While the aircraft was in the initial climb, plane lost height and crashed in flames into a house located in a residential area about 400 meters from the airfield.
Date:
March 10, 2019 Time: 0844
Location:
Near Bishoftu, Ethiopia
Operator:
Ethiopian Airlines Flight: 302
AC Type:
Boeing 737 Max 8
Reg:
ET-AVJ cn: 63450/7243
Aboard:
157 Fatalities: 157 Ground: 0
Route:
Addis Ababa - Nairobi
Details:
The internationally scheduled airliner crashed 6 minutes after taking off from Addis Ababa-Bole Airport. The pilot sent out a distress call and was given clearance to return to the airport. The crash site, some 31 miles southeast of the airport, contained a smoky crater with small pieces of wreckage. All 149 passenger and crew of 8 were killed.
Date:
March 9, 2019 Time: 1040
Location:
Vereda La Bendicion, Colombia
Operator:
Laser Aereo Colombia
AC Type:
Douglas DC-3
Reg:
HK-2494 cn: 33105/16357
Aboard:
14 Fatalities: 14 Ground: 0
Route:
San Jose - Villavicencio
Details:
While on approach to land, the crew contacted ATC and declared an emergency after which the airplane crashed in flames in a palm grove, 35 km south of La Vanguardia Airport.
Date:
February 23. 2019 Time: 1245
Location:
Near Houston, Texas
Operator:
Atlas Air serving Amazon Flight: 3591
AC Type:
Boeing 767-375ER
Reg:
N1217A
cn: 25865
Aboard:
3 Fatalities: 3 Ground: 0
Route:
Miami - Houston
Details:
ATC lost radar contact with the cargo jet when it was 30 miles southeast of George Bush International Airport. The plane crashed into Trinity Bay and broke apart in muddy water about 5 feet deep.
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4/18/2019
Air Canada
Flight 290
Vancouver - Winnipeg
Strange odor.
4/15/2019
JetBlue
Flight 1126
Fort Lauderdale - Raleigh-Durham
Presssurization issue.
4/14/2019
Israeli Airlines Arkia
Flight 272
Barcelona - Tel Aviv
Lost an engine after take off.
4/13/2019
Finnair
Helsinki - Brit
Dropped 20,000 ft. in 4 minutes.
4/11/2019
Korean Air
Flifght 12203
Seoul - Jeju Island
Bird Strike.
4/10/2019
American Airlines
Flight 300
New York - Los Angeles
Struck a sign during takeoff.
