Accidents
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AccidentsVenezuela (4): ATR 42–300 information
Merida, Venezuela - One research helicopter found the aircraft in a mountain region northeast of Merida
The ATR-42/300 manufacturing serial number 028 (YV-1449) operated by Santa Barbara Airlines is reported missing and one research helicopter found the aircraft in a mountainous region northeast of Merida. The... more
AccidentsGulf of Mexico: crash between two US F-15C Eagles fighters
Washington, USA - Died one of the two pilots involved
Two US F-15C Eagles fighters crashed on Wednesday on the Gulf of Mexico, off the coast of Florida, just South of the Tyndall Air Force Base. According to US sources, only a Pilot has died after a mid-air... more
AccidentsAn Indian Cheetah helicopter crashes near Himalaya, one heavy wounded
Lobuche, Nepal - It's a military version of Lama
A SA-315B Cheetah, military Indian license produced version of the French Aerospatiale (now Eurocopter) Lama, a well known high-altitude capable helicopter, crashed today in the Khumbu Valley, near Himalaya... more
AccidentsSwitzerland: investigation concluded on German Tornado crashed in Lauterbrunnental
Bern, Switzerland - Accident caused by human error
A human error caused the incident of April 12th 2007, in which a Tornado of the German Luftwaffe crashed in Lauterbrunnental. The erroneous evaluation of the terrain's morphology and the flight parameters... more
AccidentsArmenia, crashed a Belavia Airlines Bombardier CRJ-100 aircraft
Yerevan, Armenia - The incident has not provoked any victims
Four people were hospitalized after a passenger plane, belongs to the Belarusian state-owned airline, Belavia Airlines, crashed on takeoff at an airport near the capital of Armenia, early on Thursday. The... more
AccidentsFifty years ago the "Busby Babes" tragedy
Manchester, United Kingdom - The English "Superga"
Football lovers should remember it. On February 6th, 1950, exactly fifty years ago, a twin-engine airplane of BEA (British European Airways) crashed while taking off from the airport of Munich, after a... more
AccidentsTwin-engine crashes in North Carolina, 6 dead
Washington, USA - Two prominent Republicans among the victims
A twin-engine Beechcraft King Air plane, started from Georgia and headed to Virginia, in the South of the US, crashed in the week-end in the environs of the airport of Mount Airy, in North Carolina. All... more
AccidentsPortuguese F-16 crashes near Lisbon
Lisbon , Portugal - Investigations ongoing
Yesterday afternoon, at 1:40pm local time, an F-16 fighter jet of the Portuguese Air Force crashed to the ground in the area around the air base of Monte Real, in the environs of the city of Leiria, north... more
AccidentsLost airplane in Venezuela: Transaven airline had no licence
Caracas , Venezuela - And the research pundits denounce: "Insufficient means"
There are developments in the question of the two-engine aircraft crashed into the sea of Venezuela with 14 people on board, among which 8 Italian tourists, on last January the 4th. It seems namely now... more
AccidentsTragedy in Poland, military airplane crashes
Warsaw, Poland - They were returning from a flight safety conference
The Polish armed forces lost yesterday 20 men, among whom some high officers, in consequence of a flight accident occurred near the Air Force base of Miroslawiec, in the north-western part of the country.... more
AccidentsAirplane falls near Perugia, two dead
Perugia, Italy - The accident occurred in the late afternoon of yesterday probably due to the fog
According to witnesses, the very thick fog in the area could have been the cause of the accident occurred to a little tourism airplane, fallen in the area between Torgiano and Bettona, near Perugia, in... more
AccidentsHelicopter falls near Milan's East bypass
Milan, Italy - Two victims
An AS-350B Ecureuil helicopter fell down in Milan near the exit 24 Usmate-Velate of the East bypass; the bodies of the occupants, two entrepreneurs from Brescia, were found charred in the aircraft wreckage.... more
AccidentsAngola, 12 dead in air accident
Luanda , Angola - Rescue helicopter forced to emergency landing
