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January 2019

Iran cargo plane crash 'leaves 15 dead' near Tehran
 

14.01.2019/ 08:30 LT
Fath airport in Karaj, 40km (25 miles) west of Tehran

 
A cargo plane crash near the Iranian capital, Tehran, has killed 15 people, Iran's army says.
The Boeing 707 (EP-CPP) came off the runway and hit a residential area while trying to land at Fath airport in Karaj, 40km (25 miles) west of Tehran, in poor weather.
Only a flight engineer of the 16 people on board was found alive, with no-one reportedly killed on the ground.
The plane's "black box" voice recorder has been found at the crash site. The plane belonged to the air company Saha Air, and all those on board were Iranian citizens.
Fath airport belongs to Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards Corps, and is located in the central Iranian province of Alborz.
The cargo aircraft was transporting meat from the Kyrgyz capital, Bishkek.
Its wreckage was found smouldering among houses in a residential area between Fath and another airport, Payam International Airport. The houses were empty at the time of the crash.

Один человек выжил при крушении "Боинга" в Иране, 15 погибли
 

14.01.2019/ 08:30 м. вр.
Иран/ Кередж/ 40 км западнее от Тегерана/ аэропорт Фатх

 
Один человек выжил при крушении военного грузового самолета Боинг-707 в пригороде иранской столицы Тегерана.
Всего в самолете находилось 16 человек, все они — иранцы. 15 из них погибли, выжить удалось бортовому инженеру. Его доставили в больницу. На месте происшествия найден черный ящик, записывавший переговоры в кабине пилота.
Боинг-707 (EP-CPP), принадлежащий авиакомпании Saha Air, перевозил груз из Бишкека в Кередж в пригороде Тегерана. Он должен был приземлиться в аэропорту Пайам, но стал садиться в аэропорту Фатх, принадлежащем Корпусу стражей исламской революции (КСИР). В итоге самолет выкатился за конец взлетно-посадочной полосы, врезался в стену рядом с жилым домом и загорелся. Причины произошедшего пока неизвестны. Предварительно сообщалось, что к катастрофе могли привести действия пилота.

Боинг се разби в Иран, 15 загинали

14.01.2019/ 08:30 м. вр.
Иран/ Кередж/ 40 км западно от Техеран/ летище Фатх

Транспортен Boeing 707-3J9C (EP-CPP) на авиокомпанията Saha Air изпълнявал военен полет за доставка на храни от Бишкек, Киргизия до международното летище Паям в Иран, но вместо да се приземи планово на полоса 30 на Паям, извършил кацане на полоса 31L на летище Фатх, при което излязъл от полосата и се врязъл в жилищна сграда. Самолетът се запалил. От намиращите се на борда 16 души, 15 загинали, а бордния инженер спасителите открили ранен, но жив. Няма пострадали на земята. Предполага се, че катастрофата е в резултат на пилотска грешка породена от лошото време в района при кацането. Двете полоси, тази на летище Паям (3659 м) и на Фатх (1300 м) са успоредни и на отстояние приблизително 10,4 км една от друга.

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Найдены тела двух летчиков разбившегося Су-34

18.01.2019/ 08:07 мск

Видео   ||   Крушение Су-34 на Дальнем Востоке

Спасатели нашли тела двух погибших летчиков после инцидента с Су-34 на Дальнем Востоке.
Пилоты были обнаружены поисковым судном без признаков жизни. Тела летчиков подняли на борт.
Минобороны продолжает поисково-спасательную операцию.
Ранее в Минобороны сообщили о столкновении двух Су-34, которые летели без боекомплекта. По предварительным данным, самолеты упали в Татарском проливе, между Хабаровским краем и Сахалином. Экипажам воздушных судов удалось катапультироваться. Спасатели нашли одного из летчиков. Его состояние оценивается как удовлетворительное. Тело четвертого пилота не обнаружили.
Военная прокуратура начала проверку после инцидента. Возбуждено уголовное дело.
Су-34 - многофункциональный истребитель-бомбардировщик, способный атаковать воздушные, наземные, морские и надводные цели. Экипаж составляет два человека.

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Катастрофа Ту-22М3
 

22.01.2019/ 13:40 м. вр.
Россия/ 92 км от Мурманска/ Оленегорск/ аб Оленья

 
Бомбардировщик Ту-22М3 потерпел катастрофу при посадке на аэродроме полка дальней авиации в Оленегорске.
Ту-22М3 - дальний сверхзвуковой ракетоносец-бомбардировщик с крылом изменяемой стреловидности. Максимальная скорость бомбардировщика достигает 2300 км/ч, дальность полета - 7 тыс. км.
Из четырех членов экипажа трое погибли. Это командир экипажа м-р Алексей Гурьев, пом. командира экипажа м-р Константин Мазунин, штурман-оператор кап. Виктор Грейф. Единственный выживший член экипажа - штурман-инструктор подп. Максим Рылков.
Сообщается о трудных погодных условиях, в частности метели и снежного заряда, которые могли стать причиной ЧП.

