Plane Crashes

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At least 15 people were injured when an Airbus 330 flying from Lima to Buenos Aires encountered severe turbulence, Argentina's national news agency Telam and other media reported on Friday (May 31).

Fifteen injured as turbulence hits plane flying to Argentina
Fifteen injured as turbulence hits plane flying to Argentina

An Avianca plane flies over the Guanabara Bay as it prepares to land in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.PHOTO: REUTERS

The plane of the Colombian airline Avianca was crossing the Andes on the border between Chile and Argentina overnight, when it suddenly plunged by about 300m several times, according to the news website Infobae.

Passengers suffered facial wounds and other minor injuries. Two passengers, who were doctors, attended to their fellow passengers on board.

The plane landed normally at Buenos Aires' Ezeiza airport, Telam quoted Avianca sources as saying.

Passengers who had been injured received treatment at the airport.

 

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Indian Air Force plane with 13 on board missing near China border
Indian air force plane with 13 on board missing near China border

An Indian air force aircraft with 13 people on board went missing on Monday in remote northeastern mountains bordering China, government officials said.

The AN-32 aircraft, which is typically used for transport, took off from Assam state’s Jorhat town for Menchuka in Arunachal Pradesh state but lost contact with ground agencies at around 1 p.m. (0730 GMT).

“Since the aircraft did not reach the airfield, overdue action was initiated,” said one government official.

"A total of eight crew and five passengers were on board."

The air force had begun a search, including deploying a Sukhoi combat jet, another government official said.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, who assumed charge of the ministry last week, said he was in touch with senior air force officials. “I pray for the safety of all passengers on board,” he said on Twitter.

 

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UPDATE (1423ET): Via NYPD, "There was a helicopter hard landing on the roof of 787 7th Avenue in Midtown Manhattan. Fire has been extinguished. Please continue to avoid the area."

.@NYGovCuomo: "If you are a New Yorker you have a level of PTSD from 9/11. As soon as you hear an aircraft hit a a building, my mind goes where the mind of every New Yorker goes."

He says there is "no indication" the crash was intentional. pic.twitter.com/t1elFQUiGj
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Governor Cuomo confirms there are casualties involved.

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The building is being evacuated.

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Small plane crashes into Medford home’s front yard http://bit.ly/2I5gt3o

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Another photo of the Russian plane fire ... death toll now 41.

Russian investigators say plane crash death toll rises to 41

Lightning knocked out autopilot of SSJ-100 that exploded at Sheremetyevo, says watchdog

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MOSCOW, June 14. /TASS/. The SSJ-100 airliner that burst into flames upon its emergency landing at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport on May 5 had lost communications with air-traffic controllers for some time after it was struck by lightning. The plane's autopilot also went out of order, according to a preliminary report published by the Inter-State Aviation Committee on Friday.

"After the lightning had struck the plane, the autopilot went out of order, setting off the sound warning system," the document says.

Also, the pilots tried several times to establish communications with the air traffic controller at an operational frequency but managed to do this only at an emergency frequency, the findings indicate.

After the lightning struck the plane, the onboard flight recorders operated improperly for about 15 seconds, the document says.

"Beginning from 15:08:12, one-off commands and indicators of analogue parameters that are recorded through EIU-100 data concentrator units were improperly recorded for about 15 seconds," the findings say.

Investigators have opened a criminal case over flight safety violations and breaches in aircraft operation that entailed the death of two and more people through negligence. Detectives are looking into several versions of the incident, including pilot incompetence, a technical failure and unfavorable weather conditions.


Russian crash plane was hit by lightning: investigation
A Russian Sukhoi Superjet 100 aircraft that crashed in May killing 41 people lost autopilot after a lightning strike and came in to land at excessive speed, according to a report from crash investigators, Russian news agencies reported on Friday.
But the preliminary report, from the Interstate Aviation Committee which investigates plane crashes in Russia, did not conclude that pilot error was to blame, the agencies reported.

