Copyright Photo: Keith Burton.
All West Freight’s (Delta Junction) Fairchild C-123K Provider N709RR (msn 20158) crashed into the south-facing slope of Mount Healy in Denali National Park in Alaska. Three crew members were on board andย died in the crash.
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Airblue Airbus A321-231 AP-BJB (msn 1218) MAN (Richard Vandervord) (crashed near Islamabad on July 28, 2010), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.
Airblue’ (Karachi) flight ED 202 operating from Karachi to Islamabad crashed this morning while on approach to Islamabad.
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Copyright Photo: Richard Vandervord. A321-231 AP-BJB (msn 1218) is pictured at Manchester prior to today’s accident.
Lufthansa Cargo McDonnell Douglas MD-11F D-ALCQ (msn 48431) FRA (Jay Selman) (crashed Riyadh July 27, 2010), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.
Lufthansa Cargo’s (Frankfurt) McDonnell Douglas MD-11F D-ALCQ (msn 48431) crashed on landing at Riyadh today (July 27). The freighter caught on fire as it was landing, crashed and split into two sections. The pilot and the first officer were slightly injured and were taken to the hospital.
Copyright Photo: Jay Selman. D-ALCQ arrives at FRA before the accident.
XL Airways Germany Airbus A320-232 D-AXLA (msn 2500) NUE (Gunter Mayer) (on lease from Air New Zealand) (crashed November 27, 2008), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.
Air New Zealand’s (Auckland) on November 27, 2008 lost its Airbus A320-232 ZK-OJL (msn 2500) that had been on lease to XL Airways Germany as D-AXLA. Operating a post-maintenance flight (flight GL 888T), the airliner crashed into the Mediterranean Sea four miles (seven kilometers) east of the French city of Perpignan, near the border with Spain. The seven people on board were killed, including four Air New Zealand representatives. ZK-OJL had previously been operated by ANZ’s subsidiary Freedom Air in the unique Warner Brothers cartoon character color scheme.
French prosecutors said they would not press charges against any one involved in the tragic crash after they received an investigators’ report that blamed pilot error.
The crew lost control of the Airbus A320 and crashed it into the seas as they tried to perform a low-speed test “in inappropriate conditions” off France’s Mediterranean coast, the prosecutors said.
The accident investigation bureau (BEA) said in its interim report based on flight data recorder readings that the plane stalled during a low-speed, low-altitude test maneuver as it was approaching to land at Perpignan Airport.
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Copyright Photo: Gunter Mayer. Pictured before the tragic crash at Nuremberg, Airbus A320-232 D-AXLA (msn 2500, ex ZK-OJL) operated with basic blue XL titles.
Hewa Bora Airways’ (Kinshasa) crew operating McDonnell Douglas DC-9-82 (MD-82) 9Q-COQ (msn 49176, ex N226AA)ย was forced to make an emergency landing on Monday (June 21) at Kinshasa after takeoff from the capital on a flight to Goma via Kisangani. The crew made an emergency landing off the runway after a tire was blown on takeoff. There were no reported injuries among the 101 passengers and crew on board. The airliner was severely damaged and is probably an insurance write off. It was formerly operated by American Airlines.
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Afriqiyah Airways Airbus A330-202 5A-ONG (msn 1024) CDG (Christian Volpati) (crashed May 12, 2010), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.
Afriqiyah Airways’ (Tripoli) May 12 crash was not caused by a technical problem according to the preliminary report.
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Copyright Photo: Christian Volpati. Airbus A330-202 5A-ONG (msn 1024) is pictured at Paris (CDG) before the tragic accident.
Air France Airbus A330-203 F-GZCP (msn 660) DXB (tragically crashed June 1, 2009), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.
Air France’s Airbus A330-203 F-GZCP (msn 660), which crashed tragically on June 1, 2009 in the Atlantic Ocean, will probably remain a mystery. Investigators have called off their search for the Flight Data Recorder and the Cockpit Voice Recorder.
Air France flight AF 447 operating from Rio de Janeiro to Paris (CDG) plunged into the Atlantic Ocean during a thunderstorm, killing 228 people.
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In other news, Air France-KLM will be considering a purchase of either the Airbus A350-900 or the Boeing 787-900. A decision is expected next year.
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Copyright Photo: Paul Denton. F-GZCP arrives at Dubai before the crash.
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Air India Express (Mumbai) flight IX 812 on May 22, 2010 operated with Boeing 737-8HG VT-AXV (msn 36333) from Dubai to Manglalore in southern India, overran the 8,033 feet (2,448 m) runway number 06/24 while landing. The airliner skiddedย down the hill at the end of the runway and was destroyed by fire.
This WSJ article raises the question of whether the width of this runway contributed to the aircraft exiting the runway. ICAO Annex 14 requires runways to be 300 meters (100 feet) wide. This runway was only 200 meters wide.
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Copyright Photo: Joe G. Walker. Boeing 737-8HG VT-AXV (msn 36333) departs from Seattle (Boeing Field-King County). This is the worst disaster involving a Boeing 737-800.
The investigation concerning the crash of Air India Express’ flight IX 812 that happened yesterday in Mangalore continues. The cockpit voice recorder (CVR) has been located and recovered. The Flight Data Recorder (FDR) has not yet been located. Boeing 737-8HG VT-AXV (msn 36333) ran off the rain-soaked runway on landing and plowed into a telephone pole and burst into flames. 158 bodies have been recovered. Eight people survived the crash.
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Air India Express Boeing 737-8HG WL VT-AXV (msn 36333) BKK (Wim Callaert) (crashed May 22, 2010), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.
Air India Expressโ (subsidiary of Air India) (Mumbai) Boeing 737-8HG VT-AXV (msn 36333) crashed today (May 22) while trying to land in the rain at Mangalore in southern India. The airliner, operating flight IX 812 from Dubai, overshot the runway, crashed and burst into flames at dawn, killing nearly 160 people, officials said. At least eight survived.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100522/ap_on_re_as/as_india_plane_crash
Copyright Photo: Wim Callaert. Boeing 737-8HG VT-AXV (msn 36333) is pictured departing from Bangkok prior to the accident.
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