Zitat:Officials: Marine MV-22B Crashes in Arctic Norway, Rescue Teams Unable to Reach Crash Site by Air
A U.S. Marine MV-22B Osprey tilt-rotor with four aboard crashed on Friday during a training mission in Arctic Norway, local officials said.

The Osprey was reported missing after it failed to arrive at Norwegian Air Force Base Bodø by 6 p.m. (1 p.m. East Coast time), according to the Armed Forces and the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre of Northern Norway.

The Osprey’s last known whereabouts were over the Saltfjellet mountains– a vast range about less than 100 miles south of the airbase, according to Norwegian officials.

Zitat:Loss of 4 Marines in Norway Osprey Crash Brings Attention to Aircraft with Spotty History

Late Sunday, the Marine Corps released the names of the four service members: Capt. Matthew Tomkiewicz of Fort Wayne, Indiana; Capt. Ross Reynolds of Leominster, Massachusetts; Gunnery Sgt. James Speedy of Cambridge, Ohio; and Cpl. Jacob Moore of Catlettsburg, Kentucky.

All four were assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 261, according to a statement released by the II Marine Expeditionary Force late Sunday. [...] The Marine Corps said the cause of the crash is under investigation, but Norwegian police reported bad weather in the area, according to The Associated Press. [...]

The Osprey has had a controversial development and operational history, with some arguing that it is unsafe. Between 1991 and 2006, while the aircraft was undergoing testing, there were four crashes resulting in 30 deaths. [...] The last fatal crash involving the aircraft was also in 2017 off the coast of Australia, in which three Marines were lost.

Zitat:Status of 5 Marines Unknown Following MV-22B Osprey Crash in Southern California

An MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft carrying five Marines assigned to a squadron based at Camp Pendleton, Calif., went down Wednesday afternoon in the Southern California desert, military officials said. “We can confirm that an aircraft belonging to the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing crashed near Glamis, CA. Military and civilian first responders are on site,” officials with the San Diego-based wing said in a statement this afternoon. [...]

An Osprey usually carries a crew of three to five people, depending on the mission, but officials have yet to disclose the fate of the crew. Local television showed Navy helicopters in the area, where local and federal search-and-rescue crews had responded. The crash happened at about 12:25 p.m., 1st Lt. Duane Kampa, a 3rd MAW spokesman, said by phone from Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego, Calif. The area around Glamis, northeast of the Navy’s air facility at El Centro and northwest of Yuma, Ariz., is a sandy, desert area that’s popular with offroaders. [...]

The mishap is the second serious one involving a Marine Corps MV-22B this year. In March, an MV-22B crashed in Norway during a training exercise that killed four Marines.

Zitat:Damaged plane makes emergency landing after encountering severe weather

(CNN) — A LATAM Airlines plane was damaged traveling from Santiago, Chile, to Asunción, Paraguay, and had to make an emergency landing at Silvio Pettirossi International Airport on Wednesday after experiencing "severe weather conditions during its flight path," the airline told CNN in a statement on Thursday. [...]

Telefuturo, a CNN affiliate, reported that 48 people were traveling on the flight. The images obtained by the station show the damaged aircraft with its nose missing and its windshield smashed.

Zitat:B-17 and P-63 Kingcobra Collide at Wings Over Dallas Air Show

A Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress and a P-63 Kingcobra aircraft have collided at the Commemorative Air Force Wings Over Dallas airshow at the Dallas Executive Airport near Dallas on Nov. 12, 2022. No reports of possible casualties have surfaced yet.

According to video posted online and a report that surfaced on The Kansas City Star and distributed by the Associate Press, “Emergency crews were responding to the scene at the Commemorative Air Force Wings Over Dallas show at the Dallas Executive Airport”.

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has confirmed that a Boeing B-17 and a Bell P-63 collided and crashed at approximately 1:20 PM local time during Saturday’s airshow. According to the show’s website, the November 11, 12, & 13, 2022 show at Dallas Executive Airport is the “Nation’s Premiere World War II Airshow”. Immediately following reports of the accident, the show’s official website was down. [...] Based on three videos that have surfaced so far, it appears that the P-63 Kingcobra approached the B-17 from the left rear and impacted the four-engine bomber at approximately mid-fuselage. The impact severed the tail of the B-17 and filled the air with debris...

