An Iran Air Boeing 727-200 (EP-IRU) on a crew training flight crashed just after take-off from Rasht, Iran, on the south-western shores of the Caspian Sea, killing four of the seven crew, confirms insurance loss-adjuster Air-claims. The 21-year-old aircraft, one of five 727-200s and two 727-100s in Iran Air's fleet, was destroyed when it came down within 3km (2nm) of Rasht Airport.
Source: Flight International
Brazilian investigators have recovered both flight recorders from the Voepass ATR 72-500 which crashed in the vicinity of Sao Paulo, with no survivors among the 62 occupants. Air accident investigation authority CENIPA, part of the Brazilian air force, says it is “already in possession” of the cockpit-voice and flight-data recorders ...
Brazilian carrier Voepass has confirmed that one of its ATR 72 turboprops has been involved in an accident while operating to Sao Paulo Guarulhos airport. The aircraft had been conducting flight 2Z2283 from Cascavel on 9 August. Voepass says the aircraft came down in the vinicity of Vinhedo, to the ...
Investigators probing the failure and separation of a Cargolux Boeing 747-400F’s body main landing-gear assembly at Luxembourg last year have found evidence that components in its inner shock-strut cylinder failed. But while a previous similar occurrence involving a Nippon Cargo Airlines 747-400F at Amsterdam in September 2005 was traced to ...
