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Crash, France, Helicopter, Lost, private chartered

Helicopter Lost in Dordogne river

 

Four people are missing after a helicopter crashed into the Dordogne river.

The helicopter fell into the waters of the Dordogne, by the commune of Lugon-and-l ‘ île-du-Carnay, bordering the River, where is located the castle of île-du-Carnay.

Divers were searching the waters of the Dordogne while police swarmed the banks at the port of Petit Chartron. At midnight Friday, an unidentified corpse was recovered in the wreckage of the helicopter. The search for the other three missing was suspended at 11:30 and will resume Saturday morning at 8:00 a.m..

Crash, France, private, SOCATA, Video

Six Die in Crash in France

 

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On November 19, 2013, an Aircraft Guaranty Corp Trustee Socata TBM-700 was en route from Annecy – Haute-Savoie – Mont Blanc Airport with five men and one woman aboard when it developed problems. There were no survivors. They were all employed by part of the Vivialys, a real estate agency.

The plane was en route from Annecy to Toussus-le-Noble when it crashed ten miles south of Auxerre after 11:00 am (1000 GMT) in a field near the village of Mouffy. Some reports say “There was heavy fog” at the time of the crash and a witness heard “a strange whistling noise”. The debris field is spread in a radius of 1000 feet.

The aircraft was registered in the United States. The BEA, France’s Accident Investigation Bureau, sent four investigators.

See Video Below


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Aviation Attorney, BEA, Emergency, Fokker, France, propeller

Fokker 27 Investigation

BEA Fokker 27, registered I-MLVT, 25 October 2013, Roissy Charles de Gaulle Airport, France

INFORMATION ON 27 OCTOBER 2013

The BEA has initiated a Safety Investigation following the accident that occurred to the Fokker 27 Mk 500, operated by the Italian airline Miniliner on behalf of the French airline Europe Airpost.

The cargo aeroplane, with two pilots on board, had taken off at 01h10 (local time) from Roissy Charles de Gaulle Airport bound for Dole, France. A few minutes later, the aeroplane suffered uncontained damage to the left engine. During the accident, a left propeller blade went through the fuselage. At 01h20, the crew made an emergency landing back at Roissy Charles de Gaulle Airport.

A team of three investigators from the BEA went to Roissy on Friday 25 October to begin the first work on the investigation. The flight recorders, along with the propeller, will be sent to the BEA on Monday 28 October.

Organisation of the Investigation

In accordance with the provisions of European Regulation 996/2012, the BEA has associated the following organisations with the Safety Investigation:

ANSV (Agenzia Nazionale per la Sicurezza del Volo, Italy) representing the State of Operation of the aeroplane,
AAIB (Air Accidents Investigation Branch, United Kingdom) representing the State of Manufacture of the aeroplane’s engine and
the Dutch Safety Board (Netherlands) representing the State of Manufacture of the aeroplane.
The preliminary examination of the propeller blade that separated from the engine and the readout of the flight recorders will be undertaken at the BEA at the beginning of this week, in the presence of the BEA’s foreign counterparts and their technical advisers.


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Aviation Attorney, blade failure, Falling Parts, Fokker, France, propeller

Propeller Flies off Fokker F27 in Paris

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A Europe Airpost Fokker F27 owned by Miniliner made an emergency landing at Charles-de-Gaulle airport after a left propeller flew off on takeoff. ??

The propeller chopped a hole in the fuselage and flew off to parts unknown.

Officials are hoping to recover the lost propellor blade. Gendarmerie Transports Aériens are providing a recovery number if it is found: 01 48 62 17 00

As this was a freight flight, there were no passengers aboard. None of the crew were injured. ( The occupants were listed as three crew.)

airliners.net, Cessna, Crash, field, fire, France, private, Video

Four Dead in Passenger Plane Crash, Lyon


Photographer Rolando Criniti

A privately owned Cessna 421C Golden Eagle en route from Lyon Bron Airport to Aix-Les-Milles/Aix En Provence Airport took off then crashed near Lyon, France. The four passengers, one of whom ejected) died in the crash.



The plane crashed in a field near the end of the runway. Fifty firefighters and sixteen vehicles, nvestigators from the RCMP Air Transport and the Directorate General of Civil Aviation, responded to the scene. Four charred bodies were found in the plane, one without. Prefect Stéphane Rouvé and Lyon Prosecutor Marc Cinamonti visited the wreckage.

