Selected international accidents/incidents: April to June 2025

222

6 April, 2025

  • Aircraft: Eurocopter EC135 T2+
  • Location: Sea 47 km north of Iki Island, Japan
  • Fatalities: 3
  • Description: Missing emergency medical service helicopter found floating inverted with 3 occupants dead in cabin and 3 survivors clinging to inflated skid floats. Surviving pilot reported abnormal noise and loss of altitude, followed by ditching.

10 April, 2025

  • Aircraft: Bell 206L-4 LongRanger IV
  • Location: Hudson River near Jersey City, New Jersey, US
  • Fatalities: 6
  • Description: New York sightseeing helicopter broke up in flight with video showing main rotor assembly separated from cabin.

15 April, 2025

  • Aircraft: Piper PA-60-601P Aerostar
  • Location: Salzgitter, Germany
  • Fatalities: 2
  • Description: Witness reported aircraft pitched up after take-off, stalled and crashed.

17 April, 2025

  • Aircraft: Cessna 208B Grand Caravan EX
  • Location: Corozal, Belize
  • Fatalities: 1
  • Description: Hijacker produced knife and demanded to be flown to USA. Perpetrator shot dead by another passenger.

24 April, 2025

  • Aircraft: MX Aircraft MXS-RH
  • Location: Langley Air Force Base, Virginia, US
  • Fatalities: 1
  • Description: Witnesses saw aerobatic aircraft ‘porpoise’, pitch up, role and crash on landing, killing renowned display pilot.

25 April, 2025

  • Aircraft: Viking DHC-6-400 Twin Otter
  • Location: Sea near Hua Hin Airport, Thailand
  • Fatalities: 6
  • Description: Aircraft entered spin when right-hand engine failed after take-off and crashed into sea, killing pilots and engineers on board.

28 April, 2025

  • Aircraft: Cessna 182D Skylane
  • Location: Aeroclub Allen, Argentina
  • Fatalities: 1 on ground
  • Description: Aircraft took off and proceeded to fly low to the ground when it struck a person recording the manoeuvre near the runway.

1 May, 2025

  • Aircraft: Cessna 177RG Cardinal RG
  • Location: Near Nevada Country Airport, California, US
  • Fatalities: 1
  • Description: Aircraft crashed on downwind leg of approach to airport after pilot reported loss of engine power.

3 May, 2025

  • Aircraft: Vans RV-10
  • Location: Simi Valley, California, US
  • Fatalities: 2
  • Description: ADS-B data shows IFR flight departed from controlled flight and entered dive after several left and right turns. Video shows aircraft emerging from low cloud base in steep nose-down attitude.

7 May, 2025

  • Aircraft: Piper PA-31T Cheyenne II
  • Location: Near Curacavi, Chile
  • Fatalities: 6
  • Description: Emergency medical service aircraft crashed into mountain during night flight, killing pilots, medical crew and patient.

15 May, 2025

  • Aircraft: Grumman TBM-3 Avenger
  • Location: Terre Hate, Indiana, US
  • Fatalities: 0
  • Description: Aircraft landed on airfield perimeter road, struck drainage ditch and fence and was damaged. Pilot reported loss of power on final. Pilot and passenger injured.

17 May, 2025

  • Aircraft: Robinson R44 Raven I/ Robinson R44 Raven I
  • Location: Near Eura, Finland
  • Fatalities: 3 + 2
  • Description: Helicopters flying in formation collided and were both destroyed.

22 May, 2025

  • Aircraft: Cessna S550 Citation S/II
  • Location: Near Montgomery-Gibbs Executive Airport, San Diego, CA
  • Fatalities: 6
  • Description: Aircraft crashed on IFR approach after flight from Teterboro, New Jersey (fuel stop in Wichita, Kansas). It struck power lines 1.8 nm from displaced runway threshold and was destroyed.

30 May, 2025

  • Aircraft: Cessna 172H Skyhawk
  • Location: Near Castaños, Mexico
  • Fatalities: 2
  • Description: Aircraft crashed en route under unknown circumstances.

3 June, 2025

  • Aircraft: Cessna 500 Citation 1
  • Location: Near Caracas, Venezuela
  • Fatalities: 5
  • Description: Aircraft went missing in mountainous area soon after take-off. Wreckage discovered on 4 June.

6 June, 2025

  • Aircraft: Let L-410 UVP-E9
  • Location: Near Pavencul, Mexico
  • Fatalities: 3
  • Description: Aircraft distributing sterile flies as part of pest control program crashed in mountainous area.

8 June, 2025

  • Aircraft: Piper PA-28-181 Archer II
  • Location: Near KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
  • Fatalities: 3
  • Description: Aircraft on training flight was attempting to divert to Greytown when Ladysmith was unavailable for landing.

12 June, 2025

  • Aircraft: Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner
  • Location: Ahmedabad, India
  • Fatalities: 241 + 38 on ground
  • Description: Airliner crashed 30 seconds after take-off into hospital canteen and doctors’ accommodation. First fatal crash of Boeing 787 since type introduction in 2011.

15 June, 2025

  • Aircraft: Bell 407
  • Location: Uttarakhand, India
  • Fatalities: 7
  • Description: Chartered helicopter struck Himalayan foothill in poor visibility.

21 June, 2025

  • Aircraft: Golfier Balloons G32-13000
  • Location: Near Praia Grande, Brazil
  • Fatalities: 8
  • Description: Hot air balloon with 21 occupants caught fire in flight. Media reports indicate survivors jumped when balloon was at low height; without their weight, it climbed again and all remaining on board were killed when envelope collapsed and the basket detached and fell.