Снежный заряд - это сильный снегопад, сопровождающийся резким усилением ветра. Сообщают, что во время посадки двух Ту-22М3, один из которых разбился, на командно-диспетчерском пункте (КДП) находился командир 40-го смешанного авиаполка (Оленегорск).
   

February 2019

1 missing, 1 rescued after small cargo plane crashes off Haulover Inlet

08.02.2019/ 12:16 EST
Atlantic Ocean about 32 miles east of

Miami-Opa Locka Executive Airport (OPF), Miami, FL

Report: NTSB Identification: ERA19LA096

On February 8, 2019, at 12:16 EST, a General Dynamics Convair 340 (C-131B), N145GT, was destroyed during a ditching in the Atlantic Ocean about 32 miles east of Miami-Opa Locka Executive Airport (OPF), Miami, Florida. The captain Robert Hopkins, 68, of Coconut Creek, was fatally injured, and the first officer Rolland Silva, 28, was seriously injured. The airplane was registered to and operated by Conquest Air, Inc., as a cargo flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and an instrument flight rules (IFR) flight plan was filed. The flight departed Lynden Pindling International Airport (MYNN), Nassau, Bahamas, at 11:13. The accident occurred during a return trip to OPF. The cargo plane started to lose altitude at about 4,600 feet and some 10 minutes later - at 1,200 feet - it ditched into the ocean. It appeared the aircraft broke up after it hit the water during an attempted water landing. Investigators determined the aircraft was damaged beyond repair. 

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3 people aboard cargo jet that crashed in Texas bay did not survive

 
23.02.2019/ 18:39 UTS
USA/ TX/ near Anahuac/ Trinity Bay

Photos on NTSB Flickr site

Atlas Air Flight 3591

 
Atlas Air flight 5Y3591, a Boeing 767-300 (N1217A) operated for Amazon Prime Air, was destroyed in a crash at Trinity Bay, near Anahuac, Texas, USA.

All three on board were killed.
The aircraft departed Miami International Airport, Florida at 11:33 hours local time (16:33 UTC) on a cargo flight to Houston-George Bush Intercontinental Airport, Texas, USA. The cruising altitude of FL400 was reached after 20 minutes. Descent towards Houston was commenced at 12:07 hours local time (18:07 UTC).
About 12:30 the pilots contacted the Houston terminal radar approach control (TRACON) arrival controller and reported descending for runway 26L; the airplane was at 17,800 ft with a ground speed 320 knots.
At 12:34, the airplane was descending through 13,800 ft, and the controller advised of an area of light to heavy precipitation along the flight route and that they could expect vectors around the weather. About 12:35, the flight was transferred to the Houston TRACON final controller, and the pilot reported they had received the Houston Automatic Terminal Information System weather broadcast. The controller told the pilots to expect vectors to runway 26L and asked if they wanted to go to the west or north of the weather.
Radar data indicated the airplane continued the descent through 12,000 ft with a ground speed of 290 knots, consistent with the arrival procedure. The pilots responded that they wanted to go to the west of the area of precipitation. The controller advised that to do so, they would need to descend to 3,000 ft expeditiously.
About 12:37, the controller instructed the pilots to turn to a heading of 270°. Radar data indicated the airplane turned, and the automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) data indicated a selected heading of 270°. The airplane was descending through 8,500 ft at this time.
About 12:38, the controller informed the pilots that they would be past the area of weather in about 18 miles, that they could expect a turn to the north for a base leg to the approach to runway 26L, and that weather was clear west of the precipitation area. The pilots responded, "sounds good" and "ok." At this time, radar and ADS-B returns indicated the airplane levelled briefly at 6,200 ft and then began a slight climb to 6,300 ft.
Also, about this time, the FDR data indicated that some small vertical accelerations consistent with the airplane entering turbulence. Shortly after, when the airplane’s indicated airspeed was steady about 230 knots, the engines increased to maximum thrust, and the airplane pitch increased to about 4° nose up. The airplane then pitched nose down over the next 18 seconds to about 49° in response to nose-down elevator deflection. The stall warning (stick shaker) did not activate.
FDR, radar, and ADS-B data indicated that the airplane entered a rapid descent on a heading of 270°, reaching an airspeed of about 430 knots. A security camera video captured the airplane in a steep, generally wings-level attitude until impact with the swamp. FDR data indicated that the airplane gradually pitched up to about 20 degrees nose down during the descent.
Preliminary investigation results suggest that the captain may have inadvertently activated the go around switch on the throttles as he was moving his hand to select flaps.

