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AccidentsF-16 FIGHTING FALCON CRASHES IN FLORIDA
FLORIDA, The U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon has crashed near Panama City. The pilot ejected safely and has been rescued by an Air Force helicopter crew. The fighter was flying from Eglin Air Force... more
AccidentsMECHANICAL PROBLEM DELAYS NORTHWEST PASSENGERS NINE HOURS
EAGAN, MINNESOTA (AP), Northwest Airlines apologized to passengers who were shuttled on and off a plane three times over nine hours because of mechanical problems before their flight was canceled altogether.... more
AccidentsSILK AIR: FINAL REPORT COULDN'T FIND THE CAUSE OF THE CRASH
SINGAPORE, Investigators of the 1997 crash of a SilkAir Boeing 737-300 that killed 104 people on December 19 1997, said they couldn't prove what caused flight to fall from the sky. Singapore police... more
AccidentsSINGAPORE AIRLINES CRASH: PROSECUTORS REQUESTED TEST FLIGHT
TAIWAN, Taiwanese prosecutors have asked the airline to conduct a simulation of the flight that crashed. It is not clear wheter the three pilots involved would participate in the simulation or not. It... more
AccidentsALASKA AIRLINES CRASH: PUBLIC HEARINGS OPENED
WASHINGTON, The cockpit voice recorder showed that the pilots of Alaska Airlines' flight 261 struggled vainly to save the plane before it crashed. The four-day hearings were opened yesterday to collect... more
AccidentsPASSENGER FORCES AMERICAN AIRLINES PLANE TO MAKE EMERGENCY LANDING
LOS ANGELES, The Boeing 767 was flying from Hawaii to Dallas. The passenger pulled out a a pocket knife and forced the pilot to make an emergency landing at Los Angeles International Airport. He tried... more
AccidentsBOEING 727 CARGO JET CATCHES FIRE WHILE APPROACHING TO LAND
LIVERPOOL, The cargo plane, flying from Dublin and carrying five people on board, reported fire while approaching landing at Liverpoool airport. The fire was extinguished while the jet was still in the... more
AccidentsBA BOEING 747 FALTERS IN THE MUD
LONDON, The plane taxied off the tarmac while landing at Heatrow and bacame stuck in the mud. The Boeing 747, arriving from Boston, was carrying 116 passengers. The mishap delayed departing flights of... more
AccidentsENGINE FAILURE WAS THE CAUSE FOR ANGOLAN ANTONOV CRASH
LUANDA, ANGOLA, A preliminary investigation attribute at maintenance lack the cause of the engine failure which have led to the Antonov crash in Angola, in which 57 people died the last month. Antonov... more
AccidentsMARINE MV-22 OSPREY CRASHES IN USA (3) : MARINE CORPS GROUND OSPREY FLEET
WASHINGTON, The commandant of the Marine Corps, Gen. James L. Jones, grounded all MV-22 Osprey aircraft after yesterday crash. Jones has also asked the Pentagon to delay indefinitely a decision that was... more
AccidentsMARINE MV-22 CRASHES IN USA (2) : FOUR KILLED
JACKSONVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA, All killed the four marines aboard the MV-22 Osprey crashed last night in North Carolina. The cause of the accident is still unknown. The crash comes eight months after the... more
AccidentsMARINE MV-22 OSPREY CRASHES IN USA
USA, The aircraft, carrying four marines, crashed in a wooded area north of Jacksonville, North Carolina. Military and civilian rescue personnel are trying to reach the crash site by using Marine rescue... more
AccidentsSMALL MILITARY PLANE CRASHES IN MEXICO: THREE DIED
MEXICO CITY, A small mexican air force aircraft, a Cessna 182, crashed in state of Michoacan, causing three died. The aircraft was used to search for illegal production of drugs. An investigation has been... more
AccidentsFORMER RAF TRAINING JET CRASHES: ONE DIED
GREAT BRITAIN, A private jet, a two-seat Provost used formerly for training by RAF crashed near the A631 at South Elkington, near Louth, causing pilot's death. The passengers has been ejected and is... more
AccidentsBRAZIL: CESSNA LANDS ON HIGHRWAY AND COLLIDES WITH A BUS
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL, Problematic landing for a single-engine airplane in Brasil today. The aircraft, a small Cessna used for school training, was forced to land in emergency conditions on a motorway... more
AccidentsCESSNA CRASHES IN OKLAHOMA, TWO KILLED
OKLAHOMA, USA, The light plane crashed yesterday in Norman while trying to land at Max Westheimer airport in a dense fog. The man and the woman aboard were both killed. The wreckage was discovered in a... more
AccidentsDELTA AIR LINES FLIGHT ABORTED ON TAKEOFF FOR ENGINE FIRE
