Amazing Facts

Sunday, October 17, 2010

RECENT ACCIDENTS


Date: September 21, 2010
Location: Chopan district, Zabul Province, Afghanistan
Operator: International Security Assistance Force
AC Type: Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk
Reg: ?
Aboard: 13 Fatalities: 10 Ground: 0
Route: ?
Details: The military helicopter crashed while en route. There were no reports of enemy fire prior to the accident.


Date: September 13, 2010 Time: 10:30
Location: Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela
Operator: Conviasa Airline Flight: 2350
AC Type: ATR 42-320
Reg: YV-1010 cn: 371
Aboard: 51 Fatalities: 17 Ground: 0
Route: Porlamar - Puerto Ordaz
Details: While en route, the passenger plane crashed and burned in a storage yard of a steel foundry, six miles SE of Puerto Ordaz Airport, after the pilot reported having problems controlling the aircraft.