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    Firemen Die in Helicopter Crash

    What: Aragon Fire Brigade government helicopter
    Where: Camarena, near Teruel Spain
    When: March 19 2011 13.30 am
    Who: 7 aboard, 6 killed, 1 injured
    Why: While en route to put out a fire outbreak in the area of ??Villel, 6 firemen died in a helicopter crash in Spain.

    Two helicopters assisted in the recovery of the bodies and rescue of the injured. The one survivor was taken to Hospital Obispo Polanco of Teruel where he is intubated after suffering broken ribs and head trauma. Psychologists of the 112 Emergency Center are meet relatives and colleagues of those affected.

    The President of Aragon, Marcelino Iglesias, and the Minister for the Environment, Alfredo Bone have traveled to Teruel. The initial fire which called out the fire helicopter has been controlled.

    We haven’t heard yet the make of the helicopter, or the names of those involved. The world is always worse off after we lose our heroes in tragic circumstances.

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    Airbus Yesterday, Air France Today: Justice Wheels Grind Slowly

    George’s Point of View


    Thursday’s news was that Airbus is being investigated for Air France Flight 447. Airbus officials made a public statement that they “strongly disapprove” of the decision, (no doubt!) but would comply with the investigation. Note to readers: This is law, not option. So let’s take that cooperation with a grain of salt, shall we? When the judge tells you that you’re being investigated, you say, “Yes Ma’am.”

    March 20 is the date the search starts again, more on that below.

    So yesterday, Thursday, was Airbus’s turn in court–
    Today, Friday, Air France has been called in its turn before a judge in France to get its hand slapped. Or get in preparation to get its hand slapped, in ten years or so. Anyway, Air France is also on the mat.

    Or, as they call it in France, (to be purists here) Mise en examen

    This is a criminal investigation. It is a matter of FRENCH LAW. As it was explained to me, “Every air accident is also a criminal matter, and a judge is appointed to oversee the investigation and follow up including charges if any to be filed.”

    So what was the problem with the flight? It crashed. It killed lots of people No one knows for sure why. (Though to some of us it seems obvious.) No black boxes, right? But we’re not idiots. We have plenty of information about what was going on. Not everything, of course, but we have the messages sent by the plane’s computers. They reflect faulty readings which are believed to be the result of faulty pitot tube readings and a series of system failures. We would have a rounder picture of events if the black boxes, which hold crucial information were not misplaced somewhere in the Atlantic. They think they know where it is, (or at least they say they know or say they think they know) based on drift and whatnot (heavy on the whatnot.) But millions have been spent finding this needle in a stack of needles under the ocean, in a submarine mountain range. Nearly 30 million dollars has been spent on the search for the black boxes so far. The cost of the new search is shared by Airbus and Air France and will cost 12.5 million.

    What about the details about the mise en examen preliminary manslaughter charges filed Thursday against Airbus? They were filed in French court by Judge Sylvie Zimmerman over the 2009 deaths of 228 people aboard Air France Flight 447. Fatal accidents automatically prompt criminal probes running concurrent with civil investigations, but a couple of points which may not be obvious to Americans not versed in French Justice are that the charges may be issued pending further investigation, and may hinge on the black boxes which have not been found and may never be found; AND the dual investigation slows things down. That may be one item that delayed the Concord trial 10 years after the accident. You’ve seen pictures of a guy walking around with a tiny ankle-biting dog chewing on the hem of one pants leg? Well, instead of a chihuahua, picture the entire french justice system. Might tend to slow down ones progress, do you think?

    So Air France will be in court Friday, ie today. Watch the news, because what we saw yesterday about Airbus, we’ll see today about Air France. I hope the families are getting some satisfaction from this, because it is going to be a long (long long long) time before they feel like they’re actually being heard, not herded into obscurity.

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    Tecnam Crash in the Ukraine, 4 Aboard


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    What: International Aviation Training Center Tecnam P2006T
    Where: Kiev Ukraine
    When: Mar 11, 2011
    Who: 4 aboard, 4 fatalities
    Why: The plane owned by International Aviation Training Center fell in a tailspin and crashed near Vasilkova. It was a new plane, and the cause of the accident has not been determined. It is however, the second problem this plane has had. On its first flight it apparently had to return after 20 minutes due to problems.

