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AccidentsEMERGENCY LANDING AT CRETE AIRPORT
CRETE, GREEK, A passenger jet, a Boeing 757, with 238 people has landed safely at the Iraklion airport, on Greece's southern island of Crete, after an explosion, briefly after take-off, has damaged... more
AccidentsTHAI AIRWAYS ORDERED TO PAY DAMAGES TO VICTIM'S FAMILY
TOKYO, The Tokyo District Court ordered Thai Airways International yesterday to pay nearly USD$321,000 to the family of a Japanese victim of a 1992 plane crash in Nepal. The court ruled that Thai Airways... more
AccidentsFIRE IN A MILITARY BASE HANGAR: THREE FIGHTERS DAMAGED
MOSCOW, Three Sukhoi-24 fighters were seriously damaged by a fire broke out in an hangar of the military base of Pushkin, nearby St. Peterburg, where the aircrafts had to be repaired. Sources of Ministry... more
AccidentsCUBAN PLANE CRASHED; "THEY STOLE ANTONOV, SO THEY MUST BE REPATRIATED"
HAVANA, A cuban official defined the survivors "criminals", asking for them repatriation. "They committed a crime stealing the plane, so they have to be sent back as it is specified in the international... more
AccidentsSURVIVORS OF CUBAN PLANE CRASHED BROUGHT TO U.S.
KEY WEST, Eight of the nine cuban survivors of the air crash have arrived to Key West, the island off Florida sea, with a U.S. Coastguard ship. The risk is the repetion of a diplomatic incident as it occurred... more
AccidentsCUBAN PLANE CRSASHED: RUNAWAY NOT HIJACKING
NEW YORK, There was no hijacker on the small cuban plane which sank in the sea off Florida two days ago. Aboard there was only a group of people, trying to escape from Castro's regime for desperation... more
AccidentsA RUSSIAN AIR-DEFENCE MISSILE CRASHED NEAR LAUCH SITE
ASHULUK, RUSSIA, A Russian air-defence missile crashed near lauch site in the Ashuluk training grounds in the Astrakhan region, 800 miles south of Moscow, but fortunately, failed to explode at impact.... more
AccidentsCHIRAC: "FULL COLLABORATION WITH ITALY ABOUT USTICA DISASTER"
PARIS, Jacques Chirac pledged full collaboration with italian justice in the inquiry about Ustica's disaster after the meeting italian premier Giuliano Amato. France always said no french plane was close... more
AccidentsGERMAN MINSTER OF FEREIGN AFFAIRS' PLANE FORCED TO MAKE EMERGENCY LANDING
BERLINO, Luftwaffe's Airbus, belonging to german ministry of Defense, was forced to make an emergency landing for an avionics failure. No passenger was injured. The jetliner was carrying even the german... more
AccidentsCRASHED CUBAN PLANE: NINE SURVIVORS
NEW YORK, A running out of fuel or a uncorrect manoeuvre during the hijack. these could be the reasons of the cuban plane crashed into the sea off the cuban coast. Nine survivors and a dead body have been... more
AccidentsHIJACKED CUBAN PLANE CRASHES INTO THE SEA
MIAMI, A hijacked plane carrying 14 people has crashed into the sea of Florida. The new was reported by Cnn. The sea aircraft, a russian made Antonov, was hijacked and therefore had only one and half hours'... more
AccidentsFLORENCE AIRPORT: LANDING GEAR FAILURE FOR AN AIR FRANCE PLANE
FLORENCE, The malfunction of one of the two landing gears forced an Air France plane to make an animated landing at Vespucci airport of Florence. The flight AF 1216 was coming from Charles de Gaulle aiport... more
AccidentsFOUR KILLED IN ALASKA PLANE CRASH
ALASKA, A small plane has crashed while landing at the Nuiqsut airport on Alaska's North Slope, killing four of the 10 people aboard. The six survivors were taken by helicopter to hospitals in Barrow,... more
AccidentsLUFTHANSA AIRBUS FORCED TO MAKE EMERGENCY LANDING IN PALERMO
PALERMO, An Airbus 321, flying from Malta to Frankfurt, was forced to make an emergency landing at Falcone-Borsellino aiport of Palermo for a failure. The pilot of the plane, carrying 119 passengers, asked... more
AccidentsGORDON HURRICANE THREATENING A SPACE SHUTTLE LAUNCH RAMP
CAPE CANAVERAL, USA, Gordon, the hurricane that killed 19 people in Guetemala, showing its dangerousness, and then moved to Florida, gave trubles to Nasa, because of the Space Shuttle Discovery standing... more
AccidentsUAV PREDATOR CRASHES IN USA
NELLIS, NEVADA, A U.S. Air Force unmanned aereal vehicle (UAV) crashed into Nellis base during an exercise named Joint Expeditionary Forces. This aircraft is used to collect tactical data about enemy territory... more
AccidentsSTRANGLED BY PASSENGERS AFTER FLYING INTO RAGE