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IAF chopper crashes in Valley, 7 killed

 
27.02.2019/ 10:05 AM LT
India/ Kashmir’s Budgam district/ near Garend Kalaan village

The Indian Air Force helicopter crashed into an open space in central Kashmir’s Budgam district on Wednesday. The incident taking place around the time the Pakistan Air Force conducted strikes at multiple places inside Indian territory on the other side of the Pir Panchal mountains. The Pir Panchal mountains separate the Valley from Jammu’s Pir Panchal region. Eyewitness reported that a loud explosion was heard in the air before the chopper crashed in a trail of smoke, indicating a possible catastrophic external event contributed to the incident.
Investigators have found that an Indian air defence missile, was fired shortly before the crash of a Mi17 V5 helicopter at Budgam, near Srinagar on February 27, which resulted in the deaths of six air force personnel and a citizen on the ground. The Kashmiri youth 22-year-old Kifayat Hussain Ganaie, a brick kiln worker lost his life after he rushed towards the blazing chopper to rescue the pilots after it had crashed.

The pilot Ninad Mandavgane (33), was cremated on the bank of Godavari river.
The investigators are examining the sequence of events which preceded the crash. The incident had occurred on the same day that India and Pakistan were locked in an air duel over Nowshera in Jammu and Kashmir. The helicopter had crashed at Budgam as it was approaching to land at Srinagar. The helicopter was downed by a surface-to-air missile (SAM) of IAF, fired from the Srinagar air base which assumed the helicopter to be a hostile platform.
Two officers, the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the Srinagar Air Base and the Senior Air Traffic Control Officer have been found blameworthy by a Court of Inquiry (CoI). The IAF could possibly order the two officers to face a General Court Martial which in turn is empowered to decide on the quantum of punishment, including criminal charges, if any.
The other three IAF personnel would face disciplinary proceedings that could range from loss of seniority to censure.
The IAF Chief Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa, had earlier removed the Air Officer Commanding (AOC) of the Srinagar air base — in a move to show that procedural lapses will not go “unpunished”.
The Russian-made copter had crashed at 10.05 am, around the same time as Indian and Pakistani fighter jets were engaging each other over Nowshera in Jammu and Kashmir. Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman’s jet was downed around 10.30 am.
The investigation indicated lapses that lead up to the accident. The Air Traffic Control had called back the helicopter as an air duel between Indian and Pakistani jets had escalated. This is being seen as a lapse as the helicopter should have been sent away to a safer zone instead of being called back to Srinagar. Also, as the copter was returning, it should have been made to land at the designated safe spot.
On ground, the missile system and air defence guns fire away at aircraft or helicopters which can’t be identified.
The crucial identification or the Friend or Foe (IFF) system on the Mi-17 helicopter was switched off, which was against procedures.

The IFF is a system on board a helicopter or a plane that automatically transmits a unique identification signal.
That the IFF would remain mandatorily switched on was a decision taken last year after a near mid-air accident between a Sukhoi-30 fighter jet and a transport plane of the IAF. Though the IAF issued instructions that the IFF system should be switched on, the Srinagar air base had issued contradictory orders. The IAF controllers on ground who were live monitoring the Pakistan air space had not reported any intruding helicopter.

March 2019

Laser Aéreo Colombia Douglas DC-3 crashed in Colombia, 14 killed

09.03.2019/ 10:34 LT (15:34 UTC)

Colombia/ Finca La Bendicion, San Martin

The DC-3 aircraft with registration HK2494, operated by LASER, was prepared to make a non-scheduled passenger flight between Taraira Airport (SKTR) and the aerodrome Villavicencio (SKVV) in Colombia. The aircraft took off at 06:13 hours local time with a crew of three, eight passengers and 500 kgs of cargo. Adverse weather conditions were encountered en route and the crew decided divert to Miraflores (SKMF) where it landed at 07:39. There two more passengers boarded the flight for Villavicencio. The aircraft (10) passengers and the crew rescheduled the flight to the Jorge Enrique Gonzales (ICAO: SKSJ) airfield in the city of San Jose del Guaviare, to refuel and continue their flight to (SKVV).
At 08:34 the aircraft took off from Miraflores and flew to San Jose del Guaviare (SKSJ) to refuel, where it landed at 09:14. The aircraft was fueled and the crew submitted a flight plan to Villavicencio with a total flight time of 45 minutes an altitude of 8,500 feet. Prior to departure one more passenger boarded the flight.
The aircraft took off at 09:55. At 10:15, when the aircraft was climbing through 8,100 feet and approximately 59NM (109 km) from Villavicencio, the flight reported engine problems and stated their intentions to divert to a nearby airstrip. Villavicencio ATC suggested La Rinconada Airstrip in the Municipality of San Martín, Meta, Colombia.
The aircraft lost altitude and last radio contact was at 10:32 when the crew radioed that they had a runway in sight, with no further information.
At 10:34 the aircraft hit the ground of a palm plantation with a high angle of descent and low speed. Flaps and undercarriage were retracted at the time of the accident. The aircraft slid across a gravel road and burst into flames. All 14 occupants have perished, including the mayor of the municipality of Taraira - Vaupes Doris Lizeth Villegas Chara and her family.
2019 Colombia DC-3 crash (Wikipedia)