A two-engine Beechcraft B-200 King Air airplane crashed in Angola, on Saturday, as it was flying from the capital Luanda toward the city of Huambo. All 12 people on board died. The wreckage of the... more
AccidentsTwo single-engine collide in the skies of California
Los Angeles , USA - 5 verified victims
Two private single-engine airplanes, a Cessna-150 and a Cessna-172, crashed over Corona, a suburban district 40 miles east of Los Angeles, in California. The former aircraft, of smaller size, is said... more
AccidentsATR-72 Tuninter: Italian ANSV's final report on the accident
Rome, Italy - A hyphen and a series of mistakes and negligences led to the disaster in which 16 people died
We can say a misinterpreted hyphen 16 people lost their lives and other 23 were injured, 16 of whom severely: that's what happened on August 6th, 2005 when an ATR-72 airplane of Tuninter, Tunisian carrier,... more
AccidentsBody found in Venezuela belongs to copilot of the missing Let-410
Caracas, Venezuela - Recognized by the dental examination
The body rescued off the coast of Falcòn, in Venezuela, belongs to Alfredo Avila Otamendi, 37, copilot of the Let-410 plane of the Transaven airline, disappeared in the waters around Los Roques last January... more
AccidentsRecovered in Venezuela the possible body of one of the passengers of the Let-410 airplane
Caracas, Venezuela - Spotted Saturday by local fishermen
The body of a man, who may have been among the passengers of the airplane disappeared off Venezuela on January the fourth with 14 people on board, was recovered yesterday in front of the coast of the peninsula... more
AccidentsPerhaps crashed in tailspin the Treviso Piper
Treviso , Italy - The incident's dynamic being investigated
Yesterday have arrived in Treviso the two technicians deployed by the Italian Air Safety Board (ANSV) to investigate the dynamic of the incident that last Saturday cost the life of Matteo Finotto (26)... more
AccidentsFarnesina: still looking for the airplane disappeared in Venezuela
Rome, Italy - The hijacking hypothesis is ruled out
"The Italian vice-minister of of Foreign Affairs, Franco Danieli, keeps following with attention the research operations about the Italians who were onboard the airplane disappeared last January 4th, in... more
AccidentsVenezuela (3): also oceanographic ship employed for finding the disappeared airplane
Caracas, Venezuela - Still no trace of the plane
The Venezuelan network "Globalvision" unveils the latest declarations by the director of the local civil protection Antonio Rivero, according to which in the researches for the airplane disappeared last... more
AccidentsAirplane crashes in the Gulf of Alaska, 6 dead 4 survivors
Anchorage, USA - Tragedy in a Christian-Orthodox community
A serious incident has hit the small community of the Russian Orthodox Old Believers, a sect of about 1500 Orthodox-Christians who live in Alaska, mostly far from civilization. An airplane with 9 young... more
AccidentsVenezuela (2), still no results in the search for the lost airplane
Caracas , Venezuela - Also means of the Netherlands Antilles engaged
The search in the Caribbean Sea of signs of the plane disappeared last Friday with 14 persons on board, among which 8 Italians (see AVIONEWS), goes on. For the moment though, the efforts of the rescue... more
AccidentsBelgium: crashes a helicopter hitting a high-tension electricity cable
Merchtem, Belgium - Five victims
Five people died in the evening of 26th December when a Bell Jet Ranger 206 helicopter crashed in a field in the central Belgian between Merchtem and Wemmel, North-Western of Brussels. The official... more
AccidentsTwo light aircraft collide in England
Midlands, England - Two dead, three safe after emergency landing
Two persons died yesterday following the collision between two private light aircraft in the skies over the Midlands, central England. One of the two airplanes, a two-seat Luscombe Silvaire, crashed after... more
AccidentsSingle-engine plane crashes in Idaho, 3 dead
Iron County , USA - The accident took place on the Black Mountains
The sheriff of Iron County, in the South of Utah, and his deputies, have found yesterday afternoon the lifeless bodies of three passengers of a single-engine-plane crashed in the morning in the Black mountains... more
