Date: 2/13/2009 By MICHAEL HILLAssociated Press Writer ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The commuter plane that crashed into a home near Buffalo, N.Y., was new and had a clean safety record, officials said Friday, leaving investigators few immediate clues about why…
Sept. 11 widow killed in Buffalo plane crash
Date: 2/13/2009 By DEVLIN BARRETTAssociated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — One of the victims of the Buffalo commuter plane crash, Beverly Eckert, was a Sept. 11 widow who put her never-ending grief to good use to make the country safer.…
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 police: 10 at fault for air crash
Date: 11/20/2008 By BRADLEY BROOKSAssociated Press WriterRIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) _ A police investigation found that 10 government and airline officials were to blame for Brazil’s worst air disaster, saying they failed to properly train pilots, implement rainy day…
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 rules out bomb, failed engine in jet crash
Date: 11/7/2008 By E. EDUARDO CASTILLOAssociated Press Writer MEXICO CITY (AP) _ Mexican experts say they have ruled out a bomb or engine failure as the cause of a plane crash that killed Mexico’s interior secretary. The probe into the…
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…
Plane crash leaves Mexico interior secretary dead
Date: 11/5/2008 By MARK STEVENSONAssociated Press Writer MEXICO CITY (AP) _ One of Mexico’s top pointmen in the war against drug trafficking died when a government jet crashed into a Mexico City street, setting fire to dozens of vehicles and…
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…
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…