11 загинали при катастрофа на Ил-76 в Русия 31.10.2009//23:49 по Гринуич Русия/Якутия/Якутск/летище Мирни Транспортен самолет Ил-76 с регистрационен номер RF-76801, принедлежащ на министерството на вътрешните работи на Русия, се разби при излитане от летище Мирни в Република Саха (Якутия). При катастрофата загинали всичките 11 души на борда - членове на основния и резервния екипаж. Самолетът пристигнал от летище Ермолино, Калужка област и след разтоварването му излетял отново около 02:49 ч. московско време (01:49 ч. българско време) за Иркутск, но не успял да набере височина, а едва 20-ина метра и с крен надясно прелетял 2,5 км от края на пистата където се забил в натрупване от рудна шлака. При удара се разпаднал на части и възпламенил. Катастрофата станала в безлюдна местност, поради което жертви на земята няма. Бордовите самописци са открити. Води се разследване. |
Ил-76 Внутренних войск МВД РФ разбился в Якутии, погибли 11 человек 31.10.2009//23:49 по Гринвичу Россия/Якутия/аэропорт Мирный Военно-транспортный самолет Ил-76, бортовой номер RF-76801, принадлежащий Внутренним войскам МВД России, разбился в воскресенье после вылета из аэропорта города Мирный в Якутии. Находившиеся на борту 11 человек - члены основного и сменного экипажей - погибли. Самолет вылетел в воскресенье утром из Мирного без груза на борту и взял курс на Иркутск. Он упал после столкновения с возвышенностью в трех километрах от аэропорта и загорелся. Самолет упал в безлюдном месте, поэтому разрушений жилых домов и производственных строений на месте падения нет. Самолет выполнял плановый полет по замене личного состава органов внутренних дел в Северо-Кавказском регионе РФ. Дозаправка должна была состояться в Норильске. Во время вылета из аэропорта Мирный погода была ясная, скорость ветра составляла 6 метров в секунду. В момент отрыва от взлетно-посадочной полосы самолет взлетел с креном на правую сторону и продолжал полет на высоте около 20-30 метров на протяжении 2 километров и натолкнулся на высокий рудный отвал. Бортовые самописцы самолета были найдены в 2,5 километрах от взлетно-посадочной полосы аэропорта. Идет расследование. Погибли: Основной экипаж: Майстришин Игорь, 44 года, командир судна, Зубов Александр, 33 года, второй пилот, Ветцель Александр, 30 лет, штурман, Каримов Вячеслав, 42 года, бортрадист. Гончаров Павел, 29 лет, техник, Филатов Павел, 26 лет, техник, Михайлов Игорь, 33 года, техник. Сменный экипаж: Хисамов Ильдар, 31 год, командир, Борисов Дмитрий, 30 лет, второй пилот, Кириев Роман, 40 лет, бортрадист Харченко Сергей, 29 лет, штурман |
11 Killed in Russian Cargo Plane Crash 31.10.2009//23:49 GMT Russia/Yakutia/Yakutsk/Mirny Airport (MJZ) A Russian heavy-lift cargo plane, owned by the Russian Ministry of Interior, crashed on takeoff Sunday in Siberia, killing all 11 crew members on board, officials said. The cause of Sunday's crash was not yet known. The four-engine plane had just taken off from Mirny in the Sakha Republic and climbed to a height of 20-30 metres when it banked to the right. The plane was unable to gain altitude and hit a slag heap from an old mine. It crashed, exploding on impact. The plane, which was headed to Irkutsk, was carrying no cargo but its fuel tanks were full. The IL-76 with registration RF-76801 crashed about a mile from the runway 24 at Mirny in open fields. No one on the ground was reported hurt. The bodies of all 11 crew members were recovered. Flying conditions were good, with clear skies, light winds and temperatures of minus -24 deg C. The "black boxes" have been found. An investigation is underway. |
Самолет се разби в ОАЕ, 6-ма загинали 21.10.2009//11:31 по Гринуич ОАЕ/Шарджа Карго самолет Boeing 707 с регистрационен номер ST-AKW и принадлежащ на суданската авиокомпания Azza Transport, се разби минути след излитането си от летище Шарджа край Дубай, Обединените Арабски Емирства. Самолетът бил арендован от авиокомпанията Sudan Airways и изпълнявал полет SUD2241 с направление Хартум, Судан. Очевидци разказват, че самолетът се наклонил внезапно надясно при опита си да набере височина и паднал на километър северно от летището. При катастрофата, последвала експлозия и изгорял напълно. Шестчленният екипаж загинал. Самолетът превозвал товар от 31 тона, споделят властите на летището. Намерени са бордовите самописци. Все още няма официална версия за причините на катастрофата, но една от възможните, заключавайки от разказите на очевидците, е недобре закрепен товар, което би довело до неустойчивост на самолета при излитането. |
