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AccidentsBurning tugboat at Frankfurt Airport: airplane damaged
Ten airport's workers intoxicated by smoke-VIDEO
Yesterday a tugboat caught fire causing damage to the Lufhtansa Airbus A-340-313 (registration: D-AIFA) at the Frankfurt Airport in Germany. The plane, in preparation for flight LH426 to Philadelphia (United... more
AccidentsBulgaria, military helicopter crashes
Two of the three occupants died
A Mil Mi-17 military helicopter operated by the Bulgarian Air Force crashed yesterday at 8:30 pm (local time) at the Krumovo Air Base near Plovdiv in Southern Bulgaria during a training flight. The incident,... more
AccidentsAmerican F-15 fighter plane crashes into the sea off Okinawa
Pilot rescued by a Japan Air Self-Defense Force helicopter
An American USAF (United States Air Force) 18th Wing F-15 fighter plane crashed into the sea off the Okinawa Japanese island today at 6:25 am (local time) during a training flight.According to what the... more
AccidentsFly Sax plane crash in Kenya: no survivors
The occupants' bodies and the aircraft's black box were found
No survivors among the 10 occupants of the private Fly Sax plane Cessna 208B Grand Caravan (registration: 5Y-CAC) disappeared from the radar on June 5th in the afternoon and crashed in the Aberdare mountain... more
AccidentsKenya: Fly Sax private plane disappears, wreckage discovered this morning
Still no news about the ten occupants
The wreckage of the Fly Sax private plane Cessna 208B Grand Caravan (registration: 5Y-CAC) that disappeared from the radar on June 5th was discovered this morning in the Aberdare Range in Kenya. The aircraft... more
AccidentsDisappeared Malaysia aircraft: the private research operation ends
Voice370 asks the Malaysian government for a review of the case
The research of the Malaysia Airlines Boeing B-777/200ER plane (flight MH370), took off from Kuala Lampur (Malaysia) and headed to Beijing will end soon. The plane disappeared on March 8th 2014, with 239... more
AccidentsShot down Malaysia aircraft: the Russian arms industry experiment
Lavrov: "the missile could not have been launched from that area"
According to Russian Foreign Minister Sergej Lavrov, the missile used to shoot down the Malaysia Airlines B-777/200 airliner (MH17 flight) taken off from Amsterdam (Holland) and headed to Kuala Lampur... more
AccidentsMalaysia Airlines plane: the MH17 flight was shot down by a Russian missile
The international investigation's results
According to the international press referring to the investigation team, the Buk anti-aircraft missile which on July 17th, 2014 had shot down the B-777/200 airliner, Malaysia Airlines' MH17 scheduled... more
AccidentsOne of the three survivors of the plane crash in Havana died
Grettel Landrove was 23 years old
The number of the victims of the plane crash that occurred last Friday in Havana, Cuba, rises to 111 (see for details AVIONEWS article connected). The 23 year-old Grettel Landrove had been hospitalized... more
AccidentsPlane crashed in Havana: ex-pilot reports deficiencies in the safety system
Poor maintenance and lack of spare parts
Interviewed by the local newspaper "Milenio" and the Mexican newspaper "El Universal", Marcus Aurelius Hernandez Carmona, ex-pilot from the Mexican airline Damojh Aerolíneas/Global Air explained that... more
AccidentsB-737/201 plane crashed in Havana
110 fatalties
The plane Boeing 737/201 (Registration: XA-UHZ) crashed yesterday at 12:08 (local time) in Havana (Cuba). The aircraft was owned and operated by Mexican low-cost airline based in Guadalajara Damojh Aerolíneas,... more
AccidentsRussian military aircraft crashes into the sea off the Syrian coast
The two occupants died
A Russian military aircraft Sukhoi Su-30SM crashed into the sea off the coast of Latakia in Syria yesterday at 9:45 am (local time). The aircraft would have encountered difficulties probably following... more
AccidentsLockheed C-130 Hercules military aircraft crashes in Georgia
Nine occupants died-VIDEO
The United States Air Force Lockheed C-130 Hercules military aircraft (registration: 65-0968) of the Puerto Rican National Guard crashed yesterday morning around 11:30 am (local time) during a training... more
AccidentsChapecoense plane crash: the results of the investigation
The note released by the Colombia Civil Aviation Authority
