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AccidentsMICROLIGHT CRASHES IN ENGLAND, KILLED THE PILOT
ENGLAND, The microlight, coming from Liverpool, went down on farmland in Staffordshire. The pilot, Phillip Chester, 40, was killed. The single passenger on board suffered broken ribs and has been released... more
AccidentsNEW ZEALAND: HELICOPTER CRASH IN DOWNTOWN WELLINGTON, KILLED THE PILOT
WELLINGTON, A Bell "Huey" helicopter crashed this morning in downtown Wellington killing the pilot. The helicopter was flying a load of materials for a building under construction and crashed into... more
AccidentsNEW ZEALAND. HELICOPTER CRASHED (2): SPECIFICATIONS
USA, The helicopter crashed in New Zealand is a Bell Model 205 UH-1 Iroquois (Huey). Lenghth: 41 ft 9 in; rotor diameter: 48ft; height: 14 ft 5 in; empty weight: 5210 lb; max T/O: 9500 lb; max speed: 127... more
AccidentsUN HELICOPTER CRASH IN MONGOLIA, 9 KILLED
MONGOLIA, A UN helicopter lost control and crashed yesterday in Mongolia killing 9 people. Among them four members of a UN disaster assessment team, an American, a Briton, a German and a Mongolian. Other... more
AccidentsCONDOR AIRLINES PLANE FORCED TO DIVERT TO MALAGA
MALAGA, SPAIN, A Condor Airlines Airbus 320 en route from Dresden to Las Palmas, had to divert Malaga because of two polish women who flew into rage. Under the influence of alcohol, they threw food trays... more
AccidentsINVESTIGATION ON CLOSED RUNWAY LANDING
MANCHESTER, GREAT BRITAIN, A small aircraft, a Ravenair PA 34 Seneca landed on a closed runway of Manchester Ariport, without problems. The runway is still under test, as it will be opened form the next... more
AccidentsDREAMED FREEDOM, FOUND DEATH
LONDON, Yesterday Cuba's state television reported that two Cuban youths who died last month after stowing away in the undercarriage of a British Airways jet to London were military who dreamed of living... more
AccidentsMAINTENANCE ERROR WAS THE CAUSE OF A POLICE HELICOPTER CRASH
SCOTLAND, Investigations have revealed that was a maintenance error that caused a police helicopter crash on the roof of an house in which an entire family was watching TV on the last 21th of april. According... more
AccidentsRYANAIR PLANE MAKES EMERGENCY LANDING DUE TO CRACKED WINDSCREEN
WALES, A Ryanair Boeing 737, en route from Bournemouth to Dublin, was diverted to Cardiff airport because of fears about a cracked windscreen. Passengers were taken by coach to Bristol to catch a plane... more
AccidentsTWO MILITARY AIRCRAFTS CRASH IN CHINA, 21 KILLED
CHINA, The crashes occurred last tuesday. The two planes crashed in different aereas and 15 soldiers and 6 civilians were killed. The new was reported by the Association for Human Rights and Democracy... more
AccidentsVICTIMS' FAMILIES FILE SUIT IN CONCORDE CRASH
USA, The families of three victims who died in last summer's crash of a Concorde jet near Paris filed suit in U.S. federal court seeking compensation from seven defendants, including Air France and... more
AccidentsBUENOS AIRES: PLANE'S UNDERCARRIAGE COLLAPSES
BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA, The undercarriage of a Lloyd aereo boliviano's plane collapsed while taking off from Buenos Aires international airport. The incident threw the plane off balance and a wing... more
AccidentsUNITED PASSENGER DIVERTED BECAUSE OF AN UNRULY PASSENGER
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA, The Boeing 747 was flying from Chicago to Hong Kong but it was forced to land at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport because of a passenger causing disturbance. The new was reported... more
AccidentsPLANE FORCED TO MAKE EMERGENCY LANDING AFTER PILOT PASSED OUT
NEW YORK, The plane, a Continental Airlines Boeing 777 en route from Houston to Paris carrying 208 people, had to make an emergency landing at Newark airport, New York, after the pilot passed out at the... more
AccidentsMILITARY PLANE MISSING IN NEW GUINEA
INDONESIA, The indonesian plane, a CASA 235 aircraft carrying nine crew and passengers, including senior army and police chiefs, went missed over dense jungle in Irian Jaya province, in New Guinea. The... more
AccidentsBEA CONFIRM THAT METAL STRIP WHICH CAUSED CONCORDE ACCIDENT COMES FROM CONTINENTAL JET
PARIS, FRANCE, According with French investigation board, (BEA) the metal strip found on runway that have caused the Concorde accident in July is surely belonging to Continental DC-10 started some... more
AccidentsPASSENGER DIES AFTER FLYING: ''ECONOMY-CLASS SYNDROME''?