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    Tara Field Georgia: Flight Crashes on National Aerotech Maintenance Flight


    What: Desert Sand Aircraft Leasing de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 100
    Where: SW of Clayton County Airport-Tara Field, GA
    When: 08 MAR 2011
    Who: 2 fatalities
    Why: The Desert Sand Aircraft Leasing flight piloted by 37-year-old Bryan Hedrick crashed at 11:45 am on March 8, 2011 on a post maintenance flight run. The maintenance was done by National Aerotech Aviation, and the maintenance flight was headed toward Tara Field when the plane went down for an unknown reason, and landed upside down, with the tail leaning on a tree, the right wing off and twisted, and the left wing folded back.

    Both the pilot and passenger Oriel Roberts died in the crash.

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    Sad Chopper Crash in Colombia.

    What: Bell UH-1H
    Where: Melgar, Tolima – Colombia
    When: March 07, 2011 5:40
    Who: 5 fatalities, 4 injuries
    Why: Six helicopters were engaged in a training mission when the rotors of two of the UH-1Hs collided. One of the helicopters fell, and caught on fire.

    Technician Felipe Pava Rodriguez, technician John Mario Diaz Llanos, Lt. Manuel Alberto Cuspoca, Mexican Lt. Dante Herrera Alarcon, and Capt. Juan Jose Orjuela were killed in the crash. Lt. Hugo Estrada Lopez is one of 4 survivors, all from the 2nd helicopter which managed to make a controlled, if hard, landing.

    The cause of the crash has tentatively been attributed to human error.

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    Dash 8 Has Gusty Landing Ending in Crunch


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    Contact photographer Stefan Sonnenberg

    What: Flugfelag Air Iceland de Havilland Dash 8-100 en route from Reykjavik Iceland to Nuuk Greenland
    Where: Nuuk
    When: Mar 4th 2011
    Who: 31 passengers and 3 crew
    Why: After weather conditions had already delayed the flight for more than a day, passengers were finally able to make the journey. However, on landing, the plane veered off the runway in gusty conditions. The de Havilland Dash received nose, propellers and engines damage, but no one aboard was injured.

    Perhaps they should have delayed the flight for another day.

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    Russia: Wing Falls off New Antonov, Crash Kills 6

    What: Voronezh Aircraft Joint Stock Company (VASO) Antonov 148-100E on the border between the Voronezh and Belgorod regions.
    Where: Garbuzovo, Belgorod Region (Russia)
    When: Mar 05, 2011
    Who: 6 fatalities
    Why: The new Antonov-148, being developed in the Ukraine in cooperation with 14 countries, and was sold by the Voronezh Aircraft Factory to the Myanmar Air Force and is designed to carry 79 to 99 passengers. Hundreds of technical problems have been recorded, but the plane is still in its testing phase. On a test flight to Myanmar, witnesses saw a wing and the tail fall off the plane while it was still in the air over a school and kindergarten. The crew managed to avoid the school, and the plane crashed and burned in a field.

    Two pilots from Myanmar died at the crash. Those killed included Yuri Zubritsky, First Class Test Pilot, Captain; First Class Test Flight Navigator Vladimir Yasko; Test Engineer Alexander Korolyov; Lead Flight Test Engineer Anatoly Samoshkin and two Republic of the Union of Myanmar pilots Htein-Lin-Aung and Zaw-Htun-Aung. The flight recorders have been recovered.

    Five engines and 13 firefighters responded.

    The plane’s contractor was JSC Voronezh Aircraft Manufacturing Company. (VASO). The plane had flown 31 flights.


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    Triple S Crash Kills 4 Americans in Abu Dhabi


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    Contact photographer Simon Curtis

    What: Triple S Aviation McKinnon G-21G Turbo Goose seaplane en route from UAE to US via Riyadh, Saudi Arabi
    Where: Taxiway Kilo Al Ain
    When: Feb 27, 2010
    Who: 4 fatalities
    Why: After takeoff, the plane veered left and crashed.
    The plane caught on fire on impact. 4 US citizens were killed in the crash, including Triple S owner Landon Studer and the company’s international project manager Joshua Hucklebridge. The other victims were pilots from Nevada and California. Triple S has offices in the Middle East and in Texas. The 4 aboard the flight were crew apparently, although their names have not been released.

