| RECENT ACCIDENTS | |
| Date: | March 12, 2013 Time: 20:30 |
| Location: | Almer, Brazil |
| Operator: | Fretzx Taxi Aereo |
| AC Type: | Embraer EMB 820C Navajo (Piper 31) |
| Reg: | PT-VAQ cn: 820140 |
| Aboard: | 10 Fatalities: 10 Ground: 0 |
| Route: | Belem - Santo Antonio do Jari hydroelectic plant |
| Details: | The plane crashed while enroute. It belonged to air charter company Fretax and was transporting nine employees of the engineering company Cesbe to the Santo Antonio do Jari hydroelectric power plant. |
| Date: | March 8, 2013 Time: 08:30 |
| Location: | Near Dillingham, Alaska |
| Operator: | Ace Air Cargo Flight: 31 |
| AC Type: | Beechcraft 1900C |
| Reg: | N116AX cn: UC-17 |
| Aboard: | 2 Fatalities: 2 Ground: 0 |
| Route: | King Salmon - Dillingham |
| Details: | The cargo plane crashed about 20 miles northeast of Dillingham while on approach to Dillingham Airport. Wreckage was discovered on Saturday with the pilot and copilot fatally injured. The aircraft was badly fragmented in three sections. |
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| Date: | March 6,, 2013 Time: 08:30 |
| Location: | La Libertad, Peru |
| Operator: | Aero Transporte S.A. - ATSA |
| AC Type: | Beechcraft B200 King Air |
| Reg: | OB-1992-P cn: BB-1682 |
| Aboard: | 9 Fatalities: 9 Ground: 0 |
| Route: | Callao - La Libertad |
| Details: | The plane, chartered by a Peruvian gold mining company, crashed while atempting to land at an airport in the La Libertad region of Peru in poor weather. The plane struck power lines, crashed and burned. Two employees of Marsa, 5 contractors and both pilots were killed. |
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| Date: | March 4, 2013 Time: 17:55 |
| Location: | Goma, Congo |
| Operator: | Compagnie Africaine d' Aviation (CAA) |
| AC Type: | Fokker 50 |
| Reg: | 9Q-CBD cn: 20270 |
| Aboard: | 10 Fatalities: 7 Ground: 0 |
| Route: | Lodja - Goma |
| Details: | The aircraft crashed short of the runway while attempting to land in heavy rain at Goma Airport crashing into the back yards of several houses in the Lake Kivu area. |
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| Additional Recent Accidents | |
| Date: | February 20, 2013 Time: 20:30 |
| Location: | Thomson, Georgia |
| Operator: | The Vein Guys Medical Group (private) |
| AC Type: | Hawker Beechcraft 390 Premier 1 |
| Reg: | N777VG cn: RB-208 |
| Aboard: | 7 Fatalities: 5 Ground: 0 |
| Route: | Nashville, Tennessee - Thomson, Georgia |
| Details: | The plane overran the runway while landing at Thomson-McDuffie Airport, striking a utility pole. The collision, which cut off one of the wings, led to a fuel leak and fire. The two pilots survived while 5 passengers were killed. |
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| Date: | February 19, 2013 Time: |
| Location: | Sanaa, Yemen |
| Operator: | Military - Yemen Air Force |
| AC Type: | Sukhoi Su-22 |
| Reg: | ? |
| Aboard: | 1 Fatalities: 1 Ground: 11 |
| Route: | Training |
| Details: | The military fighter plane crashed into a building in a residential neighborhood near Change Square during a training exercise. The pilot and 11 people on the ground were killed. |
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| Date: | February 13, 2013 Time: 18:09 |
| Location: | Donetsk, Ukraine |
| Operator: | South Airlines Flight: 8971 |
| AC Type: | Antonov AN-24RV |
| Reg: | UR-WRA cn: 37308709 |
| Aboard: | 45 Fatalities: 5 Ground: 0 |
| Route: | Odessa - Donetsk |
| Details: | While attempting to land on runway 8 in dense fog, the plane overran the runway , overturned and caught fire. The airplane operated as a charter flight carrying football fans on their way to a match of Shakhtar Donetsk against Borussia Dortmund. Five passengers were killed. |
