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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.
Aeroflot accidents and incidents. Founded in 1923, Aeroflot, the flag carrier and largest airline of Russia (formerly the Soviet Union), has had a high number of fatal crashes, with a total of 8,231 passengers dying in Aeroflot crashes according to the Aircraft Crashes Record Office, mostly during the Soviet era, about five times more than any ...
The crash killed 130 people aboard; two stewardesses survived. It was, at the time, the worst single-plane disaster. June 22: Air France Flight 117, a 707-328 (F-BHST), crashed into a hill while attempting to land at Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe, in the eastern Caribbean Sea. All 113 aboard were killed in the crash.
On 28 September 2018, the first F-35 crash occurred. A USMC F-35B crashed near Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, South Carolina, and the pilot ejected safely. [8] The crash was attributed to a faulty fuel tube; all F-35s were grounded on 11 October pending a fleet-wide inspection of the tubes. [9] The next day, most USAF and USN F-35s returned ...
The crash killed all 349 people on board both planes, making it the world's deadliest mid-air collision [1] [2] and the deadliest aviation accident ever in India. [3] [4] The final report from the investigation found that "[T]he root and approximate cause of the collision" was the failure of the Kazakh crew to maintain the correct altitude. [5]
2014. May 31: One US CH-53 Sea Stallion was destroyed in a hard landing, the crew survived. [45][46] May 28: One US Army crew member died when a UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter crash in southern Afghanistan. The helicopter crashed when it hit a cellphone tower in the Marouf district of Kandahar province.
On 1 February, B-52G (tail number 58‑0180) from the 72nd Bombardment Wing (Heavy) crashed at Ramey AFB, near Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. An incorrect trim setting during touch-and-go approach was determined to be the cause of the crash. All seven of the crew died including the vice-commander of the 72nd Bombardment Wing.
Destroyed in crash at 0927 hrs. at Kalispell, Montana, while in use as a fire bomber, after making wheels-up landing due to smoke in the cockpit, killing two crew according to one source, [145] no fatalities according to an NTSB report, which seems more credible as the co-pilot reported that the fire began in the accessory section of the number ...