Germany

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    Business Jet Crashes


    Sunday a Cessna Citation business jet carrying two pilots and two passengers from Shoreham airport in England to an airfield at Foehren struck a post in foggy conditions, and crashed, in flames when firefighters arrived. The two pilots and two passengers—all German— died at the scene. The wing stuck in (struck?) a pylon to the north-east of the 1200 meter runway. The Rivenich landfill is near the airport.

    The airfield is not equipped for instrument landings. Landings are not recommended with visibility less than 1,800 metros, but visibility was less than 100 meters.

    A passerby witnessed the incident and called it in. Trier Emergency services responded.

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    Three Children Survive German Plane Crash


    On August 27 2013, a Flugschule Dortmund operated Piper PA-32R-301T Turbo Saratoga SP took off from Langeoog Airport to Arnsberg in Germany. Eight people were aboard. THe pilot reported engine problems, and his communication with ATC cut off.

    The plane crashed in Wickede Germany in a field 1nm east of the runway.

    Witnesses saw the plane above the forest, and it descended with a cloud of black smoke.

    The pilot, another man, two women and a child died on impact. Three children survived, two of whom met rescue workers at the scene, and one who was taken from the wreckage. The wreckage was located south of the Ruhr near the boat house on the Ruhr meadows

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    Lancair Down in Germany with Three aboard


    Bundeswehr-Luftsportring Laupheim e.V. was operating a Lancair ES with 3 people aboard, flying out of Laupheim Airport in Germany when it crashed at Heimertingen near Oberopfingen.

    Three men——two Bavarians and a man from Baden Wurttenberg——were killed in the crash near the Bavarian border. The pilot was one of the Bavarians, and the flight was a training flight to learn new technology.

    An eye-witness called in the report of a small crash around 4pm. Rescue workers found the crash site in Biberach district in a wooded area between Highway 7 and Oberopfingen near the Bavarian border.

    No cause has been determined for the crash.

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    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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    Replica Vintage Crash in Trier-Fonren


    A privately operated Murphy Renegade Spirit, a single engine biplane, was en route from Trier-Fonren Airport Rhineland when it crashed, seriously injuring the pilot.

    The pilot apparently had difficulty in the air and attempted to return to the airport. He made a precautionary landing en route back to the airport.

    A Luxembourg Air Rescue medevac helicopter flew him to a hospital.

    The plane was written off as a total loss.

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    Medical Helicopter Emergency Landing Takes out Windshield


    photographer Jerome Mervelet
    A medical evacuation helicopter, ADAC-Luftrettung Eurocopter EC 135 P2 was making a street landing in Germany when it struck a car.

    The tail of the chopper struck an Opel Corsa’s window. The car was parked in a parking lot at the Ochsenfurt train station.

    No people were injured.

    The pilot and the on board doctor noticed the damaged windshield after landing. Damage to the vehicle is estimated at 2000 euros.

    There appears to be insignificant damage to the helicopter but it is slated for inspection of the right stabilizing fin on the tail boom.

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    Sport Plane Crashes in Germany

    On April 26, 2013, four people died in a crash in Germany after taking off from Rendsburg-Schachtholm en route to Rotenburg/Wümme Airport.

    The plane crashed and burned on approach to Rotenburg less than 2 kilometers short of the runway in an open field.

    The names of the victims have not been released.

    An investigation is underway.

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    Bad Day for Helicopters


    Didn’t mention this all together yesterday but it was a bad day (or two) for helicopters.

    On Mar 19

    • Bristow Academy Inc Schweitzer 269C-1 training flight; chopper lost power and crash-landed Highway US-1 near Titusville, FL. Two aboard, no injuries

    On Mar 21

    • Bundespolizei Aérospatiale AS 332L1 Super Puma was in a training exercise in snowy conditions at Berlin’s Olympic Stadium. The Super Puma struck the EC-155 while landing, and fell. THe EC-155 pilot died on the scene, and three were injured.
    • Bundespolizei Eurocopter EC 155B-1 (AS 365N4) (see above incident at Berlin’s Olympic Stadium)
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    Glider Crash Sends Two to hospitals


    A Flugsportclub Aschaffenburg Scheibe SF 25C Rotax Falke which had taken off from Aschaffenburg was returning from a scenic flight when it crashed in a muddy field next to the Hessian-Bavarian border near Großostheim airfield.

    The pilot and passenger were taking advantage of pretty weather.

    The two aboard the plane were trapped for an hour. Rescue was delayed by the mud in the field which made approaching with rescue equipment difficult.

    A dozen rescue personnel, two paramedics, and forty firemen and policemen responded.

    After they were extracted, they were flown to separate hospitals. The 63 year female passenger was flown to Aschaffenburg hospital. The 82 year old pilot was taken to Frankfurt University Trauma Center.

