Deliberate Airplane Crashes

Deliberate Airplane Crashes

November 29, 2013 Deliberate Airplane Crashes Mozambican Airlines flight TM470, which was flying from the capital Maputo to Angola when it came down in a Namibian national park. Investigators believe the pilot Hermino dos Santos Fernandes deliberately crashed the plane after locking his door while the copilot was in the restroom.

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      Pilot 'Deliberately' Crashed Plane, Killing 33

      Newser ‎- 9 hours ago

      A Mozambican Airlines plane that went down in Namibia last month, killing all 33 aboard, was no accident according to preliminary ...(NEWSER) – A Mozambican Airlines plane that went down in Namibia last month, killing all 33 aboard, was no accident according to preliminary investigations. With the co-pilot in the bathroom, pilot Hermino dos Santos Fernandes locked the cockpit door, reports the AP, then "made a deliberate series of maneuvers" that systematically lowered the plane's altitude three times—bringing it from 38,000 feet all the way to 592 feet. Dos Santos Fernandes had a "clear intention" to crash the plane, Civil Aviation Institute chief Joao Abreu said yesterday, per the BBC.

   
   

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      1. Official: Mozambique plane crash intentional

         Washington Post ‎- 15 hours ago

         Preliminary investigations into a November plane crash that killed 33 people aboard show that the pilot intentionally brought theMozambican ...
      1. Pilot 'deliberately' caused Mozambique plane crash that killed all 33 on board

         The Independent‎ - by Adam Withnall‎ - 14 hours ago
      2. Mozambique airline captain 'intentionally' crashed plane

         Telegraph.co.uk‎ - 1 day ago
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      BBC News - Pilot 'deliberately crashed' Mozambique plane

      www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-25482083‎
      

      
      

      1 day ago - Mozambique's civil aviation institute says a pilot deliberately crashed a passenger plane last month, killing all 33 people on board.
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   EgyptAir Flight 990 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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   As the evidence of a deliberate crash mounted, the Egyptian government ... the ECAA found the crash was caused by mechanical failure of the airplane's  ...
   

   ‎Flight details - ‎Search and rescue operations - ‎Investigation - ‎Media coverage
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   2012 Boeing 727 crash experiment - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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   Summary, Remote controlled deliberate crash into terrain / CFIT ... On April 27, 2012, a team of scientists staged an airplane crash near Mexicali, Mexico.
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   Category:Airliner accidents and incidents involving deliberate crashes

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   This category lists airliners which are known or suspected to have been deliberately crashed in an act of murder-suicide. The perpetrator may have been by a ...
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   • 1999 Air Botswana incident
   • American Airlines Flight 11
   • American Airlines Flight 77

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   • China Northern Airlines Flight 6136
   • Connellan air disaster

   
   
   

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   • EgyptAir Flight 990

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   • Japan Airlines Flight 350

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   • Pacific Air Lines Flight 773
   • Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 1771 crashed by employee who killed pilots that  had been recently terminated by USAir for petty theft and been suspected of other crimes

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   • Royal Air Maroc Flight 630

   
   
   

   • SilkAir Flight 185 SilkAir Flight 185 was a scheduled passenger flight from Jakarta, Indonesia to Singapore, which crashed into the Musi River on 19 December 1997, killing all 104 people on board. Most thought the pilot turned off the black box before crashing the plane, but there was also an issue with the rudder.

   
   

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   • United Airlines Flight 93
   • United Airlines Flight 175
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   SilkAir Flight 185 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SilkAir_Flight_185‎
   

   
   

   Specifically, a) the accident airplane's flight profile is consistent with ... had suicidal tendencies or a motive to deliberately cause the crash of [the aircraft].".
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   BBC News - Pilot 'deliberately crashed' Mozambique plane

   www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-25482083‎
   

   
   

   1 day ago - Mozambique's civil aviation institute says a pilot deliberately crashed a passenger plane last month, killing all 33 people on board.