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AccidentsLANDING GEAR FAILS ON A QANTAS 737 PLANE
MELBOURNE, The pilot of a Qantas Boeing 737 had to lower the landing gear manually before landing at Melbourne. The front nose wheel failed as a warning light indicated. None of the 72 passengers aboard... more
AccidentsCESSNA PLANE CRASHES IN ITALY, TWO BRITONS KILLED
ALESSANDRIA, ITALY, An english couple, Gordon Charles Gray, 68 years old, and Jennifer Mari, 63, were both killed in a plane crash in Capanne Marcarolo, in the county of Voltaggio, near Alessandria, in... more
AccidentsJET CRASHES DURING AIR SHOW
LONDON, A De Havilland Vampire small plane crashed at the Kent airfield during Biggin Hill air show. The plane was seen falling out of the sky, as the air show spokesman Nick Smith said. The two people... more
AccidentsPLANE MISSING IN COLORADO
DENVER, A single-engine plane with four aboard went missing in Colorado. The plane took off from Reno, Nevada, and was heading for the Jefferson County Airport. The plane went missing after refueling at... more
AccidentsPAK FIGHTER AIRCRAFT CRASHES
PAKISTAN, A Pakistan Air Force fighter aircraft crashed near the town of Mianwali in Punjab, during a routine mission. The pilot ejected safely. The Pakistan Air Force Headquarters has launched an inquiry... more
AccidentsMILITARY HELICOPTER CRASHES IN GREECE
SKYROS, GREECE, A greek military helicopter chrashed into the Aegean Sea off the island of Skyros. The pilot was killed and the two other members of the crew survived. The crash crash was caused by... more
AccidentsUS NAVY PLANE CRASHES IN FLORIDA
USA, An F/A-18C Hornet of US Navy crashed on a ranch northeast of Lake Okeechobee in Florida. The pilot, Lieutenant Commander David Casher, aged 40, was killed. The F/A-18C Hornet took off from Oceana... more
AccidentsUS NAVY PLANE CRASHES IN USA (2): SPECIFICATIONS
USA, Mc Donnell Douglas FA-18C Hornet: Type: multi-role fighter Accomodation: one pilot Lenght: 56 ft Wingspan: 37 ft 6 in Height: 15 ft 3 in Weight: 23050 lb Max T/O weight: 56.000 lb Max speed:... more
AccidentsHELICOPTER CRASH IN SOUTH KOREA (2): SPECIFICATIONS
ROME, Boeing Verton CH-47 Chinook helicopter: Type: heavy-lift helicopter Lenght: 51 ft Rotor diameter: 60 ft each Height: 18 ft 11 in Empty weight: 26.918 lb Max T/O weight: 54.000 lb Payload:... more
AccidentsHELICOPTER CRASH IN SOUTH KOREA
SEOUL, An army CH-47 Chinook crashed while lowering a ten ton sculpture onto the Olympic Bridge in Seoul. A blade from its front rotor hit the metal sculpture and the helicopter crashed into the bridge... more
AccidentsTYRES BURST AS VASP AIRBUS MAKES EMERGENCY LANDING
BRAZIL, All the eight tyres of a brazilian VASP Airbus 300 burst as it was forced to make an emergency landing in Salvador, in the state of Bahia, in Brazil. Nobody was hurt. The pilot had to use the emergency... more
AccidentsUNITED AIRLINES FLIGHT DIVERTED TO ICELAND
ICELAND, A United Airlines Boeing 747 en route from Chicago to Franfurt was diverted to Iceland after a passenger saw a bomb threat written with a lipstick on the mirror in the toilet The plane was inspected... more
AccidentsEMERGENCY LANDING FOR A SMALL PLANE IN USA
DENVER, A small airplane made an emergency landing east of Bennett yesterday afternoon. The plane took off from Front Range Airport. Its turbo charger suddenly failed, the engine lost oil and seized. The... more