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14 человек погибли при крушении самолета в Колумбии
 

09.03.2019/ 10:34 LT (15:34 UTC)
Колумбия/ Мета/ Сан-Мартин

 
Погибли 14 человек, находившихся на борту самолета Douglas DC-3 (HK-2494) авиакомпании Laser Aereo Colombia, когда тот выполнял аварийную посадку. Самолет летел из города Сан-Хосе-дель-Гуавьяре в столицу центрального департамента Цель - Виллависенсио. В пути пилот объявил о чрезвычайной ситуации и попытался приземлиться в муниципалитете Сан-Мартин, однако, со слов очевидцев, во время посадки самолет развалился на части и сгорел. В салоне самолета находилась мэр расположенного на юго-востоке страны поселения Тарайра Дорос Лизет Віллегас Чара, ее муж Альберто Араке и их дочь.

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14 загинаха при самолетна катастрофа в Колумбия

09.03.2019/ 10:34 LT (15:34 UTC)
Колумбия/ Мета/ Сан Мартин

Самолет Дъглас ДС-3 (HK2494) на авиокомпанията LASER Aéreo Colombia извършвал чартърен полет от Тарайра (SKTR) за Вилависенсио (SKVV) в Колумбия с трима души екипаж, 8 пътници и 500 кг товар, но поради влошаване на времето се приземили в Мирафлорес (SKMF). Там на борда се качили още двама пътници. След излитане екипажът извършил междинно кацане за презареждане с гориво на летище Хорхе Енрике Гонзалес (SKSJ) в град Сан Хосе дел Гуавиаре, където още един пътник се присъединил към полета. Излетели отново, но при набора на височина достигнали 2700 м и на около 109 км от дестинацията Вилависенсио, екипажът съобщил на авиодиспечера там за проблеми с двигателите и намерение да се насочат за принудително кацане до някое близко летище. Предложили им това в Сан Мартин. При последния си радиоконтакт в 10:32 екипажът докладвал, че вижда полосата, след което самолетът изгубил височина и с остър ъгъл на снижение се ударил в палмова плантация, плъзнал се по черен път и избухнал в пламъци. Всичките 14 души на борда загубили живота си, в това число и кметицата на Тарайра - Ваупес Дорис Лизет Виллегас Чара, съпругът ѝ Алберто Араке и дъщеря им.

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10.03.2019/ 05:44 UTC - Jetliner crashes in Ethiopia, killing 157 from 35 countries

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All 13 people on board crashed Kazakhstan helicopter killed
 

27.03.2019/ 11:35 UTC
Kazakhstan/ Kyzylorda Region/ Zalagash

 
A Kazakh military Mi-8 helicopter crashed on Wednesday in Kazakhstan during exercises. The incident occurred when the helicopter was flying from Aktau to Shymkent as part of a group of four military helicopters. The copter has crashed due to unknown circumstances, caught fire and was burned completely. All 13 people on board the helicopter were killed. A special commission has been formed and sent to the crash site by Kazakhstan’s Defense Minister Nurlan Yermekbayev.

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Крушение вертолета в Кызылординской области: погибли 13 человек
 

