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D: Oct 10
N: Air Force of the
Democratic Republic of
the Congo
N: An-72
S: EK-72903
This aircraft took off from Goma
Airport at 1532hrs local time for a
presidential logistics support flight
to Kinshasa/N’djili Airport but
failed to arrive at its destination, Honduran Air Force Cessna 210N Centurion II FAH-290 following its crash at Base Aérea Coronel Armando Escalón
where it was due to land at Espinal on October 11. Mario Theresin
1743hrs. Last contact with the Addis Ababa to Adama road and the pilot, Captain Kevin against a brick wall, with the
aircraft had been 59 minutes after in the Uke Denkaka area near Domon-Grenier, ejected safely nose, wings and tail broken off.
take-off. The wreckage was found Bishoftu city, due to an engine fire before it crashed in an open field
the following day in a forest 15 immediately after take-off from near Brooks, Fayette County, D: Oct 16
miles (25km) from Okoto village, Debre Zeyit/Harar Meda Airport. Georgia, at around 1330hrs local N: South Sudan Air Force
near Kole, Sankuru province. It was Both crew members were killed. time. Following the accident, the T: An-26B
confirmed that all eight on board RCAF temporarily halted flying S: SP-401
(four crew and four passengers) D: Oct 11 with the CT-114 fleet, stating on While landing at Yambio Airport,
had been killed. The aircraft had N/U: Honduran Air Force/1 October 15 that the pause would South Sudan, the aircraft overshot
been operating with the DRC air Grupo Táctico/Armando remain in place “as long as is the runway and came to rest,
arm since at least December 2018. Escalón Espinal needed to ensure the aircraft stuck in the bush. The Curl was
T: Cessna 210N Centurion II can be operated safely.” carrying six tons of cargo, five crew
D: Oct 10 S: FAH-290 members and 12 passengers, but
N/U: Russian Aerospace During a training flight at Base D: Oct 15 there were no injuries to those
Forces/21 SAD/32 OTSAP Aérea Coronel Armando Escalón N: Afghan Air Force on board. Despite having run
T: An-12BK Espinal, San Pedro Sula/Ramón T: Mi-17V-5 across rough ground for some
S: RF-95428/RA-11260 Villeda Morales International This helicopter was destroyed distance, the aircraft appeared
This aircraft made what appears Airport, the aircraft lost power in a crash at around 1700hrs to be undamaged and a team of
to have been an inadvertent while performing touch-and- local time in an open area engineers from the United Nations
landing with the undercarriage goes and crashed short of the at Durrah-i-Hairratan, near Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS)
retracted at 1119hrs local time at its runway at around 0800hrs local Mazar-i-Sharif, Balkh province, used a truck-mounted heavy winch
base at Koltsovo (Yekaterinburg) time. The aircraft’s undercarriage northern Afghanistan, following to pull the An-26 out of the bush
after a flight from Chelyabinsk. collapsed, a large part of the a technical failure during a and tow it back to the runway.
There were no injuries to the starboard outer wing was torn training flight. All seven crew
17 personnel (six crew and 11 off and the port wingtip was members on board were killed. D: Oct 16
passengers) and damage to the badly damaged. Neither crew N/U: Venezuelan Military
aircraft appeared to be minimal member was seriously injured. D: Oct 16 Aviation/Grupo Aéreo de
– a small fire briefly ignited, but N: German Army/MINUSMA Caza No 11 ‘Diablo’
was quickly extinguished. Despite D: Oct 13 T: Luna X-2000 T: Su-30MK2V
receiving a military serial several N/U: Royal Canadian Air S: 91+43/UNO-111P S: 0457
years ago, the aircraft also wears Force/15 Wing/431 Air This UAV was being operated in During the initial climb out from
its former civilian registration. Demonstration Squadron/ support of the United Nations Base Aérea Militar Capitán Manuel
The Snowbirds Multidimensional Integrated Ríos, El Sombrero, Guárico,
D: Oct 11 T: CT-114 Tutor Stabilization Mission in Mali the aircraft had a mechanical
N: Chinese People’s S: 114071 ‘5’ (MINUSMA) when it crashed in failure while still flying at low
Liberation Army Aviation Shortly before a display at the Mali. The precise location was altitude and abruptly veered to
T: Z-8G Atlanta Motor Speedway, the not reported, but a photograph starboard, resulting in a loss
After departing from Chongzuo aircraft had a technical problem of the wreckage showed it lying of control, following which it
city, Guangxi province, this crashed at 1614hrs local time.
helicopter crashed into a mountain Both pilots ejected at very low
in Xupu county at 1940hrs local altitude, but neither survived.
time. All 11 on board were killed. The aircraft had intended to fly
The accident was not reported to Base Aérea Militar Teniente
at the time, but was revealed Luis del Valle García, Anzoátegui,
by Chinese state media on which is Venezuela’s other
October 26. The helicopter Su-30 base, where it was to
was reportedly participating in undergo unspecified repairs by
an exercise involving a mock specialist Russian technicians.
surprise attack on Hong Kong,
with Xupu county being used D: Oct 17
to represent Hong Kong. N: UAE Air Force and Air
Defence
D: Oct 11 T: Wing Loong II
N: Ethiopian Air Force While supporting Libyan
T: Su-27UBK The wreckage of German Army/MINUSMA Luna X-2000 UAV 91+43/UNO- National Army operations, this
This aircraft crashed near the 111P following its crash in Mali on October 16. UAV crashed after being shot
Abbreviations: D: Date N/U: Nationality/Units T: Type S: Serials

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