Суданский грузовой самолет разбился в ОАЭ 21.10.2009//11:31 по Гринвичу ОАЭ/Шарджа Суданский грузовой самолет Boeing 707, номер ST-AKW, на борту которого находились шесть человек, разбился неподалеку от аэропорта города Шарджа в Объединенных Арабских Эмиратах и полностью сгорел. Авиакатастрофа произошла минуты после взлета. Все на борту погибли. Самолет, принадлежавший суданской авиакомпании Azza Transport, выполнял рейс SUD2241. Авиалайнер был арендован суданской авиакомпанией Sudan Airways. На его борту было 31 тонн груза. "Черные ящики" самолета обнаружены. |
Sudanese cargo plane crashes in United Arab Emirates 21.10.2009//11:31 GMT UAE/Dubai/near Sharjah airport A cargo plane, owned by a private Sudan-based company, Azza Transport, crashed shortly after takeoff Wednesday from Sharjah airport near Dubai, killing at least six crew members. The Boeing 707 cargo plane (ST-AKW) operated by Sudan Airways flight SUD2241 took off from runway 30 at 15:29 and went down in unpopulated desert about two miles (three kilometers) north of the airport. Witnesses described seeing the plane swing sharply to the right shortly after takeoff as it struggled to gain altitude.The wreckage was spread over a wide area near the Sharjah Golf & Shooting Club. Little of the plane remained intact. The four-engine Boeing 707 is an older model airplane that was primarily in use during the 1960s and 1970s. “The aircraft was not overloaded. Usually they take up to 40 tonnes of cargo and today it was only 31 tonnes", officials said. The "black box" flight recorders that should contain information about the flights have been recovered. |
Ливийский Миг-23 разбился в Триполи 07.10.2009//10:06 по Гринвичу Ливия/Триполи Истребитель МиГ-23УБ ливийских ВВС потерпел катастрофу в среду во время демонстрационных полетов на международной выставке вооружений в Триполи - LAVEX 2009. Самолет упал примерно в двух километрах от смотровых площадок. Жертвами крушения учебно-боевого истребителя ливийских ВВС в Триполи стали два пилота. Самолет разрушил несколько построек. На земле были ранены трое. |
Либийски Миг-23 се разби в Триполи 07.10.2009//10:06 по Гринуич Либия/Триполи Либийски многоцелеви изтребител Миг-23УБ се разби при демонстрационни полети по време на Третото либийско авиационно изложение LAVEX 2009. Двамата пилоти - полковници, са загинали. Самолетът летял на пределно малка височина, когато неочаквано пропаднал и се забил в квартал на Триполи, само на 2 км от площадките със зрители на летище Митига. Разрушени са 4 сгради. В една от тях като по чудо само с леки наранявания са се разминали трима души. |
Libyan fighter jet crashed killing 2 07.10.2009//10:06 GMT Libya/Tripoli/Soug-Ejemaa district A Libyan MiG-23UB has crashed into a residence near the Libyan capital of Tripoli, killing two pilot officers at the rank of colonel and injuring several locals. The incident took place on Wednesday as the aircraft was taking part in the Third Libyan Aviation Exhibition (LAVEX 2009), the AFP news agency said. The jet was flying a low level as it was taking part in the air show. It went down when its nose dived hitting a one storey house. The injured reportedly included three residents of the house where the crash occurred. The house, located in the suburban Soug-Ejemaa district, was heavily damaged. |