27.03.2019/ 11:35 UTC
Казахстан/ Жалагаш

При крушении вертолета МИ-8 в Кызылординской области погибли 13 человек.
27 марта около 19:40 м. вр. при выполнении перелета с аэродрома Атырау на аэродром Шымкент вертолет МИ-8 потерпел крушение.
По информации источника, по плану учений „Айбалта-2019” воздушное судно в составе еще четырех вертолетов должно было лететь по маршруту Актау-Бейнеу-Крайний-Шымкент. Спустя два часа после вылета с промежуточного аэродрома Крайний вертолет разбился в районе поселка Жалагаш Кызылординской области. На борту находились командир экипажа Костыгов Р.П., правый летчик лейтенант Айтбаев А.Б., бортовой механик Кудайбердиев Т.А. и 10 пассажиров. Перелет осуществлялся в темное время и в сложных метеорологических условиях.
Командующий Военно-воздушными силами СВО Вооружённых сил РК Даурен Косанов на пресс-конференции в СЦК объяснил, почему в разбившемся вертолёте Ми-8 находились 13 человек и почему метеорологические условия не могли вызвать проблемы у пилота.
"Для вертолётов армейской авиации сложные метеоусловия – это при высоте ниже 200 метров. На период перелёта от Кызылорды до Шымкента высота нижней границы была 390-600 метров. Это не является для них сложными метеорологическими условиями", – сказал Даурен Косанов.
Погибший майор Роман Костыгов имел уровень подготовки для полётов в пределах 100-метровой нижней границы при видимости 1 км. Перед ним летели двое молодых капитанов, затем летел сам майор Костыгов, группу замыкал подполковник Сагиев.
"Два опытных лётчика со вторым классом (Костыгов и Сагиев. – Авт.), поэтому у них личный состав сидел. У двух капитанов по 3 человека экипажа было, так как они лётчики 3-го класса. Эти два капитана смогли пролететь. Я сомневаюсь, что лётчик 2-го класса, инструктор, заместитель командира авиационной эскадрильи хуже летает, чем молодые капитаны. Они (молодые пилоты. – Авт.) сели спокойно: один в Шымкенте, второго вернули обратно в Кызылорду", – заявил Косанов.
Он пояснил, что рассматривают следующие версии крушения: отказ техники, человеческий фактор и всё-таки метеорологические условия.
По роковому стечению обстоятельств в этом же самом районе 11 лет назад разбился еще один Ми-8. 28 февраля 2008 года борт "Казавиаспаса" не долетел до нужной точки. 27 марта и 28 февраля, с разницей в 11 лет, стали печальными датами в истории страны.

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 Военен вертолет катастрофира в Казахстан, 13 загинаха
 

27.03.2019/ 11:35 UTC
Казахстан/ Къйзъйлординска област/ Жалагаш

 
При катастрофа на военен вертолет Ми-8 в Казахстан са загинали 13 души (3 членен екипаж и 10 пасажери).

На 27 март около 17:35 часа м. време при изпълнение на прелитане по маршрута Актау-Бейнеу-Крайний-Шимкент в група от четири военнотранспортни вертолета. Два часа след излитането от площадката за междинно кацане по маршрута Крайний един от тях се разбива в района на село Жалагаш. Полетът бил по план на провежданото в страната учение „Айбалта-2019” (Лунна брадва-2019) с участието на екипи от специалните подразделения „Алтън жебе” (Златна стрела). Медии разкриват имената на екипажа - командир м-р Костыгов Р.П, втори пилот лейтенант Айтбаев А.Б. и борден механик м-р Кудайбердиев Т.А.. Два от четирите вертолета са се приземили в град Шимкент. Третият се е върнал на местопроизшествието. Полетът се провел в сумрак и сложни метеорологични условия. Води се разследване за изясняване на причините довели до трагедията.

June 2019

03.06.2019/ 13:00 LT - No Survivors in AN-32 Crash in Arunachal Pradesh, 13 killed

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21.06.2019/ 18:22 LT - N256TA - 1967 BEECH 65-A90 crash in Hawaii killed 11 || List

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27.06.2019/ 10:25 LT - 2 killed after An-24 skids off runway in Buryatia, Russia

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10 killed when private plane headed to St. Petersburg crashes after takeoff in Texas
 

30.06.2019/ 0911 CDT (central daylight time)
USA/ TX/ Dallas-Addison Airport (ADS)

The Beechcraft BE-300 King Air 350i (N534FF) was destroyed after impacting a hangar during takeoff from runway 15 at Dallas-Addison Airport (ADS/KADS), Dallas, Texas. A post-impact fire ensued. The ten occupants onboard received fatal injuries. The cross-country flight was originating at the time of the accident and was en route to Albert Whitted Airport (KSPG), St. Petersburg, Florida.
Inside the hangar a Dassault Falcon 900 jet (N908CA) and a helicopter sustained some damage.
The takeoff of the airplane was captured by radar and multiple security cameras and was observed by several witnesses located in various locations at the airport. One witness stated to the NTSB that as the airplane went down the runway, it seemed more quiet than normal and sounded like it did not have sufficient power to takeoff. After the airplane lifted off, witnesses observed the airplane drift to the left, and then roll to the left before colliding with the hangar. Several security cameras captured the drift to the left immediately after takeoff and then a roll to the left. The airplane ground speed decreased from 114 knots when analysis started down to 85 knots shortly before the airplane crashed into a hangar. One camera showed the airplane roll completely inverted before it collided with the hangar.
The empennage, right engine, and both propeller assemblies separated from the airplane during the impact sequence and were located inside of the hangar. Fragmented pieces of both wings were located on top of the hangar, inside of the hangar, and immediately to the north of the hangar. The main wreckage, which included the left engine and the fuselage, was located outside of the hangar and it came to rest adjacent to a brick wall. The main wreckage came to rest on its right side and was destroyed by the impact forces and post impact fire.
The cockpit voice recorder (CVR) recorded a crew comment regarding a problem with the left engine about 8 seconds before the end of the recording. Three automated "bank angle" aural alerts began about 3 seconds before the end of the recording.
The victims included pilots Howard Cassady (born on February 2, 1948 in Houston, Mississippi) and Matthew Palmer (May 6, 1991); Brian and Ornella Ellard and their teenage children, Alice Maritato and Dylan Maritato; Steve and Gina Thelen; and John and Mary Titus. All eight passengers were members of Bent Tree Country Club in Dallas, according to an email the club sent to members.

