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…
Fiery plane crash in upstate NY kills 50
Date: 2/13/2009 By JOHN WAWROWAssociated Press Writer CLARENCE, N.Y. (AP) — A Continental commuter plane coming in for a landing nose-dived into a house in suburban Buffalo, sparking a fiery explosion that killed all 49 people aboard and a person…
Brazil Prosecutors want charges against pilots restored
Date: 2/6/2009 SAO PAULO (AP) — A Brazilian prosecutor wants negligence charges reinstated against two New York pilots whose small jet was involved in one of Brazil’s worst air disasters. Pilots Joseph Lepore and Jan Paladino were accused of contributing…