Francisco Cunha - ✈️ Aviation et al✓

Italian Fire Service CL-415 crash in Sicily, killing both crew members, exactly four years ago today. Plane was taking part in aerial firefighting operations when it impacted a mountain near Linguaglossa, after releasing its water load.

The Australian 707 crash ➡️ October 29 1991: a Royal Australian Air Force – RAAF on a training flight crashes off Victoria. All 5 crew die. While simulating asymmetric flight, jet stalled and crew lost control. Enquiry noted issues regarding SOP related to RAAF´s operation of the type and its training programs. More accidents from this October 29 below, including a US Sports tragedy, a Pakistan Navy P-3 Orion loss and others ➡️ 1960: Cal Poly football team plane crash (US): a chartered C-46 crashes on take-off at Ohio. 22 of 48 aboard die, including 16 players of the California Polytechnic State University football team. Report stated crew "lost control during a premature lift-off". ➡️ 1999: a Pakistan Navy P-3 Orion [Registration “83”] crashes off Pasni (Pakistan). All 21 aboard die. Accident occurred while the aircraft was involved in a maritime patrol flight, as part of a series of exercises. Initial reports by authorities pointed to a likely technical issue. ➡️ 2006: ADC Airlines Flight 053, a B-737, crashes in Abuja (Nigeria), 96 of 105 aboard die. On take-off, jet stalled at low height. Report noted Captain decision to take-off in known deteriorating weather conditions, failure to execute windshear recovery procedure, others. ➡️ 1953: BCPA Flight 304, a DC-6, crashes in Half Moon Bay (California, (US), all 19 aboard die. On approach to S. Francisco Int. airport, aircraft impacted King´s Mountain in CFIT. Cause: "The failure of the crew to follow prescribed procedures for an instrument approach." ➡️1959: Olympic Airways Fight 214, a C-47, crashes in Avlon Attiki (Greece), all 19 aboard die. Contact was lost following a routine radio comm. by crew. Inquiry found #1 engine had suffered a catastrophic failure, that damaged the wing causing it to separate from airplane. Others (no Pictures) ➡️ 2014: an ATAC Hawker Hunter [N332AX] crashes in Point Mugu NAS (California, US), pilot dies. Jet stalled on approach, report pointed pilot actions. Fighter had been operated by a private company under contract to the United States Navy and was used for training. ➡️ 2023: a Cessna 208 crashed in Acre (Brazil). All 12 aboard died. Aircraft went down shortly after take-off from Rio Branco airport, Plane was operated ART by “Táxi Aéreo Ltda” [Registration “PT-MEE”] ➡️ 1994: Aeronika Flight 9223, a cargo An-12, crashes in Irkutsk (Russia). All 23 aboard die. On approach at night and bad weather, plane nosed down, hit ground 1.3 mi from airport. Cause: stall due to insufficient speed. Factors: weather, breach of SOP; poor CRM, others. ➡️ 1941: a Soviet AF Li-2 [Registration unknown] crashes in Golodyayevka (Russia). All 24 aboard die. Enroute in poor weather the aircraft began circling a forest before going down. Based on available evidence, investigation could not determine accident cause.

One of various “CFR Part 135” crashes that showed lack of FAA Supervision on these operations ➡️ OTD in 1989: Aloha Islandair Flight 1712, a DHC-6, crashes in Molokai (Hawaii, US), all 20 aboard die. Plane hit mt. in CFIT. Investigation stated pilot was flying under VFR when it should have been on IMC, noting lack of supervision on the airline and also plane´s lack of GPWS. More accidents from this date below, including an Israeli “Special Operation” and two Spanish occurrences, including the demise of Spain´s “Other Franco” (along with the usual Aeroflot Entry) ➡️ 1956: an Egyptian AF Il-14 is shotdown by Israeli AF Meteor fighters over the Mediterranean. Attack intended to kill General Abed al-Hakim Amar before the Invasion that led to the Suez crisis. It later surfaced that the General was not aboard. The interception mission by Israeli, backed by their intelligence sources, was named “Operation Tarnegol”. ➡️1938: Spanish aviation pioneer Ramon Franco dies when a “Nationalist” AF CANT Z.506 crashes off Mallorca (Spain). Plane was in bombing mission, reportedly overloaded, and weather conditions were bad. Ramon was the brother of future "Caudillo" Francisco Franco. ➡️ 1957: an Iberia C-47 [EC-ACH] crashes in Madrid (Spain), all 21 aboard die. In level flight #1 engine caught fire, went down attempting an emergency landing. Inquiry traced conflagration to “extraneous objects” in the nacelle. which led to catastrophic damage. ➡️ 1954: Aeroflot Flight 136, an Il-12, crashes in Krasnoyarsk (Russia). All 19 aboard die. On approach, at night, plane hit Mt Sivukha on CFIT. Plane was off course by 82 miles due to strong winds. Inquiry noted poor flight organization and issues with ATC and METAR. ➡️ 2003: a Sudanese Air Force Mi-8 [Registration Unknown] crashes in Umm Sayala (Sudan). All 20 aboard die. According to media reports, authorities blamed the accident on an “Unspecified technical problem”. More information on this occurrence is appreciated.

