Accidents
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AccidentsMoscow: not a "Buk" missile hit the MH17 flight of Malaysia Airlines
Moscow, Russia - Rosaviatsia declared it and resumes to criticize the Dutch report's not reliability
It is not a positive moment for Malaysia Airlines that in the last two years has seen to disappear an aircraft of its fleet with 239 people on board on the Indian Ocean (see for details AVIONEWS), it had... more
AccidentsAfghan MIL-17 helicopter crashed in the Logar Province
Rome, Italy - "Technical problem", the defence minister declared. Three dead and two wounded
Mourning in Afghanistan, in the Logar Province, South of Kabul, where an helicopter of the Air Force crashed, causing the death of three Afghan soldiers and other two injured in a serious manner. The accident... more
AccidentsAirplane disaster in Sinai. Moscow: it is a bomb. Cairo: there are no evidences, yet
Cairo, Egypt - While Russia put a bounty on the head of responsibles, Egypt accuses of Russians. Simultaneous investigations on hostile binaries
Vladimir Putin, the Russian President, said this morning "We followed them in each part of the world and we punish them", during a press conference. The declaration is about the responsibles of the crash... more
AccidentsAN-12BK airplane crashes in Southern Sudan: around 17 victims on board, 21 at ground
Juba, Southern Sudan - Three occupants of the aircraft survivors
A Russian aircraft, almost certainly an Antonov AN-12BK crashed yesterday evening in the Southern Sudan at only 8 km from the taking-off from the airport of the Juba capital, near the Nilo river. The airplane... more
AccidentsA-321 aircraft crash: Eurocontrol bans PASOS waypoint on the Sinai Peninsula, after request by Egypt
Cairo, Egypt - The airlines will have to to avoid the flight passageway in their links, redirecting towards West on Fir Lakto and Rasda
A few days after the airplane crash that has involved an A-321 of the Russian Metrojet last October 31, Egypt through Eurocontrol asks to the airlines to avoid the flight passageway named "PASOS". A waypoint,... more
AccidentsAirbus airplane crashed last Saturday: a Russian-Egyptian joint inquiry. Bodies recovered -two videos-
Cairo, Egypt - The FDR under examination by the experts. Some airlines will not overfly the Sinai, for safety
The pilot of the A-321/231 aircraft, registration EI-ETJ of the Russian airline Metrojet crashed last Saturday on the uplands on the North of Sinai, in Egypt, hadn't launched an emergency, contrary to... more
AccidentsAW-609 tilt-rotor aircraft (3): the names of the pilots -VIDEO of the performance of the crashed model
Vercelli, Italy - The burned out bodies recovered, unfortunately
Two victims of the crash that this morning has hit the skies in Vercelli, when an experimental tilt-rotor AgustaWestland AW-609 crashed seems after a violent explosion in flight. Two pilots on board,... more
AccidentsAircraft. AgustaWestland AW-609 tilt-rotor crashes: two victims
Vercelli, Italy - It made test flights
Currently there is certainty only of the fact that witnesses heard a strong roar, a kind of explosion, with consequent rubble fall, and that the victims are two, the occupants of the AW-609 tilt-rotor... more
AccidentsTiltrotor accident (2). Finmeccanica-AgustaWestland statement
Rome, Italy - The Company’s deepest sympathies are with the families and it is working with the authorities
Finmeccanica-AgustaWestland confirms the loss of one prototype AW-609 tiltrotor (airplane-helicopter) and the tragic loss of two pilots. The Company’s deepest sympathies are with the families. The i... more
AccidentsUSAF C-130J aircraft crashed in Afghanistan: shot down? 14 victims
Jalalabad, Afghanistan - Death toll only temporary. USAF rejects the responsibility by taliban
Six US soldiers and five civilians killed this morning following to a crash of a C-130J Hercules military transport aircraft of the 455th Air Expeiditonary Wing of the USAF and deployed in Afghanistan... more
AccidentsAS-350/B3 Ecureuil helicopter crashes in China: two victims
Nanning, China - The aircraft, entirely destroyed, belonged to a private operator for civil use
A private helicopter crashed yesterday in the South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, killing two occupants on board. The rescue operations have been begun around at 11am, when the Help arrived... more
AccidentsAir shows, a black period: still a death. Pitts S-2B Special aircraft crashed in Austria (VIDEO)
Friesac-Hirt, Austria - Only for a case the plane didn't fall among the crowd
Dittinge (Basels) Switzerland, Slovakia (in an exercise before the air show), that one serious in Brighton (UK), all in Europe, without to count the last in USA, Newburgh (New York). These are only some... more
AccidentsCN-235 aircraft crashed in Colombia: no survivors among 11 people on board
Bogotà, Colombia - The pilot had signalled problem to an engine, but also the weather conditions weren't so good
A CN-235 aircraft with 11 people on board was involved in an accident in Las Palomas (Cesar, Colombia) last Friday, 31 July. The airplane was operated by the Colombian Air Force, who confirmed that there... more
AccidentsAircraft and accidents: the Airbus A-400M investigations crashed in Spain in the hands of the Air Force (VIDEO)
Madrid, Spain - The group of civilian experts preferred to withdraw from the investigation
The group of civilian experts that were initially assigned to investigating the crash of the Airbus A-400M aircraft crashed on May 9 in Seville (Spain), has resigned from the task. As stated by a spokesman... more
AccidentsNepal: US military helicopter lost, concern for the crew (VIDEO)
Kathmandu, Nepal - The aircraft involved in helping victims of the recent shocks
Missing yesterday, on May 12, 2015, an helicopter UH-1Y "Hueys" belonging to the US Army and carrying six US Marines and two Nepalese soldiers: to communicate this the Pentagon spokesman, Col. Steve Warren.... more
AccidentsAircraft and accidents. Spain: recovered the black boxes of the A-400M crashed in Seville (VIDEO)
Seville, Spain - Meanwhile, GB and Germany suspended the flights of the Airbus model, pending the investigation outcome
Today, May 11, 2015, the black boxes of the cargo aircraft crashed during a test flight last Saturday, near the Spanish city of Seville, have been made available to the Spanish magistrates. The investigations... more
AccidentsAirbus: Accident A400M in Seville
Seville, Spain - The aircraft with the serial number MSN023, was making the first production flight and had departed from Sevilla Airport at 12:45 pm local time.