SAN FRANCISCO, The Boeing 757 of Delta Air Lines was carrying 79 passengers and seven crew members. An engine caught fire during takeoff and the captain put the fire out with the plane's fire suppression... more
AccidentsOLD CONCORDE ACCIDENTS UNVEALED (2)
LONDON, GREAT BRITAIN, According with British Airways, which operated the Concorde which experienced loss of aerodynamical parts two times in five months, the first accident occurred in may, 1989, when... more
AccidentsCONTINENTAL AIRLINES PLANE FORCED TO LAND FOR ENGINE TROUBLES
USA, A Continental Airlines operated aircraft, flight 1888, with 60 passengers on board, landed in emergency at Corpus Christi international airport for a malfunctioning engine, occurred few minutes after... more
AccidentsAAIB UNVEILS APRIL 19TH AIR ACCIDENT CAUSES
ESSEX, GREAT BRITAIN, UK Air Accidents Investigation Branch released report on an air accident. occurred on last April, 19th in which two aircraft collided, claiming lives of all persons on board. One... more
AccidentsFOKKER 50 OVERCOME RUNWAY END FOR STRONG WIND
CLERMONT-FERRAND, FRANCE, A french Regional Airlines operated Fokker 50 aircraft, from Lyon has overcome runway end in landing at Clermont-Ferrand airport, due to strong wind. No one of the 12 passengers... more
AccidentsOLD CONCORDE ACCIDENTS UNVEALED
LONDON, GREAT BRITAIN, After that all Concorde fleet has been grounded, due to Air France crash in which 113 people died, has been unvealed that a single supersonic plane, operated by British Airways,... more
AccidentsBRITISH TORNADO JETTISONED MISTAKENLY FUEL TANK
LOSSIEMOUTH, GREAT BRITAIN, A RAF fighter-bomber Tornado jet in training flight mistakenly jettisoned fuel tanks, containing about 3000 liters of kerosene, during take off from RAF Lossiemouth airfield.... more
AccidentsCOLOMBIAN MILITARY AIRCRAFT CRASH IN LANDING
BOGOTA, COLOMBIA, A military, spanish-made, CASA aircraft of Colombian Air Forces crashed in a night landing at the military airport of Tres Esquinas, about 300 kms. southeast of state capital Bogota.... more
AccidentsDELTA AIRLINES AIRCRAFT SLIDES OFF RUNWAY AT SCHIPHOL
SCHIPHOL, AMSTERDAM, An aircraft operated by Delta Airlines coming from Atlanta slided off runway landing at Schiphol Airport (Amsterdam) wednesday morning. The airplane slided into the grass surrounding... more
AccidentsPLANE MAKES EMERGENCY LANDING IN KAZAKHSTAN
KAZAKHSTAN, The Kazakstan Air Boeing 737 was en route from Almaty to Moscow. It had to make an emergency landing at capital Astana because of a mulfunctioning of the air conditioning system. The jet was... more
AccidentsSABENA SHOOTED AIRCRAFT (4): FLIGHTS TO BURUNDI SUSPENDED
BRUXELLES, BELGIUM, Sabena airline, of which an aircraft has been hit by several bullets during landing at Bujumbara airport, in Burundi, has decided to suspend indefinitely flights for the African... more
AccidentsSABENA SHOOTED AIRCRAFT (3): AIRLINE PRESS RELEASE
BUJUMBURA, BURUNDI, The belgian airline Sabena, sent this press release about its aircraft shooted in Burundi: Today at 5:56 pm GMT (6:56 pm Belgian time), a Sabena Airbus A330-200, flying SN877 on... more
AccidentsSABENA SHOOTED AIRCRAFT: ON BOARD THE BURUNDI'S APOSTOLIC NUNCIO
BUJUMBURA, BURUNDI, Has been confirmed that on board of Sabena aircraft shooted with several bullets at landing at Bujumbura international airport in Burundi, as reported by WAPA agency, was also the... more
AccidentsSABENA AIRBUS A-330 FIRED ON LANDING
BURUNDI, AFRICA, The flight 877, coming from Brussels, was fired by a machine-gun while it was descending for landing manoeuvre at Bujumbura airport. Two people suffered minor injures. Sabena resumed flights... more
AccidentsUPSIDE DOWN FLIPPING FOR LANDING AIRCRAFT IN HONDURAS, NO INJURED
HONDURAS, A small passenger aircraft from La Ceiba, operated by TACA Salvadoran Airline, due to heavy winds, flipped upside down in landing at international landing at Toncontin international airport... more
AccidentsSMALL PLANE CRASHES IN AUSTRIA, TWO KILLED
AUSTRIA, The small plane, a six-seat Mooney, was flying from Athens to Budapest. The pilot decided to change route because of the bad weather and headed to Vienna airport. The plane crashed in the eastern... more
AccidentsMISSED COLLISION BETWEEN GB AIRLINE AND U.S. FIGHTER
LONDON, GREAT BRITAIN, A collision has been avoided for a very tight margin in Great Britain skies. A Boeing 757 operated by Britannia Airways heading to Cipro and a U.S. F-15 fighter from Suffolk air... more
AccidentsPIPER ARROW CRASHES IN ENGLAND, 4 VICTIMS
