Query: Plane crashes (copy) by jsoares

SELECT 
  *
FROM @kaggle.luiscfrancisco_plane_crashes_dataset.accident_details_compiled
WHERE EXTRACT(YEAR FROM STRPTIME("date", '%B %-d, %Y')) = 2001

n	date	time	location	operator	flight	route	ac_type	registration	cn_ln	aboard	fatalities	ground	summary
ACCIDENT DETAILS	January 04, 2001	?	Zheng Zou AB, China	Military - People's Liberation Army	?	Training	Shaanxi Yunshuji Y-8/Yunshuji Y-8	31242/31243	?	16 (passengers:0 crew:16)	16 (passengers:0 crew:16)	6	Two Antonov 12 planes collided in midair killing all aboard and 6 on the ground.
ACCIDENT DETAILS	January 08, 2001	?	Near Silimo, Indonesia	Military - Tentara Nasional Indonesia Navy	?	Timika - Jayapura	CASA 212-MP Aviocar 200	U-614	223/63N	9 (passengers:0 crew:9)	9 (passengers:0 crew:9)	0	Struck Timika Peak at 11,800 ft. shortly after taking off. Controlled flight into terrain.
ACCIDENT DETAILS	January 23, 2001	2135	Eider Point, Alaska	Majestic Air Cargo	?	?	Douglas C-47A-30-DK (DC-3C)	N19454	13863	2 (passengers:0 crew:2)	2 (passengers:0 crew:2)	0	The cargo plane crashed on Table Top Mountain while en route. The airplane flightcrew's failure to maintain adequate distance/altitude from mountainous terrain during a departure climb to cruise flight, and the captain's impairment from drugs. Factors in the accident were dark night conditions, and the first officer's impairment from drugs.
ACCIDENT DETAILS	January 25, 2001	1815	Ciudad Bolivar, Venezuela	Rutaca Airlines	224	Canaina - Ciudad Bolivar - Por La Mar	Douglas DC-3C (C47A-DL)	YV-224C	19055	24 (passengers:20 crew:4)	24 (passengers:20 crew:4)	0	The plane caught fire shortly after taking off from Ciudad Bolivar where it had made a refueling stop. The pilot was unable to tell the tower what was wrong before rolling inverted and crashing into a neighborhood south of the city.
ACCIDENT DETAILS	January 27, 2001	1737	Byers, Colorado	North Bay Charter	?	Broomfield, CO - Stillwater, OK	Beech King Air 200 Catpass	N81PF	BB-158	10 (passengers:8 crew:2)	10 (passengers:8 crew:2)	0	The plane was on a charter flight from Jefferson County Airport to Stillwater, Oklahoma. Radio and radar contact was lost 20 - 30 minutes after the plane took off as it reached 23,000 feet. The aircraft crashed at a high rate of speed into the ground on a farm 40 miles east of Denver. There was light snow and 1.5 miles visibility at the time of the accident. Two members and six staffers of the Oklahoma State University basketball team were among those killed. The probable cause of this accident was the pilots spatial disorientation resulting from his failure to maintain positive manual control of the airplane with the available flight instrumentation. Contributing to the cause of the accident was the loss of a.c. electrical power during instrument meteorological conditions.
ACCIDENT DETAILS	January 31, 2001	1650	El Yopal, Colombia	Lineas Aereas Suramericanas	?	El Yopal - Mitu	Sud Aviation SE-210 Caravelle 10R	HK-3932X	201	6 (passengers:3 crew:3)	3 (passengers:2 crew:1)	0	While attempting to land at Mitú, the cargo plane's landing gear struck the ground short of the threshold. A go- around was executed but the No. 1 engine was shut down because of low oil pressure. The plane flew over the control tower twice to determine the state of the landing gear. It appeared that part of the left main landing gear was missing. The crew then positioned the plane for an approach and landing. As the plane turned into long final, it struck the ground, crashed in a meadow and caught fire.
ACCIDENT DETAILS	February 08, 2001	1540	Nurnberg, Germany	E.A.S. Aeroservizi	?	Nurnberg - Rome, Italy	Learjet 35A	I-MOCO	35-445	3 (passengers:1 crew:2)	3 (passengers:1 crew:2)	0	The plane experienced asymetrical thrust during takeoff. Rose 200-300 ft., stalled and crashed into trees. An in-flight failure of the left power plant appromately 3 minutes after take-off and inadequate conduct of the crew so that in short final the airplane stalled and crashed from low height. The failure of the left engine was caused by intergranular fractures of retention posts on the high pressure turbine disk. As a result of incorrect service life recordings the maximum number of cycles had considerably been exceeded.
