| RECENT ACCIDENTS | |
| Date: | June 30, 2008 Time: 07:00 |
| Location: | Near Khartoum, Sudan |
| Operator: | Ababeel Aviaition |
| AC Type: | Ilysushin Il-76TD |
| Reg: | ST-WTB (ex UN-76009) cn: 1003499994 |
| Aboard: | 4 Fatalities 4 Ground: 0 |
| Route: | Khartoum - Juba |
| Details: | While taking off, the cargo plane hit an electricity pole, crashed into a field and burst into flames. All four crew members were killed. |
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| Date: | June 29, 2008 Time: 15:48 |
| Location: | Flagstaff, Arizona |
| Operator: | Air Methods / Classic Helicopters |
| AC Type: | Bell 407 / Bell 407 |
| Reg: | N407GA / N407MJ cn: 53104 / 53079 |
| Aboard: | 7 Fatalities 6 Ground: 0 |
| Route: | Medical flights |
| Details: | The two helicopters struck eachother in mid-air and crashed in a wooded area about 0.5 miles from Flagstaff Medical Center. |
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| Date: | June 27, 2008 Time: 07:05 |
| Location: | Near Malakal, Sudan |
| Operator: | Juba Air Cargo |
| AC Type: | Antonov 12BK |
| Reg: | ST-ARN cn: 8346010 |
| Aboard: | 8 Fatalities 7 Ground: 0 |
| Route: | Khartoum - Juba |
| Details: | The cargo plane crashed mid-flight after entering an area of thunderstorms. |
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| Date: | June 26, 2008 Time: 15:03 |
| Location: | Near Salak Mountain, Indonesia |
| Operator: | Military - Indonesian Air Force |
| AC Type: | CASA NC-212 |
| Reg: | A-2106 cn: 228/N68 |
| Aboard: | 18 Fatalities 18 Ground: 0 |
| Route: | Jakarta - aerial surveillance |
| Details: | The plane went missing in an area approximately 60 miles south of Jakarta while on a aerial surveillance mission. Thirteen passengers and a crew of five were aboard. |
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| Date: | June 20, 2008 |
| Location: | Bannang Sata, Thailand |
| Operator: | Military - Thai Army |
| AC Type: | Bell UH-1N |
| Reg: | ? |
| Aboard: | 10 Fatalities 10 Ground: 0 |
| Route: | ? |
| Details: | The military helicopter developed a mechanical problem and crashed into a hill while attemping to land. |
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| Date: | June 18, 2008 Time: 10:03 |
| Location: | Hyannis, Massachusetts |
| Operator: | Wiggins Airways |
| AC Type: | de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 100 |
| Reg: | N656WA cn: 47 |
| Aboard: | 1 Fatalities 1 Ground: 0 |
| Route: | Hyannis - Nantucket |
| Details: | The cargo plane took off, reached about 200 feet, rolled over to the right and impacted the ground, nose first. |
| Date: | June 10, 2008 Time: 20:45 |
| Location: | Khartoum, Sudan |
| Operator: | Sudan Airways Flight: 109 |
| AC Type: | Airbus A-310-324 |
| Reg: | ST-ATN cn: 548 |
| Aboard: | 214 Fatalities 32 Ground: 0 |
| Route: | Aman, Jordan - Damascus, Syria - Khartoum, Sudan |
| Details: | While landing in poor weather, the plane skidded off the runway, hit navigation poles and burst into flames. The plane had flown from Amman via Damascus but been turned back once from Khartoum and forced to land in Port Sudan, on the Red Sea, because of bad weather, before being allowed to return to Khartoum. |
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| Date: | June 8, 2008 Time: 07:45 |
| Location: | Huntsville, Texas |
| Operator: | PHI Air Medical |
| AC Type: | Bell 407 |
| Reg: | N416PH cn: 53276 |
| Aboard: | 4 Fatalities 4 Ground: 0 |
| Route: | Huntsville-Houston |
| Details: | The medical helicopter crashed into the Sam Houston National Forest while transporting a patient to a Houston hospital. |
| Date: | June 7, 2008 Time: 14:30 |
| Location: | Near La Junta, Chile |
| Operator: | Patagonia Airlines |
| AC Type: | Cessna 208 Grand Caravan |
| Reg: | CC-CTR cn: 208B-1137 |
| Aboard: | 10 Fatalities 1 Ground: 0 |
| Route: | Puerto Montt - La Junta |
| Details: | The air taxi crashed about 18 km from its destination into a heavily wooded area. The pilot was the only casualty. |
| Date: | May 30, 2008 Time: 09:40 |
| Location: | Tegucigalpa, Honduras |
| Operator: | TACA International Airlines Flight: 390 |
| AC Type: | Airbus A-320-233 |
| Reg: | EI-TAF cn: 1374 |
| Aboard: | 124 Fatalities 3 Ground: 2 |
| Route: | San Salvador, El Salvador - Tegucigalpa, Honduras - Miami, FL |
| Details: | While landing at Toncontin Airport, the plane overran the runway, skidded across a street, struck cars and came to rest against an embankment. The runway was wet with rain from Tropical Storm Alma. Two crew members, one passenger and two on the ground were killed. |
