Accidents
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AccidentsHelicopter fallen into Vomano, the inquires keeps on
Rome, Italy - Experts are trying to reconstruct the accident: human error or technical hitch?
The inquiries keeps on about the accident of last June 2, when a helicopter Robinson 44 with four persons on the board (the pilot Sergio Testoni and passengers Andrea Ruggieri, Nadia Durante and Alina... more
AccidentsEmulous of Charles Lindbergh crashes onto a building in Basel
Basel, Switzerland - Pilot dead, 13 injured people
Yesterday around 12:00 a self-built airplane flown by record-man and ex-Swissair experienced pilot Hans Georg Schmidt crashed onto the roof of a structure made up of several small buildings shortly after... more
AccidentsAir tragedy in Brazil had been anticipated
Sao Paulo, Brazil - An air-traffic controller had accused FAB's bad management
"It will happen another air crash in Brazil": an anonymous air-traffic controller has anticipated all, that 48 hours before the Sao Paulo's air crash, the most terrible in the history of South-American... more
AccidentsUltralight pilot crashes in Greenland, saved by use of a ELT
Amassalik, Greenland - He was on way from France to Oshkosh, USA
An internationally known pilot and sailor, Loic Pochet, during a flight with its ultralight amphibious airplane, crashed near Amassalik, in a remote area on the east coast of Greenland. Pochet was flying... more
AccidentsAir crashes and ground victims (2): even military aircraft could be a drifting mine if bad piloted
Rome, Italy - Remained unpunished Cermis carnage
We can not forget to note the terrible events of Casalecchio di Reno (Boulogne) of December 6, 1990: an Aermacchi MB-326 of Italian Air Force went and planted into a school, the building of technical institute... more
AccidentsAir crashes and ground victims: an opportunity to meditate
Rome, Italy - When the importance of airplanes safety involves not only the people aboard
The accident of TAM's Airbus A-320 last July 17 at the "Congonhas" airport of Sao Paulo is an object of reflection. The accident caused 186 victims (according to the carrier, while Airbus declared 176)... more
AccidentsUSA: an "Experimental" helicopter crashed on a New Hampshire's pond
New Ipswich , USA - The conditions of pilot was not yet available
The calm of New Ipswich, a city of New Hampshire, near the Massachusetts border, was disturbed yesterday by the incident of a little "Homemade-experimental" helicopter. Jim Starbuck, 60, was the only... more
AccidentsSao Paulo air disaster: neglected a fault of the brakes
Sao Paulo, Brazil - A problem inside the breaking system was already known
Today arrived the upsetting news by the Tam' president, Marco Antonio Bologna, that the airline already knew a problem in the breaking system of the Airbus 320 aircraft, which caused the Sao Paulo tragedy... more
AccidentsSao Paulo air disaster (3): the accident plane
Sao Paulo, Brazil - An Airbus A-320
The accident airplane is an A-320 built by the European Airbus and operated by Brazilian TAM Linhas Aéras. The aircraft touched down at Sao Paulo's "Congonhas" at 6:45pm local time, on July 17 2007. Code... more
AccidentsSao Paulo air disaster (2): the power of attorney: "Congonhas" should be closed
Sao Paulo, Brazil - It was good sense to close the airport right after the ATR's runway skid
"Congonhas" airport of Sao Paulo, where the worst accident of the Brazilian civil aviation history occurred two days ago, is mainly adapted to national and regional flights, the second airport of the city,... more
AccidentsSao Paulo air tragedy: found the black box
Sao Paulo, Brazil - Perhaps it's partially damaged
The person responsible of the Brazilian Aviation, Juniti Saito, says that the black box of the Airbus 320 crashed yesterday at the airport of Congonhas in Sao Paulo, causing the worst tragedy of the Brazilian... more
AccidentsSao Paulo air tragedy (4): Pope expresses his sorrow
Vatican City, Italy - Prayers of sympathy for the departed
After the sorrow expressed by Brazil's president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who declared three days of national mourning, a sorrow telegram by the Pope has been sent by the Vatican City's secretary of... more
