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AccidentsCypriot plane accident: 118 coffins of 121 victims have been recognized
Athens, Greece - Three corpses are expected to be identified
Hellenic authorities have completed the identification of 118 bodies belonging to passengers killed in the air disaster involving the Cypriot Boeing 737 crashed on Grammatiko hill, Athens, Greece, last... more
AccidentsATR-72 Tuninter (2): a body and a black box have been recovered
Palermo, Italy - DNA analysis to verify victim's identity
The body of one of the three missing persons of the ATR-72 Tuninter accident was recovered this morning, together with one of the two black boxes. It is unclear whose such a body is as just a skeleton... more
AccidentsATR-72 Tuninter accident: recovery operations of black boxes have started
Palermo, Italy - Meanwhile, analyses on fuel at Pratica di Mare would seem to exclude the hypothesis related to the presence of residuals
Robots deployed by Cyprus’ ship called Edt Ares detected various debris and structural components of the ATR-72 Tuninter’s wreckage in Sicily on last Saturday, August 27. Slinging operations for such sec... more
AccidentsGarang's death in helicopter crash: black boxes inspection has started
Moscow, Russia - SPLM does not abandon the attempt scent
Black boxes of the Mi-172 helicopter in which Sudan’s Vice-President John Garang, his assistants and seven Uganda’s crew members perished on July 30, will be examined at Moscow, where aircraft was man... more
AccidentsATR-72 Tuninter accident: compensation request from Bari for one dead and two survivors
Bari, Italy - They would be addressed to Tuninter, ATR, Pratt & Whitney, Swan Tour-Sprintours tour operators and ENAC
Tunisian airline Tuninter (related to Tunisair), European group ATR, US company Pratt & Whitney (which produced the powerplant of the ATR-72 aircraft), Swan Tour-Sprintours tour operators and ENAC (Italian... more
AccidentsAir transport fatal August
Rome, Italy - The number of victims emerged from the various air accidents is heavy
Crash occurred in Perù yesterday is only the latest on the list which is about to make heavy the number of people died and injured in air disasters happened only in August. Last August 1st a French Civil... more
AccidentsPeruvian plane crashed: 59 survivors
Lima, Perù - Italian passenger Walter Panni reported still missing waiting for the official confirmation of his death
PEruvian police said 59 passengers survived and 41 have been killed in the air accident involving a Boeing 737 of Tans carrier crashed six km from Pucallpa Airport while was about to land as a stopover... more
AccidentsTourism plane crashed in Switzerland (2): people killed aboard the Cessna 172 have been identified
Sion, Switzerland - Passengers came from Czech Republic
Tourism plane fallen on Swiss Alps due to bad weather yesterday was a Cessna 172 Skyhawk, a 4-seats Czech-registered aircraft. Prague’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has stated that the four accident’s cas... more
AccidentsPeruvian plane crashed (3): Boeing' sympathies to victim's relatives
Lima, Perù - Benedict XVI has sent affected families a telegram
Boeing, the US company making the airplane crashed while was attempting an emergency landing in Perù, extended its deepest sympathies to casualty’s families and said it is ready to provide technical su... more
AccidentsPeruvian plane crashed (2): an Italian national among accident's casualties
Lima, Perù - It is difficult establishing the exact number of victims, there are still a lot of bodies to recover
Italian flying on the B-737/200 aircraft belonging to Peruvian Tans carrier crashed in the jungle North-East to Lima, were 4 in all. Walter Panni, the Italian citizen killed in the terrible incident, left... more
AccidentsTourism plane crashed in Switzerland: the number of victims is four
Sion, Switzerland - A blast of wind could have caused the accident
Tourism plane crashed on the Simplon Pass, between Switzerland and Italy, has not been still identified, it is clear only that it was a Czech-registered aircraft and 4 passengers have been found killed.... more
AccidentsATR-72 Tuninter: the recovery of the two black boxes to start by next Sunday
Palermo, Italy - A Cyprus' ship to attend to it as it is carrying equipment provided by US company Phoenix International towards Sicily
Cyprus’ ship named Edt Ares, which will be used by US company Phoenix International for the recovery in the sea of the two ATR-72 Tuninter’s black boxes, should arrive in Sicily on next Friday. The bla... more
AccidentsTourism plane crashed in Switzerland killing all passengers
