A passenger plane crashed in Khabarovsk region of Russia, on November 15th.
The incident happened when the plane, operated by Khabarovsk Avia, was carrying five passengers and two pilots.
Only one passenger, a three-year-old girl, survived the crash. She suffered non-life-threatening injuries.
The cause of crash is being investigated.
The plane was performing a regular flight from Khabarovsk to Nelkan.
Aeroflot flight SU-1165 had to abort taking off at Rostov-on-Don Airport, Russia, on October 29.
The Airbus A320-200, en-route to Sheremetyevo International Airport, Moscow, Russia, rejected takeoff at a high speed after one of its engines ingested a bird.
The plane landed uneventfully.
No one was injured.
A small plane crashed in Cochise County, Arizona, on October 19th.
The single-engine plane went down near Interstate 10 and the Safford exit.
The pilot, who is believed to be the only one aboard, was killed in the crash.
The FAA and the NTSB are investigating the incident.
A helicopter and a small plane collided mid-air in Philippsburg, Germany, on January 23rd.
Authorities said four people were killed in the crash, including two occupants of the plane and two helicopter pilots.
The cause of crash is being investigated.
A single-engine plane crashed in a wooded area about 3 miles northwest of Ranger in rural Central Texas around midnight on August 16.
The accident happened after the small plane took off from Cook Canyon Ranch Airport near Ranger with a 3-member family aboard.
All 3 people lost their lives in the crash. Fred Biddle with the Texas Department of Public Safety identified the victims as John C. Weaver of Granbury, his wife, Debra S. Weaver and their daughter, Courtney A. Weaver from Plano.
Lunsford also said that the National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the crash.
On January 2, 2013, a Condor MB ultralight was over rural Luziânia Brazil when the engine shut down.
The ultralight crashed in a forest and was damaged beyond repair.
Pilot Alberto Rossi Junior, and his son Lucas Ferreira Rossi, survived, and were taken to a Brasilia hospital.
Military police and the Fire Department respnded to the scene. The paperwork of the pilot and the plane is reported to be up to date.
One of the SA-227’s in the Aerocon fleet.
CP-2548 is missing. (CP-2527 is pictured )
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Contact photographer Robert Domandl
Minor Vidal, the sole survivor was found in the Amazon jungle. Minor said “I did not eat anything, nothing, just drank my urine when I was thirsty. The first night I slept on the plane and two nights in the jungle. I did not understand why the plane was flying so low. Then there was a heavy blow. I do not remember more. When I awoke, I saw the airplane game, could not move. I stayed in my seat, I was in the back of the plane. The next day [Wednesday], I went and did my blood with an arrow on a shirt to get me. They were all dead. I walked day and night to be found by the patrol.”
Colombian Oscar Valencia, the William Lara Ecuador and Bolivian indigenous leader Eddy Martinez died in the crash.
What: Aerocon Swearingen SA-227 Metroliner en route from Santa Cruz to Trinidad Bolivia
Where: Trinidad
When: Sep 6th 2011
Who: 7 passengers, 2 crew
Why: On final approach to Trinidad, the pilots lost contact with ATC.
The instrument approach to the airport requires overflying North and then turning back. (See the airport chart below.)
The last contact was reporting the flight was “in the procedure turn” but the flight did not land on the runway, and went missing in a mountainous area.
Rescuers reached the crash site in the afternoon of Sept 8 and confirmed that there were survivors.
The wreckage of the plane was located 30km north-east of the city of Trinidad, in the Amazon jungle province of Beni. Chacon reported on thursday that a helicopter crew had seen the plane “completely destroyed” in a difficult-to-reach jungle region.
Six bodies were recoverable immediately when the wreckage was found. Two bodies trapped in the wreckage required rescue teams and equipment.
