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AccidentsUSA PLANE CRASHES IN GEORGIA, FOUR MISSING PERSONS
ATLANTA, The plane, which was carrying four ppl returning home from Daytona 500 race, plunged into the sea off Georgia's coast. The wreckage were found 25 km away from the crash site. more
AccidentsUNITED AIRBUS BACK TO DEPARTURE AIRPORT FOR CABIN PRESSURE PROBLEMS
SAN FRANCISCO, An United Airlines Airbus A-320 jet heading to Newark, New Jersey from San Francisco experienced probelms with cabin pressurization system and forced to return to departure airport soon... more
AccidentsLIGHT AIRCRAFT CRASHES IN UK, TWO INJURED
UK, A light plane crshed at Bagber Farm, Milton Abbas, near Blandford. Two people were seriously injured and treated at Dorchester hospital. more
AccidentsNEW ZEALAND MILITARY JET CRASHES IN AUSTRALIA
AUSTRALIA, A New Zealand air force jet crashed near the Australian Naval Air Base at Nowra, south of Sydney. The pilot, Murray Neilsen, was killed. The single-seater A-4 Skyhawk crashed to the ground west... more
AccidentsAIR CRASH IN CAMERUN, KILLED CHAD'S MINISTER AND OFFICER
CHAD, The small plane went down into the river Chari on the cameroonian coast. The Development minister and the secretary-general of Chad and the pilot were killed. The plane crashed while trying to land... more
AccidentsTWO CESSNA PLANES COLLIDE IN USA
LONG BEACH, USA, A Cessna 172 and a 152 collided off the California coast near Long Beach yesterday afternoon. At least one person was killed, the other three are missing. Both the planes were carrying... more
AccidentsFIRE ALARM ON QANTAS PLANE
BANGKOK, A Qantas Boeing 747 that travelled from London to Sydney, has carried out a emergency landing at Bangkok's airport, from which it was hardly left after to have landed there: the avionics had... more
AccidentsSRI LANKA: EMERGENCY LANDING
COLOMBO, SRI LANKA, An Airbus A-330 plane directed in Indonesia with 310 passengers on board, has had to carry out an emergency landing at International Airport of Columbo, Sri Lanka, for engines' problems:... more
AccidentsTWO MILITARY HELICOPTERS COLLIDE IN JAPAN
JAPAN, The mid-air collision occurred yesterday in Chiba, about 30 km east of Tokyo. One of the two helicopters crashed to the ground and took fire. The two people aboard were killed. A man in the other... more
AccidentsFEAR ON THE AIRPLANE OF THE JOURNALISTS WHO FOLLOW BUSH
WASHINGTON, Great fright but no one injured between the journalists on board of the airplane which was carried them to Norfolk, where the president Bush is continuing its visits to military installations.... more
AccidentsTHE LAST OSPREY CRASHED FOR SOFTWARE AND HYDRAULIC FAILURES
WASHINGTON, According to U.S. Defense Department, the crash of the MV-22 Osprey occurred in last December is due to failures in software controlling system and in hydaulic control systems. Has been excluded... more
AccidentsFIRE ON BOEING 737 FOR FLARE EXPLOSION
PARIS, A fire beginning in the baggage of a Boeing 737 for S.Petersbourg, alarmed the emergency to the Roissy-Paris airport, Charles de Gaulle, where the Air France's airplane was in departure attending... more
AccidentsMILITARY HELICOPTER CRASHES NEAR PRAGUE
CZECH REPUBLIC, A W3-A Sokol military helicopter crashed late yesterday in the village of Skvorec, near Prague. Two pilots and one technician were seriously injured. The aircraft was on a routine exercise... more
AccidentsTWO U.S. ARMY HELICOPTERS BLACK HAWK CRASH IN HAWAII (2): SPECIFICATIONS
ROME, UH-60 BLACK HAWK SPECIFICATIONS Accomodation: 29 persons Dimensions: Length: 50 ft (15,3 m) Rotor diameter: 53 ft 8 in (16,4 m) Height: 16 ft 10 in (5,1 m) Weights: Empty: 11.284... more
AccidentsTWO U.S. ARMY HELICOPTERS CRASH IN HAWAII
HAWAII, Two U.S. army helicopters crashed yesterday night during an exercise in Hawaii. Seven soldiers were killed. The accident happened near Kahuku base. The crash was reported by an army spokesw... more
AccidentsPLANE CRASHES IN SURINAME, TEN KILLED
SURINAME, A charter plane last saturday crashed into a mountainside in Suriname. All the ten people on board were killed. Six brazilian were among them. The plane, bound to a gold mining town in the southwest... more
AccidentsMOTHER AND HER SONS SURVIVE PLANE CRASH
BEAVER ISLAND, MICHIGAN, A woman and her three sons are survived to the incident that involved the twin-engine airplane on which they were going from Chicago to the Beaver island, Michigan: nothing to... more