The names of the passengers have not been released.

Crash, France, Germany, glider, private, weather

Two Lost in Glider Crash in France


A privately owned Schempp-Hirth Arcus E glider had taken off from Sisteron Theze Airport and was near Faucon-de-Barcelonnette in the Ubaye mountains, France, when they disappeared on Sunday.

The two German glider pilots on the glider were both killed. They disappeared Sunday and were found near Faucon de Barcelonette. The 51 year old pilot was experienced.

They took off on Sunday and disappeared. THe last contact with them was at two in the afternoon.

There were strong winds and storms at the time of their disappearance.


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Crash, France, mechanical failure, private, SOCATA, Video, weather

Three Die in French Plane Crash

On August 8, 2013, a Massif Central Aviation Socata TBM700N with 3 aboard was en route from Toussus Le-Novle to Clermont-Ferrand.

The plane crashed with tourists aboard, in the town of Vertaizon, at 9:40 a.m. The tourists were a brother and sister. Everyone aboard, including the pilot, was over 70 years old. The BEA is investigating.

The plane and it’s engine shattered on impact, leaving a debris field of a hundred square meters
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Bad weather—low ceiling, low visibility and a very heavy rain—and mechanical problems are suspected to be behind the crash.

Air France, Airbus, Brazil, France, investigation, missing, Video

Air France Flight 447

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Air France 447 went down over the Atlantic in 2009.

The fly-by-wire A330 incorporates technology that prevents the airplane from entering a stall, but during a complete loss of airspeed information, however, the system reverted to manual control.

The final report said said the pilots were “completely surprised” by technical problems experienced at high altitude and engaged in increasingly de-structured actions until suffering “the total loss of cognitive control of the situation.”

CEO of the Flight Safety Foundation has been recorded said pilots generally manually manipulating the controls for only three minutes:one minute and 30 seconds each for take-off and landing.

“We are moving towards automated operations where the pilot isn’t even permitted to fly. That means the first time in your career you will ever feel what an aircraft feels like at 35,000 feet is when it’s handed to you broken.”

See a video examination of the Air France 447 flight


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Air Mediterranee, Airbus, Emergency, France, runway overrun

Air Mediterranée Airbus Runway Overrun

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On March 29, 3013, an Air Mediterranée Airbus A321-111 en route from Agadir-Al Massira International Airport to Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport ran off the runway on landing at Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport.

The flight from Dakar had a stopover in Agadir.

The plane was mired in soft ground. Firefighters assisted the passengers out one by one on waterlogged ground. Passengers were ported to the terminal by bus.

According to witnesses, the crew was Greek, and had little English and little French.

Machine translation of the incident from the beginning:
“The stop in Agadir was not provided. We said we had to refuel because of the weather. Upon landing, there were warning signs: the plane was a little unusual zig-zag before stopping. We left about 20 minutes later. In Lyon, the aircraft flew over the track for a long time, very close to the ground, without asking. Then we felt the brakes, we went left, then right, straight into a field, probably over a hundred meters. We then felt burnt and we were afraid that it caught fire.”

182 people were aboard. No injuries were reported.


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clipped building, France, Raytheon

Global Jet Luxembourg Crashes After Takeoff-One survivor

 


On March 4, 2013, a Global Jet Luxembourg Raytheon 390 Premier 1A en route from Annemasse Airport France to Geneve-Cointrin airport Switzerland had just taken off when it glanced off the roof of a residence and impacted a field in the municipality of Cranves-Sales right after takeoff.

One unidentified passenger died. The pilot died in the crash. His fifteen year old daughter.


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Crash, France, Lost, lost communication, Piper, private

Moroccan Family Dies in Grenoble Plane Crash

On January 5, 2013, a twin engine plane hit a remote hill near Grenoble and crashed, killing five. The pilot was flying his wife and three children from Grenoble France to Morocco. The plane (probably a Piper Seneca) disappeared from radar not long after takeoff.

The family was returning home from a vacation in France. No one on the ground was hurt.

Witnesses in Saint Pierre de Bressieux saw the plane crash. Emergency services dispatched to the scene found 5 deceased victims and a burning plane.

British Airways, Disruptive Passenger, Diversion, France

British Airways Stormed by Middle Aged Drunk Women


Two drunk women caused a British Airways flight Gatwick to Tunis flight to divert to Lyon. At 30,000 feet, the women smoked in the bathroom, and exhibited disruptive behavior, refusing to sit, attempting to get into the cockpit, and threatening to “track down and kill” the family of a BA stewardess.

