What: Yemen Air Force Antonov
Where: Al-Anad Air Base, Yemen
When: October 25, 2011
Who: 15 aboard, 5 fatalities
Why: A plane carrying eight Syrian engineers and seven Yemenis crashed while landing at Al-Anad on October 25 in the southern province of Lahij.
Three Syrian technicians and one Yemeni died at the scene. Four, then five deaths have been reported.
The condition of the survivors has not been released.
What: Sukhoi Su-27UB (“Flanker-C”) 2nd Air Group, 7000th Airbase, Russian Air Force
Where: Besovets, Prionezhsky district, Karelia Republic, Russia
When: June 28, 2012
Who: 2 aboard, 0 fatalities
Why: Col. E. Oleynik and Major general K. Botashov, ejected from a Sukhoi jet before it went down in Besovets village. The air force suspended Sukhoi flights pending investigation. It is not known if the engine ingested a bird or if a flight control system failed.
The jet had been on a routine weather check and training flight.
A small plane crashed in the Samburu National Reserve in Kenya, on March 14th.
According to local police chief Jackson Mulupi, “We received a phone call from one of the conservancy members that there was an airplane crash within Sera conservancy. I mobilised officers from Sorilibi and Wamba. We rushed to the scene whereby we found one airplane which was trying to take off but crashed about one kilometer from the airstrip.”
The plane was carrying two French filmmakers at the time; both of them were killed in the crash. They were identified as Pierre Creisson, 53, and Thierry Barbier, 56.
The cause of crash is being investigated.
What: Steven Leigh Emerson’s Grumman American AA-5 Traveler
Where: Yacolt, WAshington
When: July 5, 2011, 10:40 a.m
Who: Emerson Steven Leigh (owner) and passenger
Why: Emerson Steven Leigh was flying his Grumman American AA-5 Traveler when it was totaled when it crashed in Washington. Leigh and his passenger were treated on the scene. The plane had clipped trees, before it crashed into the gravel pit. Fire District 3, North Country Emergency Medical Service, East County Fire and Rescue, Camas Fire Department and Clark County Sheriff’s Office responded. The two were extricated and taken to PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center.
Neither man had serious injuries but the plane was totaled.
A U.S. military helicopter crashed in Anbar province of Iraq, on March 16th.
The HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter was carrying seven personnel when it went down near the city of al-Qaim.
All seven people aboard were killed in the crash.
The incident is being investigated.
On Nov 16, 2013, a helicopter took off from Soeul Gimpo Airport en route to Jamsil-Dong to pick up LG employees. The LG Electronics Sikorsky S-76C++ helicopter flew into a high rise in Seoul.
Two pilots aboard the helicopter died after their propellor struck the 30 story high rise. No one in the building sustained injury.
Captain Park In-kyu and co-pilot Koh Jong-jin, were employed by LG. The weather conditions at the were foggy, with limited visibility.
