A pilot was killed, but his passenger survived, a plane crash just a half-mile from Scottsdale Airport in Arizona Thursday morning, according to The Arizona Republic. http://www.azcentral.com/community/nephoenix/articles/2011/12/15/20111215plane-crashes-phoenix-neighborhood-near-scottsdale-airport.html The Cirrus SR22 was about to land when it went down in a residential…
One Of The Three Victims Of An Illinois Air Ambulance Crash Died Of Heart Attack
One of the three people killed in an air ambulance crash in the Chicago area Monday died of a heart attack, not injuries from the crash, The Chicago Tribune reported Thursday. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-autopsy-finds-patient-on-plane-died-of-heart-attack-not-crash-20111201,0,2795634.story An autopsy found that John Bialek’s cause of death was coronary artherosclerosis,…
Investigators Search For Answers In Arizona Plane Crash That Killed Six
Federal safety investigators are combing the scene of a plane crash on an Arizona cliff to find clues to determine what happened, according to The Arizona Republic. http://www.azcentral.com/community/pinal/articles/2011/11/25/20111125arizona-superstition-mountains-plane-crash-answers.html The National Safety Transportation Board is collecting scattered wreckage from the plane, which slammed into a…
India Looks To Tighten Up Lax Training For Pilots After Fatal May Crash
There be some good that comes out of the tragic plane crash last month in India that killed more than 150 people: India may finally set stricter rules for the training of its pilots. That’s because pilot error, and the…