Missing Cargo Plane update
What: Air Class Lineas Aereas Swearingen SA227-C Metro en route from Montevideo to Ezeiza Argentina
Where: Carrasco Airport
When: Jun 6th 2012
Who: 2 crew
Why: The missing plane was located just south of Flores Island and parts of the plane have been recovered.
The two pilots are still missing.
The plane has been idenfied as registration CX-LAS or CX-CLA
What: LNP Saratoga Inc. Piper Saratoga was en route from Fort Yukon to Fairbanks
Where: Alaska
When: July 18, 2012 5 PM
Who: 2 aboard
Why: A plane owned by LNP Saratoga Inc and eased to the West Valley Flying Club of Palo Alto. disappeared from radar in Alaska on July 18.
The Air National Guard’s 210th and 212th Rescue Squadrons were deployed and discovered the wreckage. Alaska State Troopers identified the 64-year-old pilot Stephen Knight and 60-year-old Gillian Knight of Queensland, Australia.
The pilots had been engaged in filing a “pop-up” Instrument Flight Rules Plan. The cloud cover was low.
Two other planes had been flying with the wrecked plane but each with a different route. The wreckage was located 63 kilometres north of Fairbanks.
Visibility hampered recovery operations on Wednesday but now the remains have been recovered and sent for autopsy by the state medical examiner’s office.
What: Van Auto Inc Beech B36TC Bonanza en route from Bahamas to Florida
Where: Grand Harbor Cay, Berry Islands Bahamas
When: 16-JUL-2012
Who: 2 aboard, 2 fatalities
Why: A Daytona Beach couple, Alan and Kathleen Van Nimwegen departed from Marsh Harbour International Airport about 9 am on Monday and went missing when they lost communications with aviation officials Monday afternoon. The couple regularly made the flight, usually on weekends.
Rescuers are searching Great Harbour Cay, Bahamas, near the Berry Islands where some debris and an oil sheen in the water has been sighted. They lived at a Spruce Creek Fly-In residence. Both were licensed pilots.
The flight is still missing, not to be confused with the Saturday crash of Bahaman pilot Kenneth Carey and passenger, Dexter Adderley en route from Fort Lauderdale to New Providence who crash-landed in Bimini.
What: Hevilift Bell 206
Where: Mt Hagen in the PNG Southern Highlands.
When: July 6, 2012
Who: 3 aboard
Why: A helicopter is missing in Papua New Guinea. The pilot Russell Aikten recently achieved some fame after rescuing victims of the “Black Saturday” fire, and used to fly the Westpac Surf Life Saving Rescue Helicopter.
The Australian Maritime Safety Authority and Hevilift are deploying teams to search for Captain Aikten, Chief pilot Antony Annan, and engineer Emmett Fynn. They left a mayday call about five minutes after leaving the InterOil Drill Rig site at 3.25pm Friday. They were en route to Creek to re-fuel and flying in an area reported to have low visibility at the time.
After days of searching, nothing has been found. Tuesday searchers will be using a helicopter fitted with a magnetometer, used to detect large mineral deposits. They hope it will pick up metal from the missing aircraft. The Australian Defence Force will be deploying two Blackhawks to assist in the search, in addition to the aero-medical evacuation team, additional observers and a downed aircraft recovery team.
What: Romanian Air Force AR 316B Alouette III
Where: Buzau, Romania
When: July 5, 2012
Who: 4 aboard
Why: Captain Commander Docuz Mitica who was piloting the Alouette when it went down had over 1700 flight hours; and his copilot Viorel Cojocaru had 650 hours. Topoliceanu Catalin had more than 1,100 flying hours, Student Steven Corope?chi also died in the crash. One of the mechanics aboard might have been taking a flying lesson.
The Air Force School of Boboc lost radio contact with the helicopter at around 12:00 shortly before the helicopter crashed in Buzau County in the area known as Cross Comsoaiei right near the highway E85.
Rescue vehicles including water and foam trucks and ambulances responded but all four aboard died.
A committee of Air Force Staff will be investigating the crash and the findings made public.
