A Minerva Airlines Fairchild Dornier 328 turboprop ran off the runway into the sea when landing at Genoa, Italy, on 25 February. The aircraft was operating an Alitalia codeshare flight from Cagliari, Sardinia, with 28 passengers and four crew on board, including an instructor. Early reports indicated four fatalities with 11 injured. The accident happened about midday in clear weather, although the airline believes a strong crosswind may have been a factor.
Source: Flight International
The January incident at Ellsworth AFB resulted in the destruction of the $450 million bomber and a rare quadruple ejection of the crew, who were attempting to execute an instrument landing during poor weather.
Investigators probing the fatal Bombardier CRJ200 crash at Kathmandu will inevitably focus on the extraordinary attitude the aircraft developed as it lifted off from runway 02. Nepal’s civil aviation regulator states that the captain survived the 24 July accident but the first officer, and the 17 other occupants, did not. ...
A Bombardier CRJ200 operated by Nepalese carrier Saurya Airlines has crashed during take-off from Kathmandu airport, with fatalities among those on board.
