Jet Aviation Casualties

Skydivers' plane crashes in Belgium, 11 killed

http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/10/19/21039679-skydivers-plane-crashes-in-belgium-11-killed?lite

Mokulele C208 made an emergency landing on Piilani Highway near Wailea on the south side of Maui earlier this evening.

Vietnam ATR 72 arrives at the gate with one of nose gear wheels missing.

http://avherald.com/h?article=46a4c38d&opt=0

Another ATR incident...

Initial inquiries into the Air Niugini ATR 42-300 overrun accident in Papua New Guinea indicate that the crew aborted the take-off after the aircraft failed to rotate on command. French investigation authority BEA says the aircraft was departing runway 25 at Madang, bound for Tabubil on the 19th of October.

Apparently this happened...

Two planes belonging to Turkish Airlines collided at Istanbul airport named after Ataturk, CNN Turk TV channel reported on Monday. According to the TV channel, a plane flying from Vienna to Istanbul collided with a plane flying from Sao Paulo to Istanbul. As a result of the collision, both planes were seriously damaged. The flights were cancelled.

Additional info on the incident.

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Small plane crashes at big airport; no one notices

http://edition.cnn.com/2013/10/29/us/plane-crash-mystery/index.html

Cessna twin pilot tries to land in excessive wind and looses.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiPxlJpaYr4&feature=youtu.be

Pilots flying an MD-83 aircraft allegedly conducted an unauthorised approach to Kandahar and failed to stabilise the aircraft, before it sustained serious damage in a runway wing-strike going into Runway 05.

Navy Training Jet Crashes in Pensacola, Fla.

A spokesman says a training jet has crashed at Naval Air Station Pensacola and the flight instructor and student pilot have been taken to the hospital. Air station spokesman Harry White says the condition of the pilots wasn't immediately known Monday.

He says the two-seat U.S. Navy T-45C Goshawk crashed at the end of a runway while it was landing. The Navy wasn't immediately naming the pilots. White said the cause of the crash is under investigation. Hundreds of Navy flight students earn their Naval flight wings at Naval Air Station Pensacola each year. (AP)

Some sad news out of the Bahamas.

http://www.caribbeannewsnow.com/topstory-Four-killed-in-Grand-Bahama-plane-crash-18589.html

Passenger falls out of a small aircraft. The aircraft is registered N164LD. The aircraft is now back at Tamiami Executive in Florida where police are interviewing the pilot. The aircraft seems to be a Piper Mirage.

In flight deployment of emergency slide.

http://avherald.com/h?article=46b1cead&opt=1

The pilot of a small plane said a passenger tumbled out of the aircraft as it flew near Miami on Thursday, but authorities could not confirm the incident as there was no trace of the individual. The Federal Aviation Administration said the pilot told air traffic controllers the passenger fell from the Piper PA-46 aircraft about 1:30 pm local time, 8 miles (13 km) southeast of Tamiami Airport. The plane proceeded to land safely at the airport, but a subsequent search for the victim, concentrated on an area off Key Biscayne, found no one, authorities said. It was not clear if the fall was deliberate or accidental.

Coast Guard spokesman Jon-Paul Rios said the search was still underway. The pilot and missing passenger were not immediately identified. But in a recording of his "Mayday" call to air traffic controllers, the pilot can be heard blaming the incident on his passenger. "You said you've got a passenger that fell out of your plane?" an air traffic controller asked. "That's correct, sir," the pilot responded. "He opened the backdoor and he just fell out the plane."

(Reuters)

Russian investigators sifted through the charred remains of a Boeing 737 on Monday in the search for clues about what caused it to crash and burst into flames, killing 50 people. Sunday's crash raised new concerns about Russia's poor safety record as it prepares to host the Winter Olympics in the southern city of Sochi in February, an event on which President Vladimir Putin has staked a lot of personal political prestige.

Residents of Kazan wiped away tears as they lay flowers at the airport where the plane crashed in windy weather, with some venting anger over Russia's bad safety record. Flags flew at half mast in the city 800 km (500 miles) east of Moscow. The Tatarstan Airlines flight from Moscow had been trying to abort its landing when it crashed, killing all 44 passengers and six crew in a blaze that left little of the plane. "The plane just fell," transport minister Maxim Sokolov told reporters. "The plane was vertical, practically vertical."

But he cautioned that video recordings of the crash were not of high quality and the flight recorders would be needed to provide more information on what happened."The main versions are pilot error and technical problems, including equipment failure," Alexander Poltinin, a senior regional investigator, said of the crash. Poltinin said the fire had been extinguished several hours after the crash, but that it could take weeks for all the dead to be identified in the wreckage, scattered over a wide area. The plane had lost altitude quickly, he said, and the fuel tanks had exploded on impact. The local Health Ministry said only two bodies had been found by noon on Tuesday.

The son of the president of the oil-rich province of Tatarstan and the regional head of the FSB intelligence service were named among those killed. The dead also included two foreigners, a Briton and a Ukrainian. "It's unimaginable - it's awful, just awful," said a man who gave his name as Dmitry as he left flowers at the airport gate. "Everyone already knows what state our national aviation is in. So, on the one hand this isn't surprising, it's just a shame that people die," he said.

POOR SAFETY RECORD

Russia and the former Soviet republics combined have one of the world's worst air-traffic safety records, with a total accident rate almost three times the world average in 2011, according to the International Air Transport Association. In Soviet times, flag carrier Aeroflot had a virtual monopoly of the airline industry, but after the collapse of the Soviet Union, many small private companies emerged. IATA said last year that global airline safety had improved but accident rates had risen in Russia and the ex-Soviet Commonwealth of Independent States. The government says it is confident about security and safety matters at the Sochi Olympics and the city's international airport has been upgraded for the Games.

Flight U363 took off from Moscow's Domodedovo airport at 6:25 pm local time and crashed just over an hour later, emergency officials said. The leased plane was 23 years old. There had been no technical problems reported with the plane prior to the flight and regular maintenance between flights had been conducted, officials said. Two people who said they had flown on the same plane from Kazan to Moscow earlier on Sunday were quoted by Russian media as saying they felt vibrations as they landed in Moscow.

Kazan is the capital of the largely Muslim region of Tatarstan. There was no suggestion of foul play. A new runway was built at the airport before the World University Games, held in the city in July. Kazan is one of the venues for the soccer World Cup that Russia is hosting in 2018. Boeing said in a statement it was prepared to provide technical assistance to the investigators.

(Reuters)

The Tatarstan Airlines Boeing 737-500 that crashed killing 50 persons

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koUV3xRIraU

Emergency Slide Inflates Inside During JetBlue Flight

http://nation.time.com/2013/11/20/emergency-slide-inflates-during-jetblue-flight/

Airbus showing their unity but colliding at Simon Bolivar. An A330 and A340 touching wingtips.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=633663760004980&set=a.231664310204929.55247.136295689741792&type=1&theater

Eighteen-year-old Geoffrey Biteman, from the aptly named city of Thief River Falls, Minnesota, reportedly taught himself to fly as he traversed northwestern Minnesota and northeastern North Dakota in the stolen Cessna. He was caught only after a worker at Thief River Falls Regional Airport noticed the teen filling the airplane's tanks with regular gasoline from jugs he brought with him.

As authorities continue to examine last month's Kazan airport crash, investigators in Russia have launched a wider study into fake pilot licenses. It's possible, they say, that not every Russian airline pilot possesses legal documentation. Specifically, they believe that the Kazan International Airport crash - in which 50 people were killed - involved such a pilot.