Accidents

A WWII vintage German Junkers Ju-52 crashed in the Swiss Alps on Saturday, killing all 20 people on board. The 79-year-old aircraft, operated by the “adventure flight” company, JU-Air, was flying from Locarno, in southern Switzerland, when it crashed into Piz Segnas mountain. There were 17 passengers and three crew members on the aircraft, CBS […]

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When looking at images from the fiery crash of an Embraer 190 near the General Guadelupe Victoria International Airport in Durango, Mexico on Tuesday, it’s hard to believe that everyone on board the airplane survived the event. Aeromexico Flight 2134 attempted to take off in a storm on its way from Durango to Mexico City, […]

More than four years after the mysterious disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, the Malaysian ICAO Annex 13 Safety Investigation Team for MH370 has released a 495-page report of its findings. At an August 30 press conference at the Ministry of Transport headquarters in Putrajaya, Malaysia, the team explained that despite years involved in the […]

In response to a midair collision involving two of its airplanes, Dean International Flight School has shut down, according to local news sources. On July 17, a Cessna 172 and a Piper Seneca collided killing four people. The flight school opened in 1995, and operated from Miami Executive Airport (TMB) in southeast Florida. Dean International […]

Details published Tuesday by the NTSB indicate that a Piper Seneca and a Cessna 172 that collided a week ago near Miami hit nearly head on. The Piper was headed northwest and the Cessna southeast, with both aircraft level at approximately 1,500 feet when the accident occurred. Both aircraft were destroyed in the collision about […]

Thirteen people survived the crash of a vintage C-47 military transport plane on Saturday at Burnet Airport, 20 miles northwest of Austin, Texas. The aircraft, the Bluebonnet Belle owned by the Commemorative Air Force, was departing for AirVenture 2018 in Oshkosh when the accident occurred during takeoff. The aircraft banked right on takeoff, before turning […]

Preliminary details about yesterday’s midair collision in the Everglades, 11 miles northwest of Miami Executive Airport report the accident claimed the lives of four people, apparently two aboard each aircraft. Reports also indicate that both aircraft – a Cessna 172 and a twin-engine Piper Seneca – were involved in flight training activities at the time […]

Todd Simmons, the president of customer experience at Cirrus Aircraft, was injured in an accident on Thursday at Dewey Moore Airstrip in Idaho. According to a statement provided by Cirrus senior vice president of sales and marketing Ben Kowalski, Simmons was flying his Piper Super Cub solo at the time of the accident. AVweb.com reported […]

A Cessna Caravan 208B on a Part 135 daylight VFR trip between Quinhagak, Alaska (PAQH) and Togiak, Alaska (PATG), slammed into the side of a hill about 10 nm northwest of its destination after encountering IFR conditions along the route. The aircraft was operated by Hageland Aviation Services Inc, dba Ravn Connect, as flight 1133. […]