an emergency landing at the international airport... more
AccidentsPilot killed in "express" crash
Aberdeen, Usa – He was going to Oshkosh for AirVenture 2003
Larry Olsen, a 58-year old Vietnam veteran was just passing through while he was flying his Express going from Olympia to Oshkosh for AirVenture 2003. At about 4:30 pm, Olsen, fresh from a pit stop at... more
AccidentsAttack against Afghan Boeing
Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan - Two firings during the take-off
On Saturday 26 a Boeing 727 belonging to Afghan carrier Ariana was shooted twice during the take-off. The plane was leaving from Mazar-i-Sharif airport, in the North of the country, and was directed to... more
AccidentsSudan authorities detain Russian helicopter and its crew: the wrath of Russia
Khartoum, Sudan - Inexplicable diplomatic incident: the helicopter has all the authorizations
It's approximately a week the Sudanese authorities block, apparently inexplicably, a Russian MI-26 with its crew, although this is in possession of all the authorizations of the United Nations to cross... more
AccidentsAirplane makes emergency landing at Frankfurt
Frankfurt, Germany – Smoke on board in a Thomas Cook charter flight
A Thomas Cook airlines flight bound for Frankfurt made an emergency landing yesterday. Airplane was flying from Las Palmas, Canaries, with 217 passengers on board when has been reported smoke in cabin.... more
AccidentsRussian Mi-8 crashes, 3 victims
Moscow, Russia - An engine failure seems to be the cause
It's crashed today a Russian helicopter while carrying out a training flight in the Samara region, near the on the Volga River, 900 km southwest of Moscow. It's a Mi-8 that would have endured an engine... more
AccidentsSecurity break: Cessna grazes Bush Presidential procession
Philadelphia, Usa - F-16 jets force it to land
The security apparatus that supervises on the safety of the American President, George W Bush, is not so impenetrable as it is believed, although the terrorism alarm remains at highest level in every occasion... more
AccidentsAlitalia flight to New York stops in Ireland
Rome, Italy - Frontal canopy had problems
On Sunday 20 an Alitalia Boeing 777 leaving from Rome and directed to New York turned and landed at Shannon airport, in Ireland, because of problems to the frontal canopy. The plane was flying over the... more
AccidentsBulgarian fire-fighting helicopter crashes, 4 victims
Sofia, Bulgaria - All the night it worked to fight a fire
4 persons died because of the crash of the helicopter on which they have worked for hours, in the attempt to extinguish a violent fire taken place in a zone south east of Bulgaria, precisely on the Mount... more
AccidentsHelicopter crashes in Hawaii, 5 victims
Hawaii, Usa - It's a Bell 206B operated by Jack Harter Helicopters
The helicopter, a Bell 206B (known also as Bell Jet Ranger) has crashed yesterday in a mountain of the Kauai island, part of Hawaii archipelago: no one of the 5 persons on board survived, the pilot and... more
AccidentsAn Indian Air Force Jaguar jet crashes
New, Delhi, India - The incident during the take off
Incidents still mark the activity of the Indian Air Force, the world's fourth largest; yesterday an English-built Jaguar has crashed while taking off from the air force base near the city of Ambala, in... more
AccidentsTwo accidents and two dead persons in Switzerland
Kandersteg, Switzerland - Hang-gliding and paragliding 50 years men
On Saturday a 55 year man flung with his hang-glider from Rigi-Kulm top, in the heart of Switzerland, and died. Even if the man was a capable pilot, he forgot to hang himself up to the wing, and while... more
AccidentsHughes 500 helicopter crashes, 3 died
London, UK - A 14-month-old child among the victims
A couple and their 14-month-old son have died because of the crash of the helicopter on which flying, a Hughes 500, taken in rent yesterday from Biggin Hill Helicopter, that operates just at the Baggin... more
AccidentsBombing in a warehouse at Bastia airport
Corsica, France - No people have been involved
The Flnc armed group (National Liberation Front of Corsica) claimed responsibility for the attack against a public building in the zone of the Bastia airport, in the north of Corsica. The attack, happened... more
AccidentsPlane crashes on a mountain in Kenya killing 14
Nairobi, Kenya - 3 generations of an American family wiped out
14 persons, among whom 2 pilots, have died on Saturday because of the crash of the airplane on which they travelled on a mountain in Kenya, precisely Point Lenana, the third highest peak on Africa. To... more
AccidentsHelicopter crashed on Borneo, two victims
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - The weather condition was very bad
