Accidents
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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
AccidentsATR-72 Tuninter accident: "dirt" fuel hypothesis proves less and less probable
Palermo, Italy - In the meantime, second pilot reminded that no mistake was performed aboard in managing the emergency
According to the first analyses related to the fuel aboard the ATR-72 Tuninter, it would seem that its quality was a good one. Nevertheless, Palermo’s Attorney reminded that it is still soon to be sure o... more
AccidentsBrazil: helicopter fell headlong after hitting electric wires
Brasilia, Brazil - Three died and one was seriously injured during the disaster
Three died and one was seriously injured: this is the result of an accident which affected a helicopter in Brazil yesterday. The aircraft, flying over the Mato Grosso and deployed by an important breeder,... more
AccidentsATR-72 Tuninter accident (2): AVIONEWS interviewed Assaeroporti President, Giovanni Maniscalco
Rome, Italy - "Safety is a good which must be constantly improved and Assaeroporti is going to suggest the foundation of a subject able to favour a better communication"
AVIONEWS interviewed Assaeroporti (Italian airports association) President, Giovanni Maniscalco, about the accident which affected a Tuninter’s ATR-72. According to Maniscalco, two aspects should be k... more
AccidentsATR-72 Tuninter accident: Italian Air Force expected to verify the quality of fuel
Rome, Italy - Meanwhile, Margherita Party and CODACONS association asked Italian Ministry of Transport for making clearer safety and passenger information aspects
Chemical analyses intended to verify the quality of fuel deployed for the refuelling of the ATR-72 Tuninter will be performed at Italian Air Force Pratica di Mare Base, while Bari’s Attorney has taken d... more
AccidentsATR-72 Tuninter accident (2): chemical analyses of fuel in 30 days
Rome, Italy - One week to accomplish the recovery of all the components of the aircraft wreckage
All the ATR-72 Tuninter’s wreckage components will be recovered in one week, according to what ensured by Italian Government which intends to provide EUR 1.5m to complete the operations. Moreover, some 3... more
AccidentsEstonia: helicopter fell headlong in the sea
Tallinn, Estonia - Reasons for the disaster are still unknown while no indications about dead and injured people among the 14 persons on board exist
A Sikorsky S-76 helicopter would have fallen headlong some five km far from the coast in Estonia today due to still unknown reasons. The aircraft was travelling from the capital Tallinn to Helsinki (Finland)... more
AccidentsATR-72 Tuninter accident: the road tanker had already refuelled other 5 planes at Bari-Palese
Rome, Italy - Investigators' doubt concerns the fact that damaging residuals could have maybe remained on the bottom of the tank
Palermo Attorney confirmed that there are three persons under investigation for the accident affecting the Tuninter’s ATR-72: its Captain, Tunisian Chefik Gharbi, responsible for ENI depot from which f... more
AccidentsAirbus Air France skidded off runway: "Systems and engines worked at best"
Toronto, Canada - Technicians responsible for investigation prove convinced of it but the airplane landed half the runway
Technicians who are trying to understand the causes of the accident which involved an Air France’s A-340 at Canadian Toronto Airport, would appear convinced about the fact that all long range airplane’s sys... more
AccidentsATR-72 Tuninter accident: victims' funeral being held today
Bari, Italy - In the meantime, Palermo's judges suggested the hypothesis of negligent disaster and investigates on three subjects
An Italian Air Force’s C-130 Hercules carried the 13 bodies of the victims of the accident which affected the ATR-72 Tuninter to Bari Airport yesterday night. Funeral is being held this morning starting a... more
AccidentsAirbus Air France skidded off runway: is a long landing the reason for the disaster?
