Aircrashes In July 2010

RECENT ACCIDENTS
Date:	July 28, 2010     Time: 18:14
Location:	Near Anchorage, Alaska
Operator:	Military - U.S. Air Force
AC Type:	McDonnell Douglas C-17A Globemaster
Reg:	?
Aboard:	4     Fatalities: 4    Ground: 0
Route:	Training
	The four airmen were killed when their cargo plane crashed into a wooded area near Elmendorf Air Force base.
Date:	July 28 2010     Time: 09:45
Location:	Islamabad, Pakistan
Operator:	Airblue       Flight: 202
AC Type:	Airbus A321-231
Reg:	AP-BJB       cn: 1218
Aboard:	152     Fatalities: 152    Ground: 0
Route:	Karachi - Islamabad
	The passenger plane crashed in the Margalla hills while attempting to land at Benazir Bhutto International Airport. The tower lost contact with the plane as it was about to land in poor weather conditions. All 146 passengers and crew of 6 were killed.This is the 70th worst accident in aviation history.
Reuters Photo
Date:	July 23, 2010      Time: 09:00
Location:	Witbank, South Africa
Operator:	South African Police Service
AC Type:	Kawasaki BK 117 B-1
Reg:	ZS-HMY       cn: 7033
Aboard:	7     Fatalities: 7   Ground: 0
Route:	?
Details:	The helicopter collided with high tentsion wires and crashed and burned in a field. Two police helicopters were heading to a break-in at a bakery where police had come under fire and the suspects were believed to have taken a hostage. Date:  July 05, 2010     Time: 17:40 Location:  Tuzla, Romania Operator:  Military - Romanian Air Force AC Type:  Antonov AN-2 Reg:  ? Aboard:  14     Fatalities: 12    Ground: 0 Route:  Tuzla - Tuzla The military plane, on parachuting training flight, crashed into a field shortly after taking off. Operational errors upon take-off most likely caused the accident. AFP Photo Date:  July 4, 2010     Time: 00:18 Location:  Alpine, Texas Operator:  O'Hara Flying Service II LP AC Type:  Cessna 421B Reg:  N31AS       cn: 421B0473 Aboard:  5     Fatalities: 5    Ground: 0 Route:  Alpine - Midland The air ambulance had just taken off from Alpine-Casparis Municipal Airport when the pilot attempted to make an emergency landing. The plane hit a rut in a muddy field, a mile from the airport, overturned and burned. The aircraft was carrying a patient, her husband, two flight nurses and the pilot.