AUSTRALIA, A 68 years old welsh, Thomas Lamb, died after falling ill on the journey from Heathrow to Melbourne. The man suffered breathing difficulties on arrival in Australia and was taken to hospital,... more
AccidentsSMALL AIRCRAFT CRASHES INTO HUDSON RIVER
NEW YORK, The single-engine small aircraft was reported to have crashed into the Hudson River in New York on Saturday. Rescue crews are continuing the search. Two people on the ground said they saw the... more
AccidentsBRITISH CRASHED HELICOPTER (2): TECHNICAL CARD
GREAT BRITAIN, The helicopter crashed in Great Britain 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... more
AccidentsUK: HELICOPTER CRASHES INTO LAKE
UK, The JetRanger 206 was approaching Windermere, in the Lake District, when it plunged into the water about half-a-mile from shore. The pilot managed to swim to the shore suffering only from shock and... more
AccidentsPIPER CRASHES IN CANADA, FOUR KILLED
PENTICTON, CANADA, The Piper Aerostar crashed into Mt. Okanagan near Penticton, killing all four people on board. The wreckage of the plane was found after a two-day search hampered by thick fog and snow.... more
AccidentsFIRST DECLARATIONS ABOUT OSPREY CRASH
USA, U.S. Navy investigators looking at causes of the Marines MV-22 Osprey convertiplane crash, started to release first declaration after analisys of the Crash Survivable Memory Unit, a device very similar... more
AccidentsHELICOPTER CRASH IN INDIA, FIVE KILLED
INDIA, The helicopter crashed near a popular indian resort in Mussoorie, about 127 miles north of New Delhi in the northern state of Uttaranchal. Five passengers were killed and another was injured. Police... more
AccidentsHOME-MADE BOMBE EXPLODES AT PARIS' AIRPORT
PARIS, An explosion caused by a small home-made bomb has damaged a government office in the freight zone of Charles de Gaulle airport. The explosive, placed outside the doorway of a state unemployment... more
AccidentsWILL FLY AGAIN THE MAN WHICH CAUSED PROBLEMS AT BA 747 FLIGHT
LONDON, GREAT BRITAIN, Paul Kefa Mukonyi, the kenyote which nearly caused a BA 747 crash with his violent entrance in cockpit and seizure of plane controls, has been cleared by police to board on an aircraft... more
AccidentsRUSSIA: PILOT DIES SHORTLY BEFORE LANDING
MOSCOW, Vasily Pastukhov, pilot of a Tu-134 flying from Kiev to Moscow died as the plane was about to land in Moscow's Vnukovo airport. The pilot had a heart attack 20 minutes before landing. The plane... more
AccidentsBA FLIGHT ACCIDENT (2): IT WAS NOT AN HIJACKING
NAIROBI, KENYA, It was not an hijacker the man entered in cockpit of a British Airways 747 aircraft with 379 peoples on board. He attacked the cockpit crew, causing autopilot disengage and uncontrolled... more
AccidentsUSAIR PLANE EMERGENCY LANDED FOR CABIN SMOKE
NEW YORK, USA, For smoke in cabin, a UsAir flight landed in emrgency at Newark airport, soon after take off from La Guardia airport. No injures reported between 111 peoples on board; problem has been... more
AccidentsVIETNAMITE OFFICER DIED FALLING FROM AIRCRAFT
HANOI, VIETNAM, A Vietnam Air Force officer, major Dinh Xuan Le, 40, died falling from an Antonov 26 aircraft, due to sudden depressurization. Its body, sucked out from aircraft, has been found in countries... more
AccidentsEASYJET PLANE HITS PROBLEM AT LANDING
LONDON, The plane, coming from Aberdeen, was beginning its descent into Luton Airport when instruments indicated a slight decompression in the cabin. Emergency services and the airport were put on alert.... more
AccidentsHAWAIIAN AIRLINES PLANE SLIDES OFF RUNWAY
TAHITI, The DC 10-10, carrying 139 passengers and 15 crew members, slid off the runway while landing in heavy rain at Papeete airport. No injured were reported. more
AccidentsPASSENGER PROBLEM ON AN AIR FRANCE FLIGHT
TOULOUSE, The plane was on its way from Paris to Libreville, Gabon. The pilot decided to make an emergency landing in Toulouse after a man got out of control and threatened crew members and some passengers.... more
AccidentsSTOWAWAY DIES FALLING FROM JET
LONDON, The man fell from a British Airways Boeing 777 headed for Cancun, Mexico, during take off, police said. His dead body was found on a runway of London's Gatwick airport. Police also recovered another... more
AccidentsSIX DEAD IN PLANE CRASH IN ENGLAND
UK, The light aircraft, a twin-engined Beech 200, smashed into a Hampshire factory shortly after take off from Blackbushe Airport in the south of England. The plane went on fire and the crash was due to... more
