Accidents
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AccidentsPilot killed in fighter jet accident in Pakistan
Islamabad, Pakistan - No damage to people or property on the ground
A Chinese-built Pakistani Air Force (PAF) Chengdu FT-7 fighter jet crashed during a training mission near Attock city, in the eastern province of Punjab. The pilot of the aircraft, lieutenant Shahryar... more
AccidentsThailand, Koh Samui airport reopened after accident
Koh Samui, Thailand - The co-pilot is in critical conditions
Koh Samui airport has been reopened after being closed due to Tuesday's accident occurred to a Bangkok Airways ATR-72/500 aircraft while landing on the tourist island after its journey from Krabi, Thailand.... more
AccidentsThailand: ATR-72's black boxes recovered
Koh Samui, Thailand - Investigation underway on yesterday's accident
The black boxes of the ATR-72/500 that crashed yesterday against the old control tower of Koh Samui, Thailand, were it was landing after taking off from Krabi with 68 passengers and 4 crewmembers on board.... more
AccidentsIndonesian accident: the airline will cover insurance costs for the victims
Jayapura, Indonesia - Bad weather is hampering wreckage rescue operations
Merpati Nusantara Airlines, operator of the De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 aircraft that crashed on Sunday in Indonesia with 16 people on board (see AVIONEWS), announced that it will cover medical... more
AccidentsThailand, ATR-72 accident (2): several foreign people injured
Koh Samui, Thailand - At least 56 out of 88 passengers on board
At least 56 out of 68 passengers on board of Bangkok Airways ATR-72/500 aircraft, flight PG266 from Krabi to Koh Samui tourist island in Thailand, involved in this morning's accident. The Italian ministry... more
AccidentsWreckage of Indonesian missing Twin Otter found
Jayapura, Indonesia - Few chances to recover any survivors
A reconnaissance aircraft has found this morning (yesterday evening in Europe) the wreckage of the airplane, a De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 belonging to Merpati Nusantara Airlines, that went... more
AccidentsThailand: aircraft hit the control tower on landing. At least 1 victim
Koh Samui, Thailand - Heavy rain is likely the cause of this accident
A Bangkok Airways ATR-72/500 this morning skidded of the runway while landing, crashing against the old control tower, currently unused, of Koh Samui airport, where it had arrived after taking off from... more
AccidentsMotor glider crashed in northern Italy: pilot killed
Bolzano, Italy - ANSV opened an inquiry
A Fournier RF-4D motor glider, tail number D-KIRE, crashed this morning at about 10:30 local time near Bolzano, in Italy. Rescuers could only report the pilot's death, lone occupant of the aircraft,... more
AccidentsAirbus will finance flight AF447 black boxes' search
Paris, France - Recovered so far only 4-5% of the A-330/200
Airbus is going to finance the search for black boxes and debris from the A-330/200, flight AF447, that ditched in the Atlantic on June 1 while en route from Rio de Janeiro to Paris with 228 people on... more
Accidents16 victims in Iranian air accident
Mashad, Iran - License retired to Aria Air
16 people, 13 crewmembers and 3 passengers, have been killed Saturday when the Aria Air Ilyushin Il-62M aircraft on which they were flying skidded the runway on landing, crashing against the external wall... more
AccidentsTwo killed in military helicopter crash in Uzbekistan
Tashkent, Uzbekistan - Near Chirchiq airport
A Mil Mi-24 helicopter of the Uzbek Air Force crashed yesterday near Chirchiq, North-East of the capital Tashkent, and both people on board have been killed. The news has been confirmed by the country's... more
AccidentsTurkish F-4 Phantom crash in Anatolia
Ankara, Turkey - The two pilots ejected safely
A Turkish F-4 Phantom fighter jet departed from Erhac Air Base crashed this morning near Misirdere, in Anatolia, Turkey. The accident happened during a training flight; the aircraft, according to local... more
AccidentsSix killed in Russian helicopter accident
Volgograd, Russia - Pilot and copilot survived
A Mil Mi-8 helicopter of the Gazprom oil company (but some sources reported it as belonging to Lukoil) has crashed this morning in Russia, in the Volgograd region, causing the death of six out of eight... more
AccidentsRAF Tornado crashes in Afghanistan, pilots ejected