Sion, Switzerland - The tragedy may caused by bad weather
An airplane, a tourism single-engine, presumably because of the bad weather conditions affecting the Switzerland, dropped between Sempione pass and the village of Sempione at Engiloch in the early afternoon... more
AccidentsPeruvian plane crashed: at least 41 the dead, two Italian nationals injured
Lima, Peru - The B-737 was en route from Lima to Iquitos, with a stop at Pucallpa
A Boeing B-737/200 of Transportes Aereos Nacionales de la Selva (TANS) carrier, belonging to Peruvian Air Force (FAP, Fuerza Area del Peru), after attempting an emergency landing due to a rough storm in... more
AccidentsColombian plane crashed in Venezuela: French casualty's funeral to occur on Wednesday
Caracas, Venezuela - No hypothesis on disaster cause has been ruled out
President Jacques Chirac will reach the island of Martinique where funeral of 150 French casualties of the crash involving the West Caribbean Airways MD-82 killing 160 passengers is expected to occur.... more
AccidentsCypriot plane accident (2): Helios planes to fly to Sweden for technical checks
Athens, Greece - Capt. Merten had an experience of over 17,000 flying hours
Helios Airways has announced that the other two Boeing 737-300 composing its fleet left an orphan of the B-737 crashed in Greece, will undergo technical checks in the next days in Sweden. Cypriot carrier... more
AccidentsCypriot plane accident: preliminary investigation's results
Athens, Greece - Depressurisation and shortfall of jet-fuel caused the tragedy
Helios Cypriot carrier’s plane invovled in the crash of last August 14 North to Athens where 121 people were killed, would be fallen due to a shortfall of jet-fuel and anomaly to cabin pressurisation l... more
AccidentsBritish charter plane forced to an emergency touch-down
Paris, France - The B-737 with pressurisation problems landed without difficulty
A Boeing B-737 belonging to Astreus Airlines charter carrier en route from the Baleari’s island of Menorca to Leeds, has been forced to an emergency landing at French airport of Brest-Guipavas because o... more
AccidentsFrench Tracker's accident (2): it has opened a preliminary manslaughter investigation
Paris, France - "The number of victims was serious": unions concerned about pilot's safety
French authorities have opened a preliminary manslaughter investigation on the death of two pilots aboard the Civil Defence’s Tracker crashed in Ardeche Department last Saturday. They intend to make c... more
AccidentsAn other fire fighting plane crashed in France
Paris, France - A Civil Defence Tracker dropped to the ground killing two crew members
A French Civil Defence Tracker plane crashed while was performing an operative mission on a fire blazed in Valgorge’s forest, Department of Ardeche (Southern France) last Saturday. Both crew members h... more
AccidentsATR-72 Tuninter's accident: the US company to recover the black boxes
Palermo, Italy - In ten days, wile the analyses on fluids and the powerplant running go on
No certainty on the accident which affected the ATR-72 Tuninter exists yet about its cause. Italian Air Force’s Pratica di Mare Base is expected to provide the results of the analyses on powerplant fluids b... more
AccidentsISAF helicopter crashed in Afghanistan: funeral of 17 victims to occur tomorrow
Madrid, Spain - No trace of hostile fire on the Cougar wreckage
Funeral of 17 NATO soldiers killed in the helicopter crash occurred at Herat, Afghanistan, last Tuesday, will be held tomorrow at Madrid: they will be served in the Spanish Army’s headquarters. Defence M... more
AccidentsColombian plane crashed in Venezuela: French technicians to cooperate in investigation
Caracas, Venezuela - The 160 coffins have been recovered: now the sad rite of identification is expected
French experts will take part in Venezuela’s investigation onto the crash involving the West Caribbean Airways MD-82 killing 160 people. Meanwhile Colombian authorities decided to ground airplanes belonging t... more
AccidentsCypriot plane accident: toxicological tests gave negative result
Athens, Greece - Passengers have not breathed carbon monoxide
Toxicological tests on the body of the co-pilot, three stewardess and two passengers (a child and a random adult) killed in the accident of the Boing 737 belonging to Cypriot Helios carrier, would have... more
AccidentsA Colombian military plane resorted to an emergency landing
Bogota, Colombia - On board there passengers destined to travel by suspended WCA's flights
