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AccidentsHelicopter crash in Brazil: four policemen died
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - The AS-350B3 Esquilo helicopter probably shot down by local criminals
A crash happened last Saturday, 19th November, near the infamous City of God, one of the 600 favelas in Rio, which is among the most ferocious ones because of its criminality rate. A military helicopter,... more
AccidentsAccident: Yu Xu dead, first Chinese woman pilot of J-10 fighter airplanes -VIDEO
Beijing, China - With the degree of commander, she was also member of the national acrobatic team
She was member of the national acrobatic group as commander, among the first in China to pilot fighter airplanes and also the first to pilot a J-10 plane: she was Yu Xu, dead last week-end following to... more
AccidentsPatrouille Suisse airplane crash: Holland closes inquiries, no investigation -2 VIDEO
Hague, Holland - After the collision the pilot ejected and the Tiger finished in a canal
It was on June 9 of this year when two F-5E Tiger airplanes of the Patrouille Suisse touched on the skies of the Dutch military base of Leeuwarden provoking the crash of one of two. After the flight collision... more
AccidentsAirplane crashed in Malta (2): the French Defence Minister confirms victims
La Valletta, Malta - Two private contractors and three officials of the defence
The French defence minister confirmed the identity of the dead people in the crash of the airplane fell around 5:30am (local hour). The plane crashed shortly after the take-off from isle's airport, just... more
AccidentsMalta: SA-227/AT Expediter airplane crashes, 5 victims -VIDEO
La Valletta, Malta - All occupants dead: pilot and four officials of the French defence. It occurred this morning
The Swearingen SA-227/AT Expediter airplane, registration N577MX served by Cae Aviation crashed shortly after take-off from Malta airport. Five people on board, all dead in the fire advanced after the... more
AccidentsAircraft crash in Smolensk: a throwing off tack on the analysis of the black boxes?
Warsaw, Poland - The massacre "Decapitated" the leadership of the Polish State and of the Armed Forces. An inquiry towards new theories...
It was on April 10, 2010 when a Tupolev TU-154 airplane took off from Warsaw-Okecie airport, in Poland, for a State flight to the military airport of Smolensk-Siewiernyj, Russia. On board there were the... more
AccidentsAirplanes and disasters. Presented today the first results on the penal inquiry about shot down flight MH17 of Malaysia - Specials by AVIONEWS
Amsterdam, The Netherlands - Incontrovertible according the JIT it was a Buk missile launched by a stationing arrived by the Russian territory in Ukraine and returned in Russia after the fact
The Joint Investigation Team (JIT), the group by Dutch leading established by counselors of Holland, Australia, Belgium, Ukraine and Malaysia, that works to the B-777 airplane case exploded on the Eastern... more
AccidentsUS AV-8B Harrier II airplane crashed in Japan: the pilot ejected
Okinawa, Japan - Noticed by the coast guard means and recovered
An AV-8B Harrier II airplane of the US Marine Corps crashed this morning in the waters off Okinawa isle, Japan, 95 miles from Hedo Cape, took off from the US air base in Kadena. According to the Marine... more
AccidentsIndia. Pilot takes back a MiG-21 airplane at ground in emergency before eject: avoided tragedy
Srinagar, India - The plane finished out of runway. Modest damages to the aircraft and to the tarmac thanks to the readiness by the soldier at the control
The MiG-21 airplane, landed this morning in emergency due to a technical problem at the Indian airport in Srinagar finished out of runway for 200 m, blocking after made run without brakes the tarmac. The... more
AccidentsAirplane crashed yesterday in Kenya: it was a Cessna 210L Centerion II. A death until now
Naivasha, Kenya - An injured still serious, and other four in a lighter manner, Aircraft destroyed by the fire
More details available about the crash of yesterday for a Cessna 210L Centerion II (registration 5Y-CKK) private airplane with six on board, took off from a runway in Naivasha, Nakuru county, Kenya and... more
AccidentsMacedonia. Piper Seneca II airplane crashed: six victims, all Italians. Francesco Montagner among them
Treviso, Italy - Sorrow at Treviso's flying school
A strong roar of an explosion, and an airplane with flames before crash at ground: some witnesses of a Macedonian village (Vetersko, near Veles) saw this. It was a Piper PA-34/200T Seneca II, with German... more
AccidentsB-767/300 airplane of United landed in emergency in Shannon, Ireland: wounded
Shannon, Ireland - The aircraft has had a strong and sudden turbulence on the Atlantic, two hours and half from taking-off from Houston
The captain of a B-767/300 airplane of the US United Airlines in flight from Houston, Texas, to London-Heathrow, with 207 passengers and 13 crewmembers on board, due to a strong turbulence had around 3:00am... more
AccidentsThe pilot of the Swiss F/A-18 airplane, missing on Monday, found dead
Berne, Switzerland - The aircraft together with other two fighters made a training mission to the air combat
The Swiss authorities unveiled it this morning. The body of the pilot has been found, absolutely identified, at the dawn of today among the wreckage of the F/A-18 Hornet airplane crashed last Monday, on... more
AccidentsCargo airplane accident at the airport of Bergamo, Italy: it breaks the containment and invades the road
Bergamo, Italy - No injuries; massacre avoided by pure luck
It happened today around 4:00 am in the middle of a light Summer storm: the cargo airplane of DHL, a B-737/400 flight BCS 7332 coming from the airport of Paris “Charles de Gaulle” while landing to Ber... more
AccidentsIt happened today: 16 years ago the Concorde tragedy. It was the beginning of the end of the supersonic airplane -VIDEO
Paris, France - It was then the safest passenger transport aircraft in the world
