2014: YEAR OF AVIATION
DISASTERS? Rajesh Soundararajan
@rajeshsound
Air Algérie Flight 5017
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Alg%C3%A9rie_Flight_5017
Date 24 July 2014
Summary Apparently crashed, wreckage detected[1][2]
Site near Tilemsi, Gao, Mali[2]
Passengers 110[3]
Crew 6
Injuries (non-fatal) Unknown
Fatalities Unknown
Survivors Unknown
Aircraft type McDonnell Douglas MD-83
Operator Swiftair
Registration EC-LTV
Flight origin Ouagadougou Airport, Burkina Faso
Destination Houari Boumediene Airport, Algiers
TransAsia Airways
Flight 222 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TransAsia_Airways_Flight_222
Date 23 July 2014
Summary Failed go-around; occurred during severe storm
Site
Near Xixi village, Huxi, Penghu, Republic of China (Taiwan)
Passengers 54[1]
Crew 4
Injuries (non-fatal) 15 (5 on ground)[2]
Fatalities 48[3]
Survivors 10[3]
Aircraft type ATR 72-500
Operator TransAsia Airways
Registration B-22810
Flight origin Kaohsiung International Airport
Destination Magong Airport
Malaysia Airlines Flight
17 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysia_Airlines_Flight_17
Date 17 July 2014
Summary
Shot down, most likely by a Buk surface-to-air missile[1][2][3][4] (still under investigation)[5]
Site Near Hrabove, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine
Passengers 283
Crew 15
Fatalities 298
Survivors 0
Aircraft type Boeing 777-200ER
Operator Malaysia Airlines
Registration 9M-MRD
Flight origin Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
Destination Kuala Lumpur International Airport
Skyward International
Aviation Fokker 50
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skyward_International_Aviation_Fokker_50
Date July 2, 2014
Summary Crash during climb
Site Utawala, Embakasi, Kenya
Passengers 0
Crew 4
Injuries (non-fatal) 0
Fatalities 4 (all)
Survivors 0
Aircraft type Fokker 50
Operator Skyward International Aviation
Registration 5Y-CET
Flight origin Jomo Kenyatta International Airport
Destination Mogadishu International Airport
Olsberg mid-air
collision http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Olsberg_mid-air_collision
Date 23 June 2014
Summary Mid-air collision
Site Olsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Total fatalities 2
Total survivors 1
First aircraft
A Luftwaffe Eurofighter Typhoon.
Type Eurofighter Typhoon
Operator Taktisches Luftwaffengeschwader 31 "Boelcke", Luftwaffe
Flight origin Nörvenich Air Base, Germany
Destination Nörvenich Air Base
Crew 1
Survivors 1
Second aircraft
D-CGFI, the Learjet that crashed.
Type Learjet 35A
Operator GFD Gesellschaft Fur Flugzieldarstellung
Registration D-CGFI
Flight origin Hohn Air Base, Germany
Destination Hohn Air Base
Crew 2
Fatalities 2
Ukrainian Air Force
Ilyushin Il-76 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukrainian_Air_Force_Ilyushin_Il-76_shoot-down
Date 14 June 2014
Summary Shoot-down
Site
Near Luhansk International Airport, Luhansk, Ukraine
Passengers 40
Crew 9
Fatalities 49 (all)
Aircraft type Ilyushin Il-76MD
Operator Ukrainian Air Force
Registration 76777[1]
Destination Luhansk International Airport
Lao People's Liberation Army Air
Force AN-74 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Lao_People%27s_Liberation_Army_Air_Force_An-
74_crash
Date 17 May 2014
Summary Under Investigation [1]
Site Baan Nadi, Xiangkhouang Province
Fatalities 16
Survivors 1
Aircraft type Antonov 74TK-300
Operator Lao People's Liberation Army Air Force
Registration RDPL-34020
Flight origin Wattay International Airport, Vientiane
Destination Xieng Khouang Airport, Phonsavan
Haughey Air AgustaWestland AW139
crash http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haughey_Air_AgustaWestland_AW139_crash
Date 13 March 2014
Summary Under investigation
Site Gillingham, Norfolk, United Kingdom
Passengers 2
Crew 2
Fatalities 4 (all)
Aircraft type AgustaWestland AW139
Operator Haughey Air
Registration G-LBAL
Flight origin Gillingham, Norfolk
Stopover Coventry Airport
Destination Rostrevor, County Down, United Kingdom
Malaysia Airlines MH370
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysia_Airlines_Flight_370
Date 8 March 2014
Summary Missing
Site Unknown
Passengers 227
Crew 12
Aircraft type Boeing 777-200ER
Operator Malaysia Airlines
Registration 9M-MRO
Flight origin Kuala Lumpur International Airport
Destination Beijing Capital International Airport
HS748 Air Services
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_748_Air_Services_HS_748_crash
Date 17 February 2014
Summary Crash-landed
Site Bentiu, South Sudan
Crew 4 Fatalities 1 Survivors 3
Aircraft type Hawker Siddeley HS 748
Operator 748 Air Services
Registration 5Y-HAJ
Flight origin Juba International Airport, Juba
Destination Bentiu Airport, Bentiu
Ethiopian Airlines Flight
702 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethiopian_Airlines_Flight_702
Date 17 February 2014
Summary Hijacked by co-pilot
Site Hijacked over Sudan, forced to land at Geneva
Passengers 193[1]
Crew 9
Injuries (non-fatal) 0
Fatalities 0
Survivors 202 (all)[2]
Aircraft type Boeing 767-3BGER
Operator Ethiopian Airlines
Registration ET-AMF[3]
Flight origin Addis Ababa Bole International Airport, Ethiopia
Stopover Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport, Italy
Destination Malpensa Airport, Italy
Algeria Lockheed C-130 Hercules http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_748_Air_Services_HS_748_crash
Date 11 February 2014
Summary Under investigation
Site Near Aïn Kercha, Oum El Bouaghi Province, Algeria
Passengers 74 Crew 4 Injuries (non-fatal) 1 Fatalities 77 Survivors 1
Aircraft type Lockheed C-130 Hercules
Operator Algerian Air Force Registration 7T-WHM
Flight origin Tamanrasset, Algeria
Stopover Ouargla, Algeria
Destination Constantine, Algeria
Nepal Airlines Flight
183 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepal_Airlines_Flight_183
Date 16 February 2014
Summary Under investigation
Site Dhikura, Arghakhanchi District, Nepal
Passengers 15
Crew 3
Fatalities 18 (all)
Survivors 0
Aircraft type de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter
Operator Nepal Airlines
Registration 9N-ABB
Flight origin Pokhara Airport, Nepal
Destination Jumla Airport, Nepal
Romania Britten-Norman Islander
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Romania_Britten-Norman_Islander_crash
Date 20 January 2014 (2014-01-20)
Summary Under investigation
Site Petreasa, Horea, Alba County, Romania
Passengers 3
Crew 2
Injuries (non-fatal) 3
Fatalities 2
Survivors 3
Aircraft type Britten-Norman BN-2A-27 Islander
Registration YR-BNP
Flight origin Bucharest, Romania
Destination Oradea, Bihor County
2014: YEAR OF AVIATION
DISASTERS? Rajesh Soundararajan
@rajeshsound
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