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AccidentsSMALL PLANE CRASHES IN RUSSIA, TWO KILLED
MOSCOW, A small L-32 aircraft yesterday crashed in Tula region, Central Russia. Both the passengers on board were killed. The plane belonged to Moscow Aviation Federation. The cause of the accident... more
AccidentsHELICOPTER CRASH IN SWITZERLAND (2): THE AIRCRAFT'S SPECIFICATIONS
ROME, Aerospace SA 319B Astazou Alouette III: Type: light helicopter Accommodation: two pilots, five passengers Lenght: 33 ft 4 in Rotor diameter: 36 ft 1 in Height: 9 ft 9 in Empty weight: 2436... more
AccidentsHELICOPTER CRASH IN SWITZERLAND
SWITZERLAND, Four people were killed when a swiss army helicopter crashed near Crans Montana last friday. The Alouette III helicopter took off from an airfield near the crash site. The helicopter hit a... more
AccidentsBA JETLINER MAKES EMERGENCY LANDING IN USA
SAN FRANCISCO, A British Airways Boeing 747 had to make an emergency landing at San Francisco's airport after reporting an engine failure. The plane was coming from London. The landing was safe and none... more
AccidentsUKRAINE ADMITS RESPONSABILITY IN TUPOLEV CRASH
KIEV, The head of the Ukrainian Security Council admitted this morning that the russian Tupolev of Sibir Airlines which crashed over the Black Sea may have been hit by an unkrainian missile. The accident... more
AccidentsUKRAINIAN DEFENSE MINISTER OFFERS TO QUIT
MOSCOW, Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksander Kuzmuk offered to quit following the Tupolev disaster occurred last week. President Leonid Kuchma refused the offer awaiting the outcome of the investigation.... more
AccidentsNOT YET FOUND THE AIRCRAFT DISAPPEARED ON THE SEA
BARCELONA, SPAIN, The searches to found the aircraft disappeared on the Mediterranean Sea during a Barcelona-Orano flight continue, but, until now, without results; on the aircraft eight American businessmen... more
AccidentsAIR CRASH IN QUEBEC, THREE KILLED
CANADA, A plane carrying business leaders on a caribou hunting crashed in Lac Mollet, near Hudson Bay, in Quebec. Three of the seven people aboard were killed. Among them Charles Ryan, president of the... more
AccidentsDELTA PLANE MAKES EMERGENCY LANDING UNDER FIGHTER JET ESCORT
SHREVEPORT, USA, A Delta Air Lines Boeing 757 en route from Atlanta to Los Angeles was diverted to Shreveport, Louisiana, where it made an emergency landing escorted by two F-16 fighter jets. Delta spokeswoman... more
AccidentsAIR CRASH IN ALASKA (2): CESSNA 208 SPECIFICATIONS
ROME, Cessna 208 Caravan 1: Type: utility transport Accommodation: one pilot, seven passengers Length: 37 ft 7 in Wingspan: 52 ft 1 in Height: 11 ft 8 in Weight: 3862 lb Max T/O weight: 8000... more
AccidentsAEROTAXI CRASHES IN ALASKA, NINE DIED
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA, An Alaskan airline Penair operated Cessna 208 Grand Caravan aircraft, with nine passengers and airline pilot on board, crashed near Dillingham airport soon after take off for the city... more
AccidentsSMALL PLANE CRASHES IN CHILE, SIX KILLED
CHILE, A small plane carrying six police officers crashed in northern Chile while flying to a crash site to investigate an accident between a bus and a truck. The Cessna plane crashed on the way to the... more
AccidentsMILITARY PLANE CRASHES IN THAILAND (2): SPECIFICATIONS