RT @yvemor: @OnDisasters Thank you for sharing Francisco! Both Edit Piaf and Marcel Cerdan are legends in France. There were 500000 people in the streets to salute her when her coffin was moved to her apartment to the Cimetary in 1963.

RT @GaboAir: Evacuación por fuego en un motor. Esto sucedió en 2016, luego de un despegue interrumpido en Chicago O'Hare. Boeing 767 de American Airlines. Importante ante una evacuación: Seguir las instrucciones de la tripulación. Abandonar la aeronave en forma ordenada. NO detenerse ni demorar para llevar consigo un objeto personal o equipaje de mano. 📹 publicado por @OnDisasters

RT @CarlBads69: I went down the Holmes rabbit hole around 2021. I get it: she preyed on sensitive young (physically old) billionaires with misplaced paternal girl-dad energy, constant sexual fuck-me eyes, never insecure, always hungry. One of the most compelling recent figures. In tech instead of medicine, she’d be a millionaire. Like Seth Dillon, she lied about her product for a bajillion dollars. She tried to make it work but got over her skis and stayed too long. As a female, she was foisted to fame levels nameless dudes never reached (who remain unscathed). I could fix her. The scammer Indian dude she hooked up with is more to blame than her.

hear me out...

RT @BuzzPatterson: “Well, …, I was inverted.” 💪🇺🇸🔥

Busy day for airport fire crews: along with American Airlines Flight 363 in O´ Hare tweeted earlier, October 28th 2016 also saw this fiery FedEx MD-10 crash at Florida, after the left landing gear collapsed on touchdown at Ft. Lauderdale. Both crew survived, jet written off. Report pointed to fatigue cracking, noting issues with maintenance. 🎥 Pancho Shelby

RT @StansaidAirport: Damn. A Ryanair pilot has just finished training and somehow our simulator is now 80 miles away and in the middle of nowhere.

Textbook rejected take-off: OTD in 2016 American Airlines Flight 383, a B-767, has an uncontained engine failure on take-off from Chicago O´ Hare. Crew stoped safely and all 170 aboard evacuated. Report pointed manufacturing anomaly in HPT stage 2 disk. 🎥 Americký Sen

RT @bayraktar_1love: Epic footage of a Ukrainian F-16 shooting down a Russian aerial target with an air-to-air missile, as Ukrainian civilians cheer from the ground.

WestJet B-737 collided with a food catering truck while taxiing at Toronto, yesterday evening. Truck was substantially damaged, no info on the plane´s damage. Jet [C-FRYV] was operating Flight WS222, arriving from Puerto Vallarta ℹ️(ASN)

RT @OnDisasters: Imagine overloading a plane by nearly a ton, taking off in bad weather and hoping it wouldn´t crash. And yes, it happened in Russia (and wasn´t a unique OTD dumb crash) ➡️ OTD in 1953: Aeroflot Flight 783, an Il-12, crashes in Magadan (Russia). 22 of 27 aboard die. On take-off, aircraft had difficulty gaining height, reached 200 ft before stalling out of control. Factors: plane overloaded by 2195 pounds/996 kg and improper deicing. This was not the only bizarre accident occurring on this day, with two other unrelated “dumb” occurrences as well. ➡️ 1951: a Guatemalan AF C-47 crashes in Petén (Guatemalan). 26 of 28 aboard die. Shortly after take-off, on initial climb, there was an uncontrolled cabin fire, later traced to a lit cigarette. Smoke caused loss of control, plane went down 1.2 mi from Flores airport. ➡️ 1975: a TAM CV-440 [Reg. “TAM-44”] crashes in Cerro Colorado (Bolivia). All 67 aboard die*. After take-off at night, plane had difficulty gaining height and struck Mt. Colorado, near airport. Inquiry stated aircraft was overloaded and could not overcame obstacles. *“TAM-44” had been modified by TAM to carry more passengers than the original CV-440 certification. Also, the flight was operated by Transporte Aéreo Militar - TAM and carried military officers along with their families. More accidents on this day below, including a very Italian conspiracy theory, two major occurrences with British regional airliners and others ➡️ 1962: Enrico Mattei, head of Italian Oil Company ENI, dies in the crash of a MS.760 company jet [I-SNAP] in Milan (Italy). The 2 others aboard also died. Accident occured on approach under stormy weather. Enquiries labeled it an accident and dismissed sabotage rumors. To get an idea of the conspiracy theories, on this one, as late as 1997, a new autopsy was performed on one of the victims trying to find evidence of sabotage (it didn´t, but its Italy, and their judicial system fails would deserve itself an OTD account. ➡️ 1972: Air Inter Flight 696, a Viscount, crashes in Loire (France), 60 of 68 aboard die. On approach, at night and bad weather, plane hit ground on CFIT. Inquiry pointed navigation error by crew – plane was 18 mi off route - noting possibility of instrument issues. ➡️ 1965: A BEA Vanguard [G-APEE] crashes in London (England), all 36 aboard die. On approach, plane impacted ground 2600 ft m from Heathrow runway 28R. Investigation pointed to pilot actions and listed factors such as visibility, training and fatigue, among others.