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02.10.2009*/Malaysia/Kuching Airport - The Malaysia Airlines Boeing 737-400 plane (9M-MMR) sustained substantial damage as the left hand main gear gave way at the gate at Kuching Airport, Malaysia. The wing was punctured by the undercarriage leg and the nr.1 engine contacted the platform. */Yemen - Yemen Air Force MiG-29 crashed. */Germany/Bavaria/Mt.Sulzberg near Rosenheim - The Cessna F172N Skyhawk plane (D-EDVG) crashed into the mountain killing the pilot (70) and the passenger (69). */US/CA/San Simeon - Brooke Shields is "fine" after being involved in a plane crash. The 44-year-old actress and actor Jim Belushi had landed at a private airport in Hearst Castle, California, when the Cessna 421B plane collided with a parked Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV). The pilot got out, but he forgot to set the parking brake. Everyone is fine. The incident happened after the pilot had disembarked and was helping Brooke, Jim and other passengers get out. The plane rolled into the vehicle, with its wing breaking a wing-mirror and causing damage to the side of the car. 03.10.2009*/Canada/P.E.I/Summerside - The bright red, Spezio Tuholer, open-cockpit plane turned nose down and spiralled 260 metres into a farmer's field, killing the 70-year-old pilot. */Bolivia/Potosi/Challviri - A military Aerospatiale/Helibras HB 315B Lama helicopter (FAB-730) crashed killing the 2 occupants. */Mexico/Guanajuato/Guanajuato - The Beechcraft A36TC Bonanza plane (XB-CGU) crashed during initial climb killing the pilot (28) and a passenger (30), the other passenger was seriously injured. */Germany/Neuhausen ob Eck - The Roland Aircraft training Zodiac 601plane crashed on takeoff into a hangar and burnt out. The fire destroyed two other Zodiac 601. The 2 occupants in the crashed plane, an instructor(53) and a student(51) were killed. */US/MN/Rosemount/Jensen Airfield at the University of Minnesota Rosemount Research Center - A small plane crashed injuring slightly the pilot and moderately the female passenger. */US/MT/near Hulbert Road south of Belgrade - A single-engine airplane made an emergency landing in a field. The pilot with minor injuries. */US/VA/Clay Bank Road in Gloucester - A light plane crash-landed on the road. 04.10.2009*/Turkey/Istanbul (IST / LTBA) - The JAT Airways Boeing 737-3H9, registration YU-ANV, ran out 50 meters off the runway 06-24. The three gears sank into the soil. No injuries reported. */Mexico/Colima/Manzanillo/Salagua - The agricultural PA-25-235 plane (XB-AXK) crashed injuring the pilot. 05.10.2009*/US/MN/Eden Prairie - A small plane (N124N) crashed in Eden Prairie about 12:30 p.m. in a wooded area injuring the pilot. */US/OR/Scappoose - A two-seated, homebuilt aircraft was on final approach to the Scappoose airport when it dropped off radar. The wreckage was found in an off-road about five miles north of Scappoose. One person, believed to be the pilot was air lifted by Lifeflight to Portland’s Emanuel Legacy Hospital. */US/AZ/Crown King - The Piper PA-24-250 Comanche plane (N7471P) crashed in a remote area killing the 2 occupants. */US/TX/San Saba - A homebuilt Glasair II plane force-landed in a field, then struck a tree and a fence. The pilot received only minor injuries. |
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08.10.2009*/US/NC/Wilson - A single-engine, two-seat Remos G3 crashed into the waters of the Buckhorn Reservoir in Wilson. Seventy-nine-year-old pilot told authorities he was temporarily blinded by the sun and the plane was too close to the water when he could see again. 09.10.2009*/US/NC/Pitt County/Grifton - A man in a powered parachute was injured in a crash. */US/AZ/Phoenix - A small experimental plane was taking off from Deer Valley Airport when it crashed into a steel yard, killing the pilot. */US/Idaho/Burley - With Gov. Butch Otter aboard, an Idaho state plane sustained damage to one of its cockpit windshields while flying to a Friday morning speech in Pocatello. An outer windshield on the twin-engine King Air cracked somewhere near Burley, though Otter told a group at the Red Lion Hotel in Pocatello during a speech about the state's economy that a second, inner windshield was intact. The pilots have concluded it malfunctioned due to its age. The plane was built in 1979 and acquired by the state after it was surplused by the U.S. military. */France/Vosges/Domjulien - A helicopter crash kills 1 on board. */RU/Yakutia/Lena district/150 km from Vitim - A private helicopter with 7 people on board made a hard landing injuring the 2 crew members. */Canada/Toronto Island Airport - The Cessna-421B plane (C-GCCF) ran out of runway on landing. The nose landing gear collapsed. */Portugal/Verde/Castro Marim - An ultralight plane (F-PYNN) crashed on landing killing the pilot. |