ACCIDENT DETAILS	February 08, 2001	1920	Beaver Island, Minnesota	Northern Illinois Flight Center	?	Chicago - Beaver Island	Swearingen SA.227AT Merlin IVC	N318DH	AT-469	6 (passengers:4 crew:2)	2 (passengers:0 crew:2)	0	Impacted trees and crashed while attempting to land. The flightcrew not maintaining altitude/clearance during the circling instrument approach. Factors were the pilot in command initiating the flight without proper weather reporting facilities at the destination, the flightcrew not flying to an alternate destination, the flightcrew not following company and FAA procedures/directives, the lack of certification of the second pilot, the operator not following company and FAA procedures/directives, and the dark night and the low ceiling.
ACCIDENT DETAILS	February 10, 2001	?	Jakobkondre, Suriname	Gum Air Charter	?	Paramaribo - Jakobkondre	GAF Nomad N24A	PZ-TBP	N24A-73	10 (passengers:9 crew:1)	10 (passengers:9 crew:1)	0	After losing radio contact with the airport, the aircraft was observed flying low before crashed into a mountainside 2 nm from Jakobkondre.
ACCIDENT DETAILS	February 27, 2001	1730	Near Granton Harbour, Scotland	Loganair	670	Edinburgh - Belfast	Shorts 360-100	G-BNMT	SH3723	2 (passengers:0 crew:2)	2 (passengers:0 crew:2)	0	Double engine failure on take off cause the cargo plane to ditch in Firth of the Forth estuary. Icing.
ACCIDENT DETAILS	March 03, 2001	0955	Unadilla, Georgia	Military - Florida Army National Guard	?	Fort Walton Beach, Fl - Oceana Naval Air Station, VA	Short 360	93-1336	3684/3420	21 (passengers:18 crew:3)	21 (passengers:18 crew:3)	0	The plane was on a flight from Florida to Oceana Naval Air Station in Virginia when witnesses observed the plane gliding down and losing altitude until it impacted the ground, exploding into flames. Heavy rain and wind were present in the area at the time of the accident. Weight imbalances in the aircraft were the primary cause of the accident as the cargo shifted when the pilot got up and walked through the plane toward the rear of the plane, unbalancing the aircraft just as it hit severe turbulence. This led to the loss of control and break-up of the aircraft.
ACCIDENT DETAILS	March 03, 2001	1448	Bangkok, Thailand	Thai Airways	114	Bangkok - Chiang Mai.	Boeing B-737-4D7	HS-TDC	25321/2113	5 (passengers:0 crew:5)	1 (passengers:0 crew:1)	0	The aircraft exploded and caught fire 35 minutes before its scheduled takeoff. Five members of the cabin crew were the only people aboard the plane at the time. Witnesses said they heard an explosion before flames erupted aboard the aircraft. NTSB investigators reported that the center fuel tank exploded followed by the right tank 18 minutes later. The cause for the explosion was unclear. The center fuel tank is located near air conditioning packs which generate heat, and were running nonstop prior to the explosion.
ACCIDENT DETAILS	March 15, 2001	?	Medina, Saudi Arabia	Vnukovo Airlines	?	Istanbul - Moscow	Tupolev 154M	RA-85619	86A-738	174 (passengers:162 crew:12)	3 (passengers:2 crew:1)	0	The plane was hijacked and flown to Medina, Saudi Arabia. The plane was stormed and three people killed.
ACCIDENT DETAILS	March 24, 2001	16:30	Gustavia, St. Barthélémy, French West Indies	Air Caraibes	1501	St. Maarten - St. Barthélémy	de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter	F-OGES	254	19 (passengers:17 crew:2)	19 (passengers:17 crew:2)	1	The aircraft took off from Prinses Juliana Airport at St. Maarten for a 15 minute flight to St. Jean Airport at St. Barthélémy. While attempting to land at St. Barthélémy the plane veered sharply to the left and plunged straight down crashing into a house and bursting into flames. Weather was good at the time of the accident.
ACCIDENT DETAILS	March 26, 2001	1825	Jadura, Indonesia	Merpati Nusantara Airlines	?	Training	Fokker F-27 Friendship 500F	PK-MFL	10609	3 (passengers:0 crew:3)	3 (passengers:0 crew:3)	0	While approaching Juanda for the 8th touch-and-go landing the aircraft banked to the left, crashed and caught fire.
