| Date: | August 31, 2024 Time: 1615 |
| Location: | Vachkazhets volcano Kamchatka, Russia |
| Operator: | Vityaz Aero |
| AC Type: | Mil Mi-8T |
| Reg.: | RA-25656 cn: 99254295 |
| Aboard: | 22 Fatalities: 22 Ground: 0 |
| Route: | Vachkazhets Volcano - Nikolaevka Heliport |
| Details: | The helicopter crashed after strucking rising terrain at an elevation of 3,000 ft after taking off from Vachkazhets volcano. All 19 passengers and crew of 3 were killed. |
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| Date: | August 22,2024 Time: 1518 |
| Location: | Wat Khao Din, Thailand |
| Operator: | Thai Flying Service Co Ltd Flight: TFT209 |
| AC Type: | Cessna 208B Grand Caravan |
| Reg.: | HS-SKR cn: 208B1241 |
| Aboard: | 9 Fatalities: 9 Ground: 0 |
| Route: | Bangkok - Ko Mai Chee Airport |
| Details: | The plane crashed into a flooded mangrove swamp about 35km (22 miles) southeast of Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport. The crash resulted in highly fragmented pieces of the aircraft. All 5 Chinese national passengers, 2 pilots and 2 flight attendants were killed. |
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| Date: | August 9,2024 Time: 1322 |
| Location: | Vinhedo, Brazil |
| Operator: | Voepass Linhas Aereas Flight: PTB2283 |
| AC Type: | ATR 72-500 |
| Reg.: | PS-VPB cn: 608 |
| Aboard: | 62 Fatalities: 62 Ground: 0 |
| Route: | Cascavel - Sao Paulo |
| Details: | After taking off from Casavel Airport the aircraft climbed to a crusing altitude of FL170 after which it entered a dive ending in a flat spin and crashing into a residential neighborhood of Vinhedo. |
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| Date: | July 26, 2024 Time: 1305 |
| Location: | Near Gillette, Wyoming |
| Operator: | Haynie Enterprises |
| AC Type: | Pilatus PC-12/47E |
| Reg.: | N375HE cn: 1203 |
| Aboard: | 7 Fatalities: 7 Ground: 0 |
| Route: | Nebraska City - Billings |
| Details: | The aircraft was destroyed when it crashed north of Gillette, Wyoming killing the pilot and six passengers. Unconfirmed reports claim the aircraft was flying at FL260 when the pilot reported "they were losing control." The airplane was seen in a dive with rate of about 3000 fpm towards the end of the recorded data. The crash set off a forest wildfire. An auto pilot issue was reported before the crash. Among the dead were three members of the Nelon Gospel Quartet, including Jason and Kelly Nelon Clark, and Amber Kistler. |
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