| 01.08.2007*/22:30 GMT//US/Co/Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport, a helicopter crash injures 2 men on board. */US/Ga/Kennesaw, Cessna plane crash injures the pilot. */US/Wash./Thurston County/Camano Island, De Havilland Chipmunk plane crashed through power lines after the engine stopped at 2,500 feet. The couple on board suffered only cuts and bruises. 02.08.2007*/03:00 GMT//US/Ca/Goleta, a Cessna-172 plane crash injures the pilot. */US/FL/Fort Lauderdale, a Piper Aerostar plane crash-landed, split into two pieces. */around 21:15 GMT//US/Wash./Snoqualmie Pass, a helicopter crash kills 4 people on board, sparking a wildfire. */Hungary/Bacs-Kiskun County/Kiskunfelegyhaza, Two people died when a small airplane crashed west of the town of Kiskunfelegyhaza Thursday evening. The wreck and the bodies of the Hungarian pilot and a Dutch passenger were found Friday morning. 03.08.2007*/US/Idaho/Clearwater County/Elk River, a Cheetah plane crashed on landing. 04.08.2007*/About 14:00 GMT//US/Maine/Lovell, A float plane carrying five people flipped onto its side and submerged while landing on Kezar Lake on Saturday, killing the 69-year-old pilot. Four family members -- two adults and two children -- were transported to hospitals. One of the children, a 4-year-old, was flown out by helicopter. */Singapore, two Singapore Airlines Boeing-777 flipped at the airport. 06.08.2007*/20:55 GMT//US/AK/Sitka, a small plane PA-46 Malibu crashed onto a house killing all 4 occupants on board. */US/Iowa/Benton County/Vinton, a crop-dusting plane hit power lines and crashed injuring the pilot. |
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| An RAF helicopter crashed during a military exercise injuring all 12 on board 08.08.2007/about 20:00 GMT UK/England/Catterick Garrison The aircraft, believed to be a Puma, came down in a wooded area of the Catterick Garrison Army base, about two miles west of Richmond, known as Hudswell Grange. A full-scale rescue operation co-ordinated at RAF Kinloss, was launched after 9 pm. Two RAF Sea King helicopters, two mountain rescue teams, a fleet of ambulances and fire crews were sent to the scene which was cordoned off. The helicopters flew 11 of the 12 injured to two hospitals in Newcastle and Middlesborough. The other was taken to hospital by ambulance. An RAF spokesman said some were "walking wounded" while others had more serious injuries. The casualties were the two-man RAF crew and 10 infantrymen based at Catterick - the Army's biggest garrison in Europe. "This was a fairy typical RAF operation in support of the Army." There had been no indication of an emergency. No Mayday call or distress signal. 09.08.2007-Two soldiers died from their injuries. The two airmen who died were Flight Lieutenant David Sale and Sergeant Phillip Anthony Burfoot. The helicopter was from 33 squadron, based at RAF Benson in Oxfordshire. 10.08.2007-Third death in helicopter crash The Puma is the oldest helicopter in RAF service and is due to be phased out in 2010. Capable of many operational roles, it has a crew of two or three and can carry 16 fully equipped troops or 20 lightly equipped. Catterick Garrison, situated a few miles off the A1 in North Yorkshire, covers 2400 acres with a further 19,500 acres of rugged training land. It is also home for the School of Infantry and Infantry Training Centre, where phase one and two training is conducted for every British infantry soldier. |
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| Emergency services at the scene |
| В Великобритании разбился военный вертолет 08.08.2007/20:00 по Гринвичу Великобритания/Кэтерик Гаррисон Военный вертолет Puma разбился в британском графстве Северный Йоркшир, сообщило министерство обороны Великобритании. Вертолет упал в лесу неподалеку от местной военной базы. По меньшей мере, двинадцать человек госпитализированы. Некоторые получили серьезные ранения, в то время как у других незначительные травмы. В спасательной операции, которая, по словам представительницы министерства, находится "на очень ранней стадии", принимают участие два вертолета Королевских воздушных сил. 09.08.2007- Двое из 12 человек, пострадавших накануне в результате крушения вертолета Королевских ВВС Великобритании в графстве Северный Йоркшир, скончались. 10.08.2007- Третий скончался. |
| Map of the crash An RAF Puma helicopter crashed during a night military exercise-2007 |
