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AccidentsPA-31T airplane crashed in Portugal: famous sportsman surgeon among the victims
Lisbon, Portugal - With him also his wife dead, the pilot, another French passenger and a man at ground
The world of sports has lost last Monday one of the famous figures among the French football players. In fact there was also the 65 year old man Jean-Pierre Franceschi on board of the PA-31T Cheyenne II... more
AccidentsBad Tuesday for Black Hawks: two helicopters crashed, in Turkey and Yemen. 24 deads
Rome, Italy - An aircraft fell because of poor weather conditions, the other one crashed after being hit by "friendly fire"
Yesterday was a day to forget for helicopter transport: two Sikorsky aircraft crashed for different reasons, causing the death of 24 people. The first accident happened in Turkey. A Sikorsky S-70A Black... more
AccidentsPA-31T plane crashes near supermarket in Portugal, 5 deads - VIDEO
Lisbon, Portugal - The accident happened yesterday. The victims are the pilot, the three passengers and the truck driver who was hit by the aircraft
A PA-31T Cheyenne II plane crashed yesterday in Tires, Portugal. The accident happened at 12:13am (local time) of yesterday. The aircraft -with Swiss licence and registration number HB-LTI, heading to... more
AccidentsTwo years ago the Germanwings airplane flight 9525 crashed into Alps. Last Friday the co-pilot's family criticized the official investigation
Berlin, Germany - In a press conference the father of Andreas Lubitz raised doubts on many details of the official inquiry and denied that his son was depressed
After exactly two years from the accident that occurred at the Germanwing plane which crashed on French Alps on March 24, 2015, Guenter Lubitz -father of the co-pilot Andreas Lubitz, to whom the official... more
AccidentsSmolensk aircraft crash: new charges on Tusk, today European Council President
Warsaw, Poland - Advanced officially by the Defence Minister and communicated to the prosecutor's office
Already strong suspects weighed on Donald Tusk about his connections with Moscow and on his supposed intervention on the inquiries that followed the tragic crash of Smolensk, when a Tupolev TU-154 airplane... more
AccidentsSouth Sudan: airplane crashed with 44 on board. Confusion on the victims' number
Wau, Sudan - The aircraft in the impact with the runway of the Wau airport caught fire
The "National Courier" Juba's newpaper reported that a scheduled airplane of the local carrier South Supreme Airlines crashed in the last hours on the Wau airport, coming from Juba capital with 44 people... more
AccidentsSaab 340B loses propeller at 19 km from its destination in Australia. The aircraft landed safely anyway
Sydney, Australia - Regional Express stops part of its fleet for inspections
There were no serious consequences for the Saab 340B aircraft of Australian airline Regional Express (Rex) that lost the propeller of one of its two engines while it was approaching the airport of Sydney... more
AccidentsS-76 helicopter crashed in Istanbul on Friday: a Russian committee investigates the causes
Istanbul, Turkey - Among the 7 victims, 4 were from Russia. Their bodies arrived yesterday in Saint Petersburg
The bodies of the 4 Russian citizens who died on Friday March 10 in the accident that happened to the S-76C++ helicopter on which they were travelling arrived yesterday in Saint Petersburg (Russia). The... more
AccidentsLanding gear failure: Flybe plane "slides" on the runway while landing -2 VIDEO
Amsterdam, The Netherlands - No one got injured. The accident occurred yesterday afternoon
A plane by the British airline Flybe with 59 passengers on board had problems while landing at the Amsterdam-Schiphol International Airport (The Netherlands). The landing gear gave out on the right side... more
AccidentsB-200 plane crashes on building: 5 deads in Melbourne - VIDEO
Melbourne, Australia - It happened at 8:58 am (local time) and after the crash the aircraft caught fire
A Beechcraft Super King Air B-200 plane crashed just after take off from Essendon airport in Melbourne (Australia) into a shopping center next to the runway. The accident occurred today at 8:58 am (local... more
AccidentsA Grumman G-73 Mallard airplane crashed in Australia: two dead. The images... -2 VIDEO
Perth, Australia - The crash during the "Australia Day-Perth Air Show 2017". The event cancelled
A Grumman G-73 Mallard airplane crashed yesterday during the "Australia Day-Perth Air Show" edition 2017. A series of airplanes and helicopters in flight, historical and modern, acrobatic and replica,... more
AccidentsCargo airplane crashed on the houses in Kirghizistan: now the victims are 43 -VIDEO
Biškek, Kirghizistan - From 39 of the last update. Excluded of 4 on board, all caused at ground
IAC, Interstate Aviation Committee, the Authority that manages and supervises the civil aviation in the CIS (ex-Soviet Union), unveiled that the number of the victims increased to 43 (from 39) in these... more
