Accidents
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AccidentsThe Israeli President Katzav save yesterday from a collision
Vienna, Austria - The President was direct to Mauthausen ex-lager
Collision saved yesterday between a turistic plane and the Israeli President Moshe Katzav's helicopter. The President, currently in official visit in Austria, was direct to concentration camp of Mauthausen.... more
AccidentsSacred Heart's helicopter used as air ambulance crash
Santa Rosa Beach, Usa - Dead all three crew members aboard
It's happened yesterday the air crash the involved the Sacred Heart's helicopter, BO-105, used as air ambulance. The helicopter departed from its hangar in Santa Rosa beach at bound for Healthmark Regional... more
AccidentsEmergency landing for the presidential plane "Tango 01"
Buenos Aires, Argentine - It seems to be tecnical problems
As it has been reported yesterday by the Argentine Civil Aviation sources that the presidential aircraft emergency landing has been done without any particular problems. The "Tango 01" was carrying the... more
AccidentsCommuter plane crashes in Missouri: verified victims are eight
Washington, USA - The incident causes are unknown, at the moment
An airplane of Corporate Express, that is an American Airlines associate carrier - crashed after 7:50pm local hour in woods in Northeastern Missouri, near the Kirksville Regional Airport, yesterday: eight... more
AccidentsPossible accident avoided yesterday in Taipei airport
Taipei, Taiwan - 100 passengers were on board
A possible accident has been averted yesterday night in Taiwan, into the Sung Shan Airport runway. An Airbus A-320 plane of Transasia Airways, flying from Tainan to Taipei with 100 passengers on board,... more
AccidentsThree boys killed in a crash in the Oregon: pilot was only 18 years
Washington, USA - They came back from a hike for elk's observation
Inquires are trying to find the causes of plane incident occurred in McMinnville, in a Lincoln County area called Murphy's Hill, in the Oregon, that caused the death of three boys: an 18 youth which piloted... more
AccidentsCRJ-200 crashed into a Missouri's city
Jefferson, Usa - On board only the pilot and the first Officer
It happened the last Thursday, but the information has been given at this time, an air crash in Missouri, United States. A Pinnacle Bombardier CRJ-200 (Northwest Airlink Regional Jet) crashed, on the late... more
AccidentsUsa: Airbus shot by bullets. Fbi is investigating
Washington, Usa - Need to establish in what moment of the range the aircraft has been shot
The US Airlines Airbus plane, Flight 309 direct from San Francisco to Orlando, was suddenly hijacked into Charlotte Douglas International Airport, the accident happened last week but FBI preferred do not... more
AccidentsTwo Mexican Air Force Sikorsky Black Hawk crash: died three officers
Mexico City, Mexico - Other three troops were seriously injured
Three Mexican officers died and other three were seriously injured after two helicopters crashed last Friday in Mexico: they were Sikorsky Black Hawk helicopters of Mexican Air Force. Three victims travelled... more
AccidentsA MK Airlines cargo plane crashes yesterday in Canada: seven victims verified
Toronto, Canada - The aircraft tail could have struck runaway on take off
Are seven the people who died yesterday when a Boeing 747/400 cargo of the Ghanaian MK Airlines bound for Saragozza (Spain) carrying seafood and silk-thrower crashed near the Halifax Airport, in the North-Eastern... more
AccidentsMilitary helicopter crashes to Fort Bliss: the pilot died instantly
El Paso, USA - At wheel there was a Lockheed Martin employee at Holloman Air Force Base in Alamogordo
A military Huey helicopter crashed today about 8:45am and burst out in the desert on Fort Bliss Base property, near the New Mexico-Texas state line: the 61 man which guided the aircraft, died instantly.... more
AccidentsA Greek Air Force's F-16 fell headlong
Athens, Greece - It was performing a training flight together with another Viper when the two airplanes disappeared from the radars
A Greek Air Force's F-16D multirole two seats light fighter fell headlong nearby the central massif of Pilio yesterday, that is to say in the central region of Greece. The airplane would have disappeared... more
AccidentsIn Canada a B-747 crashes on take off: six victims
Toronto, Canada - The Halifax Airport has been temporary closed
A Boeing-747 cargo of the Ghanaian MK Airlines, destined to Spain with fish and lobsters, exploded after to be crashed on take off at Halifax Airport, in the Eastern-Canada: all six crew members died.... more
AccidentsSome panic moments for the delegation of the United Kingdom which visited Iraq
Baghdad, Iraq - The accident happened to the British Foreign Minister in Iraq was without any consequences
