Accidents
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AccidentsMilitary plane forced to an emergency landing near Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv, Israel - Seven people injured
Yesterday the propeller of a Hercules 130 military transport plane broke loose after landing at Sde Dov airport near Tel Aviv. The Israeli military source said today that seven passengers were harmed,... more
AccidentsRussian Mi-6 helicopter crashes, the pilot the only victim
Moscow, Russia - The incident during a training flight
A Russian Mi-6 helicopter crashed on Saturday at 7:40 am near the city of Volgograd, in the south of Russia, during a training flight, killing the pilot. It has been announced by the chief of the Operations... more
AccidentsColombia: presidential helicopter attacked
Bogotà, Colombia - No harmed people, the order was re-established
Yesterday the helicopter carrying Colombian President Alvaro Uribe was attacked by Farc (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) guerrillas while landing at Granada, in Antioquia province: the presidential... more
AccidentsHot-air balloon enters a storm and falls down
Vienna, Austria - Two of the three people on board died
Yesterday evening a hot-air balloon fell down in Boeheimkirchen, in the nearby of St. Poelten, 60 km far from Vienna. There were three persons on board: the 40 years old pilot and a second 30 years old... more
AccidentsPlane flying to low in Portsmouth
Portsmouth, USA - "I was trying to help people," the pilot claimed
The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) is investigating on an accident happened yesterday: a plane was flying just feet above beach-goers in Portsmouth. Pilots are not legally allowed to fly within 500 ft... more
AccidentsFighter jet crashes in Pakistan
Islamabad, Pakistan - No harmed people
Yesterday an F-7 fighter jet of Pakistan Air Force (PAF) crashed near Makhad, district Attock, in Pakistan. The Directorate of Paf Public Relations declared the pilot ejected safely before the crash of... more
AccidentsLibya and families of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing victims agreed to set up a USD 2.7bn compensation
London, England - The mid-air airliner explosion killed 270 people
Libya and families of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing victims agreed on Wednesday to set up a USD 2.7bn compensation account in a key step toward closing the book on the mid-air airliner explosion that killed... more
AccidentsRecovered 22 bodies from the wreckage of an Indian oil industry helicopter crashed on Monday
Bombay, India - The death toll now stands at 25
Rescuers have recovered 22 bodies from the wreckage of an Indian oil industry helicopter which crashed into the sea near Bombay on Monday (AVIONEWS, yesterday). The Russian-made MI-172 helicopter was carrying... more
AccidentsSecond aircraft Embraer family made its maiden flight
São José dos Campos, Brazil - The first Embraer 175 aircraft performed its maiden flight on June 14
Embraer announced on 8 august the maiden flight of the Embraer 175 aircraft, the second member of a family of four new-generation commercial jets specifically designed for 70- to 110-seat markets. Manned... more
AccidentsAlaska Airlines will not face criminal charges over the crash of Flight 261
Seattle, Usa - "The evidence does not warrant the filing of criminal charges and it has closed its investigation" concluded the Us attorney's office
Alaska Airlines will not face criminal charges over the crash of Flight 261 three years ago that killed all 88 people aboard, federal investigators have decided.An aide to assistant Us attorney Matt Jacobs... more
AccidentsFaulty computer on-board indicated the plane was flying while stranded
London, UK - Pilot fixed the sensor and passengers had to choose whether to fly or not
A singular incident happened on Friday to the passengers of a Boeing 707 stranded on Spain's Balearic island of Menorca. The plane run by British tour operator MyTravel had a faulty on-board computer... more
AccidentsUS military plane goes down in South Korea
Seoul, South Korea - The two persons on board probably died
A C-12 Huron, a US military plane, crashed south of Seoul, Korea. Military officials reported it without adding whether there were casualties. But a South Korean news agency said the two Americans on board... more
AccidentsPlane crashes in Russia, pilot killed
Moscow, Russia - It was conducting a flight during preparations for celebrations marking the Russian air force's official holiday
A small plane crashed in western Russia during preparations for celebrations of the nation's Air Force Day on Tuesday, killing the pilot.The YAK-55 training plane crashed near the city of Kursk, about... more
AccidentsPerth: Cessna crash killing one passenger
Perth, Australia - Investigators wait for the pilot feeling better to give explanations
