Tag Archives: Crashed

Investigators are looking at navaids and the rising sun for the Afriqiyah A330 crash

According to ATW, “Investigators examining the Afriqiyah Airways A330-200 crash are expected to focus on faulty landing aids and the pilots being blinded by the sun as possible causes.

ATWOnline has learned that Runway 09, to which the aircraft was headed, does not have an ILS and the VOR navigational aid was suffering from interference. Pilots were warned in a NOTAM that “interference from signal being experienced during current airport development work. VOR should be used with caution.”

The aircraft was landing to the east and crashed just as the sun was rising, leading to suspicions that the pilots may have been blinded by sunlight to possible errors in their approach and height caused by problems with the landing aids. The aircraft’s flight data and cockpit voice recorders both have been recovered.”

Read the full report in ATW:

http://atwonline.com/aeropolitics-regulation/news/afriqiyah-crash-investigation-focusing-faulty-landing-aids-sunlight-051

Copyright Photo: The relatively-new crashed A330-202 is seen at Toulouse on a test flight as F-WWYS before it was delivered as 5A-ONG on September 8, 2009.

Are investigators getting closer to finding the Air France flight data recorder?

Investigators searching for the Air France Airbus A330 flight data recorder in the Atlantic Ocean have now been able to reduce the search area due to possible ping from the flight data recorder. The recovery of the device is deemed essential to solving the crash mystery.

Read the full Reuters report:

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE64562I20100506

Merpati Boeing 737-300 skids off the runway in West Papua

Merpati Nusantara Airlines (Jakarta) lost its ex-United Airlines Boeing 737-322 PK-MDE (msn 24660) on Tuesday (April 13). A routineย domestic flight (flight MNA 836) in Indonesia ended in disaster Tuesday when the Boeing 737 carrying over 100 passengers broke apart on landing, injuring more than 70 people, officials said.

The Merpati Boeing 737 skidded off the end of the wet runway at Rendani Airportย inย Manokwari, West Papua, hurtled into trees and skidded into a shallow river according to this published report.

Read the full report:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100413/wl_asia_afp/indonesiaairaccident

Aero Union’s (Mexico) Airbus A300B4-203 (F) XA-TUE crashes in Monterrey, Mexico

Aero Union’s (Aerotransporte de Carga Union) (Mexico City) Airbus A300B4-203 XA-TUE has crashed in Monterrey, Mexico. Please click on the photo for further details.

Copyright Photo: Joe G. Walker.

Airnorth (Australia) loses an Embraer Brasilia and two pilots

Airnorth (Darwin) lost its Embraer EMB-120ER Brasilia VH-ANB (msn 120116) on March 22 when it was destroyed on takeoff at Darwin Airport, NT (DRW), Australia. Both pilots were killed. The crew was conducting a training flight when the EMB-120 crashed at the airport’s boundary were the Darwin RAAF Station is located.

Read the full report from the Aviation Safety Network:

http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20100322-0

ATU’s (Aviastar-TU) Tupolev Tu-204-100 RA-64011 crashes at Moscow on March 22

ATU (Aviastar-TU) (Moscow) probably lost its Tupolev Tu-204-100 RA-64011 (msn 1450741364011) at Moscow (Domodedovo) on March 22 (click on photo for details). All crew members on board were injured.

Copyright Photo: Andi Hiltl. RA-64011 lands at Antalya before the accident on June 5, 2009.

ACT Airlines Airbus A300 overshoots the runway at Bagram Air Base

ACT Airlines’ (Istanbul) Airbus A300B4-203 (F) freighter, registered TC-ACB (msn 121) operating for DHL Airways yesterday (March 1) overshot the runway at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan, closing the runway. The left main gear reportedly failed on landing causing the engines to shear off.

Ethiopian Airlines officials are not happy with ET-ANB crash investigation

Ethiopian Airlines’ (Addis Ababa) according to Jimma Times CEO Girma Wake is not happy with on-going investigation of the January 15 crash of Boeing 737-8AS ET-ANB (msn 29935). According to this published report, the CEO accused Lebanese authorities on Wednesday (February 24) of making misleading comments on the cause of flight ET 409 crash on January 25 shortly after taking off from Beirut. The airline officials are dismissing reports of sabotage and the blaming of the flight crew for not following instructions by Lebanese Air Traffic Control (ATC).

According to this published report in the Jimma Times, the Lebanese newspaper As-Safir, claims to have seen findings by the disaster investigators, suggesting that the Ethiopian pilot lost control of the plane moments before it plunged into the sea off the coast of Naameh, south of Beirut.

According to As-Safir, the preliminary report allegedly states โ€œNavigation authorities in Rafik Hariri International Airport and other Lebanese authorities were freed from responsibility. The crash was attributed to a ‘human error committed inside the cockpit’.โ€

Here is the full article:

http://www.jimmatimes.com/article/Latest_News/Latest_News/Why_did_Ethiopian_flight_ET409_crash_and_who_is_at_fault/33254

Copyright Photo: Jay Selman. Ex-Ryanair Boeing 737-8AS ET-ANB (msn 29935) is pictured on approach at Dubai before the tragic accident.

NTSB issues its Accident Report on the Colgan Air DHC-8-402 N200WQ crash

Colgan Air’s (Continental Connection) (Manassas) captain of Colgan Air flight 3407 “inappropriately responded to the activation of the stick shaker, which led to an aerodynamic stall from which the airplane did not recover.” according to the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB).

According to the NTSB; “On February 12, 2009, a Colgan Air, Inc., Bombardier DHC-8-400, (actually a DHC-8-402) registered N200WQ (msn 4200), operating as Continental Connection flight CO 3407, was on an instrument approach to Buffalo-Niagara International Airport, Buffalo, New York, when it crashed into a residence in Clarence Center, New York, about 5 nautical miles northeast of the airport. The 2 pilots, 2 flight attendants, and 45 passengers aboard the airplane were killed, one person on the ground was killed, and the airplane was destroyed by impact forces and a postcrash fire. The flight was a 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 121 scheduled passenger flight from Newark, New Jersey. Night visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident.

The report states that, when the stick shaker activated to warn the flight crew of an impending aerodynamic stall, the captain should have responded correctly to the situation by pushing forward on the control column. However, the captain inappropriately pulled aft on the control column and placed the airplane into an accelerated aerodynamic stall.

Contributing to the cause of the accident were the Crewmembersโ€™ failure to recognize the position of the low-speed cue on their flight displays, which indicated that the stick shaker was about to activate, and their failure to adhere to sterile cockpit procedures. Other contributing factors were the captainโ€™s failure to effectively manage the flight and Colgan Airโ€™s inadequate procedures for airspeed selection and management during approaches in icing conditions.”

Copyright Photo: Brian McDonough. N200WQ is pictured on approach to Washington (Reagan National) before the tragic accident.

Ethiopian pilot was unable to follow ATC directions, made a sharp turn and plunged into the sea

Copyright Photo: Antony J. Best. Another picture of the ill-fated ex-Ryanair Boeing 737-8AS ET-ANB (msn 29935) landing at Dubai right before sunset in the desert.

Ethiopian Airlines’ (Addis Ababa) crash yesterday morning in Beirut is becoming a mystery. The pilot in command of the aircraft was unable to follow flight instructions from ATC and made a sharp turn before plunging into the Mediterranean Sea.

Latest news link:

news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100126/ap_on_re_mi_ea/lebanon_plane_crash