Recent Accidents

Date: June 10, 2012 Time: 10:40 Location: Borodyanka, Ukraine Operator: Ukrainska Shkola Pilotov AC Type: Let L-410UVP Reg: UR-SKD cn: 810721 Aboard: 20 Fatalities: 5 Ground: 0 Route: Skydiving Details: The plane, belonging to a pilot school made a hard emergency landing during a heavy rainstorm with high winds near the Borodyanka airport 20 miles west of Kiev. The pilots decided to return to the airport minutes after takeoff due to the sudden storm, but the plane came down several miles away in the middle of a field. Date: June 6, 2012 Location: Mount Mamarosa, Peru Operator: HeliCusco AC Type: Sikorsly S-58ET Reg: OB-1840-P cn: 581672 Aboard: 14 Fatalities: 14 Ground: 0 Route: Mazuco - Cusco Details: The helicopter was flying back to Cusco after conducting aerial surveillance on a possible site for a hydroelectric project near Puno, in southern Peru when it hit the side of a cliff.. Date: June 03, 2012 Time: 16:45 Location: Lagos, Nigeria Operator: Dana Air Flight: 992 AC Type: McDonnell Douglas MD-83 Reg: 5N-RAM cn: 53019/1783 Aboard: 153 Fatalities: 153 Ground: 6 Route: Abuja - Lagos Details: The plane was about 11 miles from Lagos VOR when the crew declared an emergency reporting engine problems. The plane collided with a power line and crashed into the Iju/Ishaga area of Lagos, 1 mile adjacent to the runway. All 147 passenger and crew of 6 were killed. Date: June 2, 2012 Time: 15:30 Location: Accra, Ghana Flight: 111 Operator: Allied Air AC Type: Boeing B-727-200 Reg: 5N-BJN cn: 22540/1796 Aboard: 4 Fatalities: 0 Ground: 12 Route: Lagos, Nigerai - Accra, Ghana Details: While on approach to Runway 21 at Kotika International Airport, the cargo plane overran the runway, broke through the perimeter fence, went across a main road and collided with a bus. Twelve people on the ground were killed. Date: May 14, 2012 Time: 09:15 Location: Jomsom, Nepal Operator: Agni Air AC Type: Dornier 228-212 Reg: 9N-AIG cn: 8216 Aboard: 21 Fatalities: 15 Ground: 0 Route: Pokhara - Jomsom Details: The plane was attempting to land and went around on final approach to Runway 06. The aircraft joined a left downwind when a wing contacted a hilltop about 900 feet north of the airport.The flight attendant and 5 passengers survived the accident. Date: May 9, 2012 Time: 15:30 Location: Near Cidahu, Indonesia Operator: Sukhoi Flight: 119 AC Type: Sukhoi Superjet 100-95 Reg: RA-97004 cn: 95004 Aboard: 45 Fatalities: 45 Ground: 0 Route: Demonstration flight Details: The Russian jet crashed on the slopes of Mount Salak at an elevation of 5,200 ft. The airliner was conducting a demonstration flight to prospective customers. The last radio contact with the flight was at 15:30 when the crew requested a descent from 10,000ft to 6,000ft. All 37 passengers, 6 crew and 2 Sukhoi officials were killed. Date: April 30, 2012 Time: 16:30 Location: Sabanagrande, Columbia Operator: Fuerza Aerea Colombiana AC Type: Bell 212 Reg: FAC 4020 cn: 31272 Aboard: 13 Fatalities: 13 Ground: 0 Route: Barranquilla - Caucasia Details: The helicopter caught fire and crashed while en route.

Accidents

Date: October 4, 2011 Time: 11:47
Location: Near Lutsek'e, NT, Canada
Operator: Air Tindi Flight: 200
AC Type: Cessna 208B Grand Caravan I
Reg: C-GATV cn: 208B-0308
Aboard: 4 Fatalities: 2 Ground: 0
Route: Yellowknife - Lutsek'e
Details: The plane hit the top of a hill while enroute, approximately 20 nm from Lutsek'e Airport. The pilot and one passenger were killed.

