Two family members died Thursday when their plane crashed at the Wright Brothers Airport in Springboro, Ohio. http://www.examiner.com/x-19303-Dayton-Crime-Examiner~y2010m4d1-Small-plane-crashes-in-Springboro-two-dead Tom Hausfeld and his daughter, Kacie Hausfeld, were in their way from Ohio to Chicago to pick Ali Hausfeld, Kacie’s older sister,…
Plane Hits UPS Facility In Virginia
A single-engine Piper plane with two passengers Tuesday crashed into the side of a UPS freight facility near the Roanoke, Va., airport. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/30/AR2010033002331.html One person escaped from the plane in his own, and responders helped the other man out of…
Pilot Dies In Crash of WWII Fighter Plane In Arizona
In a weird sort of way of reminding us of the sacrifice and importance of American Aviators in winning World War II, a second vintage aircraft has been in a deadly crashed this week. A World War II-era fighter plane…
AMERICAN AIRLINES STATEMENT REGARDING FLIGHT 331
AMERICAN AIRLINES STATEMENT REGARDING FLIGHT 331 Release #2 @ 1:25 (a.m.) U.S. Central Time FORT WORTH, Texas, Dec. 23 /PRNewswire/ — On Tuesday, December 22, 2009, American Airlines Flight 331, a Boeing 737-800 aircraft, overran the runway on landing at…
Montana Ski Trip Ends in Tragedy
March 22, 2009 The AP is reporting that a single engine turboprop plane has crashed while attempting to land at the airport in Butte, Montana. Landing 500 feet short of the airport, the Montana Standard reported in an online story…
A look at some of those killed in NY plane crash
Date: 2/14/2009 By The Associated Press Alison Des Forges Des Forges, of Buffalo, was senior adviser for Human Rights Watch’s Africa division. Considered one of the world’s leading experts on the genocide in Rwanda, Des Forges testified at 11 trials…
PUERTO RICO: Rough weather forces officials to suspend search for crash survivors
Date: 2/11/2009 SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Strong winds and currents are forcing authorities to hold off a search for five people missing in a small plane crash off Puerto Rico’s coast. The island’s emergency management director said Tuesday…
NTSB: Airliner’s engines lost power at same time
Date: 1/19/2009 By KAREN MATTHEWSAssociated Press Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A jetliner that crash-landed in the Hudson River had lost power simultaneously in both engines after reaching an altitude of only 3,200 feet, the plane’s black box recorders revealed…
Missing plane’s pilot had only student license
Date: 12/17/2008 By DANICA COTOAssociated Press Writer SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The pilot of a plane that disappeared in the Bermuda Triangle with 11 passengers aboard had only a U.S. student pilot license and should have never been…
US investigator leads plane crash probe
Date: 12/5/2008 SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A U.S. investigator is studying the charred wreckage of a small plane that plowed into a Puerto Rican rainforest to pinpoint the cause of the deadly crash. The U.S. National Transportation Safety…