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| Date: | May 29, 2008 Time: 14:13 |
| Location: | Panama City, Panama |
| Operator: | Military - Servicio Aereo Nacional |
| AC Type: | Bell UN-1N Huey |
| Reg: | SAN-100 |
| Aboard: | 12 Fatalities 11 Ground: 0 |
| Route: | Tocumen - Colon |
| Details: | Chile's national police chief General Jose Alejandro Bernales, 59, and five others were killed when their helicopter crashed into a three story building. The helicopter pitched wildly before crashing into the building. |
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| Date: | May 26, 2008 Time: 18:15 |
| Location: | Near Chelyabinsk, Russia |
| Operator: | Moskovia Airlines |
| AC Type: | Antonov An-12BP |
| Reg: | RA-12957 cn: 8345508 |
| Aboard: | 9 Fatalities 9 Ground: 0 |
| Route: | Chelyabinsk - Perm |
| Details: | The crew of the cargo plane reported a fire shortly after taking off from Chelyabinsk. The plane crashed in a field while attempting to make an emergency landing, after striking a power transmission line. |
| Date: | May 25, 2008 Time: 13:31 |
| Location: | Brussels, Belgium |
| Operator: | Kalitta Air Flight: 207 |
| AC Type: | Boeing B-747-209F |
| Reg: | N704CK cn: 22299/462 |
| Aboard: | 5 Fatalities 0 Ground: 0 |
| Route: | Brussels - Bahrain |
The cargo plane overran the runway and split in two. There were only minor injuries among the crew. |
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| Date: | May 24, 2008 Time: 09:30 |
| Location: | Two Harbors, Catalina Island, California |
| Operator: | Island Express Helicopter Service |
| AC Type: | Eurocopter AS350D Astar |
| Reg: | N67GE cn: 1604 |
| Aboard: | 6 Fatalities 3 Ground: 0 |
| Route: | Long Beach - Two Harbors |
| Details: | The tour helicopter crashed near Banning House lodge in rain and poor visibility. The engine appears to have failed. |
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| Date: | May 23, 2008 Time: 01:25 |
| Location: | Billings, Montana |
| Operator: | Alpine Aviation Flight: 5008 |
| AC Type: | Beechcraft 1900C |
| Reg: | N195GA cn: U-65 |
| Aboard: | 1 Fatalities 1 Ground: 0 |
| Route: | Billings - Great Falls |
| Details: | The cargo plane, carrying mail, crashed into a warehouse shortly after taking off and burst into flames. The plane appeared to be inverted before it crashed. |
| Date: | May 17, 2008 Time: 16:30 |
| Location: | Stehekin, Washington |
| Operator: | Chelan Air Service |
| AC Type: | de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Mark I Beaver |
| Reg: | N5998Q cn: 1151 |
| Aboard: | 5 Fatalities 2 Ground: 0 |
| Route: | Chelan - Stehekin |
The float plane flipped and crashed as it attempted to land in Lake Chelan near Stehekin Lodge. It appeared the plane's wheels were deployed even though it was landing on water. |
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| Date: | May 13, 2008 Time: 15:00 |
| Location: | Cranbrook, British Colombia, Canada |
| Operator: | Bighorn Helicopters |
| AC Type: | Bell 206B Jet Ranger |
| Reg: | C-GCHE cn: 1249 |
| Aboard: | 3 Fatalities: 3 Ground: 1 |
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| Details: | The helicopter, chartered by BC Hydro, developed engine trouble and crashed into a residential neighborhood decapitating a pedestrian. |
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| Date: | May 10, 2008 Time: 22:48 |
| Location: | Onalaska, Wisconsin |
| Operator: | Air Methods |
| AC Type: | American Eurocopter EC-135 |
| Reg: | N135UW cn: 0535/50107 |
| Aboard: | 3 Fatalities 3 Ground: 0 |
| Route: | La Crosse - Madison |
| Details: | The medical helicopter dropped off a patient and then crashed about three miles from La Crosse airport shortly after taking off. A surgeon, nurse and the pilot were killed. |
| Date: | May 2, 2008 |
| Location: | Near Rumbek, Sudan |
| Operator: | Southern Sudan Air Connection |
| AC Type: | Beechcraft 1900C |
| Reg: | 5Y-FLX cn: UC-65 |
| Aboard: | 24 Fatalities: 24 Ground: 0 |
| Route: | Wau - Juba |
| Details: | The pilot radioed a control tower in the city of Rumbek just before the crash, requesting permission to land because one of the engines had technical problems. A few minutes later, the tower lost contact with the plane. The Minister of Defense, and an adviser to the Southern Sudan president, were among the dead. Twenty-one passengers and three crew were killed. |
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