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Chopper Crashes in Kidnap Rescue Attempt
On 23-MAY-2013 two engineers were being held hostage. A Venezuelan police MBB Bo 105M a survey chopper was on a surveillance mission as part of “a new anti-crime initiative”. The chopper was engaged to surveil a car with two engineers being held hostage when the helicopter crashed on a road in El Junquito in... »
Helicopter Crash in Schoemanskloof Kills Lion Sands Game Resort CEO
A privately owned Robinson R-44 with four aboard crashed in the vicinity of Schoemanskloof outside Nelspruit in South Africa. The flight had taken off from Johannesburg and was en route to White river when it crashed in heavy mist. No one aboard survived. The fatalities were listed as Nick More, Pierre de Villiers, Lance... »
Odessa-Donetsk Crash Details Emerge
An RT Photo was released of the Odessa Donetsk wreckage. The fire was quickly brought under control. The photo below came from Twitter. Current numbers are four dead, two missing, 12 injured. »
Plane Lands in Donetsk Fog and Fire, Four Fatalities
photographer Alexander Shulik On Feb 13, 2013, a South Airlines An-23 en route from Odessa to Donetsk landed short of the runway in heavy fog, flipped over and caught fire. There were thirty-nine survivors who managed to evacuate. Four people were confirmed dead. About a dozen people were injured. There were forty-five passengers and... »
Family Lost in Brussels Cessna Crash
Traffic was locked down at Brussels South Charleroi airport. On Feb 9, 2013 at ten a.mm, a privately owned Cessna P210N Pressurized Centurion en route from Brussels to Lyon was taking off from Brussels South Charleroi Airport in Belgium in freezing fog when it ran into trouble. The plane crashed beside the runway. A... »
Microlight Crashes on Carters Beach, 2 fatalities
On Jan 30, 2012, a Micro Aviation Bantam B22S that took off from Westport Airport with two aboard went missing Wednesday. The plane was found on Jan 31, 2013 at 9:30 a.m. on Carters Beach, near Westport. The two local men aged 58 and 25, who were aboard did not survive. The bodies of... »
SCAT Bombardier Crashes 5 Miles from Airport, 21 Fatalities
On Jan 29, 2013, A SCAT-owned Canadian-built Bombardier Challenger CRJ-200 # UP-CJ006 en route from Kokshetau Kazakhstan to Almaty crashed in Kyzyl Tu village five miles from the Almaty airport. The weather conditions consisted of low cloud cover and fog. There was neither fire nor explosion, but the plane shattered when it hit the... »
London Investigates Agusta Westland Helicopter Crash
London’s Air Accidents Investigation Branch is working the first helicopter accident in London since 1976. A review of helicopter flight regulation over the UK capital is already underway. In low broken clouds with visibility of 2,300 feet, the AgustaWestland struck a crane on January 16 on top of the Tower at St George Wharf... »
Twin Engine Plane Crashes in NC Waters
On Jan 13, 2013, a private plane with two aboard taking off from Roanoke Island crashed into the water on its second approach back to the airport. ATC made contact with the plane before it came down with the pilot making no indication of problems. The female passenger was rescued from the water and... »
German Helicopter Crash Kills Pilot on the Autobahn
On Jan 10, 2013, a Robinson R44 Astro en route from Augsburg to Bretzfeld got caught up in a 380 kilovolts high voltage power transmission line and crashed on the Autobahn 6 in Southwestern Germany. The helicopter was flying below radar. Pieces of the helicopter hit a truck, but the driver was not seriously... »
