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Four Russians killed in UN helicopter crash in Congo
Reuters
Four Russians were killed when a U.N.-contracted cargo helicopter crashed in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Tuesday.
The helicopter crashed on Saturday on a thickly wooded mountainside around 20 km (12 miles) west… Continue reading
Military plane crashes in Washington state, three crew dead
Reuters
An U.S. military plane assigned to a Washington state Naval Air Station on Whidbey Island crashed on Monday morning during a routine training flight, killing all three crew members on board, Navy officials said.
The plane, a Northrop Grumman… Continue reading
At least nine die in plane crash in Congolese town of Goma
Reuters
At least nine people were killed on Monday when a propeller plane crashed as it tried to land in bad weather in the eastern Congolese town of Goma, the government said.
It was not immediately clear how many people… Continue reading
Ukraine plane crash kills Champions League fans
Guardian:
A passenger plane carrying football fans to a Champions League match skidded past the landing strip and overturned in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk on Wednesday, killing five people, officials said.
The small Soviet-designed AN-24 plane had been… Continue reading
Tupolev Tu-204 of Red Wings overshoots runway, catches fire in Moscow
A Tupolev Tu-204 passenger plane of Red Wings overshot the runway at a Moscows Vnukovo airport Saturday, killing five of the 8 people on board. Three other people injured in the crash remain in hospital in grave conditions.
The crew commander, the second… Continue reading
Kazakhstan Antonov An-72 plane crash kills 27
A Kazakhstan border patrol plane with 27 people on board has crashed, the country’s National Security Committee said Tuesday.
Twenty servicemen and seven crew members were on the AN-72 plane when it crashed in southern Kazakhstan, in central Asia, the… Continue reading
Air Bagan Fokker 100 plane crash kills at least two in Myanmar
An accident happened to Air Bagan flight W9-011 during landing near Heho airport at 08:50 a.m. on 25 December 2012. The Fokker 100 aircraft was carrying 65 passengers, 6 crew members including a pilot and a co-pilot.
The emergency exit… Continue reading
19 dead in Nepal plane crash
Belgian F-16 crashes after Bird Strike.
An F-16 fighter plane (registration Fa-99) belonging to the Belgian military crashed and burned near the Dutch border Thursday after colliding with birds, the country’s defence ministry said.
“The pilot is safe and well,” a ministry spokesman told AFP.
U.S. military says X-51A Waverider test flight ended early due to fin problem.
A U.S. military test flight of the experimental hypersonic “Waverider” ended prematurely when the aircraft broke apart in the air over the Pacific Ocean due to a failure with its cruiser control fin, the U.S. Air Force said on Wednesday.… Continue reading
US Navy Global Hawk crashed along Marylands eastern shore
The RQ-4A Global Hawk drone crashed during a routine training flight from Naval Air Station Patuxent River, according to Jamie Cosgrove, a spokeswoman for the Unmanned Aviation and Strike Weapons Program at the base.
There were no injuries to civilians… Continue reading
Passenger plane crashes in Nigeria’s Lagos
* Dana Air plane had 147 people on board – source
* Witnesses say it crashed into building
* No official word on casualties
REUTERS
LAGOS, June 3 (Reuters) – A passenger plane carrying nearly 150 people crashed into a… Continue reading