Accidents
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AccidentsFire at Dusseldorf airport causes the momentary flight suspension
Dusseldorf, Germany - A car get fire in an underground parking
A violent fire has broken out little hours ago at the international airport of Dusseldorf, in the western of Germany, because of a car that would have started a fire in an underground parking, just under... more
AccidentsGranade blows up inside an MI-24 of the Ugandan Army
Kampala, Uganda - Two deaths and one enjured the casualties
It would have been be an incident occured on Sunday on board of a helicopter MI-24 of the Ugandan Army, which cost the life to two soldiers and the wounding of one other. Indeed a grenade would be exploded... more
AccidentsB-737 collided with a vulture to 2000 meters
Saint Paul, Brazil - Pilot and copilot are hurted
A Brazilian airline Varig's Boeing 737, taken off from Goiania and directed to Saint Paul, last night collided with a volture, to approximately 2000 meters of altitude. The collision, perceived also by... more
AccidentsSaab-105 has crashed in Austria (2): technical sheet
Rome, Italy - Saab-105
The Saab-105 is a jet trainer. It's rather unusual, because it is a shoulder-wing aircraft with a T-tail and side-by-side seating. It is used by Sweden and Austria, the latter operating 40 aircraft with... more
AccidentsSaab-105 has crashed in Austria
Vienna, Austria - Pilot was able to eject
Yesterday in the afternoon Austrian Air Force Saab-105 crashed in Lowland Austria during training. Fortunately pilot was able to eject and he remained practically unharmed. According to the first reconstructions,... more
AccidentsIraqi Freedom": US Cobra helicopter crashes, hurting two
Baghdad, Iraq - Promptly rescued by another American helicopter
According to the official declarations of the American commando in Qatar (Centcom), the crash of a combat helicopter AH-1F Cobra (of which AVIONEWS has yesterday released a technical sheet) near the city... more
AccidentsIraqi Freedom": Us F/A-18 hit by Patriot(2): the technical sheet
Rome, Italy - F/A-18C
The F/A-18 was developed by McDonnell Douglas in collaboration with Northrop Grumman. In the intentions of the constructors the F-18 had to be introduced as a fighter aircraft equipped with exceptional... more
AccidentsF/A-18C Hornet, crashed in Iraq last April 2 has was hit by a Patriot
As Sayliya Camp, Qatar - In the incident the pilot died
Us As Sayliya Camp's spokesman today has declared that F/A-18C Hornet, crashed in Iraq last April 2 (as published by AVIONEWS on 3/04/03), probability has been hit by an Us Patriot. Fighter was taken off... more
AccidentsA plane crashes on the Iraqi-Turkish border
Ankara, Turkey - No news about the plane and its nationality
They are very insufficient the details that come from Turkey about an aircraft incident that would have had place just on the Turkish-Iraqi border. A column of smoke and strong outbreaks are what witnesses... more
AccidentsProblems for 2 F-16s left from Aviano air base: an emergency landing performed
Zagabria, Croatia - The fighters are part of Sfor mission
It has been the Defense Minister of Zagabria to communicate the emergency landing for 2 F-16 combat jets of Sfor (Force of Stabilization of NATO in Bosnia) performed succesfully at the airport of Divulje,... more
Accidents"Iraqi Freedom". F-15E jet fighter and its crew missing (2): the technical sheet
Rome, Italy - Incredible performances, it has a dizzy climb acceleration
Entered in service in the last 80s the F-15 Eagle is a two-seat jet developed by McDonnell Douglas 10 years before and it has been revealed as an extraordinary aircraft, one of the first western fighter... more
AccidentsA Beechcraft 35 has crashed in Delaware
New York, Usa - Aircraft has finished near a refinery
A Beechcraft 35, of property of Kuehne Chemical company, yesterday has crashed about eight kilometers from Wilmington airport, in Delaware, and few meters from a refinery. News has been comunicated by... more
Accidents"Iraqi Freedom": F-15E jet fighter and its crew missing
Baghdad, Iraq - The fact happened on Sunday, near the city of Tikrit
