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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.

 
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.

 
Date:  July 12,2024     Time: 1500
Location:  Moscow Region, Russia
Operator:  Gazpromavia
AC Type:  Sukhoi Superjet 100-95LR
Reg.:  RA-89049       cn: 10547
Aboard:  3        Fatalities: 3       Ground: 0
Route:  Lukhovitsy - Moscow
Details: 

Crashed in a wooded area and broke up in flames. The empty passenger plane was being ferried from Lukhovitsy to Moscow. All three crew members died.

 
Date:  May 21, 2024     Time: 0750
Location:  Over Irrawaddy Basin, Myanmar
Operator:  Singapore Airllines       Flight: SQ321
AC Type:  Boeing 777-312ER
Reg.:  9V-SWM      cn: 34578/701
Aboard:  229        Fatalities: 1       Ground: 0
Route:  London - Singapore
Details: 

The flight was en route from London to Singapore at FL370 with 211 passengers and 18 crew, about 210nm west northwest of Bangkok, Thailand when the aircraft suffered severe turbulence causing injuries to a number of passengers and crew. The crew descended the aircraft to FL310 and decided to divert to Bangkok where the aircraft landed on runway 19R about 30 minutes later. One passenger was pronounced dead upon arrival, while 30 passengers and 7 crew were taken to hospitals.

 
Date:  May 9, 2024     Time: 0430
Location:  Dakar, Senegal
Operator:  Transair on behalf of Air Senegal    Flight: HC-301
AC Type:  Boeing 737-300
Reg.: 
6V-AJE         cn: 27182/2663
Aboard:  85  Fatalities:  0    Ground: 0
Route:  Dakar - Bamako (Mali)
Details: 

The aircraft was accelerating for takeoff from Dakar's runway 01, when the crew rejected takeoff due to a hydraulic defect but veered left off the runway. The aircraft came to a stop on soft ground next to the Presidential Pavilion, the left wing briefly caught fire. All occupants evacuated via slides, there were reports of 10 minor injuries amongst the passengers and minor injury of one of the pilots.

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Date:  April 23,2024     Time: 0956
Location:  Near Fairbanks, Alaska
Operator:  Alaska Air Fuel
AC Type:  Douglas C-54D Skymaster
Reg.:  N3054V         cn: 10547
Aboard:  2        Fatalities: 2       Ground: 0
Route:  Fairbanks - ?
Details: 

The cargo plane, transporting heating fuel, crashed about seven miles southwest of Fairbanks International Airport, where it had just taken off from. The aircraft lost altitude and crashed, sliding into a steep hill on the bank of the Tatana River and catching fire. One of the wings caught fire as the crew attempted to return to the airport.

 

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Date:  March 17, 2024     Time: 11:00
Location:  Butembo, Congo  
Operator:  Cetraca Aviation Service      
AC Type:  Let L-410UVP
Reg.:  9S-GBP         cn: 790303
Aboard:  10        Fatalities: 0       Ground: 0
Route:  Goma - Butembo
Details: 

The passenger plane went off the runway on landing at Butembo and came to a stop with the right main gear collapsed as well as damage to the right hand horizontal stabilizer and right hand wing. A number of passengers received minor injuries, the aircraft was substantially damaged.

 
Date:  January 23, 2024     Time: 0845
Location:  Fort Smith, NWT, Canada
Operator:  Northwestern Air Lease       Flight: -
AC Type:  BAe 3212 Jetstream
Reg.:  C-FNAA           cn: 929
Aboard:  7        Fatalities: 6       Ground: 0
Route:  Fort Smith - Diavik Diamond Mine
Details: 

The charter flight crashed shortlly after taking off from Fort Smith Airport. The plane failed to gain altitude and crashed near the Salve river, off the end of the departure runway. There was a post-impact fire and the aircraft was destroyed. Four passengers and two crew members were killed.

 
Date:  January 18, 2024     Time: 1130
Location:  Ceel Barde , Somalia
Operator:  Jetways Airlines
AC Type:  Fokker 50
Reg.: 
5YJWG         cn: 20191
Aboard:  4   Fatalities:  1    Ground: 0
Route:  Mogadishu - Ceel Barde 
Details: 

The chartered United Nations cargo plane was carrying relief supplies when it crashed while landing at El-Barde airstrip. The aircraft ran off the runway and hit a house. The pilot of the plane was killed.

 
Date:  January 2, 2024      Time: 1745
Location:  Tokyo, Japan
Operator:  Japan Airlines / Japan Coast Guard      Flight: JL516 / none
AC Type:  Airbus A350-941 / de Havilland DHC-8-315Q
Reg.:  JA13XJ / JA722A      cn: 538 / 656
Aboard:  379/6      Fatalities: 0/5      Ground: 0
Route:  Sapporo - Tokyo /  Tokyo - Niigata
Details: 

A Japan Airlines Airbus, collided with a Japan Coast Guard aircraft on the runway at Tokyo Haneda Airport. The Airbus was landing on runway 34R when it collided with the Coast Guard aircraft. Both aircraft burst into flames. The Airbus continued 5,500 ft. down the runway until it came to a stop on the right edge of the runway. Miraculously, all 367 passengers and 12 crew escaped and survived the crash on the Airbus. The captain of the Japan Coast Guard aircraft also survived, but 5 others did not. The DHC-8 was on its way to transport supplies to Niigata in response to the recent earthquake.

 
Date:  November 1, 2023      Time: 1415
Location:  Temixco, Morelos, Mexico
Operator:  Jet Rescue Air Ambulance
AC Type:  Learjet 35A
Reg.:  XA-IRE     cn: 35A-354
Aboard:  4      Fatalities: 4      Ground: 0
Route:  Toluca - Cuernavaca Airport
Details: 

A business jet operating as an air ambulance, overran runway 20 at Cuenavaca Airport and went into step sided ravine, bursting into flames. The 2 pilots along with a doctor and paramedic were killed.

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Date:  October 29,2023     Time: 0630
Location:  Rio Branco, Brazil
Operator:  ART Taxi Aero
AC Type:  Cessna 208B Grand Caravan
Reg.: 
PT-MEE         cn: 208B0344
Aboard:  12   Fatalities: 12    Ground: 0
Route:  Rio Branco - Envira
Details: 

The air taxi crashed into a heavy wooded area near Rio Branco Airport shortly after takeoff.

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Date:  October 22, 2023     Time: 1300
Location:  Near Portland, Oregon
Operator:  Alaska Airlines       Flight: AS2059
AC Type:  Embraer ERJ-170LR
Reg.:  N660QX       cn: 17000948
Aboard:  84   Fatalities:  0    Ground: 0
Route:  Everett - San Francisco
Details: 

A pilot, deadheading and occupying the jump seat in the cockpit allegedly tried to shut down both engines in flight by pulling the fire handles. He was subdued and the plane landed safely after diverting to Portland International Airport. He was charged with 83 counts of attempted murder.

 

 

 

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