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AccidentsAIRCRAFT CRASHES IN GERMANY, FOUR KILLED
LEIMEN, Four people, two men and two women, were killed after their aircraft crashed in a wood near Leimen, in the german land of Baden-Wuerttemberg. The small plane took off from Nurberg, in Bavaria,... more
AccidentsSRI LANKA: HELICOPTER CRASH KILLS 15 PEOPLE
SRI LANKA, An helicopter crashed on saturday morning in the east of Sri Lanka, 40 miles east of Colombo. The Ports Minister MHMH Mohammed Ashraff was among the 15 victims. Police ruled out the possibility... more
AccidentsUKRAINE: VICE-MINISTER OF THE INTERIOR CRASHES DURING AN AIR SHOW
MOSCOW, General Leonid Borodic, ukranian vice-minister off the Interior, crashed during an air show in Kiev. Hundreds of people saw Borodic, an experienced pilot, crashing down during an aerobatic evolution... more
AccidentsQATAR AIRWAYS HIJACKER FEARED TO BE EXTRADITED TO IRAQ
DUBAI, The hijacker of Qatar Airways Airbus A-300 flying to Amman and carrying 144 people, 133 passengers + 11 crew members, was in trouble with iraqi justice. The plane had to land at jordan capital city... more
AccidentsHIJACKED QATARY AIRWAYS PLANE, HIJACKER SURRENDERS
RIAD, The hijacker surrendered when the aircraft landed at Hael, 400 km north of Riad. Al Jaazera, Qatar tv channel, reported the hijacker was an iraqui citizen who surrendered to authorities. The aircraft... more
AccidentsBOMB THREAT ON PAKISTAN LEADER'S PLANE
NEW YORK, A jet carrying Pakistan leader Pervez Musharraf was forced to return to John F Kennedy International Airport in New York after a bomb threat. The Boeing 747 of Pakistan International Airlines,... more
AccidentsMASS EXORCISM AT INDIAN CRASH SITE
INDIA, A mass exorcism is taking place near the site of the air crash in India, to get rid of the ghosts of the victim still haunting the area, as Gardanibagh residents said. Sixty people died in the crash.... more
AccidentsPILOT COLLAPSES WHILE LANDING
TOKYO, A pilot of a regional japanese flight collapsed while landing at Saga airport when the aircraft, an Airbus A-320, was standing 300 metres far from the ground. The immediate intervention of the co-pilot... more
AccidentsFORTY PEOPLE INTOXICATED BY FUMES AT AIR TERMINAL
SYDNEY, A few days before the beginning of Sydney Olympic Games the airport of the australian capital city was scene of an accident giving officials a lot of worries. Forty people were intoxicated... more
AccidentsTWO AIRCRAFT STANDING ON THE SAME CORRIDOR BEFORE LANDING NEARLY TO COLLIDE IN OSLO
OSLO, NORWAY, Two aircrafts stood on the same corridor during landing mnouvre and an automatic alarm system prevented a disastrous crash. It occurred at Oslo airport last friday involving two Sas aircrafts,... more
Accidents747 ENGINE EXPLOSION DAMAGES BUILDINGS
JAKARTA, The large burst part of the engine fallen down from a Japan Airlines Boeing 737, flying from Indonesia to Tokio, crashing in the suburbs of Jakarta, damaged 16 houses, but nobody was injured.... more
AccidentsMD-80 MAKES EMERGENCY LANDING AT DALLAS AIRPORT
DALLAS, USA, An American Airlines MD-80 made an emergency landing at Dallas Forth Worth International Airport after the pilot stopped an engine because of an unproper working of lubricating system as signalled... more
AccidentsEMERGENCY LANDING AFTER PLANE'S ENGINE FAILS
USA, An America West Airline aircraft carryng 100 people made an emengency landing at Sky Harbor International Airport. The Boeing 757 flying from San Francisco to Phoenix had an engine shut down when... more
AccidentsAIR CRASH KILLS A MAN
SCOTLAND, A light aircraft crashed near Llyn y Fan Fach in the Black Mountains in Wales. The pilot died and his body was flown by RAF to Singleton Hospital. Police made a through search of the area and... more
AccidentsITALIAN PEOPLE GIVE UP FLIGHT FOR FEARING A TECHNICAL PROBLEM OF THE AIRCRAFT
EL CAIRO, Fear won for once, the most obvious reaction felt before boarding an aircraft going to takeoff in unsecure condition. The 19 italian passengers of a private charter flying from El Cairo to... more
AccidentsDRUNKEN WATERPOLO TEAMS ABOARD, COMMANDER MAKES EMERGENCY LANDING
ROMA, An Air Malta Boeing 737 flying from Malta to Budapest was forced to make an emergency landing at Fiumicino airport for an overjoyed atmosphere distrurbing passengers. The drunken state of about... more
AccidentsTWA AIRCRAFT ABORTS TAKEOFF FOR CO-PILOT'S SIDE UNLATCHED