    The Federal Bureau of Aircraft Accident Investigation (Bundesstelle für Flugunfalluntersuchungen) is investigating. No cause of the crash has yet been advanced.

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    Two Fatalities in German Microlight Accident


    IG Utraleichtfliegen Bürstedt (which is an air carrier) was flying a Comco Ikarus C42 (which is a German micro-light aircraft) which took off from Lorsch en route to Rheingau but crashed in woods near Rüdesheim.

    The plane crashed near the Rüdesheim-Aulhausen air field, with two unidentified men aboard. The plane caught fire on impact and help arrived too late.

    The two people aboard were reported as fatalities, one who was thrown from the plane, and one who was burned beyond recognition.

    It is not known if the pilot lost control after impacting trees, if it was a pilot error or a technical defect.

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    Abelag Aviation Flight Suffers Runway Excursion

    On Feb 15, 2013, a Abelag Aviation Embraer EMB-500 Phenom 100 en route from Kortrijk-Wevelgem Airport to Berlin Schönefeld Airport was landing in Brandenburg and suffered a runway excursion that damaged the plane. The two crew and one passenger were uninjured. The closed runway led to twenty flights being diverted.

    The landing gear suffered some damage. The plane was built in 2010, Construction number 50000196, had two Pratt & Whitney Canada PW617F-E Turbofan engines.

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    Volkswagen Air Services Falcon Skids off Runway


    On January 30, 2013, a Volkswagen Air Services Dassault Falcon 7X with 3 aboard was taking off from Berlin Tegel Airport when the plane developed a steering problem and skidded off the runway.

    Witnesses said it looked as if the plane were caught by a gust of wind.

    There were no injuries reported.

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    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 hurt. The accident occurred during rush hour between the junction Schwäbisch Hall and just before the Kochertalbrücke.

    The pilot, 42 year old Sven Berger was killed in the crash and will have to be identified thru his dna. The remains of the helicopter are melted, burned, broken and bent, and smell like burned plastic. First responders could not get through the flames to the helicopter.

    Berger was a firefighter, member of the Commerce and Industry association and owned the Schwab Bacher Kithcen Studios. The tentative cause for the accident is poor visibility. There were spots of freezing temperatures, rain and fog in Brachbach.

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    Two Planes Collide over Germany, 8 Fatalities


    What: Piper PA-32-301 Saratoga
    Robin DR.400/180 Regent
    Where: Near Wölfersheim, Hessen
    When: Dec 8 2012
    Who: 5 + 3 fatalities
    Why: A Piper PA-32-301 Saratoga (D-EUEU) and a Robin DR.400 (D-EHJP) both crashed following a mid-air collision near Wölfersheim, Hessen, Germany. All five occupants of the Saratoga and all three aboard the DR.400 were killed. Four adults and four children.

    Shortly after 2 pm Saturday when it was still daylight, the two small planes collided in the air over Wölfersheim-Melbach and Dorheim. Police, fire and rescue services were up all night in freezing temperatures, hampered by falling snow while recovering the fatalities and processing the scene.

    The debris field is described as huge, crossing two adjacent fields near the village of Melbach and a couple of meters from the Reichelsheim airfield.

    Two adults and three children were on the Piper Saratoga to Aschaffenburg. Two adults and a child were in the Robin.

    The federal Office of Aircraft Accidents Investigation will be investigating. Witnesses who may have observed the collision at Wölfersheim on Saturday afternoon are being asked to call 06031 – Report to 6010.

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    Helicopter lost in Baltic Sea, 2 aboard

    What: Helitrans Eurocopter AS 350 Ecureuil en route from Lübeck, Germany to Halmstad Sweden
    Where: Baltic Sea
    When: Dec 5, 2012
    Who: 2 aboard
    Why: The Helitrans Eurocopter has been missing since December fifth over the Baltic Sea. The emergency beacon located by a German Navy vessel off the coast of Fehmarn island appears to have been a false alarm. Danish air ATC lost radar contact with the helicopter at 13:56 Swedish time, about 10 minutes after takeoff into what should have been a 2 hour flight.

    The pilot is a Norwegian employee of Heli Trans. The other has foreign citizenship and is not employed by Heli Trans.

    The search operation for the missing Norwegian helicopter was suspended overnight from 10 o’clock p.m. on Dec 5 but rescue centers in Denmark, Norway and Sweden have been involved. Nine search vessels are in the area east of Neustadt in Holstein. See German Link here:No traces of fuel or oil in the water have been found, and the beacon that was located by the German ship appears to have been a lost cell phone. It was not in the expected flight path.

    The air search has resumed, with a German Sea King helicopter now searching. Recent snowfall is impeding search more difficult.

    The passenger’s name has not been released but the next of kin have been informed.

