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media states that the white coloured aircraft carried the reg-
istration mark “N.149-CD”. This number also belongs to a US
Cessna 208. Recent photos of this aircraft however show a
different colour scheme. A reasonable explanation could be
that drug traffickers used an aircraft with a fake id, belonging
to a similar model aircraft. There have been multiple similar
cases in 2018. So for now the registration N149CD seems to be
wrong and was not confirmed by the authorities.
16may18 9N-AJU Ce208B 208B0770 w/o
A Cessna 208B Grand Caravan of Makalu Air impacted a
mountainside at an altitude of 12,800ft, according to the
Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal. Both crew members suf-
fered fatal injuries. The aircraft took off from Surkhet at 06:12
hours local time on a domestic cargo night flight to Simikot,
where it was scheduled to arrive at 06:55.
16may18 HB-ZKF AS350B3+ 4541 w/o
The accident with this Air Zermatt Écureuil occurred during
an exercise with an underslung firefighting bucket. The air-
craft clipped a power line and came to rest in a lake. The pilot
and sole occupant managed to get out of the chopper. He sus-
tained injuries and was transported to a hospital in Bern.
18may18 XA-UHZ B737-201 21816 w/o
Since Cuban national airline Cubana de Aviación had to
ground pretty much all of its outdated aircraft (mainly due
to lack of spare parts) they decided to lease Western equip-
ment. This was in the form of two B737s leased from Italian
airline Blue Panorama Airlines, a B737 from Global Air
(Damojh Aéreolíneas) and also some ATRs. Boeing 737-200
from Global Air was tasked to perform domestic flight CU972
from Havana-José Martí International Airport to Holguín-
Frank Pais Airport, with 105 passengers (including one baby)
and six crew members.
Sadly, 110 of them never made it, as the old Boeing lost height
shortly after take-off from Havana’s runway 06, contacted
a house, trees and a railway track near position N22.9914
W82.3912 (Google Earth coordinates) and burst into flames.
The three female survivors have been taken to hospitals in
critical condition. The hospital taking care of the survivors
reported that they have been stabilised, their fractures were
fixed and stabilised, permitting better care. Although the
condition of the survivors has been stabilised, they were still
in critical condition. Sadly four days later one of them suc-
cumbed to her injuries, bringing the total that died to 111,
with two surviving the ordeal.
Witnesses on the ground reported they saw the aircraft climb
out of Havana, turn sharply to the right and go down. A large
explosion occurred when the aircraft impacted the ground,
the ground shook.
The following day the CVR (Cockpit Voice Recorder) was
recovered in good condition, the search for the FDR (Flight
Data Recorder) was still continuing.
Shortly after the crash there was confusion over which
Boeing it was that had crashed. Initially it was reported that
a Blue Panorama Boeing 737 was the victim (I-BPAC), but that
was later corrected as it was seen that same day operating
flights CU1976 and CU1945, and was also on the ground at
Havana at the time of the accident and was not involved in
the accident. Social media can be a fickle and very fast thing
and even Scramble itself was not immune to this, also report-
ing initially it was a Blue Panorama Boeing.
18may18 MiG-31 w/oA MiG-31 Foxhound of the Russian Air Force, based at Perm-
Bolshoye Savino caught fire during take-off. Looking at the
YouTube video (see link) it may seem like the landing gear
was to blame but in actual fact it was the engine that caught
fire. Having successfully aborted the take-off both canopies
were opened and the pilots managed to escape.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3yVOqK9HMU&t=10s
19may18 TC-ASN PA-34 34- damThe instructor and his student were not injured after the
Aresti Havacilik Piper Seneca III made a gear-up landing
at Adana Airport, after having almost concluded a training
flight. Only the three greens need some attention.
19may18 N27MP CeTP337G P3370271 damA private Cessna Pressurized Skymaster crash-landed near a
highway as the pilot tried to land at the Manitoba airfield in
Mexico. He and his passenger got out without any significant
injuries.
20may18 B-8129 G200 134 dam