Although the American F-15 "Eagle" crashed on Sunday near the city of Tikrit, the American commando gives the news only today, because of problems for the security of the two pilots. Indeed the two men... more
AccidentsDouble incident for the same charter company in the same day (2): the technical sheet of the plane
Rome, Italy - The Falcon 20G was largely used by Us Coast Guard
The prototype of Mystere 20 made its first flight on May 4, 1963 with two turbo-engines Pratt&Whitney JT1A-8, which are replaced by General Electric CF700 on current models; but as the years go by, thanks... more
AccidentsDouble incident for the same charter company in the same day
Ohio, Usa - Three deaths and two wounded
A Falcon 20 has crashed yesterday while approaching the airport of Toledo-Ohio causing the death of the three persons on board, and it's the second incident in the same day for the charter company owner... more
Accidents"Iraqi Freedom": rescued by Truman aircraft carrier two civil pilots in Mediterranean Sea
USS Harry Truman - They were bringing supplies to the American fleet
They have been rescued just after the midnight on Monday two civil pilots when their helicopter crashed in the east zone of Mediterranean Sea, where are in progress also the military maneuvers of the Anglo-American... more
Accidents"Iraqi Freedom": an Us A-10 shot down (2): the technical sheet
Rome, Italy - The real nightmare of every tank
It has been built as a support aircraft during the war of Vietnam but before that the airplane entered in production Usaf was undecided if to aim at the A-10 or the YA-9. The choice has fallen on the first... more
Accidents"Iraqi Freedom": an Us A-10 shot down, rescue the pilot
Centcom, Qatar - It's not a case of friend fire but an Iraqi attack
It has been the center commando (Centocom) to confirm the news of the shooting down of an A-10 Thunderbolt tank destroyer on last night at Baghdad airport, (the former Saddam Hussein), which would be,... more
AccidentsUs plane crashes in Colombia during anti-drug operation
Bogota, Colombia - It's the third disaster in three months
An American pilot died yesterday, on Monday, on board of his airplane, a T-65 Air Tractor, while trying to destroy some coke plantations. Indeed the American Government is actively engaged with the Columbian... more
AccidentsAn Indian Mig-21 crashed on a dairy factory, hurting
New Delhi, India - More and more incidents involving Indian jets
An other Soviet-built Mig-21, serving with the Indian Air Force, has crashed this morning in the province of Haryana, north of India. The jet fighter would have hit a dairy plant, causing the wounding... more
AccidentsAH-1W Super Cobra crashed killing 3 Marines
Centcom, Qatar - It was not hostile fire, Us command asks for an investigation
They have died the two Marines on board of AH-1W Super Cobra helicopter crashed on Saturday in a central zone of the Iraqi territory for causes still to be verified. Indeed, in order to make clear about... more
AccidentsAn United Airlines' plane has landed in Ireland for a bomb alarm
Dublin, Ireland - The aircraft was taken off from London for New York
Yesterday a bomb alarm has forced an United Airlines' airplane, in flight from London to New York, to a landing in Shannon airport, in Ireland. According to the hub's sources, aircraft has been parked... more
Accidents"Iraqi Freedom": suicide outrage at roadblock, 5 people died
Baghdad, Iraq - Three marines died, an hard shock for the troops' moral
According to what has been reported little minutes ago by the Anglo-American Center Commando in Qatar (Centcom), yesterday night a suicide attack at roadblock in the north-west of the Iraq killed would... more
AccidentsIndian Mig-23 fighter crashes (3): 5 deaths and 24 injured
New Delhi, India - The pilot is saved
The Soviet-built jet carrier Mig-23 crashed this morning near a village in the province of Punjab would have caused at least 5 deaths and 24 wounded. Indeed the Mig-23 would have fallen over two small... more
AccidentsIndian Mig-23 fighter crashes (2): the technical sheet of Mikoyan Gurevich Mig-23 "Flogger"
Rome, Italy - One of the most exported jet abroad
Mig-23 used the same configuration of variable-geometry wing as Sukhoi SU-71G, and the plan was approved by TsAgi (Tsentralny AeroGidrodynamichesky Institut-Center Institute of Air and hydrodynamics).... more