AccidentsSearch for helicopter ambulance disappeared in Alaska stopped
Anchorage , USA - One verified victim, three still missing
After one week the search operations for the helicopter ambulance, its crew and the patient on board, which disappeared in a snow storm somewhere in the Prince William Sound mountains, in Alaska (see AVIONEWS),... more
AccidentsPrivate aircraft crashes in Ukraine, 5 dead
Kiev, Ukraine - Probable cause: human error and fog
Five persons have died when the plane on which they were travelling crashed nearby the second airport of Kiev, in the Zhuliany neighbourhood. This was reported yesterday by sources in the Ukrainian Transport... more
AccidentsGreek Air Foce F-16 fighter crashed in Aegean Sea: pilot dead
Athens, Greece - The announcement comes by the Hellenic radio station
The Hellenic radio station announced that a Greek Air Force F-16 fighter crashed in the North of Aegean Sea. In the crash the pilot died. The victim was performing a training flight, when he lost the control... more
AccidentsCanada: helicopter adapted to ambulance disappears during snow storm
Anchorage, Alaska - Three persons plus a sick woman on board
A helicopter adapted to be used as helicopter ambulance disappeared from the radar screens in the afternoon of last Monday; on board were the pilot, a nurse, a paramedic and a woman in serious health conditions.... more
AccidentsMalaysia, three paratroopers die during exercise
Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia - Two are women
3 paratroopers of the Royal Malaysian Air Force died, and other 11 remained injured yesterday, while taking part in an exercise during the preparations for the Langkawi International Maritime and Airspace... more
AccidentsTurkey: no survivors in the Atlasjet aircraft's incident
Isparta, Turkey - Reasons are still unkown
An Turkish Atlasjet aircraft crashed in Turkey’s South-West last Friday killing all 57 people onboard (see AVIONEWS). The aircraft, a McDonnell Douglas MD-83, was flying from Istanbul to Isparta a... more
AccidentsAir crash in Turkey, 56 dead
Keciborlu, Turkey - No survivors among the passengers
A Turkish carrier McDonnell Douglas MD-83 plane crashed this morning in the Turkish province of Isparta (South-West of the Country). All 56 occupants died (49 passengers and 7 crew members). The aircraft,... more
AccidentsTornado fallen last April in Berne's Oberland: Switzerland shoulders the expenses
Berne, Switzerland - It will pay around CHF 60,000
Switzerland shoulders the burden of the costs relative to the crash of a German Tornado airplane in the Bernese Oberland. Such costs amount to CHF 60,000 (less than 40,000 Euro). The costs include also... more
AccidentsSmall airplane crashes in Maine in foggy weather
Maine, USA - It was a Mooney bound for Albany
A four-seater Mooney crashed yesterday shortly after the takeoff from the airport of Greater Binghamton, near the town of Maine, in the American State of New York. Due to fog and inclement weather,... more
AccidentsIraq: military helicopter crashes
Baghdad, Iraq - Two soldiers onboard died, both English
A SA-330 Puma military helicopter came down yesterday near the town of Salman Pak, 45 kilometres South of Baghdad, Iraq. Two of the occupants, English, died in the crash. Two other soldiers "Were severely... more
AccidentsTexas: crash of a Piper aircraft. Killed two italian flight students
Abilene, USA - They were left with their instructor
Two students from Italy and a flight instructor from Texas were killed Thursday afternoon when their small plane, a single-engine Piper, crashed in central Texas. Luca Visani, of Cesena and Andrea Venturini,... more
AccidentsUS military helicopter: the official account
Treviso, Italy - 6 dead, 5 wounded
The death toll of the incident that yesterday involved a US Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter in the nearings of Santa Lucia del Piave, in province of Treviso, has risen during the night: now 6 dead and... more
AccidentsUS military helicopter (7): the "Almost" definitive balance
Treviso, Italy - The vehicles committed to the rescue