ACCIDENT DETAILS	March 29, 2001	1901	Near Aspen, Colorado	Jetwingsco Inc. - Private Charter	-	Los Angeles - Aspen	Grummand Gulfstream III	N303GA	303	18 (passengers:15 crew:3)	18 (passengers:15 crew:3)	0	The aircraft was on final approach to Sardy Field when it crashed short of the runway into a hill northwest of the airport killing all aboard. The jet crashed into a small hillside 500 yards short of the runway, jumped over a culvert and crashed into another bluff exploding in flames. Wreckage was strewn over 100 yards. There was light snow and mist reported in the area at the time of the accident. The flight crew's operation of the airplane below the minimum descent altitude without an appropriate visual reference for the runway. The crew was also under pressure to land before a landing curfew took effect.
ACCIDENT DETAILS	April 04, 2001	?	Adar Yeil, Sudan	Military - Sudan Air Force	?	Adar Yeil - Khartoum	Antonov AN-24	?	?	30 (passengers:? crew:?)	14 (passengers:? crew:?)	0	The aircraft crashed on takeoff during a sandstorm, killing Sudan's deputy defense minister and 13 high-ranking military officers.
ACCIDENT DETAILS	April 07, 2001	1530	Thanh Tranh Village, Vietnam	SFC Vietnam - Charter - Full Account	?	Vinh - Dong Hoi - Hue	Mil Mi-18 Helicopter	VN-8415	96168	16 (passengers:13 crew:3)	16 (passengers:13 crew:3)	0	The helicopter, carrying members of Full Account, a group searching for the remains of U.S. troops missing in action during the Vietnam War, crashed into a mountainside in heavy fog.
ACCIDENT DETAILS	April 28, 2001	0515	Near Roque Perez, Argentina	Private - Techint group	?	San Fernando - El Calafate	Cessna 208B Grand Caravan	LV-WSC	208B-0580	10 (passengers:8 crew:2)	10 (passengers:8 crew:2)	0	The aircraft crashed into rugged farm land, 120 miles south of Buenos Aires. Possible icing. Agostino Rocca, president of the Buenos Aires-based Techint construction group and German Sopena, managing editor of the Argentine newspaper La Nacion, were among those killed.
ACCIDENT DETAILS	May 16, 2001	1315	Malatya, Turkey	Military - Turkish Air Force	?	Diyarbakir - Ankara	CASA CN-235M-10	?	C-006	34 (passengers:28 crew:6)	34 (passengers:28 crew:6)	0	The aircraft went into a steep dive from 17,000 feet and crashed into a field. Hydraulic failure caused by ice.
ACCIDENT DETAILS	May 17, 2001	0745	Near Sari, Iran	Faraz Qeshm Airlines	?	Tehran - Gorgan	Yakovlev YAK-40	EP-TQP	9740856	30 (passengers:25 crew:5)	30 (passengers:25 crew:5)	0	The aircraft crashed into mountains about 12 miles south of Sari, 55 minutes after taking off from Tehran on a flight to Gorgan. Shortly before the tower lost contact with the plane the pilot reported bad weather and said he was thinking of returning to Tehran. Transport Minister of Iran, Rahman Dadman, 45, killed.
ACCIDENT DETAILS	May 17, 2001	1221	Mendoza, Argentina	Fuerza Aérea Argentina	?	Mendoza - Parana	Fokker F-27 Friendship 400M	TC-76	10412	5 (passengers:0 crew:5)	5 (passengers:0 crew:5)	0	Shortly after taking off the plane veered to the right and crashed into a field. Engine failure.
ACCIDENT DETAILS	May 22, 2001	1635	Near Myakotino, Russia	Military - Russian Air Force	?	Rzhevsk - Morsansk	Antonov 12MGA	RA-12135	00347002	7 (passengers:0 crew:7)	7 (passengers:0 crew:7)	0	Crashed while en route.
ACCIDENT DETAILS	June 15, 2001	1430	Jayapura, Indonesia	Manunggal Air	?	Jayapura - Wamena	Transall C-160NG	PK-VTP	233	19 (passengers:16 crew:3)	1 (passengers:1 crew:0)	0	The aircraft returned to Sentani Airport after experiencing engine trouble, skidded off the runway and struck a fence.
