Small plane crash leaves three dead in Brazil

Three dead after a small aircraft crash-landed onto a street in Brazil's Belo Horizonte, Brazil on Monday morning.    The single-engine aircraft, which had just taken off from Carlos Prates airport was reported to have been carrying three passengers and the pilot at the time of the crash.

Local media reported that three people had died and a further three had suffered injuries during the incident which took place some 1.5km's from the airport. From initial reports, one of the fatalities was from the aircraft, two others were on the street at the time.  It is understood the pilot survived the crash. 

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Passenger dies following Saab 2000 plane crash in Alaska.

The US National Transportation Safety Board has dispatched a team of nine investigators to Unalaska-Tom Madsen Airport, following a runway overrun of a PenAir Saab 2000 which left one passenger dead.

The twenty-four and a half-year-old aircraft departed Ted Stevens International Airport in Anchorage, Alaska, at 1515 on Thursday 17th October, bound for Unalaska Airport.  According to local reports, the flight crew made two approaches to the airport, the first was aborted and the second resulted in an overrun. 

The turboprop touched down at around 1740 local time on runway 13, but it didn't stop when it came to the end of the runway, crossed a road and slightly tumbled down a rocky sea defence on the edge of Dutch Harbour some 500 feet from the airport.  

Omni Air International 767-300 blocked Shannon Airports runway after wheel fire!

Shannon Airport was forced to close for a number of hours earlier today after an air traffic controller noticed smoke and fire coming from an  Omni Air International Boeing 767-300's landing gear shortly before it was due to depart the Irish airport.

Upon the alarm being raised, the airport's fire service raced to the aircraft and extinguished the fire on the main landing gear.  All passengers and crew evacuated the aircraft via emergency slides, while it remained on the runway and were taken back to the airport's terminal.

There were no injuries reported and after the aircraft was made safe and examined it was moved off the runway and Shannon Airport reopened shortly after 11am this morning.  The Air Accident Investigation Unit confirmed that: "An AAIU go-team are responding to an occurrence at Shannon Airport, involving a Boeing 767 aircraft which was evacuated on the runway following a reported fire in a main-wheel well. Following consultation with the Shannon Airport Authority, the AAIU has given permission for the aircraft to be removed from the runway."

Ural Airlines Airbus A321 crash lands in a field following multiple bird strike

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A Ural Airlines Airbus A321 has made an emergency landing in a cornfield near Moscow after flying into a flock of birds, suffering multiple bird strikes in its engines. 

According to local news sources, some twenty-three people have been injured in the crash landing and are described as being  "in serious or fair condition". The local health authority says that five children are included in those taken to hospital.

The jet was carrying 233 passengers and crew onboard operating a flight from Moscow to Simferopol in Crimea when the incident took place.  The Russian Air Transport Agency,  Rosaviatsia said the plane landed in a cornfield about a kilometre (0.62 miles) from the runway at Zhukovsky International Airport, with its engines off and landing gear retracted.

A passenger on the flight told local state-run media how the aircraft started to shake not long after takeoff, "Five seconds later, the lights on the right side of the plane started flashing and there was a smell of burning. Then we landed and everyone ran away,".

Pilot error blamed for Saratov Airlines An148 Crash

Russian investigators have published the final report on the February 2018 Saratov Airlines Antonov AN148 crash near Moscow, killing all sixty-five passengers and six crew onboard.

The investigators have said the pilots of the doomed aircraft forgot to switch on the heaters for the airspeed probes and this lead to excessive icing to the probe after taking off and during the initial climb. This, in turn, meant that probe wasn't working properly, giving the flight deck crew wrong airspeed readings, lower than the actual speed the aircraft was going. To increase the speed, the pilots initiated an urgent descent and because the visibility was low, the aircraft crashed into the ground in a steep dive.

US F16 crashes into warehouse

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An investigation is underway in California into why a military F16 fighter jet crashed through the roof of a warehouse at March Air Reserve Base in Moreno Valley, California, on Thursday 16th May.

The pilot escaped disaster by ejecting from the aircraft and was sent to a local medical centre for evaluation, however, local media reported that 3 people on the ground suffered minor injuries, while 11 were evaluated.