The plane, operated by Russia’s Aeroflot airline, was carrying 73 passengers and five crew members on May 5 when it made an emergency landing at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport.

It hit the runway hard and then caught fire, with the fuselage quickly becoming engulfed in a fireball.

Some passengers and crew were able to escape by using emergency chutes, but others could not get out, despite the arrival of fire crews at the scene.

The preliminary crash report also said that the crew went ahead with their attempted landing despite an automatic system advising them to abort and make a second approach.


CIS aviation watchdog publishes preliminary report on SSJ-100’s accident at Sheremetyevo

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MOSCOW, June 14, 2019 - The Inter-State Aviation Committee has released a preliminary report on the Sukhoi Superjet-100 airliner’s accident at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport on May 5. The report was posted on the CIS aviation watchdog’s website on Friday.

"The report contains actual information, which the accident-probing commission has received by now, and also the results of deciphering the onboard and ground-based data recording equipment and video data, the findings of the probes that have been concluded and other materials. The report may be specified and supplemented upon the receipt of additional information," the document’s preamble says.

The 104-page document gives data on the airliner’s condition before its takeoff, its crewmembers, all the events related to the accident and the results of probes concluded by now.

The data provided in the report is preliminary and the document may be updated and supplemented following the results of the probes and the study of all the materials. After the investigation is over, a final report on the SSJ-100’s accident will be prepared, the Inter-State Aviation Committee said.

 

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Two dead after light planes collide mid-air in New Zealand
Two light aircraft collided mid-air on their final approach at a regional aerodrome in New Zealand on Sunday killing both pilots, police said.

Four parachutists on board of one of the planes had jumped shortly before it crashed with the other plane, a training aircraft. A helicopter also preparing to land, managed to avoid the collision.

The police said that both planes dropped immediately after impact, hitting the ground south of the Hood Aerodrome near the town of Masterton.

There was no immediate information about a potential cause of the crash and the police would not release the names of the victims, saying they were still trying to locate family members.

Witnesses told New Zealand media that they heard a loud bang and saw the planes spiraling down.

Stuff.nz, a New Zealand news website, cited a local pilot instructor saying the aerodrome was unrestricted up to 9,500 feet, but pilots were required to record their movements through a shared radio channel.

One of the planes belonged to Skydive Wellington while the other to the Wairarapa Aero Club. The Hood Aerodrome is owned and operated by the Masterton District Council.

“We have a close-knit community at Hood Aerodrome and the incident has understandably rocked that community,” the council said in a statement on its website.

 

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Plane Crash Lake Tulloch, Copperopolis, CA June 16, 2019 at about 11:40 PM
Plane Crash Lake Tulloch, Copperopolis, CA June 16, 2019 at about 11:40 PM, the Calaveras County Sheriff’s Office received multiple reports of a plane crash near Poker Flat shoreline at Lake Tulloch. The plane was observed flying low over the lake when it was reportedly hit some high tension power lines and entered the water. The plane immediately became fully submerged before witnesses could get to the plane. The plane is described as a single engine yellow aircraft. The Calaveras County Sheriff’s Office, Department Fish and Wildlife, Cal-Fire, Copperopolis Fire, and Tuolumne County Sheriff’s Office responded and continued to search the area with negative results. Search efforts continued throughout the night.

On 06/17/19 at 0800 hours, Calaveras County Sheriff’s Office, Tuolumne County, Department of Fish and Wildlife, and Amador County continued the search efforts and brought additional resources consisting of Sonar and a submersible remotely operated underwater vehicle (ROV) to assist in locating the aircraft and pilot. Additional resources are being requested through OES for underwater resources.

The plane reportedly left out of Stanislaus County and was enroute to Tuolumne County. The pilot’s name will not be released, until his next of kin is notified. Search efforts are continuing.