Zitat:Hubschrauber-Absturz in der Ukraine: Sechs Heimatverteidigr tot

Zwei Mil Mi-8 der ukrainischen Streitkräfte wurden in der Ostukraine völlig zerstört. Die Hintergründe sind unklar.

Beim Absturz von zwei Mil Mi-8 Helikoptern des ukrainischen Militärs in der Ostukraine sind nach ukrainischen Medienberichten sechs Menschen ums Leben gekommen. Die beiden Helikopter seien "völlig zerstört" worden.

Zitat:Crews are working to recover the debris of an F-35 fighter jet as they investigate the ‘mishap’ that forced its pilot to eject over South Carolina [...]

Crews are working to recover the debris of an F-35 fighter jet that went missing in South Carolina over the weekend as an investigation is underway into the “mishap” that forced its pilot to eject, according to the Marine Corps and a defense official with knowledge of the search.

The jet’s debris field – about two hours northeast of Joint Base Charleston – was discovered Monday after a multi-agency search [...]

(19.09.2023, 10:32)alphall31 schrieb: In den Achtzigerjahren hat es eine polnische Mig 23 deren Pilot in Polen ausgestiegen ist mit Autopilot über die DDR danach über die BRD bist in den Westen Belgiens geschafft wo sie schließlich abstürzte .

Zitat:Bei einem Übungsflug in Frankreich ist ein Militärhubschrauber vom Typ Tiger abgestürzt. An Bord waren zwei Piloten aus Nordhessen. Sie hatten Glück im Unglück.

Zitat:Die Maschine war am Mittwoch während eines Ausbildungsflugs in eine Hochspannungsleitung geraten, wie die Deutsche Presse-Agentur berichtete.

Zitat:Navy P-8A Poseidon Overshoots Hawaiian Runway Splashes in Kaneohe Bay [...]

The aircraft, assigned to the Whidbey Island, Wash.-based “Skinny Dragons” of Patrol Squadron (VP) 4″ landed at 1:59 p.m. local Hawaii time and ended up in shallow water just off the coast. The air station’s main runway runs in a northeast-to-southwest direction.

“At approximately 2 p.m. local (Hawaii), a U.S. Navy P-8 Poseidon overshot the runway on landing at Marine Corps Air Station, Kaneohe Bay, and ended up in nearby water,” reads a statement from U.S. 3rd Fleet.
“All personnel safely evacuated the aircraft. The crew, assigned to Whidbey Island, Wash.-based squadron VP-4 ‘Skinny Dragons,” were on a detachment in support of maritime homeland defense.” [...]

Nine people were aboard the aircraft at the time but no immediate injuries were reported

Zitat:US CV-22B Osprey crashes in Japanese waters

A Bell Boeing CV-22 Osprey of the US Air Force (USAF) has crashed in Japanese waters. In a statement later on 29 November US Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) said the CV-22B Osprey from the 353rd Special Operations Wing was involved in the “mishap”. The aircraft was “performing a routine training mission off the shore of Yakushima Island, Japan, with eight airmen on board,” the AFSOC statement said, adding that the aircraft had taken off from Yokota Air Base.

According to AFSOC, the crew's condition was “unknown” as of 0030 h local time on 30 November. “Emergency personnel are on scene conducting search-and-rescue operations. The cause of the mishap is currently unknown,” AFSOC said. [...]

Zitat:Video zeigt dramatisches Unglück

Boeing rast über Landebahn in Zaun und explodiert

Bei einem verheerenden Flugzeugunglück im südkoreanischen Muan kommen wohl fast alle 181 Menschen an Bord ums Leben. Videoaufnahmen zeigen, wie die Boeing 737-8AS ohne Räder über die Landebahn rast, mit hohem Tempo an einem Zaun zerschellt und sofort in einem Feuerball aufgeht. Ursache soll ein Vogelschlag gewesen sein.

Zitat:Texas pilot ejects himself from F-35B at airbase after crash landing