Kandahar, Afghanistan - Enemy attack possibility ruled out
A RAF Panavia Tornado GR4 crashed this morning near Kandahar base, in Afghanistan. The two pilots managed to ejects safely from the aircraft. The accident happened during take off phase and an inquiry... more
AccidentsChinese fighter-bomber crashes killing the two pilots
Taonan, China - Before a Russian-Chinese joint anti-terrorism exercise
A Chinese Air Force fighter-bomber crashed yesterday near Taonan training base, in China. Both pilots have been killed in the accident. The exact model of the aircraft has not yet been unveiled, even if... more
AccidentsTwo victims in American F-15 crash in Afghanistan
Kabul, Afghanistan - A Taliban attack has been ruled out
A US Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle fighter jet crashed in eastern Afghanistan for reasons that are currently under investigation, but that are considered as not related with Taliban rebels' actions, despite... more
Accidents16 killed in helicopter crash in Afghanistan
Kandahar, Afghanistan - Further 5 people have been injured, including the three crewmembers
A Mil Mi-8 helicopter operated by Russian Vertikal-T Air Company crashed yesterday morning in Afghanistan, near NATO base in Kandahar. In the accident 16 people have been killed, all civilians, and further... more
AccidentsIranian air accident caused by technical failure
Tehran, Iran - Pilot's responsibility excluded. Also two Canadians among the victims
It would have been a technical failure, not a pilot's mistake, the cause of Wednesday's tragical air accident, in which 168 have been killed on board of Tupolev Tu-154, en route from Tehran, Iran, to Yerevan,... more
AccidentsTaiwanese F-5 fighter jet crashes, entire fleet grounded
Taipei, Taiwan - The two pilots have been killed
A Taiwan Air Force F-5F Tiger II fighter jet crashed yesterday, provoking the death of the two pilots on board. After taking off from Chingchuangkang air base, western coast, the aircraft disappeared from... more
AccidentsIranian accident: black boxes recovered
Tehran, Iran - The Tupolev Tu-154 would have exploded in flight just before impacting on the ground
The black boxes of Caspian Airlines' Tupolev Tu-154, crashed yesterday in Iran with 168 people on board (see AVIONEWS). The two flight recorders will be analyzed by Iranian experts to try to verify the... more
AccidentsComoros disaster, search for more bodies to end
Moroni, Comoros - To date 24 have been recovered
Search for bodies along the coast of Tanzania and Comoros, following June 30's air accident in which 152 of the 153 people on board of a Yemenia Airbus A-310/300 have been killed, will be stopped. To date... more
AccidentsIran air accident: a fire in mid-air the possible cause of the crash
Tehran, Iran - 168 people, maybe 170, have been killed in the tragedy
It might have been a fire in mid-air the cause of this morning's air accident occured to a Caspian Airlines Tupolev Tu-154 (flight RV-7908, tail number EP-CPG), en route from Tehran, Iran, to Yerevan,... more
AccidentsSerious air accident in Iran, maybe 168 victims
Tehran, Iran - According to local authorities nobody would have survived
A new, serious air accident has hit this morning at about 7 am GMT the world of civil aviation: a passenger aircraft, a Caspian Airlines Tupolev TU-154, with 168 people on board (153 passengers and 15... more
AccidentsNon-military helicopter crashes in Afghanistan, 4 victims
Kandahar, Afghanistan - Maybe shot down by Taliban rebels, who claimed the attack
It is of at least four victims the toll of an accident that this morning involved a civil helicopter in Afghanistan, near Sangin base in the province of Helmand. Taliban rebels who are fighting in the... more
AccidentsComoros accident: further bodies and debris found
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania - Recovered off the coast of Tanzania
Research teams committed in the area of last June 30's accident have recovered 5 more bodies and parts of the ditched aircraft off the coast of Tanzania, hundreds of km away from the place of the impact.... more
AccidentsFlight AF447 debris en route to France
Paris, France - On board of the "Ville de Bordeaux" ship
More than 640 pieces of Air France's Airbus A-330/200, flight AF447, that ditched on June 1 in the Atlantic during its Rio de Janeiro-Paris flight with 228 people on board, have been sent from Brazil to... more
AccidentsYemenia Airbus shot down by French missile?