| Англия разследва инцидент с хеликоптер 08.08.2007/20:00 по Гринуич Великобритания/Катерик Гарисон Вертолет Puma от състава на Кралските ВВС се е разбил в гориста местност край Катерик Гарисон, Северен Йоркшир-Англия, където се намира една от най-големите военни бази в Европа, заемаща 21900 акра площ с тренировъчните полигони. Дванадесетте военнослужащи на борда (двамата членове на екипажа и 10-те войника от базата) са с различни по степен наранявания и спешно са настанени в болници на градовете Нюкясъл и Мидълзбро. Няколоко от тях са в критично състояние. Вертолетът е участвал в планово учение по подръжка и взаимодействие със сухопътните сили. На мястото на катастрофата действат спасителни екипи с участието на пожарникари, полиция, медицински екипи подпомогнати от два вертолета Sea King, както и авиационни експерти започнали разследването на инцидента. Вертолетът Puma е най-старият на въоръжение в Кралските ВВС и се предвижда да бъде снет от въоръжение през 2010 г. Пригоден е да изпълнява разнообразни задачи, има екипаж от 2-3 души и може да транспортира до 16 бойци с пълно бойно снаряжение или до 20 леко екипирани бойци. 09.08.2007 - Двама от настанените в болница военнослужащи са починали от наранявяниятя си. 10.08.2007 - Трети военнослужещ е починал от нараняванията си при катастрофата. Близките му били до него, когато издъхнал. |
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| The wreckage of the crashed Puma copter |
| 09.08.2007*/Brazil/Brasilia, a firefighting copter crashed killing 3 people on board. */US/Md/Hollywood, a small plane crash injures an old woman. Later the woman died from injuries. */23:40 GMT//US/Ga/De Kalb County/Doraville, a Cessna Skymaster plane crashed. The airplane is burned up.A man and a woman were taken to Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta. Both were seriously injured. */US/Iowa/Adams County, a crop-duster plane crashed. |
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| Крушение самолета во Французской Полинезии унесло жизни 20 человек 09.08.2007/22:15 по Гринвичу Французская Полинезия/остров Муреа Спасатели обнаружили тела 13 пассажиров и пилота самолета, разбившегося в ночь на пятницу в тихоокеанской Французской Полинезии. Двухмоторный самолет de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 (рег. № F-OIQI) направлявшийся в административный центр Французской Полинезии Папеэте на острове Таити, упал в воду вскоре после взлета с острова Муреа в 12.15 по местному времени (02.15 мск). По уточненным данным, среди 20 человек, находившихся на борту, были пять сотрудников министерства окружающей среды и туризма Полинезии, а также два высокопоставленных чиновника Еврокомиссии. Кроме того, этим рейсом летели двое туристов из Австралии. "У самолета, казалось, были трудности с взлетом. Затем он упал, и раздался взрыв", - рассказывает сотрудник аэропорта. Спасатели, прибывшие на место происшествия, обнаружили лишь осколки и плавающие тела. "Тела поднимаются медленно, одно за другим", - сообщил один из спасателей По его словам, это свидетельствует о том, что корпус самолета "был уничтожен в момент удара, потому что все пассажиры еще были пристегнуты спустя минуту после крушения". Twin Otter, принадлежавший авиакомпании острова Air Moorea, находился в воздушном парке компании в течение года, а последнее контрольный осмотр воздушное судно прошло 19 июля. "Это жестокий траур для Полинезии и для ее правительства", - заявил президент Французской Полинезии Гастон Тон Санг (Gaston Ton Sang), немедленно прибывший на место катастрофы. |
| 20 BELIEVED DEAD IN PLANE CRASH IN FRENCH POLYNESIA 09.08.2007/22:15 GMT French Polynesia/Island of Moorea A small airplane plunged into the sea moments after taking off from the French Polynesian resort island of Moorea, apparently killing all 20 people aboard in the territory's worst-ever plane crash, officials said Friday. Two Australian tourists, two European Union officials, and a group of Polynesian environmental and tourism officials were among those aboard the de Havilland DHC6 Twin Otter 300 (reg. F-OIQI) turboprop when it crashed Thursday. The crash's cause was unclear. No one was believed to have survived the crash. Rescue workers, helped by French navy ships and local fishing boats, recovered the bodies of 14 passengers and the pilot. An official called the crash French Polynesia's worst-ever airplane accident. Suitcases bobbed in the lagoon as helicopters circled above and rescue boats, flying the French tricolor, scoured the area. Worried residents gathered on the wharf, clustering around fishing boats as they returned. Shaken fishermen described seeing the plane crash so quickly that they didn't understand what had happened. The High Commission said the plane was resting on the sea floor, about 2,300 feet deep. The plane went down within a minute after takeoff at noon Thursday. The Air Moorea flight was heading for Tahiti, 11 miles away, on what would have been just a seven-minute journey. The Twin Otter plane was returned to service after a major upgrade in November 2006 and had two new engines, Witkowski said. It was unclear when it first entered service. He would not comment on the crash's possible cause, saying investigators would determine it. The island of Moorea is a popular resort location prized for its stunning beaches and green hilly peaks. The plane carried out regular flights between Moorea and Tahiti for Air Moorea. Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade said Friday that the two Australians passengers were from Victoria state, but that they had not been identified. |
| Crashed Twin Otter (reg. F-OIQI) |
| 20 души загинаха при самолетна катастрофа във Френска Полинезия 09.08.2007/22:15 по Гринуич Френска Полинезия/остров Мореа 20 души са загинали при катастрофа на самолет на остров Морея, Френска Полинезия. Малкият турбовитлов самолет de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 (рег. № F-OIQI), собственост на Air Moorea-дъщерна на авиокомпанията Air Tahiti е пътувал за Таити, но е претърпял катастрофа малко след излитането си. Самолетът паднал във водата от около 700 м височина. Според треперещ от преживяното рибар катастрофата станала много бързо. Във водата са пръснати останки от самолета, куфари, лични веши, тела. На мястото работят спасителни екипи подпомогнати от лодки и вертолети. Все още не са открити телата на 6 от пътниците. На борда е имало 19 пътници и пилот. Тялото на пилота е открито. Сред жертвите са петима чужденци, измежду които трима туристи и двама високопоставени лица на ЕС. Сред туристите са двама австралийци. Причините за инцидента се изясняват. Предварителната версия относно катастрофата е за внезапно отказали двигатели, но точно те са били подменени с нови след капитален ремонт през 2006 г. Явно комисията по разследване и изясняване на причините за катастрофата ще има не лека задача, ако не бъдат своевременно открити бордовите самописци на самолета. 52-годишният пилот Michel Santurenne е бил опитен - с летателен стаж от 3500 часа. Според местните власти това е най-голямата авиационна катастрофа случвала се някога на територията на Френска Полинезия. |
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| 10.08.2007*/Iraq/Youssifiyah, an US HH-60 helicopter went down after hitting an electricity pole during a raid targeting an insurgent, the two soldiers on board sustained non-life threatening injuries. */US/Indiana/Allen Co/Fort Wayne Int. Airport, a Cessna-210D crashed into a cornfield. */US/Ca/Mono County, a glider missing. 12.08.2007- a body discovered in the wreckage of a glider. 11.08.2007*/19:00 GMT//US/OH/Toledo//Maumee River, a homemade, one-seat helicopter crashed into the Maumee River. */US/Pa/Latrobe, a Cessna Cardinal plane made an emergency belly landing. */US/Ca/Lomita, a small plane crashed into a home killing the pilot. */US/Okla./Oklahoma City/Wiley Post Airport, a small plane made a belly landing. */01:30 GMT//US/Minn./Sherburne Co/ near Princeton, a 1953 Cessna plane crash injures 2. 12.08.2007*/US/N.Y./Orange County/Montgomery, a small plane crashed in a wooded area west of the Orange Co Airport. |
| SKorean air skids off runway 00:37 GMT (09:37 loc. time) South Korea/Busan-Gimhae (Pusan) International Airport (PUS) A Jeju Air passenger plane carrying 74 people skidded off the runway while taxiing to its gate at Gimhae International Airport in Busan yesterday morning. Ten passengers suffered minor injuries. Six of them were taken to a nearby hospital. The de Havilland Canada DHC-8-402 Q400 (reg. HL5256), operated by the budget domestic carrier, had landed safely. The left wing of the plane then hit a drainage ditch after it was blown by a strong wind, destroying one propeller, an official from the airline said. The airport was closed to air traffic for 23 minutes and seven flights were delayed. Aviation experts are scheduled to fly to Busan to investigate. Jeju Air normalized its flight schedule with a substitute plane yesterday afternoon. The airline began flying in 2006. |
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| South Korea's budget airline Jeju Air's 74-seat Q400 lies down near the runway at Gimhae International Airport in Gimhae, south of Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, Aug. 12, 2007. (AP Photo/ Yonhap, Cho Jung-ho) |