Date: September 29, 2011 Time: 07:38
Location: Near Bohorok, Indonesia
Operator: Nusantara Buana Air
AC Type: CASA NC-212 Aviocar 200
Reg: PK-TLF cn:
Aboard: 18 Fatalities: 18 Ground: 0
Route: Medan - Kutacane
Details: Contact with the plane was lost 10 minutes after taking off from Medan. Wreckage was located near Bohorok, on the slope of a mountain 6,100 feet high. Fourteen passengers and a crew of 4 were aboard the plane.

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Date: September 25, 2011 Time: 07:31
Location: Near Kathmandu, Nepal
Operator: Buddha Air
AC Type: Beechcraft 1900D
Reg: 9N-AEK cn: UE-295
Aboard: 19 Fatalities: 19 Ground: 0
Route: Sightseeing
Details: The Mt. Everest sightseeing flight struck terrain while on approach to Kathmandu-Tribhuvan Airport. All 16 tourists and crew of three were killed. One passenger survived the accident but died on the way to the hospital.




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Date: September 22, 2011 Time: 13:15
Location: Yellowknife, Northwesst Territories, Canada
Operator: Arctic Sunwest Charters
AC Type: De Havilland Canada DHC-6-300 Twin Otter
Reg: C-GARW cn: 367
Aboard: 9 Fatalities: 2 Ground: 0
Route: Thor Lake - Great Slave Lake
Details: While coming in for a landing at Great Slave Lake the float plane hit powerlines, a car and part of a building. Both pilots were killed.




Date: September 20, 2011
Location: Near Cap-Haitien, Haiti
Operator: SALSA d'Haiti Flight: 112
AC Type: Beachcraft 99A
Reg: HH-APA cn: U-123
Aboard: 3 Fatalities: 3 Ground: 0
Route: Port au Prince - Cap Haitien
Details: The plane crashed into a flooded sugar cane field while attempting to land in heavy rain and thunderstorms. The passenger and both pilots were killed.

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Date: September 14, 2011 Time: 12:00
Location: Huambo, Angola
Operator: Military - FANA Forca Aerea Nacional Angolana
AC Type: Embraer 120ER Brasilia
Reg: T-500 cn: 120357
Aboard: 36 Fatalities: 30 Ground: 0
Route: Huambo - Luanda
Details: The military plane crashed, broke in two and burned while attempting to takeoff from Huambo Airport. Six persons survived including the pilot and copilot.

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Date: September 7, 2011 Time: 15:50
Location: Yaroslavl, Russia
Operator: YAK Service Flight: 9634
AC Type: Yakovlev 42D
Reg: RA-42434 cn: 4520424305017
Aboard: 45 Fatalities: 44 Ground: 0
Route: Yaroslavl - Minsk
Details: The plane failed to climb after takeoff and crashed into an antenna outside the airport perimeter and came to rest in the Volga River, 1km from the runway. The plane carried members of the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl ice hockey team




Date: September 6, 2011 Time: 18:50
Location: Near Trinidad, Bolivia
Operator: Aerocon Filght: A4-238
AC Type: Swearingen SA-227BC Metroliner III
Reg: CP-2548 cn: BC-768B
Aboard: 9 Fatalities: 8 Ground: 0
Route: Santa Cruz - Trinidad, Bolivia
Details: The plane crashed into the jungle while on approach to Runway 14 at Trinidad Airport. After the crew reported they were turning into the final approach, radio contact was lost. The plane was found 2 days later, 10 km from the airport. One passenger survived. See below.



Date: September 2, 2011 Time: 17:48
Location: Off Robinson Crusoe Island
Operator: Chilean Air Force
AC Type: CASA C-212 Aviocar 300DF
Reg: 966 cn: 443
Aboard: 21 Fatalities: 21 Ground: 0
Route: Santiago- Isla Robinson Crusoe
Details: The transport crashed into the sea while on approach to the Isla Robinson Crusoe Airport.

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Date: August 29, 2011 Time: 03:55
Location: Cochin, India
Operator: Gulf Air Filght: 270
AC Type: Airbus A320-214
Reg: A9C-AG cn: 4188
Aboard: 137 Fatalities: 0 Ground: 0
Route: Bahrain - Cochin
Details: While landing the airliner went off the side of the runway collapsing the nose gear and coming to rest 10 meters off the runway. Eight people were injured one, seriously.



