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2006 Nov 26 |
David Hermance (59), a US engineer for Toyota, was killed when his experimental plane, a Interavia E-3, crashed off San Pedro near Los Angeles, Ca. Hermance’s job had been to take technology developed in Japan, as in the Prius hybrid, and bring it to the US. Links: USA, California, Air Crash, Cars 
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2006 Nov 27 |
In Iran a Russian-designed antonov-74 crashed in Tehran, killing 38 people. They included members of the elite Revolutionary Guards and high-ranking officers. This was Iran’s third military air plane crash in the last year. Links: Iran, Air Crash
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2006 Nov 27 |
Iraqi President Jalal Talabani arrived in Tehran to meet with his Iranian counterpart amid increasing calls for Washington to enlist Iran's help in calming the escalating violence in neighboring Iraq. In Baghdad gunmen opened fire on a crowded street, killing six Iraqis and wounding three, some of whom were sitting in a parked car. Police in western Baghdad found the bodies of two Iraqis who had been kidnapped, blindfolded and shot. A bomb exploded under an oil pipeline and set it on fire south of Baghdad. A US Air Force F-16 jet crashed northwest of Baghdad and Maj. Troy Gilbert was killed. Links: Iraq, USA, Air Crash
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2006 Dec 16 |
In Mexico hundreds of federal police officers packed up their tents and marched out of Oaxaca’s central square, ending their seven-week occupation to put down a lengthy protest by leftists that had left nine people dead. A Mexican air force plane crashed into the sea near the resort city of Acapulco and rescue teams were searching for its four crew members. Links: Air Crash, Mexico
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2006 Dec 17 |
In Ohio a plane crashed in a field killing Paul and Lillian Martin of Austin, Texas, and their two children. Links: USA, Air Crash, Ohio, Texas
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2006 Dec 18 |
A small plane crashed into a raw sewage plant in Gilroy, Ca., killing a flight instructor and 2 students. Links: USA, California, Air Crash
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2006 Dec 21 |
In Concord, Ca., 4 people died when their small plane struck Highway 4 as it attempted to land at Buchanan Field. Links: USA, California, Air Crash
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2006 Dec 27 |
A helicopter carrying natural gas workers crashed off the northwest English coast, killing six people and leaving the only other person aboard missing. Links: Britain, Air Crash
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The number of air crashes around the world in 2006 was the lowest in 53 years, making it one of the safest in aviation history. Links: Air Crash, Aviation
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2007 Jan 1 |
Flight KI-574, an Indonesian passenger plane carrying 102 people, disappeared in stormy weather off Sulawesi island. Rescue teams were sent to search in the area where the Boeing 737-400 sent out a distress signal. In 2008 investigators said the pilots had accidentally disconnecting the plane's autopilot. A speed boat capsized in poor weather off the coast of Borneo island, killing 15 people. Links: Indonesia, Air Crash
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2007 Jan 7 |
A helicopter crashed into the garden terrace of a restaurant in southeastern France, killing three people on the ground and severely injuring a fourth. Links: France, Air Crash
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2007 Jan 9 |
Iraqi and US soldiers, backed by American warplanes, battled suspected insurgents for hours in central Baghdad, and 50 militant fighters were killed. A cargo plane carrying Turkish construction workers crashed during landing at an airport near Baghdad, killing 32 people and injuring two. 4 members of a family died when their house in Baghdad's Sadr City section was destroyed. Police initially said the attack was from two mortar shells, but later a police official and witnesses said the home was fired on by US aircraft. 3 US soldiers were killed in Anbar province. Links: Iraq, Turkey, USA, Air Crash
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2007 Jan 10 |
In England 2 RAF training helicopters collided in mid-air in Shropshire, with some reports claiming that one person was killed and three injured. Links: Britain, Air Crash
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2007 Jan 13 |