July 2019

14.07.2019/ 14:08 - Nine dead as plane carrying skydivers crashes into island in Sweden

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Air Saguenay plane crash in Labrador, 4 dead and 3 missing

15.07.2019
Canada/ Newfoundland and Labrador/ Mistastin Lake
Air transportation safety investigation A19A0052

 
On 15 July 2019, the float-equipped de Havilland DHC-2 MK I Beaver aircraft (registration C-FJKI, serial number 992), operated by Air Saguenay (1980) Inc. (Air Saguenay), was conducting a day trip under visual flight rules from a fly-in fishing lodge on Crossroads Lake, Newfoundland and Labrador, to Mistastin Lake, Newfoundland and Labrador. There were 1 pilot, 2 guides and 4 fishermen on board the aircraft. The purpose of the flight was to travel to Mistastin Lake for a day of fishing. Mistastin Lake is approximately 16 km by 11 km in area and over 200 feet deep in places, and is accessible only by air. There was some fog and mist in the morning, and the flight was delayed leaving the lodge, departing between 0900 and 0930.
When the aircraft did not return to the lodge in the evening, staff attempted to communicate with the aircraft through a radio at the lodge, and also through Air Saguenay's dispatch in Wabush, Quebec. When no communication was established, the company implemented its emergency procedure and first contacted the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre (JRCC) in Trenton at 20:38. A search and rescue effort was initiated.
At around 05:00 on 16 July, the SAR aircraft spotted the occurrence aircraft's fuselage floating in the water. The fuselage was inverted and partially submerged. The engine, wings, and floats had detached from the fuselage and were not visible. The bodies of 3 passengers were recovered from the water, the temperature of which was 6 °C to 7 °C.
On 24 July, the body of a fourth passenger was recovered. None of the 4 passengers were found wearing personal flotation devices.
The search ended on 08 August 2019. The recovery team did not locate the remaining occupants or the wreckage. The pilot and the 2 other passengers are still missing.
The pilot, 61-year-old Gilles Morin, had 20,000 hours of flying experience, according to Jean Tremblay, the chief executive of his employer, regional airline Air Saguenay. Morin had been flying in and out of Mistastin Lake, where the plane's wreckage was found, for at least six years.

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Pakistani army plane crashes into homes, killing 19

30.07.2019/ 02:30 LT
Pakistan/ Rawalpindi, Mora Kalu

A Pakistan Army Aviation Corps Beechcraft B300 King Air 350i (766, serial № FL-766) was destroyed when it impacted residential structures near Mora Kalu (10 km south of Nur Khan AFB) in the residential area of Rawalpindi in Punjab. The plane was on a routine training night flight.
According to a local rescue spokesman 19 dead bodies were brought to hospital that included 14 civilians and five crew members. Among the victims is a family whose eight members, including four children, were killed. At least 15 people were also injured in the crash, some of them critically. Rescue teams of 1122 and Pakistan Army immediately reached the site and started the rescue operation.
The ISPR (Inter-Services Public Relations - the media wing of the Pakistan Army) said that rescue teams had extinguished the fire caused by the crash and moved the injured to various hospitals of Rawalpindi, where paramedics said most of the victims were badly burnt.
President Arif Alvi and Prime Minister Imran Khan expressed their grief over the loss of lives in the aircraft crash.

Mercy mission helicopter flight crashes in Fiji, killing Australian pilot, mother and child
 