ACCIDENT DETAILS	July 04, 2001	0208	Near Irkutsk, Russia	Vladivostokavia	352	Yekaterinburg - Irkutsk - Vladivostok	Tupolev TU-154M	RA-85845	86A-735	145 (passengers:136 crew:9)	145 (passengers:136 crew:9)	0	The plane crashed and exploded in flames in Siberian woodlands near the village of Burdakovka, about 21 miles from Irkutsk. The aircraft crashed during the third turn in a landing approach to Irkutsk, an intermediate stop for refueling. The first officer was flying the plane, when at 2,600 ft., an audible alarm sounded indicating a wide angle of attack. Eleven seconds later the aircraft swung around 180 degrees and entered a flat spin. The captain ordered the engines at full throttle but it was too late and 22 seconds later the plane hit the ground, belly first, broke up and burned. Incorrect actions of the crew. Due to poor communication between pilots, they put in the wrong parameters while landing causing the plane to descend at the wrong angle. As a result, the plane stalled and entered a spin and crashed.
ACCIDENT DETAILS	July 05, 2001	1140	Off Chinhae, South Korea	Private - Daewoo Shipbuilding	?	Jinhae - Ockpo	Sikorsky S-76B helicopter	HL9240	760341	12 (passengers:9 crew:3)	8 (passengers:7 crew:1)	0	After several delays in taking off, the helicopter crashed into the sea, just off shore, after striking a electric transmission tower. The accident took place in heavy monsoon rains, poor visibility and high winds. The pilot stated he lost control of the helicopter when it was hit by a sudden gust of wind.
ACCIDENT DETAILS	July 12, 2001	1205	Near Puerto Cabello, Venezuela	Private - Overtec Company	?	Puerto Cabello - Caracas	Antonov AN-28 PZL-Mielec M-28 Sky Truck	YV-117CP	AJE 001-10	13 (passengers:10 crew:3)	13 (passengers:10 crew:3)	0	The aircraft crashed and burned moments after taking off from General Bartholomew Salóm Airport during a National Guard demonstration. The right engine appeared to have failed at a critical stage in the takeoff. There were 8 civilians and 5 military personnel board.
ACCIDENT DETAILS	July 14, 2001	0853	Near Moscow, Russia	Russ Air Transport Company	?	Moscow - Norilsk	Ilyushin IL-76	RA-76588	0043451530	10 (passengers:0 crew:10)	10 (passengers:0 crew:10)	0	The cargo plane was taking off from Chkalovsky Airport with a load of construction material and cosmetics. After reaching a height of 150 feet, the plane the crashed and burned 1,600 feet past the end of the runway. The plane was overloaded by 15 tones.
ACCIDENT DETAILS	August 05, 2001	0443	Reykjavík, Iceland	Naske Air	?	Reykjavík, Iceland - Narsarsua, Greenland	Dassault Falcon 20C	D-CBNA	63	3 (passengers:1 crew:2)	3 (passengers:1 crew:2)	0	The cargo plane crashed into a hill and broke up. Crew did not follow standard operating procedures. Crew fatigue.
ACCIDENT DETAILS	August 10, 2001	14:35	Near Meadview, Arizona	Papillon Grand Canyon Helicopters of Las Vegas	?	Grand Canyon NP - Las Vegas	Aerospatiale AS350 Eurocopter helicoper	N169PA	2477	7 (passengers:6 crew:1)	6 (passengers:5 crew:1)	0	The sightseeing helicopter crashed and burned about 3,700 feet up the 5,600-foot Grand Wash Cliffs just outside the boundaries of Grand Canyon National Park. The aircraft was returning to McCarran International Airport where it had originated. Besides the pilot, all victims, including the one survivor, were members of the same family. The pilot's decision to maneuver the helicopter in a flight regime and in a high density altitude environment which significantly decreased the helicopter's performance capabilities, resulting in a high rate of descent from which recovery was not possible. Factors contributing to the accident were high density altitude and the pilot's decision to maneuver the helicopter in proximity to precipitous terrain, which effectively limited remedial options available.
ACCIDENT DETAILS	August 23, 2001	?	Mugogo, Democratic Republic Congo	Victoria Airlines	?	Kama - Kapmene	Antonov 28	3C-LLA	1AJ005-22	11 (passengers:9 crew:2)	4 (passengers:2 crew:2)	0	After an engine failed the crew declared an emergency and elected to divert to Bukavu but crashed 10 km short of the airport.