Air France Flight 4590 was an Aérospatiale-BAC Concorde, registration F-BTSC, on a scheduled international flight from Paris, France, to New York City, on 25 July 2000, local time 16:43 CET. While taking... more
AccidentsRussia. IL-76 airplane wreckage, disappeared last Friday in firefighting operations, found
Moscow, Russia - All ten occupants dead
The wreckage of the Russian IL-76 airplane have been found yesterday. The aircraft was taken off from its Siberian base of Irkutsk with 10 people on board for a firefighting operation in the district of... more
AccidentsEgyptair airplane: the "Lethbridge" ship recovers the victims' remains -2 VIDEO
Cairo, Egypt - The examination of the black boxes has confirmed the smoke in the cockpit
The Egyptian inquiry commission appointed for the investigation on the Egyptair airplane crash flight 804, unveiled in a note in these hours that the "John Lethbridge" oceanographical ship involved in... more
AccidentsAircraft accident in Moscow region, the pilot seems to be dead - VIDEO
Moscow, Russia - A Sukhoi Su-27 crashed today, it was confirmed by the ministry of defense
A Sukhoi Su-27 attack interceptor and air superiority fighter aircraft of Soviet production, which was conducting a training flight crashed today in Pushkinsky District in the Moscow region at a distance... more
AccidentsSevere turbolence on the flight Lima-Buenos Aires
Lima, Peru - The Airbus A-330 of Avianca was damaged because of the pressures on the fuselage
23 passengers on the overnight flight AV-965 operated by the Colombian airline Avanca, based in Barranquilla and has its airport in Bogotá, on the Lima-Buenos Aires route were injured as a result of severe... more
AccidentsEgyptAir aircraft. Thursday the retrieve of black boxes
Rome, Italy - A ship of Deep Ocean Search (DOS) company will arrive in the evening in the zone of the crash
The ship "John Lethbridge" of a research company "Will come on Thursday evening" in the place of the crash of the Airbus A-320 of airline EgyptAir disappeared on May 19th in the eastern Mediterranean sea... more
AccidentsEgyptair airplane (2): denied sudden turns before its crash
Paris, France - The hypothesis of micro-bombs exploded in several parts of the aircraft it's becoming more convincing
Investigations of the Airbus A-320 airplane of Egyptair crashed Thursday in the eastern Mediterranean sea (see AVIONEWS) are still ongoing and overlap many conflicting assumptions about what could have... more
AccidentsEgyptair aircraft. Soon the DNA test to identify the victims
Cairo, Egypt - It was revealed today by an Egyptian coroner at Zeinhom morgue
At the main Cairo morgue, Zeinhom, staff is ready to make the first DNA tests to identify human remains found by the research of the Airbus A-320 airplane of Egyptair, crashed Thursday (see AVIONEWS). About... more
AccidentsEgyptair aircraft. Probable inside explosion on the right side of the airplane
Cairo, Egypt - The research of the black boxes is ongoing, revealed presence of smoke on the machine before its vanishing from radar systems
It's still doubt on the causes that led to the crash in the sea of the MS804 Egyptair airplane (see AVIONEWS). The research of the black boxes are ongoing and the Egyptian prime minister al Sisi cal... more
AccidentsEgyptair airplane (2). Human remains have been found while searching
Cairo, Egypt - Greek Defense Minister Panos Kammenos has declared it
Panos Kammenos, the Greek Minister of Defence, has declared today together with a spokeperson of Egyptian Army that during the researches of the Airbus A-320/232 airplane, disappeared yesterday in Karpathos,... more
AccidentsEgyptAir airplane accident. Flames spotted in the sky filmed by night near the disappearing zone -VIDEO
Paris, France - The amateur video made by the captain of a Greek mercant ship could document the disaster
After the news of the disappearance on the Paris-Cairo route A-320 airplane, MS804 flight of EgyptAir (see AVIONEWS) some updates have suggested that the area where the aircraft made its last transmission... more
AccidentsPlanes. Egyptair (9) organizes a crisis unit for the parents of the victims
Paris, France - Flights for Paris to Cairo and support for the families in Egypt
Egyptair launches a crisis unit for the parents of the victims that lost their lives in the accident of today that involved an A-320 aircraft with 66 people on board. Consternation dominates these persons... more
AccidentsAircraft. The route of EgyptAir MS804 flight before disappearing (8) -VIDEO
Paris, France - In "Flightradar 24" tracking can be seen all the stages before its vanishing from radar systems
The website "Flightradar 24" provides a global monitoring service on flights departing and arriving and provides real-time information on thousands of aircraft worldwide. Below the video that traces... more
AccidentsCommercial aircraft EgyptAir A-320 disappeared (5) the Egyptian government confirms the crash into the sea
Paris, France - "Found MS804 flight wreckage near Karpathos Island", Hollande said: "We can't exclude terrorist attack"
Just now the news of A-320 EgyptAir flight MS804 wreckage finding after its disappearance (see AVIONEWS), the news was released to the media in a flash: "Found flight MS804 wreckage near Karpathos island".... more
AccidentsCommercial aircraft EgyptAir disappeared (2). On the expert Troadec behalf probable hypothesis are: bomb explosion, suicide bomber or missile
Paris, France - Cairo authorities are working close to Paris'. The Egyptian foreign affairs minister comments: "We cant' exclude anything"
The Egyptian foreign ministry said the government is working closely with the French authorities to carry out a more thorough investigation after the disappearance of the aircraft EgyptAir MS804. The prime... more
AccidentsAirbus on Egyptair flight MS 804 loss of aircraft (3)
Toulouse, France - The A-320 airplane had accumulated approximately 48,000 flight hours
Airbus regrets to confirm that an A-320 operated by Egyptair was lost at around 02:30 am (Egypt local time) today over the Mediterranean sea. The aircraft was operating a scheduled service, Flight MS 804... more