SALT LAKE CITY, The case was dated August 11, but it was recently dismissed by Utah's judges for "self-defense". Jonathan Burton, 19 years old, died shortly after a Southwest Airlines aircraft landing.... more
AccidentsSALOMON ISLANDS: AIRCRAFT HIJACKED BY ISATABU REBELS
BRISBANE, A group of rebels, belonging to the Isatabu Freedom Movement, fighting against Malaita rivals, reputed immigrants, hijacked a small plane forcing the pilot to fly to a guerrilla base. There were... more
AccidentsAIRCRAFT CRASHES IN GERMANY, FOUR KILLED
LEIMEN, Four people, two men and two women, were killed after their aircraft crashed in a wood near Leimen, in the german land of Baden-Wuerttemberg. The small plane took off from Nurberg, in Bavaria,... more
AccidentsSRI LANKA: HELICOPTER CRASH KILLS 15 PEOPLE
SRI LANKA, An helicopter crashed on saturday morning in the east of Sri Lanka, 40 miles east of Colombo. The Ports Minister MHMH Mohammed Ashraff was among the 15 victims. Police ruled out the possibility... more
AccidentsUKRAINE: VICE-MINISTER OF THE INTERIOR CRASHES DURING AN AIR SHOW
MOSCOW, General Leonid Borodic, ukranian vice-minister off the Interior, crashed during an air show in Kiev. Hundreds of people saw Borodic, an experienced pilot, crashing down during an aerobatic evolution... more
AccidentsQATAR AIRWAYS HIJACKER FEARED TO BE EXTRADITED TO IRAQ
DUBAI, The hijacker of Qatar Airways Airbus A-300 flying to Amman and carrying 144 people, 133 passengers + 11 crew members, was in trouble with iraqi justice. The plane had to land at jordan capital city... more
AccidentsHIJACKED QATARY AIRWAYS PLANE, HIJACKER SURRENDERS
RIAD, The hijacker surrendered when the aircraft landed at Hael, 400 km north of Riad. Al Jaazera, Qatar tv channel, reported the hijacker was an iraqui citizen who surrendered to authorities. The aircraft... more
AccidentsBOMB THREAT ON PAKISTAN LEADER'S PLANE
NEW YORK, A jet carrying Pakistan leader Pervez Musharraf was forced to return to John F Kennedy International Airport in New York after a bomb threat. The Boeing 747 of Pakistan International Airlines,... more
AccidentsMASS EXORCISM AT INDIAN CRASH SITE
INDIA, A mass exorcism is taking place near the site of the air crash in India, to get rid of the ghosts of the victim still haunting the area, as Gardanibagh residents said. Sixty people died in the crash.... more
AccidentsPILOT COLLAPSES WHILE LANDING
TOKYO, A pilot of a regional japanese flight collapsed while landing at Saga airport when the aircraft, an Airbus A-320, was standing 300 metres far from the ground. The immediate intervention of the co-pilot... more
AccidentsFORTY PEOPLE INTOXICATED BY FUMES AT AIR TERMINAL
SYDNEY, A few days before the beginning of Sydney Olympic Games the airport of the australian capital city was scene of an accident giving officials a lot of worries. Forty people were intoxicated... more
AccidentsTWO AIRCRAFT STANDING ON THE SAME CORRIDOR BEFORE LANDING NEARLY TO COLLIDE IN OSLO
OSLO, NORWAY, Two aircrafts stood on the same corridor during landing mnouvre and an automatic alarm system prevented a disastrous crash. It occurred at Oslo airport last friday involving two Sas aircrafts,... more
Accidents747 ENGINE EXPLOSION DAMAGES BUILDINGS
JAKARTA, The large burst part of the engine fallen down from a Japan Airlines Boeing 737, flying from Indonesia to Tokio, crashing in the suburbs of Jakarta, damaged 16 houses, but nobody was injured.... more
AccidentsMD-80 MAKES EMERGENCY LANDING AT DALLAS AIRPORT
DALLAS, USA, An American Airlines MD-80 made an emergency landing at Dallas Forth Worth International Airport after the pilot stopped an engine because of an unproper working of lubricating system as signalled... more
AccidentsEMERGENCY LANDING AFTER PLANE'S ENGINE FAILS
USA, An America West Airline aircraft carryng 100 people made an emengency landing at Sky Harbor International Airport. The Boeing 757 flying from San Francisco to Phoenix had an engine shut down when... more
AccidentsAIR CRASH KILLS A MAN
SCOTLAND, A light aircraft crashed near Llyn y Fan Fach in the Black Mountains in Wales. The pilot died and his body was flown by RAF to Singleton Hospital. Police made a through search of the area and... more
AccidentsITALIAN PEOPLE GIVE UP FLIGHT FOR FEARING A TECHNICAL PROBLEM OF THE AIRCRAFT
EL CAIRO, Fear won for once, the most obvious reaction felt before boarding an aircraft going to takeoff in unsecure condition. The 19 italian passengers of a private charter flying from El Cairo to... more
AccidentsDRUNKEN WATERPOLO TEAMS ABOARD, COMMANDER MAKES EMERGENCY LANDING
