What: Ugandan helicopter Mil Mi-24 en route from Soroti to Garissa What: Ugandan helicopter Mil Mi-24 en route from Soroti to Garissa Where: Mount Kenya When: August 12, 2012 Who: 7 aboard, 3 fatalities Why: Three Mi-24 were heading to Somalia. A fourth helicopter did not crash.
Capt. William Letti and Lt. Patrick Nahamya were flying a peace-keeping mission when they crashed onto the side of Mount Kenya. They are calling it a “hard landing” i.e. in an “ungazetted” area. Two bodies were found on August 14. A third body was found a day later (August 15)
One choppers made it to Garissa, North Eastern Kenya. 18 people from that helicopters safely evacuated.
Two of the helicopters crashed, and were found burned.
A pilot from one of the helicopters sent a message requesting assistance for ground troops and the grounded chopper crew.
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.
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A Tara Air Twin Otter was found crashed near Rupse Chhahara at Soleghopte cliff in Dana VDC. Search efforts at the crash site some 16,000 feet above sea level were hampered by fog. There were no survivors. The flight had been declared missing while en route from Pokhara to Jomsom, carried twenty passengers and had been manned by three crew. They left Pokhara at 07:47 and were lost 10 minutes into the flight. Villagers reported a fire near Rupse Chhahara, which was the site of the wreckage.
Tara Air published statements. See italics on this page.
Tara Air says
With deepest regret and extreme shock Tara Air Pvt. Ltd. Management informs the crash of this airlines’ flight number TA193 on aircraft 9N-AHH that took off from Pokhara to Jomsom at 7:50 a.m. local time. We extend our deepest sympathies to the families and friends of the deceased. Our Management is cooperating fully in the investigation.
The aircraft which took off from Pokhara on its scheduled flight number TA193 to Jomsom at 7:40 a.m. was found crashed at Tirkhe Dhunga, Dana VDC of Myagdi district.
There were 23 (twenty three) passengers along with 2 (two) infants and 3 (three) crew members.
We are working to assist the families and friends of the passengers and crew. We cannot undo the pain and grief they feel, but we can share their burden of dealing with this tragedy.
This is an extremely sad day for all of us at Tara Air.
Tara Air Pvt. Ltd.
Hotline: 014465888
Release——02
As per information received from Rescue Coordination Center (RCC), TIA, Tara Air’s missing aircraft 9N-AHH which took off from Pokhara on its scheduled flight number TA 193 to Jomsom at 7:50 a.m. was found crashed at Tirkhe Dhunga, Dana VDC of Myagdi district at 1:25 p.m. There were 23(twenty-three) passengers along with 2 (two) infants and 3(three) crew members.
Release——01
Tara Air Pvt. Ltd. with regret informs its Twin-Otter 400 series (9N-AHH) missing after taking off from Pokhara Airport at 7:50 local time. It was flying from Pokhara to Jomsom. It is also known that weather at both origin and destination airports was favorable and the airport was cleared for departure by the Control Tower at Pokhara. We have dispatched three helicopters on a search and rescue mission. We will provide updates as soon as we receive further information.
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A small plane crashed at Millard Airport in Omaha, Nebraska, on May 27th.
The plane was carrying a man and a woman when it went down at the end of the runway.
The male occupant of the plane was killed in the crash. The woman was injured and was taken to Creighton University Medical Center-Bergan Mercy in critical condition.
The cause of crash is being investigated.
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Click to view full size photo at Airliners.net Contact photographer Ted Quackenbush What: Bell 206 registered to Hillcrest Aircraft Company en route from Ogallala, Nebraska to Wichita. to Virginia for the U.S. Forest Service. Where: Buckskin Road between 19th and 20th Avenues in McPherson County, 40 miles north of Wichita. When: 2:45 p.m. Sunday March 8, 2009 Who: Pilot Roger Hershner was the only one aboard. Why: The helicopter crashed after being in route for 2 hours; the crash is under investigation.
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What: Ultralight en route to Ozzano of the Emilia Where: Rogno Italy When: June 6 2010 Who: Pilot and passenger Why: The ultralight developed problems on takeoff, and crashed near an Artogne airstrip. Passenger Ivan Belotti, resident of Cevo Brescia died in the crash. The pilot, Alan Planeti of Esine Brescia has been hospitalized in serious condition.
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All Nippon Airways flight NH-936 dropped a panel while descending toward Narita International Airport, Japan, on September 27th.