WASHINGTON, A Twa jetliner aborted takeoff at Kennedy Airport after the pilot noticed that co-pilot's side had been left unlatched. The Boeing 767, bound for St. Louis with 233 people aboard, blew six... more
AccidentsEMERGENCY LANDING FOR A TWIN ENGINE AIRCRAFT CARRYING THREE PEOPLE
GORIZIA, A twin engine german aircraft had to make an emergency landing at Friuli-Venezia Giulia Ronchi dei Legionari regional airport five minutes after takeoff. No passenger was injured. The aircraft... more
AccidentsPIERRE GRAF: "FRENCH CONCORDE READY TO FLY AGAIN SOON
PARIS, Concorde supersonic jet, after the crash of July 25 at Charles De Gaulle airport in which 113 people were killed, could fly again in a short while. But this period risks to be extended to two years... more
AccidentsAMERICAN PILOT LANDS ON HIGHWAY
DENVER, USA, A 41 years old american pilot, John Zayac, flying a vintage plane over Denver, a North American SNJ5, to a national championship air race in Reno, made an emergency landing on the four... more
AccidentsPENTAGON DENIES WRONGDOING IN FIGHTER JET'S CLOSE TO COLLIDE WITH AIRLINER
WASHINGTON D.C., Pentagon officials said the F-117 stealth fighter was on FAA approved flight path over Los Angeles therefore it was doing nothing wrong when it came so close to the United Airlines Boeing... more
AccidentsALITALIA FLIGHT TO MILAN TAKES OFF AT THIRD ATTEMPT
ROMA, Troubles and fear for the 130 passengers of the Alitalia flight AZ 108 to Amsterdam which took off from Fiumicino airport at third attempt. The first time, after flying an hour and 15 minutes,... more
AccidentsAIRBUS FLYING TO MILAN FORCED TO RETURN TO CYPRUS FOR DAMAGE
LARNACA, A damage on one of the three hydraulic system forced a Cyprus Airlines Airbus A320 to return to the cypriot airport. The aircraft would have been able to use the two spare hydraulic systems without... more
AccidentsNEAR CRASH NEW IN TUNISIA REPORTED AFTER A WEEK
TUNIS, The indipendent tunisian weekly magazine Akhbar Al-Giumhuriya reported the new of a near disaster at Tunis-Carthage airport. The magazine reported a Saudi Airlines Boeing 777 carrying 204 passengers... more
AccidentsAN ELDERLY PILOT, 81, CRASHES WITH HIS AIRPLANE, WITHOUT INJURY
GREAT BRITAIN, An elderly pilot and his young passenger have crashed shortly after take-off with their light aircraft escaping serious injury. Piloted by an 81-year-old accompanied by an 11-year-old grand-son,... more
AccidentsEMERGENCY LANDING FOR BEREZOWSKI'S AIRCRAFT
MOSCOW, The private small aircraft of Boris Berezowski, the russian mogul, had to make an precautionary landing in Dusseldorf, Germany, after smoke was spotted in the cabin. more
AccidentsFAA CONFIRMED STEALTH FLEW NEARBY 757
USA, FAA confirmed the plane flying nearby the Boeing 757 of United Airlines over Los Angeles was a F-117 "Stealth aircraft". A federal inquiry will be set to check the liability. Still no admission from... more
AccidentsTWO EMERGENCY LANDING FOR SMOKE SPOTTED IN THE CABIN
USA, A Continental Airline aircraft made an emergency landing at Jacksonville Airport, Florida, after the pilot spotted a smoke smell in the cabin. The aircraft was inspected and the cause of the smoke... more
AccidentsGULF AIR TO BOOST PAYMENTS
BAHRAIN, Gulf Air, the airline of the Airbus crashed into the sea killing 143 people on board, said it will pay USD15.000 for each child on the plane in addition to the USD$25.000 it has already promised... more
Accidents757 AND STEALTH NEAR COLLISION
USA, A Boeing 757 pilot of United Airlines flying to Boston informed control tower that an Air Force F-117A, the notorious "Stealth aircraft" widely used by U.S. forces in recent wars, passed overhead... more
AccidentsHELICOPTER CRASHES INTO THE WATER DURING A RESCUE
TAIWAN, A french made helicopter of Taiwan police spun out of control and crashed into the water about ten metres over a river during a mock river rescue in the southern country of Tainan. Five people... more
AccidentsKING AIR 200 FLEET UNDER INVESTIGATION
AUSTRALIA, King Air 200 fleet of 60 aircraft went under investigation last year to check the oxygen masks and cabin-altitude alert system. The oxygen system in some of those aircrafts automatically deploy... more
AccidentsDIY TWINJET EXPERIENCE GEAR COLLAPSE
COLORADO USA, A Maverick Twinjet 1500 has experienced a landing gear collapse during a landing on the Pueblo airport with subsequent slide on runway, but without harm for people on board. The pilot has... more
AccidentsEMERGENCY LANDING IN PEKING FOR AN AIRBUS
