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At
least 22 killed after two Ugandan army helicopters
crashed in east Congo
26-27.09.2022
Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)

Twenty-two
soldiers were killed when a Ugandan military helicopter
Mi-171E (AF-641) , crashed Monday in the Boga region of
the Ituri province, in northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo
(DRC).
The dead included three Congolese soldiers, said the source, who spoke
under customary anonymity, without offering further details.
On Tuesday, another helicopter belonging to the Uganda army crashed at
the Kabarole border area between the two countries, during joint
operations between the two armies to hunt down the Allied Democratic
Forces (ADF), a rebel group.
According to the Congolese army's media service, the helicopter hit a
cluster of power lines. A Ugandan soldier and a Congolese soldier died
in the crash that happened Tuesday.
04.09.2022/ about 15:09 LT -
Details emerge after deadly Whidbey Island floatplane crash
14
die in helicopter crash in Mexico
after drug lord's arrest
15.07.2022
Los Mochis, Sinaloa - Mexico

A Mexican Navy Sikorsky UH-60M
Black Hawk helicopter (ANX-2307) crashed in
Mexico leaving 14 occupants dead
following the arrest of drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero. Another
passenger was receiving medical treatment after the accident in
the north-western state of Sinaloa.
They had all supported the arrest
operation. Caro Quintero, the co-founder of the former powerful
Guadalajara cartel, was captured on Friday in San Simón, 135 kilometers
(83.89 miles) to the north, near Choix.
Mexican President Andrés Obrador
regretted the loss and expressed his condolences to the families of the
deceased on social media.
The crash had occurred afterward while
landing in the locality of Los Mochis, and the causes were being
investigated. The investigation file claims, that there was no external attack, nor any
explosion caused by any device other than the aircraft. Regarding the
black box, the manufacturer, after receiving and analyzing it, has
indicated that a lack of fuel was the cause of the crash.
24.06.2022/ 03:18 LT -
Russian
military cargo plane crashes, killing 5 crewmembers
29.05.2022/ about 10:11 LT -
Nepal plane crash: All 22 onboard found dead
Cameroon plane crash, no survivors
11.05.2022
near Nanga Eboko, Cameroon
A
DHC-6 Twin Otter 400 (TJ-TIM) of Caverton Aviation Cameroon crashed in
a forest near Nanga Eboko, Cameroon. The aircraft was carrying
2 crew
members and 9 Cameroon Oil Transportation Company personnel to
Dompta. No survivors.
Reports state that the aircraft had departed Yaoundé-Nsimalen Airport in
the morning on a flight to Dompta and Belabo, but was forced to turn
back due to inclement weather, remained on ground for 75 minutes and
departed again to Dompta at 12.46 LT.
The deceased female pilot
Adzuayi Ewuga is the second daughter of
Senator Solomon Ewuga, a stalwart of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP)
in Nasarawa State, Cameroon. Caverton Aviation Cameroon is a subsidiary
of Caverton Offshore Support Group based in Lagos, Nigeria, which also
controls Caverton Helicopters.
Ukrainian Army Mi-8 helicopter shot down
05.04.2022
Novoselivka, Polohy Raion, Zaporizhzhia Oblast - UA
An Ukrainian Army Aviation Mil Mi-8 helicopter of the
12th Army Aviation Brigade (operating for the Main Directorate of
Intelligence) was shot down by forces of the Russian Federation while
taking part in "Operation Air Corridor". The aim of the operation was to
resupply troops in the besieged Azovstal Iron and Steel Works, which had
been surrounded by forces of the Donetsk Peoples Republic People's
Militia, as well as forces of the Russian Federation. Food and
ammunition would be delivered to the plant, and the wounded would be
evacuated. The crew allegedly reported the rapid loss of fuel, before
all radio communication with the helicopter was lost.
Fatalities: 23 occupants. Among them the
crew: Borys Horoshko, Bogdan Chychura, Vyacheslav
Sindiy and others.
Chinese military plane crashed
into South China Sea
01.03.2022
off Sanya, Hainan Province - China
A maritime patrol variant of Shaanxi Y-8
anti-submarine warfare aircraft crashed into the South China Sea off
Sanya in Hainan province on March 1. At
least eleven occupants have died in the crash. This
accident have been kept confidential by the China government.
China responded to the incident by setting up a navigation exclusion
zone in adjacent waters to carry out search-and-rescue efforts and
"military training."
In Shandong, pilots Qiu Mingdian, 36, and
Zhang Di, 35, were laid to rest in their
hometown at the Tengzhou Martyrs’ Cemetery. A funeral service was also
held for another pilot, Wang Zhonghui, 24
and Peng Bo, 31; Cao Lihao, 25; Sun Honglin, 29;
Huang Gaoming, 28; Zhou Xingyu, 26.
NTSB:
Pilot error caused 2022 Carteret County plane crash that killed 8 people
13.02.2022/ 14:02 LT
off Beaufort, NC - USA
Final
report

