Egypt’s independent investigation committee into the Metrojet flight 9268 crash has referred the case to the attorney general.
The committee said on March 17th that the decision was made after they received an official report from Russia suggesting that “criminal activity” was behind the deadly crash that killed all 224 people aboard.
The plane, heading to St. Petersburg, Russia, went down in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula on 31st October last year.
A private R44 helicopter crashed into bushes behind Messina Golf Club, Limpopo Ave, Musina, South Africa, at around 5 A.M. on December 2.
The crash took lives of the pilot and his only passenger aboard.
The cause of crash in being investigated.
What: Cessna 152 belonging to a flight training school en route from Marcos A. Gelabert Airport to the Calzada Larga Airport
Where: floating near the village of Tranquillas in the Panama Canal’s Lake Madden
When: found early Wednesday
Who: Panamanian flight instructor Alex Bosquez and student Abraham Licona
Bosquez had a commercial pilot’s license and was certified as a flight instructor. Licona had a private pilot’s license.
Why: The crash is under investigation. The bodies have been recovered.
Two people were injured after a small plane crashed in Chattooga County, Georgia on May 13.
The 1940 Taylorcraft plane crashed at about 7 p.m.between Teloga and Menlo at the passenger’s own property, 3 miles south of the local airstrip.
According to Eddie Henderson, Director of Chattooga County Emergency Management Agency, the pilot was flown to Erlanger by Life Force while the passenger was shifted to Floyd Medical Center in Rome. Both of them hail from Chattooga County.
FAA is investigating the cause of accident.
An Augusta A109S Grand helicopter, belonging to the government of the state Mexico, crashed just 5 miles off the Toluca airport near Lerma, Mexico, on September 2.
The helicopter, which was on its way from the Mexico City area to Toluca, was first reported missing at around 6:25 p.m. The rescue teams located the wreckage after about 2 hours.
Both the people aboard the helicopter died on the spot. The victims were identified as the pilot, Romel Portillo Cervio and the co-pilot, Gerardo Avalos Garcia.
Gov. Eruviel Avila Villegas, extended his deep condolences to the families of the deceased. He also said that the state authorities and the Civil Aviation Directorate will jointly work to determine the cause of accident.
Belavia Belarusian Airlines flight B2-945 had to return and make an emergency landing in Minsk, Belarus, on March 19th.
The Boeing 737-500 plane took off for St. Petersburg, Russia, but had to return shortly afterwards after the crew reported a bird strike.
The plane landed back safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
The airline arranged a replacement plane for the passengers.
Druk Air flight B3-724 made an emergency landing at Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport, West Bengal, India, at around 4.47 P.M. on November 19.
The plane, en-route from Doha, Qatar, to Paro, Bhutan, landed in emergency due to some technical issue.
The plane landed uneventfully.
All 7 people aboard remained unhurt.
