23 plane crashes in year 2006

27th November, 2006

IRGC Air Force Antonov 74T with 38 people onboard crashes in Iran

An Iranian military Antonov-74 plane heading towards the southern Iranian city of Shiraz on a military mission crashed at Tehran International Mehrabad Airport, Iran, immediately after…

18th November, 2006

Aerosucre Colombia Boeing 727 freighter with 5 people onboard crashes in Colombia

The Boeing 727 belonging to Aerosucre was on a cargo flight from Bogota, Colombia, to Leticia, Colombia. The plane crashed as it approached Leticia airport in Colombia's Amazon region,…

29th October, 2006

ADC Airlines Boeing 737 with 105 people onboard crashes in Nigeria

The plane, a Boeing 737 operated by the private Nigerian airline ADC (Aviation Development Company), was on a passenger flight from Lagos (Nigeria) to Sokoto (north-west Nigeria), via Abuja.…

10th October, 2006

Atlantic Airways BAe 146-200A with 16 people onboard crashes in Norway

The Atlantic Airways Flight RC670 was chartered by the Norwegian industrial concern Aker Kværner to fly personnel from Stavanger to Molde via Stord (Norrway). The flight was performed by a…

29th September, 2006

GOL Transportes Aéreos Boeing 737 with 155 people onboard crashes in Brazil

GOL Flight 1907 departed the principal Amazon city of Manaus (Brazil) at 15:35 on a scheduled flight to the capital Brasilia and Rio de Janeiro. It was expected to arrive at Brasilia at…

1st September, 2006

Iran Air Tour Tupolev 154M with 148 people onboard crashes in Iran

The flight by Iran Airtour, which is affiliated with Iran's national air carrier, was arriving from Bandar Abbas on Iran's southern coast when the accident occurred. It skidded off the runway…

27th August, 2006

Comair (Delta Airlines) Canadair CRJ-100 with 50 people onboard crashes in Kentucky, USA

Delta Flight 5191 was en route from Blue Grass Airport in Lexington, Kentucky, to Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport. The plane crashed a mile from the airport shortly after…

22nd August, 2006

Pulkovo Airlines Tupolev 154 with 170 people onboard crashes in Ukraine

13th August, 2006

Air Algérie Lockheed L-100-30 with 3 people onboard crashes in Italy

The cargo plane took off from Algiers, Algeria, and was en route to Frankfurt, Germany, when it crashed in the vicinity of Milan, Italy. The aircraft was in contact with Milan Air Traffic…

3rd August, 2006

TRACEP Antonov 28 with 17 people onboard crashes in Congo

The Antonov 28 belonging to the local private airline Air Traset was on a flight from the mining town of Lugushwa (130 km south of Bukavu) and carried mining products but also 14 passengers.…

10th July, 2006

Aviatsiya Voyenno-Morskoyo Tupolev 134 with 20 people onboard crashes in Ukraine



10th July, 2006

PIA Fokker F-27 with 45 people onboard crashes in Pakistan

The Fokker 27, belonging to Pakistan International Airlines - PIA, was on a passenger flight from Multan (Pakistan) to Lahore with 41 passengers and 4 crew members. It crashed shortly after…

9th July, 2006

S7 Airline Airbus A310 with 203 people onboard crashes in Russia

The Sibir (S7) airline Airbus A-310 was on a passenger flight from Moscow to Irkutsk (Siberia, regional capital close to Lake Baikal) with 203 people on board. While landing, the aircraft…

3rd May, 2006

Armavia Airbus A320 with 113 people onboard crashes in Russia

The A320 operating Armavia flight RNV 967 from Erevan (Armenia), to Sochi (Russia) disappeared from radar screens while it was performing its second approach. The crew had first decided to…

23rd April, 2006

KSAMC Antonov 74 with 6 people onboard crashes in Cameroon

The Antonov AN-74 had taken off from Sabaha in Libya and had been due to land three hours later at N'Djamena's international airport (Chad). The aircraft had been chartered to a foreign…

16th April, 2006

TAM Bolivia Fokker F27 with 31 people onboard runs off the runway in Bolivia

The aircraft left Riberalta-General Buech Airport (Bolivia) for a passenger flight to Guayaramerin (Bolivia). The crew was informed about heavy rain falls on Guayaramerin. On landing, the…

12th April, 2006

General Kikunda Boeing 737 with 7 people onboard crashes in Congo

The Boeing 737-200 belonging to General Kikunda (a senior aviation figure in the Democratic Republic of Congo) crashed during a test flight, killing all seven people on board (Kikunda, was…

10th April, 2006

Kenya Air Force Harbin Y-12 with 17 people onboard crashes in Kenya

The Harbin Y-12 was on a military flight from Nairobi to Marsabit with 17 passengers (most of them were Kenyan politicians) and crew members on board. They lost direction of the airstrip…

3rd April, 2006

US Air Force Lockheed C-5 Galaxy with 17 people onboard crashes in USA

After take off from Dover Air Force Base, the huge military cargo aircraft had indications of engine problems, and declared an in-flight emergency for a No. 2 engine flameout. It turned back…

1st April, 2006

Team Airline Let 410 with 19 people onboard crashes in Brazil

A small LET-410 twin-engine plane belonging to the local Team Airline crashed in the mountains of Rio de Janeiro state (Brazil), killing all the 17 passengers and 2 crew members aboard. The…

28th March, 2006

Phoenix Avia Antonov 12 with 12 people onboard crashes in Iran

The Armenian AN-12 belonging to Phoenix Avia departed Payam Airport, Iran, for a cargo flight to Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. A few seconds after take-off, the aircraft collided in a flock…

11th February, 2006

Sudan Air Force Antonov 26 with 20 people onboard crashes in Sudan

The aircraft was on a military flight. It was landing at Aweil when a front tire burst causing the plane to veer and crash into a building. The Antonov then caught fire, but it is unclear…

19th January, 2006

Slovak Air Force Antonov 24 with 43 people onboard crashes in Hungary

The aircraft, a 32-years old Antonov AN24, owned by Slovak Air Force (Letectva a Protivzdu Obrany-snej Slovenskej), crashed and burst into flames in a wooded area, near the eastern Hungarian…