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    Strikemaster Crashes in Hudson


    Contact photographer Derek Heley

    What: Dragon Aviation 1969 BAC 167 Strikemaster en route from Nashville, Tennessee, to an airport in Ghent, New York See more about the plane here
    Where: near the Kingston-Rhinecliff Bridge, Hudson River, Kingston New York
    When: Feb 26 2011 1:30 p.m.
    Who: pilot Michael Faraldi
    Why: The BAC 167 Strikemaster ex-military jet did a very low pass over the runway before crashing into the frozen Hudson River on approach to Kingston-Ulster Airport at about 1:30 p.m. Saturday near the Kingston-Rhinecliff Bridge. The body of 38-year-old Michael Faraldi was recovered 3 p.m. Sunday. Faraldi whose day job was podiatry was a general aviation pilot on his first transition into a high performance jet-fighter category aircraft.

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    Family Charges Bombardier with Negligence

    The National Transportation Safety Board’s decision on the Colgan Air Flight 407 crash is that the pilot responded inappropriately to the stick shaker, which led to an aerodynamic stall from which the airplane did not recover. The stick shaker only comes into play when the plane is already slow enough to stall. The plane fell 800 feet before crashing pointing northeast, away from the airport

    The family of Ellyce Kausner has filed a lawsuit against Bombardier. Bombardier is the manufacturer of the plane involved in the crash. The suit charges that Bombardier was “negligent and careless” in the design of the plane by not providing more efficient internal mechanical warning systems.

    Kausner was a 24 year old Jacksonville law student traveling to NY to visit family.

    At least 19 other families have filed suits.

    At the time of the crash, the automated “stick-pusher,” pushes the control column down in order to send the aircraft into a temporary dive so it can regain speed and recover from a stall but Capt. Renslow yanked back on the controls while adding thrust, manually overriding the stick-pusher.

    Colgan Air, Clarence Center, NY, Accident Dockets

    George’s Point of View

    Time for Bombardier to step up to the plate. Although this has little to do with the pilot, who had flunked numerous flight tests during his career and was never adequately taught how to respond to the emergency that led to the airplane’s fatal descent. Maybe Ellyce would still be here if the warning systems on the Bombardier were simply better.

    When the plane slowed down to a dangerous level, it set off the stall-prevention system, and the pilot performed the opposite of the proper procedure. So there were hiring and training issues involved too. And Captain Renslow had about 109 hours of experience, hardly enough to be pilot.

    Even if procedures seem counter-intuitive, shouldn’t the pilot be aware of them?

    Barring the inefficiency of an ill-prepared pilot, shouldn’t Bombardier have some kind of way to limit ineffective pilot responses?

    When the hiring and training fails, and when the pilot fails, shouldn’t there be some kind of fail-safe within the plane? Even a copy of the Complete Idiot’s Guide to Not Crashing your Bombardier for pilots who flunked their last check write 16 months before and who apparently didn’t read the real manual?

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    Indiana Pilot Crashes in Corn Field


    What: #3875C C421 Golden Eagle Executive Commuter plane
    Where: Connersville Indiana
    When: 8:15 pm
    Who: James Robert Savor, 47
    Why: Around 8:15 witnesses heard the plane flying low. It crashed in a corn field south East County Road 400, near Henry Road two miles from the airport Weather at the time was rainy. The pilot was killed in the crash.

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    Newfoundland Cougar 491 Crash: Unanswered

    Families and the only survivor of the 2009 Sikorsky crash have petitioned Transport Minister Chuck Stahl to take action. Transport Canada did not enforce certification requirements, leading to sixteen factors that in their turn lead to the crash. Two of three titanium studs broke off the oil filter assembly.

    The helicopter’s design is to be able to continue flying for thirty minutes after the gearbox runs dry.

    The last conversations between air traffic controllers and the Sikorsky’s pilots, Capt. Matt Davis, 34, of St. John’s, and First Officer Tim Lanouette, 48, Comox, B.C., were released by the Transportation Safety Board of Canada.

