Yakovlev Yak-9UM crash in Tanjil, S of Gippsland , Australia. The plane crashed in a field 20 km W of Latrobe Valley Airport under unknown circumstances. The pilot died. The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) is investigating the fatal accident of a single engine Yakovlev Yak-9UM warbird aircraft, which occurred near …
Read More »Saudi Arabia Boeing AH-6i Helicopter crashes in Khashm Alan Airport
Royal Saudi Arabia National Guard Boeing AH-6i Helicopter crashes in Khashm Alan Airport – Saudi Arabia The military helicopter crashed under unknown circumstances during a training exercise. An American trainer died in the crash, the trainee pilot was injured. The Saudi statement gave the trainer’s name as Paul Reedy and …
Read More »Cessna 340 plane crash in Kimball Township, Michigan
Cessna 340 plane crash in Kimball Township, Michigan – United States of America A small plane crashed into a baseball field early Thursday morning, killing one person. The crash happened at a baseball field on Yager Road near Wadhams Road in Kimball Township, just east of the St. Clair County International …
Read More »4 Dead in Robinson R-44 Raven Helicopter crash in Plzen Czech Republic
4 Dead in a Robinson R-44 Raven Helicopter crash in Plzen, Czech Republic. The helicopter crashed on the roof of a factory, there were no employees in the hall at the time of the accident. According to the Czech press, the helicopter experienced some technical problems in the air before …
Read More »UTAir Passenger jet catches fire after overshooting runway at Sochi Airport
A passenger jet caught fire after overshooting its landing sending it crashing through a fence at an airport in Russia, injuring 18 people. UTAir flight 579, a Boeing 737-800, suffered a runway excursion accident after landing at Adler/Sochi Airport, Russia. The aircraft departed Moscow’s Vnukovo Airport at 00:32 hours local …
Read More »12 Dead ( 2 Ukrainian crew members and 10 Afghan soldiers) In Mi-8 helicopter Crash
Afghan army Mil Mi-8 Helicopter with 14 aboard crashes at Shaheen Corps headquarters, northern Balkh province A total of twelve occupants died in the crash, two pilots and ten passengers. A Mil Mi-8MTV helicopter crashed during takeoff from the Shaheen Corps headquarters in Afghanistan. On board, the helicopter were …
Read More »Piper PA-28 Cherokee plane crash near Kaplan
A Piper PA-28 Cherokee plane crash near Kaplan Vermillion Parish, LA – United States of America The light plane hit a transmission tower guy wire and crashed. The pilot died in the crash. The airplane was destroyed during the accident sequence. 2 plane occupants died A plane crashed into a television tower …
Read More »Pakistan Navy helicopter crashes in Arabian Sea
At least one naval airman was Dead (martyred) on Friday as a Pakistan Navy helicopter crashed during a routine operational sortie in the Arabian Sea. Two of the four persons in the helicopter were injured in the incident. A rescue and recovery operation is underway, confirmed a navy spokesperson after …
Read More »Boeing Win Navy’s MQ-25 Stingray Tanker Drone Competition
After a months-long competition Boeing Win Navy’s MQ-25 Stingray Tanker Drone Competition: U.S. Navy awards Boeing with an $808M contract for four MQ-25A unmanned air vehicles On 30 August, Boeing has announced that company is awarded an $805,318,853 fixed-price-incentive-firm-target contract to provide the design, development, fabrication, test, verification, certification, delivery, …
Read More »18 dead in a Ethiopian Air Force DHC-6 Twin Otter aircraft Crash
An Ethiopian Air Force de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter plane crashed with 18 people onboard near east Shoa zone, Oromia ( Ethiopia) Preliminary reports indicated that a DHC-6 Twin Otter aircraft crashed in Ethiopia. All those on board, 15 members of the Ethiopian defense force and three civilians were killed. Some …
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