ACCIDENT DETAILS	August 24, 2001	0542	Ithaca, New York	Ameristar Jet Charter	?	Ithaca, NY - Jackson, MI	Learjet 25	N153TW	25-053	2 (passengers:0 crew:2)	2 (passengers:0 crew:2)	0	Shortly after taking off the cargo plane crashed into a wooded area about one-half mile from the runway. The pilot's failure to maintain a proper climb rate while taking off at night, which was a result of spatial disorientation. Factors in the accident were the low visibility and cloud conditions, and the dark night.
ACCIDENT DETAILS	August 24, 2001	1846	Lajes, Terceira, Azores	Air Transat	236	Toronto - Lisbon	Airbus A-330-243	C-GITS	0271	304 (passengers:291 crew:13)	0 (passengers:0 crew:0)	0	The crew reported that they had a loss of fuel and were going to have to divert to Lajes AFB. Shortly thereafter, they said that they only had five minutes of fuel and probably would not reach Lajes. The Airbus 330, without engine power, glided for almost 20 minutes, descending from for more than 30,000 ft. before landing safely at Lajes Airport. Several tires blew out causing a fire which was quickly extinguished by emergency crews. Eleven passengers were slightly injured. The leak was caused by a damaged fuel feed pipe that was caused by interference from the aft hydraulic pump. Mechanics did not completely follow a Rolls-Royce service bulletin. In addition, software mistakenly identified the fuel leak as a fuel imbalance, prompting the crew to respond erroneously to the situation. The official report stated the cause was the pilots responded incorrectly to the fuel leak. The pilots acted from memory rather than utilizing a checklist, so they never saw a "Caution" note in the Fuel Imbalance checklist that might have caused them to consider that the real problem was not an imbalance but a fuel leak.
ACCIDENT DETAILS	August 29, 2001	10:15	Near Malaga, Spain	Binter Mediterráneo	8261	Melilla - Málaga	CASA CN-235-200	EC-FBC	C033	47 (passengers:44 crew:3)	4 (passengers:3 crew:1)	0	The aircraft crash-landed on a highway near Ruiz Picasso Airport in Málaga. While on final approach, the pilot reported failure of the plane's left engine forcing the crew to make an emergency landing. The plane crashed 1,300 ft. short of the runway. The pilot later died of his injuries.
ACCIDENT DETAILS	September 11, 2001	0945	Arlington, Virginia.	American Airlines	77	Washington D.C. - Los Angeles	Boeing B-757-223	N644AA	24602/365	64 (passengers:58 crew:6)	64 (passengers:58 crew:6)	125	The aircraft was hijacked after taking off from Dulles International Airport. The hijackers took control of the aircraft and deliberately crashed it into the Pentagon. It was one of four planes that were hijacked the same day.
ACCIDENT DETAILS	September 11, 2001	0847	New York City, New York	American Airlines	11	Boston - Los Angeles	Boeing 767-223ER	N334AA	22332/169	92 (passengers:81 crew:11)	92 (passengers:81 crew:11)	2750	The aircraft was hijacked shortly after it left Logan International Airport in Boston. The hijackers took control of the aircraft and deliberately crashed it into the north tower of the World Trade Center between the 94th and 99th floors at approximately 450 mph. After 102 minutes, the building collapsed. It was one of four planes that were hijacked the same day.
ACCIDENT DETAILS	September 11, 2001	0903	New York City, New York	United Air Lines	175	Boston - Los Angeles	Boeing B-767-222	N612UA	21873/41	65 (passengers:56 crew:9)	65 (passengers:56 crew:9)	2750	The aircraft was hijacked shortly after it left Logan International Airport in Boston. The hijackers took control of the aircraft and deliberately crashed it into the south tower of the World Trade Center between the 78th and 84th floors at approximately 550 mph. After 56 minutes, the building collapsed. It was one of four planes that were hijacked the same day.
ACCIDENT DETAILS	September 11, 2001	1003	Shanksville, Pennsylvania	United Air Lines	93	Newark - San Francisco	Boeing B-757-222	N591UA	28142/718	44 (passengers:37 crew:7)	44 (passengers:37 crew:7)	0	The aircraft was hijacked after taking off from Newark International Airport. The hijackers took control of the aircraft and turned the plane towards Washington D.C. A struggle ensued between the passengers and hijackers after which the plane crashed at a high rate of speed into a field in the Pennsylvania countryside. It was one of four planes that were hijacked the same day.
