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A report from state television channel MRTV claimed the two pilots ejected from the aircraft. The same report also blamed a technical malfunction as the cause of the accident. [357] A Northrop F-5 operated by U.S. defense contractor Tactical Air Support made a gear-up landing at Hill Air Force Base, Utah. [358]
The aircraft involved, manufactured in 1987, [3] was a Dornier 228-228(K) which belonged to the Malawi Air Force.The aircraft had accumulated 3,492 flight hours. [4] It had previously been used to transport President Lazarus Chakwera several times and had conducted its previous flight hours before the crash.
July 14, 2009: A Mi-26 helicopter was shot down in Afghanistan, killing the six Ukrainian crewmembers. The aircraft belonged to Pecotox Air, a Moldovan aviation firm. [247] December 3, 2006: A Mi-26 helicopter under contract with Dyncorp, a US security company, crashed, killing eight Russian crewmembers.
A U.S. Air Force McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II being ferried from Robins AFB, Georgia to Torrejon Air Base, Spain, was disabled by a severe thunderstorm, forcing the crew to eject at 36,000 feet 150 miles E of Charleston, South Carolina, suffering minor injuries from hail while descending.
September 26, 1992: C-130H 911 of the Nigerian Air Force crashed three minutes after take-off from Lagos, Nigeria, three engines failed, high take-off weight. All 158 people on board were killed, including eight foreign nationals. This crash is the deadliest involving the Lockheed C-130.
The aircraft had flown only 233 hours when the accident occurred. [i] [ 28 ] On 7 April, B-52B (53‑0380, named "Ciudad Juarez") from the 95th Bombardment Wing out of Biggs AFB was accidentally shot down by the launch of a AIM-9 Sidewinder from a F-100A Super Sabre (tail number 53-1662) from the 188th Tactical Fighter Squadron , New Mexico Air ...
On 24 January 2022, a USN F-35C with VFA-147 suffered a ramp strike while landing on the USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) and was lost overboard in the South China Sea. Seven crew members were injured, while the pilot ejected safely and was recovered from the water. On 2 March 2022, the aircraft was recovered from a depth of about 12,400 ft (3,780 m ...