AccidentsUSA: PLANE MISSES RUNWAY AT LANDING
JACKSON, USA, A small plane, carrying three people and the actress Sandra Bullock, missed the runway and crashed at Jackson Hole airport. The plane, a twin-engine Hawker corporate jet, was heavily damaged... more
AccidentsJAPAN AIRLINES BOEING 747 ENGINE CATCHES FIRE AFTER LANDING
TOKYO, One of the four engines of the aircraft caught fire while the jet, carrying 312 people, was taxiing after landing at an airport on the northern main island of Hokkaido. The pilot extinguished the... more
AccidentsPIPER CHEROKEE CRASHES IN NEW ZEALAND, THREE KILLED
NEW ZEALAND, The light aircraft was on a sightseeing trip in the south of New Zealand. The cause of the accident is still unknown. The Piper crashed near Hanmer Springs, about 70 miles northwest of Christchurch... more
AccidentsSOUTHWEST VIOLENT AND DRUGGED PASSENGER DIED
USA, U.S. Federal Court declared no guiltiness for eight passengers of a Southwest flight, which restrained a drugged and violent 19-yeard old passenger which have kicked some of peoples on aircraft. When... more
AccidentsMOSCOW: EMERGENCY OFFICIALS RECEIVE SIGNAL OF ATTACK ON A RUSSIAN PLANE
MOSCOW, Moscow airport's traffic controllers this morning received a coded signal from a russian plane indicating an attack was taking place on board. The plane, an Aantonov-26, was flying from the siberian... more
AccidentsFIUMICINO AIRPORT: EMERGENCY LANDING FOR AIR FRANCE JET
ROME, The Boeing 737 of the french carrier, coming from Paris, landed yesterday evening following the emergency landing procedure after a pilot reported a failure at left engine. The plane was carrying... more
AccidentsTWO NORTH KOREAN MIG-21 JETS COLLIDE IN MIDAIR
SOUTH KOREA, The crash, as reported by two north-korean newspapers, occurred last week. The two fighters collided during a nightime training exercise in North Korea. According to the newspapers a lack... more
AccidentsACCORDING NTSB PILOT'S SUICIDE WAS THE CAUSE OF SILK AIR DISASTER
NEW YORK, USA, According National Transport Safety Board, NTSB, is the pilot, capt. Tsu Way Ming, attempt to suicide, the cause that produced the 1997 Indonesian airline Silk Air air accident in which... more
AccidentsTHAI ATDIC REJECTS THAI AIRWAYS ACCIDENT DGAC EVALUATIONS
BANGKOK, THAILAND, Thai Air Transport Disaster Investigation Commitee (ATDIC) refuses to admit French Direction General Aviation Civile (DGAC) conclusions on Thai Airways aircraft accident occurred in... more
AccidentsRENEGADE SOLDIERS FIRE SHOTS AT AMERICAN PLANE IN INDONESIA
BANDA ACEH, INDONESIA, Renegade soldiers shot and hit at a commuter plane chartered by an American oil company, forcing it to abort a landing at an airport in troubled Aceh province, in Indonesia. Exxon... more
AccidentsSMALL AIRCRAFT CRASHED DURING AIRSHOW IN TURKEY
IZMIT, TURKEY, A small aircraft, a T-34 Mentor, largely utilized in the Second World War as trainer, chashed during an airshow near Izmit, about 100 kms. from Instanbul, Turkey. In the accident the pilot... more
AccidentsOSPREY CEASH PROBABLY DUE TO A MULFUNCTION
WASHINGTON, Marine Corps investigators said they suspect the monday night crash of the Osprey was due to a technical problem and not to a pilot error. They are awaiting the analysis of the plane's flight... more
AccidentsSCOTLAND: CESSNA 152 DISAPPEARS WHILE FLYING
SCOTLAND, The plane took off the other day from Inverness airport and it was flying to the island of Benbecula. The pilot made radio contact over Dingwall in Easter Ross but no further contact has been... more
AccidentsGREECE: TWO CONTROLLERS SENTENCED TO JAIL
THESSALONIKI, GREECE, The two controllers, convicted of negligent manslaughter, received five-year prison terms for failing to properly aid an Ukrainian jet in 1997 that crashed into a mountain killing... more
AccidentsSINGAPORE AIRLINES CRASH: PILOTS MAY BE DETAINED LONGER
TAIPEI, TAIWAN, The release of the three pilots was initially expected today, but a prosecutor said they could be detained longer because additional paperwork is needed before they can return to Singapore.... more
AccidentsUNITED PLANE DIVERTED TO ANCHORAGE AFTER TURBOLENCE
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA, The plane, carrying 390 people, was flying from San Francisco to Hong Kong. The flight was diverted to Anchorage, Alaska, after hitting turbolence that injured four people. A passenger... more