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Date:  January 31, 2025       Time: 1806
Location:  Philadelphia, PA
Operator:  Med Jets SA   
AC Type:  Learjet 55
Reg.:  XA-UCI           cn: 55-032
Aboard:  6     Fatalities: 6     Ground: 1
Route:  Philadelphia - Branson, MO, Tijuana, Mexico
Details: 

The air ambulance took off from runway 24 at North Philadelphia Airport, reached an altitude of 1,650ft, then entered a rapid descent, crashing near a busy mall The two pilots and four passenger died as well as one person in a car on the ground. Nineteen were injured.

 
Date:  January 29, 2025       Time: 2048
Location:  Washington DC
Operator:  American Eagle / US Army      Flight: AA5342 / PAT25
AC Type:  Canadair CRJ-701ER / Sikorsky UH-60 helicopter
Reg.:  N709PS / 00-26860            cn: 10165 / ?
Aboard:  67     Fatalities: 67      Ground: 0   
Route:  Wichita, Kansas - Washington DC / Training
Details: 

An American Airlines regional jet collided midair with an army Black Hawk helicopter and crashed into the Potomac River. The jet was attempting to land on runway 33 at Reagan National Airport. Three people were on board the helicopter.

 
Date:  January 29, 2025       Time: 1030
Location:  GPOC Unity Airstrip, South Sudan
Operator:  Light Air Services/Eagle Air
AC Type:  Beechcraft 1900D
Reg.:  5X-RHB       cn: UE-429
Aboard:  21     Fatalities: 20   Ground: 0
Route:  GPOC Unity Airstrip - Juba
Details: 

The airplane crashed upon takeoff carrying Greater Pioneer Operating Company oilfield workers.

 
Date:  January 7, 2025       Time: 1600
Location:  Off Rottnest Island, WA, Australia
Operator:  Swan River Seaplanes
AC Type:  Cessna 208 Caravan 675
Reg.:  VH-WTY       cn: 20800586
Aboard:  7      Fatalities: 3    Ground: 0
Route:  Rottnest Island - Perth
Details: 

Immediately after taking off from Thompson Bay, the air taxi banked left and the wingtip hit the water and the aircraft water looped and crashed into the water, eventually sinking. The wreckage is at a depth of 8 meters. The pilot and two passengers were killed.

 
December 29,2024     Time: 0905
Muan, South Korea
Operator: 

Jeju Air       Flight: 2216

Boing 737-8AS(WL)
HL8088      cn: 37541/301
Aboard:  181      Fatalities: 179      Ground: 0
Bangkok - Muan

While attempting to land, the aircraft overran the runway and crashed into a concrete wall supporting the localizer antenna, bursting into flames. The tower issued a bird strike warning. One minute after, the crew declared a Mayday. The aircraft landed gear-up on Runway 19 and touched down, half-way down the runway. Two flight attendants survived.

 
Date:  12/25/2024      Time: 0624
Location:  Aktau, Kazakstan
Operator:  Azerbajan Airlines       Flight: 8243
AC Type:  Embraer ERJ -190AR
Reg.:  4K-AZ65      cn: 19000630
Aboard:  67       Fatalities: 38      Ground: 0
Route:  Baku - Grozny
Details: 

The plane departed Baku for regular service to Gronzny. Due to low visibility at destination airport, the crew decided to divert to the alternate airport, Aktau, on the east coast of the Caspian Sea in Kazakhstan. On final approach to Aktau Airport, Runway 11, the plane initiated a steep descent then rolled to the right and crashed in an open field 3 km short of the runway, bursting into flames. There are conflicting reports regarding the activation of squawk 7700 while over the Caspian Sea and possible an emergency message from the crew. The assumption that the airplane may have been hit by hostile action (intentional or otherwise) has not been ruled out. Three days after the accident, Russia's President apologized to Azerbaijan's President for the tragic accident. It was reported that at the time of the accident, Russian Air Defense Systems were firing on Ukraine drones and repelled that attack.

 
Date:  November 25,2024     Time: 1322
Location:  Vilnius, Lithuania
Operator:  Swiftair operating for DHL       
AC Type:  Boeing 737-476 SF
Reg.:  EC-MFE      cn: 24445/2539
Aboard:       Fatalities: 1     Ground: 0
Route:  Leipzig - Vilnius
Details: 

The cargo plane was destroyed after it crashed into terrain while on approach to Vilnius International Airport. The aircraft impacted the ground about a mlle short of the runway, skidding into a residential structure. One pilot and 2 passengers survived while the second pilot died.

 
Date:  October 20, 2024     Time: 0722
Location:  Pohuwato, Indonesia
Operator:  SAM Air
AC Type:  de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300
Reg.:  PK-SMH       cn: 462
Aboard:  4      Fatalities: 4     Ground: 0
Route:  Gorontalo - Pohuwato
Details: 

While attempting to land at Bumi Panua Pohuwato Airport, the plane crashed into a fish pond near the airport killing 3 crew members and 1 passenger.

 
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.

T24-0831

 
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.

T240822

 
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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