| Южнокорейски пътнически самолет излезе от пистата 12.08.2007 00:37 по Гринуич (09:37 м. вр.) Южна Корея/ Бусан Пътнически самолет на Южнокорейската авиокомпания Jeju Air, марка de Havilland Canada DHC-8-402 Q400 (рег. № HL5256), излязъл от пистата при силен порив на вятъра докато рулирал на международното летище Gimhae в Бусан (Южна Корея) след кацане. Лявото му крило се ударило в отводнителен ров и се повредели перките на единия му двигател. Някои медии съобщават и за счупен колесник. Летишето било затворено поради инцидента за 23 минути и 7 полета се приземили със закъснение. На борда му имало 74 пътника, като 10 от тях получили леки наранявания. Шестима от ранените били приети в болница. Jeju Air бързо възстановила графика на своите полети с друг самолет. Авиокомпанията датира превозваческата си дейност от 2006 г. |
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| Пассажирский самолет съехал со взлетно-посадочной полосы 12.08.2007//00:37 по Гринвичу Ю.Корея/Бусан Самолет de Havilland Canada DHC-8-402 Q400 (рег. № HL5256) авиакомпании Jeju Air съехал со взлетно-посадочной полосы после посадки в аэропорту. Пострадали 10 из 174 пассажиров на борту. Причины происшествия - сильный порыв ветра. |
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| 14.08.2007*/Taiwan/Taipei, a Northwest Airlines Boeing-747 cargo plane made an emergency landing. */US/Wash./Seattle,Police say two people have been rescued from a 1961 Cessna-172 float plane that flipped in Lake Washington. No injuries. |
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| The linchpin of naval aviation operations, the mission of the highly-valued E-2C Hawkeye, is to provide command and control leadership to Aircraft Carrier Strike Groups. Manufactured by Northrop-Grumman, the Hawkeye is flown by ten fleet squadrons stationed in Norfolk, VA, Pt. Mugu, CA, and Atsugi, Japan; two reserve squadrons in Norfolk and Atlanta, GA, and the training squadron VAW-120, also in Norfolk. A highly flexible aircraft, the carrier-based Hawkeye has a trio of detection systems which are able to detect ships and aircraft in excess of 300 nautical miles. When this "over-the-horizon" detection capability is combined with a suite of communications equipment and a highly trained aircrew, the Hawkeye is a potent airborne weapon for any mission in which the Carrier Air Group takes part, from Strike and Air Intercept Control to Close Air Support for ground forces as well as Search and Rescue missions. Regardless of its assigned mission, the Hawkeye is a priceless player in the airborne command and control of the United States Armed Forces. The E-2C Hawkeye normally carries a crew of five, including two pilots and three naval flight officers. |
| Navy plane crashes off Virginia 16.08. 2007//03:00 GMT NORFOLK, Va. — A Navy twin-engine turbo prop plane crashed off Virginia’s coast, and the Navy and Coast Guard were searching Thursday for the three aviators who were aboard, authorities said. The E-2C Hawkeye aircraft crashed at about 11 p.m. Wednesday following its launch from the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman, the Navy said in a statement. The ship had been conducting routine training. The Truman, the aircraft carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower and the Coast Guard were searching for the missing aviators by air and sea. The Hawkeye is from Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron 120, based at Norfolk Naval Station. The squadron trains pilots and naval flight officers before they are assigned to operational fleet squadrons. Mike Maus, a Navy spokesman, said he did not have further information about the crash or the crew. The Navy was investigating the cause of the crash.//AP |
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| У берегов Виржинии потерпел крушение самолет ВМС США 16.08. 2007//03:00 по Гринвичу США/ В районе побережья американского штата Виржиния потерпел крушение двухмоторный турбовинтовой самолет E-2C Hawkeye ВМС США, три члена экипажа пропали без вести, сообщило агентство Ассошиэйтед Пресс со ссылкой на представителей властей. Инцидент произошел в 240 километрах от побережья штата в среду вечером, после того как самолет взлетел с авианосца USS Harry S. Truman для выполнения планового тренировочного полета. Представитель ВМС США заявил, что начато расследование обстоятельств происшествия. Поиски членов экипажа продолжаются. |