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| Date: | February 11, 2013 Time: 07:30 |
| Location: | Charlesville, Liberia |
| Operator: | Military - Guinea Air Force |
| AC Type: | CASA CN-235-220 |
| Reg: | 3X-GGG cn: N020 |
| Aboard: | 11 Fatalities: 11 Ground: 0 |
| Route: | Conakry, Guinea - Monrovia, Liberia |
| Details: | The plane crashed in a forested area while on approach to Roberts International Airport, 28 miles south of Monrovia. At 07:09, air traffic control cleared the flight to land at the airport. That was the last known contact from the crew. Eleven people, which included a six team delegation led by Gen. Souleymane Kelefa Diallo; the army chief of staff, were killed. |
 Reuters |
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| Date: | January 29, 2013 Time: 13:15 |
| Location: | Near Kyzyltu, Kazakhstan |
| Operator: | SCAT Air Flight: 760 |
| AC Type: | Canadair CRJ-200ER |
| Reg: | UP-CJ006 cn: 7431 |
| Aboard: | 21 Fatalities: 21 Ground: 0 |
| Route: | Kokshetau - Almaty |
| Details: | The jet crashed in heavy fog outside of Almaty while attempting to land at Almaty Airport for a second time. The aircraft was found in swampy terrain about 1 mile short of the runway threshold. All 16 passengers and crew of 5 were killed. |
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The operator of the accident on 01/04/2013 was "Transaereo 5074" and NOT "Transaero." |
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| Date: | January 4, 2013 Time: 11:40 |
| Location: | Off Los Roques, Venezuela |
| Operator: | Transaereo 5074 Flight: W9-011 |
| AC Type: | Britten Norman BN-2A-27 Islander |
| Reg: | YV-2615 cn: 20 |
| Aboard: | 6 Fatalities: 6 Ground: 0 |
| Route: | Los Roques - Caracas |
| Details: | The flight disappeared while en route from Los Roques island to Caracas. When the plane was approximately 11 miles from Los Roques Airport, radar showed it began rapidly losing altitude and speed. It is presumed to have crashed in the ocean. The son of Italian designer Ottavio Missoni was among those onboard. |
| Date: | December 31, 2012 Time: 10:14 |
| Location: | San Pedro Sula, Honduras |
| Operator: | EasySky Flight: 735 |
| AC Type: | British Aerospace Jetstream 31 |
| Reg: | HR-AWG cn: 764 |
| Aboard: | 19 Fatalities: 0 Ground: 0 |
| Route: | Roatan, Honduras - San Pedro Sula, Honduras |
| Details: | While attempting to land at San Pedro Sula Airport, the aircraft veered off the runway and ran into a ditch about 130 feet off the runway before coming to a stop. There were no serious injuries among the crew of 2 and 17 passengers. The captain received minor injuries. The crew reported a problem with the brakes during roll out just before the aircraft veered off the runway. |
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| Date: | December 29, 2012 Time: 16:22 |
| Location: | Moscow, Russia |
| Operator: | Red Wings Airlines Flight: 9268 |
| AC Type: | Tupolev TU-204-100V |
| Reg: | RA-64047 cn: 1450744864047 |
| Aboard: | 8 Fatalities: 5 Ground: 0 |
| Route: | Pardubice, Czech Republic - Moscow, Russia |
| Details: | While attempting to land on a snow covered runway and heavy cross winds the plane overran the runway, penetrated the perimeter fence and collided with a highway embankment. The aircraft broke in three. The plane's impact with the highway embankment sent the severed nose sliding over the icy road while the rest of the jet rested just past the airport's fence - its tail linked to the rest of the body by only a tangle of wreckage. There were no passengers on board. |