Moroni, Comoros - The stunning revelation made by people close to the investigation on June 30's accident
Yemenia Airbus A-310/300, flight IY626, might have been shot down by a French missile. The aircraft, with 153 people on board, ditched in the waters of the Indian ocean on June 30, while en route from... more
AccidentsAir France accident: pilots' union charges aviation safety agencies
Paris, France - According to the carrier it is not unusual that reaction after loss of contact was not immediate
SPAF, a union of Air France pilots, charged French (DGAC) and European (EASA) aviation safety agencies of not considering the problems with speed sensors, not making all that was possible to avoid possible... more
AccidentsYemenia might cancel Airbus order
Moroni, Comoros - In the meanwhile first bodies recovered on the place of June 30's accident
Yemenia Airways might cancel a US$2 billion order for 10 Airbus A-350 aircraft, if France will continue with its hard position against the carrier, Yemenia president Abdulkalek Saleh Al-Kadi stated. The... more
AccidentsComoros accident, BEA: blackbox signal received
Moroni, Comoros - In the meanwhile, recovered debris including a large piece
The sub at work on the site of June 30's accident, that involved a Yemenia Airbus A-310/300 that ditched off the coast of the Comoros islands with 153 people on board, have received acoustic signals from... more
AccidentsAF447 tragedy: search for the black boxes will continue after July 10
Paris, France - The statement by French transport minister Bussereau
The search for Air France's Airbus A-330/200 that ditched in the Atlantic ocean on June 1st, with 228 people on board, will continue also after July 10, the French transport minister Dominique Bussereau... more
AccidentsTwo victims in Tornado crash in Scotland
London, UK - RAF opened an inquiry too
Two RAF pilots have been killed yesterday in an accident that occurred to their Tornado F-3 aircraft during a routine mission. London's defense ministry issued a note confirming the accident, and stating... more
AccidentsComoros: still no body recovered
Moroni, Comoros - In the meanwhile the carrier suspends the Marseilles-Sana'a route
The research teams on the area of June 30's impact of the Comoros islands, that involved a Yemenia A-310/300 aircraft with 153 people on board, would have not yet recovered any of the bodies of the 152... more
AccidentsAir France disaster, BEA: the A-330 did not break up in flight
Paris, France - Searches for the black boxes will continue until July 10
The French BEA (Bureau d'Enquetes et d'Analyses), the agency that is investigating on June 1st accident in which 228 people were killed on board of an Air France Airbus A-330/200, issued today the first... more
AccidentsComoros: blackbox finding denied
Moroni, Comoros - An inquiry for negligent homicide has been opened
Following yesterday's news about the finding of one of the flight recorders of the Yemenia Airbus A-310/300 (see AVIONEWS), ditched in the Indian ocean on June 30 with 153 people on board, Alain Joyandet,... more
AccidentsComoros tragedy: one black box found
Moroni, Comoros - Contrasting information about survivors
One of the flight recorders of Yemenia's Airbus A-310/300 that ditched yesterday in the Indian ocean, with 153 on board, has been found. The black box might be recovered already today while search operations... more
AccidentsYemenia Airbus accident (2): child survivor rescued
Moroni, Comoros - The news announced by the Arab TV "Al Jazeera"
A child would have been rescued alive in the waters surrounding the area of the accident that involved tonight a Yemenia Airways Airbus A-310/300 aircraft en route from Yemen to Comoros (see AVIONEWS).... more
AccidentsThe Pope expresses his sorrow for the victims of the air disaster in the Indian ocean
Moroni, Comoros - Telegram sent to Kuwait's bishop Mounged El-Hachem
In a telegram sent by secretary of State cardinal Tarcisio Bertone to Kuwait's bishop Mounged El-Hachem, Pope Benedict XVI expressed his deep sorrow for the victims of the accident that tonight ditched... more