AccidentsWAS A ISS RESERVE THE ASTRONAUT WOMAN DIED IN AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT
HOUSTON. USA, Patricia Hilliard Robertson, who died in a accident when a small aircraft crashed near Houston, as reported on Wednesday by WAPA, was an ISS reserve astronaut. In the accident also pilot... more
AccidentsMILITARY HELICOPTER CRASHES IN SWITZERLAND
GENEVA, A Swiss army helicopter crashed in northern side of the country last friday. The helicopter, which was carrying three soldiers and the pilot, went down close to a farmhouse in Delemont. Three people... more
AccidentsTHAI MILITARY HELICOPTER CRASHES, 5 DEAD (2): SPECIFICATIONS
ROME, Bell 212 UH-1N Iroquois helicopter: Type: medium lift helicopter Accomodation: two pilots, 14 passengers Lenght: 42 ft 4 in Rotor diameter: 48 ft 2 in Height: 14 ft 10 in Empty weight: 5997... more
AccidentsTHAI MILITARY HELICOPTER CRASHES, 5 DEAD
BANGKOK, A Thay navy helicopter crashed saturday night during a rescue mission. The helicopter, a Bell 212, was sent to rescue to rescue an injured fisherman on a trawler off the southern coast of Thailand,... more
AccidentsRYANAIR AIRLINER SUFFERS TYRES BLASTING
TOULOSE, FRANCE, A Ryanair operated aircraft, landing at Carcassonne, France, suffered four tyres blasting at ground landing impact. No passengers problems registered. but they have had to descend by aircraft,... more
AccidentsLIGHT PLANE CRASHES IN GERMANY
BERLIN, A Beechcraft crashed into a block of flats while approaching Berlin's Tempelhof airport. The two ppeople on board were killed and a resident was taken to hospital for smoke inhalation. The accident... more
AccidentsLIGHT PLANE CRASHES ON TAKEOFF IN AUSTRALIA (2): SPECIFICATIONS
ROME, Piper PA-30 Twin Commanche: Type: light transport aircraft Accomodation: two pilots, four or six passengers Lenght: 25 ft 2 in Wingspan: 35 ft 11 in Height: 8 ft 2 in Empty weight: 2210... more
AccidentsLIGHT PLANE CRASHES ON TAKEOFF IN AUSTRALIA
BRISBANE, A light plane crashed nose-first at Archerfield airport of Brisbane. The two people aboard, a man and a woman, were killed. The plane reached a height of about 70m and banked to the left and... more
AccidentsNASA ASTRONAUT CRITICALLY INJURED IN PLANE CRASH
USA, Patricia Hilliard Robertson, a Nasa support astronaut for the crew on the International Space Station, was critically injured in a plane crash at a Texas airfield. The plane, carrying her and the... more
AccidentsAMERICAN AIRLINES JETLINER'S LANDING GEAR COLLAPSES AT LANDING
DALLAS, An American Airlines Fokker 100 lost a landing gear touching down at Dallas-Forth Worth International Airport. The plane, coming from Charlotte, North Carolina, was carrying 87 passengers and four... more
AccidentsKENDALL AIRLINES FLIGHT ABORTS TAKEOFF
AUSTRALIA, A Kendall Airlines plane had to abort the takeoff at Canberra airport today after an engine failure. It was reported that 29 passengers were aboard. Nobody was injured, but the airplane began... more
AccidentsHELICOPTER CRASH IN SPAIN, THREE KILLED
SPAIN, An helicopter of the Basque regional television crashed near Markina. A team of operators was on board filming near a quarry. Three journalists were killed in the crash, a photographer was seriously... more
AccidentsMILITARY PLANE CRASHES IN RUSSIA