AccidentsBrazil. A King Air airplane crashed with the supreme court judge on board: attack? -VIDEO
San Paulo, Brazil - The magistrate worked to an important and wide inquiry for bribery. Five victims
A Beechcraft King Air C-90 GT airplane, registration PR-SOM, crashed last Thursday in Brazil, in the waters off Ilha Rasa, around two km from the landing runway. The aircraft was taken off from San Paolo... more
AccidentsFound second flight data recorder of cargo plane crashed in Kyrgyzstan
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan - The enquiring commission investigates the causes of the accident occurred on Monday
The second flight data recorder of the ACT Airlines B-747/412F cargo plane that crashed on a small village near Bishkek airport in Kyrgyzstanwas was found yesterday. In the accident 4 crewmembers and 34... more
AccidentsMalaysia Airlines' airplane disappeared in 2014: searches suspended yesterday
Canberra, Australia - The JACC communicated it, that will continue to work with the Malaysian Government, responsibility for the search
"Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 disappeared on 8 March 2014 en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 passengers and crew on board. On 30 March 2014, the Prime Minister of Australia, the Hon Tony... more
AccidentsThe most serious aircraft crashes in populated areas in the last 10 years
Rome , Italy - Cronology of main accidents that involved civil population in the last decade
The cargo that crashed yesterday on a small village near Bisket (Kirghizstan) causing many victims among the inhabitants (see AVIONEWS) is just the last one on a time basis among the plane accidents that... more
AccidentsCargo airplane falls on village in Kyrgyzstan. 37 confirmed dead. It is not Turkish Airlines
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan - It happend this morning, weather conditions were poor. 6 children among the victims
An ACT Airlines plane fell this night at 7:19 am (local time) near Bishkek -capital of Kyrgyzstan- crashing onto a village. About 15 houses were involved in the accident and two of them got on fire. At... more
AccidentsAirplanes. Boeing on Flight TK6491 accident in Kyrgyzstan
Seattle, Usa - A technical team ready to collaborate with the investigating authorities
Boeing extends its deepest condolences to the families of those who perished in the Flight TK6491 accident near Manas Airport Kyrgyzstan, operated by ACT Airlines, as well as its wishes for the recovery... more
AccidentsProblem with the front landing gear, emergency for LOT airplane
It happened in Poland; unharmed the people on board
Emergency landing yesterday for Polskie Linie Lotnicze LOT flight LO3924: the DHC-8-402Q Dash 8 aircraft with registration SP-EQG of the Polish national carrier had departed from the Krakow-Balice "John... more
AccidentsTu-154 plane crashed on Christmas night: for a Russian website it was copilot's fault. Russian authorities deny
Moscow, Russia - Ministry of Defense denies categorically and accuses the on-line tabloid to publish false news
According to Russian on-line "Life" tabloid the accident of the Tu-154-B2 airplane which crashed with 92 people on board into the Black Sea waters near Sochi (Russia) on Christmas night was probably due... more
AccidentsTU-154 aircraft crash. From CVR: "Captain, we are falling"
Moscow, Russia - The talks in the cabin emerged from Cockpit Voice Recorder
The first conversations in the cabin emerged from decoding of the first black box found, the Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR), of the Tupolev TU-154 B2 airplane crashed the Christmas night in the Black Sea... more
AccidentsFDR recovered from Russian Tu-154 airplane crashed in the Black Sea
Moscow, Russia - Flight parameters shall be analyzed in Moscow to investigate the causes of accident that occurred on Christmas night
The Flight Data Recorders (FDR) of the Tu-154 Russian ministry defense’s airplane have been recovered yesterday morning at a depth of 17 meters in the waters of the Black Sea, at about 1600 m from the s... more
AccidentsChapecoense plane had not enough fuel and pilots knew
Bogotà, Colombia - Preliminary results of investigation of Lamia flight LMI2933 crashed near Medellin on November 28 were disclosed
According to preliminary results of Aeronautica Civil investigation disclosed on Monday in Bogotà, the Avro RJ-45 airplane of LaMia Airways -flight LMI2933- that crashed on November 28 on the hills near... more
AccidentsB-727 cargo airplane crashes 3 minutes after take off in Colombia -VIDEO
Puerto Carreño, Colombia - Problem for an aircraft of Aerosucre. 5 dead, only one survivor
At 5:23pm of Tuesday December 20 (local time) a B-727 cargo airplane of the Colombian airline Aerosucre failed its take off, and speeding past the fence at the end of the runway crashed 3 minutes later... more
AccidentsSU-33 plane crash in the Mediterranean
Rome, Italy - It is the second in a month on the “Admiral Kuznetsov” aircraft carrier