02.08.2019/ daylight
Fiji/ off Korotasere/ Natewa Bay

 
Gilbert Parker, an Australian pilot is missing presumed dead after his helicopter crashed in seas off Fiji on 02 August 2019. Mr Parker was a pilot for the Savasi Island Resort in the town of Savusavu.
The Civil Aviation Authority of Fiji in a statement had confirmed that the four-seater white Robinson R44 Raven II helicopter, registration DQ- HPT, is owned by Parker Equipment Hire Ltd based in Savusavu.
“Evidence found at the scene suggests that the helicopter had impacted the water at a relatively high speed and that there are no survivors.”
Mr Parker was transporting a two-year-old boy EJ and his mother Taraivosa Moceisuva to hospital near the island of Vanua Levu, when his helicopter crashed.
Police said the mother's body was recovered by villagers from the Natewa Bay shoreline and a post-mortem examination was conducted. The woman was found still wearing the lifejacket but the child’s lifejacket was found only. Search operations has been discontinued for the wreckage of the Robinson 44 helicopter.
Investigator In Charge Andrew McGregor said there has been several challenges.
“These include large areas of sunken reef on the Western side of Natewa bay which pose significant risks to sea craft and specialist sonar equipment; the depth of channels which are near the limit of diver capability together with the strong currents at these locations; and the likelihood that the helicopter broke up on impact. In that case it is likely that the strong sea currents have transported the helicopter sections several miles from the initial point of impact, making discovery of significant wreckage even with substantially greater search resources, unlikely. For these reasons all those involved in leading the search operations have decided to call off the search.
Despite the fact that significant wreckage has not been found, many pieces of the helicopter such as sections of Aluminium skin, seat squabs, personal effects and the body of one of the passengers has been found along several miles of the Western coast of Natewa bay. However we regret to advise that neither the pilot nor the remaining passenger have been found.”

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15.08.2019/ 06:15 LT - Hero pilot carrying 226 tourists lands in cornfield after plane collided with flock of birds

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Seven dead in collision between helicopter and small plane in Majorca
 

25.08.2019/ 13:35 LT
Spain/ Majorca/ Inca

 
Seven people, including two minors, were killed on Sunday in a collision between a Bell 206L-3 LongRanger III helicopter (D-HOTT) and a light plane, Aeroprakt A-22L Foxbat (EC-GU1), on the Spanish island of Majorca. Five people were on board the helicopter, two of them minors. Two adult Spaniards were in the small plane. All the people on board the two aircraft were killed.
A well-known German family celebrating a birthday has been identified as the victims of a helicopter crash near the Spanish island of Majorca, according to reports. Brewery heir August Inselkammer Jr., 43, and his wife, Christina, 41, died while traveling on the chopper with their two children, Max, 11, and Sophie, 9, for the dad’s birthday lunch. The pilot, Cedric Leoni, and two other passengers also died in the midair collision over the city of Inca. The Inselkammer family reportedly was visiting the island with friends and they planned to take two helicopters to lunch. But when the choppers arrived, the group decided that some members of the trip would take a car because one of the choppers was too small. The cause of the accident in the municipality of Inca was not yet known. Emergency services were notified of the crash at 1.35pm local time. The aircraft had crashed into a farm field.
“My solidarity and love for the families of the victims that lost their lives in this tragic accident,” Spain’s acting prime minister Pedro Sánchez tweeted.

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31.08.2019/ 18:53 LT (15:53 UTC) - Helicopter crash into river outside Moscow kills two

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Norway Helicopter Crash Kills Six
 

31.08.2019/15:08 UTC (17:08 LT)
Norway/ Finnmark/ near Alta/ Skoddevarre

 
All six people on board an Airbus H125 (AS-350B3e) helicopter (LN-OFU) operated by Helitrans have died following a crash outside Alta in northern Norway. Five of the victims lived locally and were in their 20s. The helicopter company Helitrans A/S flew local sightseeing flights during the "Høstsprell" local music festival. The helicopter was destroyed. There was a post-impact fire. Initially, authorities confirmed four people had died with one person taken by helicopter to the University Hospital of North Norway (UNN) in Tromsø. Just before 9 p.m, a UNN press officer said the injured person was in a “critical and unstable” condition. In the early hours of Sunday (September 1) morning, it was announced the patient had died along with the other person who had been missing in the hours after the crash.
The Airbus AS-350B was almost new, having been delivered to Helitrans in June 2019 from Østnes Helicopters, which represent Airbus in Norway. The helicopter had less than 73 flight hours. The AIBN has no indication that the operator of the accident helicopter, Helitrans AS, has performed work other than visual inspection in the affected area.
The examinations of the accident helicopter is still ongoing. The AIBN has, at this stage, not concluded whether, or not, failure of the connection between the engine and the main gearbox is a causal factor. In order to obtain a complete understanding of the accident, the AIBN needs to hold together all information from the examined components, possible data from the storage unit, accident site observations, witness observations and testimonies from all parties involved in manufacture, maintenance and operations of the helicopter.
 