UPDATE- On 06/17/19 at about 1200 hours, the aircraft was located about 110’ feet below the surface of the lake through the use of sonar equipment and later confirmed with the use of an underwater remote operated vehicle. Additional resources have been requested to recover the aircraft and contents due to the water depth. Video

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Passengers subdue chaotic man on board Turkish Airlines jet

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Passengers on a Turkish Airlines jetliner flying to Sudan had to subdue a man who started screaming a few minutes after takeoff and began smashing an oxygen mask box and then a cabin window before pushing flight attendants aside and rushing toward the cockpit.

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A pilot has died after a Yak-52 plunged into the Vistula river during an aerobatic show in Plock, Poland. http://breakingavnews.com/2019/06/15/search-for-stunt-pilot-after-plane-plunges-into-polish-river/ …

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HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - Nine people were killed Friday evening when a twin-engine skydiving aircraft crashed on Oahu’s North Shore and then erupted in flames, authorities confirmed

Multiple agencies have responded to the crash at Dillingham Airfield.

Authorities with the Honolulu Fire Department said the first reports of the downed craft came in about 6:30 p.m. When firefighters arrived, they found the wreckage of the craft fully engulfed in flames.

Photos from the area showed smoke from the fire could be seen from miles away.

About an hour after the crash, a somber Fire Chief Manuel Neves told reporters: “Right now, the initial report is that there were nine souls on board. There are no survivors."

He said that family members of those on board the aircraft were on the ground when the crash happened and may have seen the plane go down.

“It is very difficult,” he said. “In my 40 years as a firefighter here in Hawaii, this is the most tragic aircraft incident we’ve had.”

On Twitter, Mayor Kirk Caldwell said he was following developments on the crash. “At this time, our thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of the victims,” he wrote.

Honolulu Emergency Services Department spokeswoman Shayne Enright said all nine on the aircraft were pronounced dead at the scene.

It wasn’t clear whether the craft was taking off or landing when it crashed.

Neves said firefighters were working to secure the debris field ― an area that covered about 50 feet by 50 feet ― and were waiting for direction from the FAA

“We’re still gathering that information," Neves said. “We don’t know the intent of the flight.”

Officials were able to say that it was not a military aircraft.

Farrington Highway is closed in the area as an investigation continues.

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AIRLINE NEWS: The U.S. Airline Industry Is Hit With Monthly Computer Outages – But Nobody Is Tracking Them | Forbes - http://airlinenewswire.com/
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Interesting article at Forbes, C.a.. Good catch!

June 21, 2019 -The U.S. Airline Industry Is Hit With Monthly Computer Outages – But Nobody Is Tracking Them

A report issued on June 12 by the Government Accountability Office (GAO), Information on Airline IT Outages, paints a detailed portrait of a disjointed air travel regulatory landscape in which airline systems go down on a regular basis but no government agency is keeping track.

Both the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), whose primary responsibility is managing the air-traffic control system, and Department of Transportation (DOT), which oversees compliance with consumer protections, have some oversight of airlines, but neither agency collects information on IT outages.

Airlines are encouraged to proactively report incidents like IT outages to DOT, including a brief description of the incident and any accommodations the airline might provide to affected passengers, but DOT does not keep an industry-wide record of all incidents.

“The Department of Transportation does not formally track how often this happens and no industry association is making an attempt to try to share this kind of information on a volunteer basis, which is often what happens,” said Sean O’Neill, technology editor at the travel industry intel site Skift.

When airline computers go down or there's a glitch with a third-party software provider, thousands of passengers can be affected at once.

Comment: I'm just wondering - if "drone sightings" where airports cancel fights for a duration of a few hours - might be the "excuse used" to cover for computer glitches and outages? Passengers are given "an outside source" as an explanation for the delay - not realizing it's an internal problem with computer software? Nice PR stunt - if that's what they are doing?

 

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RAF Typhoon jets cause sonic boom in Essex scrambling to intercept Jet2 plane

Essex Police and Stansted Airport are investigating after the Titan Airways A321 for Jet2 for Dalaman, Turkey, had to return to the Bishops Stortford base

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RAF Typhoon jets have caused a sonic boom after they scrambled to intercept a Ryanair plane near Stansted Airport , it is alleged tonight.