A Bell Ranger 206 helicopter crashed in Sarawak state, on Borneo island, after having taken off from a logging camp in Lawas district, and according to the first indiscretions the main cause was sure the... more
AccidentsMarine Corps Harrier jet crashed in Atlantic
North Carolina, Usa - It's the fourth incident of the sort at Cherry Point Air Base
A Harrier plane belonging to the Marine Corps has crashed yesterday afternoon in the Atlantic Ocean, 65 km off the coast of North Carolina; however the pilot, able to eject before the crash, has been rescued... more
AccidentsSigonella: a fire blazed suddenly on board the main cause of the MH-53E disaster
Sicily, Italy - It has been searching the fourth soldier
It's under the careful control of the American forces, the zone where yesterday an American helicopter, a MH-53E Sea Dragon, crashed just after taking off from the American Navy base at Sigonella, in Sicily.... more
AccidentsSurface-to-air missile comes close to Us C-130
Baghdad, Iraq - The plane was landing at Iraqi International Airport
It's the second attack delivered against an American objective with a surface-to-air missile, and this time the target has been a military cargo plane C-130 while landing at the International Airport of... more
AccidentsAustralian injures a Thai passenger with a cutting object
Sydney, Australia - The airport control didn't find the knife
A fight broken out on board of a Thai Airways airplane, serving the Bangkok-Sydney route, has concluded with the neck wounding of a 50-years Thai passenger and the arrest, once landed, of the attacker,... more
AccidentsMissile hits a civilian during a training flight in Russia
St Petersburg, Russia - The man is lightly wounded
A human error or a tracking system failure; on these two hypotheses it's working the investigating committee named by the Russian high-rank officials to inquire on a disagreeable and dangerous incident.... more
AccidentsSuper Puma helicopter crashes in Australia during a training flight
Sydney, Australia - Its a Singapore helicopter
A Singapore Army Super Puma helicopter has crashed today at 3:50 pm (5:50 GMT) while performing a landing maneuver, in Australian territory, more precisely in the state of Queensland, during a training... more
AccidentsBmi B-737 in emergency landing
London, UK - It was a pressurization failure
From what it is learned only today, a Boeing 737 operated by Bmi (British Midland), taken off from Cardiff en route to Tolouse, has been forced to an emergency landing on Saturday because of one depressurization... more
AccidentsAnother Indian Mig-21 crashes, two victims
New Delhi, India - Shortly they'll be replaced
An Indian Air Force pilot instructor and the co-pilot died after the Mig-21 on which they flew crashes near a military airport in the Indian Kashmir, during the phase of landing, but there would not be... more
AccidentsRussia jet crashes during a training flight
Moscow, Russia - Both pilots died
A spokesman of the Russian Air Force has declared two pilots died yesterday during a training flight, after their jet has crashed for causes still unknown; it seems both have not even tried to eject. The... more
AccidentsA period 1949 plane crashes, 2 died near Cambridge
London, UK - The tragedy happened during an air show
It has crashed in a field close to Duxford (near Cambridge) where an important air show was being carried out, a Royal Navy aircraft, while thousands of spectators and fans from all the world assisted... more
AccidentsA small plane sunk in Geneva lake, casualty
Geneva, Switzerland - The victim is an 11-year boy
An inexplicable tragedy that one happened on Saturday afternoon over the Geneva lake, when a small Swiss single-engine plane crashed while flying over the port of Saint Gingolph. The aircraft, with a... more
AccidentsA hellish flight for a Us C-130 plane because of a turbulence
Washington, Usa - At least 20 wounded, one in serious condition
A C-130 Hercules cargo plane of the American National Guard of West Virginia has been forced to an emergency landing at the Oceana-Virginia air base because of bad meteorological condition. The perturbation,... more
AccidentsCessna 402 crashes in Bahamas with 9 people on board
Nassau, Bahamas - One victim, the others rescued from Sar helicopters
A Cessna 402 plane operated by Air Sunshine, a Puerto Rico-based air company, has crashed yesterday 14 km off the Bahamas cost: one of the 8 passengers on board died. The aircraft took off from Fort Lauderdale-Florida... more
AccidentsSmall plane crashes in Switzerland
Granges, Switzerland - Both passenger and pilot died
They died the occupants of the small aircraft that, after having taken off today from Granges-Switzerland, en route to Straubing-Germany, crashed in a field in Argovia Canton, near Wuerenlingen. Neither... more