    The news from the day of the tragic accident.

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    Venezuela Crash Kills 6

    What: Cessna 340 A en route from El Vigia airfield in Merida state to San Antonio del Tachira
    Where: E Venezuela near Colombia
    When: Feb 23, 2010
    Who: 6 fatalities
    Why: The Premezclado Agroconcha plane carrying three well-known businessmen refueled at El Vigia. Outside the village of San Pedro del Rio, the plane crashed. Pilot Victor Correa and passengers Jesus Rojas, Efrain Rojas, Gonzalo Hidalgo, Rodolfo Betancourt and Ivan Martini were killed in the crash. The plane belongs to Maparca Corporation.

    JIAAC is investigating.

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    Survivors Have Rights Too


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    Contact photographer Andrei Visan

    What is a life worth?

    It appears that Manx2 Airlines doesn’t think a life is worth very much. Manx2 denied an advance payment of more than £15,000 to cover the costs of a crash survivor (Cork Airport) to fly by aircraft from Cork University Hospital to the U.K. They are trying to shift responsibility to BCN.

    On the second approach to runway 17 the right wing-tip of the Swearingen SA-227BC Metro III hit the runway, flipping the aircraft upside down. The plane slid 190 metres along the runway and came to rest in the grass adjacent to Taxiway C when fuel tanks leaking fuel in the right wing caught fire.The leased plane crashed on Feb 10, 2011, killing 2 crew members, and 4 passengers. There were 6 survivors.

    After a horrific accident like that, you’d expect Manx to step up to the plate.

    When someone dies in a crash the question is asked: what is this life worth? You may not hear it in that many words, but it is there. The value of a human being, translated into dollars and cents. When someone survives a crash as 6 did in this instance, it is difficult not to see Manx’s petty delay tactic as a slap in the face.

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    Student Pilot Flight Crashes 20 miles from Airport


    Flight Aware
    What: Flight academy (leased) Cessna 172S Skyhawk en route from Daytona Beach airport to Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport and back to Daytona.
    Where: Smyrna Beach Florida
    When: Feb 16, 2010
    Who: Pilot and student
    Why: A Norwegian student and an instructor crashed into the Atlantic Ocean, just north of Canaveral National Seashore, near Bethune Beach in New Smyrna Beach, Florida in a leased Cessna Skyhawk, at about 6:30 pm. The plane was seen falling into the ocean 20 miles from the airport, 200 yards from the beach. The aircraft submerged before rescuers could reach the craft, and pieces of it are in the water.

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    Final Flight: Jim’s Big Sky Kauai At Rest


    Pictured: video capture
    What: Airborne Edge XT-912-L
    Where: Hanapepe, Kauai, Hawai
    When: Feb 15 2011, 11:41 am
    Who: 2 aboard, 2 fatalities
    Why: A kayaker witnessed a Big Sky Kauai ultralight 200 yards off Glass Beach when it fell to the ocean and sank with the pilot James Gaither and passenger Kim Buergel, 49, of Spokane, Washington.

    The ultralight is based out of Port Allen Airport in Hanapepe. Rescue services with a boat, jet skis and the county’s new helicopter, Air-1 searched for five hours for survivors in overcast weather and murky water, and found only debris.

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    Squirrel Crash Kills Aussie Pilot

    What: Eurocopter AS 350B2 Ecureuil
    Where: 36km south of Manus Island, Papua New Guinea
    When: Feb 13, 2011
    Who: Pilot Mal Smith
    Why: While flying from the Eastern Highlands centre of Goroka to Manus for mining contractors, Australian Sunshine Coast helicopter pilot Lloyd Lester suffered engine failure in a Eurocopter AS350 P2-PHL Ecureuil, and crashed into the Bismarck sea en route to Manus Island. Eyewitnesses report indicate that the engine lost power, started up and lost power again.

    Pacific Helicopters owner, Mal Smith (who is also Eastern Highlands Province governor) said some of the wreckage was found, but not the engine or Mr Lester. He was hopeful he would be found alive, but three helicopters and two planes searched an area 24 kilometres to the west and 70 kilometres to south of Baluan Island and Mr Lester was not found. Nearby islands are being searched in case he made it to shore.