AccidentsSao Paolo air tragedy (3): Gremio Team risked matching the slaughter of Superga
Sao Paolo, Brazil - Only the destiny wanted the football team did not board the aircraft
Gremio Football Team Porto Public Relation Manager, Paulo Pelaipe, stated that on the Airbus A-320 aircraft crashed yesterday on "Congonhas"-Sao Paolo Airport would have been also the football team of... more
AccidentsSao Paulo air tragedy (2): 101 corpses recovered
Sao Paulo, Brazil - Incessant and without a moment’s pause the operations of recovery
At Sao Paulo's airport "Congonhas" the scene is absurd, death is in the air and at the same time the activity of bodies recovery is frenetic, while a smell of burning covers everything. Even if the... more
AccidentsMore than 200 people believed dead after an air accident in San Paulo
San Paulo, Brazil - The runway wasn't ultimated yet
The most serious accident of the Brazilian aviation history occurred yesterday night at 18:45 local time, at the San Paulo's Congonhas airport. An Airbus A-320 aircraft of the Tam airline arriving from... more
AccidentsAmerican F-16 aircraft fallen last Saturday in Iraq
Balad, Iraq - Pilot luckily unhurt
The US military forces have been losing quite a number of airplanes and helicopters in Iraq. Last Saturday the umpteenth loss of a plane, an F-16 crashed during take-off from the main US base in Iraq,... more
AccidentsTourism aircraft crashed yesterday in Florida: two people killed and three injured
Orlando, Florida - Closed the massacre
A real strike of luck that the plane, a Cessna 310 airplane, has not caused others victims but the two occupants in its crash on a town nearby six kilometres to international airport of Orlando, Florida... more
AccidentsCrashed another helicopter in Afghanistan
Kabul, Afghanistan - While yesterday a similar accident is happened in Croatia
Afghan governmental sources has spread the news, without giving any features, that an helicopter with foreign registration has crashed today in Laghman province in the East of Afghanistan, Talibans' stronghold.... more
AccidentsFlorida: tourism aircraft crashes on the city
Orlando, USA - Houses on fire and several wounded
The assessment of the incident occurred today in Sanford, near Monroe lake, at 6 km from Orlando-Sanford International Airport is not unveiled yet. A tourist aircraft, probably a Cessna with onboard two... more
AccidentsMexico: airplane aborts take off and ends up on a road
Culiacan, Mexico - At least 15 injured and 9 dead. President Calderon's visit suspended
Ernesto Cabreras, under-secretary of Safety in Mexico, has just informed that a transport plane of an unspecified company aborted take off ending off the runway and on a busy road: the aircraft seems to... more
AccidentsUS helicopter fallen in Iraq
Baghdad, Iraq - Two military on board, one dead
A US helicopter fell down yesterday in the Mosul area, about 400 hundred km North of Baghdad. On board two military, one of them died in the accident. The Multinational Forces carried out an air and ground... more
AccidentsAngola: doubts on crashed airplane maintenance
Luanda, Angola - The Boeing 737/200 would have been purchased in 1976
According to the Angolan press agency "Angonoticias" the Boeing 737/200 involved in the accident which caused the death of at least six people and the injury of an indefinite number of people would have... more
AccidentsA gyro-copter crashed in Tasmania
Launceston, Tasmania - One man killed and one injured
One man, aged 67, and from Blackmans Bay is dead and a his flight instructor, Geoff Jamieson, critically injured after a crash on board of a gyro-copter happened at an airfield North of Launceston, in... more
AccidentsUeberlingen disaster, next Sunday a commemorative day
Ueberlingen, Germany - The crash of 5 years ago caused 71 victims in Germany
Sunday 8 July at Ueberlingen a commemoration will be celebrated to remember the disaster of 2002, when a plan of Russian carrier Bashkirian Airlines has crashed with a cargo aircraft of DHL, causing the... more