It caused an almighty bang which has been heard as far as 18 miles away in Chelmsford, Essex.

Unconfirmed reports said no planes left or took off at the hub but the airport told Mirror Online operations are running as normal.

Stansted did confirm however a passenger became disruptive on the Ryanair plane.

Sources on Twitter claimed the RAF sent two typhoon jets from their base in Coningsby, Lincolnshire, to escort a plane to Stansted after a passenger became disruptive.

An RAF Voyager also departed from RAF Brize Norton, Oxfordshire, it is said.

Emergency services have been urged to longer ring 999.

A 25-year-old woman has since been arrested on suspicion of two assaults and endangering an aircraft, BBC News says.

The Bishop Stortford Police Twitter account said: "Large number of 999 calls coming in about a loud explosion. We have liaised with @EssexPoliceUK who are confirming that this is a sonic boom from a passing aircraft."

A graphic shared by one aviation expert shows the flight path of one typhoon, believed to have left RAF Coningsby and headed south tonight.

A sonic boom is a loud explosive noise caused by the shockwave of an aircraft travelling faster than the speed of sound.

A statement from Hertfordshire Fire Control reads: "We've been made aware by the Police that this was a sonic boom from the Stansted airport area. Police received numerous calls and we received calls from the Bishop's Stortford area."

But people on Twitter are reporting they've experienced an "explosion" and heard a massive "bang". Those tweeting live as far as parts of east London.

One panicked resident said online: "Just heard a massive explosion."

Another posted: "Was there just a massive explosion in Harlow?"

A third saw "windows on [their] house shake..."

Others at the airport said their flights were delayed.

"Runway has reopened and planes are landing now," one man wrote.

"Not sure how long the whole thing lasted. Our flight to Denmark is delayed (as I'm sure others are from the disruption). There was a sonic boom in relation to the incident earlier but I didn't realise it was that at the time."

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Pilot dies after Eurofighters collide in Germany – DW – 06/24/2019

A pilot has died after two German military jets crashed in the northeastern state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. The planes were flying on a mission out of a major training center for the German air force.

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Two German military jets have crashed in the northeastern German state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. They were flying a mission out of a major training center for the German air force.

Two Eurofighter military jets crashed in the northeastern German state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania on Monday, Germany's air force said.

Both pilots ejected and one of the pilots was found alive in a tree canopy. More than an hour later, the search was still underway for the second pilot.

The Luftwaffe said the pilots were part of a trio of Eurofighters flying a mission out of Laage, near Rostock.

They were part of the Tactical Air Force Wing 73, known as "Steinhoff," a fighter wing that specializes in general air defence and is the chief training center for pilots of the Eurofighter Typhoon in Germany.

Read more: Only 4 of Germany's 128 Eurofighter jets combat ready — report

The aircraft collided shortly before 2:00 p.m. local time (12:00 UTC) near Lake Mueritz, about 120 kilometers (75 miles) north of Berlin.

Witnesses shared video footage of two smoking areas, reportedly about 10 kilometers apart. At least part of the wreckage fell on the area of Malchow, with police warning people not to approach.

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In the meantime, one of the pilots was rescued alive.

The state interior minister was due to fly in to the area to manage the situation.

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Two German military jets have crashed in the northeastern German state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. They were flying a mission out of a major training center for the German air force.

Pilot killed in Eurofighter collision over eastern Germany

One pilot was killed and another managed to parachute to safety after two unarmed German Eurofighter jets collided over northeastern Germany on Monday, officials said.

Israel says GPS mysteriously disrupted in its airspace but planes secure
Israel is experiencing unexplained GPS disruptions in its airspace but measures are in place to allow safe landings and takeoffs at its main international airport, the government said on Wednesday.

The announcement by the Israel Airports Authority (IAA) followed a report on Tuesday by the International Federation of Air Line Pilots’ Associations (IFALPA) that “many” pilots had lost satellite signals from the Global Positioning System around Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion Airport.

Confirming there had been GPS disruptions for approximately the past three weeks, an IAA statement said these affected only airborne crews and not terrestrial navigation systems.