A Pilatus PC-12/47E, N79NX, headed from Engelhard, NC
(7W6) to Beaufort-Michael J. Smith Field, NC (KMRH) when it impacted the
water of the North Atlantic Ocean off Beaufort, North Carolina, USA.
Eight people, including
four East Carteret High School students,
died in the crash as the group was returning from a duck
hunting trip in Hyde County. Federal investigators point to pilot error
as the cause of a plane crash.
The NTSB says pilot Ernest “Teen” Rawls, of Greenville, didn’t
adequately conduct preflight planning, had inadequate inflight
monitoring of the airplane’s flight parameters, and failed to regain
control of the airplane following entry into an inadvertent aerodynamic
stall brought about the accident.
The NTSB says the pilot’s likely disorientation in the cockpit following
the aerodynamic stall also contributed to the crash.
The pilot's medical conditions of mantle cell lymphoma, back pain, and
recent history of COVID-19 and the medications used to treat these
conditions, including rituximab, oxycodone, hydroxychloroquine, and
ivermectin, were contributing factors to this accident.
Plane
was substantially damaged
after bird strike
03.01.2022/
08:10 LT
near Venetia Mine Airport - South Africa
Final report
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29.07.2022 -
Eight
confirmed dead in helicopter crash in Georgia
16.07.2022/ 22:47 LT -
Ukrainian cargo plane carrying mines crashes in Greece, all 8 crew
members killed
15.07.2022/ 21:27 LT -
Antonov An-2 plane crashed killing the 2 occupants
Seven killed in helicopter crash
in Italy's Monte Cusna
09.06.2022
Mount Cusna, Villa Minozzo (Reggio Emilia) area – Italy
An Agusta A119 Koala
(I-ELOP), that took off from Lucca Airfield (LIQL) towards a paper
company in Castelminio di Resana (near Treviso Airport TSF/LIPH) with 7
(1 Italian pilot, 4 Turkish and 2 Lebanese citizens) people on board,
disappeared from radar screens Thursday morning as it flew over the
province of Modena in the Tuscan--Emilian Apennines. Electric
storms had been reported in the area at the time.
The two Lebanese were identified in
Lebanon as Shadi Kreidi
and Tarek Tayah, both
executives at INDEVCO, an international manufacturing and industrial
consultancy group. The two were said to be on a business trip. Tayah's
wife, Hala, was killed two years ago in the massive explosion at
Beirut's port, which took the lives of more than 215 people and injured
thousands. The seven deceased occupants were found Saturday 11-th June.
The helicopter was found on Mount Cusna after being reported by a hiker.
The area of the crash is a ravine on Mount Cusna, in the area of Villa
Minozzo (Reggio Emilia), at an altitude of about 1,900 meters.
Eight UN peacekeepers killed
in helicopter crash in DRC
29.03.2022/ 12:00 LT
Tshanzu area, SE of Rutshuru - Democratic
Republic of Congo
A Pakistan Army Aérospatiale SA 330J
Puma, operating for MONUSCO (UN), crashed in the Tshanzu area,
SE of Rutshuru.
All eight
occupants died and the
helicopter was destroyed.
Eight UN peacekeepers – six Pakistanis, a
Russian and a Serb – were killed on Tuesday when a Puma helicopter
crashed in the troubled eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), UN
and Pakistani officials said.
Congolese military authorities in North Kivu
said the M23 rebel group had “shot down” the aircraft, a claim not
confirmed by other sources.
21.03.2022/ 06:22 UTC -
Chinese plane with 132 people onboard crashes in Guangxi province
Cessna
plane with 14 people on board crashes in Comoros Islands
26.02.2022/ 12:30 LT
2,5 km (1.6 mls) NW off Mohéli-Bandar es Eslam Airport (NWA) - Comoros
List of
passengers