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What: UTAir Aviation Aérospatiale AS 350 B3 Ecureuil en route from Lensk to Talakan
Where: Lensk, Russia
When: July 4, 2012 18:11
Who: 4 aboard, 4 fatalities
Why: Four people were aboard the UTAir helicopter when it crashed near Lensk Russia, killing the pilot and copilot and two passengers just moments after the pilots lost contact with ATC.
Initial reports said there were only three aboard. The helicopter normally performed a regular shuttle flight.
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On a sunny day, the small plane just 100 yards from shore crashed near a historic lighthouse in a park in full sight of park visitors. The plane which remains in ocean waters at the ocean bottom in 60 feet of water, off Fort William but is not expected to cause environmental damage. The pilot was identified as Dr. Louis Hanson of Durham, who escaped the plane but was reported “unresponsive.”
IDENTIFICATION
Regis#: 39443 Make/Model: S10 Description: STINSON S108
Date: 06/24/2012 Time: 1700
Event Type: Accident Highest Injury: Fatal Mid Air: N Missing: N
Damage: Unknown
LOCATION
City: CAPE ELIZABETH State: ME Country: US
DESCRIPTION
AIRCRAFT LOST POWER AND CRASHED INTO OCEAN. NEAR CAPE ELIZABETH, ME. 1 FATAL.
INJURY DATA Total Fatal: 1
# Crew: 1 Fat: 1
WEATHER: 30009 10SM CLR 26/12 A2989
OTHER DATA
Activity: Pleasure Phase: Cruise Operation: OTHER
The NTSB is investigating the power loss and subsequent crash of the four-seat Stinson S108 that occurred in Cape Elizabeth.
Serial Number 108-13 Type Registration Individual
Manufacturer Name UNIVERSAL STINSON Certificate Issue Date 11/21/2002
Model 108 Expiration Date 03/31/2013
Type Aircraft Fixed Wing Single-Engine Status Valid
Pending Number Change None Type Engine Reciprocating
Date Change Authorized None Dealer No
MFR Year 1946 Mode S Code 51112245
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What: Schulter Planungs- und Ausführungs- GmbH Robinson R44 Raven I en route from Augsburg to Salzburg Airport
Where: Teisendorf, southeast Bavaria, Germany
When: June 9, 2012
Who: 4 aboard, 4 fatalities
Why: 15 km away from his destination the pilot of a Robinson R44 Raven reported that he had to perform a precautionary landing, then disappeared from radar screens when he crashed in a forested hillside 200 meters from a farm near Teisendorf, southeast Bavaria. The pilot apparently flew into an area of sudden fog. At the time of the accident, there was low visibility, and there were low hanging clouds.
The chopper pilot had only recently finished training.
The two men and two women aboard were German.
What: HeliCusco Sikorsky S-58ET en route from Mazuco to Cusco
Where: Hualla Hualla Peru
When: June 6 2012
Who: 14 aboard
Why: Two Peruvian crew members and 12 passengers (mostly Korean) went missing in a high Andes region of cloudy mountaintops in Hualla Hualla. The tourists included two Austrians and the rest were South Koreans. The passenger list was published:
Viajaban Anto Ruiz
Bustapson Benge Anderz
Thois Young Hwan
Dusek Tomas
Kin Hoy Jun
Wuo Sang Bae
Kin Byungdal
Yoo Bongdar
Kupper Erick
Jeon Hyo Geon
Leen Hyung Suk
Rim Hee Wook
Alfredo Soberón (Pilot)
Luis Echegoyen (Copilot)
With snow at 4700 meters, search was impeded but was restarted friday morning. Rescue services are searching for the wreckage. The beacon has not been located. Searchers are still hoping the crew made a successful emergency landing.
The plane pictured is not #CX-LAS, the missing plane.
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What: Air Class Líneas Aéreas Swearingen SA227AC Metro III en route from Montevideo to Buenos Aires
Where: Rio Plata Uruguay
When: June 6 2012
Who: 2 aboard
Why: Ten minutes into the flight, ATC lost contact with a Swearingen SA227AC Metro III cargo plane over Rio Plata Uruguay near the island of Flores.
The last contact with the pilot was at 19:45. There was no Mayday from the pilots. Emergency search measures (el Centro de Rehabilitación de Rescate) have been deployed, including engagement of a C-212 Aviocar and AS-365 Dauphin helicopter.
