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Arizona Plane Crash Kills Pilot
On December 18, 2012, a pilot had been en route when he encountered unfavorable weather conditions around Payson, and diverted to Phoenix. He was flying at night and the Ameriflight Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain crashed in mountainous terrain in the Mazatzal Wilderness, Arizona. ATC lost contact with the pilot 50 miles northeast of Phoenix.... »
NCAR Beta
Funded from NASA’s Applied Sciences Program, the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) and several partners developed an 8-hour convective weather forecast based on fuzzy logic and cloud top and moisture level input from the two Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES) that cover a large portion of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Storms and... »
South Africa Military Plane Crashes killing 11
What: South African military Douglas C-47TP Dakota Where: Drakensberg mountains When: Dec 5, 2012 Who: 11 crew and passengers Why: A military plane that took off from Pretoria crashed in the Drakensberg (trans. Dragon Mountain) mountains killing everyone aboard. Soldiers located the wreckage near Ladysmith in KwaZulu-Natal province. Six crew members and five passengers... »
Yakutia Boeing Skids off slick Runway
What: Yakutia Boeing 737-86-N en route from Rimini Italy to Rostov Russia Where: Rostov Airport When: Dec 1, 2012 Who: 120 aboard Why: The Yakutia flight was landing at Rostov Airport and skid off the runway when the pilot applied brakes. Passengers disembarked safely with no injuries. It took half an hour to tow... »
Brazzaville Cargo FLight Crash Fatalities Updated to 32
What: Aero-Services for Trans Air Congo Ilyhushin IL-76T freighter en route from Pointe Noire to Brazzaville Where: Brazzaville When: Nov 30 2012 Who: 30 fatalities, 14 injured *Death toll rises to 32 Why: A Trans Air Congo cargo jet landed in rainy conditions in Brazzaville, one report says the plane overran the runway, went... »
Russian Tatarstan Airbus Ends Up in Kazan Airport Snowbank
What: Tatarstan Airlines Airbus A319-112 Where: Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia When: Dec 1, 2012 8:30 am Who: 109 passengers Why: Preparing for take-off to go to Moscow at 8:30, the Tatarstan Airlines Airbus overran the runway, ending up in a snowbank. The problem according to LifeNews was ice on the runway. No passengers were injured.... »
Turkish Chopper Crashes in Storm on Herekol mountain
What: Turkish Sikorsky S-70 Where: Herekol mountain, Turkey When: Nov 10, 2012 Who: 17 aboard 17 fatalities Why: Three crew members and 14 police special forces were aboard the Turkish Sikorsky S-70 when it crashed in poor weather conditions. The weather was described as heavy fog and rain. The official statement by Siirt province... »
Sandy Bulletin
Sandy: Thousands of flights cancelled due to Tropical Storm Sandy National Weather Service Hurricane Sandy has caused 10,630 flight cancellations since Sunday Intellicast Radar Intellicast Satellite Weather Channel Satellite Metar Aviation Digital Data Service (ADDS) ..HURRICANE FORCE WINDS GUSTS REPORTED OVER LONG ISLAND AND THE NEW YORK METROPOLITAN AREAS… Atlantic Tropical Weather Outlook 000... »
Pocono Helicopter Crash Investigation Underway
What: ACS Helicopter LLC Bell 407 helicopter Where: Mount Pocono When: Oct 11, 2012 Who: Two fatalities, one injury Why: The Tuesday wreck piloted by a full time American Airlines pilot (part time with ACS Helicopter LLC) was discovered at 2:30 a.m. wednesday. The helicopter encountered bad weather as it passed through northern Monroe... »
Pilot and British Tourist Die in Small Plane Crash in Antigua
What: FlyMontserrat Britten-Norman Islander en route from Antigua to Montserrat Island Where: V.C. Bird International Airport When: October 7 2012 Who: pilot and 3 passengers Why: The twin-engine Britten-Norman Islander en route from Antigua to Montserrat Island overran a rainy runway at 4 p.m. and crashed. Witnesses heard irregularities in the engine before it... »