LONDON, The light aircraff took off from Thruxton airfield in Hampshire and crashed yesterday afternoon near the horse racing village of Lambourn, Berks, a few minutes after takeoff. Among the four victims... more
AccidentsUK: COPTER CRASH, TWO KILLED
LEEDS, The helicopter, believed to be a Robinson R22, crashed into a farmland as it returned to Sherburn Aero Club near Leeds. A man, Anthony Baldwin, and his son-in-law Darren Hunter, were killed. The... more
AccidentsSCOTLAND: AIRCRAFT GETS LOST IN LOW CLOUDS
SCOZIA, The light aircraft, a Cessna 172, took off from Kirkwall airport and then it became lost in low cloud. The pilot radioed for help and a Northern Lighthouse Board helicopter guided it to the island... more
AccidentsIRELAND: NOSE WHEEL OF A PLANE COLLAPSES AT LANDING, 28 INJURED
DUBLIN, The nose wheel of a Futura Boeing 737 collapsed carrying 189 passengers and six crew collapsed as it made a bad landing at the Shannon airport in western Ireland. Twenty-eight passengers were... more
AccidentsPLANE CRASHES IN SCOTLAND, PILOT KILLED
SCOTLAND, The plane was flying from Newcastle to Iceland. The Piper Aerostar was headed to Iceland. It crashed and exploded near a farmhouse close to Fearnoch, on the north side of Loch Tay, Perthshire.... more
AccidentsLIGHT AIRCRAFT CRASHES IN DENMARK, 3 KILLED
DENMARK, A small single engne plane, en route from Soenderborg to Hamburg, crashed in southern Denmark shortly after take off. The aircraft heaved over and hit the sea with a wing. Three german men were... more
AccidentsNTSB TO HOLD PUBLIC HEARING ON CARGO CRASHED NEAR SACRAMENTO
USA, The date for the hearing will be determined at a later day. The plane, a cargo Boeing (Douglas) DC-8-71, crashed on February 16, 2000 near Sacramento. The three crewmembers were killed. more
AccidentsPAYNE STEWART'S PLANE CRASH DUE TO LOSS OF PRESSURE AND LACK OF OF OXYGEN
USA, US National Transportation Safety Board was unable to dtermine the cause of the loss of cabin pressure. The year-long investigation was hampered by the lack of a flight data recorder. The chartered... more
AccidentsLOCKERBIE: SCOTTISH COURT REJECTS MOTION TO DISMISS CHARGES
SCOTLAND, The judges of the scottish court hearing the case rejected the motion to dismiss charges against one of the two lybians accused of downing Pan Am flight 103 by a bomb. The court said it had heard... more
AccidentsSINGAPORE AIRLINE CRASH: WOMAN FILES A SUIT AGAINST THE AIRLINE
USA, Johanna Renee Thomas, whose husband died in the crash occurred in Taiwan, has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the airline in a district court of Los Angeles. The woman claimed that the neglicence... more
AccidentsEMERGENCY LANDING FOR AN AIR TRAN DC-9
USA, The plan was carrying 92 passengers from Atlanta to Ohio. It had to make an emergency landing at Hartsfield airport 6 minutes after take off because of electrical problems in the cockpit and smoke... more
AccidentsAMERICAN MD-80 MAKES EMERGENCY LANDING
USA, The jet, en route from Washington to Dallas, had to make an emergency landing at Dulles International Airport shortly after takeoff because smoke was reported in the cockpit and cabin. No one of the... more
AccidentsSINGAPORE AIRLINES CRASH: WOMAN FILES A SUIT AGAINST THE AIRLINE
TAIWAN, Johanna Renee Thomas, whose husband died in the crash occurred in Taiwan, has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the airline in a district court of Los Angeles. The woman claimed that the neglicence... more
AccidentsLOCKERBIE: SCOTTISH COURT REJECTS MOTION TO DISMISS CHARGES
SCOTLAND, The judges of the scottish court hearing the case rejected the motion to dismiss charges against one of the two lybians accused of downing Pan Am flight 103 by a bomb. The court said it had heard... more
AccidentsCALIFORNIA: SMALL PLANE MAKES EMERGENCY LANDING ON HIGHWAY
SAN JOSE, A six-seat Beechcraft Bonanza airplane was forced to make an emergency landing on a northbound ramp on highway 87 in San Jose because of an engine failure. The pilot, who was alone, warned the... more
AccidentsHELICOPTER CRASH IN NEW CALEDONIA, 7 DEAD
NEW CALEDONIA, The helicopter went down in a mountainous area of the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia. The cause of the crash is still unknown, authorities are investigating. Among the 7 killed... more
AccidentsSTEWART PAYNE'S ACCIDENT NTSB FINAL REPORT WILL BE RELEASED TOMORROW
WASHINGTON, D.C., U.S. NTSB, National Transport Safety Board will release tomorrow, in a press conference in Washington D.C., its final report on air accident occurred at golf champion Payne Stewart... more