A Hercules C-130 of Colombian Air Force carrying 184 passengers expected to travel by suspended West Caribbean Airways flights (see for details AVIONEWS), has been forced to an emergency landing in Bogota’s "... more
AccidentsATR-72 Tuninter accident: Italian Navy found both black boxes
Palermo, Italy - Italian Air Force's analyses results on the aircraft's fluids to be accomplished within a week
Italian Navy’s "Magnaghi" ship traced both the black boxes belonging to the ATR-72 Tuninter. Recovery down to an about 1440 m depth will have to be performed during the next days while also the forward a... more
AccidentsCypriot plane accident: Boeing ran out of fuel
Athens, Greece - Both engines shut down at few minute's intervals
As investigations into the causes the accident occurred to Helios Airways plane crashed North to Athens last Sunday are going on, Greek authorities are trying to determine the nature of the mechanical... more
AccidentsISAF helicopter crashed in Afghanistan: Spanish coffins in flight to home
Kabul, Afghanistan - Spain declared two days of mourning
Wrapped in the national flag, bodies of 17 Spanish soldiers killed on board the Cougar AS-532 helicopter of the Afghanistan peacekeeping force crashed last Tuesday, departed today from the military base... more
AccidentsRussian Mi-8 crashed in Siberia: four dead
Moscow, Russia - Another chopper of the same type performed an emergency landing few hours before
A Russian military Mi-8 helicopter crashed at Nfteiugansk, Siberia, killing 4 people and injuring two. On board there were three technicians and three crew members who were carrying out aerial surveillance... more
AccidentsTurkish plane force-landed at Budapest
Budapest, Hungary - No injuries were reported among the over 300 people on board
An Airbus A-300 of the Turkish Fly Air airline made an emergency landing at Budapest International Airport this morning. The charter airplane was en route from Istanbul to Brussels carrying 293 passengers... more
AccidentsColombian plane crashed in Venezuela: an Italian national among the 161 victims
Caracas, Venezuela - Pilots had warned authorities about WCA's safety conditions
Davide Scaglioni from Val d’Aosta Region, resident in Martinique for 10 years, is one of the 161 victims of the terrible accident occurred two days back in Venezuela. Almost all the coffins have been r... more
AccidentsColombian plane crashed in Venezuela (4): West Carribean Airways has skeleton in the cupboard
Caracas, Venezuela - Early this year it got a spot fine because infringed the Reglamento Aeronáutico Colombiano
The McDonnell Douglas MD-82 belonging to West Carribean Airways had been chartered by the "Globe Trotters" travel agency in Martinique. It is the second air accident involving the Medellin-based carrier... more
AccidentsColombian plane crashed in Venezuela (3): what is happened before the accident
Caracas, Venezuela - Pilot tried to change route to land on Maracaibo Airport
Now it needs finding what really happened during the fatal flight performed by the MD-82 arrived at Panama-Tocumen Airport after a trip started from Medellín-"José María Córdova" Airport. The plane was... more
AccidentsATR-72 Tuninter accident: Pratica di Mare Base's analyses on fuel started
Rome, Italy - Results should be available in 48 h
Results related to fuel and engines’ oil of the ATR-72 Tuninter at Italian Air Force Pratica di Mare Base (Rome) should be available in 48 h. The purpose is the one of verifying if agents able to cause p... more
AccidentsDC-10 carried out an emergency landing in El Salvador
El Salvador, Republic of El Salvador - Problems with the landing gear have been found
A Venezuela’s charter flight carrying 220 people -all Nicaraguan students coming back from a Youth Festival that ended Monday in Caracas- has carried out an emergency landing on the runway at the Comalapa I... more
AccidentsColombian plane crashed in Venezuela (2): a Boeing team to support local investigators
Caracas, Venezuela - West Caribean suspended its flights for a week last month
West Caribean Airways is a small carrier based in Medellin (Colombia). Its fleet is made up of three airplanes only and serves both Colombian and Caribean destinations: it seems that the carrier was forced... more
AccidentsColombian plane crashed in Venezuela: 160 French occupants have been all killed
Caracas, Venezuela - Crew members were eight, passengers 152
Passengers travelling on the charter flight operated by the Colombian West Caribean Airways returning them at home to the French island of Martinique after having been stayed in Panama for a holiday, were... more
AccidentsISAF helicopter crashed in Afghanistan: Cougar downed by rocket?