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17.10.2009*/France/Charente-Maritime - Two small sightseeing planes collided over the French coastal region of Charente-Maritime on Saturday, killing all four people on board, including the two pilots.
The accident occurred around 11 a.m, local time (1000 GMT). Three people were in the TC-160 Oceanair plane (F-PTVC) and a female pilot in the other plane, Robin DR 400/120A Petit Prince with registration F-GAOG. */Brazil/Rio de Janeiro - Drug traffickers shot down a police Helibras HB350B Esquilo helicopter during a gunbattle between rival gangs Saturday, killing two officers and injuring four in a burst of violence just two weeks after the city was chosen to host the 2016 Olympic Games. Ten suspected drug traffickers were also killed during the fighting in a shantytown, and two bystanders were injured, officials said. Bullets flying from the Morro dos Macacos (''Monkey Hill'' in Portuguese) slum in northern Rio de Janeiro tore into the helicopter and hit the pilot in the leg as he hovered above the shootout, causing him to lose control and crash. Two officers died, while the pilot and three other policemen escaped after the craft hit the ground on a football field and burst into flames. The pilot and a second officer suffered burns and bullet wounds. *Hawaii/Honolulu International Airport (PHNL) - The training Cessna-172S plane (N5329L) crashed on takeoff injuring slightly the student pilot. |
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18.10.2009*/US/FL/Jacksonville International Airport - An F/A-18 fighter jet made hard landing due to mechanical problems with its left landing gear. The plane was damaged. */US/MS/Olive Branch airport - The 71-year-old pilot from Houston apparently came into some strong winds as he tried to land. The Champion 400 aircraft bounced to the ground, crushing the propeller blades and tearing off the front wheel. */US/IL/Peoria/North Allen Road - A Piper PA-32 made an emergency, hard landing on the road. The pilot, said to be flying solo, escaped the burning plane seconds before the wreckage exploded. */US/TN/Oliver Springs airport - The Piper PA-28-180 plane (N7906W), owned by Oak Ridge Flyers Inc., slid into a tree after making a "hard" landing at the airport. On board were 4 occupants - 1 killed, 3 injured. 19.10.2009*/US/OH/Madison County Airport (KUYF) - The Cessna 170B plane (N2719D) was blown by a gust of wind and crashed during takeoff. The Cessna struck a light fixture and a ditch before landing nose-down. The impact forced a minor fuel leak which was contained by the London Fire Department. The red and white colored aircraft sustained moderate damage to its wing and front end. 21.10.2009*/US/UT/Provo Municipal Airport - A man was killed Wednesday afternoon when his single-engine Cessna 210 Centurion crashed while trying to land at Provo Municipal Airport. The pilot radioed the airport's control tower that he was having an engine problem and was attempting to make a landing at the airport. */Austria/Zeltweg - The Glasflugel H401 Kestrel glider (OE-0988) crashed injuring seriously the 68-year-old former military pilot. |