Israeli authorities had worked from the outset to locate the source of the problem and fix it, it added.

Asked for comment, a spokeswoman for Israel’s Defence Ministry said only that the disruption was an IAA matter. “At no stage has there been a safety incident stemming from the GPS disruption in the context of the precision of navigation and flight corridors,” the IAA said.

In its post on Tuesday, the IFALPA said the loss of the GPS signal may create numerous alerts for systems.

 

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Test pilots trying out Boeing’s updated Max software found a flaw that could result in the plane’s nose pitching down.

The Max began passenger flights in 2017 and is Boeing’s best-selling plane, although fewer than 400 have been delivered to airlines.

New software glitch found in Boeing’s troubled 737 Max jet
New software glitch found in Boeing’s troubled 737 Max jet

This Dec. 7, 2015, file photo shows the second Boeing 737 MAX airplane being built on the assembly line in Renton, Washington. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

June 27, 2019 - A new software problem has been found in the troubled Boeing 737 Max that could push the plane’s nose down automatically, and fixing the flaw is almost certain to further delay the plane’s return to flying after two deadly crashes.

Boeing said Wednesday that the FAA “identified an additional requirement” for software changes that the aircraft manufacturer has been working on for eight months, since shortly after the first crash.

“Boeing agrees with the FAA’s decision and request, and is working on the required software to address the FAA’s request,” Boeing said in a statement.

Government test pilots trying out Boeing’s updated Max software in a flight simulator last week found a flaw that could result in the plane’s nose pitching down, according to two people familiar with the matter. In both Max crashes, the plane’s flight-control software pushed the nose down based on faulty readings from one sensor.

The people said fixing the issue might be accomplished through software changes or by replacing a microprocessor in the plane’s flight-control system. One said the latest setback is likely to delay the plane’s return to service by an extra one to three months. Both spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss aspects of the review process that are not public.

In a statement, the Federal Aviation Administration said it will lift its grounding of the plane only when it deems the jet safe — there is no set timeline.

“On the most recent issue, the FAA’s process is designed to discover and highlight potential risks. The FAA recently found a potential risk that Boeing must mitigate,” the agency said.

The Max began passenger flights in 2017 and is Boeing’s best-selling plane, although fewer than 400 have been delivered to airlines. A Max flown by Indonesia’s Lion Air crashed in October, and an Ethiopian Airlines Max crashed in March. In all, 346 people died. Days after the second crash, regulators around the world grounded the plane.

Boeing is scaling back the power of flight-control software called MCAS to push the nose down. It is also linking the software’s nose-down command to two sensors on each plane instead of relying on just one in the original design.

It is still uncertain what kind of training pilots will get for flying the plane with the new software — either computer-based or in-flight simulators.

Meanwhile, some airlines that own Max jets have had to cancel large numbers of flights while the planes remain grounded.

On Wednesday, United Airlines pushed back the scheduled return of its 14 Max jets until September. Southwest Airlines and American Airlines had already made similar announcements — an acknowledgement that the plane won’t return to flying as soon as the airlines had hoped.

 

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Two people were killed and seven injured when an Antonov An-24 passenger plane made an emergency landing on Thursday at an airport in Russia's Buryatia region in Siberia, the area's emergency situations ministry said.

Two killed, seven injured as Russian plane makes emergency landing in Siberia


June 27, 2019 - The plane carrying 48 people, including 5 crew members, overshot the runway after landing, hit a small building and caught fire, regional authorities said.

The aircraft took off from the regional capital of Ulan-Ude and flew to Nizhneangarsk, where it was forced to make an emergency landing when one of it's engines failed,
they said.

Video shot by a passenger from a plane window showed the aircraft coming into land on the runway before rolling into a field and then suddenly violently halting with passengers screaming onboard.

Regional authorities said a pilot and technician had been killed in the accident, but all the passengers had been safely evacuated before a fire destroyed the plane.

The flight was operated by Russian regional airline Angara, media reported.