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| Катастрофира самолет за ранно предупреждение от ВМС на САЩ 16.08.2007//03:00 по Гринуич САЩ/Норфолк/ водите на Вирджиния Самолет E-2C Hawkeye от състава на 120 ескадрила за ранно предупреждение на ВМС на САЩ е катастрофирал малко след излитането си от самолетоносача USS Harry S. Truman при изпълнение на тренировъчен полет. Тричленният екипаж се издирва. Катастрофата е станала във водите на Атлантическия океан край бреговете на щата Вирджиния. В издирвателно-спасителната операция участват самолетоносачите Truman и Eisenhower, както екипи и средства на Бреговата охрана. 120 ескадрила за ранно предупреждение е базирана във военноморската база в Норфолк и основното й предназначение е да тренира пилоти и бордови авиационни специалисти като ги подготвя за изпълнение на бойни задачи в оперативните летателни ескадрили. |
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| 4 killed, 1 injuerd in helicopter crash over Arizona 16.08.2007*/US/AZ/20 mls N of Yuma. A U.S. Marine Corps search-and-rescue helicopter crashed during a training flight over southwest Arizona, killing four people on board. One person survived. The HH-1N Huey crashed about 20 miles north of Yuma on Thursday. The wreckage was discovered early Friday, and three Marines and one Navy sailor were pronounced dead at the scene (Major Cesar Y. Freitas, 35, and Capt. Bradley E. Walters, 33-pilots and Sgt. Charles L. Osgood, 27, the crew chief, and Navy Hospitalman 2nd Class Brendon O. Sandburg, 25). An injured Marine (Marine Lance Cpl. Brian D. Stahlhut, 21) was transported to Yuma Regional Medical Center and is listed in stable condition. The chopper assigned to the Marine Corps Air Station in Yuma was last heard from at about 4 p.m. Thursday. The aircraft was flying on a routine training mission near the Army's Yuma Proving Ground, a sprawling 1,300-square-mile military reservation along the Arizona-California border used to test combat systems and helicopters.The missing aircraft was assigned to the Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron at the Marine Corps Air Station. The Yuma facility is the home base for several air squadrons and is the world's busiest Marine Corps air station. |
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| Photo by: Lance Cpl. Kamran Sadaghiani Photo Date:28.07.2005 |
| 5 people killed, 4 injured in crash of small airplane in southeast Alaska 16.08.2007/US/AK/25 mls N of Ketchikan A small airplane crashed near this island city in southeast Alaska killing five people. There were four survivors in the crash Thursday, including a 3-year-old girl. Three of the four were to be transported to hospitals in the U.S. mainland for further treatment of burns. The SeaWind Aviation plane crashed into a tree at Traitors Cove, about 25 miles north of Ketchikan. The plane went down on land about 200 feet from shore. It couldn't be immediately confirmed that the plane hit a tree, but several trees were burning after the crash. The cause was under investigation. At the time of the crash, high winds unexpectedly came up, but it couldn't immediately be determined if that was a factor. Darkness and worsening weather ended recovery efforts Thursday night. The bodies would be recovered Friday.The Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board investigators were headed to the scene of the crash.Investigators will be looking at a multiple of possible causes, including weather at the time of the crash, the plane's flight and maintenance logs, and the pilot's ratings and medical records. Аll the variables that could have affected the flight will be considered. SeaWind Aviation's Web site lists its only aircraft as a de Havilland Beaver floatplane. The company offers bear viewing and sightseeing tours, including flights to nearby Misty Fiords National Monument. According to AP killed in Thursday's crash were Eric Smith, 37; his wife Christine Smith, 36; their son Trevor Smith, 3, all of Tualatin, Ore.; David Mayer, 60, Oregon City, Ore. and Daniel Herron, 49, of Irvine. Troopers identified the survivors as pilot Clifford Kamm, 44, and tour guide Sara Steffen, 27, both of Ketchikan; Allison Smith, 3, of Tualatin, and Mindy Mayer, 60, of Oregon City. Mayer, Kamm and Steffen were in satisfactory condition at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle but the little girl was in critical condition, officials said. |
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| SeaWind Aviation's deHavilland Beaver floatplane |