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22.10.2009*/US/GA/Athens - The pilot and a passenger died when the Fuji LM-1 plane (N2121J) went down just after takeoff from the Athens-Ben Epps Airport in Clarke County. */Bangladesh/Arulia - An air force training plane crashed injuring the 2 pilots. */Netherlands Antilles (Neth.)/off Bonaire Island - A Divi Divi Air BN-2A Islander, registration PJ-SUN, sustained substantial damage in a ditching off Bonaire Island, Netherlands Antilles. The captain was not able to leave the sinking plane and died; all nine passengers were able to get out They were rescued by a small submarine from the local Plaza Hotel. While approaching Bonaire, one engine failed and the pilot could not maintain altitude. He was forced to ditch the plane off the coast of Bonaire. */Spain/Barcelona airport - The Air Nostrum de Havilland Canada DHC-8-315Q plane (PH-DXB), flight IB-8852, made an emergency landing at Barcelona Airport due to a problem in the nose gear; the plane landed safely with nose gear retracted. */Venezuela/National Park “ Canaima “/Tourist Camp UCAIMA - The Maule Aerospace M-4-210C plane (YV1728) crashed killing the pilot. 23.10.2009*/US/VA/off Virginia coast - An Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crashed on a Navy ship during training, killing one service member and injuring eight, the Navy said. Commandos were rappelling down a rope from the helicopter to the USNS Arctic around 8 p.m. Thursday off the Virginia coast when the crash happened. The helicopter crashed into the ship’s stern and ended up on its side. A small fire on the ship’s deck was quickly extinguished. */Paraguay/Departamento de Concepcion/near the border with Brazil - The Cessna-206G plane (ZP-TSS) crashed kiling the pilot and a woman, and injuring 2 other men on board - a lawyer and a politician. 24.10.2009*/Pakistan/Bajaur Agency/Nawagai area - Six persons were killed Saturday when a military MI-17 helicopter crashed. */US/NE/Lincoln - A vintage military airplane crashed on the runway at Duncan Aviation. The plane was already on the ground when it crashed Saturday morning. Fire officials says there was a small fuel spill. */US/VA/Dulles Iternational airport - A passenger and a flight attendant from United Express Flight 6940, operated by Colgan Air, were taken to a local hospital after bumping their head during severe turbulence Saturday. A male passenger also had minor injuries, but was not transported to a hospital. The flight landed as scheduled at Dulles Airport around 3:20 p.m. It had 12 passengers, pilot, co-pilot and two flight attendants. 25.10.2009*/Austria/Salzburg/Kirchham-Maishofen - The Aquila AT01 plane (OE-ASZ) crashed during an emergency landing due to engine failure. 26.10.2009*/Afghanistan - Four U.S. service members were killed when two helicopters, a UH-1 and an AH-1 Cobra, apparently crashed mid-air in southern Afghanistan. Two other NATO service members were injured. */Afghanistan/northwest Badghis province's Darae Bum district - A NATO CH-47 Chinook chopper went down in the west of the country after leaving the scene of a firefight with insurgents, killing 10 Americans — seven troops and three civilians working for the government. Eleven American troops, one U.S. civilian and 14 Afghans were also injured. */US/WV/Fairmont - A small plane crashed into the Tygart River. The pilot was treated for exhaustion at Fairmont General Hospital. */Italy/Torri del Benaco/near the Lake Garda shoreline - The Robinson R22 Beta II helicopter (I-ANSO) killing the 2 occupants. */Chile/Maule - The Grumman G-164B Ag Cat agricultural plane (CC-CDV) crashed in the wineyard on approach. |
5 killed in Belarus plane crash
26.10.2009//20:35 GMT Belarus/MINSK/Minsk-2 International Airport (MSQ/UMMS) - Five people have been killed in the crash of a Russian business jet near Minsk, the Belarusian capital. There were two passengers (Pavel Malyshev and Marat Romashkin - the main executive of the S-Air aviation company) and three crew members aboard the plane when it crashed Monday night into a swampy and wooded area. The British Aerospace BAe-125-800B plane (RA-02807) belonged to S-Air, a Moscow company that runs a fleet of luxuriously appointed private jets. The officials did not speculate on the cause of the crash, but Minsk had experienced drizzle, fog and winds of 10m/sec at the time of the crash. |
10.10.2009*/US/LA/Pineville - Two small planes collided in the air in central Louisiana, killing two and injuring two.
