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AccidentsIndian training jet crashes, pilots saved
New Delhi, India - A helicopter recovered the 2 injured
It's crashed yesterday in a field near the outskirts of the city of Madras, a training Deepak HPT-32 airplane, but the 2 young pilots on board were able to eject. No casualties on the ground are reported... more
AccidentsCollision of 2 planes near the Florida coast, 4 died
Florida, Usa - Vain the searches of Us Coast Guard helicopters
Helicopters of the American coastgard continue incessantly the searches in order to find eventual survivors off the coasts of Florida, where yesterday 2 Cessna aircraft have crashed, and it is feared the... more
AccidentsSightseeing chopper crashes in Hawaii killing 4
Hawaii, Usa - It was likely an engine trouble
It belonged to the Tropical Helicopters the Hughes-500 helicopter crashed on Sunday while carrying out a tourist flight over the volcano of Lilauea, in the island of Volcano, one of the many making part... more
AccidentsAN-2 crashes just after the takeoff, some injured
Moscow, Russia - Unknown the causes of the incident
They are still unknown the reasons that have caused the crash of an AN-2 airplane in the Russian province of Primorye. The incident happened at 2 pm (Moscow time, 11 am GMT) on Sunday, and according... more
AccidentsOne more incident for the Us force in Iraq, a F-16 crashed
Baghdad, Iraq - The pilot wouldn't be in life dangerous
Another stroke for the American contingent in Iraq, which today had reported the loss of an Apache helicopter, shot down under the enemy fire. This morning, at 02:30 GMT, has crashed for uncertain causes... more
AccidentsPulled down an Us AH-64 Apache, saved the 2 pilots
Baghdad, Iraq - A group of guerrillas have been localized
An AH-64 Apache combat helicopter has been pulled down from the enemy fire in the Western of Iraq, but they have been rescued the 2 pilots on board. Indeed, according to what reported by the American... more
AccidentsSearching for the missing plane
Luanda, Angola - It could be used for terroristic attacks
The American authorities are on the alert for an airplane having been missing since May 25, when it took off from the airport of Luanda in Angola en route to the Seychelles, where it has never landed.... more
AccidentsUs F-16 crashes, safe the pilot
Arizona, Usa - It belonged to Luke Air Base, the largest in the world
It crashed yesterday evening, without any concrete cause, a F-16 stationed at Luke Air Force Base of Luke while training in southern Arizona. The instructor pilot, David O' Malley, was able to eject... more
AccidentsBalloon crashed in Germany for bad weather
Moenchengladbach, Germany - Child died
Nato's cerimony in Moenchengladbach, Reno-Vestfalia, is ended yesterday in tragedy. According to German police sources, storm overtook a child while she was in a balloon swollen with helium and fastened... more
AccidentsMedical helicopter crashes near Salt Lake City, killing the pilot
Utah, Usa - It's the second incident for a helicopter of the same hospital
It's the second incident this year that involves a helicopter of the "LifeFlight", and once again has cost the life to the pilot, while other two persons, a nurse and a paramedic, have been hospitalized... more
AccidentsA small plane crashes in the Usa, unknown the consequences
Milwaukee, Usa - In that moment the hub was wrapped in the fog
It would have been the dense fog that wrapped up the airport of the Shenboygan county to cause the crash of a small private plane on Saturday evening, but it's not known neither the model of the aircraft... more
AccidentsThe number of the victims for the Beech Bonanza crash in Los Angeles is increasing
Los Angeles, Usa - It is arrived to five
They are increasing the victims of last Friday incident in Los Angeles, where a Beech Bonanza, a six places single-engine airplane, crashed against a three floors palace. The dead's number has arrived... more
AccidentsUS Apache crashes, two victims
Pristina, Kosovo - They were part of the peacekeeping force
It has crashed yesterday for unknown reasons an American AH-64 Apache helicopter, killing the two soldiers on board. The helicopter and its crew belonged to the greatest military American base in the... more