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The Jonestown Massacre (well the beginning of it). Showed it in journalism class. Every "activist journalist commentator" should see this one: now this is what you can pay for doing proper reporting.

The camera was still rolling when the gunmen opened fire... Within seconds, people were falling to the ground. Others scrambled beneath the airplanes, desperately trying to survive. And behind the camera was a man who had no idea he was recording the final moments of his own life. His name was Bob Brown. It was November 18, 1978. Brown was an NBC cameraman who had accompanied Congressman Leo Ryan to a remote settlement in Guyana called Jonestown, where hundreds of Americans were living under the control of cult leader Jim Jones. Families back home had been pleading for help, claiming their loved ones were being abused, manipulated, and prevented from leaving. Ryan had traveled there to investigate. When the delegation arrived, Jones put on a show. There was music, food, smiling followers, and assurances that everyone was happy. But as the evening unfolded, residents began secretly passing notes to the visitors. They wanted out. The following day, Ryan arranged to take several defectors with him. They traveled to a nearby airstrip, where two small planes were waiting. For those escaping Jonestown, freedom was finally within reach. Then a tractor pulling a trailer appeared. Inside were armed members of Jones's inner circle. The men climbed out and opened fire. Brown kept his camera pointed toward the attackers, capturing several seconds of the shooting before he himself was struck. He was killed alongside Congressman Ryan, two other journalists, and a woman who had been trying to escape Jonestown. But the horror unfolding at the airstrip was only part of what happened that afternoon. Back at Jonestown, Jim Jones had gathered his followers. A cyanide-laced drink was prepared, children were poisoned, and many adults were coerced into dying. By the end of the day, more than 900 people were dead. It became known as the Jonestown massacre. And among the evidence recovered from the airstrip was something extraordinary. Bob Brown's camera. The footage survived. Nearly 48 years later, we can still watch the moment a journalist unknowingly filmed the attack that would take his life. He never made it home. His footage did.

RT @TopFighterPilot: Former Air Force squadron commander here. If she thinks taking off her rank patch is going to give her some special status, she is going to be very disappointed as she signs her Article 15.

It caught me off guard because i wasn’t expecting her to pan to other people in the room. What exactly is she trying to accomplish here

“They stole from the dead” is a reply still heard about this accident when you visit the crash site, which is some 30 miles from where I live. October 28 1949: An Air France Constellation crashes on São Miguel Island (Azores, Portugal) All 48 aboard die, among them world champion boxeur Marcel Cerdan and famed violinist Ginette Neveu. Investigators pointed to a navigation error leading to a CFIT. Cerdan, considered one of France´s all-time greatest was also famous for his relationship with iconic French singer Edith Piaaf, who reportedly was never more the same after his demise. On another historical note, Neveu boarded the ill-fated flight carrying her valuable Stradivarius Violin. It was not found at the crash site and its fate remains a mystery to this day This twitter account´s owner has a book regarding this and other stories of air disasters in the Azores.

RT @Tokkotai___: Hedonismo aeronáutico El malogrado #Yakolev Yak-141, auténtico prodigio de ingeniería y primer avión VTOL supersónico. Destinado a sustituir al limitado Yak-38 de las cubiertas de los portaviones Clase Kiev para dotar a la Armada Roja con un caza de altas prestaciones #ColdWar

RT @AP: Serial killer Ted Bundy is linked to another Utah teenager's 1974 murder through new DNA testing, prosecutor says.

RT @OnDisasters: The only fatality by enemy fire during the Cuban Missile Crisis. OTD in 1962 - A USAF U-2 is shot down by a SAM fired by Soviet forces in the island. Pilot Rudolf Anderson´s pressure suit was hit by shrapnel, killing him. 🎥 13 days