CBS Los Angeles reported the jet fighter caught fire in the warehouse, but the fire was quickly extinguished by the building's sprinkler system. 

The US Air Force said the aircraft was from the 114th Fighter Wing based in Sioux Falls, South Dakota and was conducting a training mission when the crash happened.  For a short time, the nearby  215 Freeway was closed following the crash in case of an explosion from the weapons the jet was carrying at the time.

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TUI 787-9 Dreamliner Gatwick landing drama report issued.

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The UK's Air Accident Investigation Branch detailed an incident involving a TUI Boeing 787 Dreamliner at London Gatwick Airport on 6 July 2018 at 1711 in its May bulletin.

The aircraft, registration G-TUIM, a 787-9 was operating a flight from the holiday island of Tenefire back to the UK and was on approach to Runway 26L at London Gatwick Airport and the crew was configuring the aircraft for landing. After flaps 1 was selected, there was a progressive deterioration in the normal flight controls, landing gear lowering and nosewheel steering capabilities.  Initially, the slats primary fail and flaps primary fail on the Engine Indication and Crew Alerting System - EICAS - messages were displayed. There was difficulty in lowering the nose landing gear, indicating nose wheel steering fault.  

A non-flexible cable tie lead to a nose gear up landing for a FlyBe Bombardier Q400

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The UK's Air Accident Investigation Branch has issued its final report into an incident involving a FlyBe    Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 turboprop at Belfast International Airport.

The aircraft, registration G-JEDU made an emergency landing during a commercial passenger flight on 10 November 2017.  The aircraft was travelling from Belfast City to Inverness when cockpit indications showed that the nose landing gear doors had not closed after landing gear retraction. The crew diverted to Belfast International and carried out all relevant procedures but were unable to lower the landing gear. The aircraft landed with the nose landing gear up. There was an emergency evacuation and two of the 53 passengers sustained minor injuries.

Deadly seaplane crash in Alaska

Photo Taquan Air

Investigators from the US National Transportation Safety Board - NTSB in Washington DC are flying out to Ketchikan, Alaska to the site of a mid-air collision involving to seaplanes on Monday afternoon.

The full details are still being established, however, it seems that an aircraft - understood to be a  de Havilland DHC-3 Otter operated by Taquan Air was returning from the Misty Fjords with ten passengers and a pilot aboard at around 1300 local time. It was approximately 10 miles from Ketchikan and was carrying people from the Royal Princess cruise ship which was en route from the Vancouver in Canada to Anchorage. It then collided in the air with a second aircraft, a single-engine de Havilland DHC-2 Beaver which, according to local media was on an independent tour - again with 4 passengers from the cruise ship and the pilot.  The weather at the time is said to have been overcast with a southeasterly wind of no more than 9 miles an hour.

Lucky escape as Embraer E190 lands without nose gear in Myanmar

The passengers and crew of a National Airlines an Embraer E190, operating flight UB103 had a lucky escape on Sunday when the aircraft landed without nose gear down.  It's the second time in a week of a landing incident in Myanmar

The Myanmar National Airlines aircraft was carrying 89 passengers and crew when it came into land at around 0900 local time in Mandalay, a city popular with tourists. It's understood there were no injuries reported either with the passengers or crew.

At least 41 dead in Moscow plane crash - Aeroflot jet lands in flames

An Aeroflot Sukhoi Superjet SSJ100 caught fire shortly after taking off from Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport causing the crew to issue a distress signal and return to the airport.

According to local media, there were 78 people on the stricken jet at the time of the incident and were enroute to Murmansk.

At least 41 people are now known to have died in the crash, including two children according to local news agency Tass. It is understood that one of the dead is an Aeroflot stewardess, who had been helping passengers evacuate the burning jet. The number of those injured appears to be between 5 and 10 but the number varies between various sources. One witness though said it was a "miracle" anyone escaped the jet.

The crew attempted to make an emergency landing, but this was aborted and the crew made a second attempt.  Videos shared on social media show the jet in flames and trailing thick black smoke as it landed in Moscow.