AccidentsMagny-Cours, an helicopter crashes near the motor-racing track
Magny-Cours, France - Three the victims on Saturday
An helicopter with five persons aboard has crashed last Saturday near the motor-racing track of Magny-Cours (France), where the F1 Gran Prix was in programme the day after. There were three people killed... more
AccidentsAngola: TAAG flight crashes while landing
Luanda, Angola - Unknown the reasons of the incident
A TAAG (Angola Airlines) flight left from the capital Luanda crashed on Thursday June 28th while landing in the airport of M'banza Congo, in North-Easter Angola. There were 78 people on board and five... more
AccidentsArkansas: tourism airplane overshoots and crashes into a house
Washington, USA - Two victims
Two people were killed on Saturday when a tourism plane crashed into a house in Conway Municipal Airport in the Southern U.S. state of Arkansas. The victims were the pilot, Hugh Rains, 71, and a woman... more
AccidentsF-15 fighter went down in the Pacific Ocean yesterday
Portland, USA - During a training mission
Yesterday an F-15 fighter aircraft from the 142nd Fighter Wing based on Portland went down during a training mission in the Pacific Ocean. A second jet was on the mission too and stayed on scene until... more
AccidentsCambodia: found the wreckage of the fallen Antonov
Phnom Penh, Cambodia - All occupants are dead
Two days after it disappeared from the radars, the Antonov AN-24 airplane with 22 people on board - the Russian pilot, thirteen South-Korean tourists and three Czechs - fallen on a mountainous area, has... more
AccidentsCambodia: still searching for fallen airplane's wreckage
Phnom Penh, Cambodia - Heavy rainstorm hampers the search
The heavy rainstorm seems to be liable for the fall of the Antonov AN-24 yesterday in a mountainous area in Cambodia. Prime Minister Hun Sen stated that there is a little hope some of the passengers might... more
AccidentsAntonov falls in Cambodia: 22 people on board
Phnom Penh, Cambodia - No information at the moment
The exact place in the mountainous region where an Antonov AN-24, probably transporting tourists, has fallen this morning is still to be located. The airplane took off around 10:00 am local time from... more
AccidentsMongolia: a Firefighters helicopter crashes
Ulan Bator, Mongolia - 14 victims
Rescuers have found the wreckage of a helicopter that crashed in the northern province of Selenge and killed 14 people on board, a Mongolian emergency official said today. The Russian-made Mi-8... more
AccidentsTwo US Air Force jets collided near Fairbanks
Anchorage (Alaska), Usa - Two pilots were uninjured
Yesterday some minutes after 11 a.m. a simulated mission ended in a mid-air collision nearly 100 miles East of Fairbanks and Eielson US Air Force base in an air space known as the Pacific Alaska Range... more
AccidentsIndonesia. Flight crashes, end to pilot criminalization
Jakarta, Indonesia - Aviation sector pushes
The Indonesian Pilots Federation is seeking to ensure that the aviation bill does not allow for the criminalization of pilots by police investigations into aviation accidents. According to International... more
AccidentsComair crash: NTSB returns to critice airport runway markings
Washington, USA - No specifically cited Lexington Blue Grass
As it prepares to release findings about the cause of last year's fatal Comair crash in Lexington, Ky., the head of a federal safety agency told Congress yesterday that it's "Very interested" in how airport... more
AccidentsAircraft crashed in Michigan lake (2): peril of a seventh victim
Chicago, Usa - The airplane was lifting a transplantation heart
In serious condition the unlucky man who would have received the transplanted heart crashed in the air incident in Michigan during the flight between Usa and Canada. On board there were six persons and... more
AccidentsAircraft crashed in Michigan lake
Chicago, Usa - Six people on board, all dead
A small aircraft, for tourism or for medical transport is not still clear, crashed in Michigan's Lake waters yesterday evening, but the local authorities announced it today. Obviously is too early to... more