Date: August 20, 2011 Time: 12:50
Location: Resolute Bay, Nunavut, Canada
Operator: First Air Flight: 6560
AC Type: Boeing B-737-210C(A) Combi
Reg: C-GNWN cn: 21067/414
Aboard: 15 Fatalities: 12 Ground: 0
Route: Yellowknife - Resolute Bay
Details: The last communication with the charter flight was at 12:40 pm when the aircraft was eight kilometers from the airport. The plane went down 10 minutes later and broke up in a field. There were eleven passengers and crew of four aboard.



Date: August 14, 2011 Time: 13:30
Location: Near Tzaneen, South Africa
Operator: Private
AC Type: (2) Piaggio P-166S Albatross
Reg: ZU-MMI, ZS-NJX cn: 462, 446
Aboard: 13 Fatalities: 13 Ground: 0
Route: Tzaneen - Johannesburg
Details: The two Albatrosses crashed into Mamotswiri peak while en-route from Tzaneen to Johannesburg, killing 13 people on both planes. Seven killed on ZU-MMI and 6 on ZS-NJX. The group was returning from an airshow.

Top Accidents

Date: October 14, 2011
Location: Xakanaka Airstrip, Botswana
Operator: Moremi Air Charters
AC Type: Cessna 208B Grand Caravan
Reg: A2-AKD cn: 208B-0582
Aboard: 11 Fatalities: 8 Ground: 0
Route: Xakanaka Airstrip - Pom Pom Airstrip
Details: The sightseeing plane crashed immediately after taking off from Xakanaka Airstrip in the Okavango Delta. A pilot and seven passengers were killed.

Date: October 13, 2011 Time: 17:00
Location: Near Madang, Papua New Guinea
Operator: Airline PNG Flight: 1600
AC Type: de Havilland Canada DHC-8-102
Reg: P2-MCJ cn: 125
Aboard: 32 Fatalities: 28 Ground: 0
Route: Lae - Madang
Details: While on approach to Madang, the plane crashed into dense forest near the Gogol River, 20 km south of Madang. The two pilots and two pasengers survived the accident.

Recent Accidents

Date: October 27, 2011 Time: 04:12
Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada
Operator: Northern Thunderbird Air Inc.
AC Type: Beechcraft 100 King Air
Reg: C-GXRX cn: B-36
Aboard: 9 Fatalities: 1 Ground: 0
Route: Vancouver - Kelowna
Details: After taking off, the pilot reported problems with the aircraft and began returning to the airport. The plane crashed 900 meters short of Runway 26L. The pilot was killed.

Date: November 10, 2011 Time: 12:15
Location: Near Kilohana, Molokai, Hawaii
Operator: Blue Hawaiian Helicopter
AC Type: Eurocopter EC-130
Reg: ?
Aboard: 5 Fatalities: 5 Ground: 0
Route: Sightseeing
Details: The sightseeing helicopter, on a tourist excursion of West Maui and Molokai, slammed into a mountainside and burst into flames while flying in heavy rain and winds.

Date: November 1, 2011 Time: 14:35
Location: Warsaw, Poland
Operator: LOT Flight: 16
AC Type: Boeing B767-35DER
Reg: SP-LPC cn: 28656/659
Aboard: 231 Fatalities: 0 Ground: 0
Route: Newark, NJ - Warsaw, Poland
Details: The crew carried out a gear-up landing, after the landing gear could not be deployed. No one aboard the plane was injured.

Georgetown, Guyana 30 July 2011

The Boeing 737-8BK operated by Caribbean Airlines took off from Port of Spain (Trinidad and Tobago) for a flight passengers to Georgetown (Guyana). 154 passengers and eight crew members had boarded. The device missed its landing and broke in two pieces. All persons on board survived, but two people were seriously injured. Heavy rains affecting visibility were present at the time of the accident. The camera on approach to Runway 06 at Georgetown touched down too far after the start of the runway and was unable to stop before the end of the runway. The aircraft continued its course after the track about 100 meters (330 ft), crossed the fence of the airport, and ended on a road bordering the airport. The impact broke the fuselage in two of the aircraft in the wings.

Recent Accidents

Date: July 13, 2011 Time: 06:54
Location: Recife, Brazil
Operator: NOAR Linhas Aéreas Flight: 4896
AC Type: Let L-401UVP-20
Reg: PR-NOB cn: 2722
Aboard: 16 Fatalities: 16 Ground: 0
Route: Recife - Natal
Details: The regional airliner had taken off from Runway 18 after which the pilot reported that he wanted to return for an emergency landing. He then stated he was attempting a forced landing on the beach of Boa Viagem but instead the plane crashed into a vacant lot and burst into flames near the beach, 1.2 miles from the runway threshold.