The results of the investigation on the incident that on November 28th 2016 involved the LaMia Avro RJ-45 aircraft crashed near Medellin in Colombia were released during the week-end by the Colombia Civil... more
AccidentsAcrobatic aircraft. US pilot dies in China
"Zhengzhou Air Show 2018": crash during a test flight-VIDEO
US pilot Eglin Wells died yesterday in Zhengzhou, in the central China province of Henan. His acrobatic Starjammer aircraft (registration: N49EW) crashed around 6:14 pm (local time) near the Shangjie district... more
AccidentsAudio recording on the Southwest Airlines flight WN1380
Pilot Tammie Jo Shults' words
Published online by "Mashable", the enclosed audio recording shows the emergency communications between the pilot driving the Southwest WN1380 flight and the air traffic control center (ATC) during the... more
AccidentsCollision between two aircraft in Germany
Pilots died in the crash
The cause of the accident involving a biplane and an ultralight in Germany is still under investigation. A Cirrus SR20 (registrarion: D-EWTG) and a Dallach D-4B Fascination (registration: D-MJEK) collided... more
AccidentsRussia: helicopter crashes during a training flight
All the six occupants killed -VIDEO
A Vostok company Mil Mi-8PS-9 helicopter (Registration: RA-24640) crashed this morning on the Khabarovsk's outskirts, in Far Eastern Russia.The helicopter would have hit an antenna during a training flight... more
AccidentsAlgeria: military plane crash-landing
Over 250 victims
An Ilyushin IL-76 Algerian Air Force (Al Quwwat al-Jawwiya al-Jaza'eriya) transport plane headed to Béchar's "Boudghene Ben Ali Lotfi" airport crashed shortly after take-off from the airport of Boufarik,... more
AccidentsPlane crashed in Algeria (2): the VIDEO from the accident
No survivors among 257 on board
AVIONEWS shows the images from the plane crash-landing site that this morning involved an Algerian Air Force (Al Quwwat al-Jawwiya al-Jaza'eriya), an Ilyishin Il-76 aircraft. It fell immediately after... more
AccidentsItalian Navy's helicopter crashes into the sea: a victim
Five people aboard the SH-212
The aircraft was engaged in a night-training activity more
AccidentsUSAF F-16 fighter plane crashes near Las Vegas
The pilot was killed
A USAF F-16 Viper ADS Thunderbirds fighter plane crashed yesterday morning at approximately 10:30 am (local time) during a training flight. The identity of the pilot killed in the impact will remain reserved... more
AccidentsSouth Korea: F-15K fighter plane crashes
Two victims. Crash today against a mountain -3 VIDEO
An F-15K Eagle aircraft from the South Korean Air Force (Rokaf) crashed this morning (2:47pm local time) in unknown circumstances on the side of a mountain near the town of Chilgok, 300 kilometers south-east... more
AccidentsCalifornia: Marine's CH-53E helicopter crashes
Four victims, all of the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing
A 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter from the Marine Corps crashed yesterday at 2:35pm local time near the town of El Centro, California, during a routine training mission. On board... more
AccidentsNepal aircraft tragedy: disorientation in the cockpit
The conversation between pilot and ATC -AUDIO
Confusion between runway 20 and runway 02. Whose fault is that? more
AccidentsNew York: helicopter crashed into the East River
5 victims; the pilot safe -VIDEO
The pilot was saved, but not the 5 passengers of the AS-350B2 helicopter of Liberty Helicopters (registration N350LH) crashed yesterday at around 7pm local time in New York, USA. Responsible for the incident... more
AccidentsReport. Tragedy in Nepal: Dash-8 airplane crashes
At least 50 victims out of 71 on board -2 VIDEO
Coming from Bangladesh, it was landing in Katmandu. The number of deaths is increasing more
AccidentsRussian military plane crashes in Syria
An Antonov An-26: 32 victims
An An-26 Russian military aircraft crashed last Monday while approaching the runway at the Russian air base in Khmeymim, Latakia province, Syria. A statement by the Russian Defence Ministry informs it,... more
AccidentsIran: Aseman Airlines' ATR-72/200 plane fell
66 people on board died
The aircraft crashed against Monte Dena more
AccidentsSF-260D airplane crashes in Turkey
Two victims in the trainer accident
A SF-260D trainer aircraft of the Turkish Air Force crashed this morning with two people on board a few minutes after taking off from the Cigli-Izmir air base in the Smyrna district, central-west part... more