Each of the single-engine Cessna 150s was carrying two people when they hit about 2:30 p.m. Saturday. The collision happened less than a mile from Pineville Regional Airport. Both planes crashed into woods.
Both of the people who died were in the same plane. The occupants of the second plane were taken to a hospital. */Canada/Ontario/Huntsville/Algonquin Park - A Piper PA-28 plane (C-FURX) crashed in bad weather in an wooded area killing the 4 occupants. */US/NY/Livingston County/Mount Morris - A Beech 35 Bonanza plane crashed injuring the pilot. */UK/Hampshire/Blackwater - The Red Air Cessna-152 plane (G-BLWV) was forced to make an emergency landing in a Hampshire field near Hawley lake after getting into difficulty. The pilot went to hospital with minor injuries. */US/WA/Snohomish - Missing pilot Gordon Last was flying a Taylorcraft plane when he was last seen on Saturday. Last's plane departed from Harvey Field on Saturday afternoon, with an expected return later that afternoon. 11.10.2009*/US/NE/Cass County/Weeping Water - A small plane crashed injuring the 57-year-old pilot. */US/FL/Marion County/Ocala International Airport - The Marion County Sheriff's Office helicopter made an unexpected emergency landing and it was damaged. */US/VA/Russel County/Clinch Mountain/near Laurel Bed Lake - A 1974 Piper 160 Cherokee plane hit trees and crashed injuring slightly 2 of the 3 occupants. */US/KY/Louisville International Airport - A twin-engine Aero Commander made an emergency landing when the nose landing gear failed. 12.10.2009*/US/OR/Fossil - During a wire pulling operation, the McDonnell Douglas 369FF helicopter's main rotor struck a pole and the helicopter (N527SH) crashed. The pilot died in the crash. */Austria/Tirol/Innsbruck - The Cessna-152 plane (D-EABW) blown upside down in storm and was damaged. 13.10.2009*/US/MT/Yellowstone County/Billings - A Cessna-182 plane (N6202A) crashed killing the 2 occupants. */Netherlands Antilles/off Bonaire - A small plane carrying drugs crashed off the tiny Dutch island of Bonaire, killing a pilot and a passenger. */US/PA/Meadville - The Piper PA-28-140 Cherokee plane (N8886E) crashed in a wooded area injuring slightly the pilot. */Afghanistan/Nuristan province - The bodies of three American contractors who died in a plane crash in Afghanistan earlier this month have been recovered, NATO's International Security Assistance Force said Tuesday. The C-12 plane went down in the mountains of Nuristan province October 13, but the military withheld information about it until the recovery operation was complete, ISAF said in a statement. The crew were subcontractors working for Lockheed Martin, the company confirmed. 14.10.2009*/Canada/Ottawa/Rockcliffe - The four-seat 1961 Piper PA-24-250 Comanche plane (C-FMRX) crashed on approach to the Rockcliffe airport. */US/AK/Denali National park - The Cessna-185 plane (N2764J) crashed into trees on a mountainside near the East Fork of the Toklat River. The pilot recеived burns to his hands and face. The passenger, the 67-year-old wolf biologist Gordon Haber, sustained fatal injuries. 15.10.2009*/US/OK/Cherokee County/Tahlequah - The Robinson R-22 Beta (N3234G), a small two-seat helicopter, crashed killing the 2 occupants. */Suriname/Kwamelasemutu - The Blue Wing Antonov-28 plane over ran the runway on landing, hit an obstacle and was substantially damaged. Eight people were aboard icluding 2 crew members and 6 passengers. Four were injured, one of them seriously. |