ROME, Aero L-39, produced by czech Aero: Type: trainer/ground attack aircraft Accommodation: two pilots in tandem Lenght: 39 ft 9 in Wingspan: 31 ft Height: 15 ft 7 in Empty weight: 7617 lb Max... more
AccidentsMILITARY PLANE CRASHES IN THAILAND
BANGKOK, A Thai Air Force jet crashed today in rice fields in central Uthai Thani province, not far from the capital Bangkok. The pilot, 24, was killed. The aircraft, a czech-made L-39, was on a training... more
AccidentsMISSILE PARTS FOUND IN TUPOLEV DEBRIS
MOSCOW, "A great number of metallic parts were found which are very similar to parts of the S-200 rocket", said Yevgeny Shaposhnikov, member of the commission investigating the Tupolev crash. The parts... more
AccidentsAFGHANISTAN (3): TALIBAN INSISTS CLAIMING THEY DOWNED A US PLANE
AFGHANISTAN, Talibans today insisted saying they shot down an ummanned reconnaisance plane yesterday. Pentagon reported no loss in the attacks. The aircraft would have been shot down in Afghanistan's northern... more
AccidentsUN HELICOPTER SHOT DOWN IN GEORGIA
GEORGIA, A United Nations' helicopter carrying six observers was shot down over Georgia's Abkhazian region, officials said. No survivors are reported. The helicopter was shot down by Chechen rebels, over... more
AccidentsISRAEL TO JOIN RECOVERY OPERATIONS FOR TUPOLEV PLUNGED
TEL AVIV, Israel will join the recovery operations in the Black Sea, where the Tu-154 plunged yesterday, with around 70 air force and police personnel. An Israeli naval vessel will arrive to the crash... more
AccidentsMILITARY PLANE CRASHES IN SOUTH KOREA (2): SPECIFICATIONS
ROME, Mc Donnell Douglas F-4 Phantom: Type: multi-role fighter Accommodation: one pilot, one weapons systems officer Lenght: 63 ft Wingspan: 38 ft 7 in Height: 16 ft 5 in Empty weight: 30.328 lb Max... more
AccidentsMILITARY PLANE CRASHES IN SOUTH KOREA, TWO KILLED
SEOUL, An F-4E fighter aircraft Of ROK Air Force crashed this morning on a bombing range in Yongwol, Gangwon Province during a training exercise. Both the people on board, the pilot and the weapons officer,... more
AccidentsPLANE PLUNGED IN THE BLACK SEA (3): FAMILIES OF THE VICTIMS TO RECEIVE COMPENSATION
MOSCOW, Valentina Matvienko, russian Deputy prime minister, said today that the families of those who yesterday perished in the Tu-154 airliner crash over the Black Sea will receive compensation, as provided... more
AccidentsPLANE PLUNGED IN THE BLACK SEA (2): A PROBE FOR ''TERRORISM'' ON ITS WAY
MOSCOW, Sergei Fridkinsky, Russia's Deputy Prosecutor General opened the investigation regarding the explosion of the Tu-154 matching it under the article "terrorism". The russian penal code might sentence... more
AccidentsPLANE PLUNGED IN THE BLACK SEA: UKRAINE DENIES ANY IMPLICATION
RUSSIA, The Ukrainian government denied that one of their missiles shot down the Sibir Airlines Tu-154 during a military exercise, as US Pentagon officials reported. But Ukraine said the missiles used... more
AccidentsPLANE CRASHED IN THE BLACK SEA (10): PUTIN ORDERS CHECKS OF THE WEST SIBERIAN CIVIL AVIATION
RUSSIA, Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered checks of the West Sibewrian civil fleet after the air crash occurred this morning. "One in ten aircraft in western Siberia does not comply with technical... more
AccidentsPLANE CRASHED IN TRHE BLACK SEA (9): THE PLANE WAS IN OPERATION SINCE TEN YEARS
RUSSIA, Russian news agency Interfax reported this afternoon that the Tu-154 exploded had been in operation since 1991. Sibir Airlines added that the aircraft underwent major repairs in December 1995. more