AccidentsA helicopter of Paramount Airlines crashes on Sierra Leone
Freetown, Sierra Leone - Among the victims the Sport Minister and several officers of Togo
Between the capital of Sierra Leone, Freetown, and Lungi Airport, a Paramount Airlines Mil Mi-8 helicopter crashed yesterday night. The helicopter was about to land when it developed mechanical problems... more
AccidentsChopper crashes near Teramo (2): probably is a R-44 helicopter
Teramo, Italy - 4 victims
The helicopter crashed yesterday morning in the shelter of a dam on Vomano river, near Teramo, should have to be a Robinson R-44. Teramo Provincial Police Headquarters has not extracted the chopper from... more
AccidentsHelicopter crashes near Teramo
Teramo, Italy - At least four people killed
An helicopter, of unknown typology, has crashed yesterday morning in the Vomano river, Teramo province. The aircraft probably belongs to a metalwork society, Sedima Srl, of Piane, Corropoli, Teramo province. On... more
AccidentsAfghanistan: Talebans claim the crash of NATO Chinook
Kabul, Afghanistan - 35 victims and not 7 as stated by NATO
Taliban insurgents claimed Thursday to have shot down a NATO transport helicopter that the military confirmed went down in southern Afghanistan with the loss of seven foreign soldiers. Five crew members... more
AccidentsPlane crashed in Peru: 13 deaths
Lima, Peru - Among survivors, a seven months gone woman
The Twin Otter plane last Thursday disappeared in Peru (see AVIONEWS) was finally found in the jungle of the country northeastern region. According to released information, the crash killed 13 out of... more
AccidentsA hunter finds a plane on Mount Cameroon
Douala, Cameroon - The aircraft resulted lost from 3 months
Three months after it disappeared, a hunter in Cameroon has discovered the wreckage of a South African six-seater aircraft and two charred bodies on Mount Cameroon. According to a source, the Cameroon... more
AccidentsDisappeared a plane with 20 people on board
Lima, Peru - Probably a tragic crash caused by the bad weather
Yesterday, at 05:45 p.m. local time, a plane disappeared in the jungle of the Peru northeastern region, with 3 crewmembers and 17 civilian passengers on board. The Twin Otter, this the model of the... more
AccidentsChopper crashed on Corlezzo: committed the three accused for trial
Cuneo, Italy - Next hearing fixed on June 17th, 2008
The judge Vittorio Anghileri of Como's Court has committed the three accused for trial, as requested by Prosecuting Attorney Maria Vittoria Isella, charging them with unintentional homicide murder and... more
AccidentsUberlingen disaster, the trial opens
Zurich, Switzerland - Crash's zone was under the responsability of Skyguide
Punishments between 6 and 15 months: this is the prosecution's request against 8 employees of Skyguide in the trial, opening today in Buelach, near Zurich (Switzerland), for the collision between a TU-154... more
AccidentsAccident in Montana: a Cessna 182 crashed down
Helena, USA - Died the five passengers
Last Saturday, a Cessna 182 plane of Skydive Lost Prairie crashed down on the South-West region of Montana, killing all the five people on board, the pilot, two skydiving instructors and two trainees to... more
AccidentsClosed the investigation on the tragic accident to Gol plane
Brasilia, Brazil - Accused the two pilots of the Embraer Legacy 600
The Brazilian Commission charged with assessing the causes of last September 29th tragic accident, where a private Embraer Legacy 600 jet flown by Joseph Lepore and Jan Paladino hit a Boeing 737 of Gol... more
AccidentsAn US Navy SH-60F helicopter crashed down
Austin, USA - Dead the 5 crewmembers
Last Monday at 09:25 p.m. (local time) in the north of Nevada, an US Navy SH-60F helicopter crashed down causing killing the 5 crewmembers from the Helicopter Antisubmarine Squadron Seven . According... more
AccidentsAn investigation commission in Egypt
Cairo, Egypt - To assess the real causes of the tragic event
Yesterday, the French Minister of Defence asked an investigation commission to reach Egypt in order to evaluate the real causes of the fatal accident occurred last Sunday in Egypt involving 8 officials... more