RUSSIA, A russian airforce An-12 transport plane crashed near the village on Mykotino shortly after takeoff from Rzhev base. The plane was heading to Morshansk. The seven soldiers aboard were all killed,... more
AccidentsISRAEL HEALTH MINISTER SAVES TWO LIVES ON A SWISSAIR FLIGHT
ISRAEL, Nissim Rahan, Israel's Health Minister, together with director of the ministry Boez Lew, aided two sick men on a Swissair flight from Geneva, where a conference of World Health Organisation was... more
AccidentsMILITARY PLANE CRASHES IN RUSSIA (2): THE TECHNICAL SHEET
ROMA, Antonov An-12 Club: Type: medium military transport Lenght: 108 ft 7 in Wingspan: 124 ft 8 in Height: 34 ft 6 in Empty weight: 61.730 lb Max T/O: 134.480 lb Payload: 44.090 lb Max Speed:... more
AccidentsAIR NEW ZEALAND FLIGHT ABORTS TAKEOFF
NEW ZEALAND, An Air New Zealand Boeing 767, en route from Christchurch to Brisbane, had to abort take off while it was taxiing on the runway after a fault was found. The 200 passengers were re-routed to... more
AccidentsTURBOLENCE HITS ALL NIPPON AIRWAYS PLANE
JAPAN, Nineteen passengers were injured by a turbolence over the Atlantic hitting an All Nippon Airways flight from Kansai airport to Guam. One of them broke an ankle, said Kyodo News quoting quoted officials... more
AccidentsAIR AMBULANCE CRASHES ON LANDING
UK, A Devon Air Ambulance crashed on landing at Dunchideock, near Exeter. "Whilst negotiating a landing the tail of an air ambulance struck a nearby tree", said a spokesman for Devon and Cornwall Police.... more
AccidentsAIR COLLISION CAUSES ALSO TWO GROUND VICTIMS
TOKYO, JAPAN, A collision between an helicopter and a small aircraft, bopth owned by Nakahihon Air Service caused death of the four occupant and of two other person in a car. The two aircrafts, started... more
AccidentsSMALL AIRCRAFT CRASHED IN SWITZERLAND, TWO DIED
AMBRI, SWITZERLAND, A small two-seat aircraft crashed on the aerodrome of Ambri, in Swiss Canton Ticino, causing death of the two occupant, respectively 29 and 57 years old. There is no evidence for the... more
AccidentsTWO PLANES DIVERTED BECAUSE OF UNRULY PASSENGERS
NEW JERSEY, USA, A Britannia Airways Boeing 747 and British Airways 767 were both diverted to Bangor International Airport because of unruly passengers. Four men were jailed and one of them was charged... more
AccidentsCHUNK OF METAL FALLS FROM AN AIR NEW ZEALAND PLANE
NEW ZEALAND, A five-kilogram chunk of metal sized like a baseball bat, fell from thre wing flap of an Air New Zealand Boeing 767 flying from Sydney To Auckland. The metal lump fell on the roof of a store... more
AccidentsTWO MILITARY PHILIPPINE HELICOPTERS CRASHED, EIGHT DIED
PHILIPPINES, Two Philippines Army helicopters crashed near Palawan island causing 8 died. The first, with the mother of the local Governator on board, crashed in the morning after sending a distress... more
AccidentsPILOT SURVIVES TO TWO AIRCRASHES IN FOUR YEARS
AUSTRALIA, Richard Heath landed with his twin-engine Cessna 402 about 300 meters short of Mudjimba airport runway on the Sunshine Coast. The man declared that he survived to another crash four years before... more
AccidentsANOTHER CASA CN-235 CRASHES IN TURKEY (2): THE TECHNICAL SHEET
ROME, ITALY, Airtech (CASA/IPTN) CN-235M: Type: light military transport Accomodation: two pilots, loadmaster, 48 troops, 48 paratroops Lenght: 70 ft 2 in Wingspan: 84 ft 8 in Height: 26 ft... more
