Aircraft Crash News

A Busy Bee Congo Dornier 228-200 aircraft crashed shortly after takeoff from Goma, D.R. Congo. The aircraft crashed onto buildings in the Birere neighborhood south of the airport and a fire erupted. All 17 occupants onboard and at least 12 persons on the ground were killed. Twenty-three bodies have been …

The U.S. military said late Friday that an unmanned drone was lost over the Libyan capital this week. The “remotely piloted aircraft” was lost over Tripoli on Thursday, U.S. Africa Command said in a brief statement. The drone was not armed. The military said the incident remains under investigation. The …

Two pilots are confirmed dead in the crash of two U.S. Air Force T-38 Talon jet trainers were involved in a mishap at Vance Air Force Base in Oklahoma. The service has said that four pilots were involved in the accident and that two have died, but the condition of …

LNA forces have claims to have shot down Italian Air Force General Atomics MQ-1 Predator near Tripoli over the town of Tarhunah in western Libya. Libyan sources released several photos showing the wreckage of the downed UAV. The insignia of the Italian Air Force can be clearly seen on the …

The U.S. Army Boeing CH-47 Chinook helicopter crashes in Afghanistan killing two U.S. servicemen. It’s also not clear if there were more personnel aboard the helicopter at the time of the crash. According to a statement from the US-led Resolute Support operation’s command, the incident happened on Wednesday at an undisclosed …

Syrian Arab Air Force (SyAAF) Mil Mi-8/17 helicopter loaded with barrel bombs exploded during a routine takeoff from the Hama Airport. Two huge explosions were heard in the vicinity of Hama city in the evening on Sunday, Step Agency reported. All three occupants died in the crash. Other reports speak …

on December 6, 2018, U.S. Marine Corps C-130 & F/A-18 crash off the coast of Japan, after an Aerial Refueling Mishap. An aerial disaster prompted a scramble to find five missing Marines, with a sixth Marine declared dead and a seventh rescued safely from waters off the coast of Japan, …

According to local Russian media reports, a drone Orion attack drone crashed near the village of Listvyanka in Russia’s Ryazan Oblast (Region). According to photos released online, the drone clashes in about 70-100m away from a civilian building. The initial version of the incident says that it was caused by …

An Indian Navy Mig-29KUB fighter jet crashed under unknown circumstances shortly after it took off on a routine training mission from Goa’s Dabolim. https://twitter.com/GouravKholkar/status/1195599850739552256 The pilots – Captain M Sheokhand and Lieutenant Commander Deepak Yadav – managed to eject safely and have both been recovered. The aircraft involved in the …

Nigeria Air Force Agusta A109LUH helicopter crash-landed under unknown circumstances. There were no fatalities. According to NAF helicopter crashed in the process of landing in Enugu State. A statement on NAF’s Official Twitter page said that details of the incident which occurred after a routine flight. Fortunately, there were no …