A Bolivian air force plane crashed in a southern state, killing all eight people on board. Links: Bolivia, Air Crash
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2007 Jan 23 |
The UN refugee agency said that men allegedly wearing uniforms of the Iraqi security forces abducted a group of 17 Palestinian refugees from a building rented by the agency in Baghdad. Two bombs struck separate Shiite targets in Baghdad, killing five people. A Blackwater USA security helicopter crashed in a Sunni neighborhood in central Baghdad and 5 men were shot execution style in the back of the head. Links: Iraq, USA, UN, Air Crash, Palestine
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2007 Jan 24 |
Ecuador's first female defense minister died in a collision of two helicopters that also killed her daughter and five members of the military. Links: Ecuador, Air Crash
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2007 Jan 26 |
A US Navy helicopter crashed during a training mission in the ocean about 50 miles off the southeastern coast of California. One sailor was reported dead and 3 missing. Links: USA, California, Air Crash
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2007 Feb 7 |
A twin-engine plane crashed in Brazil’s Amazon jungle, killing all six people aboard. Links: Brazil, Air Crash
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2007 Feb 28 |
An air force helicopter crashed in Peru's highlands, killing 3 military personnel and injuring an army general who commanded a military base in the area. Links: Peru, Air Crash
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2007 Mar 5 |
In Austria a helicopter and a small plane collided in the air and crashed near a ski slope, killing all eight people aboard the two aircraft. Links: Austria, Air Crash
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2007 Mar 7 |
A packed Garuda Indonesia jetliner crash-landed and erupted in flames at Yogyakarta airport, killing 22 people trapped inside the burning wreckage. More than 115 others escaped through emergency exits as black smoke billowed behind them. Links: Indonesia, Air Crash
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2007 Mar 8 |
In Hawaii a tour helicopter crashed at an airport on the island of Kauai, killing four people and critically injuring three. Links: USA, Air Crash, Hawaii
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2007 Mar 11 |
In Hawaii a tour helicopter crashed on Kauai and one person was killed. This was the 2nd fatal copter crash on the island in 4 days. Links: USA, Air Crash, Hawaii
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2007 Mar 14 |
In Brazil a twin-engine plane was carrying $2.6 million worth of Brazilian reals crashed near the city of Salvador. Locals made off with bags of cash before rescuers arrived on the scene. Links: Brazil, Air Crash, Robbery
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2007 Mar 17 |
A Russian Tu-134 airliner crash landed in heavy fog in the central Russian city of Samara, killing 6 people and injuring 26. Links: Russia, Air Crash
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2007 Apr 3 |
Taiwan Presidential front-runner Ma Ying-jeou pleaded not guilty at his corruption trial in Taipei, saying that his use of a special municipal fund was in keeping with government standards. A helicopter crashed into a radio tower near Kaohsiung and killed 8 crew members. Links: Taiwan, Air Crash, Corruption
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2007 Apr 21 |
A US Navy Blue Angel jet went down during an air show in South Carolina, plunging into a neighborhood of small homes and trailers and killing the pilot. Links: USA, Air Crash, South Carolina
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2007 Apr 27 |
A Russian military helicopter crashed in Chechnya, killing all 18 people aboard, emergency officials said. There were conflicting reports about whether the craft was shot down. Links: Russia, Chechnya, Air Crash
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2007 Apr 28 |
A Philippine air force helicopter crashed on a busy street in Lapu Lapu City, Cebu Island, pinning a motorcycle taxi and hitting another with its spinning rotors. At least 9 people on the ground and one airman were killed. Norberto Linao Jr., the mayor of Morong town in Bataan province, escaped injury after assailants sprayed his house with gunfire. Links: Philippines, Air Crash
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2007 May 5 |
A Kenya Airways jet with 114 people on board crashed after sending out a distress signal over a remote rainforest in southern Cameroon. The Boeing 737-800 was carrying 114 people, including 105 passengers, from 23 countries. There were no survivors. Links: Cameroon, Air Crash, Kenya