27.10.2009*/Pakistan/Karachi airport - A Russian cargo plane was forced to make an emergency landing at Karachi airport. Eight of its tires busted. */Ecuador/Mariscal Sucre Airport - An Ecuadorean Air Force HAL Dhruv helicopter crashed during a celebrative ceremony injuring the 2 pilots. */Peru/Tayacaja Province - The helicopter took off at 6:00 a.m. local time (11:00 GMT) from the aerial base of Jauja in central Peru and was heading to the Apurimac Valley and Ene Rivers in southern Peru. The aircraft crashed on landing due to strong gust of wind. 28.10.2009*/Japan/Osaka-Kansai International Airport (KIX/RJBB) -The Asiana Airlines Airbus A321-200, registration HL7763 performing flight OZ-1125 from Seoul (South Korea) to Osaka Kansai (Japan) with 147 people on board, touched down at Osaka's Kansai Airport at 10:08L (01:08Z) however struck the tail onto the runway. The crew decided to go-around and managed a safe landing 11 minutes later. No injuries occured, but the plane's tail was seriously damaged. 29.10.2009*/Malaysia/Makaysia/Lembah Beringin - A Royal Selangor Flying Club Eagle 150B plane (9M-CLK) crashed in a jungle near the Beringin Golf Club in Lembah Beringin near Rawang, killing its pilot. */Peru/Loreto/between Trompeteros and Saramuro in the Corrientes River - The Aerospatiale AS.350B2 Ecureuil helicopter (OB-1909) crashed killing 2 and injuring 2 occupants. */Brazil/AM/near Aldeias Aurelio - A Brazilian military plane carrying medical personnel from the national health service disappeared while flying over the Amazon, the Air Force said. The C-98 Caravan, which has a capacity of 14 passengers and a pilot, was scheduled to land in Tabatinga, along the Colombian border in Amazonas state, at 10:15 a.m. New York time after a two-hour flight from Cruzeiro do Sul. Four crew members and seven passengers - two women and five men, all health ministry employees - were aboard the plane when it vanished. They were on their way to administer vaccinations in indigenous communities in the Amazon. One person on the flight that went down was found trapped in the plane and is presumed dead, while another apparently went searching for help was missing. Later his body has been found in the jungle. Nine survived the crash. */US/CA/Palm Springs/Bermuda Dunes Airport (KUDD) - The Mooney M20F Executive plane (N400EB) crash-landed due to gust of a wind. 30.10.2009*/US/NV/Las Vegas - The Dragon Fly Mark II plane (N555RX) lost power and impacted terrain near a local casino injuring the 2 occupants. */US/FL/Venetian Islands/Biscayne Bay - The Beriev Aircraft Company BE-103 plane (N13KL), owned by H2O Air LLC in South Miami, made an emergency landing in the bay. During a demonstration for potential buyers, as the pilot was landing, he was unaware that his landing gear was down. The BE-103 is listed as an amphibious aircraft that is intended for takeoff and landing on water as well as on land. */Mexico/Coahuila/Saltillo - The Bell 206B Jet Ranger III television helicopter (XA-TVR) crashed into a tire factory and burst into flames injuring 3 of the four occupants on board. */US/AZ/Phoenix/Camelback Road in Glendale - A small plane has made a hard landing near 115th Avenue and Camelback Road in Glendale slightly injuring 1. |
31.10.2009*/US/FL/Blackwater River State Forest - The TH-57 Ranger experienced problems during a training session about 1:45 p.m. and forced the pair, an instructor and a student, to make a hard landing in a clearing near Indian Ford Road in the Blackwater River State Forest. */Belarus/ 200m near Polish-Belarusian border/ near Klukowicze near Siemiatycze - The Polish Border Guard PZL Kania helicopter (SN-26XG) was sent for a routine border patrol flight about 15:00 CET. Contact was lost about 17:40 CET. Search was being conducted on both Polish and Belarusian parts of the border. On Saturday morning, Polish searchers felt a strong smell of helicopter fuel and informed Belarusian side of this fact. Shortly after, the wreckage was found about 200m (600 ft) into Belarusian territory. The 3 servicemen on board died in the crash. |
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