Accidents and incidents in the aviation sector Accidents and incidents in the aviation sector A Sikorsky S-76C+ helicopter of Copterline enroute to Helsinki, Finland crashed into the sea near Tallinn, Estonia on August 10 2005, three to four minutes after taking off. On board were two Finnish crew members and 12 passengers: six Finns, four Estonians and two Americans. There were no survivors. The Sikorsky S-76C+ has emergency pontoons for water landings but they were not deployed, and no distress signals were heard before the crash. The reason for the disaster is still unknown. ...more on Wikipedia about "10 August 2005 helicopter crash near Tallinn"
On February 10, 1995, at 16:09 CET, the first prototype of Ukrainian Antonov An-70 transport aircraft crashed during test flight in Kyiv Oblast. The plane belonging to Antonov company collided with the escorting An-72 plane and fell in the forest. None of 7 crew members survived. The damaged An-72 managed to land safely in Gostomel Airport where both planes were based. ...more on Wikipedia about "1995 An-70 air disaster"
An aviation accident is an incident on board an aircraft causing injury or death to one or more persons. The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board definition of an aviation accident is as follows: ...more on Wikipedia about "Accidents and incidents in aviation"
Airdisaster.com is a website devoted to aviation safety and owned by Chris Kilroy. It was one of the first aviation safety related websites on the internet, with access to crash video and cockpit voice recordings of doomed aircraft along with discussions of significant airline crashes such as the Tenerife disaster between 2 Boeing 747 aircraft. ...more on Wikipedia about "Airdisaster.com"
American Airlines Flight 77 was a morning flight that routinely flew from Washington Dulles International Airport in Fairfax and Loudoun Counties, Virginia, near Washington, D.C., to LAX (IAD-LAX). On September 11, 2001, the Boeing 757-223, N644AA, was hijacked as part of the 9/11 attacks. The hijackers were reported to have been Khalid al-Mihdhar, Majed Moqed, Nawaf al-Hazmi, Salem al-Hazmi, and the suicide pilot Hani Hanjour. ...more on Wikipedia about "American Airlines Flight 77"
The Atlantique Incident was a major event in which a Pakistan Navy plane was shot down by the Indian Air Force citing border violation. The episode took place in the Rann of Kutch on August 10, 1999 just months after the Kargil War, creating a tense atmosphere between the two countries. ...more on Wikipedia about "Atlantique Incident"
The Aviation Safety Network (ASN) is a website that keeps track of airline incidents. Their database contains details of over 8,700 accidents. ASN was started in 1996 as 'Aviation Safety Web Pages' by Harro Ranter, and receives approximately 50,000 unique visitors each week. From 1999 it became the Aviation Safety Network when Fabian Lujan joined the team. ASN asks viewers to help support the operation of the website by asking for donations. ASN doesn't have any advertisements on their pages. In 2006 they will celebrate 10 years helping the media, journalists, government agencies, aviation professionals, and anyone who needs to learn about accidents. ...more on Wikipedia about "Aviation Safety Network" Simply www.shortopedia.com!
The Bijlmerramp (in English: Bijlmer disaster) was an airplane crash. On October 4, 1992, El Al Flight 1862, a Boeing 747 cargo plane of the Israeli El Al airline crashed into the Groeneveen and Klein-Kruitberg flats in the Bijlmer neighbourhood (part of ' Amsterdam Zuidoost') of Amsterdam, the capital of the Netherlands. A total of 43 people were killed, including the plane's crew of three and an unidentified "nonrevenue passenger". Many more were injured. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bijlmer disaster"
The Canberra air disaster of 1940 was an airplane crash that took place at Canberra, the capital of Australia, on 13 August 1940, during World War II. Three members of the Australian Cabinet, Air Minister James Fairbairn, Information Minister Sir Henry Gullett and Army Minister Brigadier Geoffrey Street, were killed, along with the Chief of the General Staff of the Australian Army, General Sir Brudenell White, two other passengers and four Royal Australian Air Force personnel. The deaths of the three ministers severely weakened the United Australia Party government of Robert Menzies and contributed to its fall in 1941. ...more on Wikipedia about "Canberra air disaster, 1940"
EDS-SCICON was given the task of independently evaluating the software on the Chinook Mk2 FADECs in 1993, and according to the House of Commons report, "after examining only 18 per cent of the code they found 486 anomalies and stopped the review". The report also noted that "intermittent engine failure captions were being regularly experienced by aircrew of Chinook Mk 2s and there were instances of uncommanded run up and run down of the engines and undemanded flight control movements". However, this software was being used on operational aircraft. ...more on Wikipedia about "Chinook Helicopter Crash (1994)"
Flight 19 was a flight of five US Navy TBM Avenger torpedo bombers which disappeared on a training flight out of the Fort Lauderdale Naval Air Station on December 5, 1945. The aircraft and 14 crew members were never found, and neither was one of the search planes, a Martin PBM Mariner, which also disappeared with the loss of 13 aircrew. Although US Navy investigations ** concluded that Flight 19 became disoriented and ditched at sea when out of fuel, the incident has been linked to the Bermuda Triangle myth. ...more on Wikipedia about "Flight 19"
