| RECENT ACCIDENTS |
| Date: |
January 28, 2010 Time: 11:30 |
| Location: |
Cotabato City, Philippines |
| Operator: |
Philippine Air Force |
| AC Type: |
GAF N22B Nomad |
| Reg: |
18 cn: N22B-18 |
| Aboard: |
8 Fatalities: 8 Ground: 1 |
| Route: |
Cotabato Cty - Zamboanga City |
| Details: |
While taking off the crew experienced an engine fire and tried to make an emergency landing but crashed into a residential neighborhood. |
AP Photo |
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| Date: |
January 25, 2010 Time: 14:30 |
| Location: |
Near Senador Jose Porfírio, Brazil |
| Operator: |
Piquiatuba Taxi Aereo |
| AC Type: |
Embraer EMB-110C Bandeirante |
| Reg: |
PT-TAF cn: 110103 |
| Aboard: |
10 Fatalities: 2 Ground: 0 |
| Route: |
Belem - Senador Jose Porfírio |
| Details: |
The commuter plane crashed while attempting to land, killing the captain and one passenger. |
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| Date: |
January 25, 2010 Time: 02:35 |
| Location: |
Off Na'ameh, Lebanon |
| Operator: |
Ethiopian Airlines Flight: 409 |
| AC Type: |
Boeing 737-8AS |
| Reg: |
ET-AMZ cn: 29646 |
| Aboard: |
90 Fatalities: 90 Ground: 0 |
| Route: |
Beirut, Lebanon - Addis Ababa, Ethiopia |
| Details: |
The passenger plane disappeared off radar shortly after taking off from Rafik Hariri International Airport in stormy weather and crashed into the Mediterranean Sea, two miles west of the village of Na'ameh, Lebanon. The pilot was asked to correct his course to miss the storm, but turned in the opposite direction for unknown reasons. |
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