Toronto, Canada - It would have been stated by some experts from investigations while analyses on both the black boxes are being carried on
While experts who are attending to investigations on the accident which involved an Air France Airbus A-340 at Canadian Toronto Airport last week are analysing both the black boxes recovered, some responsibles... more
AccidentsATR-72 Tuninter accident (3): Italian Air Force's C-130s to carry victims' bodies to Bari by the evening
Palermo, Italy - Institutions' mourning while Italian Minister Lunardi reinforced checks on charter flights
The Palermo-Bari transport of the 13 victims caused by the ATR-72 Tuninter accident is scheduled by this evening and two Italian Air Force’s C-130s have been provided. Institutions expressed their sorrow b... more
AccidentsATR-72 Tuninter accident (2): Attorneys' and ANSV's investigation started
Palermo, Italy - Human error and technical failure hypotheses under analysis while it is being focused on the strange turn off of both engines
The ANSV (Italian National Agency for Flight Safety), Palermo’s and Bari’s Attorneys have already started investigating separately to verify the causes of the tragedy which affected the ATR-72 Tuninter fel... more
AccidentsATR-72 Tuninter accident: 13 died, 23 were injured and three missing
Palermo, Italy - A ditch attempt with turn-off engines performed by the Turboprop's crew flying from Bari to Djerba
A Tuninter ATR-72 regional turboprop (as a Tunisian charter carrier related to Tunisair) was affected by a serious accident early in the afternoon on last Saturday, August 6, after a ditch attempt occurred... more
AccidentsUS: collision in mid-air
Seattle, USA - Crash killed two persons, five people emerged safe but it could be a tragedy
It could be a tragedy the collision between two tourism airplanes over Renton, near Seattle, in the State of Washington. One of the planes ended up crashing onto a roof of a school killing the two passengers... more
AccidentsAir France Airbus skidded off runway: black boxes to be analyzed in France
Toronto, Canada - It have been excluded technical wrongs on the airplane
The two black boxes of Air France flight 385 will be analyzed in France, but meanwhile the first inspections made in Toronto by Canada Transportation Safety Board’s investigators found no wrong for the A... more
AccidentsGarang's death in helicopter crash (2): investigators on the scene
Kampala, Uganda - They will investigate joint with experts from Sudan and international boards
Kampala’s Government has started to make clear the helicopter crash that killed Sudan’s Vice-President John Garang, his assistants and seven Uganda’s crew members. The Uganda’s investigation commitee was mad... more
AccidentsGarang's death in helicopter crash: 130 persons killed due to Sudan battles
Khartoum, Sudan - But the city was much quieter overnight
It seems it was useless the invitation to calm made by General Salva Kiir, the next Sudan’s Vice-President (see for details AVIONEWS): at least 130 people in all have been killed and about 350 injured i... more
AccidentsAir France Airbus skidded off runway (3): the two Italians injured were in good physical condition
Toronto, Canada - Passengers waiting at the airport suffered form many troubles
The two Italian passengers emerged wounded in the air accident happened at the "Pearson" International Airport (Italian nationals were 19 on board Airbus) are in good physical condition: they are a 60-year-old... more
AccidentsAir France Airbus skidded off runway (2): passengers to be compensated by airline
Toronto, Canada - A team of experts left from Paris bound for Toronto
Landing was carried out by co-pilot: he is 43 year old and was very experienced having more than 10,000 hours of flying time, including 2500 on the A-340s. Before to be taken to the hospital, he stayed... more
AccidentsAir France Airbus skidded off runway: black boxes recovered
Toronto, Canada - The airline argued with airport authorities
Accident occurred at Toronto Airport last Tuesday when the Air France A-340 carrying 309 people skidded off runway while was landing, may have been caused due to a rash decision of re-opening the air station... more
AccidentsAir France Airbus skidded off runway in Canada (3): also two Italians were among injured passengers
Toronto, Canada - They would have been brought to Toronto's hospital
Paris-Toronto flight accident’ cause will made clear by a joint investigation of Canada’s authorities with French Flight Safety Board. Meanwhile it hears that also two Italian persons would be among inj... more
AccidentsGarang's death in helicopter crash: SPLM asked for starting an investigation
