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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
AccidentsDIY TWINJET EXPERIENCE GEAR COLLAPSE
COLORADO USA, A Maverick Twinjet 1500 has experienced a landing gear collapse during a landing on the Pueblo airport with subsequent slide on runway, but without harm for people on board. The pilot has... more
AccidentsEMERGENCY LANDING IN PEKING FOR AN AIRBUS
PEKING, An Airbus A-340 of Austrian Airlines, carrying 253 passengers, had to make an emergency landing at Peking airport during its flight from Shangai to Vienna. The emergency landing was due to a loss... more
AccidentsPART OF ENGINE FALLS DOWN ON THE GROUND, NOBODY INJURED
JAKARTA, A Boeing 747-300 of Japanese Airlines, flying to Tokyo, lost a part of an engine. The piece, after the explosion of the engine, fell down on the ground in the suburbs of Jakarta, not far from... more
AccidentsFIREFIGHTING AIRCRAFT CRASHED IN FRANCE: TWO PEOPLE DIED
PARIS, A cargo plane, a C-130 Hercules equippped for firefighting by water bombing, has crashed in a mountainous area near the small town of Burzet in the south-eastern France, killing two people and injuring... more
AccidentsCONCORDE: CONTINENTAL RESPONSIBLE TO RELATIVES AND VICTIMS
PARIS, Continental Airline could be responsible of Concorde disaster in which on July 25 113 people were killed. A lawyer representing the families of four victims accused Continental adding that in case... more
AccidentsGULF AIR CRASH: POSSIBLE HUMAN FAULT
MANAMA, Investigators of Gulf Air Airbus A320 crashed into the sea last August 23 in Bahrain, killing all the 143 passengers, are seriously considering the assumption of human fault. "All the clues seems... more
AccidentsTHE DISASTER PREVENTED IN THE SKY OF LONDON: THE SIMILAR CASES
ROME, Only in the british air spaces every year are recorded, on the average, 41 prevented collisions, the 20% of which are considered to be at high risk. Here are some of the most recent collisions... more
AccidentsCLOSE TO DISASTER IN THE SKY OF LONDON
LONDON, On August the 20, in the sky of London, it was close to occur a terrible disaster, with at least 700 killed people, as that was the number of the passengers on a United Airlines jetliner and... more
AccidentsPARACHUTIST GETS CAUGHT TO AIRCRAFT AFTER PARACHUTING: UNHURT AT LANDING
NEW YORK, Terrible misadventure for Andy Judy, a universitarian of West Virginia, boarded on a small plane in the sky of Pennsylvania to parachute. Something went wrong when he dropped: a part of his equipment... more
AccidentsEMERGENCY LANDING AT ISTANBUL FOR AN AIRBUS 310 OF TURKISH AIRLINE
ANKARA, Emergency landing for An Airbus 310 of turkish national flagship airline. The pilot was forced to stop the right engine while the plane was flying from Ankara to Dusseldorf and then he made the... more
AccidentsAIR 2000 BRITISH PLANES FAILS TAKING OFF FROM CYPRUS AIRPORT
NICOSIA, A british Air 2000 plane, carrying 178 passengers, failed taking off from the international airport of Paphos on the west coast of Cyprus. The aircraft, headed to Cardiff, was rolling on the... more
AccidentsNINE DIE IN AUSTRALIAN AIR CRASH
AUSTRALIA, A Beechcraft King Air 200 twin turboprop aircraft, with nine people on board, crashed in the Queensland state. The aircraft burst into flames when it smashed into the ground. Police believe... more
AccidentsCOLOMBIA: MILITARY AIRCRAFT CRASHES, KILLED THE ENTIRE CREW
ROMA, A military aircraft of colombian Air Force crashed the other day on the way back to base after fighting leftist rebels. The plane was an american made AC-47. The entire seven-man crew was kil... more