September 2019

9 bodies retrieved from Calamba crash site

01.09.2019/ 15:10H (07:10UTC)
Philippines/ Laguna/ Calamba/ Barangay Pansol

On September l, 2019, at about 15:10 H/ 07:10 UTC, RP-C2296 a Textron Aviation Inc.SKA-B300 encountered Loss of Control In-flight (LOC-I) while approaching Manila and crashed into a private resort located in Barangay Pansol, Calamba, Laguna, Philippines. It lost radar contact with Manila Approach after being cleared to descend from 9,000ft for 5,000ft tracking-in radial 170, 25 DME to Ninoy Aquino International Airport (RPLL). The aircraft wreckage was found in a private resort with coordinates of 14°10’33.62”N, 121°11’34” E and heading approximately 228 degrees with most its fuselage totally burned. All nine (9) occupants were fatally injured and two (2) other persons on the ground sustained serious injuries. The aircraft tookoff from Dipolog Principal Airport (RPMG), Dipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte bound for Manila (RPLL) on a MEDIVAC flight. Instrument Meteorological Condition (lMC) prevailed at the time of the accident.
The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines said it was investigating why the Beechcraft King Air plane carrying a New Zealand couple and seven Filipinos, including a medical team, crashed Sunday in Pansol village in Laguna province as it approached its destination, Manila. Philippine authorities identified the couple as Tom Laurence Carr and Erma Carr, a Filipina with New Zealand citizenship. Tom, who was in his early 70s, had been suffering from some health problems and Erma, who was in her early 50s, had been helping look after him.
The plane suddenly plummeted out of radar range near Mount Makiling over Pansol, a resort village popular for swimming pools and hot springs.

Videos posted by witnesses online showed smoke coming from the plane as it flew low over trees and houses before crashing and igniting a fire in a resort compound, where nine bodies were retrieved from the wreckage.

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Four bodies recovered from crashed Indonesia cargo plane
 

18.09.2019/ 11:00 LT (02:00 UTC)
Indonesia/ Mimika Regency/ Hoeya District/ 10 km (6.3 mls) from Kampung Mamontoga

 
A Viking Air DHC-6-400 Twin Otter cargo plane (PK-CDC) with four occupants was reported missing on a flight from Timika to Ilaga in Papua province, Indonesia.

The plane was operated by Carpediem Aviation on behalf of Rimbun Air.

The aircraft’s first flight was in 1916.
On 18.09.2019 at 10:36 hours local time (01:36 UTC) the aircraft took off from Timika with three crew members, one passenger, and 1.7 tons of rice on board. Last contact was at 10:54 and the estimated time of arrival at Ilaga was 11:09. The aircraft failed to arrive at Ilaga.
On September 22, SAR teams located debris on a mountainside at an elevation of 13500 feet, 70 km from Timika and 33 km from Ilaga.
The bodies of four occupants onboard of the Indonesian cargo plane have been recovered.
"The location was difficult to reach because of the dangerous terrain, but thankfully we managed to recover the victims' bodies," Budi Purnomo of the national search and rescue agency told reporters.

October 2019

02.10.2019/ 09:53 LT - 7 dead, 7 injured in crash of World War II bomber at Connecticut’s Bradley International Airport

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04.10.2019/03:43 UTC - Ukraine Air Alliance flight 4050, an Antonov An-12, crashed on appproach to Lviv, 5 dead

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10.10.2019/ 16:31 LT - An-72 plane crashes in Congo with presidential staff on board

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Afghanistan Mi-17 helicopter crashes in Balkh province, killing 7
 

15.10.2019/ 5:30p.m (13:00 GMT)
Hairatan area in Mazar, capital of Balkh province, Afghanistan

 
An Afghan military Mi-17 crashed on Tuesday evening in the Hairatan area of Balkh province with seven people on board. The helicopter belonged to the 777 Army Special Forces and was engaged in a practice flight when it crashed due to technical issues. All 7 people on board were killed.
The Mi-17 is a medium twin-turbine multipurpose transport helicopter and is the primary rotary wing platform operated by the Afghan Air Force. It has a crew of three as well as door gunners, and can carry up to 36 troops or 12 stretchers or 18 walking patients. Rosboronexport says its range without external fuel tanks is 675 km (420 miles), its service ceiling is 6,000 m (19,700 ft), and its maximum payload weight is 4,000 kg (8,800 lb). According to a January 2018 report by the U.S. Department of Defense Inspector General, Afghan Mi-17s can carry 24 passengers and have a cargo capacity of 6,620 pounds (3,000 kg).

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17.10.2019/ 17:40 LT - One dead in Unalaska plane crash

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S Korean helicopter crashed into sea near disputed islets, 7 killed

31.10.2019/ 23:30 LT

East Sea, near Dokdo Island - The H225 (EC 225LP) helicopter (registered HL9619) with seven people aboard crashed into the sea near Dokdo shortly after takeoff from a helipad near the lighthouse atop one island. The aircraft departed at 23:26 local time having picked up an injured crab fisherman (a severed thumb). On board were two pilots, three fire department responders, the patient and a friend. Divers found the wreckage 600 m offshore at 72 m depth. Five bodies and some wreckage has been recovered.