A private Mi-8 helicopter crashed in central Ukraine, on January 25th.
It is believed that the helicopter, belonging to a private company Ukrainian Helicopters, was on a training flight when it went down near the town of Kremenchuk, Ukraine.
There were four people aboard at the time; all of them were killed in the crash.
The plane which was listed as having 3,712 hours in the air, had been offered for sale tin 2008 for $2.2 million
What: S7 Airlines Airbus A319-114 en route from Domodedovo
Where: Novokuznetsk-Spichenkovo Airport, Russia
When: Nov 7 2012
Who: between 98 and 112 aboard
Why: Stanislav Khokhlov, a pilot for S7 Airlines made an emergency landing at Novokuznetsk-Spichenkovo Airport. He made a smooth landing with a missing landing gear wheel.
The plane was examined in Domodedovo before take-off. The tire was not found on the runway at Novokuznetsk-Spichenkovo Airport.
No emergency teams were on standby as the plane was making a routine landing.
What: bright-orange helicopter
Where: between the Carnival City Casino and the Rondebult offramp, (beside the road) Boksburg
When: 10.30am
Who: two injured were both men aged between 30 and 40.
Why: The crash is under investigation. Witnesses say the helicopter “fell like a rock.”
One was treated by ER24 and taken to Glynnwood Hospital in Benoni; the other suffered head injuries and was treated by paramedics; he was placed on advanced life support and ported to the Netcare Union Hospital in Alberton.
A SONERAI II LT Experimental plane flying out of Centennial Airport crashed in Highlands Ranch, Colorado, at about 3pm on March 29.
After the pilot suffered difficulty maintaining control, the plane went down in flames in a nose dive away from populated areas.
The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office has confirmed that the pilot was killed in the incident.
The workers at a nearby car wash centre declared the pilot to be a hero as he apparently tried to steer the plane away from local shops and road, before it finally crashed.
The piliot set crash site co-ordinates by CB radio but had to spend the night out in the elements as conditions prevented his recovery until 1 pm the next day.
The wreck was located at 10 in the morning Dec 26th, lying upside down with a wing torn off
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Contact photographer Carlos Cané
What: Eagle Air Corp Cessna 172S en route from Tallahassee Regional Airport on a practice run
Where: Tallahassee
When: Wednesday Nov 4, 2009 7: 30
Who: 2 on board. One victim had a commercial pilot certificate and the other a private pilot certificate.
Why: The plane crashed on Wednesday night in a forest near Tallahassee.
Investigator Brian Rayner of the National Transportation Safety Board is investigating.
