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| Date: |
July 23, 2014 Time: 1906 |
| Location: |
Magong, Taiwan |
| Operator: |
TransAsia Airways Flight: 222 |
| AC Type: |
ATR 72-500 |
| Reg: |
B-22810 cn: 642 |
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58 Fatalities: 47 Ground: 0 |
| Route: |
Kaohsiung - Magong |
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The passenger plane crashed into residential building while attempting to make an emergency landing during inclement weather due to the passing of hurricane Matmo. |
AP Photo |
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| Date: |
July 17, 2014 Time: 1015 EDT |
| Location: |
Hrabove, Ukraine |
| Operator: |
Malaysia Airlines Flight: 17 |
| AC Type: |
Boeing 777-200ER |
| Reg: |
9M-MRD cn: 28411/84 |
| Aboard: |
298 Fatalities: 298 Ground: 0 |
| Route: |
Amsterdam - Kuala Lumpur |
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A Boeing 777-200 airliner operating as Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, crashed about 40 miles east of Donetsk, Ukraine. The plane was 90 minutes into its flight, flying at 33,000 feet, when it was apparently hit by a surface to air missile. Debris was spread over a wide area. All 283 passengers and crew of 15 were killed. This is the 8th worst aviation disaster in aviation history. |
Reuters
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| Date: |
July 7, 2014 Time: 0750 |
| Location: |
Thach That district, Vietnam |
| Operator: |
Militay - Vietnam People's Army Air Force |
| AC Type: |
Mil Mi-171 |
| Reg: |
? |
| Aboard: |
21 Fatalities: 18 Ground: 0 |
| Route: |
Training |
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The helicopter crashed about 40 km west of Hanoi, 15 minutes after taking off during a parachute training mission. |
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| Date: |
July 5, 2014 Time: 1618 |
| Location: |
Near Czestochowa, Poland |
| Operator: |
Private parachuing school |
| AC Type: |
Piper PA-31P |
| Reg: |
N11WB cn: 31P-7630005 |
| Aboard: |
12 Fatalities: 11 Ground: 0 |
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Skydiving |
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The skydiving plane crashed shortly after taking off. One man survived the crash and was taken to the hospital in serious condition. Firefighters said the plane may have been overloaded. |
Waldemar Deska/EPA |
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