PEKING, An Airbus A-340 of Austrian Airlines, carrying 253 passengers, had to make an emergency landing at Peking airport during its flight from Shangai to Vienna. The emergency landing was due to a loss... more
AccidentsPART OF ENGINE FALLS DOWN ON THE GROUND, NOBODY INJURED
JAKARTA, A Boeing 747-300 of Japanese Airlines, flying to Tokyo, lost a part of an engine. The piece, after the explosion of the engine, fell down on the ground in the suburbs of Jakarta, not far from... more
AccidentsFIREFIGHTING AIRCRAFT CRASHED IN FRANCE: TWO PEOPLE DIED
PARIS, A cargo plane, a C-130 Hercules equippped for firefighting by water bombing, has crashed in a mountainous area near the small town of Burzet in the south-eastern France, killing two people and injuring... more
AccidentsCONCORDE: CONTINENTAL RESPONSIBLE TO RELATIVES AND VICTIMS
PARIS, Continental Airline could be responsible of Concorde disaster in which on July 25 113 people were killed. A lawyer representing the families of four victims accused Continental adding that in case... more
AccidentsGULF AIR CRASH: POSSIBLE HUMAN FAULT
MANAMA, Investigators of Gulf Air Airbus A320 crashed into the sea last August 23 in Bahrain, killing all the 143 passengers, are seriously considering the assumption of human fault. "All the clues seems... more
AccidentsTHE DISASTER PREVENTED IN THE SKY OF LONDON: THE SIMILAR CASES
ROME, Only in the british air spaces every year are recorded, on the average, 41 prevented collisions, the 20% of which are considered to be at high risk. Here are some of the most recent collisions... more
AccidentsCLOSE TO DISASTER IN THE SKY OF LONDON
LONDON, On August the 20, in the sky of London, it was close to occur a terrible disaster, with at least 700 killed people, as that was the number of the passengers on a United Airlines jetliner and... more
AccidentsPARACHUTIST GETS CAUGHT TO AIRCRAFT AFTER PARACHUTING: UNHURT AT LANDING
NEW YORK, Terrible misadventure for Andy Judy, a universitarian of West Virginia, boarded on a small plane in the sky of Pennsylvania to parachute. Something went wrong when he dropped: a part of his equipment... more
AccidentsEMERGENCY LANDING AT ISTANBUL FOR AN AIRBUS 310 OF TURKISH AIRLINE
ANKARA, Emergency landing for An Airbus 310 of turkish national flagship airline. The pilot was forced to stop the right engine while the plane was flying from Ankara to Dusseldorf and then he made the... more
AccidentsAIR 2000 BRITISH PLANES FAILS TAKING OFF FROM CYPRUS AIRPORT
NICOSIA, A british Air 2000 plane, carrying 178 passengers, failed taking off from the international airport of Paphos on the west coast of Cyprus. The aircraft, headed to Cardiff, was rolling on the... more
AccidentsNINE DIE IN AUSTRALIAN AIR CRASH
AUSTRALIA, A Beechcraft King Air 200 twin turboprop aircraft, with nine people on board, crashed in the Queensland state. The aircraft burst into flames when it smashed into the ground. Police believe... more
AccidentsCOLOMBIA: MILITARY AIRCRAFT CRASHES, KILLED THE ENTIRE CREW
ROMA, A military aircraft of colombian Air Force crashed the other day on the way back to base after fighting leftist rebels. The plane was an american made AC-47. The entire seven-man crew was kil... more
AccidentsPIPER CRASHES DURING AIR SHOW, 4 KILLED
CLEVELAND, A Piper Cherokee Six 300 crashed the other day during an Air Show in Cleveland. Four people were killed and another seriously injured. more
AccidentsTHE METAL PIECE FOUND ON THE RUNWAY OF CONCORDE CAME FROM A CONTINENTAL DC-10
PARIGI, French accident investigators said the stray metal piece found on the runway from which concorde took off came from a Continental Airlines DC-10. A statement from Bea said said a DC-10 of Continental... more
AccidentsALITALIA FLIGHT RETURNS TO NEW YORK FOR EMERGENCY
NEW YORK, A Boeing 747 of Alitalia airline, flying from New York to Malpensa, Milan, was forced to return to JFK airport after three hours of flight for some smoke spread in "Magnifica" class. more
AccidentsLOCKERBIE TRIAL WILL BE ADJOURNED TO SEPTEMBER 21ST
CAMP ZEIST, HOLLAND, The trial about Lockerbie disaster, in which 270 people were killed in 1988, has been adjourned to September 21st. This adjournament, proclaimed by the scottish Court, which chairs... more
AccidentsCONCORDE'S CREW STOOD NO CHANCE OF SAVING THE PLANE
PARIS, Aviation experts said the crew of Concorde stood no chance of avoiding the crash. This conclusion was drawn after the publication of conversations of the crew. These allowed to reconstruct last... more