The first heli-ambulance that reached the spot was a helicopter from Treviso which transported to the city hospital the first wounded recovered from the wreckage. Then the heli-ambulance of Belluno, coming... more
AccidentsUS military helicopter (6): the dead would be 4; 7 the wounded
Treviso, Italy - These last details were given to AVIONEWS by the Ulss 8 of Castelfranco Veneto
We try to give an estimate of the dead and injured soldiers involved in the incident occurred to an American Black Hawk helicopter in the province of Treviso (Veneto) this morning, even if it's hard because... more
AccidentsUS military helicopter (5): maybe a mistake by the pilot
Treviso, Italy - The note spread by the Veneto alpine rescue national corps
"At the moment there are 4 dead and 7 injured, 3 of whom in severe condition, after the incident that involved an American helicopter of the base of Aviano, fallen near the motorway bridge, but the amount... more
AccidentsUS military helicopter: 4 injured hospitalized in Treviso, one in Padova
Treviso, Italy - Two red codes, two yellow codes
AVIONEWS, after contacting the hospital of Treviso, cannot provide updates about the conditions of 4 of the 5 injured (as it seems) of the helicopter crash occurred this morning to an American Black Hawk... more
AccidentsUS military helicopter (3): confirmed 5 victims
Treviso, Italy - On the spot the intervention of seven helicopters
Confirmed 5 victims in the incident occurred to an American Black Hawk helicopter this morning at around 11:30 in Santa Maria di Piave (Treviso, Northern Italy) on the bank of river Piave (see AVIONEWS... more
AccidentsUS military helicopter (2): 5 dead and 6 wounded
Treviso , Italy - They are probably US-soldiers
The account of the incident that has involved a US military Black Hawk helicopter in the nearings of Treviso, crashed on the bank of the river Piave near the city of Santa Lucia del Piave, worsens: 5 dead... more
AccidentsUS military helicopter crashes, 5 dead
Treviso, Italy - In the nearings of Treviso
A US military helicopter, supposedly a 4-blades, single-rotor Blackhawk, started from the US base in Aviano, has crashed in the countryside in the nearings of Treviso, in the area of the city of Santa... more
AccidentsSouth Korea: collision between two Black Hawk helicopters
Seoul, South Korea - One dead and 22 wounded
South Korean Army pilot died after his helicopter collided with another during a night-time military training exercise, an Army spokesman said. The 22 soldiers aboard the two helicopters were taken to... more
AccidentsBrazil: air-taxi falls on town
Sao Paulo, Brazil - 8 victims, but the number could be larger
For a moment there were fears of another tragedy like that of last July 17, when an A-320 operated by the Brazilian airline TAM crashed on the runway of the "Congonhas" airport of Sao Paulo, Brazil, ending... more
AccidentsPlane crash in Canada, toddler miraculously survived
Golden B.C., Canada - Two people dead
Last Sunday night, a Cessna 172 plane, took off from Golden (British Columbia), bound for Edmonton (Alberta), owing to bad weather, crashed in the icy water at the edge of a riverbank near Golden, around... more
AccidentsFallen R-22 helicopter of the Cuneo-Levaldigi flying school
Cuneo, Italy - Both the occupants taken to hospital in medium severity condition
Saturday morning, a Robinson 22 helicopter, American two-seater belonging to the flying school based in the Cuneo-Levaldigi airport (Piemonte, Italy), has fallen in an area between Vottignasco and Villafalletto.... more
AccidentsParachute does not open, 20 year-old girl dead
Latina , Italy - Veronica Ingrosso was an Army corporal
Tragic accident yesterday in Borgo Piave of Latina. Veronica Ingrosso, 20, Army corporal, fell to the ground after a failed airdrop from a height of 600 metres. Veronica went to the flying club of Latina... more
AccidentsTribunals: developments on the two air incidents of Crossair
Bern, Switzerland - Proceeding suspended on the accident of Nassenwil for intervened prescription
Last October 23rd the Public Prosecutor of the Swiss Confederation brought a charge against six persons in the case of the incident occurred to a Crossair airplane at Bassersdorf (town in the Zurich canton,... more