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2007 May 6 |
In Egypt a plane carrying foreign peacekeepers across the Sinai desert crashed near a stretch of highway where it had tried to make an emergency landing, killing eight French soldiers and a Canadian. Links: Canada, France, Air Crash, Egypt
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2007 May 24 |
A Peruvian government flight serving as a link between isolated jungle communities disappeared in the country's northeastern rain forest with 20 people on board. 7 survivors were rescued the next day. Links: Peru, Air Crash
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2007 May 30 |
Afghan and US-led coalition forces clashed with Taliban militants in eastern Afghanistan, leaving six suspected insurgents dead and one wounded. A roadside bomb killed four policemen and wounded another in the southern province of Uruzgan. A CH-47 Chinook helicopter was shot down by Taliban militants in an attack that killed everyone on board, five US soldiers, a Canadian and a Briton. In western Farah province, insurgents attacked the Pusht Rod district, and ensuing clashes with police left 10 militants dead and 15 wounded. Links: Canada, Britain, USA, Air Crash, Afghan
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2007 Jun 1 |
In a key legal step toward assigning blame for Brazil's deadliest plane crash, two US pilots and four Brazilian air traffic controllers were indicted on charges equivalent to involuntary manslaughter for the Sep 29, 2006, mid-air collision that killed 154 people. Links: Brazil, USA, Air Crash
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2007 Jun 3 |
In Sierra Leone a helicopter ferrying passengers to the main airport crashed, bursting into flames and killing 22 people, mostly Togo soccer fans. Links: Sierra Leone, Air Crash, Soccer
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2007 Jun 4 |
A small plane from Milwaukee carrying a six-member organ transplant team and their cargo of donor organs to Michigan crashed in Lake Michigan with no survivors. Links: USA, Air Crash, Michigan, Wisconsin
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2007 Jun 13 |
In Mongolia a helicopter carrying firefighters and equipment crashed into a mountain killing 14 of 22 aboard. The crash site was not discovered until June 16. Links: Mongolia, Air Crash
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2007 Jun 15 |
The US launched a large offensive operation in several al-Qaida strongholds around Baghdad. The remains of 13 members of an Iraqi taekwondo team kidnapped last year were found near the main highway leading to Jordan. US attack helicopters killed four suspects and wounded three in operations south of Baghdad. An American soldier was killed in a roadside bombing in southern Baghdad and an Ohio National Guard pilot was killed when his F-16 fighter crashed shortly after takeoff from Balad Air Base in central Iraq. Links: Iraq, USA, Air Crash, al-Qaida
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2007 Jun 25 |
A charter plane carrying 22 people between two popular Cambodian tourist destinations crashed in a mountainous region in the south of the country. All aboard were killed. Links: Cambodia, Air Crash
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2007 Jun 28 |
An Angolan Airlines plane crashed into a house on landing, killing at least six people in M'banza Congo, a town about 180 miles north of the capital, Luanda. Links: Angola, Air Crash
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2007 Jun 28 |
In central Bolivia 3 Bolivian soldiers and a Venezuelan sergeant died when an air force helicopter crashed. Links: Bolivia, Air Crash
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2007 Jun 28 |
Bruce Kennedy (b.1938), former CEO of Alaska Airlines (1979-1991), was killed when his Cessna 182 crashed in Cashmere, Wash. Links: USA, Air Crash, Aviation, Alaska, Washington
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2007 Jul 5 |
In Mexico a small cargo jet failed to take off in Culiacan and barreled onto an adjacent highway, killing at least 9 people, including two soldiers assigned to the Mexican president's security detail. Links: Air Crash, Mexico
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2007 Jul 8 |
In the Philippines 2 small planes collided in the air and crashed in a rice field north of Manila, killing two Indian citizens and a Filipino flight instructor. Links: Philippines, Air Crash
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2007 Jul 10 |