Khartoum, Sudan - His successor as VP and leader of the Movement will be appointed in two weeks’ time
After the civil commotion that has recently broken out in Sudan at Khartoum (see for details AVIONEWS) following the death of Sudan’s Vice-President and ex-leader of the Sudan liberation movement, John G... more
AccidentsAir France Airbus skidded off runway in Canada (2): passengers safe by emergency chutes
Toronto, Canada - Transportation Safety Board of Canada will attend the investigation
The airplane was immediately surrounded by rescuers and firemen’s vehicles while a part of passengers emerged safe thanks to the emergency exit chutes and other ones have been evacuated from the fuselage i... more
AccidentsAir France Airbus skidded off runway in Canada
Toronto, Canada - Passengers evacuated airplane before it caught fire
An Airbus A-340 by Air France, flying from Paris "Charles de Gaulle" Airport carrying 297 passengers and 12 crew members, skidded off runway and caught fire while was landing at Toronto’s "Pearson" International A... more
AccidentsFrench Canadair plunged in Corsica (2): entire fleet of transalpine Civil Defence was grounded
Paris, France - All planes to undergo technical test
French Interior Minister, Nicolas Sarkozy, has ordered a rapid inquest over the incident, the second in few days after a Tracker crashed on the zone of Var causing no victims last July 19. French Civil... more
AccidentsFrench Canadair plunged in Corsica killing two pilots
Paris, France - Crash causes are currently not clear
A French Civil Defence Canadair engaged to fight a fire blazed in Corsica, near Calvi, dropped last morning killing both pilot and co-pilot. The fire-fighting plane named Pelican 36 crashed in a remote... more
AccidentsUS chopper crashed during a drill in Afghanistan
Kabul, Afghanistan - The crew emerged lightly injured
An US AH-64 Apache helicopter went down last Friday while was performing a training mission in Afghanistan, near Bagram the main base for US-led forces, but the news was released only on Saturday. In... more
AccidentsSudan's Vice-President killed in helicopter crash (2). A rebel leader said: "It was not an accident"
Khartoum, Sudan - A shadow of attempt on Garang's death
"John Garang’s death is a big loss for the new Sudan forces and for all the Sudanese people. But I believe this was the result of a big conspiracy against the people" said Abdel Wahed Mohammed Ahmed N... more
AccidentsSudan's Vice-President killed in helicopter crash
Khartoum, Sudan - Omar al Beshire: "The peace process will not stop"
Sudan’s Vice-President, John Garang, was returning from a visit in Uganda last Saturday, when the helicopter he was flying on together with other 13 people, the MI-72, crashed to the ground due to the b... more
AccidentsUS Chinook caught fire in Afghanistan
Kabul, Afghanistan - Occupants emerged all safe
An US combat copter caught fire yesterday while was performing the landing operations near the Afghan city of Spin Boldak, at the Pakistan border. The 31 people on board, 25 Afghan soldiers and six from... more
AccidentsJordan plane carried out an emergency landing at Aqaba air station
Aqaba, Jordan - It seems a tyre blew
A malfunction forced Moldovan cargo plane Antonov to land at the "King Hussein" Airport in Aqaba (by the boundaries with Israel) yesterday. The incident has been attributed to a faulty tyre. No passenger... more
AccidentsDarfur: helicopter with military personnel went down
Khartoum, Darfur - 19 victims and no survivor
A Sudanese military helicopter MI-17 crashed in Southern Darfur yesterday due to the bad weather killing all 19 passengers, including also 4 crew members. The Russia-made aircraft was bound for Jar al-Nabi... more
AccidentsBerlin: tourism airplane crashed on the ground nearby institutional headquarters
Berlin, Germany - Man controlling the aircraft would have intended to kill himself while Police and Government had immediately given the lie to the attempt hypothesis
A tourism airplane fell headlong just few hundreds of metres from German Parliament and the Chancellor’s institutional headquarter on last Friday around 08:30 pm. The aircraft, controlled by a 39 years o... more
AccidentsValle d'Aosta, missing tourism aircraft (3): four victims confirmed, perhaps all French
Aosta, Italy - The aircraft completely destroyed in the impact with the glacier
After the first excited moments, the facts are emerging that have provoked the Jodel tourism aircraft accident, crashed in Alta Valtellina on the border with Switzerland. The confirmation is that the aircraft... more
AccidentsCollision between two US fighter-bombers
Washington, USA - One pilot is missing, other two survived