Date: July 11, 2011 Time: 11:55
Location: Near Strezhevoy, Russia
Operator: Angara Airlines Flight: 5007
AC Type: Antonov An-24RV
Reg: RA-47302 cn: 57310302
Aboard: 37 Fatalities: 7 Ground: 0
Route: Tomsk - Surgut
Details: After reporting an engine fire in the left engine, the pilot attempted to make an emergency landing at Strezhevoy but ditched into the Ob River.



Date: July 8, 2011 Time: 15:00
Location: Kisangani, Congo
Operator: Hewa Bora Airways Flight: 952
AC Type: Boeing B-727-100
Reg: 9Q-COP cn: 18933
Aboard: 118 Fatalities: 85 Ground: 0
Route: Kinshasa - Kisangani
Details: The airliner crashed and broke up after missing the runway while attempting to land at Bangoka International Airport. There was heavy rain, thunderstorms and limited visibility at the time of the accident.



Date: July 6, 2011 Time: 23:00
Location: Near Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan
Operator: Silk Way Airlines
AC Type: Ilyushin76TD
Reg: 4K-AZ55 cn: 2053420680
Aboard: 9 Fatalities: 9 Ground: 0
Route: Baku, Azerbaijan - Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan
Details: While flying at 12,500 feet, the cargo plane crashed into a mountain peak, exploded and burned about 15 miles from Bagram. The aircraft was loaded with fuel for the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan.



Date: June 20, 2011 Time: 23:45
Location: Petrozavodsk, Russia
Operator: RusAir Airlines Flight: 9605
AC Type: Tupolev Tu-134
Reg: RA-65691 cn: 63195/5703
Aboard: 52 Fatalities: 47 Ground: 0
Route: Moscow - Petrozavodsk
Details: The airliner crashed while on final to Petrozavodsk in heavy fog, landing 1 kilometer short of the runway. The plane soon broke up and caught on fire. Preliminary indications are the pilot descended prematurely



Date: June 6, 2011 Time: 10:25
Location: Off Libreville, Gabon
Operator: DHL Aviation (leased from Solenta Aviation) Flight: 122A
AC Type: Antonov An-26
Reg: TR-LII
Aboard: 4 Fatalities: 0 Ground: 0
Route: Port Gentil - Libreville
Details: While attempting to land at Libreville Airport, the crew of the cargo plane radioed they were having a problem with the hydraulic system and were going around. Soon after, the plane ditched in shallow water just offshore of the airport. All three crew members and a passenger survivied.

Date: July 6, 2011 Time: 23:00
Location: Near Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan
Operator: Silk Way Airlines
AC Type: Ilyushin76TD
Reg: 4K-AZ55 cn: 2053420680
Aboard: 9 Fatalities: 9 Ground: 0
Route: Baku, Azerbaijan - Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan
Details: While flying at 12,500 feet, the cargo plane crashed into a mountain peak, exploded and burned about 15 miles from Bagram. The aircraft was loaded with fuel for the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan



Date: June 20, 2011 Time: 23:45
Location: Petrozavodsk, Russia
Operator: RusAir Airlines Flight: 9605
AC Type: Tupolev Tu-134
Reg: RA-65691 cn: 63195/5703
Aboard: 52 Fatalities: 47 Ground: 0
Route: Moscow - Petrozavodsk
Details: The airliner crashed while on final to Petrozavodsk in heavy fog, landing 1 kilometer short of the runway. The plane soon broke up and caught on fire. Preliminary indications are the pilot descended prematurely.

Date: June 6, 2011 Time: 10:25
Location: Off Libreville, Gabon
Operator: DHL Aviation (leased from Solenta Aviation) Flight: 122A
AC Type: Antonov An-26
Reg: TR-LII
Aboard: 4 Fatalities: 0 Ground: 0
Route: Port Gentil - Libreville
Details: While attempting to land at Libreville Airport, the crew of the cargo plane radioed they were having a problem with the hydraulic system and were going around. Soon after, the plane ditched in shallow water just offshore of the airport. All three crew members and a passenger survivied.