 moscowwalks.ru |
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| Date: | December 25, 2012 Time: 08:50 |
| Location: | Heho, Myanmar |
| Operator: | Air Bagan Flight: W9-011 |
| AC Type: | Fokker 100 |
| Reg: | XY-AGC cn: 11327 |
| Aboard: | 71 Fatalities: 2 Ground: 1 |
| Route: | Mandalay - Heho |
| Details: | The passenger plane crash in a field two miles from Heho Airport and caught fire, after attempting to land in foggy weather. A tour guide and an 11-year-old child on board the plane, and a man riding a motorcycle on the ground were killed. Eleven others were injured. |
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| Date: | December 25, 2012 Time: 18:55 |
| Location: | Near Shymkent, Kazakhstan |
| Operator: | Military - Kazakhstan Border Guards |
| AC Type: | Antonov AN-72-100D |
| Reg: | UN-72859 cn: 36576092859 |
| Aboard: | 27 Fatalities: 27 Ground: 0 |
| Route: | Astana - Shymkent |
| Details: | The military transport crashed 12 miles from the Shymket Airport while making a descent to land, in heavy winds and snow.The fatalities included a crew of seven and 20 border guards, including the acting head of the ex-Soviet nation's border protection service, Col. Turganbek Stambekov |
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| Date: | December 10, 2012 Time: 03:20 |
| Location: | Near Rochelle, Illinois |
| Operator: | Rockford Memorial Hospital |
| AC Type: | MBB BK117 A3 |
| Reg: | N911BK cn: 7099 |
| Aboard: | 3 Fatalities: 3 Ground: 0 |
| Route: | Medical flight |
| Details: | The medical helicopter crashed into a field while en route from Rockford hospital to Mendota hospital where they were going to pick up a patient. Light snow was reported in the area at the time of the accident. The pilot and two nurses were killed. |
 Stacey Wescott, Chicago Tribune |
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| Date: | December 9, 2012 Time: 03:30 |
| Location: | Near Iturbide, Mexico |
| Operator: | Starwood Management LLC |
| AC Type: | Learjet 25 |
| Reg: | N345MC cn: 25-046 |
| Aboard: | 7 Fatalities: 7 Ground: 0 |
| Route: | Monterey, Mexico - Toluca, Mexico |
| Details: | The charter jet crashed about 60 miles from Monterey Mexico, about ten minutes after taking off. The plane plunged almost vertically from more than 28,000 feet and hit the ground in a nose-dive at a speed that may have exceeded 600 mph. Mexican-American singerJenni Rivera 43, her publicist and make-up artist were among the dead. She had just finished giving a concert in Monterey and was en route to Toluca to tape a Mexican TV show. |
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| Date: | December 5, 2012 Time: 09:45 |
| Location: | Near Ladysmith, South Africa |
| Operator: | Military - South African Air Force |
| AC Type: | Douglas C47-TP |
| Reg: | 6840 cn: 13866/25311 |
| Aboard: | 11 Fatalities: 11 Ground: 0 |
| Route: | Pretoria - Mthatha Airport |
| Details: | The military transport went missing while en route. The wreckage was found in the Drakensberg mountains near Ladysmith in KwaZulu-Natal province, some 210 miles southeast of Waterkloof Air Force Base. There was severe weather at the time of the accident. |
 Aliyu Adekunle |
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| Date: | November 30, 2012 Time: 17:50 |
| Location: | Near Brazzaville, Congo |
| Operator: | Aero Service |
| AC Type: | Ilysushin Il-76T |
| Reg: | EK-76300 cn: 083410300 |
| Aboard: | 7 Fatalities: 7 Ground: 26 |
| Route: | Pointe Noire - Brazzaville |
