Ice711 Aviation News Recap, June 25, 2026

Doing this for KSAvgeek since he can’t.

Accidents/Incidents

Helicopter crash in Greece: During a aerial firefighting operation, at the “Avgo” location in Grevena, a Bell 214B helicopter, leased by the Fire Department, with a crew of two people, of whom one local and one foreigner, who acted as a liaison, crashed into the artificial lake of Aoos in Grevena. The helicopter had taken off from Ioannina airport. Both crew members were rescued. ASN: Incident Bell 214B , Thursday 25 June 2026

Cirrus SR22 Crash in Warsaw, Poland: A Cirrus SR22T, SP-GOS, crashed while on final approach to Babice Airport (EPBC) in Warsaw, Poland. Two person’s on board were killed. One person on the ground was injured.

The aircraft had departed Wroclaw (WRO) at 10:03 local time on a flight to EPBC. ADS-B data suggest that the aircraft flew south of and parallel to runway 10/28 at a distance of about 300 meters. The final ADS-B datapoints show a descending left-hand turn at 11:07. The aircraft subsequently crashed about 800 meters east of the threshold of runway 28 and a post-impact fire broke out.
The traffic pattern flown by SP-GOS deviated from the published EPBC Visual Operations Chart, which shows a traffic pattern to the north. ASN: Accident Cirrus SR22T G3x SP-GOS, Thursday 25 June 2026

Airline News
Mahan Air purchases 10 777-200ERs: Mahan Air, Iran’s largest airline, is expanding its Boeing 777-200ER fleet with ten second-hand aircraft previously operated by Saudi Arabia’s flag carrier, Saudia. The first of these aircraft was delivered today, with more following soon.

New Routes

Breeze Airways expands network: Breeze Airways announced a major network expansion, adding three new cities (Dayton, OH; Madison, WI; and Trenton, NJ) and 11 new nonstop routes.

British Airways X Porter Airlines Codeshare: British Airways and Porter Airlines announced a new codeshare agreement, giving travelers seamless connections to 17 Canadian destinations

Events:

Wings Over Washington: Washington, D.C., June 24-25
Airliners International 2026: Denver, CO, June 24-27

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RIP to the Cirrus occupants :dove::latin_cross:


Interesting news for today!

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Of course something happens in DC as soon as I leave

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A friend sent a picture of a B-2 that flew over his house

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cool

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Nice!

Be sure to keep it on topic btw

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Okay, got it

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