It was really curious the inconvenient occured to the English mission headed by the British Foreign Minister, Jack Straw, which was in visit in Iraq for the fourth time after the end of the war, Spring... more
AccidentsNew Mexico: two mortal incidents during week end
Santa Fe, USA - In both crashes the pilots died
Two mortal incidents the last week end in New Mexico (USA): a single-engine Cessna would be crashed at Luna Sunday, killing the only passenger on board, an Arizona man. While investigators were still trying... more
AccidentsFound wreckage of a plane in Mississippi: maybe on board there was a family on the run from Ivan
Jackson, Usa - Aircraft is registered in the name of a man which with his wife and sons would be disappeared since September 15
Yesterday in Mississippi have been found some bodies amid the wreckage of a small private plane near Magee, in the Simpson County. Authorities believe aircraft has crashed in a wooded area the last September... more
AccidentsCessna crashes in Columbia: dead six persons
Medellin, Columbia - It seems that pilot has had to change course due the bad weather
A twin-engined Cessna, registered HK-3105, would have crashed yesterday near Medellin, in the North-West Columbia, after it took off from the "Jose Maria Cordoba" Airport at Rionegro, destined to Murindò... more
AccidentsCermis disaster: the Province of Trento receives over EUR 9m from the State
Trento, Italy - The 75% of this sum will come reimbursed from the USA
The last Friday the Provincial Council of Trento has approved a deliberation that would have closed the transaction with the Italian Defense Ministry about the compensation of the damages provoked on February... more
AccidentsNew Terminal 3 collapses at Dubai International Airport (3): at the moment there are 8 casualties
Dubai, EAU - An airport spokeswoman reports it
The local police still does not says the number of the victims (it seems they were all laborers) consequent to the new Terminal 3 of the Dubai International air station collapse (sees news AVIONEWS), but... more
AccidentsNew Terminal 3 collapsed at Dubai International Airport (2): the project designed by French architects related to the "Charles de Gaulle" Airport
Dubai, UAE - However, the Paris air station's operator would have given the lie to the fact it had direct responsibilities for its building
The available news about the number of victims produced by the collapse of the Dubai air station’s Terminal 3 still appear unclear presently: they could be four or even eight, but local press seems to f... more
AccidentsNew Terminal 3 collapsed at Dubai International Airport
Dubai, UAE - Several persons among the workers would have been killed and injured following the incident
A structure still under construction at the Dubai international air station would have suddenly collapsed today, around 11:00 (local time in the United Arab Emirates), so killing and injuring a still not... more
AccidentsAn emergency landing for a short-circuit on board
Brindisi, Italy - The plane left from Greece was directed to England with 200 passengers
In the late evening on Friday a charter coming from Greece would have carried out an emrgency landing on the Brindisi airport runaway because of a short-circuit occurred aboard the flight directed in England.... more
AccidentsAn Indian Air Force's Mirage 2000 fell headlong
New Dheli, India - Its pilot would have ejected just before the crash occurred far from populated areas
An Indian Air Force's Dassault Mirage 2000 multirole light fighter would have fallen headlong during a routine mission today. In fact, it seems that the military airplane lost part of its own landing gear... more
AccidentsFinnair flight forced to an emergency landing
Helsinki, Finland - The crew would have found smoke in cabin from the conditioned air system
Yesterday a Finnair airplane taken off from Osaka, in Japan, and directed to Helsinki, has carried out an emergency landing to Kuopo (385 km at Northeast of Helsinki): the cause seems is the presence of... more
AccidentsHelicopter crashed in India: Minister for Communities and Rural Policies died
New Dheli, India - The aircraft was carrying ten persons and no one among them would have survived
A helicopter belonging to a transport company operating for Indian Government would have fallen headlong in the North-Eastern region of the country yesterday night. Some ten persons were on board the Dauphin:... more
AccidentsAmerican helicopter fell headlong in Iraq
Tallil, Iraq - It would have occurred yesterday night, at the air base where the Italian forces' aerial vehicles are redeployed
A Sikorsky Black Hawk military transport helicopter of US Army would have fallen headlong yesterday in the evening (around 21:15 local time) at the Tallil Air Base, in Iraq, where several armed forces... more