Sergio Piqué, captain of a Uruguayan Navy vessel involved in the search said “Estamos obviamente trabajando desde que se produjo la alerta. No hemos tenido suerte en encontrarlo. Hemos agotado las instancias de comunicación radial con otras plataformas que han estado navegando la zona y también con el faro; los resultados fueron negativos hasta el momento”
Uruguayan Pilot Walter Rigo is a retired Air Force pilot, 63 years old, and highly experienced with over 16,000 flight hours. Co-pilot is Martin Rivas has over 500 hours of flying experience.
What: Pakistan Army helicopter en route from Gujranwala
Where: Chenab river in Punjab, Pakistan
When: May 23, 2012, 11:00 a.m.
Who: 2 aboard
Why: A pilot and trainee were on a routine training mission near Wazirabad in the two seat training helicopter when they crashed in the Chenab river 100 km from Lahore.
Search parties came to the scene when the helicopter lost communication with ATC. Three army choppers and divers from Mangla are engaged in the search.
The wreckage was apparently found or retrieved within six hours after the search began.
What: helicopter en route to Fachi
Where: Tenere desert, Nigeria
When: April 9 2012
Who: 6 fatalities
Why: The helicopter chartered by CNPC oil was lost over the Tenere desert.
The wreckage was found by the military. The occupants (two french crew, four chinese passengers) died in the crash. CNPC has not released a public statement.
What: Norwegian military Hercules C-130-J cargo plane en route from Evenes military base to Kiruna Sweden (military exercise)
Where: Kebnekaise Mountain
When: March 15, 2012
Who: 5 fatalities
Why: The plane disappeared from radar as it crossed a mountain range in northern Sweden. It apparently flew into the west side of the mountain, demolishing the plane into pieces smaller than a sheet of paper. There had been bad weather (poor visibility brought on by low clouds, snow and strong winds) at the time of the crash. Harsh weather in the area has been delaying recovery. Wreckage is strewn over a wide area on top of Robots Glacier on the western side of Kebnekaise. No signal was heard from the Hercules’ emergency transmitter.
The Norwegian armed forces indicated that the accident may have occurred when pilots flew manually instead of on autopilot. The mission involved tactical flying. Crew members lost in the crash were Lt. Col. Truls Oerpen, 46; Capt. Staale Garberg, 42; Capt. Bjoern Yngvar Haug, 40; Capt. Steinar Utne, 35; and Capt. Siw Robertsen, 45
An Aero Hein plane in flight.
What: Aerohein Piper PA-31-325 Navajo en route from Melinka to Quellón
Where: Quellón Chile
When: Mar 1 2012
Who: 8 aboard, 7 fatalities
Why: On a 20 minute flight, ATC lost contact with the plane six minutes into the flight. Air Force and Navy planes searched where the emergency signal beacon issued a single alarm before the aircraft crashed into the sea.
The plane’s wreckage was located by passengers in a boat in the Gulf of Corcovado off Chiloe island on Piedra Blanca at the mountain’s base. Occupants of the stricken plane included a businessman, his son and company divers and pilot Ricardo Hein. The list of dead includes Richard Hein, Genaro Barrientos Barria, Christopher Barria, Carlos Muñoz, Juan Gonzalez de La Fuente, Onofre Uribe Soto, and Pablo Briceño.
Five of those aboard have been found.
What: Cool Stream Media LLC Socata TBM700 C2 en route from Teterboro airport to Atlanta-Dekalb Peachtree Airport
Where: Interstate 287 in Harding, NJ
When: Dec 20, 2011, 10 am.
Who: 5 aboard, 5 fatalities
Why: After taking off from Teterboro airport en route to Atlanta-Dekalb Peachtree Airport, the pilot inquired about icing conditions, and shortly afterwards, crashed on I-287 in New Jersey. The plane came down on the median and broke up just outside of Morris township. One witness heard nothing but saw an explosion. Another witness smelled burning rubber and said it sounded like a wood chopper.
The plane lost contact with ATC just before the crash.
Aboard the flight were Jerry Buckalew, 45 and Rakesh Chawla (36) managing directors of Greenhill & Co Investment Banking Firm. Buckalew’s wife Corinne and two children Jackson and Meriwether and a dog were also aboard. Witnesses say the plane was spinning and flipping, then a wing came off and the plane went straight down. Buckalew owned the plane.