    Lester is from Papua New Guinea

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    African Air Services Crashes in Congo


    Pictured: A Let 410 (not the one that crashed)
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    Contact photographer Paul Kipping

    What: African Air Services Commuter en route from Bukavu-Kavumu Airport to Lusenge Airfield
    Where: Congo
    When: Feb 14 2010
    Who: 2 aboard, 2 fatalities
    Why: A small African Air Service owned Let 410 cargo plane, registration 9Q-CIF, was damaged beyond repair in an accident at Mont Biega, D.R. Congo. Both crew members (Ukranian and Congolese) pilot and copilot were killed. The cargo that was aboard is unknown; rescue workers are forming an expedition to examine the scene, and recover the bodies and wreckage.

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    Tragedy in Honduras


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    Contact photographer Nelson Mejia

    What: Central American Airways – CAA Let L-410UVP-E20 en route from San Pedro Sula-Ramon Villeda Morales Airport to Tegucigalpa-Toncontin
    Where: Santa Ana, Cerro de Hula Honduras
    When: Feb 14 2011
    Who: 2 crew, 12 passengers, 14 fatalities
    Why: The Central American Airways flight from San Pedro Sula to Tegucigalpa departed from San Pedro Sula at 07:04 for the 40 minute flight to Tegucigalpa and crashed at 8:02 in a forested area.

    Crash victims include labor leader, Israel Salinas Castellanos and Pedro Sula businessman Carlos Chahine, who served as minister Economy. The plane’s captain was Eduardo Ernesto Pach Pineda, and co-pilot Andersón Mejía. Salinas Elvir and Rodolfo Rovelo were also killed in the crash.

    CREW:
    1. Captain Oscar Anderson
    2. Captain Eduardo Pach
    PASSENGER LIST
    1. Plutarch Molina
    (Business Building)
    2. Peter Jhon
    3. Howar Jeams
    4. Chuk Tom Klein
    5. Joaquin Fernandez
    6. Leda Cabrera
    7. July Alvarenga
    8. Israel Salinas
    9. Carlos Chaín
    10. Alejandra Figueroa
    11. Rodolfo Rovelo
    12. Sara Villacorta

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    Sabang Plane Crashes on Maintenance Test Flight; All Lost


    Pictured: A Sabang Merauke Raya C-212-100 Aviocar like the one in the crash
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    Contact photographer Chaity

    What: Sabang Merauke Raya C-212-100 Aviocar en route from Batam to Batam
    Where: Bintan Island, Indonesia
    When: Feb 12th 2011
    Who: 5 aboard (flight crew of 2, 3 techs)
    Why: The plane had just undergone maintenance (engine replacement) and was on a test flight with 5 crew members aboard.

    Thirty minutes after takeoff, the plane disappeared from radar. The last contact was at 13:41 when the crew contacted Tanjung Pinang Approach.

    The plane crashed.

    “KNKT TUGASKAN TIGA INVESTIGATOR SELIDIKI KECELAKAAN PESAWAT CASSA 212 PK-ZAI
    PUSAT KOMUNIKASI PUBLIK, 12/02/2011
    (Jakarta, 12/02/11) Komite Nasional Keselamatan Transportasi (KNKT) menugaskan tiga investigatornya untuk menyelidiki penyebab jatuhnya Pesawat Cassa 212 dengan registrasi PK-ZAI di daerah Berakit, Batam, Sabtu (12/02).”
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    Crash in Cork; 6 Fatalities


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    Contact photographer A. Muñiz Zaragüeta

    What: Manx2 leased from Flightline Swearingen SA-227BC Metro III en route from Belfast to Cork
    Where: Cork Airport, Ireland
    When: Feb 10, 2011
    Who: 6 fatalities, 6 hospitalized (12 aboard) 10 passengers, 2 crew
    Why: The plane was on approach to Runway 17 in fog and low visability. The plane made a go-around. The pilot attempted a second landing on Runway 35. The flight made a second go-around; on the second approach to Runway 17 the aircraft crashed and flipped.

    The plane is an 18-seater Fairchild Metroliner leased by Manx 2 with the flight number BPS 7100.