AccidentsA Venezuelan military airplane fell headlong
Caracas, Venezuela - The Mirage 5's engine would have suddenly experienced a flameout, so leading its pilot to immediately eject
A Venezuelan Air Force's Mirage 5 light fighter would have fallen headlong on last Wednesday, not far from the air base where it was operated. Its pilot, while the aircraft was flying at a low altitude,... more
AccidentsTourism airplane crashes in the Swiss Vaud Canton (2): all Swiss the dead occupants
Montreux, Switzerland - Probable cause the worst weather condition
The Vodese Police has confirmed as soon the news diffused on the aircraft fallen yesterday in the outskirtses of Montreux, in Switzerland (see news AVIONEWS): in effect it’s a Cessna 182 taken off from F... more
AccidentsTourist airplane crashes in the Swiss Canton of Vaud
Montreux, Switzerland - Perhaps victims are four
A tourist aircraft crashed yesterday in the South-West of Switzerland, in the Vaud Canton, on the Dent de Jaman exactly, which surpasses Montreux. A man who was paragliding has seen plane flying much... more
AccidentsUSA: helicopter makes an emergency landing in a school
Los Angeles, USA - No danger aboard, where there was also the ex-Saint Francisco Mayor
The helicopter that transported the ex-Saint Francisco mayor, Willie Brown, on Friday evening at 9:10pm, would have made an emergency landing on the area before an elementary school near Malibù. It... more
AccidentsAn emergency landing because some birds were into the engine
Chicago, USA - No danger for the persons on the American Airlines Philadelphia-bound flight
An American Airlines Philadelphia-bound flight has been forced to made an emergency landing because it seems that some birds were sucked into the engine, after it caught fire. It's happened yesterday afternoon,... more
AccidentsKam Air: airplane runs off runaway at Kabul airport
Kabul, Afghanistan - It seems the passengers aboard the Antonov-24 had only minor injuries
Yesterday, an airplane of the Afghan private airline Kam Air, would be run off runaway during the landing phase at Kabul airport: some of the 27 passengers aboard the Antonov-24 have suffered only slightly... more
AccidentsSaudi fighter crashed nearby oil wells
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - A F-15 Eagle would have fallen headlong on the ground in the North-East region of ther country
A Saudi Air Force's F-15 Eagle would have fallen headlong nearby the North-East oil-production area of Saudi Arabia today. Reasons for such accident would not be clear yet, whereas the airplane's pilot... more
AccidentsAlbanian military aircraft fell headlong
Tirana, Albania - A powerplant failure while taking off would have produced a sudden fall of thrust and its crash would have killed its pilot
An Albanian Air Force's Mig-19 Farmer fighter would have fallen this morning immediately after its takeoff from the capital's international airport, in Tirana. It seems that the airplane (in the Chinese-made... more
AccidentsIgor Levitin confirms: the two Russian Tupolevs exploded due to an attempt (2). The identities of the two female-terrorists has been confirmed
Moscow, Russia - One among the two women payed a Sibir's employee to avoid airport checks
Their names were Aminat Nagaieva and Zatsita Dzhebirkhanova, as the two Checen women who on last August 24 made, almost at the same time, the Sibir Air Lines Tu-154 and the Tu-134 Volga-Air explode. Both... more
AccidentsIgor Levitin confirms: the two Russian Tupolev pulled down for an attack
Moscow, Russia - The governmental commission for inquiry has definitively established it
The Russian Minister for the Transports, Igor Levitin, illustrating today in conference-prints turns out of the governmental commission of inquiry jobs, has definitively ended the contrasting news rebound... more
AccidentsAn Australian Air Force's F/A-18 crashed
Sydney, Australia - The accident would have occurred during a military exercise
An Australian Air Force's F/A-18 Hornet multirole medium-light fighter would have fallen headlong in the northern region of the island yesterday. This mishap would hav occurred during a military exercise,... more
AccidentsHelicopter crashed in Greece: the aircraft on which Petros VII travelled had been destinated to Putin
Moscow, Russia - It would have been pointed out by Russian press, maintaining that the aircraft could have been sabotaged by experienced terrorists
The accident involving the helicopter on which the Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria Petros VII travelled on last Saturday, September 11,(see for details AVIONEWS)could have a dramatic explanation, according... more
AccidentsSeptember 11, 2001: further doubts on Pentagon's accident