AccidentsPLANE PLUNGED IN THE BLACK SEA (8): TWO BODIES RECOVERED
RUSSIA, Sources from Russia's Emergencies Ministry said "the rescue team has pulled out two bodies found on the surface of the sea". It is not clear whether further bodies have been sighted or recovered... more
AccidentsPLANE CRASHED IN THE BLACK SEA (7): TU-154 ACCIDENTS
ROME, The russian-made Tupolev 154 crashed several times in the last years. One of these planes crashed and exploded in flames in Siberian woodlands near the village of Burdakovka last July. More than... more
AccidentsPLANE PLUNGED INTO BLACK SEA (6): ISRAEL SUSPENDS ALL FLIGHTS
TEL AVIV, Israel has suspended all flights taking off from its airports as the suspect of a terrorist act lies behind the explosion aboard the Sibir Tu-154. Russian President Vladamir Put says he now believes... more
AccidentsPLANE CRASHED IN BLACK SEA: PERHAPS A TERRORIST ATTACK
RUSSIA, The explosion aboard the Sibir Tu-154 might have been caused by a terrorist act. "We cannot exclude a terrorist attack", said Ivan Teterian, chief of the local Ministry of Emergency Situations... more
AccidentsPLANE PLUNGED IN THE BLACK SEA (5): ISRAEL SUSPENDS FLIGHTS DEPARTING FROM TEL AVIV
TEL AVIV, Israeli authorities decided to suspend take-offs of foreign flights from Ben Gurion Tel Aviv airport after it emerged that Israelis were on board the Sibir plane exploded in mid-air before plunging... more
AccidentsPLANE PLUNGED INTO BLACK SEA (3): AT LEAST 77 PEOPLE KILLED
RUSSIA, Russian authorities confirmed the Sibir plane plunged into the Black Sea exploded in mid-air. There were at least 77 people aboard. They would be all dead. The crew of an armenian flight witnessed... more
AccidentsSIBIR JETLINER PLUNGES INTO BLACK SEA (2): SPECIFICATIONS
ROME, Tupolev Tu-154 Careless: Type: medium-haul airliner Accommodation: 167 passengers, pilots, flight engineer Lenght: 15 ft 1 in Wingspan: 123 ft 2 in Height: 37 ft 4 in Weight: 95.900 lb Max... more
AccidentsSIBIR JETLINER PLUNGES INTO BLACK SEA
RUSSIA, A russian airline Sibir Tu-154 aircraft plunged into Black Sea this morning. The plane was en route from Tel Aviv to Novosibirsk, Russia. The aircraft was carrying 66 passengers and a few crew... more
AccidentsCROP DUSTER MISSING IN USA
WASHINGTON, A small crop dusting plane of US Department of State went missing yesterday while returning home from Colombia, where it accomplished an anti-drug mission. "It's our understanding that the... more
AccidentsBOX CUTTER IS FOUND ON BOARD AND AIRCRAFT LAND IN EMERGENCY
USA, An American Airlines operated aircraft with 220 passengers on board, made an emergency landing at Los Angeles airport after crew members found a box cutter left on the plane in a food trolley. The... more
AccidentsAIR CRASH IN INDIA, EIGHT KILLED
NEW DELHI, The private plane of the senior Indian politician and former chief of India Board of Cricket Control, Madhav Rao Scindia, crashed yesterday at Bhogaon in Uttar Pradesh, some 350 kilometres north... more
AccidentsNINE DEAD IN A BRASILIAN C-130 CRASH (2): THE TECHNICAL SHEET
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL, Technical characteristics of the C-130 aircraft produced by Lockheed: Lenght: 97ft 9in Wingspan: 132ft 7in Height: 38ft 3in Weight empty: 76.469 lb Max... more
AccidentsNINE DEAD IN A BRASILIAN C-130 CRASH