AccidentsAirbus on Yemenia Airways accident
Blagnac, France - The manufacturer confirms the impact and offers cooperation
Concerning tonight's accident that involved a Yemenia Airways Airbus A-310/300, flight IY626, while landing in Moroni, Comoros (see AVIONEWS), the French manufacturer issued a press-release confirming... more
AccidentsIndian ocean air disaster (4): the A-310 had been checked in May
Moroni, Comoros - The statement of Yemeni transport minister
The Yemeni Airbus A-310/300 involved in tonight's accident in the Indian ocean was regularly complying with international safety standards and had been checked in May. "The aircraft has been controlled... more
AccidentsYemenia accident (3): also the pilot has survived
Moroni, Comoros - Besides the five-year-old child. The news has been given by the "Al Arabiya" TV
There might be another survivor in tonight's accident that involved a Yemenia Airbus A-310/300 en route between Yemen and Comoros islands with 153 people on board. Besides the 5-year-old child previously... more
AccidentsUltralight crashes in Italy, only burns for the pilot
Modena, Italy - The 50-year-old has been helped by passing people
An ultralight aircraft crashed yesterday in Formigine, near Modena (Italy), catching fire immediately on impact. The pilot, a 50-year-old man, managed to autonomously exit from the cockpit and was helped... more
AccidentsAirbus A-310 crashes in the Indian ocean with 153 people on board
Moroni, Comoros - The plane had already shown several failures and could not fly in France
The black month of civil aviation has ended in the same way as it had started: with a tragic air accident. A Yemenia Airways Airbus A-310/300, flight IY626, with 142 (according to the airline) or 147 (according... more
AccidentsAmerican F-16 crash: pilot killed
Ashville, USA - During a training mission
The pilot of an American F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter of Hill Air Force Base's 388th Wing, Utah, has been killed yesterday in the crash of his aircraft during a training mission. Initially the man, 28-year-old... more
AccidentsTwo firefighters die in Spanish helicopter crash
Mollet del Valles, Spain - During a firefighting mission in the north-east of the country
Pilot and co-pilot of an Taf Helicópteros-operated Eurocopter AS-350B3 Ecureuil firefighting helicopter died yesterday in the accident that occurred to their aircraft near Mollet del Valles (Barcelona),... more
AccidentsAmerican military helicopter crash: 1 dead and 1 injured
Fort Rucker, USA - During a training mission
A Bell TH-67 Creek helicopter of the US army crashed yesterday near Fort Rucker base from where it had taken off. Of the two crewmembers one was killed in the impact, while the other one reported serious... more
AccidentsAir France tragedy: BEA denies finding of the black boxes
Paris, France - After the news published by "Le Monde"
Following news published this morning by the French newspaper "Le Monde", according to which the search teams would have heard acoustic signals from the black boxes of Air France's Airbus-330/200 aircraft... more
AccidentsHelicopter crash in France: 7 killed
Paris, France - The accident in the Alps, on Mount Cordon
All the seven occupants of an Eurocopter AS-350B2 Ecureuil helicopter have been killed in an accident occurred Saturday evening in the French Alps. The victims have been the pilot and six employees of... more
AccidentsUltralight aircraft crashes in Italy: 2 victims
Bologna, Italy - Bad weather the possible cause
Bad weather has been probably the main cause in Saturday's accident occurred to a Tecnam P-92 ultralight aircraft on the Ozzano hills, Settefonti (Bologna), in Italy. In the crash two men have been killed,... more
AccidentsAir France disaster: first 11 bodies identified
Recife, Brazil - Few hopes to find the black boxes
The first 11 bodies of the victims of June 1 accident have been identified by Brazilian investigators. Flight AF447 crashed in the Atlantic ocean while en route from Rio de Janeiro to Paris, with 228 people... more