According to a note from the Russian Defence Ministry the Sukhoi Su-33 jet fighter airplane during landing on the “Admiral Kuznetsov” aircraft carrier has suffered an accident. The pilot was immediately tak... more
AccidentsF-16 fighter aircraft of the Royal Jordanian Air Force crashed
Amman, Jordan - The pilot dead
A F-16 fighter airplane of the Royal Jordanian Air Force (RJAF) crashed today shortly after the take-off from a not specified air base in the Jordanian territory. The plane was taken off for a training... more
AccidentsAvro RJ-85 airplane crashed in Colombia: also of football team on board. At least 75 victims -2 VIDEO
Medellin, Colombia - Only six survivors at the moment
It was en route from Santa Cruz (Bolivia) to Medellin (Colombia) the AVRO RJ-85 charter airplane crashed last night on the Cerro El Gordo mountains, around Rionegro, not far from destination airport. On... more
AccidentsHelicopter crash in Brazil: four policemen died
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - The AS-350B3 Esquilo helicopter probably shot down by local criminals
A crash happened last Saturday, 19th November, near the infamous City of God, one of the 600 favelas in Rio, which is among the most ferocious ones because of its criminality rate. A military helicopter,... more
AccidentsAccident: Yu Xu dead, first Chinese woman pilot of J-10 fighter airplanes -VIDEO
Beijing, China - With the degree of commander, she was also member of the national acrobatic team
She was member of the national acrobatic group as commander, among the first in China to pilot fighter airplanes and also the first to pilot a J-10 plane: she was Yu Xu, dead last week-end following to... more
AccidentsPatrouille Suisse airplane crash: Holland closes inquiries, no investigation -2 VIDEO
Hague, Holland - After the collision the pilot ejected and the Tiger finished in a canal
It was on June 9 of this year when two F-5E Tiger airplanes of the Patrouille Suisse touched on the skies of the Dutch military base of Leeuwarden provoking the crash of one of two. After the flight collision... more
AccidentsAirplane crashed in Malta (2): the French Defence Minister confirms victims
La Valletta, Malta - Two private contractors and three officials of the defence
The French defence minister confirmed the identity of the dead people in the crash of the airplane fell around 5:30am (local hour). The plane crashed shortly after the take-off from isle's airport, just... more
AccidentsMalta: SA-227/AT Expediter airplane crashes, 5 victims -VIDEO
La Valletta, Malta - All occupants dead: pilot and four officials of the French defence. It occurred this morning
The Swearingen SA-227/AT Expediter airplane, registration N577MX served by Cae Aviation crashed shortly after take-off from Malta airport. Five people on board, all dead in the fire advanced after the... more
AccidentsAircraft crash in Smolensk: a throwing off tack on the analysis of the black boxes?
Warsaw, Poland - The massacre "Decapitated" the leadership of the Polish State and of the Armed Forces. An inquiry towards new theories...
It was on April 10, 2010 when a Tupolev TU-154 airplane took off from Warsaw-Okecie airport, in Poland, for a State flight to the military airport of Smolensk-Siewiernyj, Russia. On board there were the... more
AccidentsAirplanes and disasters. Presented today the first results on the penal inquiry about shot down flight MH17 of Malaysia - Specials by AVIONEWS
Amsterdam, The Netherlands - Incontrovertible according the JIT it was a Buk missile launched by a stationing arrived by the Russian territory in Ukraine and returned in Russia after the fact
The Joint Investigation Team (JIT), the group by Dutch leading established by counselors of Holland, Australia, Belgium, Ukraine and Malaysia, that works to the B-777 airplane case exploded on the Eastern... more
AccidentsUS AV-8B Harrier II airplane crashed in Japan: the pilot ejected
Okinawa, Japan - Noticed by the coast guard means and recovered
An AV-8B Harrier II airplane of the US Marine Corps crashed this morning in the waters off Okinawa isle, Japan, 95 miles from Hedo Cape, took off from the US air base in Kadena. According to the Marine... more
AccidentsIndia. Pilot takes back a MiG-21 airplane at ground in emergency before eject: avoided tragedy
Srinagar, India - The plane finished out of runway. Modest damages to the aircraft and to the tarmac thanks to the readiness by the soldier at the control
The MiG-21 airplane, landed this morning in emergency due to a technical problem at the Indian airport in Srinagar finished out of runway for 200 m, blocking after made run without brakes the tarmac. The... more
AccidentsAirplane crashed yesterday in Kenya: it was a Cessna 210L Centerion II. A death until now
Naivasha, Kenya - An injured still serious, and other four in a lighter manner, Aircraft destroyed by the fire
More details available about the crash of yesterday for a Cessna 210L Centerion II (registration 5Y-CKK) private airplane with six on board, took off from a runway in Naivasha, Nakuru county, Kenya and... more