    The Spanish pilot and his British co-pilot are among the fatalities; also, Pat Cullinan, a partner in KPMG from Omagh and worked in the Belfast office of the accountancy firm; businessman Brendan McAleese from Co Tyrone, who is is a first cousin of Dr Martin McAleese, husband of President Mary McAleese.

    A public announcement said “three men from the North, two men resident elsewhere in the United Kingdom, and a male Spanish national” were killed.

    The six survivors (5 men and 1 woman) have been hospitalized at Cork University Hospital.

    Irish Authority Statement
    1015hrs 10 February 2011: Flight Avia No FLT400C a metroliner SW4 with ten passengers and two crew has crashed at Cork Airport. No details of injuries or fatalities are available. The aircraft made an approach to Runway 17 in low vis conditions (Category 2) and went around and did not land and attempted a second landing on Runway 35. The aircraft then went around a second time and came back for an approach to Runway 17. On the second approach to Runway 17 the aircraft crashed adjacent to Taxiway C. Rescue and Fire crew are in attendance. There is a fire and debris has been scattered onto the runway and over a wide area. The accident will be investigated by the Air Accident Unit of the Dept. of Transport. This is correct at this time and may be amended as more detail becomes available.

    Ireland is conducting the investigation.

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    Wolf-hunting Helicopter Crashes Killing Crew

    What: Rostov ROSTO
    Where: 20 km from Naryn-Khuduk, Kalmykia Russia
    When: Feb 6 2011
    Who: 2 aboard, 2 fatalities
    Why: At around 14:00, the crew made an emergency landing because of engine trouble and then fixed it. The helicopter was engaged in shooting wolves in the Chernozemelskiy region of Kalmykia. Shortly after liftoff, the Mi-2 helicopter crashed Saturday, killing both crew members (pilot and mechanic). The helicopter—reportedly belonging to either the “Russian Defense Sports and Technical Organization” or “Aero Club”—apparently could not keep aloft.

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    Asiacell Corporate Jet Crashes in Iraq

    What: twin-engine corporate jet H25-B en route from Sulaimaniya to Ankara Turkey
    Where: Sulaimaniya
    When: Feb 4 2011
    Who: 13 passengers. 6 survivors reported by media
    Why: While climbing out of Sulaymaniyah, an engine of the corporate jet carrying technicians and shareholders with Iraqi mobile phone company Asiacell caught fire. The plane crashed while trying to return to the airport or abort the landing. (One report says it was only ten seconds in the air.) Fatalities included the jet’s crew of three plus a Lebanese and three Iraqis including Bassel (Basil) Rahim, managing partner of MerchantBridge, the London-based investment firm that owns 19 per cent of Asiacell.

    A fire broke out in one of the engines as the result of a mechanical problem according to news reports. Ambulances were on the scene. The weather was snowy and overcast.

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    6 Dead in Plane Crash in Ecuador

    What: Fuerza Aérea Ecuatoriana de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 en route from Pastaza-Shell Mera Airport to Tena Airport (SETE), Ecuador
    Where: El Capricho Ecuador
    When: 20 JAN 2011
    Who: 6 aboard
    Why: Captain Pilot Xavier González Montenegro, Lieutenant Pilot Campaign Mario Ramirez, Lieutenant Pilot Gabriel Palacios Jiménez, Iván Paredes Sergeant Corporal Yanez and Juan Román Guevara crashed while performing civic action flights. While en troute back to Tena the plane crashed, and fell into the Anzu river.

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    Pilot Dies Fighting Fire


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    Contact photographer Salvador Carrazoni García

    What: Air Tractor AT-802, registered to FAASA Group Aerodromo Sebastian Almagro Ctra, operated by FAASA Chile Servicios Aeros LTDA en route from a landing strip in the vicinity of Santa Juana, Chile
    Where: Santa Juana, Chile
    When: January 9, 2011
    Who: Pilot, passenger
    Why: While maneuvering at a low altitude (water drop) during a fire fighting mission, the plane collided with trees. The Spanish pilot, Antonio Fernandez, died in the crash. An observer was injured. The tanker is owned by la empresa Faasa Chile.

    The injured observer, David Guzman Henriquez was hospitalized at Hospital del Trabajador Concepción