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AccidentsEMERGENCY LANDING FOR A THAI JETLINER
THAILAND, A plane of Thai Airways, carrying 326 people, was forced to make an emergency landing. The plane was en route from Taipei to Bangkok. No further details were released. more
AccidentsAIR CRASH IN BRAZIL (2): SPECIFICATIONS
ROME, Piper PA-31 Navajo: Type: Light sports aircraft Accomodation: two pilots, four passengers Lenght: 32 ft 7 in Wingspan: 40 ft 8 in Height: 13 ft Empty weight: 3991 lb Max T/O weight: 6500... more
AccidentsAIR CRASH IN BRAZIL
BRAZIL, A twin-engine Navajo crashed trying to land at brazilian airport of Congonhas, near Sao Paulo. The plane missed the runway and the plane crashed into a building. The pilot and the passenger were... more
AccidentsEMERGENCY LANDING FOR THE AIRCRAFT OF MACEDONIAN REPUBLIC'S PRESIDENT
SOFIA, A plane carrying Macedonian Republic'president Boris Trajkovski was forced to make an emergency landing shortly after leaving Sofia, where the president was on a state visit. The emergency procedure... more
AccidentsEMERGENCY LANDING FOR AN ALITALIA JETLINER
ANCONA, An Alitalia Airbus A320 en route from Damascus, Syria, to Milan, Italy, was forced to make an emergency landing at Ancona-Falconara airport after a syrian passenger was stricken by a heart attack.... more
AccidentsVINTAGE SPITFIRE CRASHES DURING AIR SHOW IN FRANCE
ROUEN, FRANCE, A vintage Spitfire dating from the Second World War has crashed yesterday during an air show at the Rouen-Boos airport, in Normandy. The single-engine aircraft plunged into a field. The... more
AccidentsNORTHWEST 747 SLIDED OFF RUNWAY AT TOKYO
TOKYO, JAPAN, A Northwest Airlines operated Boeing 747 slided off runway at Tokyo Narita airport during landing after to have scraped runway with an engine. No injured reported. more
AccidentsEMERGENCY LANDING FOR A NORTHWEST JUMBO
TOKYO, A Northwest Airlines (NW) jumbo jet with 295 passengers was forced to return to narita airport to make an emergency landing after an engine trouble. The plane, whoch was en route to Los Angeles,... more
AccidentsHELICOPTER CRASH IN RUSSIA, FIVE KILLED
RUSSIA, A fire patrol reconnaissance Mi-2 helicopter crashed near the village of Ust-Porochi, 60 kilometers northwest of Sovetskaya Gavan. Five people were killed. The pilot, seriously injured, was rushed... more
AccidentsHELICOPTER CRASHES IN NEW ZEALAND
NEW ZEALAND, A helicopter crashed in bush west of Taumaranui, New Zealand. One person was killed and it's not known how many people were aboard. The access to the crash site was reported to be diff... more
AccidentsSECOND AIR CRASH AT BIGGIN HILL AIR SHOW
LONDON, A single-seater Kingcobra plane yesterday plunged into the ground during the Biggin Hill International Air Fair in Kent. The plane was one of three performing a series of loops at about 1,000 feet... more
AccidentsFIRST HYPERSONIC AIRCRAFT FLIGHT FAILS
USA, The first planned flight of the experimental hypersonic X-43A aircraft failed on saturday. The aircraft, launched from a B-52 and attached to a Pegasus booster rocket that fell into the ocean. It... more
AccidentsLANDING GEAR FAILS ON A QANTAS 737 PLANE
MELBOURNE, The pilot of a Qantas Boeing 737 had to lower the landing gear manually before landing at Melbourne. The front nose wheel failed as a warning light indicated. None of the 72 passengers aboard... more
AccidentsCESSNA PLANE CRASHES IN ITALY, TWO BRITONS KILLED
ALESSANDRIA, ITALY, An english couple, Gordon Charles Gray, 68 years old, and Jennifer Mari, 63, were both killed in a plane crash in Capanne Marcarolo, in the county of Voltaggio, near Alessandria, in... more
AccidentsJET CRASHES DURING AIR SHOW
LONDON, A De Havilland Vampire small plane crashed at the Kent airfield during Biggin Hill air show. The plane was seen falling out of the sky, as the air show spokesman Nick Smith said. The two people... more
AccidentsPLANE MISSING IN COLORADO
DENVER, A single-engine plane with four aboard went missing in Colorado. The plane took off from Reno, Nevada, and was heading for the Jefferson County Airport. The plane went missing after refueling at... more
AccidentsPAK FIGHTER AIRCRAFT CRASHES
PAKISTAN, A Pakistan Air Force fighter aircraft crashed near the town of Mianwali in Punjab, during a routine mission. The pilot ejected safely. The Pakistan Air Force Headquarters has launched an inquiry... more