AccidentsMinibus involved in car crash while going to airport, 7 victims
Manchester, UK - M56 that connects the Manchester airport closed
One of the worst car tragedy that can be seen, it has been the sad comment of those rescuers arrived as soon possible on the M56 freeway, one of the most important English motorway; here the crash between... more
AccidentsThe Lockheed Martin slaughterer has been pictured as a violent man
Missisipi, Usa - A weapons lover, he had got a huge arsenal
It's not possible yet to comprise the motivations that have carried Douglas Williams, 48, dependent at the Lockheed Martin plant of Meridiam (Missisipi), to take weapons and ammunitions and slaughter his... more
AccidentsSeveral foreigns on board of the B-737 crashed yesterday in Sudan
Khartoum, Sudan - The pilot had alerted that something didn't work properly
There were also 8 foreigns and the head of Sudan's Air Defense Forces, on board of the B-737 crashed yesterday just after the take off from Port Sudan, on the Red Sea. According to the first indications... more
AccidentsA Sudan Airlines B-737 crashes, 115 dead
Khartoum, Sudan - A child is the only survivor
The pilot of the B-737, just taken off from the airport of Port Sudan, on the Red Sea, had reported some problems on the aircraft to the control tower, and that's why he decided to back and land. But... more
AccidentsIt crashed an helicopter operating for Petrobas oil company
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - The wreck recovered at a depth of 800 m
It sinked approximately 250 km far from Rio de Janeiro with 5 persons on board, a helicopter that operated on an oil platform of the Petrobas oil company. The incident has happened on Sunday, when the... more
AccidentsAnother Indian Air Force Mig-23 has been lost
New Delhi, India - Pilot ejected because of an undercarriege problem
"It was a planned ejection in a designated safe area. It cannot be termed as a crash" declared a spokesman of Indian Air Force. However it's the umpteenth loss of a Russian-made Mig, this time a Mig-23;... more
AccidentsA MI-8 crashes in Chechenya, victims
Grozny, Chechenya - But it's not a guerrilla's attack
A Russian helicopter MI-8 has crashed yesterday in Chechenya, costing the lives of 4 soldiers and the wounding of other 11; more precisely the incident would have taken place in the region of Kurchaloi,... more
AccidentsRussian Mig-25 crashes, no victims
Moscow, Russian - The crash near a village in the North of the country
The spokesman of the Russian Air Force, Colonel Drobyshevsky, has yesterday declared during a press conference that a Mig-25 has crashed during a training mission. The incident has taken place in the... more
AccidentsProbe starts in Scotland to identify the pilots flying under a bridge
Edimburgh, Scotland - It's the third incident of this kind in three weeks
They continue in determined way the surveyings in order to discover two airplanes have been seen yesterday while flying under a bridge, Ballachulish Bridge, in the Scottish Highlands, that connects Fort... more
AccidentsSmall plane crashes near Amazon River: victims
San Paolo, Brazil - The torrential rains the main cause
A Mitsubishi propeller twin-engine plane crashed yesterday on a desert island near the Amazon river mouth (Brazil), probably because of the torrential rains that in these hours are hammering the zone.... more
AccidentsUnmanned Japanese shuttle crashes during a test flight
Stockholm, Sweden - The landing system didn't work properly
It’s crashed in a zone in the North of Sweden, in the test center of Kiruna while performing a training flight and performing a landing maneuver, the unmanned Japanese shuttle, on which in the recent m... more
AccidentsPanic and injured during an evacuation from a Qantas jumbo
Sydney, Australia - A plane chute didn't work properly
5 passengers of QF6 flight operated by Qantas were hurt for a malfunctioning of the Boeing 747 emergency chute; indeed the airplane, coming from Frankfurt via Singapore, would have had a defect to the... more
AccidentsSaudi police helicopter crashes during a chase
Abha, Saudi Arabia - No one of the 11 agents on board has been hurt
A helicopter of the Saudi police (whose model has not been told) has crashed near mountains of the Asir province with 11 agents on board, while it was chasing in the hunting of a dangerous criminal; he’s D... more
AccidentsAlgerian C-130 crashes (2): at least 8 the victims
Algeri, Algeria - 4 civilian corpses have been found so far
They would be the at least 8 the victims because of C-130 airplane, crashed over a crowded suburb of Boufarik, 40 km south from the Capital. According to the information of a local radio there would... more