Flight Safety Information August 20, 2011 - No. 172 In This Issue Plane crash kills 12 in Canada's Arctic British Military Stunt Team Jet Crashes at Air Show Plane crash kills 12 in Canada's Arctic The First Air charter flight was en route to Resolute Bay from Yellowknife when it crashed. Canadian safety board will investigate the crash Three people are injured, one critically The flight went down about 10 minutes after its last reported communication (CNN) -- A charter flight crashed Saturday afternoon in Canada's Arctic, killing 12 people and injuring three others, officials said. The Boeing 737-200, en route to Resolute Bay from Yellowknife, went down roughly 10 minutes after its last reported communication, according to First Air, an airline based in Kanata, Ontario. Eleven passengers and four crew members were on board. The three survivors are being transported to the Qikiqtani General Hospital in Iqaluit for treatment, according to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. One of the adults was reported to be in critical condition. The cause of the crash near the Resolute Bay airport was not immediately known. Firefighters, medical teams, police and members of the Canadian military were among the first to respond to the accident, according to Dominique Verdon, a spokeswoman with the Canada Department of National Defence. The Transportation Safety Board of Canada will investigate the crash, she said. ******** Date: 20-AUG-2011 Time: 12:50pm Type: Boeing 737-210C(A) Operator: First Air Registration: C-GNWN C/n / msn: 21067/414 Fatalities: Fatalities: 12 / Occupants: 15 Other fatalities: 0 Airplane damage: Written off (damaged beyond repair) Location: Near the hamlet of Resolute Bay, Arctic territory of Nunavut - Canada Phase: Approach Nature: Non Scheduled Passenger Departure airport: Yellowknife Airport - CYZF Destination airport: Resolute Bay Airport - CYRB Narrative: A First Air Boeing 737-210C(A) performing flight 7F-6560 from Yellowknife Airport (CYZF) to Resolute Bay Airport (CYRB) with 11 passengers and 4 crew crashed near the hamlet of Resolute Bay, Arctic territory of Nunavut. Twelve of the fifteen occupants were killed. Sources: http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/world-news/12-killed-in-canada-plane-crash- 16038996.html http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/story/2011/08/20/north-air-crash.html http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-08-20/first-air-says-12-are-killed-in- canadian-arctic-737-crash.html www.aviation-safety.net Back to Top British Military Stunt Team Jet Crashes at Air Show March 22, 2010: Britain's Red Arrows aerobatics squad fly over the Greek Air Force base of Kastelli, on the island of Crete, during a media presentation. LONDON -- A plane belonging to the British military's Red Arrows aerobatic display team crashed Saturday while taking part in an air show in southern England, witnesses and the military said. There was no immediate word on the condition of the pilot. The Ministry of Defense said it was aware of an incident involving the Red Arrows and was investigating. It gave no further details. The BBC and Sky News said the Royal Air Force jet came down near Bournemouth, where an air show is being held Saturday. Witnesses said nine planes took off from Bournemouth Airport to perform a display, but only eight landed. Local resident Shaun Spencer-Perkins said the plane came down in fields, near a river. "I heard a rushing sound and I saw a plane about 15 meters (50 feet) above the ground racing across the fields," he told the BBC. "It impacted and bounced across the field." He said two members of the public jumped into the river to search for the pilot. The Bournemouth Air Festival said events were continuing as scheduled. The Red Arrows are famous for their airborne stunts, multicolored vapor trails, dramatic flypasts and trademark diamond formation. Formed in 1965, the Arrows have flown more than 4,000 displays in 53 countries. Their red single-engine jet trainers are a familiar sight at air shows and military events. The nine-pilot stunt team last had an accident in March 2010, when two jets crashed in training in Crete. Neither pilot was seriously injured in that incident. Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/08/20/british-military-stunt-team- jet-crashes-at-air-show/#ixzz1Vcek2p64 ******** Date: 20-AUG-2011 Time: 13:50 LT Type: BAe Hawk T.1 Operator: Royal Air Force - Red Arrows Registration: XX308 C/n / msn: 143/312133 Fatalities: Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 Other fatalities: 0 Airplane damage: Written off (damaged beyond repair) Location: Near Bournemouth - EGHH - United Kingdom Phase: Approach Nature: Demo/Airshow/Display Departure airport: EGHH Destination airport: EGHH Narrative: Hawk crashed after run & break to land. Wreck in field by river opposite airport. Update 16:21 20/08/2011 The MOD have confirmed the death of Flight Lieutenant Jon Egging of the Royal Air Force Aerobatics Team, The Red Arrows. Bournemouth Borough Council and Bournemouth Air Festival will issue a statement shortly. (Aircraft callsign was "Red 4": this ties in with earlier reports - now confirmed - and the team's website, which lists Jon Egging as "Red 4") Sources: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-14602900 http://news.sky.com/home/uk-news/article/16053735 http://www.bournemouthair.co.uk/ http://www.raf.mod.uk/reds/teamnews/index.cfm?storyid=0A8B622E-5056-A318- A8971C997ADF55C9 http://www.raf.mod.uk/reds/behindthescenes/hawkaircraft.cfm http://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/XX308.html www.aviation-safety.net Curt Lewis, P.E., CSP CURT LEWIS & ASSOCIATES, LLC