Airbus Defence and Space confirms that an A400M aircraft has been involved in an accident near Sevilla (Spain) Airport on May 09, 2015 around 13:00 local time. The aircraft with the serial number MSN023,... more
AccidentsMI-17 helicopter crashes in Pakistan: the Philippines and Norway ambassadors killed (VIDEO)
Islamabad, Pakistan - Also the wives of the emissaries of Malaysia and Indonesia dead. Currently six victims out of 17
Sorrow in the diplomatic offices following to the crash to a MIL MI-17 helicopter of the Pakistan Army with 17 people on board, happened this morning. According to the causes still unknown, the aircraft... more
AccidentsGermanwings aircraft. Victims layer: the compensation lawsuit in the US rather than in Germany
Cologne, Germany - Before the accident Andreas Lubitz consulted over 10 doctors about his depression
In absence of an agreement with the German Lufthansa Group, the compensation lawsuit for the victims of the Germanwings aircraft crash on last March 24, could be presented before the Americans judges:... more
AccidentsAircraft and incidents: Australia, China and Malaysia will extend the researches of the Malaysia Airlines flight
Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia - More than a year after its disappearance, the fate of the B-777/200ER is still a mystery
During a joint conference, China, Malaysia and Australia have announced the continuation and the extension of the research to find the aircraft Malaysia Airlines remains, disappeared on the night of March... more
AccidentsHiroshima Airport (Japan): plane crash, 27 injured (VIDEO)
Hiroshima, Japan - The involved flight belongs to the South Koren Asiana Airlines
An A-320 airplane from the South Korean carrier Asiana Airlines was forced to an emergency landing at 08:00 PM (local time) on the last night, April 14, 2015, at the Japanese airport of Hiroshima. On board... more
AccidentsAircraft accidents: Cessna crashes near Chicago, seven victims (VIDEO)
Bloomington, USA - Among the causes there would be the thick fog
During the night of Tuesday, April 7, 2015 (local time), a Cessna 414 crashed not far from Bloomington, Chicago (Illinois). On board of the small plane seven people, no one survived. According to the preliminary... more
AccidentsGermanwings aircraft: first revelations from the second black box
Marseilles, France - The co-pilot Andreas Lubitz "Quickened" the descent of the airplane
Yesterday, April 2, 2015 was found the electronic device of the second black box from the Germanwings aircraft, crashed on March 24, 2015 against the Massif des Trois-Évêchés in southern France, between Ba... more
AccidentsGermanwings aircraft: the second black box found
Barcelonnette, France - Meanwhile Andreas Lubitz's computer shows that the insane act by the pilot was premeditated
Found the second black box (more precisely the electronic device. The case was already been found) of the Germanwings aircraft, crashed on March 24, 2015 against the Massif des Trois-Évêchés in southern Fr... more
AccidentsGermanwings aircraft: Lufthansa knew
Duesseldorf, Germany - The German airline knew of at least one depressive episode about the suicide pilot Andreas Lubitz
The carrier Lufthansa (owner of Germanwings) was aware of at least one "Severe depressive episode" suffered by Andreas Lubitz in the year 2009, which forced him to stop his training. To communicate this... more
AccidentsGermanwings aircraft: how far can get the protection of the privacy?
Duesseldorf, Germany - Doubts on the knowledge by Lufthansa about the psychological problems of the suicide pilot
Yesterday, March 30, 2015 the prosecutor in Duesseldorf Christoph Kumpa said that the pilot responsible for the Germanwings aircraft accident had in the past suicidal impulses. "The pilot was for years... more
AccidentsAir Canada: plane lands at the airport in Halifax, losing a wing (VIDEO)
Halifax, Canada - Unharmed the 133 passengers and 5 crew members
Another incident involved an A-320 plane, this time from the carrier Air Canada; the incident occurred at 12:43 am yesterday March 29, 2015. Fortunately, the aircraft was able to make an emergency landing... more
AccidentsGermanwings aircraft: first details from the black box
Paris, France - The recorded voices are fueling the mysteries related to the incident
The recording from the black box of the Germanwings aircraft fell on last Tuesday, would indicate that one of the pilot knocked on the door of the cockpit but received no reply. Then he attempted to break... more
AccidentsGermanwings aircraft: an 8 minutes-long mystery
Barcelonnette, France - French Interior Ministry: find any clue to advance the investigation
An A-320 aircraft from the low-cost Germanwings (subsidiary of Lufthansa) crashed yesterday morning March 24, 2015 against the Massif des Trois-Évêchés in the southern France, between Barcelonnette an... more
AccidentsGermanwings (9): Angela Merkel will travel tomorrow to the scene of the plane crash
Berlin, Germany - Meanwhile, there are rumors of a possible survivor
Tomorrow, March 25, 2015 Angela Merkel will travel in the vicinity of the Germanwings aircraft crash occurred this morning in France, in the Haute Provence (for more details, see also AVIONEWS). Through... more