Amazing Facts

Monday, March 1, 2010

RECENT ACCIDENTS




Date: January 28, 2010 Time: 11:30
Location: Cotabato City, Philippines
Operator: Philippine Air Force
AC Type: GAF N22B Nomad
Reg: 18 cn: N22B-18
Aboard: 8 Fatalities: 8 Ground: 1
Route: Cotabato Cty - Zamboanga City
Details: While taking off the crew experienced an engine fire and tried to make an emergency landing but crashed into a residential neighborhood.




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Date: January 25, 2010 Time: 14:30
Location: Near Senador Jose Porfírio, Brazil
Operator: Piquiatuba Taxi Aereo
AC Type: Embraer EMB-110C Bandeirante
Reg: PT-TAF cn: 110103
Aboard: 10 Fatalities: 2 Ground: 0
Route: Belem - Senador Jose Porfírio
Details: The commuter plane crashed while attempting to land, killing the captain and one passenger.

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Date: January 25, 2010 Time: 02:35
Location: Off Na'ameh, Lebanon
Operator: Ethiopian Airlines Flight: 409
AC Type: Boeing 737-8AS
Reg: ET-AMZ cn: 29646
Aboard: 90 Fatalities: 90 Ground: 0
Route: Beirut, Lebanon - Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Details: The passenger plane disappeared off radar shortly after taking off from Rafik Hariri International Airport in stormy weather and crashed into the Mediterranean Sea, two miles west of the village of Na'ameh, Lebanon. The pilot was asked to correct his course to miss the storm, but turned in the opposite direction for unknown reasons.