| 17.08.2007*/US/Minn./Otter Tail County/Henning, an exp. plane crashed in a bean field killing the pilot. */US/AK/Crane Creek/Arctic Village, a teenage boy was rescued from a camp after his father and another person never returned from a short flight in northeast Alaska. They crashed by a small plane and died on Monday-13.08.2007. */US/AK/Fairbanks, a plane flips on Fairbanks airstrip runway during takeoff. Two people on board were injured. */US/N.H./New London, an ultralight RANS-S5 Coyote plane crashed in a back yard. */US/Mass./Nantucket, the 830 Cirrus aircraft apparently was trying to land at Nantucket on visual flight rules when the weather went bad Friday night. The pilot used the plane's safety parachute to make a hard landing in the village of Siasconsett, about five miles northeast of the Nantucket airport The pilot, flying with his wife, was taken to a hospital. */US/L. Love's Beechcraft plane disappeared off West Africa in flight from Accra (Ghana) to Namibia. 18.08.2007*/US/FL/Clearwater Executive Airpark, a small plane crashed at the end of the airstrip injuring one of the three onb. |
| Небольшой самолет потерпел крушение на Аляске 16.08.2007/США/Аляска/Кетчикан К северу от американского города Кетчикан в штате Аляска потерпел крушение небольшой пассажирский самолет de Havilland Beaver, погибли пять человек. Инцидент произошел в ночь на пятницу. Четыре пассажира, среди которых двухлетняя девочка, выжили. 9 человек было на борту самолета. Трое пострадавших госпитализированы. |
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| Катастрофа на туристически самолет погуби петима в Аляска 16.08.2007/САЩ/Аляска/Кетчикан Самолет за развлекателни полети на туристи de Havilland Beaver (рег. № N345KA) се разби на 25 мили северно от гр. Кетчикан, при което загинаха 5 души и други 4 бяха сериозно ранени. Сред ранените е 3-годишно момиченце, чието състояние е все още критично. Катастрофата е станала в гориста местност на около 70 м от брега. Не е ясно дали самолетът се е ударил в дърво, но е възникнал пожар при инцидента и няколко от дърветата са силно обгорели. По време на катастрофата внезапно се появили силни пориви на вятъра, но все още не може да се твърди, че това я е причинило. Екперти на Federal Aviation Administration и National Transportation Safety Board предстои да разследват причините за трагичния инцидент като вземат под внимание всички възможни фактори-време, характеристики на полета, техническа подръжка на летателното средство, летателна подготовка и здравословно състояние на пилота. Според уеб сайта на авиокомпанията SeaWind Aviation-собственик на катастрофиралия самолет, това е единственото й летателно средство. Компанията е извършвала предимно полети за развлечение на туристи над приказно красивите фиорди на Аляска. |
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| Alaska State Troopers via AP This photos released Friday shows part of the wreckage of a small plane that crashed Thursday and killed four Oregon residents and a California man in Ketchikan, Alaska. The Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board investigators will examine the cause of the crash. |
| */Turkey/Antalia. Six crew members and 136 passengers were on board the Atlasjet flight from Ercan airport in northern Cyprus to Istanbul-Ataturk International Airport when the men, claiming to have a bomb, demanded that the MD-83 (reg. TC-AKN) plane be diverted to Iran. One of the two men was reporedly carrying a knife. Pilots managed to land at Antalya airport in southwest Turkey, and most of the passengers escaped safely when the hijackers released the women and children on board, officials said. However, the hijackers held some crew members and passengers hostage for more than four hours before eventually allowing them to leave and peacefully surrendering to authorities, officials said. One of the men was Turkish and the other was believed to be a Palestinian carrying a Syrian passport. They claimed to be members of Al-Qaeda. |
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| */US/Ind./Pulaski County/Winamac, a helicopter crash kills the pilot. */Canada/B.C./20 km SE of Squamish, a Cessna -172 plane crash kills the pilot, injures 2 passengers. 19.08.2007*/South Korea/mountain in Gongju, a helicopter spraying anti-insect chemicals crashed killing 3 people on board. |
| 04.10.2007- Allison Smith ( 3 ) died Thursday morning at a Seattle hospital. |
| Search and Rescue members in a HH-1N Huey helicopter perform a confined area landing exercise in Yuma County July 20. New SAR pilots-in-training continuously train for this type of landing to refine their skills from the fleet. Maneuvers in SAR must be more precise and the crew more coordinated than in normal fleet operations because of the difficult rescue scenarios they face. |
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