ACCIDENT DETAILS	September 12, 2001	1625	Near Chichen Itza, Mexico	Aero Ferinco Charter	-	Chichen Itza - Cozumel	LET 410UVP	XA-ACM	892401	19 (passengers:17 crew:2)	19 (passengers:17 crew:2)	0	The aircraft crashed 4.4 miles from Kura Airport shortly after a normal takeoff. The plane was flying at about 1,500 feet when it began turning onto a course requested by the air traffic controller. It did not stop turning and suddenly plunged to the ground.
ACCIDENT DETAILS	September 15, 2001	?	Belo Horizonte, Brazil	TAM (Brazil)	9755	Recife - Sao Paulo	Fokker 100	PT-MRN	11443	82 (passengers:77 crew:5)	1 (passengers:1 crew:0)	0	While the aircraft was over Belo Horizonte, the cabin depressurized, causing the death of one passenger. The aircraft made an emergency landing at Cofins. Three of the other 77 passengers aboard suffered minor injuries. Pressurization was lost at an altitude of 33,000 feet when the right engine disintegrated, causing pieces of the engine to break two cabin windows.
ACCIDENT DETAILS	September 18, 2001	0730	Guatemala City, Guatemala	Atlantic Airlines	870	Guatemala City - San Pedro Sula, Honduras	LET 410UVP-E	TG-CPE	861705	13 (passengers:11 crew:2)	9 (passengers:8 crew:1)	0	The aircraft was taking off from Guatemala's Aurora Airport when it lost power in one of it's engines and crashed to the ground.
ACCIDENT DETAILS	October 04, 2001	1344	110 miles SW of Sochi, Russia	Sibir Airlines	1812	Tel Aviv - Novosibirsk, Russia	Tupolev Tu-154M	RA-85693	90A-866	78 (passengers:66 crew:12)	78 (passengers:66 crew:12)	0	The aircraft exploded in mid-air at 36,000 ft. while en route over the Black Sea. The plane then nose-dived crashing into the water. The airliner was brought down accidentally by a Ukrainian surface-to-air missile, fired during military exercises.
ACCIDENT DETAILS	October 08, 2001	1750	Mollet Lake, Quebec, Canada	Air Saint Maurice Inc.	?	Iyachisakus Lake - Mollet Lake	de Havilland DHC-2 Mk 1 Beaver	C-GPUO	810	7 (passengers:6 crew:1)	3 (passengers:2 crew:1)	0	The seaplane crashed into Mollet Lake while attempting to land. The seaplane stalled at an altitude that did not allow the pilot time to recover from the stall. The stall occurred in circumstances conducive to illusions created by drift.
ACCIDENT DETAILS	October 08, 2001	0810	Milan, Italy	Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) / Private	686 / -	Milan - Copenhagen / Milan - Paris	MD-87 / Cessna 525A Citation II	SE-DMA / D-IEVX	53009/ 525A-0036	114 (passengers:106 crew:8)	114 (passengers:106 crew:8)	4	The MD-87 aircraft was taking off from Linate Airport in fog and poor visibility when it struck a German Cessna Citation II business jet. The MD-87 rotated for takeoff and did make it into the air for 9 seconds, but was too damaged to sustain flight. The plane then swerved off the runway and collided with the airport's baggage handling building, bursting into flames. The Cessna, which was about to take off for Paris, entered the active runway by mistake, after having been told by the tower to enter a different taxiway and hold short of the runway. One hundred four passengers and 6 crew on the MD-87 and 2 passengers and 2 crew on the Citation were killed along with 4 on the ground. The MD-87 was named Lage Viking. Caused largely by human error and poorly followed safety procedures and improper terminology used by the tower. Communication between the aircraft and the tower had been "in English and Italian," as opposed to aviation standards that only English be spoken. In addition, despite the poor visibility and inadequately marked airport landmarks, the control tower operators failed to ask the Cessna to read back his instructions to make sure they were understood. There was no ground radar, runway motion sensors were turned off and it took 20 minutes before anyone realized the two planes had collided.
ACCIDENT DETAILS	October 10, 2001	1042	Off Valencia, Spain	Flightline	101	Barcelona - Oran, Algeria	Swearingen SA-226AT Merlin IV	EC-GDV	AT-043	10 (passengers:8 crew:2)	10 (passengers:8 crew:2)	0	The plane was en-route from Barcelona, Spain to Oran, Algeria, 80 miles off the coast of Valencia, Spain when it informed Valencia ATC it was going to change course in order to avoid bad weather. There was no further contact with the aircraft. Debris was sighted two days later on the water. Electrical power was presumably lost following a lightning strike. Control was lost and the airplane crashed into the sea.
