All 152 people aboard a Pakistani jet were killed Wednesday when the plane crashed into a ridge, making it the worst commercial aircraft diaster in the nation’s history, The Los Angeles Times reported. http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-0728-pakistan-crash-20100728,0,7159422.story Two Americans were among the victims of…
Doctor, One Of Four Friends Killed In Michigan Plane Crash, Wrote Goodbye Note Before Perishing
If this isn’t a heartbreaking story, about a tight group of friends that was decimated trying to help someone in their circle, then I don’t know what is. On Friday a propeller plane crashed into Lake Michigan, killing four of its occupants,…
Canadian Pilot Ecapes Death When His Jet Crashes During Airshow Practice
Well, it’s best this happened before, not at, the air show. Canadian pilot Brian Bews was practicing to take part in the Alberta International Airshow Friday when something went awry. He ejected from his fighter jet just in the nick of time, before it crashed. The CF-18 burst…
Three Killed, Including Doctor-Pilot, In New Jersey Plane Crash
Bad luck seems to plague the Essex County Airport in Fairfield, N.J., a facility in the New York metro area. This is the airport that John F. Kennedy Jr. took off from on July16, 1999, flying his wife and sister-in-law to Martha’s…
Two Pilots Die In Separate Plane Crashes In Southern California
Two pilots were killed Thursday in separate plane crashes in Southern California, according to The Los Angeles Times. http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-0702-plane-crashes-20100702,0,1696979.story In one of the accidents, a single-engine Cesna 152 plane crashed onto the Penmar Golf Course in Venice, Calif. The pilot was pronounced…
Eight Killed In Plane Crashes In Arizona, Arkansas
Eight people were killed, four each in two separate plane crashes, this weekend in Arizona and Arkansas. In the first fatal accident, a small plane hit an empty high school building in Eagar, Ariz., last Friday. The single engine Piper was going to the…
Four Survive Plane Crash In Ulster County, N.Y.
A pilot and his three passengers survived a frightening crash last Thursday night in Wallkill, N.Y., according to the New York Post. http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/god_was_co_pilot_muzKsCsFfzstgMcQuiC1NK The four people were in a Cessna 172N when the aircraft lost power after it took off.…
Afghan Plane With 43 Passengers Crashes In Mountainous Area
An Afghan plane with at least 43 passengers crashed in a snowstorm in the Hindu Kush mountains Monday, and Western military forces were among those trying to find the wreckage and rescue survivors. http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fgw-afghan-crash-20100518,0,1251031.story The plane, an older Russian Antonov-24…
Indonesian Plane Crashes, Breaks In Two
An Indonesia plane with more than 100 passengers ran off a runway when it landed and broke in half Tuesday, finding stopping near a river. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36453582/ns/world_news-asiapacific/?GT1=43001 Roughly 20 passengers and one Merpati Nusantara Airlines crew member were injured in the…
Poland’s President, And Almost 100 Others, Killed In Plane Crash In Russia
Heavy fog appears to have doomed the flight of Poland’s president, as he and dozens of high-level Polish political and military leaders were killed when their plane crashed trying to come in for a landing in western Russia Saturday. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/11/world/europe/11poland.html?hp…