"Two Super Hornet (a single-seat F/A-18 E and a two-seat F/A-18 F) for Lemoore Naval Air Station, collided while were performing a routine mission over a desertic area 250 km North of Los Angeles. [...]... more
AccidentsMexico: helicopter came down due to hurricane Emily
Mexico City, Mexico - Cancun Airport is closed
Hurricane Emily, after affecting Jamaica and Caiman Isles, reached yesterday Mexico killing two people: a couple of pilots flying by chopper for rescuing a State oil company’s dependents blocked on a p... more
AccidentsSeaplane dropped in Costa Rica
San Josè, Costa Rica - The accident caused six victims
A seaplane sank into the Pacific Ocean off Costa Rica with six persons on board last Saturday. Diver teams have found the wreckage underwater off Play Flamingo at Santa Cruz de Guanacaste. Local Red Cross... more
AccidentsPlane carrying 55 people crashed in Equatorial Guinea
Malabo, Equatorial Guinea - Nobody survived the disaster
An Antonov 32 for Equatair airline with 55 persons on board, including the crew, crashed yesterday in Equatorial Guinea after take-off from Mabola (Equatorial Guinea’s Capital) at the 10:00am local time b... more
AccidentsEight Russian soldiers killed in helicopter crash
Moscow, Russia - A Mi-8 copter fell down
The Russian Army’s Mi-8 helicopter left from Russian base of Khankala in Chechnya fell down on the mountains near Itul Kale, close to the Georgia’s boundaries, last Saturday. On board there were 3 cre... more
AccidentsKorean Air's plane hit a turbulence and lost height: 40 people injured
Seoul, South Korea - A passenger is in serious condition in a South Korea's hospital
Some 40 passengers emerged wounded aboard the flight 630 by Korean Air which went into a dive after hitting a turbulence today. Aboard the Korean carrier’s Boeing B-747 were flying 257 persons left from B... more
AccidentsSiberia: Russian helicopter fell down
Moscow, Russia - Crew's destiny is as yet uncertain
A federal MI-2 helicopter dropped yesterday in Eastern Siberia, close to Baikal Lake. Aboard there were two persons whose conditions are currently unknown. Russia’s chopper would have left Oek base (50 K... more
AccidentsCFS helicopter crashed at Fiumicino: NTSB's officers ready to investigate radio communications
Rome, Italy - Voice Recorder is about to be encoded
The ANSV (Italian Air Safety Board) reported that investigation on the incident occurred to an Erickson Skycrane S-64 F helicopter belonging to the Corpo Forestale dello Stato, the Italian forest conservation... more
AccidentsTwo pilots killed in crash between biplanes in a Canadian Air Show
Ottawa, Canada - They were simulating a dogfight of the I World War
Two civilian airplanes belonging to the US acrobatic team named Masters and Disasters, have been involved into a collision occurred during an air show in the province of Saskatchewan, Canada, yesterday:... more
AccidentsS-64 fallen headlong in Fiumicino two days ago: AVIONEWS asks some important questions on the Aircranes of the Italian Forester Corps
Fiumicino, Italy - It is necessary to understand some matters concerning personnel's training, the lack of registration and use of such an important aircraft
The accident occurred on last July 6 and which affected an Erickson S-64 Aircrane helicopter of the Italian Forester Corps at Rome-Fiumicino Airport needs to be deepened due to some both administrative... more
AccidentsVietnam's plane off runway in Cambogia
Siem Reap, Cambogia - Blacktop was wet due to the rain
The Vietnam Airlines Airbus A-320 left from Ho Chi Minh on Tuesday skidded off the wet runway after rain at Siem Reap Airport (Cambogia) while was carrying out landing. The plane went off runway but the... more
AccidentsUS Chinook brought down in Afghanistan: corpses of other two missing soldiers found
Kabul, Afghanistan - Search for the 4th soldier go on
Two of the missing soldiers in Afghanistan (since last Tuesday), have been found dead in the Province of Kunar. They were part of "Navy Seals Special Operations" together with the soldier found alive among... more
AccidentsUS Chinook brought down in Afghanistan: one military has been rescued
Kabul, Afghanistan - To be anxious about destiny of the other five soldiers
One of six militaries belonging to the elite "Navy Seals Special Operations", supposed missing when the US Chinook CH-47 helicopter was downed by Talibans in Afghanistan last Tuesday, would have been rescued... more
Accidents"Skidded" landing in Bangladesh
Chittagong, Bangladesh - Fear at Chittagong Airport for a Biman Airline flight today
A DC-10 by Bangladesh carrier Biman Airlines flying from Dubai, skidded on the wet runway at Chittagong Airport while was performing landing in rain today. Aboard there were 215 passengers, including 14... more