Hewa Bora Airways - Boeing 727-100

The Boeing 727-100 operated by Hewa Bora took off from Kinshasa, Congo, for a passenger flight to Kisangani, Congo. 112 passengers and 6 crewmembers were onboard. The plane crashed on landing at Kisangani Airport, killing 74 people. 44 people survived.

The weather conditions at the time of the accident were very poor, with heavy rain, low visibility, thunderstorms in the area reported. The plane missed its landing on Kisangani's runway and broke up coming to rest about 600 meters from the runway.

10 latest crashes

Date : 20th June, 2011
Airline : RusAir
Aircraft : Tupolev Tu-134A-3 Location : Petrozavodsk, Russia
Fatalities : 47:52
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Date : 6th June, 2011
Airline : DHL Aviation
Aircraft : Antonov AN-26 Location : Libreville, Gabon
Fatalities : 0:4
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Date : 18th May, 2011
Airline : Omega Air Refueling
Aircraft : Boeing 707-321B Location : Point Mugu, CA, USA
Fatalities : 0:3
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Date : 18th May, 2011
Airline : SOL Líneas Aéreas
Aircraft : Saab 340A Location : Los Menucos, Argentina
Fatalities : 22:22
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Date : 7th May, 2011
Airline : Merpati Nusantara Airlines
Aircraft : Xian MA-60 Location : Kaimana, Indonesia
Fatalities : 25:25
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Date : 4th April, 2011
Airline : United Nations (UN)
Aircraft : Canadair CRJ-100ER Location : Kinshasa, Congo
Fatalities : 32:33
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Date : 2nd April, 2011
Airline : Gulfstream Aerospace
Aircraft : Gulfstream G650 Location : Roswell, NM, USA
Fatalities : 4:4
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Date : 1st April, 2011
Airline : Fugro Aviation Canada
Aircraft : CASA C-212-CC40 Location : Saskatoon, Canada
Fatalities : 1:3
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Date : 21st March, 2011
Airline : Trans Air Congo
Aircraft : Antonov AN-12BP Location : Pointe Noire, Congo
Fatalities : 4:4 + 19
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Date : 5th March, 2011
Airline : Voronezh Aircraft Production Association
Aircraft : Antonov 148-100 Location : Garbuzovo, Russia
Fatalities : 6:6
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RusAir - Tupolev Tu-134A-3

The Tupolev Tu-134A-3 operated by RusAir on behalf of RusLine took off from Moscow, Russia for a passenger flight to Petrozavodsk, Russia. 43 passengers and 9 crewmembers were onboard. The aircraft crashed while on short of the runway while approaching its final destination. 47 occupants were killed, and 5 survived with injuries of varying degree (from medium to critical).

The plane was on approach on Petrozavodsk airport when it clipped some trees and a high power line. The aircraft subsequently crashed on a highway, broke up and burst in fire. The plane came to rest about 390 meters to the right of the runway's extended centerline and 570 meters short of the runway threshold. Debris are scattered on the highway and in the nearby gardens of several private homes at the outskirts of the Besovets village. No home was hit.

Weather reports indicated a poor visibility of about 2000 meters (6500 feet), rain and overcast cloud at 400 ft (120 meters).

Petrozavodsk's runway 01/19 (former 02/20) is 2500 meters/8200 feet long. The airport offers non-precision NDB approaches to runway 01 and 19.

Pictures and Videos Boeing 767 Crash Video

This Boeing 767-260ER belonging to Ethiopian Airlines was en route from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to Nairobi, Kenya, on November 23rd 1996. 172 passengers and crew were onboard. The plane was hijacked by three Ethiopians seeking political asylum in Australia, and asking the crew to fly to Australia. The pilot explained they had only taken on the fuel needed for the scheduled flight and thus could not even make a quarter of the journey, but the hijackers did not believe him. The pilot secretly headed for the Comoro Islands, which lie midway between Madagascar and the African mainland. The plane eventually ran out of fuel. A fight with the hijackers prevented the crew to land on Comores aiport. The pilot tried to ditch the aircraft in shallow waters 500 metres off the coast. The plane left engine and wingtip struck the water first. The left engine then struck a coral reef, slowing that side of the aircraft quickly, causing the Boeing 767 to violently spin left and break apart. 122 of the 172 people on board were killed, along with the hijackers. The other 50 survived with injuries.

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