AccidentsPIPER CRASHES DURING AIR SHOW, 4 KILLED
CLEVELAND, A Piper Cherokee Six 300 crashed the other day during an Air Show in Cleveland. Four people were killed and another seriously injured. more
AccidentsTHE METAL PIECE FOUND ON THE RUNWAY OF CONCORDE CAME FROM A CONTINENTAL DC-10
PARIGI, French accident investigators said the stray metal piece found on the runway from which concorde took off came from a Continental Airlines DC-10. A statement from Bea said said a DC-10 of Continental... more
AccidentsALITALIA FLIGHT RETURNS TO NEW YORK FOR EMERGENCY
NEW YORK, A Boeing 747 of Alitalia airline, flying from New York to Malpensa, Milan, was forced to return to JFK airport after three hours of flight for some smoke spread in "Magnifica" class. more
AccidentsLOCKERBIE TRIAL WILL BE ADJOURNED TO SEPTEMBER 21ST
CAMP ZEIST, HOLLAND, The trial about Lockerbie disaster, in which 270 people were killed in 1988, has been adjourned to September 21st. This adjournament, proclaimed by the scottish Court, which chairs... more
AccidentsCONCORDE'S CREW STOOD NO CHANCE OF SAVING THE PLANE
PARIS, Aviation experts said the crew of Concorde stood no chance of avoiding the crash. This conclusion was drawn after the publication of conversations of the crew. These allowed to reconstruct last... more
AccidentsCONCORDE, TYRE BURST CAUSED THE CRASH
PARIS, It was a tyre burst during takeoff to provoke Concorde crash. The confirm was given by Bea, which released the first report about the crash. On the other side it wasn't explained in details... more
AccidentsGERMAN TORNADO CRASHES IN CANADA
OTTAWA, The german Tornado was taking part in a NATO low-flying exercise in the north of Canada. The fighter shattered into pieces after it hit the ground some 130 nautical miles. It's still unknown wheter... more
AccidentsLANDING SPEED CITED AS POSSIBLE CAUSE OF GULF AIR CRASH
BAHRAIN, The informations from the plane's flight data recorder of Airbus A320 showed that the plane's speed while it was trying to land at Manama airport was above normal. This could have been a basic... more
AccidentsLAST WORDS OF CONCORDE CREW TO BE MADE PUBLIC TONIGHT
PARIS, The investigation bureau of Concorde air crash are tonight expected to publish the report of last words of the crew on internet. In particular the trascript of a conversation among the pilot Crhristian... more
AccidentsANOTHER KLM BOEING MAKES AN EMERGENCY LANDING
BERLINO, A Boeing 767 of dutch airline, flying from Amsterdam to Milan, made an emergency landing at Frankfurt airport after the air conditioner stopped working properly. The plane made a safe land... more
AccidentsCASPIAN AIRLINES TUPOLEV MAKES EMERGENCY LANDING IN TEHERAN
TEHERAN, A Tupolev of Caspian Airlines was forced to make an emergency landing in Teheran airport after two of its tyres burst on take-off. The plane landed safely after circling the airport three hours... more
AccidentsSWISSAIR PLANE CRASH: ANOTHER YEAR TO INVESTIGATE
CANADA, After two years of investigations the causes of the Swissair crash in September 1998 in Nova Scozia are still unknown. Canada's Transportation Safety Board said the investigation involved 2 million... more
AccidentsTOMORROW WILL BE RELEASED FIRST REPORT ABOUT CONCORDE CRASH
PARIS, The Commission of Inquiry of Air Crash is going to release tomorrow in Paris the first report regarding Concorde crash. The document will not be drawing any conclusion because the inquiry is still... more
AccidentsMEXICAN SATELLITE STOPS WORKING
MEXICO CITY, A $250 million mexican satellite providing service to companies and schools suddenly stopped working. Operators said services were quickly shifted to other satellites. The cause of failure... more