AccidentsPiper Chieftain has crashed in New Zeland
Christchurch, New Zeland - 8 deads and two serious wounded
A Piper Chieftain of the charter air company "Air Adventure", with 10 persons on board, has crashed near Christchurch's airport, in the Southern of New Zeland. News has been communicated by airport's authorities,... more
AccidentsSaaf helicopter crashes, no one enjured
Pretoria, South Africa - The Denel Oryx was performing a training flight
A Denel Oryx helicopter, a medium transport chopper, has crashed yesterday at Durban International Airport, but no one of the crew, of 4 persons, had important consequence. The helicopter belonged to... more
AccidentsPrey crashed a Colombian fighter aircraft
Bogota, Colombia - The pilot is saved
A big prey, crashed with a jet engine of a Colombian air forces fighter aircraft, has forced the pilot to eject himself, during a ruotine flight near the air force base of Puerto Salgar, in Central Colombia.... more
AccidentsR-22B crashes in the Usa, killing 2
Arlington, Usa - Ntsb opened an investigation
It crashed on Tuesday afternoon, but the wreckage of the Robinson R-22B helicopter has been found only yesterday evening, in a zone with a dense vegetation near Richmond, close to Arlington: the two persons... more
Accidents15 died for suicidal attack against a coach of Russian Air Force
Moscow, Russia - Also 5 pilots among the victims
They were 27 passengers on board of the coach blast this morning because of a suicidal attack, once again carried by a female kamikaze, who has approached the coach when this had stopped at a level crossing,... more
AccidentsUS F-15E crashes, no one hurted
North Carolina, Usa - Fortunately it crashed in an uninhabited area
It crashed yesterday afternoon in a locality almost uninhabited of North Carolina an American F-15E Strike Eagle pertaining to the Air Force base Seymour Johnson. No consequences for the two pilots,... more
AccidentsUdu's leader's wife died yesterday falling down from Tunis airport's first floor
Tunis, Tunisia - An inquiry has been opened
Salwa Tliti, wife of Udu's Party, one of the six opposition parties, died yesterday in Tunis international airport, falling down from the departures hall. The news has been communicated by Tunisian official... more
AccidentsThis morning is running the criminal trial for October 2001's Linate incident
Milan, Italy - 5 of the 11 accused are present in the courtroom
This morning, in the first Criminal Court of Appeal's courtroom, the the criminal trial for October 2001's Linate incident is running. The day will be dedicated to the verification of the constitution... more
AccidentsAnother Indian Air Force Mig-21 crashes, pilot killed
New Delhi, India - The age of these aircraft is too high
It continues the crashing of the Mig-21s of the Indian Air Force, the fourth in the world for largeness, which has lost 221 of these airplanes since 1991, as well as the deaths of a hundred of pilots.... more
AccidentsUs AH-64 Apache crashes in Afghanistan, no casualties reported
Kabul, Afghanistan - Probably a technical problem
During a support mission to the ground troops, whose nature is obviously secret, it crashed yesterday an American helicopter AH-64 Apache, which has reported serious damages. An official note of the... more
AccidentsRecovered two black boxes of LearJet 45 crashed in Milan: technical sheet
Rome, Italy - Bombardier LearJet 45
The Bombardier Aerospace LearJet 45 nine-seat super-light business jet, was announced in 1992. By the year 2000 over 100 aircraft were in service. The LearJet 45 is certified by both the US Federal Aviation... more
AccidentsUs military cargo plane attacked at Iraqi capital's hub
Baghdad, Iraq - The aggression during the landing maneuver
An American military transport aircraft has been attacked, little ago, at the airport of Baghdad where it would have had to land, has reported the Qatar-based satellite television Al Jazeera, adding the... more
AccidentsUS F-16 crashes in a South Korean Air Base, no victims reported
Seoul, South Korea - A woman on the ground was enjured