No cars were stuck but the plane’s right wing landed in a tree 400 yards from the crash site..
The pilot had gotten clearance to climb to 17,500 feet. ATC said there was “moderate rime” at 17000 feet. Another controller warned of extreme icing.
The debris field covered an area half a mile wide. The northbound late of I-287 was blocked a heap of burning charred metal.
What: Private Socata TB21 Trinidad TC en route from Durango to Aspen
Where: Silverton, CO
When: Dec 3 2011
Who: 4 aboard
Why: Forty minutes after leaving Durango for a Christmas party in Snowmass Village., the plane crashed into mountains near Silverton Colorado. Hampered by inclement weather, searchers had to deal with nearly a foot of snow between Saturday and Sunday in the mountains at 11,000 above sea level.
The bodies of Jenna Rich and Tyler Black were found and recovered, and are headed for autopsy.
The search continues for two more bodies. The four adult passengers have all been reported as deceased. Three of those aboard were employees of Alpine Bank, and the fourth aboard was a spouse.
The debris field of the crash covers more than a mile.
What: Cirrus
Where: Katowice International Airport southern Poland
When: Nov 13, 2011
Who: 2 men and 2 women were aboard
Why: After takeoff, the plane disappeared 4.3 miles from the airport.
The wreckage was found in Zyglinie Forest at 8:20 pm. The four passengers all in their late forties and early fifties, died in the crash.
What: PT Nusantara Buana Airlines CASA C-212 North Sumatra and Aceh, 19 year old plane
Where: Bahorok, Indonesia
When: Sept 29, 2011
Who: 15 passengers, 3 crew
Why: The fate is known of the 18 passengers who went missing on a short Indonesian hop between North Sumatra and Aceh. The flight lost contact and crashed in the jungle canopy.
Rescuers reached the crash site via helicopter, and all the passengers were reported as casualties. Search and rescue teams found the passengers all strapped in their seats, lifeless.
Devastated family members accuse the airline of unprofessionalism. THe airline reports that rescue efforts were hampered by bad weather, terrible conditions, mountains and forest.
What: PT Nusantara Buana Airlines CASA C-212 North Sumatra and Aceh, 19 year old plane
Where: Bahorok, Indonesia
When: Sept 29, 2011
Who: 15 passengers, 3 crew
Why: After 18 passengers went missing on an Indonesian flight after a flight is reported to have lost contact, and all were reported as casualties, the mother of 27 year old Samsidar Yusni said her daughter called her on the phone Thursday night, crying.
The PT Nusantara Buana Airlines plane is reported to have crashed in a mountainous area, at a midpoint in its route, in the mountainous Bohorok area about 70 kilometres north-west of Medan. Search and rescue teams have been deployed but did not reach the location of the wreckage, turning back due to difficult terrain and bad weather.
Thirty hours after the crash, part of the rescue team reported seeing a plane door being opened. After leaving Medan by truck, the trek on foot takes six hours, according to search teams. The plane is apparently mostly intact in the canopy. Chopper flyby photos show wings damaged and nose gone.
Before nightfall, a helicopter lowered two rescuers by rope about 300 meters yards from the wreckage but they are separated by a ravine. An open door seems to indicate there might be survivors.
Four children were aboard.
Nusantara Buana Air is on the EU blacklist.
What: PT Nusantara Buana Airlines CASA C-212 North Sumatra and Aceh
Where: Bahorok, Indonesia
When: Sept 29, 2011
Who: 15 passengers, 3 crew
Why: 18 passengers on an Indonesian flight are missing after a flight is reported to have lost contact with ATC and crashed. The flight took off at 7:18 am, and was to land at 8:00, normally less than one hour. All aboard are being reported as fatalities.
The pilot was American.
The PT Nusantara Buana Airlines plane is reported to have crashed in a mountainous area, at a midpoint in its route. Search and rescue teams have been deployed. Though some reports say rescuers have found the wreckage, other reports say the wreckage is in difficult terrain and has not been reached.
There were 4 children and 14 adults aboard the flight. A local villager reported seeing the plane smoking and circling and passengers are presumed dead, but the report was accompanied by a photo of another crash site, so the source is dubious.