AccidentsIndian Mig-23 fighter crashes on two farm houses
New Delhi, India - It's very long the incident sheet of the Indian Air Force
It's sure an ill-fated zone that one of Punjab, where already on last year a Mig-23 of the Indian Air Force crashed for technical problems (to see AVIONEWS 27/6/2002). Also yesterday an other Mig-23... more
Accidents"Iraqi Freedom": Us F/A-18 hit by a missile (2): the technical sheet
Rome, Italy - It can be used without distinction on ground bases or aircraft carriers
The F/A-18 was developed by McDonnell Douglas in collaboration with Northrop Grumman; this last one produced the YF-17 fighter and in fact it's followed from such airplane in order to proceed to the development... more
Accidents"Iraqi Freedom": an US F/A-18 hit by a missile, missing the pilot
Centcom, Qatar - Hard clashes in the Southern of Iraq
An American single-seat F/A-18 jet fighter has been pulled down this night by an Iraqi surface-to-air missile, during a mission in the southern of Iraq. It's the American commando in Qatar to have given... more
Accidents"Iraqi Freedom": Iraqi troops shot down an UH-60 (2): the technical sheet
Rome, Italy - One of the most used aircraft in the war in Iraq
The UH-60 was realized by Sikorsky under explicit demand of the US Army for a multipurpose helicopter at the beginning of 70s, in order to replace the UH-1. The first one flew at the end of 1974 and... more
Accidents"Iraqi Freedom": Iraqi troops shot down an UH-60, 7 soldiers died
Baghdad, Iraq - The real war starts to the entry of the Iraqi capital
It has been the second helicopter that the Iraqi Armed Forces have been able to hit and to pull down, after the Apache taken on March 24 with two members of the crew aboard. According to American military... more
Accidents"Iraqi Freedom": Us F-14 crashed, saved the crew
Centcom, Qatar - There've been three incidents of coalition planes in the last 24 hours
A F-14 Tomcat of Us Navy has crashed in the southern zone of Iraq because of a mechanical problem, and the crew has immediately recovered, the pilot and the radar official, both in good conditions. Although... more
AccidentsIt's ended the hijacking of a Cuban plane: arrested the air pirate
Florida, Usa - Havana accuses Washington to instigate the skyjackings
Although the vicissitude begun in Cuba on Tuesday, at the airport of Havana, the hijacking has concluded only few hours ago, at the airport of Key West, in Florida, with the arrest of the air pirate. Indeed... more
AccidentsHijack in progress in Cuba (3): some people leave the plane
Havana, Cuba - Maybe the hijacker ready to lead for the Usa
The evolution of the diversion continues slowly, still in progress, on the main runway of the José airport in Havana, where a man armed with two grenades has seized a Cuban An-24 with 46 passengers (40... more
AccidentsHijack in progress in Cuba (2): delayed all the flights for and to the island
Havana, Cuba - The situation is on standby
The American dream of the hijacker of the AN-24 that occupies the main runway of the Cuban airport, is sure destined to not become real. Indeed the police forces of the island have deployed all their... more
AccidentsUS plane miss the landing on Uss Constellation aircraft carrier and slips into the water
USS Constellation air carrier - Rescued the two pilots, ejected as fallen into the sea
It was a S-3B Viking the plane slipped this morning into the sea from the Constellation aircraft carrier after having mistaken the landing maneuver. The "Hoover", as it's called because of its noise... more
AccidentsEmergency landing for a Qantas B-767
Sydney, Australia - A problem to the air-condition system
A B-767 has been forced to carry out an emergency landing at Alice Springs Airport, this morning, because of a problem to the system of pressurization inside of the cockpit. Flight 82 of Qantas, coming... more
AccidentsSpanish military chopper crashes, killing 5
Madrid, Spain - 3 trainees as well as 2 instructors
It's still disowned the model of the military helicopter that yesterday has crashed with 5 persons on board while a test flight was being performing: no one of the two instructors and the three trainees... more
AccidentsHijack in progress in Cuba: destination Usa
