List of Air Show Accidents and Incidents - 2010

2010

  • September 5 – A woman was killed when a De Havilland Tiger Moth biplane crashed into spectators at an air show in southern Germany at the Airport Lauf-Lillinghof near Nuremberg. 38 people were injured in the accident, five of them seriously.
  • June 12 – A replica Focke-Wulf Fw 190 crashed in the bay of Hyeres, France during a mock dogfight with a Supermarine Spitfire. During this dogfight the FW 190 suffered an engine failure. When it became clear the plane could not make it to the nearby airport, the pilot ditched the FW 190 close to the beach, and he was rescued within minutes. The pilot survived without injuries.
  • April 2 – Pilot Captain Anderson Amaro Fernandes was killed when an Embraer EMB 312 Tucano belonging to the "Esquadrilha da Fumaça" aerobatic team of the Brazilian Air Force crashed while performing at a ceremony for 68 years of the Lages aero club in Santa Catarina, Brazil.
  • March 3 – Pilot Commander Suresh Kumar Maurya and his co-pilot Lieutenant Commander Rahul Nair were killed when an HAL Kiran aircraft belonging to the Sagar Pawan aerobatic team of the Indian Navy crashed while performing at the opening ceremony of the India Aviation Show at Hyderabad, India.

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