AccidentsMILITARY HELICOPTER CRASHES IN GREECE
SKYROS, GREECE, A greek military helicopter chrashed into the Aegean Sea off the island of Skyros. The pilot was killed and the two other members of the crew survived. The crash crash was caused by... more
AccidentsUS NAVY PLANE CRASHES IN FLORIDA
USA, An F/A-18C Hornet of US Navy crashed on a ranch northeast of Lake Okeechobee in Florida. The pilot, Lieutenant Commander David Casher, aged 40, was killed. The F/A-18C Hornet took off from Oceana... more
AccidentsUS NAVY PLANE CRASHES IN USA (2): SPECIFICATIONS
USA, Mc Donnell Douglas FA-18C Hornet: Type: multi-role fighter Accomodation: one pilot Lenght: 56 ft Wingspan: 37 ft 6 in Height: 15 ft 3 in Weight: 23050 lb Max T/O weight: 56.000 lb Max speed:... more
AccidentsHELICOPTER CRASH IN SOUTH KOREA (2): SPECIFICATIONS
ROME, Boeing Verton CH-47 Chinook helicopter: Type: heavy-lift helicopter Lenght: 51 ft Rotor diameter: 60 ft each Height: 18 ft 11 in Empty weight: 26.918 lb Max T/O weight: 54.000 lb Payload:... more
AccidentsHELICOPTER CRASH IN SOUTH KOREA
SEOUL, An army CH-47 Chinook crashed while lowering a ten ton sculpture onto the Olympic Bridge in Seoul. A blade from its front rotor hit the metal sculpture and the helicopter crashed into the bridge... more
AccidentsTYRES BURST AS VASP AIRBUS MAKES EMERGENCY LANDING
BRAZIL, All the eight tyres of a brazilian VASP Airbus 300 burst as it was forced to make an emergency landing in Salvador, in the state of Bahia, in Brazil. Nobody was hurt. The pilot had to use the emergency... more
AccidentsUNITED AIRLINES FLIGHT DIVERTED TO ICELAND
ICELAND, A United Airlines Boeing 747 en route from Chicago to Franfurt was diverted to Iceland after a passenger saw a bomb threat written with a lipstick on the mirror in the toilet The plane was inspected... more
AccidentsEMERGENCY LANDING FOR A SMALL PLANE IN USA
DENVER, A small airplane made an emergency landing east of Bennett yesterday afternoon. The plane took off from Front Range Airport. Its turbo charger suddenly failed, the engine lost oil and seized. The... more
AccidentsWAS A ISS RESERVE THE ASTRONAUT WOMAN DIED IN AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT
HOUSTON. USA, Patricia Hilliard Robertson, who died in a accident when a small aircraft crashed near Houston, as reported on Wednesday by WAPA, was an ISS reserve astronaut. In the accident also pilot... more
AccidentsMILITARY HELICOPTER CRASHES IN SWITZERLAND
GENEVA, A Swiss army helicopter crashed in northern side of the country last friday. The helicopter, which was carrying three soldiers and the pilot, went down close to a farmhouse in Delemont. Three people... more
AccidentsTHAI MILITARY HELICOPTER CRASHES, 5 DEAD (2): SPECIFICATIONS
ROME, Bell 212 UH-1N Iroquois helicopter: Type: medium lift helicopter Accomodation: two pilots, 14 passengers Lenght: 42 ft 4 in Rotor diameter: 48 ft 2 in Height: 14 ft 10 in Empty weight: 5997... more
AccidentsTHAI MILITARY HELICOPTER CRASHES, 5 DEAD
BANGKOK, A Thay navy helicopter crashed saturday night during a rescue mission. The helicopter, a Bell 212, was sent to rescue to rescue an injured fisherman on a trawler off the southern coast of Thailand,... more
AccidentsRYANAIR AIRLINER SUFFERS TYRES BLASTING
TOULOSE, FRANCE, A Ryanair operated aircraft, landing at Carcassonne, France, suffered four tyres blasting at ground landing impact. No passengers problems registered. but they have had to descend by aircraft,... more
AccidentsLIGHT PLANE CRASHES IN GERMANY
BERLIN, A Beechcraft crashed into a block of flats while approaching Berlin's Tempelhof airport. The two ppeople on board were killed and a resident was taken to hospital for smoke inhalation. The accident... more
AccidentsLIGHT PLANE CRASHES ON TAKEOFF IN AUSTRALIA (2): SPECIFICATIONS
ROME, Piper PA-30 Twin Commanche: Type: light transport aircraft Accomodation: two pilots, four or six passengers Lenght: 25 ft 2 in Wingspan: 35 ft 11 in Height: 8 ft 2 in Empty weight: 2210... more
AccidentsLIGHT PLANE CRASHES ON TAKEOFF IN AUSTRALIA
BRISBANE, A light plane crashed nose-first at Archerfield airport of Brisbane. The two people aboard, a man and a woman, were killed. The plane reached a height of about 70m and banked to the left and... more
AccidentsNASA ASTRONAUT CRITICALLY INJURED IN PLANE CRASH