AccidentsPLANE COLLISION IN MID-AIR KILLS THREE PEOPLE
FRANCE, Two small planes collided near the the Mont Blanc in eastern France. A light aircraft carrying a flight instructor and student crashed with a private plane, holding only the pilot. The three people... more
AccidentsEMERGENCY LANDING FOR A SRI LANKAN AIRLINES AIRBUS
COLOMBO, SRI LANKA, The Airbus A340 was carrying 310 passengers and was bound to London. The plane made an emergency landing at Colombo after one of its wheels burst on take off. Air traffic controllers... more
AccidentsDANISH QUEEN SECURITY HELICOPTER CRASHES
BANGKOK , THAILAND, According to "Bangkok Post" an advance security Bell helicopter, with two pilots and seven policemen on board, escorting Danish Queen Margrethe II on her tour of northern Thailand crashed... more
AccidentsSEVEN INJURED PASSENGER BECAUSE OF A ROUGH LANDING
CHICAGO, ILL., Yesterday seven passengers reported injured after a United Express flight's rough landing at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport: it was unclear whether the plane's landing gear failed... more
AccidentsHELICOPTER CRASHES IN ZAMBIA
ZAMBIA, An helicopter crashed in Mfuwe national park in eastern Zambia. Rescue teams were not able to reach the crash site because of heavy rains. Two people are feared dead. The new was reported b... more
AccidentsHELICOPTER CRASHES IN RUSSIA
RUSSIA, A Mi-8 helicopter with 18 passengers and 3 crew members on board yesterday crashed in Tomsk region in Siberia. A passenger was injured. The helicopter fell after getting into a snowstorm, preliminary... more
AccidentsLEARJET CRASHES IN GERMANY, THREE ITALIANS KILLED
ROME, Specifications of the Learjet LR 35 aircraft: Lenght: 48 ft 8 in Wingspan: 39 ft 6 in Height: 12 ft 3 in Empty: 10119 lb Max T/O: 18300 lb Payload: 3381 lb Max speed: 542 mph Range: 2196... more
AccidentsLEARJET CRASHES IN GERMANY, THREE ITALIANS KILLED
NUREMBERG, GERMANY, Three italians, a pilot and two technicians, were killed yesterday in an air crash. The light plane, a Learjet LR 35, crashed shortly after takeoff from Nuremberg airport. The pilot... more
AccidentsTWO CESSNA SMALL PLANES COLLIDE
DENISON, USA, Two Cessna planes collided in Oklahoma. The pilot and the passenger of one aircraft were killed. The other, a Cessna 172, landed safely and the two occupants were uninjured. Visibility was... more
AccidentsAIR RAGE ON AN IBERIA FLIGHT
BILBAO, FRANCIA, The front landing gear of an Iberia Airbus A320 plane snapped as it touched down in Bilbao airport. A woman was taken to hospital and other passengers left the plane by emergency exits.... more
AccidentsTWO FAKE SMUGGLERS DIED DURING TRAINING WITH COAST GUARD
MARATHON, FLORIDA, Two civilian volunteers, Robert S. Fuller, 49, and Casey A. Purvis, 50, died for the crash of their Piper Archer plane, during a training with U.S. Coast Guard, in which they simulate... more
AccidentsEMERGENCY LANDING AT MELBOURNE FOR ENGINE FIRE
MELBOURNE, A Singapore Airlines Boeing jumbo jet just departed, made an emergency landing at Melbourne airport: it appears there was an engine fire, but has yet to be confirmed. It landed safely and the... more
AccidentsTACA AIRBUS BRAKES FAIL AFTER LANDING
TEGUCIGALPA, HONDURAS, The brakes of an Airbus A320 of TACA airline failed after landing at Tegucigalpa's airport, in Honduras, and it was forced to turn abruptly to avoid hitting a busy highway. It seems... more
AccidentsMARINES HARRIER CRASH, TWO DIED
CHERRY POINT, NORTH CAROLINA, USA, A vertical take off and landing (VTOL) Marines Harrier aircraft crashed during landing at Cherry Point airbase where ther eis a training squadron and three operating... more
AccidentsSMALL PLANE CRASHES IN BRAZIL, ROCK SINGER IN COMA
RIO DE JANEIRO, Herbert Vianna, leader of the rock band Os Paralamas do Sucesso was seriously injured in an air crash yesterday. His light plane went down close to Mangaratiba, 62 miles from Rio de... more
AccidentsPLANES SLIDES OFF THE RUNWAY AT LANDING
SHEFFIELD, ENGLAND, A Shorts 360 plane, carrying 30 people, careered off the runway while landing at Sheffield airport because of a tyre burst. The flight was coming from Dublin. None was injured but a... more
AccidentsEMERGENCY STOP FOR A BA JUMBO
NEW YORK, Last evening a British Airways' Boeing 747 from Houston to New York with 175 passengers on board made an emergency landing at Baltimore-Washington Airport when fumes were reported in the cabin.... more