Washington, USA - Some politicians would state that the damage was produced by an aircraft which appears smaller than a 757
Some aspects regarding September 11, 2001 tragedy would not seem clear yet, according to some US political environment's members, and even a re-opening of the investigation of the event would have been... more
AccidentsRussian helicopter fell in Chechenya: hit during an ambush
Moscow, Russia - Chechen separatist militiamen would have fired by a grenade-launcher while against the MI-24 while it was at a low ceiling
A doubt that the accident occurred in Chechenya yesterday, when a Russian combat and trasnport helicopter fell headlong killing the two members of the crew, could have been determined by a Chechen separatists’ a... more
AccidentsHelicopter crashed in Greece (2): all passengers and crew's members died
Athens, Greece - Its pilot would have revealed the aircraft was losing height just before the radio communication was cut
The Greek military authorities would have confirmed that all passengers and the crew's members of the helicopter, fallen headlong in the Aegean Sea on last Saturday, died and such accident even killed... more
AccidentsRussian combat helicopter fell headlong in Checen territory
Moscow, Russia - Russian Air Force would have talked about an accident without anyway excluding a struggle with rebels could have occurred
Russian Air Force unveiled that a Mil Mi-24 Hind combat and transport helicopter would have fallen headlong in the Checen territory yesterday, south-west from Grozny city, due to reasons that should still... more
AccidentsHelicopter crashed in Greece: Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria of Egypt died
Athens, Greece - The aircraft would have fallen in the Aegean Sea while travelling towards the Athos Mountain's Orthodox monastery
A Greek CH-47 Chinook military transport helicopter fell headlong in the Aegean Sea on last Saturday, September 11, while travelling from Athens towards the Athos Mountain. The 17 persons on board were... more
AccidentsNato Flying Rhino exercise: a British helicopter crashed
Prague, Czech Republic - The Lynx was carrying six persons who would have all died after the impact with the ground
During the Nato exercise called Flying Rhino (September 6 to 17) occurring in the Czech Republic, where several British aerial vehicles are attending among which even the Harriers and the Hawks for attack... more
AccidentsEmergency landing for a Saudi Emir jet
Cairo, Egypt - It seems that the aircraft had a failure in the navigation system
The pilot of private jet of the Saudi Emir Turki bin Mohamed, left yesterday from Sharm El Sheikh and directed to Paris, immediately after the takeoff would have perceived a problem in the navigation system... more
AccidentsUS helicopter fell headlong nearby Falluja
Falluja, Iraq - It would have fallen at night between September 7 and 8 during the struggles among American soldiers and Sunnah's militiamen
An American military transport helicopter would have fallen headlong at night between last September 7 and 8 nearby the Iraqi city of Falluja. At that time the area was involved by fierce struggles among... more
AccidentsLufthansa: a B-737 carries out an emergency landing at Palermo air station
Palermo, Italy - It has been carried out regularly, the passengers have continued their travel by a A-319
A Lufthansa B-737, taken off from the Valletta (Malta) and directed to Stuttgart with 122 passengers aboard, yesterday afternoon, 10 minutes before 4:00pm, it would have carried out an emergency landing... more
AccidentsA Russian military transport helicopter performs an emergency landing in Chechenya
Moscow, Russia - All communications with its base were lost just half an hour after its leaving, but everything was well
A Russian Mil Mi-8 Hip military transport helicopter, which took off at 06:00 pm (Moscow local time) from Severny Airport in Grozny (Chechenya) officially appeared disappeared just a few hours ago, as... more
AccidentsUS Navy's helicopter fell headlong in the sea
Kuwait City, Kuwait - It was performing a deck landing on an aircraft carrier in the Arabian Sea
During what would have been a normal routine operation with the transport of military personnel, from the ground to the US USS Preble (DDG 88) aircraft carrier in the northern Arabian Sea, a US Navy's... more
AccidentsAir disaster in Russia: the two bombs were located before the departure
Moscow, Russia - According to Russian Air Force's Commander, the two Chechen attempters would have just attended to make them explode
Also Russian Air Force’s Commander commented about the double air disaster occurred in Russia on last August 24, due the the blasts of two bombs on board (see for details AVIONEWS). According to Russian m... more