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    Germanwings Birdstrike

    What: Germanwings Airbus A319-132
    Where: Cologne Bonn German
    When: Oct 26, 2012
    Who: 128 aboard
    Why: On takeoff from the airport, the flight suffered a bird strike in one engine.

    Pilots shut down the affected engine, and diverted to the airport where they made a safe landing.

    Passengers were provided an alternative flight.

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    Plane crashes in German Meadow

    What: Mooney M20E Super 21
    Where: Speichersdorf, Germany
    When: Oct 21, 2012
    Who: 2 fatalities
    Why: 48-year-old pilot from the Erlangen-Hochstadt and his 53 year old passenger died in a crash. THe plane crashed into a meadow shortly after takeoff.

    Emergency services arrived quickly but could not resuscitate the victims.The representative from the Federal Bureao of Aircraft accidents said that the cause of the crash was human error.

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    Ryanair Diverts to Berlin

    What: Ryanair Boeing 737 en route from London to Bratislava
    Where: Berlin Germany
    When: September 24, 2012
    Why: The Ryanair flight was en route to Bratislava when it developed a fuel problem and diverted to Kassel Germany.

    A warning light indicated a “possible technical issue” or leak.

    Passengers disembarked, and boarded an alternative Ryanair flight.

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    Microlight Crash in German Corn Field

    What: Flugschule UL Freital Fly Synthesis Storch
    Where: Niederschöna Germany
    When: Sept 17, 2012 at 8:30
    Who: 2 fatalities
    Why: The 582 Storch microlight engaged on a round trip from Mohom crashed in a Halsbrücke field and broke into pieces on impact.

    The two aboard the plane died in the crash. The 22 year old pilot has been identified but the name has not been released. The passenger has not been identified.

    The Niederschöna fire department were first responders. The Federal Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Investigation of Brunswick is investigating.

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    XL Airways Boeing Smoked out at Cologne-Bonn airport


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    Contact photographer Markus Adank

    What: XL Airways en route through Boeing 737-800 from Hanover to Bonn
    Where: Cologne-Bonn airport
    When: Sept 3 2012
    Who: 186 passengers, 6 crew
    Why: An XL Airways plane at Bonn was evacuated when smoke filled the cabin. Seven passengers were treated on the scene and eleven in all were injured. Some passengers described an odor like kerosene.

    Passengers disembarked via the stairway on to the tarmac with emergency services on standby.

    In 2008, the same plane had an engine problem forcing an emergency landing.

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    One Survivor in Ultralight Crash in Germany


    What: SkyWalker II ultralight training aircraft
    Where: Idar-Oberstein, Germany
    When: August 3, 2012
    Who: 2 aboard, 1 fatality
    Why: An 18 year old pilot crashed in an ultralight training aircraft in Idar-Oberstein. The pilot died on impact.

    His 23 year old passenger was injured seriously, and transported via medical helicopter to University Hospital Homburg.

    An investigation is underway. NO cause for the crash has yet been determined.

    Video Below

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    Helicopter Crash In Germany Kills 4


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    Contact photographer András Mihalik

    What: Robinson R44 helicopter, Austrian registration OE-XKS en route from Augsburg – EDMA, Germany to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Airport- LOWS, Salzburg, Austria
    Where: Teisendorf, Germany
    When: June 9, 2012
    Who: 4 fatalities
    Why: Moments after the pilot told ATC he would be making an precautionary landing 15 km from their destination, ATC lost contact with the aircraft, and the helicopter crashed into trees and mountaneous terrain, bursting into flames near Teisendorf, Germany.

    The pilot and three passengers on board the helicopter were fatally injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The foreign, non-scheduled cross-country flight originated at Worms, Germany, and was en route to Salzburg, Austria.

    At 1520, the weather conditions at Salzburg, Austria, 12 miles east-southeast of the accident was wind 200 degrees at 3 knots, few clouds at 500 feet, broken ceiling at 6000 feet, visibility 6 miles, rain, temperature 57 degrees Fahrenheit (F). The German government is investigating.

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    Bavaria: Four Germans Crash in Foggy Forest


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    Contact photographer András Mihalik
    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.

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    Small Swiss-owned Planet Crashes after “problems” in Parchim


    What: Twin Club Diamond DA42 Twin Star
    Where: Schwerin-Parchim Airport, Germany
    When: May 28, 2012
    Who: 4 aboard, 2 fatalities
    Why: After the pilot reported to ATC of having problems with the aircraft just after takeoff, the flight crashed in a forest near the town of Parchim. The 58 year old Swiss pilot and one 61 year old Swiss female passenger were reported as fatalities. Emergency services arrived in time to free two others (also Swiss) from the aircraft.

    They were injured and ported by helicopter to a hospital.

    The names have not been released.