Havana, Cuba - The aircraft, with 46 passengers, is refuelling at the airport
It's still grounded, at Havana airport, the Antonov 24 of the Cuban national carrier that would have had to connect Nueva Gerona just to the Cuban capital: indeed there would be in course a diversion attempt.... more
AccidentsAn UH-1 Us Navy helicopter crashes killing three soldiers
Baghdad, Iraq - Another one would be injured
It has been the sixth incident that has involved an Anglo-American helicopter in just one week and for now it turns to be one of the most serious. Already on Friday evening 2 Apache "Longbow" of 101th... more
AccidentsBlair's aircraft has hit by a lightning during the landing in the USA
Washington, Usa - Incident has not had consequences
A British Airways' plane with on board Tony Blair, British PM, that yesterday he had to meet in Washington American President Bush, has been hit by a lightning, during landing. News has been communicated... more
AccidentsRussian military helicopter crashes in the sea (2): the technical sheet of Ka-27
Rome, Italy - A light transport helicopter used by the Russian Navy
Ka-27 was born at the beginning of 80's and has been known in the West with the name code "Helix" and, as the Ka-25 "Hormone", it mounts the same disposition of tri-shovels coaxial rotors with opposite... more
AccidentsRussian military helicopter crashes in the sea
Mosca, Russia - The crew aboard is still missing
A helicopter of the Russian Army Ka-27PS crashed on Wednesday in the sea after having taken off from the antisubmarine ship Admiral Tributs, in order to lead a practice flight. It has been declared by... more
AccidentsAn AirTran Airways plane lands in the dark
New York, Usa - Nine passengers reported light injuries during the disembarkation
It would have been an electrical problem onboard to force an aircraft of the AirTran Airways to land without the lighting system. The incident has happened two days ago while the airplane operated the... more
AccidentsHelicopter crashes while searching for shuttle debris
Texas, Usa - One death and three hurts are the casualties
An infinite misfortune, like a fate of malediction that hits all: in this way it can be synthetized the history of space shuttle Columbia, crashed on February 1 and cost the life of 7 astronauts. But... more
AccidentsA Finnish training jet crashes, the pilots parachuted
Helsinki, Finland - The engine went off
A Hawk of the Finnish Air Force has crashed on Tuesday close to the village of Salla, in Lepland, while it was carrying a training flight. The two pilots were able to parachute and have been rescued... more
AccidentsA Twin Otter crashed on the eastern of Indonesia, perhaps 17 died
Jakarta, Indonesia - The rescues found three corpses
A Twin Otter airplane with 17 persons on board has crashed this morning on the eastern mountains of Indonesia, with much probability in the zone of Puncak Jaya. Difficult to know the causes of the disaster,... more
AccidentsAn Albania Airlines' Jakovlev 40 has leaded out Tirana's landing strip
Tirana, Albania - There are not wounded
An Albania Airlines' Jakovlev 40, of Bulgarian production, yesterday it has leaded outside landing strip, after landing to "Mother Theresa" Tirana's airport. Aircraft has finished running in the fields... more
AccidentsA Patriot missile locks on another alley jet
Baghdad, Iraq - A F-16 launched its Harm missile in response
As more times remarked the ally troops continue to escape in order to avoid the friend fire that, according to the military declarations, are causing some losses, both in the air field and in the ground... more
AccidentsAn US Cessna crashed with three Defense men in Colombia
Bogota, Colombia - No details available from Pentagon
It crashed yesterday in Colombia a Cessna with three men of the American Defense, in the province of Caqueta, while it was performing searches on the territory in order to find out the other three Americans... more
Accidents"Iraqi Freedom": F-16s bomb their own Patriot
Kuwait City, Kuwait - No casualties among the allies
More than the Iraqi offensive the Anglo-American military forces begin to warn for the several errors that are characterizing this first part of the military campaign. According to sources of the US Commando... more