AccidentsMacedonia. Piper Seneca II airplane crashed: six victims, all Italians. Francesco Montagner among them
Treviso, Italy - Sorrow at Treviso's flying school
A strong roar of an explosion, and an airplane with flames before crash at ground: some witnesses of a Macedonian village (Vetersko, near Veles) saw this. It was a Piper PA-34/200T Seneca II, with German... more
AccidentsB-767/300 airplane of United landed in emergency in Shannon, Ireland: wounded
Shannon, Ireland - The aircraft has had a strong and sudden turbulence on the Atlantic, two hours and half from taking-off from Houston
The captain of a B-767/300 airplane of the US United Airlines in flight from Houston, Texas, to London-Heathrow, with 207 passengers and 13 crewmembers on board, due to a strong turbulence had around 3:00am... more
AccidentsThe pilot of the Swiss F/A-18 airplane, missing on Monday, found dead
Berne, Switzerland - The aircraft together with other two fighters made a training mission to the air combat
The Swiss authorities unveiled it this morning. The body of the pilot has been found, absolutely identified, at the dawn of today among the wreckage of the F/A-18 Hornet airplane crashed last Monday, on... more
AccidentsCargo airplane accident at the airport of Bergamo, Italy: it breaks the containment and invades the road
Bergamo, Italy - No injuries; massacre avoided by pure luck
It happened today around 4:00 am in the middle of a light Summer storm: the cargo airplane of DHL, a B-737/400 flight BCS 7332 coming from the airport of Paris “Charles de Gaulle” while landing to Ber... more
AccidentsIt happened today: 16 years ago the Concorde tragedy. It was the beginning of the end of the supersonic airplane -VIDEO
Paris, France - It was then the safest passenger transport aircraft in the world
Air France Flight 4590 was an Aérospatiale-BAC Concorde, registration F-BTSC, on a scheduled international flight from Paris, France, to New York City, on 25 July 2000, local time 16:43 CET. While taking... more
AccidentsRussia. IL-76 airplane wreckage, disappeared last Friday in firefighting operations, found
Moscow, Russia - All ten occupants dead
The wreckage of the Russian IL-76 airplane have been found yesterday. The aircraft was taken off from its Siberian base of Irkutsk with 10 people on board for a firefighting operation in the district of... more
AccidentsEgyptair airplane: the "Lethbridge" ship recovers the victims' remains -2 VIDEO
Cairo, Egypt - The examination of the black boxes has confirmed the smoke in the cockpit
The Egyptian inquiry commission appointed for the investigation on the Egyptair airplane crash flight 804, unveiled in a note in these hours that the "John Lethbridge" oceanographical ship involved in... more
AccidentsAircraft accident in Moscow region, the pilot seems to be dead - VIDEO
Moscow, Russia - A Sukhoi Su-27 crashed today, it was confirmed by the ministry of defense
A Sukhoi Su-27 attack interceptor and air superiority fighter aircraft of Soviet production, which was conducting a training flight crashed today in Pushkinsky District in the Moscow region at a distance... more
AccidentsSevere turbolence on the flight Lima-Buenos Aires
Lima, Peru - The Airbus A-330 of Avianca was damaged because of the pressures on the fuselage
23 passengers on the overnight flight AV-965 operated by the Colombian airline Avanca, based in Barranquilla and has its airport in Bogotá, on the Lima-Buenos Aires route were injured as a result of severe... more
AccidentsEgyptAir aircraft. Thursday the retrieve of black boxes
Rome, Italy - A ship of Deep Ocean Search (DOS) company will arrive in the evening in the zone of the crash
The ship "John Lethbridge" of a research company "Will come on Thursday evening" in the place of the crash of the Airbus A-320 of airline EgyptAir disappeared on May 19th in the eastern Mediterranean sea... more
AccidentsEgyptair airplane (2): denied sudden turns before its crash
Paris, France - The hypothesis of micro-bombs exploded in several parts of the aircraft it's becoming more convincing
Investigations of the Airbus A-320 airplane of Egyptair crashed Thursday in the eastern Mediterranean sea (see AVIONEWS) are still ongoing and overlap many conflicting assumptions about what could have... more
AccidentsEgyptair aircraft. Soon the DNA test to identify the victims
Cairo, Egypt - It was revealed today by an Egyptian coroner at Zeinhom morgue
At the main Cairo morgue, Zeinhom, staff is ready to make the first DNA tests to identify human remains found by the research of the Airbus A-320 airplane of Egyptair, crashed Thursday (see AVIONEWS). About... more
AccidentsEgyptair aircraft. Probable inside explosion on the right side of the airplane
Cairo, Egypt - The research of the black boxes is ongoing, revealed presence of smoke on the machine before its vanishing from radar systems
It's still doubt on the causes that led to the crash in the sea of the MS804 Egyptair airplane (see AVIONEWS). The research of the black boxes are ongoing and the Egyptian prime minister al Sisi cal... more