AccidentsGANDALF AIRCRAFT ON EMERGENCY FOR LANDING GEAR
TRAPANI (SICILY), A Dornier Do-328 turboprop, operated and owned by Gandalf Airlines, flying from Trapani to Pantelleria, has experienced problems with a malfunctioning landing gear annunciator panel in... more
AccidentsEMERGENCY LANDING FOR ANOTHER 747
TOKYO, A 747 of Northwest Airlines, carrying 380 people, made an emergency landing at Narita airport of Tokyo after reporting engine trouble. The plane was flying from Osaka to Los Angeles. The pilot... more
AccidentsUSA: F-16 CRASHES DOWN, DEAD THE PILOT
TULIA, TEXAS, An F-16 of U.S. Air Force crashed yesterday evening in north of Tulia in Txas while returning to the base of Forth Worth. Pilot was killed. The plane slammed into a plowed fieeld, it... more
AccidentsKLM BOEING 747 FORCED TO MAKE EMERGENCY LANDING AFTER LOSING SEVERAL PIECES
LOS ANGELES, A Boeing 747 of KLM, with 449 passengers on board, was forced to make an emergency landing shortly after takeoff for losing several aircraft pieces. los Angeles airport Air traffic controllers... more
AccidentsEMERGENCY LANDING FOR A CHARTER FLIGHT IN MOSCOW
MOSCOW, A charter flight, flying from Moscow to Barcelona, was forced to have an emergency landing at Sheremetyevo airport of Moscow, because of an engine catching fire. No passengers have been inj... more
AccidentsSMALL AIRCRAFT CRASHES, ONE PERSON MISSING, EIGHT SAVED.
HAWAII ISLANDS, A small sightseeing plane, a Piper Navajo with nine people on board crashed into the Pacific Ocean in approach to Hilo Int'l Airposrt, at about 4 miles from it. Eight people were pulled... more
AccidentsSMALL AIRCRAFT CRASHES IN COSTARICA, AT LEAST FOUR SURVIVORS
COSTA RICA, A Caravan Cessna crashed down the other day in the north of Costa Rica. The aircraft was flying over an area close to an erupting volcano. Rescue team reported there were at least four... more
AccidentsALL KILLED THE PASSENGERS OF THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED IN COSTA RICA
COSTA RICA, The passengers of Cessna aircraft crashed the other day in Costa Rica have been all killed. They were eight tourists, the pilot and the co-pilot. The new was reported by rescue team. All bodies... more
AccidentsPILOT AND NAVIGATOR EJECT MOMENTS BEFORE THE PLANE CRASHED
ENGLAND, The pilot and the navigator of Dera fighter Harrier T10 ejected from the plane moments before it crashed and burst into flames. Both suffered back injures and were hospitalized. The Air Accident... more
AccidentsFRANCE: BOEING HAD TO STOP TAKE OFF FOR AN OVERHEATING OF UNDERCARRIAGE'S TIRES
PARIS, A 747 Boeing of Japan Airlines was forced to stop take off procedure from the airport of Roissy, in Paris, because of an overheating of undercarriage's tires. The plane had to fly to Tokio. The... more
AccidentsPRECAUTIONARY LANDING IN ATHENS FOR BLU PANORAMA PLANE
ATHENS, A plane of Blu Panorama airline, with 165 italians on board, had a precautionary landing in Athens. The Boeing 737, flying from Rhodes to Rome, landed in the greek city after the pilot felt a "strange... more
AccidentsTHIRTEEN PEOPLE TREATED FOR INJURES AFTER PLANE ENCOUNTERS TURBOLENCE
HOUSTON, Thirteen people have been treated for minor injures after an American Airlines jet, flying from Dallas to Puerto Rico, encountered a severe turbolence over the Gulf of Mexico. The plane made an... more
AccidentsBOEING 737 FORCED TO HAVE EMERGENCY LANDING AFTER HITTING BIRDS
ISTANBUL, A Boeing 737-300 of Istanbul Airlines, flying to Frankfurt, made an emergency landing in the Black Sea city of Trabzon after colliding with a flock of birds damaging both plane's engines. The... more