A Cessna 404 owned by Fugro Spatial Solutions crashed yesterday at Perth's Jandakot airport: in the crash a man died and five others were injured. The Cessna took off from the airport in the afternoon,... more
AccidentsHelicopter crashed off India's western coast
Bombay, India - One person was killed and 25 were missing
At least one person was killed and 25 were missing after a helicopter crashed off India's western coast today as it was ferrying employees of the state-run oil company from an oil rig. A spokeswoman for... more
AccidentsTrains stopped by hot air balloon
London, UK - Man landing on a railway line
Yesterday a hot air balloon landed on a railway track in southwestern England causing trains to be delayed. The police, after reporting the news, added no one was injured. Around 100 balloons had taken... more
AccidentsAircraft crashed taking British tourists to Venezuela's Angel Falls
Angel Falls, Venezuela - The British tourists escaped
Nine British tourists escaped as an aircraft crashed taking them to Venezuela's Angel Falls - highest in the world. They were among 16 people on the Cessna when its single engine failed. The plane hit... more
AccidentsPlane crashed in Colombia
Bogotà, Colombia - 4 persons missing
On Saturday a tourism jet crashed in a woody area in the East of Colombia. The aircraft was directed to Quibdo Airport, Choco main city, but the plane never reached it because of unknown reasons. Authorities... more
AccidentsPlane crash and burst in flames
Singleton, Australia - Two persons harmed
On Saturday 9 a light aircraft crashed and burst into flames at Singleton Airport in the Hunter Valley. There were two persons on board, a 54-year-old man and a 49-year-old woman, who escaped with facial... more
AccidentsVirgin Blue flight had the permission to land negated
Sydney, Australia - It had 45 seconds delay
A Virgin Blue Boeing 737 has the access to Sydney Airport negated while landing and had to return to Melbourne. The carrier spokesman communicated it today and added that the reason was a delay of less... more
AccidentsFlight rage: the man who provoked it has to pay a sum
Melbourne, Australia - He was feeding his fiance in economy class with business class food
Yesterday Geoffrey Stephen Pidgeon faced Melbourne Magistrates' Court for the air-rage incident he provoked on January 7: the man has been ordered to pay USD 500 to charity and say sorry to the steward... more
AccidentsRussian helicopter stroke down by a missile
Khankala, Chechenya - One killed, two injured
One crewmember was killed and another two injured when an MI-8 helicopter was shot down from a portable missile launcher near the village of Dyshne-Vedeno in southeastern Chechenya on Thursday evening.... more
AccidentsLufthansa plane goes through tough turbulences
Berlin, Germany - There are 28 wounded people
On Wednesday the Lufthansa flight passengers had panic moments over Texas. The plane, an A-340/300 Airbus from Frankfurt to Houston, met a tough turbulence 30 minutes before the landing. Sandra Kraft,... more
AccidentsFour people escaped injury after an emergency landing
Crowheart, Usa - The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating
On Wednesday, four people escaped injury after their airplane broke up during an emergency landing. The plane, en route from North Carolina to Jackson, had refueled at the Riverton Regional Airport and... more
Accidents"Waterspout " experience for an helicopter
Shetland Islands, Great Britain - Incident damaged all five rotor blades
Yesterday an eighteen helicopter passengers experienced violent pitching, rolling and turning after their aircraft encountered a waterspout, a tornado at sea in which a continuous vortex can extend from... more
AccidentsMaintenance vehicle hits Alitalia 777 in Newark
Rome, Italy - The plane took off, but two flights slide
An Alitalia 777 has been hit by a mechanical vehicle operating maintenance during a stop at Newark Airport: the incident forced the carrier to reprogram two flights, and this inconvenienced passengers. The... more
AccidentsBoiling Concorde needs a break
Washington, Usa - Forced stop in Gander
Yesterday a British Airways Concorde had to make a not scheduled landing at Gander Airport, Canada, to refuel. The plane took off from London and was directed to New York Jfk Airport, but the pilot noticed... more
AccidentsThree tyres burst on a MyTravel Airbus during landing
Cardiff, Galles - It was not yet known what specifically caused it
Yesterday three tyres of a MyTravel Airbus burst as the plane came in to land at Cardiff International Airport at 12.30am, an airport spokeswoman said. It was not yet known what specifically caused the... more
AccidentsJet pitched next to buildings in Connecticut
Washington, USA - There are two verified victims
This morning at 07:00 am local hour (13:00 pm italian hour) a Learjet, a small private jet, pitched near Groton (Connecticut). There were two persons on board, the pilot and a passenger; they both died.... more
AccidentsParagliding-man hits a hotel...
