Jet Aviation Casualties

One of British Airways former Boeing 747-400s had a fire onboard. The aircraft doesn't fly for the airline anymore and was being stored at the Castellon Airport in Spain when the fire broke out. The flames were extinguished by airport fire response and no one was injured during the event.

A look back at this casualty at St. Barths.

An Avianca Airbus A319 was involved in an incident where it collided with what is being described as a pyrotechnic balloon. The impact resulted in parts of the aircraft being strewn in ribbon-like material. The incident happened while the aircraft was landing in Bogota, Colombia. The event happened on Dec 31st, 2020 at around 20:30 local time. See the below video for the extent of the entanglement.

A DHL Airbus A300F suffered a bird strike just after take off from Schiphol, Amsterdam. Below is detailed video of the incident.

This is one of the latest casualties, a Boeing 737-500 series jet plummeting from the skies to its doom.

Crash of a Citation jet the other day.

Another Wizz Air Airbus A320neo has been hit by a ground vehicle. This A320neo is pretty new only being handed over to Wizz Air last year. Conditions at the airport in Poland were noted as icy although we are not sure if this contributed to the accident. Photos showcase the ground vehicle striking the nose of the jet on the port side resulting in some damage to the radome. That aircraft was due to make a flight from Gdansk, Poland to Dortmund, Germany.

Not a jet but a UH-60 Black Hawk crash. The latest UH-60 Black Hawk crash in Idaho is sparking concern about the safety of the type. This latest crash claimed the lives of three of the Idaho National Guard on February 2nd while on a 'routine training mission'. "This is a tremendous loss to the Idaho National Guard and our community," said Maj. Gen. Michael Garshak, adjutant general of Idaho and commander of the Idaho National Guard. "Our thoughts and prayers are with the families and loved ones as we work through this tragedy." Two weeks prior to this crash there was another UH-60 crash in Rochester near Lake Ontario. This helicopter is the same model but outfitted as a medivac variant and claimed the lives of three more personnel.

A look back at when this Gulfstream G550 went off and got stuck in the soft underfooting at the Destin Airport in Florida.

Today this Boeing 777 had a powerplant failure of the starboard side engine. The cowl separated during the incident and landed feet from a house. The aircraft returned to the field on the power of the Port engine and made a safe landing, no one was injured during the incident.

There was also a Boeing 747-400 freighter that spewed engine parts over the Maastricht Dutch area. The plane was departing from Maastricht bound for New York when the incident happened. The aircraft diverted to Liege in Belgium. Ironically, the Boeing 747-400 was wearing Pratt and Whitney PW4056 engines which as from the same family (not quite the same model though) as the United Boeing 777 involved in the incident yesterday. The 777 was wearing PW4077s. Reports are that at least two persons were injured as a result of the falling debris from the 747 and multiple properties and vehicles were also damaged. Photo: Veiligheidsegio Zuid-Limburg via Track88

Yesterday (18th March) a Viva AeroBus Airbus A320 experienced the collapse of its nose landing gear while in the process of departing from Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. The aircraft was backtracking the runway and turning around for line up when the incident occurred. No one was injured during the event and they all deplaned via the emergency chutes. 127 passengers were on the flight which was departing to Monterrey (Mexico).

A Turkish military jet went down on Wednesday April 7th in Central Turkey. The National Defense Ministry says the plane went down in the Central Konya district. "An NF-5 aircraft belonging to our Air Force, which was on a training flight in [central] Konya, suffered an accident at 14:15 [1115 GMT] for an unknown reason,” the ministry said on Twitter. The aircraft belonged to the aerobatic division of the Turkish Air Force. AA.com.tr

That didn't end very well...

Not a casualty in terms of a crash or anything but this Boeing 737-700 was seized at the Miami International Airport after the lessor ordered the seizure. The aircraft is operated by Surinamese airline Surinam Airways. The jet was at the terminal during the process to depart for PBM (Parimaribo) via GEO (Guyana) when just half hour before scheduled departure the aircraft was seized. The bags were unloaded and aircraft towed away from the terminal. Surinam Airways is in alot of debt at present and is said to be at least a year behind on payments for the aircraft in question.

A Cirrus and a Metroliner collided midair, the Metroliner landed safely back at the airport while the Cirrus deployed its CAPS to float to the ground after the accident.

Plane crash recently at the Truckee Golf Course. No survivors.

Wing tips collide between an American Boeing 737-800 and an Alaskan Airbus A321 in Burbank, California.

At least this one didn't end up in a crash but they had an electrical failure of some kind.

A Beechcraft King Air C90A carrying five persons, one of them believed to be 26-year-old Latin Grammy winner Marília Mendonça crashed Friday afternoon in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. According to reports the aircraft struck high-tension powerlines and then plummeted into a waterfall. The aircraft was enroute to Caratinga Airport (SNCT). All five were killed, the Brazilian singer, her producer, her uncle, and both pilots.