AccidentsRUSSIAN SUKHOI SU-27 FIGHTER CRASHES IN RUSSIA: NO INJURED
TAMBOV, RUSSIA, A Sukhoi Su-27 Russian fighter jet crashed near the town of Tambov yesterday evening while performing a training flight. The military aircraft belonged to the Lipetsk training center. The... more
AccidentsMILITARY AIRCRAFT CRASHES IN ARGENTINA: 5 DEAD
MENDOZA, ARGENTINA, A military aircraft, still not identified, crashed near the city of Mendoza, shortly after takeoff, on the border with Chile. According to the first leaks all 5 passengers are d... more
AccidentsANOTHER CASA CN-235 CRASHES IN TURKEY: 4 DEAD
ANKARA, TURKEY, A Turkish military transport aircraft crashed this morning near the capital Ankara. The aircraft was a CASA CN-235 with four Spanish crew members aboard, all killed in the crash. It had... more
AccidentsRUSSIAN SUKHOI SU-27 FIGHTER CRASHES IN RUSSIA: NO INJURED (2): TECHNICAL SHEET
ROME, ITALY, The technical sheet of the Sukhoi Su-27 fighter: Lenght: 71ft 11in Wingspan: 48ft 2in Height: 19ft 5in Empty weight: 39,021lb Max T/O wieight: 48,500lb Max speed: Mach 2.35 Range:... more
AccidentsFIGHTER CRASHES IN KENYA (2): TECHNICAL SHEET
ROME, Dassault Dornier Alpha Jet: Type: advanced trainer and ground attack aircraft Accommodation: two pilots in tandem Lenght: 38 ft 5 in Wingspan: 29 ft 10 in Height: 13 ft 9 in Empty weight:... more
AccidentsFIGHTER CRASHES IN KENYA
NAIROBI, A kenyan Alpha jet fighter crashed during landing at the Moi air base east of the capital Nairobi. A passenger was killed and the pilot was injured and taken to hospital for treatment. more
AccidentsGROUND COLLISION BETWEEN HELICOPTER AND JETLINER RISKED AT ABERDEEN
ABERDEEN, SCOTLAND, A North Sea company operated super Puma helicopters risked to enter in collision with a British Airways Boeing 737 jetliner with 102 passengers and 7 crew on board. The large helicopter,... more
AccidentsFORESTRY SERVICE HELICOPTER CRASHES IN SOUTH KOREA: 3 DEAD
SOUTH KOREA, An helicopter belonging to the Southkorean Forestry Service crashed yesterday while fighting a forest fire 156 miles southeast of Seoul. The helicopter exploded after crashing on a hill near... more
AccidentsAIRCRAFT WITH IRANIAN TRANSPORT MINISTER ABOARD WENT MISSING (3): ALL DEAD
IRAN, The wreckage of the Yak-40, with also aboard the Iranian Transport Minister, Rahmane Dadman, and a Deputy Minister and six Deputies, belonging to the Faraz-e Qeshm airlines, has been located. The... more
AccidentsAIRCRAFT WITH IRANIAN TRANSPORT MINISTER ABOARD WENT MISSING
IRAN, An aircraft, with 29 people aboard, including the Iranian Transport Minister, Rahmane Dadman, the Vice-minister and other 6 Deputies, went missing while flying from Teheran to Sari. Contacts with... more
AccidentsLIGHT AIRCRAFT CRASHES IN SRI LANKA
COLOMBO, SRI LANKA, A Cessna 152 yesterday crashed near a runway in Suthern Sri Lanka. The two people on board, a flying instructor and a trainee, were seriously injured. The plane was owned by Lionair,... more
AccidentsAIRCRAFT WITH IRANIAN TRANSPORT MINISTER ABOARD WENT MISSING (2)
IRAN, The aircraft with the Iranian Transport Minister, Rahmane Dadman, and a deputy minister and six Deputies, went missing in a mountainous area in the north of the country, 10 minutes before it was... more