Miami Air International 737-800 overruns runway in Florida - 21 injured

An investigation is underway into how a Boeing 737-800 of Miami Air International carrying 143 people came to skid off the runway at Naval Air Station Jacksonville in Florida into the St. Johns River on Friday evening.

The jet had was transporting 136 passengers and 7 crew and had just arrived from the US Guantanamo Bay base in Cuba at 2140 local time. According to local weather sources, there were thunderstorms in the area at the time the aircraft was attempting to land. 

The sheriff's office in Jacksonville confirmed that every person on the aircraft was accounted for and alive. Some 21 people were taken to a local hospital to be treated although their condition is said to be 'good'.   

Plane crash in Nepal leaves three dead

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An aircraft has veered off the runway and collided with a stationary helicopter at Lukla Airport, the main gateway to the Everest region in Nepal, killing three people.

According to reports, the pilot of the small plane and two police officers standing close to the helicopter died in the incident and another three were injured. The aircraft are both understood to belong to firms specialising in taking climbers and tourists to and from the mountains. 

According to local officials, the weather at the time of the incident on Saturday was good and a full investigation had already begun.

 
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BAe Jetstream 41 leaves runway in Dominica

A BAe Jetstream 41, of  Sky High Aviation Services, has suffered major damage after making a runway excursion after landing at Douglas-Charles Airport, in Dominica on Monday 8th April.

According to local reports, there were no casualties among the passengers or crew on the turboprop aircraft and all evacuated the aircraft safely.

The aircraft, registration HI-1038 was performing a scheduled flight from Santo Domingo-Las Américas José Francisco Peña Gómez Int'l Airport, in the Dominican Republic to Dominica Douglas-Charles Airport, Dominica and had just landed on runway 27 at Douglas-Charles Airport when it left the paved surface and headed into the grass. Photographs from the scene seem to show the landing gear and some debris on the runway, while the aircraft appears nose down on the grass. 

Boeing's CEO responds to Ethiopian Airlines crash announcement

Dennis Muilenburg, the Chairman, President & CEO of  The Boeing Company issued an apology, of sorts, on Thursday, April 4th, in reply to the preliminary report announcement from the Ethiopian Authorities indicated the anti-stall system on its 737 max aircraft was to blame for the crash that killed all onboard.

In the video, the Boeing boss says the tragedies weigh heavily on the hearts and minds of all at Boeing and the firm extends its sympathies to the loved ones of the passengers and crew of those on the two 737 max 8's that crashed. Yet at the same time, it's legal teams have been instructed to fight vigorously all lawsuits filed against the firm for compensation. 

Boeing says it continues to work with the US Federal Aviation Administration and other regulatory agencies worldwide on the development and certification of the MCAS software update and training programme. However, that holds little sway with many in the industry as to a large extent Boeing self-certificated the 737 Max range of aircraft, with the blessings of the FAA. It was treated as just a modification of the forerunning 737 models, rather than that of a new design, which would have had a more rigorous examination and certification programme.  Boeing advises they are "working to demonstrate that we have identified and appropriately addressed all certification requirements and will be submitting for FAA review once completed in the coming weeks. Safety is our first priority, and we will take a thorough and methodical approach to the development and testing of the update to ensure we take the time to get it right."

Some industry commentators are estimating the earliest the 737 Max 8 and 9's will be back in the air will be the Middle of May, whilst others are less optimistic saying the troubled craft will not get the all clear with the new software update until the autumn. 

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Ethiopian Airlines pilots followed proper procedures according to crash report of 737 Max 8

The Ethiopian Airlines pilots followed proper procedures when their Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft repeatedly nosedived just prior to the crash on March 10th that claimed the lives of all 157 on board, the official preliminary report says.

The Ethiopian Minister of Transport, Dagmawit Moges (Pictured left), announced the reports finding at a press conference on Thursday, April 4th, advising  "The crew performed all the procedures repeatedly provided by the manufacturer but was not able to control the aircraft,".   