ACCIDENT DETAILS	October 10, 2001	0926	Dillingham, Alaska	PenAir	350	Dillingham - King Salmon	Cessna 208 Caravan	N9530F	20800088	10 (passengers:9 crew:1)	10 (passengers:9 crew:1)	0	Shortly after taking off from Dillingham, the aircraft's wing dipped, the nose pitched up, the plane became inverted and crashed to the ground. The weather was clear and windy at the time of the accident. An in-flight loss of control resulting from upper surface ice contamination that the pilot-in-command failed to detect during his preflight inspection of the airplane. Contributing to the accident was the lack of a preflight inspection requirement for CE-208 pilots to examine at close range the upper surface of the wing for ice contamination when ground icing conditions exist.
ACCIDENT DETAILS	October 11, 2001	2335	Shamattawa, Canada	Perimeter Airlines	?	Gods Narrows - Shamattawa	Swearingen SA.226TC Metro I	C-GYPA	TC-250	3 (passengers:1 crew:2)	2 (passengers:0 crew:2)	0	The air ambulance was flown into terrain during an overshoot because the required climb angle was not set and maintained to ensure a positive rate of climb. During the go-around, conditions were present for somatogravic illusion, which most likely led to the captain losing situational awareness.
ACCIDENT DETAILS	October 18, 2001	1543	Anchorage, Alaska	ERA Aviation - Air Taxi	?	Fire Island, AK - Anchorage, AK	Bell 206L	N400EH	45108	5 (passengers:4 crew:1)	3 (passengers:2 crew:1)	0	The helicopter was flying very low because the pilot was not instrument rated. The skid hit the water followed by the tail rotor and the helicopter crashed. The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from the surface of an open body of water while intentionally attempting to maintain a very low altitude while in cruise flight. Factors include falling snow, low ceilings, whiteout/greyout conditions, and flat/glassy water.
ACCIDENT DETAILS	November 12, 2001	0916	Belle Harbor, Queens, New York	American Airlines	587	New York City - Santo Domingo, Dominican Rep.	Airbus A-300-605R	N14053	420	260 (passengers:251 crew:9)	260 (passengers:251 crew:9)	5	Three minutes after taking off and while in a climbing left turn, at 2,800 ft., parts of the plane, including the vertical stabilizer and rudder, fell from the aircraft. The crew soon lost control of the plane which nose dived and crashed into a residential neighborhood. After flying into the wake turbulence of two aircraft about two minutes into the flight, investigators believe a series of quick rudder swings by the copilot whipped the tail so severely that the fin broke off. The National Transportation Safety Board has found that pilot error was the probable cause. Sharply criticizing American Airlines Advanced Aircraft Maneuvering Program, the Board said that American Airlines' pilot training included a simulator exercise which could have caused the first officer to have an unrealistic and exaggerated view of the effects of wake turbulence, erroneously associate wake turbulence encounters with the need for aggressive roll upset recovery techniques and develop control strategies that would produce a much different -- and potentially surprising and confusing -- response if performed during flight. In addition, because of its high sensitivity, the Airbus A-300-600 rudder control system is susceptible to potentially hazardous rudder pedal inputs at higher airspeed.
ACCIDENT DETAILS	November 19, 2001	1819	Kalyazin, Russia	Charter - IRS Aero	LDF -9601/02	Khatanga - Moscow	Ilyushin 18V	RA-75840	182005301	27 (passengers:18 crew:9)	27 (passengers:18 crew:9)	0	Residents heard a loud noise and saw flames in the night sky as the aircraft clipped treetops and summer homes before crashing into a snowy forest. Wreckage was spread over a 1.5 mile area. Serious maintenance violations and operational procedures were discovered during the investigation of the accident.
ACCIDENT DETAILS	November 22, 2001	1305	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	Universal Jet Aviation	?	Pittsburgh, PA - Baca Raton, Fl	Learjet 25B	N5UJ	25-088	2 (passengers:0 crew:2)	2 (passengers:0 crew:2)	0	The cargo plane was not able to gain altitude, veered off the runway and crashed. The (undetermined) pilot-at-the-controls' early, and over rotation of the airplane's nose during the takeoff attempt, and his failure to maintain directional control. Also causal, was the captain's inadequate remedial action, both during the takeoff attempt and after the airplane departed the runway.