It crashed just after the take off from the Osan Air Force base, 45 km south-east from Seoul, the American F-16 jet, whose pilot has been however able to eject and he was found save. No so lucky, instead,... more
AccidentsFound today the body of a helicopter pilot crashed yestarday into the Gulf of Mexico
Houston, Usa - It's a Robinson R-44
It disappeared yesterday from the radars a Robinson R-44 helicopter taken off from an airport near Houston and directed towards the Gulf of Mexico, but only today the searches ended with the finding in... more
AccidentsAir security will be strengthened by Australia
Sydney, Australia - Provision has been taken after yesterday failed attempt of skyjack
After yesterday failed attempt of skyjack on a Qantas Airways'flight, by a man who stabbed two flight attendants and has hurt two passengers, with a sharpened wood objects, Australian Government has announced... more
AccidentsFound dead the four on board of a small French plane missing since yesterday
Geneva, Switzerland - Also Italian Military helicopters involved in the searches
It has been located in Swiss territory the small pane taken off yesterday from Chavenai (France) at 9:40 and directed to Lucca-Tassignano, but whose traces had gotten lost after the last contact radio... more
AccidentsThey're back in the homeland the coffins of 62 Spanish soldiers, honoured by highest State officials
Madrid, Spain - It's polemic in the country to have hired planes from other nations
They have arrived yesterday in the homeland with three Hercules military planes, the coffins of the 62 Spanish soldiers died in the incident of the Yak-42, crashed two days ago on a mountain in Turkey... more
AccidentsA small aircraft has crashed in flight to Italy has crashed in Switzerland
Wasen, Switzerland - Pilot and a passenger died
Yesterday in the evening, a small aircraft crashed in a wooded zone in near Wasen village, in Switzerland. In the incident died the pilot and a passenger. The aircraft was directed in Italy, but Swiss... more
AccidentsQantas flight attendants stubbed (2): they're in serious but stable conditions
Sydney, Australia - The man would have threatened to crash the plane
They're not known yet the reasons that have pushed a passenger on board of Qantas flight 1737 to stub, with a sharpened wooden implement, against two flight attendants, who are now in the hospital of Melbourne... more
AccidentsQantas flight attendants stubbed
Sydney, Australia - Maybe also two passengers attacked
Two Qantas flight attendants would have been stabbed this morning after a quarrel with two passengers. The airplane took off from Melbourne and was en route to Launceston (Tasmania), in the South of... more
AccidentsAl Jazeera: an American helicopter pulled down in Iraq
Baghdad, Iraq - 4 Us soldiers would have died
Still a American helicopter would have been pulled down in Iraq, this time in the city of Anbar, but once again the news that comes are not made official from American sources, but neither denied. The... more
AccidentsAA-587 flight's crash avoidable if Airbus'd have supplied more details (2): Airbus' response
Washington, Usa - A request from Us authorities has never come
According to what reported from the American daily paper "USA Today", the 2001 tragedy cost the lives of 265 persons would have been avoidable if Airbus, producer of the crashed A-300, had given some technical... more
AccidentsBritish Midland aircraft damaged in flight by a violent hailstorm
London, United Kingdom - There are not hurts
A British Midland's Airbus 312, of the Cyprus-Manchester flight, has been damaged by a violent hailstorm that has hit it while it was flying over Germany. The news has been reported by Bbc. According to... more
Accidents"Usa Today": AA-587 flight's crash avoidable if Airbus supplied given more datas
Washington, Usa - Tragedy happened on November 12, 2001
"Only after the crash of the flight American Airlines 587, in 2001, according to the enquirers a catastrophe caused by breach of the tail fin, the Airbus has supplied to the US authorities datas about... more
AccidentsMI-17 crashes on the slopes of Everest (2): the technical sheet
Rome, Italy - An aircraft to fit any needs
MI-17 is a multipurpose helicopter that can also be armed with an immense assortment of rockets and missiles, often used in order to supply support to the ground forces. But the varied employment is... more