They were arrested in Lyon, where gendarmes tossed them in the drunk tank overnight, and sent them back.

British Airways may ban them from flying BA flights.


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Crash, EADS, France, military/police

Algerian Air Cargo Crash in France

What: Algerian Air Force CASA C-295M Cargo Plane en route from Paris to Algiers
Where: Saint-Germain-du-Teil, near Avignon, France
When: Nov 9 2012, 3:45 pm.
Who: 6 aboard, 6 fatalities
Why: The Algerian Cargo plane crashed in Southern France near the village of Trelans, killing two military personnel and four civilians.

Firefighters recovered the remains of four civilians and two soldiers from the burning wreckage.

14 vehicles from Lozere carried 25 firefighters; and from Aveyron six vehicles brought 25 firefighters. An Air Force helicopter also assisted.

The research departmemt of the Paris Air Police and the Criminal Research Institute of the National Gendarmerie de Rosny-sous-Bois were dispatched to determine the cause of the crash.


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clipped cable, Crash, France, kit, missing, private

French Pilot Crashes in Vienne

What: Skyranger
Where: Vienne France
When: Oct 23, 2012 3:00 pm
Who: 1 fatality
Why: The pilot of a SkyRanger failed to return from a 2 hour flight, triggering a Sater Bravo land-air rescue.

A search went on till 2:00 a.m. The next day his remains were discovered near an electrical cable in a wooded area, ten miles east of the airport. The plane was severely damaged.


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Crash, Dassault, France, military/police, student pilot

Dassault Mirage Crash in France

What: Armee de l’air Dassault Mirage 2000-5
Where: Froideconche, France
When: Oct 3, 2012
Who: pilot
Why: A Mirage 2000-5 fighter crashed in Froideconche killing the Taiwanese pilot.

The pilot, who was on a training mission, crashed northeast of the town of Luxeuil Froideconche in a wooded area.

The accident is under investigation.


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Crash, France, Robinson

Robinson Chopper Crashes in Valouse

What: Robinson R-44 en route from Clermont-Ferrand (Puy-de-Dôme) to Le Luc
Where: Valouse
When: Sept 3, 2012
Who: 2 aboard, 2 fatalities
Why: The private helicopter was in France over the Drôme when the blades stopped and it fell. One witness said there was no explosion when it broke up in the air.

When the accident occurred, a father and teenaged son were aboard, headed to Le Luc where the father ran a construction company.

Twenty firefighters, fifteen police and helicopter EMS responded to the scene as well as two Air Base Orange helicopters.
mobilized.


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Crash, France, lightning, Pilatus, private chartered, weather

Solemont Crash May be Lightning Strike, 4 Swiss Killed

What: Happy Lines Pilatus PC-12/45 en route from Antwerp to Switzerland
Where: Solemont, France
When: August 24, 2012
Who: 4 aboard, 4 fatalities
Why: Eye witnesses say that the Pilatus was en route Friday night when it was struck by lightning. Forty minutes after the plane had sent out a distress call, emergency services found the wreck. Debris from the plane is scattered over a wide area.

Those on the plane included the pilot, aged 57, a woman passenger aged 20, and two men aged 36 and 51. All the remains have not been found and identified, although family members have been informed.

The accident is under investigation, and no specific cause has been released. Heavy rain was falling at the time of the crash, and there was low visibility. The four aboard the plane were from Switzerland. Late Friday, the Minister of Economy and Finance and managing director of the city of Montbéliard, Pierre Moscovici, expressed his “emotion” and “deep sympathy” towards victims.


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Air Corsica, ATR, France, tire

Flats on the Runway

What: Air Corsica Avion de Transport Regional ATR-72-500 en route from Ajaccio to Nice
Where: Côte d’Azur
When: August 25, 2012
Why: Firefighters immediately arrived, the passengers disembarked and were transported by bus to the terminal.

Apparently the airport had no tow bar for the ATR, blocking the runway; and another runway had to be closed due to a lightning strike. 4km visibility, wind 360 ° at 22 18knts gusts, heavy rain.

