Accidents/ Crashes

Americas Misc 

U.S. Air Force Identifies Special Tactics Airman Missing in Gulf of Mexico After “Unplanned Parachute Departure”

November 10, 2019November 10, 2019 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Accidents/ Crashes, Gulf of Mexico, Hurlburt Field, U.S. Air Force (USAF), U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC), USA, USAF 23rd Special Tactics Squadron, USAF 24th Special Operations Wing

The U.S. Air Force identified the Special Tactics Airman who had an unplanned parachute departure from a C-130 aircraft on

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Air Europe 

Slovak Air Force MiG-29 Fighter Jets Allowed to Conduct Training Flights After September Crash

November 8, 2019 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Accidents/ Crashes, Fighter aircraft, Mikoyan MiG-29, Slovak Air Force, Slovakia

The Slovak Air Force’s MiG-29 fighter jet fleet that has been grounded as a result of the accident on Sept.

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Air Europe 

Italian Navy SH-101A Helicopter Crash Lands Aboard Destroyer Caio Duilio

November 7, 2019 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Accidents/ Crashes, AgustaWestland AW101, Caio Duilio (D 554), Helicopter, Italian Navy, Italy, Tyrrhenian Sea

An Italian Navy SH-101A (AgustaWestland AW101) helicopter has crash-landed aboard the Navy’s Orizzonte (Horizon) class Destroyer Caio Duilio, on Nov

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Americas Misc 

Search Ongoing for Missing U.S. Special Tactics Airman in Gulf of Mexico

November 6, 2019November 7, 2019 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Accidents/ Crashes, Gulf of Mexico, Hurlburt Field, U.S. Air Force (USAF), USA, USAF 24th Special Operations Wing

A search remains underway for a U.S. Special Tactics Airman who exited a C-130 aircraft at approximately 11 a.m. on

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Air Americas 

U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighter Jet Crashes Near Holloman Air Force Base, Pilot Ejects

October 30, 2019October 30, 2019 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Accidents/ Crashes, Fighter aircraft, Holloman AFB, Lockheed Martin F-16, U.S. Air Force (USAF), USA, USAF 49th Wing

A U.S. Air Force F-16 fighter jet assigned to the 49th Wing crashed approximately 80 miles southeast of Holloman Air

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Air Asia-Pacific 

Chinese Air Force J-10 Fighter Jet Crashes on Tibetan Plateau, Pilot Safe

October 29, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Accidents/ Crashes, Chengdu J-10, China, Fighter aircraft, People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF), Tibet

A People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) J-10 fighter jet crashed into a mountain on the Tibetan Plateau while conducting

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Air Asia-Pacific 

Indian Army Dhruv Helicopter Crash-Lands in Jammu and Kashmir

October 24, 2019 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Accidents/ Crashes, HAL Dhruv ALH, Helicopter, India, Indian Army, Jammu and Kashmir

A HAL Dhruv Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH), operated by the Indian Army, crash-landed in the Bedar area in Poonch district

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Air Americas 

ATAC Hawker Hunter Mk58 Aircraft Goes Off Runway at Williamsburg International Airport

October 22, 2019 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Accidents/ Crashes, Airborne Tactical Advantage Company (ATAC), Hawker Hunter, Textron, USA

A Hawker Hunter Mk58 aircraft, operated by the Airborne Tactical Advantage Company (ATAC), went off the runway after its main

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Americas Misc 

U.S. Marine Killed in Tactical Vehicle Accident at Mountain Warfare Training Center

October 22, 2019 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Accidents/ Crashes, HMMWV/ Humvee, M1151 Enhanced Armament Carrier, U.S. Marine Corps (USMC), USA, USMC Mountain Warfare Training Center (MWTC)

One U.S. Marine was killed in an M1151 Enhanced Armament Carrier vehicle accident at approximately 7:15 a.m. on Sunday at

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Air Americas 

U.S. Navy E-6B Mercury ‘Doomsday’ Plane Suffers Bird Strike Causing ‘Millions in Damages’

October 18, 2019October 18, 2019 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Accidents/ Crashes, Airborne command post, Boeing E-6B Mercury, NAS Patuxent River, U.S. Navy (USN), USA

A U.S. Navy E-6B Mercury “doomsday” aircraft suffered bird strike while performing a touch-and-go maneuver at Naval Air Station Patuxent

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