AccidentsMI-17 crashes on the slopes of Everest, at least three died
Kathmandu, Nepal - There's agitation for the anniversary
In the week of the celebrations for the conquest of the highest summit of the world, Everest, a MI-17 helicopter owned by Simrik Air society has crashed near the field base to the slopes of the mountain,... more
AccidentsFound three black boxes of Yak-42 crashed yesterday in Turkey
Ankara, Turkey - Almost sure the Ukranian pilot's error
The Turkish Defense minister Vecdi Gonul has announced this morning they have been found 3 black boxes of the Yak-42, the Ukranian airplane crashed yesterday while transporting to Saragoza 62 Spanish troops... more
AccidentsA top-gun plane crashes during an international war exercise
Toronto, Canada - The pilot dropped dead on the spot
It's crashed yesterday afternoon a Canadian twin-engine CF-18 jet, costing the life of the pilot who however was able to eject. The pilot, Kevin Naismith, 38, originally from Toronto, was carrying an international... more
AccidentsAmerican helicopter shot in Iraq (2): Us Centcom denies what happened
Baghdad, Iraq - It would have been an incident without victims nor wounded
The news disclosed yesterday from the Arabian television Al Jazeera about the shooting down of an American helicopter would be false. That in the light of the official declarations of Centcom, the American... more
AccidentsTwo Russian aircraft has been shot down by Chechen guerrilla
Grozny, Chechenya - News revealed by press agency "Kavkav"
Two Russian aircraft, a SU-25 jet fighter and a MI-24 helicopter, have been shot down in Chechenya in the last three days. Chechen guerrilla has communicated it yesterday, supporting they have inflicted... more
AccidentsUSD 2m the insurance for the Yak-42 crashed in Turkey
Kiev, Ucraina - The plane was hired by UN
It was assured only for USD 2m the Yak-42, the airplane of the Ukranian airline UM Air which crashed yesterday in Turkey while transporting to Saragoza 62 Spanish troops returning from Afghanistan (news... more
AccidentsUkrainian aircraft crashed in Turkey (3): pilot error hypothesis
Ankara, Turkey - News revealed by Anatolie press agency, citing Turkish civil aviation sources
According to press agency Anatolie, citing Turkish civil aviation's sources, an human error has been the origin of this morning incident, when an Ukranian airplane crashed in the Northern-East of Turkey,... more
AccidentsUkrainian aircraft with Spanish soldiers on board crashed in Turkey (2): the technical sheet
Rome, Italy - Yakolevlev Yak-42
Yakovlev Yak-42 was designed as a replacement for TU-134 jet. Shortly after the types introduction into commercial service (1980) a number of accidents caused by vibrations in the tail section of the aircraft... more
AccidentsUkrainian aircraft with Spanish soldiers on board crashed in Turkey
Ankara, Turkey - According to the Turkish network , there are not survivors
Ntv, Turkish Network has reported today news of the recovery, by rescuers, of 25 corpses in Trabzon, near the Black Sea, after that an Ukrainian airplane Yak-42 crashed with on board 62 Spanish soldiers... more
AccidentsA helicopter crashed into Lesotho's Katse Dam
Katse, Lesotho - Three crew's members have been rescued, while the searches for two men who went missing are running
A helicopter, with five men on board, crashed into Lesotho's Katse Dam on Tuesday morning. Three crew's members have been rescued, while the search for two men who went missing are running. It is feared... more
AccidentsEgyptian Air Force Mig-21 crashes
Cairo, Egypt - An engine failure the cause of the incident
They are poor the news about a Russian-built Mig-21, but owned by Egyptian Air Force, crashed yesterday in Egypt, near the Nilo river delta, 180 km north of Cairo. According to the little military sources... more
AccidentsJapanese Navy plane crashes killing four
Tokyo, Japan - The incident during a touch-and-go manoeuver
The incident has happened at 02:25 (GMT) at the military base of Iwakuni, shared by Japaneses and Americans, 700 km west of Tokyo, after a normal training in the Sea of Japan. The Learjet U-3A belonging... more