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL, A C-130 of Brazilian Air Force crashed in a mountain zone few kms north of Rio de Janeiro. All nine military personnel on board died. The accident due probably to heavy rain in... more
AccidentsMILITARY PLANE CRASHES IN INDIA (2): SPECIFICATIONS
ROME, Mikoyan MiG 21 Fishbed: Type: multi-role fighter Accommodation: one pilot Lenght: 51 ft, 8 in Wingspan: 23 ft, 5 in Height: 13 ft, 5 in Empty weight: 12.882 lb Max T/O weight: 21.605 lb Max... more
AccidentsMILITARY PLANE CRASHES IN INDIA, WOMAN KILLED
NEW DELHI, A MiG-21 aircraft of Indian Air Force crashed yesterday evening in Hoshiarpur district of Northern Indian State of Punjab. The aircraft crash-landed hitting several houses. A woman was killed,... more
AccidentsA KENYA AIRWAYS RETURNS FOR SUSPECT ON BOARD BOMB
NAIROBI, KENYA, A Boeing 737 with 63 passengers on board and 8 crew, operated by African carrier Kenya Airways, has been forced to land at Nairobi airport after an anonymous call which indicates a bomb... more
AccidentsCIVIL HELICOPTER FORCED TO MAKE EMERGENCY LANDING CLOSE TO ST. PETERSBURG
ST. PETERSBURG, A helicopter of the russian aviation industry Pulkovo had to make an emergency landing in the district of Kirovsky today. None was injured. The helicopter reported an engine failure. more
AccidentsUS MILITARY PLANE MAKES EMERGENCY LANDING IN PHILIPPINES
MANILA, A US C-17 cargo plane had to make an emergency landing at Cebu's Mactan International Airport after its cargo of liquid oxygen leaked. The plane was en route to a military base in the Indian Ocean.... more
AccidentsU.S. ATTACKS: FBI INVESTIGATES ON AIRFRAME OF ONE OF WTC AIRCRAFTS
NEW YORK, USA, The rests of one of the two aircraft crashed against the WTC's twin towers, are now under investigation by the FBI experts, who have not yet found the flight recorders and voice cockpit... more
AccidentsMASSIVE EXPLOSION IN FRENCH PLANT: DEATH TOLL REACHES 10
TOULOUSE, The victims of the blast at the AZF chemical plant producing fuel for Arianespace reached 10. About 50 people would be seriously injured. French premier Lionel Jospin has rushed to the site.... more
AccidentsMASSIVE BLAST ROCKS FRENCH CHEMICAL PLANT MANUFACTURING FUEL FOR ARIANESPACE
TOULOUSE, An explosion in an AZF petrochemical plant, which produces fuel for Arianespace, killed 3 people this morning and injured other 130, 30 of them seriously. The blast destroyed two buildings at... more
AccidentsAIR CRASH IN GUATEMALA, SIX DIE
GUATEMALA, A small light aircraft yesterday crashed into the main runway at Guatemala City's La Aurora Airport. Six of the thirteen people on board were killed. The Atlantic Airlines' plane went down shortly... more
AccidentsCESSNA LIGHT AIRCRAFT MAKES EMERGENCY LANDING IN SOUTH AFRICA
JOHANNESBURG, A Cessna 210 light aircraft was forced to make an emergency landing at Grand Central airport, north of Johannesburg, after it reported technical problems. "The aircraft was then diverted... more
AccidentsEMERGENCY LANDING IN MOSCOW FOR A RUSSIAN PLANE
MOSCOW, A russian Tu-134 had to make an emergency landing at Moscow's Domodedovo airport after reporting a problem with the landing gear. The landing was safe and none of the passengers was injured. more
AccidentsJAL PLANE MAKES EMERGENCY LANDING IN TOKYO
TOKYO, A Japan Airlines (JAL) plane en route from Osaka to Fokushima had to make an emergency landing at Tokyo's Haneda airport after an engine trouble. None of the 142 passengers was hurt. more