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clipped cable, Crash, Eurocopter, France

French Alps Chopper Crash Kills 6


What: Eurocopter group Eurocopter AS 532AL Super Puma
Where: La Palud-sur-Verdon, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
When: July 25, 2012, 13 h 40
Who: 6 aboard, 6 fatalities
Why: In the village of La Palud-sur-Verdon, a Eurocopter group helicopter crashed, killing the six men aboard, including employees of Eurocopter. The newly assembled chipper was en route to the Albanian army when it apparently “caught a EDF power cable.”

Two of those aboard may have been Albanian. Climbers were dispatched to assist with the recovery.

Crash, France, Grumman, private chartered, runway overrun

3 Americans Lost in Plane crash at Castellet Airport, France

What: Universal Jet Aviation Grumman G-1159 Gulfstream IV
Where: Le Castellet Airport, France
When: July 13, 2012
Who: 3 aboard, 3 fatalities
Why: On the ferry flight from Nice-Côte d’Azur Airport to Le Castellet, after the pilot reported problems, on landing, the airplane skidded and overshot the end of the runway. The three victims were two men aged 24 and 61, and a 30 year old woman. All three—two pilots and a flight attendant—were U.S. citizens.

The airplane broke in two. The front part came to rest in a small pond; the rear part of the fuselage came to rest among trees. A photo from the crash scene shows the thrust reversers were deployed.

Witnesses reported a large cloud of smoke and flames emerging from the plane. 57 firefighters, EMS personnel, police and rescue teams from the airport responded to the scene.
Universal Jet Aviation operates out of Boca Raton, Fl.

Balloon, France, Hit wires, powerlines, Video

Two Die in Balloon Fire

What: Schroeder Fire Balloons G34/24
Where: Villiers-Saint-Denis, Aisne France
When: May 13th, 2012, 7:00
Who: 4 aboard, 2 fatalities
Why: Fifteen minutes after takeoff, the craft struck power lines and crashed.

The basket caught fire immediately after touching the power line, instantly killing the pilot of the balloon and a sixty year old passenger.

Two brothers aged 20 and 24, were flown by helicopter to Percy hospital in Clamart (Hauts-de-Seine). One of them is badly burned. One brother who clung to the fabric of the balloon was injured by the fall over Charly-sur-Marne.

Thirty firemen and thirty policemen were on the scene.


Airbus, Brazil, Crash, France

Air France 447 and Airbus Design Issue: Possible Design Flaw in Control Stick

Stall warning sounded 75 times after the pitot tubes froze over.

Could the crash have been averted if the stick had communicated to the more experienced co-pilot what the less experienced pilot was doing? We agree that if the stick had been designed to communicate that the angle was wrong, the error would have been caught before the situation became critical.

We happen to agree with journalist, Nick Ross, who said in the video below that “All commercial airliners are remarkably safe,” but that the design could be made safer.

Should the stick provide pilot feedback? We believe amending the Airbus design to provide feedback would make the airbus a safer vehicle. What is your opinion?


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Air France, Airbus, airliners.net, Anti-ice system failure, Diversion, Emergency, France, valve

Valve Issues on Airbus Delay amid Transatlantic Flight


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What: Air France Airbus A340-300 en route from Paris to Bogota
Where: Guadeloupe
When: Mar 11th 2012
Who: 224
Why: While en route, a valve of the anti-ice system failed. Pilots diverted to Guadeloupe, where they stayed long enough to make repairs, before continuing on to Bogota less than four hours late.


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Air Asia, Airbus, France, tire

Flat tire on Landing in Paris


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Contact photographer Samuel Dupont

What: AirAsia X Airbus A340-300 en route from Kuala Lumpur to Paris France
Where: Paris
When: Mar 1st 2012
Why: On landing in Paris, a main gear tire burst.

Passengers for the return flight were provided overnight accommodations as a couple of tires and other parts were replaced.


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Airbus, Diversion, engine shut down, engine trouble, France, TAM

TAM False Start, Engine Shuts Down, Paris Return


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Contact photographer Konstantin von Wedelstaedt

What: TAM Linhas Aereas Airbus A330-200, en route from Paris to Rio de Janeiro
Where: Paris
When: Jan 24th 2012
Who: 160 passengers
Why: On takeoff, the plane developed a problem. The right engine was shut down. After suffering what sounded like a backfire to passengers, the captain announced they would be returning.

The flight crew then dumped fuel (apparently in the English Channel) and returned to the airport. Passengers were provided accommodations and were rescheduled.

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