A foam path is the aviation safety practice of spreading a layer of fire suppression foam on an airport runway prior to an emergency landing. Originally, it was thought this would prevent fires, but the practice is now discouraged. ...more on Wikipedia about "Foam path"
The Galaxy Airlines Lockheed Electra 188 disaster involved a Lockheed L-188 Electra (registration N5532) on a non-scheduled flight from Reno, Nevada to Minneapolis, Minnesota. The flight (203) took off from runway 16R at Reno-Cannon International Airport—now Reno/Tahoe International Airport—at 1:04am on January 21, 1985. ...more on Wikipedia about "Galaxy Airlines Lockheed Electra 188 disaster"
The Iranian Air Force C-130 crash in Tehran occurred on December 6, 2005 at 14:10 local time (10:40 UTC) when an Iranian Air Force C-130 military transport aircraft crashed into a ten- floor apartment building in a residential area of Tehran, the capital city of Iran. ...more on Wikipedia about "Iranian Air Force C-130 crash in Tehran"
The Lady Be Good was an American B-24D Liberator based at Benina Airfield in Soluch, Libya and commanded by 1st Lieutenant William J. Hatton. Following an April 4 1943 bombing raid on Naples, Italy conducted by the 376th Bomb Group, the Lady Be Good failed to return to base. After attempts to locate the plane in Libya, its nine crewmen were classified as MIA, and presumed dead, believed to have perished after crashing in the Mediterranean. ...more on Wikipedia about "Lady be Good (aircraft)"
* William A. Moffett, 1933, American admiral, in the USS Akron crash ...more on Wikipedia about "List of deaths by aircraft misadventure"
* William A. Moffett, 1933, U.S. Navy admiral, in crash of airship USS Akron ...more on Wikipedia about "List of people who died in aviation-related incidents"
The Los Angeles International Airport air disaster occurred on February 1, 1991, when a USAir Boeing 737-300 landed on a SkyWest Fairchild SA-227-AC at Los Angeles International Airport. ...more on Wikipedia about "Los Angeles International Airport air disaster"
The Lovettsville Air Disaster occurred on August 31, 1940 near Lovettsville, Virginia. The Pennsylvania Central Airlines Douglas DC-3 was flying through a thunderstorm in turbulence when it nosed over and plunged to earth. With limited accident investigation tools at the time, it is believed that the most likely cause was the plane flying into windshear. U.S. Senator Ernest Lundeen from Minnesota was one of those killed. ...more on Wikipedia about "Lovettsville Air Disaster"
The R101 Airship was a British airship that crashed on October 5, 1930 in France during its maiden voyage, killing 48. It was one of the worst airship disasters, along with the Hindenburg disaster that coloured public opinion of lighter-than-air craft. ...more on Wikipedia about "R101"
Shark 02 was the callsign of the Royal Australian Navy Westland Sea King helicopter embarked in HMAS Kanimbla that crashed, at about 0930UTC 2 April 2005 at the village of Aman Draya on the island of Nias off the west coast of Sumatra in Indonesia, during a sortie to assist with humanitarian efforts after the 2005 Sumatran earthquake. ...more on Wikipedia about "Shark 02"
On 16 July 1983, British Airways' commercial Sikorsky S-61 helicopter Oscar November (G-BEON) crashed in the southern Celtic Sea when en route from Penzance to the St Mary's, Isles of Scilly in thick fog. Only six of the 26 on board survived. It sparked a review of helicopter safety and was the worst civilian helicopter disaster in the UK until 1986, when a Chinook helicopter crashed in the North Sea. ...more on Wikipedia about "Sikorsky S-61 disaster 1983"
During the landing maneuver in dense fog in Paramaribo, Suriname on 7 June 1989, a DC-8 of the Surinamese Airline Company SLM (nowadays: Surinam Airways) crashed. The flight had departed Amsterdam-Schiphol Airport at 23.25h on June 6 and arrived at Paramaribo-Zanderij International Airport at 04:27. During an instrument landing, the plane approached too low and struck some trees causing it to hit the ground upsidedown. There were 176 fatalities among the 187 people on board including all 9 crewmembers. Pilot error was judged to be the cause. ...more on Wikipedia about "Surinam Airways Flight PY764"
The Tbilisi hijacking incident refers to the tragic and controversial hijacking crisis at Tbilisi Airport ( TBS), Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic, USSR on November 18– 19 1983. ...more on Wikipedia about "Tbilisi hijacking incident"
The Day the Music Died, February 3 1959, refers to the plane crash that killed three rock and roll singers, who were very popular at the time. Early that morning, at approximately 1:05 AM Central Standard Time Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and The Big Bopper (J. P. Richardson) were killed when the plane they were on crashed en route to a gig in Fargo, North Dakota. Don McLean's famous 1971 song, " American Pie", contains many references to this day, including the phrase itself. ...more on Wikipedia about "The Day the Music Died" Tell your friends about shortopedia shortopedia
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