One of the SA-227’s in the Aerocon fleet. CP-2548 is missing. (CP-2527 is pictured
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What: Aerocon Swearingen SA-227 Metroliner en route from Santa Cruz to Trinidad Bolivia
Where: Trinidad
When: Sep 6th 2011
Who: 7 passengers, 2 crew
Why: On final approach to Trinidad, the pilots lost contact with ATC.
The instrument approach to the airport requires overflying North and then turning back.
The last contact was reporting the flight was “in the procedure turn” but the flight did not land on the runway, and is currently considered to be missing in a mountainous area.
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What: Onur Air Airbus A321-200 en route from Manchester to Cyprus
Where: Germany
When: Aug 20 2011
Why: The airbus was a source of concern when it lost communication for a quarter of an hour while over Germany, during which time a sonic boom was heard.
The two fighter jet “escorts” were the probable source of the sonic boom which disturbed residents’ peace of mind.
Communications were restored and the flight continued to Cyprus as scheduled.
What: P166 Albatros ( Ex SAAF) x 2
Registration: ZU-MM (NJX Partnership)
Registration: ZU-ACI (owned by Gruar Brian)
Where: Mountains South Of Tzaneen, South Africa
When: August 14, 2011
Who: 12 aboard
Why: Two planes which had been flying in the Tzaneen Air Show took off afterwards to ferry passengers to Johannesberg.
The flights were en route to Rand Airport in Germiston but did not arrive. The weather over Tzaneen was described as “bad.” The identities of the (missing)12-14 aboard have not been released and the planes have apparently not yet been found.
The pilot of one of the missing aircraft is businessman Gruar Brian of Johannesburg. His wife and two young children are believed to be aboard and Mr Kevin Woolocott Ordinance program coordinator of the air show was one of the passengers. The copilot was Peter Oldenburg.
Also presumed aboard are Mmes. Warden Louise Spence and Tess, photographer Frans Dely.
The Wolkberg area near Tzaneen and George’s Valley in Limpopo are being searched. The search for the planes with six helicopters and military aircraft was delayed due to poor visibility due to fog, and has resumed. The mountainous terrain has made the search more difficult.
Piaggio P166 planes are twin engine mediumsized aircraft, and ex air force planes.
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What: Asiana Boeing 747-400 Cargo plane en route from South Korea’s Incheon International Airport and to Pudong China
Where: southern resort island of Jeju, South Korea
When: July 27, 2011 3:05am local time
Who: two people
Why: At 7600 feet, the crew reported control problems, and the aircraft’s transponder transmitted the emergency code. Sixty-seven minutes after takeoff, the crew reported fire in the cargo hold and lost contact with ATC. They were planning to divert to Jeju, but instead the plane crashed off of Jeju island. There were strong winds at the time of the plane’s disappearance. The captain was 51 and the first officer was 44; and pilot, Choi Sang-ki, and co-pilot, Lee Jung-woong are still missing.
One wing of the plane has been recovered, then the rest of the wreckage was found by a coast guard patrol boat 67 miles west of Jeju city. The 58 tons of cargo included amino acid solution, synthetic resin, lithium batteries, paint and other potentially dangerous material. A search for the black boxes is ongoing.
What: Thai military Black Hawk chopper
Where: Myanmar border
When: July 18, 2011
Who: 9 aboard
Why: The chopper was on a search and rescue mission looking for 5 bodies in Saturday’s chopper crash in Krachan National park.
Those aboard the chopper were On board were Major General Tawan Ruangsri, the 9th Infantry Division chief and commander of the Surasee Task Force, Major Prapan Jiamsoongnoen, the 1st pilot, Major Chuphan Polwan, the 2nd pilot, Sargent Major Somkid Wongtoksaeng, the senior flight mechanic, Sargent Aram Wongsing, the second mechanic, Captain Jate Sudchai, Captain Chakraphan Bamrungphuet, Lance Corporal Itthisak Hinasuthi, and Sornwichai Kongtannukul, a TV Channel 5 cameraman.
While the chopper was en route, weather turned bad, and two of the three choppers on the mission returned to base. The third chopper was reported missing. Radio contact was lost at 11:55 a m.