| Details: | The cargo plane crashed into a dozen houses in the Mselou district in Bazzaville while attempting to land at the local airport. The plane caught on fire and came to rest in a ravine. There was heavy rain and thunderstorms in the area at the time of the accident. |
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| Date: | November 27, 2012 Time: 13:30 |
| Location: | Off Moroni, Comoros |
| Operator: | Inter Iles Air |
| AC Type: | Embraer 120ER Brasilia |
| Reg: | D6-HUA cn: 120149 |
| Aboard: | 29 Fatalities: 0 Ground: 0 |
| Route: | Moroni - Anjouan |
| Details: | The pasenger plane, on a charter flight from Prince Said Ibrahim International Airport, located about 18 km north of Moroni, lost height after takeoff and ditched into the sea about 200 meters off the coast, about 5km north of the airport. Local fishermen rescued all occupants of the aircraft. A passenger reported that one of the engines had failed about 4km from the airport when the crew decided to turn around and return to Moroni. |
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| Date: | November 21, 2012 |
| Location: | San'a, Yemen |
| Operator: | Military - Yemen Air Force |
| AC Type: | Antonov An-26 |
| Reg: | 420 |
| Aboard: | 10 Fatalities: 10 Ground: 0 |
| Route: | Training |
| Details: | The military transport crashed into the abandoned Al-Hasaba marketplace about 6 miles from Sanaa International Airport, shortly after taking off from runway 18. The crew was trying to make an emergency landing after an engine failed. |
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| Date: | November 10, 2012 Time: 07:15 |
| Location: | Near Bilgili, Turkey |
| Operator: | Military - |
| AC Type: | Sikorsky S-70 |
| Reg: | 10992 |
| Aboard: | 17 Fatalities: 17 Ground: 0 |
| Route: | |
| Details: | The military helicopter crashed while en route due to poor weather conditions. |
| Date: | November 9, 2012 Time: 15:45 |
| Location: | Near Saint-Germain-du-Teil, France |
| Operator: | Military - Algerian Air Force |
| AC Type: | CASA C-295M |
| Reg: | 7T-WGF cn: S-026 |
| Aboard: | 6 Fatalities: 6 Ground: 0 |
| Route: | Paris, France- Blida, Algeria |
| Details: | The military cargo plane crashed in a remote field and caught fire. |
 Washingon Post |
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| Date: | November 6, 2012 Time: 07:46 |
| Location: | Wichita, Kansas |
| Operator: | Fedex operating for Baron Aviation Flight: 8588 |
| AC Type: | Cessna 208B Super Cargomaster |
| Reg: | N73FE cn: 208B-0291 |
| Aboard: | 1 Fatalities: 1 Ground: 0 |
| Route: | Wichita - Garden City, KS |
| Details: | The cargo plane climbed to an altitude of about 4,000 feet then attempted to return to the airport. The plane continued to lose altitude until it made a forced landing in a field and crashed into trees. |
 Mike Hutmacher |
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| Date: | November 10, 2012 Time: 07:15 |
| Location: | Near Bilgili, Turkey |
| Operator: | Military - |
| AC Type: | Sikorsky S-70 |
| Reg: | 10992 |
| Aboard: | 17 Fatalities: 17 Ground: 0 |
| Route: | |
| Details: | The military helicopter crashed while en route due to poor weather conditions. |
| Date: | October 7, 2012 Time: 16:16 |
| Location: | Antigua |
| Operator: | Fly Montserrat Flight:107 |
| AC Type: | Britten-Norman BN-2A-26 Islander |
| Reg: | VP-MON cn: 082 |
| Aboard: | 4 Fatalities: 3 Ground: 0 |
| Route: | Antigua - Montserrat |
| Details: | The small airliner took off from Runway 7 at V.C. Bird International Airport, lost height immediately after becoming airborne and crashed to the ground, nose first. There was heavy rains and lightning at the time of the accident. Two passengers and the pilot were killed. |
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