Jet Aviation Casualties

An update from the NTSB on the fatal crash of that Pilatus PC-12 in South Dakota over the weekend.

https://www.ntsb.gov/news/press-releases/Pages/nr20191202.aspx

The Chilean Air Force C-130 that went missing a few days ago with 38 onboard is assumed crashed by its Air Force. "The aircraft was carrying out logistical support tasks, transferring personnel for the revision of the floating fuel supply pipeline of the base and for carrying out anti-corrosive treatment of national facilities in the area," says the Chilean Air Force said. It is assumed the aircraft went down in the Drake Passage.

A 17-year old girl was able to gain access to a King Air turboprop, start one of its engines and move it eventually crashing it near an airport building. This was the scene at the Fresno Yosemite International Airport on Wednesday this week in California. The teen was arrested and booked into Juvenile Hall.

Earlier this month a VistaJet Bombardier Global 6000 overran the runway at Liverpool's John Lennon International Airport. The incident happened on December 11th and reports suggest that no one onboard (three crew and one passenger) were hurt in the overshoot.

Another recent incident shows a Citation 560 ditching in a corn field in Argentina after one or both engines quit and failed to restart. Information is scarce and I do not want to push any non-factual stuff out there until conclusive information is revealed.

Canadian investigators are now looking into an overrun that happened at Halifax Stanfield airport. The incident happened to a WestJet Boeing 737-800 that touched-down from YYZ (Toronto) on 5 January, 2020. No one was reported injured as a result of the overrun. Below is a photo from Avherald.

What do they have to say about all the shrapnel holes along the tail and fuselage of the aircraft?

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Saw a video that the NY Times put out that pretty much shows a projectile exploding near an aircraft purported to be the same flight.

A C-130 firefighting tanker crashed in the Australian state of New South Wales while combating the while fires over in that country. The hull loss killed the three crew members that were onboard the aircraft at the time. The crash site is reportedly in a mountainous area but helicopters have found the wreckage. The aircraft was operated by Coulson Aviation (USA) and was enroute to drop a load of fire retardant on wild fires when it crashed. "The Aircraft had departed Richmond, NSW with a load of retardant and was on a firebombing mission," said Coulson in a statement.

A Cessna Citation II operated by the South Africa Civil Aviation Authority used for instrument calibration of airports Navigation Systems crashed yesterday (January 23rd, 2020) in a mountainous area shortly after take off from George. It is the first time that such a crash has happened to an aircraft belonging to the SACAA. None of the three crew, a flight inspection specialist, captain and first officer, survived the crash. The SACAA are investigating the cause into the incident and is expected to conduct it independently. The aircraft's registration was ZS-CAR.

A Boeing 737 operated by Pegasus has skidded off the runway on landing in Turkey at the Sabiha Gokcen Airport. The flight was coming from Izmir-Istanbul and no one is said to have perished at this point but 120 of the 177 persons onboard were injured and taken to hospitals.

UPDATE: It appears at least three persons died as a result of the crash yesterday.

An Icelandair Boeing 757 landed at Keflavik Airport and suffered a right-side main gear collapse. TF-FIA was operating flight FI529 from Berlin-Tegel .

Another Boeing 737 bites the dust, or the snow in this case. A Boeing 737-500 operated by UTair skidded off the runway at Usinsk after landing from Moscow as UT595. The aircraft was reported to come in very fast and landed very hard which led to ceiling panels and tiles dislodging in the cabin. It does not appear that any passengers or crew were injured during the ordeal. The jet had 94 passenger and 6 crew onboard and all got off via the emergency chutes.

Preliminary reports from the investigation concerning the UTair 737-500 that landed violently and subsequently skidded off the runway suggest, it struck a snow bank with its main undercarriage just before touching down, according to Russian investigators.

Towards the end of January a Cirrus SR22T crashed in the mountains near Aspen, Colorado. The CAPS Parachute system saved the occupants onboard and they were able to walk away from the downing without injury. Mountain Rescue Aspen were sent to rescue the two persons onboard. The aircraft was a 2017-built SR22T registered N288TW. Photo: Aspen Times.

A Dassault Falcon 50 went up in flames in a suspicious manner recently. The aircraft registered N951DJ was sitting down at the Toronto Buttonville Municipal Airport outside of hangar 5. What adds to the suspicion is that a hole was cut in the chain-link fence suggesting that someone illegally gained entry to that part of the airport and fresh footprints in the snow can be seen. A gas can was found near the aircraft as well. The affected aircraft was 40 years old and in good condition.