Date: 11/18/2008 GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — Guyana has suspended its search for a U.S.-registered plane with three people aboard that disappeared over dense Amazonian jungle two weeks ago. Transportation Minister Robeson Benn says government teams have unsuccessfully scoured mountainous forests…
US experts believe Mexico plane crash was accident
Date: 11/13/2008 By ALEXANDRA OLSONAssociated Press Writer MEXICO CITY (AP) _ U.S. investigators have found no evidence of foul play in a mysterious plane crash that killed Mexico’s second-most powerful official, the American ambassador said Wednesday. U.S. National Transportation and…
Mexico says jet crash likely accident
Date: 11/5/2008 By JULIE WATSONAssociated Press Writer MEXICO CITY (AP) _ A fiery plane crash into rush-hour traffic claimed the life of the Mexico’s most powerful official after the president, a heavy blow to the government’s escalating battle against drug…
GUYANA: Plane carrying 3 missing in Guyana jungle during survey flight
Date: 11/2/2008 GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — A U.S.-registered plane was missing in the Amazon jungles of Guyana after taking off to conduct aerial surveys for a Canadian mining company, aviation officials said Sunday. Three people were on board. The aircraft…
Martinique: Human error likely in ’05 plane crash
Date: 10/9/2008 9:35 PM By RODOLPHE LAMYAssociated Press Writer FORT-DE-FRANCE, Martinique (AP) _ An ongoing investigation into a 2005 plane crash that killed 152 people from Martinique suggests that human error and not faulty maintenance was to blame, the island’s…
Calif. hiker finds ID that appears to be Fossett’s
Date: 10/2/2008 2:29 AM By TRACIE CONE and JULIANA BARBASSAAssociated Press Writers MAMMOTH LAKES, Calif. (AP) _ Preston Morrow was having a little adventure, wandering off-trail alone to look for a remote mine. He was scrambling down a rugged embankment…
Spanish judge orders plane crash site cleanup
Date: 9/25/2008 12:36 PM By DANIEL WOOLLSAssociated Press Writer MADRID, Spain (AP) _ A Spanish judge on Thursday ordered a cleanup of the site of last month’s plane crash in Madrid in which 154 people died, after a newspaper ran…