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.
Date:
February 3, 2019 Time: 1345
Location:
Yorba Linda, California
Operator:
Private
AC Type:
Cessna 414A Challenger
Reg:
N414Rs cn: 414A0821
Aboard:
1 Fatalities: 1 Ground: 4
Route:
?
Details:
The plane took off from nearby Fullerton Municipal Airport, climbed to 7,800 feet and then began a rapid descent crashing into a residence killing 4 and injuring 2. A dash cam which captured the plane in a dive suggests the aircraft broke up in midair.
Date:
January 29, 2019
Location:
Near Kake, Alaska
Operator:
Guardian Flight
AC Type:
Beechcraft B200 Super King Air
Reg:
N13LY cn: BB1718
Aboard:
3 Fatalities: 3 Ground: 0
Route:
Anchorage - Kake
Details:
The air ambulance disappeared en route. Debris was spotted from the air 20 miles west of Kake on January 30 but not on the next day. All three crew are presumed dead.
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This Day In
Aviation Accident History
3/14/2019
Southwest Airlines
Flight 739
Fort Lauderdale - Denver
Possible blown nose gear tire.
3/12/2019
United Airlines
Flight 1168
Newark - Houston
Engine failure.
3/12/2019
Turkish Airlines
Brussels - Istanbul
Engine shut down.
3/11/2019
United Airlines
Flight 1168
Newark - Houaron
Engine shutdown.