A Cessna 208B Grand Caravan EX
plane, with registration 5H-MZA, crashed into the sea
in Comoros with 14 people on board. The aircraft, owned by FLY ZANZIBAR
LIMITED and chartered by AB AVIATION of Comoros, was on flight
Y61103 between Moroni and Mohéli when it crashed while
attempting to land at Mohéli-Bandar es Eslam Airport (NWA), Fomboni,
Comoros – on Mohéli Island. AB Aviation announced the disappearance of
the plane that took off from Moroni at 5:50 a.m. and disappeared from
radar, over the sea, 2.5 km from Mohéli airport. The pilots were
citizens of Tanzania, while the passengers were all Comorians. After 24
hours of intense research, only few debris were found floating on water
(such a wheel and wing fragments). No trace of the 14 occupants was
found. Reports indicate that there have been recent bad weather
conditions at sea in the Comoros Islands.
A body was found in the sea near the crash site in March 2023.
It is believed to be
one of the passengers on board the crashed aircraft.
24.02.2022 -
Russian
military An-26 transport plane crashed killing all occupants onboard
7
dead in tourist plane crash near Peru's Nazca lines
04.02.2022/ 12:10 LT
1 km from Nazca-Maria Reiche Neuman Airport
(NZC) - Peru
Final report

Five tourists and two crew died when their plane crashed on a trip to
view Peru's famous Nazca lines. The Cessna T207A Turbo
Stationair 8 single-engine plane (OB-2179) belonging to the
Aero Santos tourism company came down shortly after takeoff from the
small airport of Maria Reiche in Nazca around noon.
There were no survivors among the seven on board. The
tourists were two Chileans and three people from the Netherlands
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PROBABLE CAUSE
Progressive loss of engine power due to malfunction of the combustion
system from the start of the takeoff, which significantly compromised
the performance of the aircraft in flight, as it could not maintain
adequate speed and altitude to return to the airport, resulting in a
sudden loss of aerodynamic lift and subsequent impact with the ground.
CONTRIBUTING FACTORS
1. Deficiencies in Maintenance and Supervision by OMA No. 055 and the
Aircraft Operator:
a. Poor periodic maintenance of the engine's spark plugs and cylinders.
b. Installation of a "HOT" range thermal classification spark plug, not
compatible with the engine, which worsened its performance and affected
the aircraft's performance.
c. Failures in the maintenance, supervision, and certification
procedures by the OMA.
d. Failures in the technical supervision by the Aircraft Operator,
specifically in the processes of reception and quality of the work
performed on the aircraft by the OMA.
2. Deficiencies in Crew Training and Education:
a. Using an incorrect configuration (0° flaps instead of 10°) for
takeoff with weights very close to the allowed MTOW (Maximum Takeoff
Weight).
b. Lack of proper operational action during takeoff by not following the
emergency procedures established in the aircraft's CHECKLIST and POH
(Pilot's Operating Handbook).
Small plane crashed in the Pacific Ocean, Panama, 2 dead
03.01.2022/
15:02 LT
off the coast of Chame, Panamá Oeste - Panama
The single-engine,
five-seat Piper Cherokee Six plane
(N5535J) was heading to Chame from
Contadora island, about 50 miles (80 kilometers) away, but splashed into
the Pacific and sank. The crash occurred off Panama’s Punta Chame, south
of Panama City. Of the 5 persons onboard, the pilot and two passengers
received serious injuries, and 2 passengers were fatally injured
(Debra Velleman, a retired
Waukesha school teacher and Sue Borries, 57, of Illinois).
Their bodies were found nearly a month later. Before the accident the
pilot had radioed to say he was having engine problems
and would have to splash down in the sea. The pilot later told
authorities the aircraft sank so quickly they were not able to grab a
life raft or life jackets.
Two dead in army helicopter crash in Tunisia
Jan 03, 2022
Hicher, Zefra region, south Bizerte - Tunisia

A Tunisian military
helicopter Agusta-Bell AB 205A crashed in the north of
the country, killing the pilot and the
co-pilot.
The helicopter was
conducting a reconnaissance mission in Bizerte governorate. An
eyewitness reported seeing the aircraft land in the field, takeoff and
fall from a height of 100 m.
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