Kabul, Afghanistan - The victims were members of a contingent engaged to provide security for next September's election
Spanish Defence Minister, Josè Bono, does not exclude that the Cougar AS-532 helicopter of the Afghanistan peacekeeping force crashed in the area of Herat yesterday killing 17 soldiers from Spanish contingent... more
AccidentsCypriot plane accident: co-pilot was alive at the moment of the crash
Athens, Greece - The first pilot's corpse is yet to be confirmed as found
A Greek Air Force C-130 plane departed from the military airport of Eleussi bound for Larnaca last evening carrying the coffins of 23 victims of the air accident occurred last Sunday. Meanwhile the police... more
AccidentsATR-72 Tuninter's accident (2): carrier ready to ensure compensations for the victims
Palermo, Italy - Some EUR 20,000 each have been suggested for the deceased persons
Search for the remaining sections of the ATR-72 belonging to Tunisian carrier Tuninter and lost in the Sicily’s waters go on. Two naval units are been deployed for sounding operations trying to analyse t... more
AccidentsCypriot plane accident (3): the B-737 had decompression problems back
Athens, Greece - A woman would have attempted to take command of the aircraft
Low-cost carrier Helios Airways, which decided to ground all planes after the disaster, has confirmed that the Boeing 737-300 fallen last Sunday North to Athens, had already experienced cabin’s decompression p... more
AccidentsColombian plane went down in Venezuela (3): rescuers reached the area of the crash
Caracas, Venezuela - There were 8 crew members on board
The flight HK-4374X operated by Colombian carrier West Caribean Airways was bound for Fort de France Le Lamentin Airport, but pilot intended to divert to Caracas after signalling problems with engines.... more
AccidentsColombian plane went down in Venezuela (2): an engine failure was reported to control tower
Caracas, Venezuela - Pilot asked for guidelines for landing on the Maracaibo Airport
Military helicopters overflying the accident’s site have found no survivor to date. Meanwhile Venezuela’s Interior Minister, Jesse Chacon, said the MD-80 for the West Caribean Airways took off from Tac... more
AccidentsColombian plane went down in Venezuela
Caracas, Venezuela - More than 150 people were travelling on board
An airplane MD-80 of West Caribian carrier left from Panama and bound for Martinica, has crashed in Western Venezuela near the Colombian border: there were 152 persons aboard and it fears no passenger... more
AccidentsISAF helicopter crashed in Afghanistan: 17 Spanish soldiers have been killed
Kabul, Afghanistan - They belonged to the NATO peacekeeping forces
A helicopter for the NATO International Security Assistance Force crashed in Afghanistan today killing 17 Spanish troops. Rescuers would have already reached the site of the accident near the Herat’s b... more
AccidentsCypriot plane accident (2): signs of "Solid freeze" found on the victims' bodies
Athens, Greece - The most serious air accident in the history of Greek civil aviation
The pilot would have informed the control tower that the plane was suffering for air conditioning problems before communication was lost. Alarm started at 10:35 local time after the Cypriot aircraft entered... more
AccidentsATR-72 Tuninter accident: Bari-Djerba flights started again by Tunisair
Rome, Italy - Italian Air Force to begin analyses on fuel and filters of the fallen aircraft tomorrow
Italian Air Force will begin the analysis of fuel and filters of the ATR-72 Tuninter at Pratica di Mare Base (Rome) tomorrow and at least some days will be necessary before knowing results. In the meantime,... more
AccidentsCypriot plane accident: no survivor
Athens, Greece - A depressurization problem caused the tragedy
A Boeing 737-300 belonging to the Cypriot carrier Helios crashed into a mountainous area North of Athens last Sunday maybe suffering for problems with cabin’s air supply. Plane took off from Larnaca (... more
AccidentsHelicopter fell headlong in the sea in Estonia: recovery of passengers' bodies started
Tallinn, Estonia - The attempt hypothesis has been excluded, there are doubts on weather condition while the idea of a technical failure is getting more support
Recovery operations for the bodies of the persons who were on board the Sikorsky S-76 helicopter fallen headlong in the Baltic Sea on last August 10 go on (see for details AVIONEWS). All the 14 subjects... more
AccidentsATR-72 Tuninter accident (2): worry in Europe due to problems related to on board communication
Rome, Italy - No flight assistant would have been able to speak Italian to warn passengers about the danger, so showing again in the worst manner an issue on which AVIONEWS had already focused in the past
Italian Vice-Minister of Infrastructures and Transport, Mario Tassone, commented recently on the accident which affected an ATR-72 of Tuninter, focusing also on the two emergency landings at Linate and... more