Ethiopian Airlines flight ET302 crashed shortly after taking off from Addis Ababa's Bole airport, it was the second deadly crash of a 737 Max 8 in the space of just 5 months. The previous disaster took place ion October of last year when a Lion Air 737 Max 8 aircraft. operating flight  JT610 came down in the sea just off Indonesia with the loss of 189 people on board. There were striking similarities between the two crashes which lead to a grounding of the 737 Max 8, first by individual countries air safety authorities, then regional ones, the last authority to ground the aircraft type were the US regulators. 

Spirit jet runs on to the grass at Indianapolis

Early on Saturday 30th March, a Spirit Airlines jet operating flight 566, from Las Vegas to Indianapolis had an excursion off the paved surface shortly after landing.

The Airbus aircraft landed safely at around 0500 without incident, however, when negotiating the taxiway the aircraft left the paved surface and got stuck in the mud.  According to local media - WTHR - passengers were then asked to deplane the aircraft via stairs and transferred to the terminal by busses.  

There were no reported injuries during the detour and the aircraft, an Airbus A320 registration N629NK was towed out of the mud and examined before returning to service on Sunday.   Spirit apologised to passengers and issued travel vouchers and refunds to those impacted by the little run on the grass. 

Pilot who flew footballer Emiliano Sala to his death was 'not qualified to fly at night'

The Piper Malibu on the day of the crash               Photo AAIB

The UK's BBC News is reporting that David Ibbotson, the pilot of the Piper Malibu that crashed on January 21st this year, killing new Cardiff City footballer Emiliano Sala was not qualified to fly at night.

It is being reported that Ibbotson was colour-blind and his pilots licence restricted him from flying after dark, yet the flight took off at least an hour after sunset.  According to the BBC, his UK pilots licence did not have a night rating mirroring his US one which states, "must have available glasses for near vision" and that "all limitations and restrictions on the United Kingdom pilot licence apply".

It would have been unlawful for Ibbotson to take off at 1900, over an hour after sunset if the report is true. However, the Air Accidents Investigation Branch advised that licensing was still a key part of the investigation and the UK Civil Aviation Authority refused to comment on the story.

The crash on the 21st January killed both men and whilst the body of Emiliano Sala has been recovered from the wreckage, Mr Ibbotson's body is still missing. 

A full accident report is not expected from the AAIB until February of 2020.

Two Fokker F100 landing gear incidents in Iran in three days!

Iranian aviation investigators are looking into two aircraft incidents in the space of three days, both of which involved Fokker 100s.

On Tuesday 19th March 2019 an Iran Air Fokker 100 was operating flight 215, from Qeshm to Tehran when it suffered a hydraulic systems failure. The result of this failure meant the main landing gear would not lower, according to the reports, the crew tried to manually lower the wheels, which didn't work and the crew then had to perform an emergency landing at Tehran's Mehrabad Airport, with its main gear up. According to local state media reports,  there were no injuries and all passengers evacuated the aircraft safely. 

Flight recorders have been retrieved and are being analysed with the enquiry being assisted by investigators from the UK Air Accidents Investigation Branch and the Dutch Safety Board.

Ethiopian Airlines crashed 737 Max 8 cockpit voice and data recorders found

The Ethiopian State media has confirmed they have retrieved the ‘black boxes’ cockpit voice and flight data recorders from the crashed Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft.  Local reports confirmed the devices had been retrieved on Monday morning and will be sent for analysis. However, an airline official has stated that one of the recorders has suffered serious damage in the crash and at present, it is unknown how much data can be retrieved from it. 

The Boeing 737 Max 8 was just four months old when it crashed on Sunday morning claiming the lives of all 157 people on board. The manufacturer Boeing has already said, before any causes of the crash are known, that it will not be issuing any further safety advisories. It has sent a technical team to the crash site to provide technical assistance under the direction of the Ethiopia Accident Investigation Bureau and U.S. National Transportation Safety Board.

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Ethiopian Airlines has halted all further flights on 737 Max 8 aircraft as a precaution, the Chinese authorities have also ordered all 737 Max 8 in the country be grounded will investigations are ongoing.  

Cayman Airlines has two 737 Max aircraft and has grounded them as a precaution in the wake of the latest disaster to befall the type.