Malles, Italy - ...with a snap
On Saturday afternoon Johannes Assal, a German paragliding-man 43 years old, miscalculated his flight and snapped against a hotel in Malles (Bolzano). He launched himself from Pramajur greens and was falling... more
AccidentsEl Al plane loses pieces of the fuselage while flying
Amsterdam, Holland - Amsterdam feared the 11 years ago incident
Yesterday a plane belonging to Israelian El Al lost two pieces of its fuselage while flying over Holland. It took off in New York and was directed to Frankfurt, but had to land at Schipol Airport (Amsterdam)... more
AccidentsPiper twin engine crashed in Ohio, father and young son killed
Gailen, Usa – Two other passengers survived the crash of the small airplane
Saturday a Piper twin engine, while it was flying near the airport in Gailen (Ohio), had clipped some trees, then broken into three pieces as it hit the ground state highway 309 not far from a house. When... more
AccidentsEmergency landing for a MH-60L helicopter
North Carolina, Usa - Four soldiers were injured
A MH-60L "Blackhawk" helicopter, from 1st Battalion, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne), Fort Campbell, has been forced to an emergency landing yesterday while it was engaged in a training... more
AccidentsInsect in the instruments forced an aircraft to abandon take-off
Kaunas, Lithuania - Celtic players were on board
An insect in the instrument forced yesterday the pilot of a Boeing 757 to reject take-off at the last minute. The pilot was forced to take the plane back to the standing position. He informed the passengers,... more
AccidentsAir near miss in Taiwan
Taipei, Taiwan - Authorities deny they tried to hide the incident
Taiwan's "China Times" reported today that a jet fighter had come within 300 metres of a TransAsia Airways flight on a domestic flight from the southern Taiwanese town of Kaohsiung to the island of Kinmen... more
AccidentsIndian Air Force helicopter crashes, 2 victims
New Delhi, Delhi - It's a Chetak
Another incident marks the activity of the Indian Air Force, the world’s fourth largest but also that one with the highest number of misfortunes, especially about the fleet of Mig of Russian fabrication.... more
AccidentsSteve Hislop died in a helicopter incident
London, UK - He was twice World Superbike champion
Eleven times Tourist Trophy Motorcycle Races winner, ‘Hizzy’ rode into the history books in 1989 as the first rider to lap at over 120 mph. His first win came in the 1987 TT Formula 2 Race on a Yamaha. Bri... more
AccidentsSmall tourism plane crashes in France, 4 victims
Paris, France - The crash during the landing manoeuvre
They would be 4 the victims because of the incident, happened yesterday evening, of a small tourism plane that was in flight from Rochelle to Royan, in the north-west of France; according to the declarations... more
AccidentsAmerican Ambassador pays a tribute to the victims of Cermis
S. Martino di Castrozza, Italia – "Cermis, Usa will never forget"
"I’ve asked pilot to over fly that area to see by my eyes. It’s been very emotional. America Doesn’t forget", said American Ambassador Mel Sembler, shortly afterwards the helicopter model Ecureuil belon... more
AccidentsTerrorism alert on a New York-Tokyo flight
Tokyo, Japan - Plane force-landed
It was probably a terroristic act the finding today of a knife on an American Airlines plane going from New York to Tokyo. The pilot asked the possibility of an emergency landing at the international airport... more
AccidentsPilot killed in "express" crash
Aberdeen, Usa – He was going to Oshkosh for AirVenture 2003
Larry Olsen, a 58-year old Vietnam veteran was just passing through while he was flying his Express going from Olympia to Oshkosh for AirVenture 2003. At about 4:30 pm, Olsen, fresh from a pit stop at... more
AccidentsAttack against Afghan Boeing
Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan - Two firings during the take-off
On Saturday 26 a Boeing 727 belonging to Afghan carrier Ariana was shooted twice during the take-off. The plane was leaving from Mazar-i-Sharif airport, in the North of the country, and was directed to... more
AccidentsSudan authorities detain Russian helicopter and its crew: the wrath of Russia
Khartoum, Sudan - Inexplicable diplomatic incident: the helicopter has all the authorizations
It's approximately a week the Sudanese authorities block, apparently inexplicably, a Russian MI-26 with its crew, although this is in possession of all the authorizations of the United Nations to cross... more
AccidentsAirplane makes emergency landing at Frankfurt
Frankfurt, Germany – Smoke on board in a Thomas Cook charter flight
A Thomas Cook airlines flight bound for Frankfurt made an emergency landing yesterday. Airplane was flying from Las Palmas, Canaries, with 217 passengers on board when has been reported smoke in cabin.... more
AccidentsRussian Mi-8 crashes, 3 victims
Moscow, Russia - An engine failure seems to be the cause
It's crashed today a Russian helicopter while carrying out a training flight in the Samara region, near the on the Volga River, 900 km southwest of Moscow. It's a Mi-8 that would have endured an engine... more
AccidentsSecurity break: Cessna grazes Bush Presidential procession
Philadelphia, Usa - F-16 jets force it to land
The security apparatus that supervises on the safety of the American President, George W Bush, is not so impenetrable as it is believed, although the terrorism alarm remains at highest level in every occasion... more
AccidentsAlitalia flight to New York stops in Ireland
Rome, Italy - Frontal canopy had problems
On Sunday 20 an Alitalia Boeing 777 leaving from Rome and directed to New York turned and landed at Shannon airport, in Ireland, because of problems to the frontal canopy. The plane was flying over the... more
AccidentsBulgarian fire-fighting helicopter crashes, 4 victims
Sofia, Bulgaria - All the night it worked to fight a fire
4 persons died because of the crash of the helicopter on which they have worked for hours, in the attempt to extinguish a violent fire taken place in a zone south east of Bulgaria, precisely on the Mount... more
AccidentsHelicopter crashes in Hawaii, 5 victims
Hawaii, Usa - It's a Bell 206B operated by Jack Harter Helicopters
The helicopter, a Bell 206B (known also as Bell Jet Ranger) has crashed yesterday in a mountain of the Kauai island, part of Hawaii archipelago: no one of the 5 persons on board survived, the pilot and... more
AccidentsAn Indian Air Force Jaguar jet crashes
New, Delhi, India - The incident during the take off
Incidents still mark the activity of the Indian Air Force, the world's fourth largest; yesterday an English-built Jaguar has crashed while taking off from the air force base near the city of Ambala, in... more