USA, Patricia Hilliard Robertson, a Nasa support astronaut for the crew on the International Space Station, was critically injured in a plane crash at a Texas airfield. The plane, carrying her and the... more
AccidentsAMERICAN AIRLINES JETLINER'S LANDING GEAR COLLAPSES AT LANDING
DALLAS, An American Airlines Fokker 100 lost a landing gear touching down at Dallas-Forth Worth International Airport. The plane, coming from Charlotte, North Carolina, was carrying 87 passengers and four... more
AccidentsKENDALL AIRLINES FLIGHT ABORTS TAKEOFF
AUSTRALIA, A Kendall Airlines plane had to abort the takeoff at Canberra airport today after an engine failure. It was reported that 29 passengers were aboard. Nobody was injured, but the airplane began... more
AccidentsHELICOPTER CRASH IN SPAIN, THREE KILLED
SPAIN, An helicopter of the Basque regional television crashed near Markina. A team of operators was on board filming near a quarry. Three journalists were killed in the crash, a photographer was seriously... more
AccidentsMILITARY PLANE CRASHES IN RUSSIA
RUSSIA, A russian airforce An-12 transport plane crashed near the village on Mykotino shortly after takeoff from Rzhev base. The plane was heading to Morshansk. The seven soldiers aboard were all killed,... more
AccidentsISRAEL HEALTH MINISTER SAVES TWO LIVES ON A SWISSAIR FLIGHT
ISRAEL, Nissim Rahan, Israel's Health Minister, together with director of the ministry Boez Lew, aided two sick men on a Swissair flight from Geneva, where a conference of World Health Organisation was... more
AccidentsMILITARY PLANE CRASHES IN RUSSIA (2): THE TECHNICAL SHEET
ROMA, Antonov An-12 Club: Type: medium military transport Lenght: 108 ft 7 in Wingspan: 124 ft 8 in Height: 34 ft 6 in Empty weight: 61.730 lb Max T/O: 134.480 lb Payload: 44.090 lb Max Speed:... more
AccidentsAIR NEW ZEALAND FLIGHT ABORTS TAKEOFF
NEW ZEALAND, An Air New Zealand Boeing 767, en route from Christchurch to Brisbane, had to abort take off while it was taxiing on the runway after a fault was found. The 200 passengers were re-routed to... more
AccidentsTURBOLENCE HITS ALL NIPPON AIRWAYS PLANE
JAPAN, Nineteen passengers were injured by a turbolence over the Atlantic hitting an All Nippon Airways flight from Kansai airport to Guam. One of them broke an ankle, said Kyodo News quoting quoted officials... more
AccidentsAIR AMBULANCE CRASHES ON LANDING
UK, A Devon Air Ambulance crashed on landing at Dunchideock, near Exeter. "Whilst negotiating a landing the tail of an air ambulance struck a nearby tree", said a spokesman for Devon and Cornwall Police.... more
AccidentsAIR COLLISION CAUSES ALSO TWO GROUND VICTIMS
TOKYO, JAPAN, A collision between an helicopter and a small aircraft, bopth owned by Nakahihon Air Service caused death of the four occupant and of two other person in a car. The two aircrafts, started... more
AccidentsSMALL AIRCRAFT CRASHED IN SWITZERLAND, TWO DIED
AMBRI, SWITZERLAND, A small two-seat aircraft crashed on the aerodrome of Ambri, in Swiss Canton Ticino, causing death of the two occupant, respectively 29 and 57 years old. There is no evidence for the... more
AccidentsTWO PLANES DIVERTED BECAUSE OF UNRULY PASSENGERS
NEW JERSEY, USA, A Britannia Airways Boeing 747 and British Airways 767 were both diverted to Bangor International Airport because of unruly passengers. Four men were jailed and one of them was charged... more
AccidentsCHUNK OF METAL FALLS FROM AN AIR NEW ZEALAND PLANE
NEW ZEALAND, A five-kilogram chunk of metal sized like a baseball bat, fell from thre wing flap of an Air New Zealand Boeing 767 flying from Sydney To Auckland. The metal lump fell on the roof of a store... more
AccidentsTWO MILITARY PHILIPPINE HELICOPTERS CRASHED, EIGHT DIED
PHILIPPINES, Two Philippines Army helicopters crashed near Palawan island causing 8 died. The first, with the mother of the local Governator on board, crashed in the morning after sending a distress... more
AccidentsPILOT SURVIVES TO TWO AIRCRASHES IN FOUR YEARS
AUSTRALIA, Richard Heath landed with his twin-engine Cessna 402 about 300 meters short of Mudjimba airport runway on the Sunshine Coast. The man declared that he survived to another crash four years before... more
AccidentsANOTHER CASA CN-235 CRASHES IN TURKEY (2): THE TECHNICAL SHEET
ROME, ITALY, Airtech (CASA/IPTN) CN-235M: Type: light military transport Accomodation: two pilots, loadmaster, 48 troops, 48 paratroops Lenght: 70 ft 2 in Wingspan: 84 ft 8 in Height: 26 ft... more