In Florida a small plane trying to make an emergency landing crashed into a suburban Orlando neighborhood, killing both people aboard and starting two house fires that seriously burned two adults and a 10-year-old boy. Links: USA, France, Air Crash
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2007 Jul 17 |
In Sao Paulo, Brazil, a TAM airlines Airbus-320 slammed into a gas station and a TAM building and burst into flames after trying to land on a short, rain-slicked runway at Congonhas airport. All 187 people aboard were killed along with 12 on the ground. Links: Brazil, Air Crash
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2007 Jul 23 |
An attempt to break an aviation speed record went horribly wrong when a small "experimental" plane crashed through an apartment building in the Swiss city of Basel, killing the pilot and injuring at least three other people. Links: Switzerland, Air Crash
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2007 Jul 23 |
A Greek firefighting plane crashed, killing one of its two-member crew while trying to stop a forest fire reaching homes on the island of Evia. Links: Air Crash, Greece, Fire
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2007 Jul 25 |
In Alaska a sightseeing plane crashed leaving a pilot and 2 couples from a visiting cruise ship dead. Links: USA, Air Crash, Alaska
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2007 Jul 27 |
In Phoenix, Arizona, 2 news helicopters covering a police chase on live television collided and crashed to the ground, killing all four people on board. Links: USA, Air Crash, Arizona
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2007 Jul 29 |
A 43-year-old Russian cargo plane crashed minutes after taking off from a Moscow airport, killing all seven crew on board. Links: Russia, Air Crash
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2007 Aug 2 |
In Washington state a helicopter with four people aboard crashed and burst into flames on the east slopes of the Cascade Range, starting a wildfire. By the next day it spread through dry timber to cover 300 to 400 acres. Links: USA, Air Crash, Washington, Fire
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2007 Aug 3 |
Four people were killed after a helicopter flying from northern England to southern Scotland crashed in northwest England. The wreckage was found the next day. Links: Britain, Air Crash
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2007 Aug 5 |
A medical plane left the Ruidoso Regional Airport on a flight to University of New Mexico Hospital, and crashed almost immediately in Devil's Canyon in the Lincoln National Forest. 5 people were killed including a 15-month-old patient and her mother. Links: USA, Air Crash, New Mexico
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2007 Aug 7 |
Darfur rebel commanders shot down a government MiG 29 plane they say was bombing civilian villages in their areas in Sudan's Darfur region. Links: Air Crash, Sudan
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2007 Aug 8 |
A British air force helicopter crashed near an army base in northern England, killing two military personnel and injuring 10. Links: Britain, Air Crash
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2007 Aug 20 |
In Okinawa, Japan, passengers used emergency slides to evacuate a China Airlines Boeing 737-800 just minutes before the plane burst into a fireball on the tarmac. All 165 people aboard escaped unhurt, including the pilot, who jumped from the cockpit at the last second. Links: China, Japan, Air Crash
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2007 Sep 1 |
In Poland 2 small planes collided during an acrobatic display at the Radom Air Show killing both pilots. Links: Poland, Air Crash
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2007 Sep 1 |
In eastern Tennessee a small plane carrying 5 Jehovah’s Witness ministers crashed in the Cherokee National Forest killing all 5 aboard. Links: USA, Air Crash, Tennessee
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2007 Sep 3 |
Steve Fossett (b.1944), tycoon turned record seeker, disappeared in Nevada after flying from the Flying M Ranch, owned by billionaire Baron Hilton. In 2002 Fosset became the 1st person to fly around the world in a balloon. In 2006 Fossett authored his autobiography “Chasing the Wind.” A search was formally suspended on Oct 2. On Feb 15, 2008, an Illinois court declared him legally dead. In 2008 wreckage of his plane was found on Oct 1 in the rugged eastern mountains of California. Links: USA, California, Air Crash, Illinois, Nevada, Biography, Balloon
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