AccidentsLIBYAN PROTEST AT LOCKERBIE VERDICT
TRIPOLI, Carrying anti-U.S. banners, 5,000 people marched to U.N. offices saturday in protest at the conviction of a Libyan intelligence agent in the Lockerbie trial in Scotland in 1988. The explosion... more
AccidentsEMERGENCY LANDING FOR A CANADA 3000 PLANE
TORONTO, CANADA, A Boeing 757 of Canada 3000, carrying 200 people, had to make an emergency landing at Toronto's Pearson airport after one nose wheel became separated during takeoff. No one was inj... more
AccidentsEMERGENCY LANDING IN SWEDEN
STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN, A smoke-filled charter plane with 229 passengers aboard made an emergency landing outside a Gothenburg, 500 kilometers southwest of the capital, Stockholm, in southwestern Sweden:... more
AccidentsLIGHT AIRCRAFT CRASHES IN SOUTH AFRICA, THREE KILLED
JOHANNESBURG, The light aircraft crashed this morning near Stilfontein, in South Africa's north west province. The three passengers, a father, his son and a friend, were killed. An investigation wa... more
AccidentsANGOLA'S UNITA REBELS SHOOT DOWN GOVERNMENT ARMY PLANE
LUANDA, The new was reported by an angolan indipendent radio. The plane, an Antonov An-26 with 22 people aboard, was trying to land near Luena, in the eastern side of the country. All the 22 passengers... more
AccidentsFINGER COLLAPSE CAUSES AIRCRAFT DOOR RIPPING
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA, For the collapse of a passenger walkway, also known as "finger" a Singapore Airlines Boeing 747-400 suffered a door ripping, after have disembarked passengers and crew. The incident,... more
AccidentsMILITARY HELICOPTER CRASHED IN ECUADOR: THREE DIED
QUITO, ECUADOR, A military helicopter, engaged in a patrolling mission, crashed in Ecuador, between cities of Borbon and San Lorenzo at about 90 miles northwest from state capital, Quito. All occupants... more
AccidentsROMANIAN AIRLINER DAMAGED ON LANDING
BUCHAREST, ROMANIA, A Romanian Cessna airliner suffered serious damage on landing at Suceava airport in the northeast of the country: the plane belonging to the Romanian carrier AirTiriac and carrying... more
AccidentsHELICOPTER CRASH IN RUSSIA, SIX KILLED (2) : SPECIFICATIONS
MOSCOW, Specifications of Mil MI-8 helicopter: lenght: 60 ft 5 in, height: 15 ft 7 in, empty weight: 15.555 lb, max T/O weight: 28.660 lb, max speed: 155 mph, range: under 575 nm, power plant: two Klimov... more
AccidentsHELICOPTER CRASH IN RUSSIA, SIX KILLED
ENURMINO, RUSSIA, The Mil Mi-8 helicopter crashed 15 km northwest of the populated area of Enurmino. The new was reported from the press service for the Emergency Situations Ministry. Six people were on... more
AccidentsEMIRATES BOEING 777 ABORTS TAKEOFF AFTER ENGINE EXPLOSION
MELBOURNE, Emirates Boeing 777-300 was its way down the runway when one of the engines exploded into flames. None was injured. The jet, carrying 213 people, was headed to Dubai via Singapore. more
AccidentsMAN ATTEMPTS TO HIJACK PLANE IN COLOMBIA
BOGOTA, A leftist guerrilla armed with a handgun yesterday tried to hijack a Satena Airlines plane carrying 27 passengers and four crew members. The plane landed at Bogota airport and the man, who asked... more
AccidentsAIR FORCE HELICOPTER CRASHES IN INDIA
JAMMU, INDIA, The indian air force helicopter was escorting a military general on a pilgrimage when it crashed yesterday about four kilometers from Vaishno Devi, while trying to land at an army helipad.... more
Accidents18 INJURED FOR NEAR MISS ON JAPAN FLIGHT
JAPAN, To avoid another airplane crossing his route, the pilot of a Boeing 747-400 with 427 people on board made a sudden manouver, causing injures to at least 18 passengers. Domestic flight 908 of Japan... more
AccidentsAUSTRALIA CRASHED HELICOPTER (2): BELL 206 TECHNICAL CARD
AUSTRALIA, The helicopter crashed in Australia was a 206 Jetranger manufactured by U.S. Bell Helicopters, now Bell Textron, which have built over 7000 unit since first in 1971. It has the following characteristics:... more
AccidentsEMERGENCY LANDING FOR AN AUSTRALIAN POLICE AIRCRAFT
PERTH, The Pol-Air 64 aircraft, carrying two people, had to make an emergency landing at Perth's Jandakot Airport due to a warning light indicating there were problems with the undercarriage and landing... more