ROMA, An Air Malta Boeing 737 flying from Malta to Budapest was forced to make an emergency landing at Fiumicino airport for an overjoyed atmosphere distrurbing passengers. The drunken state of about... more
AccidentsTWA AIRCRAFT ABORTS TAKEOFF FOR CO-PILOT'S SIDE UNLATCHED
WASHINGTON, A Twa jetliner aborted takeoff at Kennedy Airport after the pilot noticed that co-pilot's side had been left unlatched. The Boeing 767, bound for St. Louis with 233 people aboard, blew six... more
AccidentsEMERGENCY LANDING FOR A TWIN ENGINE AIRCRAFT CARRYING THREE PEOPLE
GORIZIA, A twin engine german aircraft had to make an emergency landing at Friuli-Venezia Giulia Ronchi dei Legionari regional airport five minutes after takeoff. No passenger was injured. The aircraft... more
AccidentsPIERRE GRAF: "FRENCH CONCORDE READY TO FLY AGAIN SOON
PARIS, Concorde supersonic jet, after the crash of July 25 at Charles De Gaulle airport in which 113 people were killed, could fly again in a short while. But this period risks to be extended to two years... more
AccidentsAMERICAN PILOT LANDS ON HIGHWAY
DENVER, USA, A 41 years old american pilot, John Zayac, flying a vintage plane over Denver, a North American SNJ5, to a national championship air race in Reno, made an emergency landing on the four... more
AccidentsPENTAGON DENIES WRONGDOING IN FIGHTER JET'S CLOSE TO COLLIDE WITH AIRLINER
WASHINGTON D.C., Pentagon officials said the F-117 stealth fighter was on FAA approved flight path over Los Angeles therefore it was doing nothing wrong when it came so close to the United Airlines Boeing... more
AccidentsALITALIA FLIGHT TO MILAN TAKES OFF AT THIRD ATTEMPT
ROMA, Troubles and fear for the 130 passengers of the Alitalia flight AZ 108 to Amsterdam which took off from Fiumicino airport at third attempt. The first time, after flying an hour and 15 minutes,... more
AccidentsAIRBUS FLYING TO MILAN FORCED TO RETURN TO CYPRUS FOR DAMAGE
LARNACA, A damage on one of the three hydraulic system forced a Cyprus Airlines Airbus A320 to return to the cypriot airport. The aircraft would have been able to use the two spare hydraulic systems without... more
AccidentsNEAR CRASH NEW IN TUNISIA REPORTED AFTER A WEEK
TUNIS, The indipendent tunisian weekly magazine Akhbar Al-Giumhuriya reported the new of a near disaster at Tunis-Carthage airport. The magazine reported a Saudi Airlines Boeing 777 carrying 204 passengers... more
AccidentsAN ELDERLY PILOT, 81, CRASHES WITH HIS AIRPLANE, WITHOUT INJURY
GREAT BRITAIN, An elderly pilot and his young passenger have crashed shortly after take-off with their light aircraft escaping serious injury. Piloted by an 81-year-old accompanied by an 11-year-old grand-son,... more
AccidentsEMERGENCY LANDING FOR BEREZOWSKI'S AIRCRAFT
MOSCOW, The private small aircraft of Boris Berezowski, the russian mogul, had to make an precautionary landing in Dusseldorf, Germany, after smoke was spotted in the cabin. more
AccidentsFAA CONFIRMED STEALTH FLEW NEARBY 757
USA, FAA confirmed the plane flying nearby the Boeing 757 of United Airlines over Los Angeles was a F-117 "Stealth aircraft". A federal inquiry will be set to check the liability. Still no admission from... more
AccidentsTWO EMERGENCY LANDING FOR SMOKE SPOTTED IN THE CABIN
USA, A Continental Airline aircraft made an emergency landing at Jacksonville Airport, Florida, after the pilot spotted a smoke smell in the cabin. The aircraft was inspected and the cause of the smoke... more
AccidentsGULF AIR TO BOOST PAYMENTS
BAHRAIN, Gulf Air, the airline of the Airbus crashed into the sea killing 143 people on board, said it will pay USD15.000 for each child on the plane in addition to the USD$25.000 it has already promised... more
Accidents757 AND STEALTH NEAR COLLISION
USA, A Boeing 757 pilot of United Airlines flying to Boston informed control tower that an Air Force F-117A, the notorious "Stealth aircraft" widely used by U.S. forces in recent wars, passed overhead... more
AccidentsHELICOPTER CRASHES INTO THE WATER DURING A RESCUE
TAIWAN, A french made helicopter of Taiwan police spun out of control and crashed into the water about ten metres over a river during a mock river rescue in the southern country of Tainan. Five people... more
AccidentsKING AIR 200 FLEET UNDER INVESTIGATION
AUSTRALIA, King Air 200 fleet of 60 aircraft went under investigation last year to check the oxygen masks and cabin-altitude alert system. The oxygen system in some of those aircrafts automatically deploy... more