ACCIDENT DETAILS	November 23, 2001	1835	Palade, Estonia	ELK Aviation Co. (leased from Eminex)	?	Tallinn - Kardla	Antonov AN-28	ES-NOV	1AJ003-03	17 (passengers:14 crew:3)	2 (passengers:2 crew:0)	0	The plane crashed into a marshy forested area about 2 kilometer short of its destination at Kardla Airport. Several errors by the pilot.
ACCIDENT DETAILS	November 24, 2001	2207	Birchwil, Switzerland	Crossair	3597	Berlin - Zurich	BAE Avro RJ100	HB-IXM	E-3291	33 (passengers:28 crew:5)	24 (passengers:21 crew:3)	0	The aircraft was flying through a mix of rain and snow on final approach, when it crashed in a wooded area, 5.5 miles from Zurich Airport where it was scheduled to land on Runway 28. At 22.03 the aircraft was descending to 4000 ft. on final approach. At 22.05 the captain reported reaching the minimum descent altitude and stated he could see the ground. Shortly after, the radio altimeter reported 500 ft. agl, followed by a "minimum" warning. A go-around was ordered, but it was too late and the aircraft struck trees and crashed. American pop singer, Melanie Thornton, 34, killed. Maria Serano Serano and Nathaly van het Ende both 27, and members of the pop-music trio, Passion Fruit, also killed. The pilot had been working more than 13 hours when the accident took place and had also exceeded maximum duty several times in the days preceding the crash. A controlled flight into terrain caused by the captain deliberately descending below the minimum descent altitude without having the required visual contact with either the approach lights or the runway and the copilot making no attempt to prevent the continuation of the flight below the minimum descent altitude. The report revealed that the pilot had failed to perform correct navigation and landing procedures before, but no action had been taken by the airline. The range of hills the plane crashed into was not marked in the Jeppesen approach chart used by the crew, despite the hilly terrain the approach to runway 28 was not equipped with a minimum safe altitude warning (MSAW) system, which triggers an alarm if a minimum safe altitude is violated, and the airport's means of determining visibility were inadequate for runway 28 and the visual minimums at the time of the accident were actually inappropriate for using the standard approach to runway 28.
ACCIDENT DETAILS	November 27, 2001	0156	Port Harcourt, Nigeria	MK Airlines	?	Luxembourg - Port Harcourt	Boeing 747-246F	9G-MKI	22063/432	13 (passengers:0 crew:13)	1 (passengers:0 crew:1)	0	The cargo plane contacted the ground 700 meters short of the runway, broke in two and burned.
ACCIDENT DETAILS	December 01, 2001	0143	Near Novaya Inya , Russia	Military - Russian, cargo	-	Moscow - Bratsk - Anadyr	Ilyushin IL- 76TD	RA-76839	1023411375	18 (passengers:9 crew:9)	18 (passengers:9 crew:9)	0	A fire broke out aboard the aircraft while en route at FL290. The crew was preparing for an emergency landing when two explosions tore apart the plane causing it to crash.
ACCIDENT DETAILS	December 14, 2001	?	Geti, Democratic Republic Congo	Eagle Air	?	Bunia - Beni	Let 410A	5X-CNF	730208	6 (passengers:4 crew:2)	6 (passengers:4 crew:2)	0	The plane may have been shot down by Allied Democratic Forces rebels.
ACCIDENT DETAILS	December 16, 2001	1021	Near Medellin, Colombia	Heliandes	?	Medellin - Quibdo	Let 410UVP-E	HK-4175X	861618	16 (passengers:14 crew:2)	16 (passengers:14 crew:2)	0	The aircraft crashed into El Silencio de El manzanillo mountain at 7,800 ft., 3 minutes after taking off in heavy rain and poor visibility from Medellin Airport.
ACCIDENT DETAILS	December 26, 2001	1020	Bremerhaven, Germany	BAL Bremerhaven Airline	?	Bremerhaven - Wangerooge	Britten Norman BN-2B Trislander	D-IAAI	2167	9 (passengers:8 crew:1)	8 (passengers:7 crew:1)	0	The aircraft crashed into the Weser River shortly after taking off from Bremerhaven Airport. Three persons were pulled from the river, two of whom died shortly thereafter as a result of their injuries.