Crashing Planes
The Zetas predicted that air travel would become increasingly risky. On July 23 a plane crashed in Taiwan, during rough weather but other planes were landing without problem. On July 24 a plane flying over Mali went missing, had diverted its path due to rough weather, and was found crashed the next day. On July 25 a plane flying to Barcelona, Spain was struck by lightning so severely that a forced landing occurred. Is this the new normal?
- 50 Dead as Plane Crashes in Taiwan Following Emergency Landing Failure
July 23, 2014
http://www.theindianrepublic.com/featured/50-dead-plane-crashes-taiwan- The plane had taken off from Kaohsiung at 4.53 PM for Magong in Penghul, said Jean Shen, the head of the Civil Aeronautics Administration of Taiwan. The plane had lost contact with the tower at 7.06 PM after it had said that it would make a second attempt at landing. The visibility at the time the plane had approached had been 1,600 meters, which meet the standards that had been set for landing. The agency has also reported that two flights had landed before the GE222, one at 5.34 PM, while the other had been at 6.57 PM. However, it appears that the heavy rain had caused reduced visibility, and the plane had been forced to pull up in order to make a second attempt at landing.
- Taiwan Plane Crash: Investigators Examine Black Boxes, Wreckage
July 25, 2014
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/taiwan-plane-crash- The investigation is expected to focus on a four-minute gap between the pilot's request for a second approach and the plane's crashing into village homes at 7:10 p.m., during which visibility dropped by half.
- Air Algerie Flight AH5017 Crashes in Niger Due to Bad Weather
July 24, 2014
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/breaking-air-algerie-flight-ah5017-crashes-niger- The disappeared Air Algerie flight AH5017 has crashed in Niger after flying through violent storms. The region was badly affected by violent storms and the plane was rerouted while it was flying over Mali. The flight was scheduled to land at its destination at about 05:10 local time.
- Air Algerie Plane Likely Crashed Due To Bad Weather: French Officials
July 25, 2014
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/25/air-algerie-plane-crash- The strong smell of aircraft fuel at the crash site and the fact that the debris was scattered over a relatively small area also suggested the cause of the crash was linked to weather, a technical problem or a cumulation of such factors.
- EasyJet Plane Carrying 156 Passengers Forced to make Emergency Landing - Jet was Struck by Lightning
July 25, 2014
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-2705529/EasyJet- An easyJet plane was forced to make an emergency landing today after flying out of Britain - when it was struck by lightning. The Airbus A319-111, believed to be carrying 156 passengers, was forced to land at Spain's Reus Airport. We were just flying over Barcelona and this storm came out of nowhere. The flight, from Bristol Airport, was due to arrive at Barcelona International at 10.10am local time. Everyone is fine but a lot of the women were screaming and crying and the cabin crew were flung down the plane. One guy even saw the lightning go all the way around the plane.
For the past decade, the compass has been unreliable. GPS likewise, as the Earth wobble moves the globe under the network of satellites, and the wobble is getting worse. Recently, two air planes landed in Missouri and Kansas 9 miles from their proper destinations, due to GPS failure. Recently 50 planes disappeared from radar over the Danube River in Europe, over a period of days. Pilots and the air traffic controllers are increasingly flying blind. Then there is the dramatic zapping of airplane electronics, as occurred for AF 447 in 2009 and MH 370 earlier this year. Which factors were responsible for these three airline disasters in July, 2014? The Zetas explain.
ZetaTalk Insight 7/25/2014: A TransAsia Airways was landing near Taiwan on July 23, 2014 in the aftermath of a Typhoon that had passed the region, and though several other planes were able to land just prior, at 7:06 pm local time the plane crashed into homes near the airport, killing 48 aboard. The Sun was high over India, so a side swipe of the charged tail of Planet X disrupted the steady state of the Earth’s magnetic field on the dusk side of the globe. One might call this an electro-magnetic flux, rather than pulse, but this is just as disruptive to electronics. Although the pilot was having difficulty landing, making a second pass, the public will only hear that rain created poor visibility.
A SwiftAir plane encountered bad weather in Mali on July 24, 2014 just before dawn at 4:30 am local time and was later discovered crashed, all 116 aboard dead. The Sun was high over India at the time, a point when the Earth wobble swings to the right, but visibility was also affected by the atmospheric turmoil. Thunderstorms do not bring down aircraft, however, nor did the SwiftAir fly into a mountain. At pre-dawn over Mali, this plane also encountered a side-swipe of the charged tail of Planet X, stalling the engines long enough to plunge the plane into the ground. The public will only hear of bad weather, however.
On July 25, 2017 an EasyJet landing in Spain close to noon at 10:10 am made an emergency landing as it had been devastated by lightning, all 116 aboard saved, thus. Planes are protected from lightning strikes, but this assault was considered so devastating the pilot was taking no chances. The assault was sudden, unexpected, and once again near water as both Barcelona and the emergency landing were along the coastline with the Mediterranean. As with the European radar outages on June 5-10, 2014 in the afternoons, the timing was when the Sun was overhead, close to noon. Facing Planet X, direct arcing to the charged tail occurred, and such lightning storms will likewise be on the increase, increasing devastation for air travel.Source: ZetaTalk Newsletter Issue 410
Germanwings Crash
Yet another airplane crashes due to electro-magnetic pulse. This time the crash was in the heart of Europe in the foothills of the Alps. The Zetas explain that stretch zones are susceptible to attracting the charged tail of Planet X, and the Eurasian Plate is under a stretch.
- Germanwings Crash: Plane Obliterated, 150 Presumed Dead
March 24, 2015
http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/24/europe/france-plane-crash/index.html- March 24, 2015. A Germanwings Airbus A320 plane carrying at least 148 people crashed Tuesday in the foothills of the Alps in southeastern France. The plane crashed near Digne-les-Bains, in the Alpes de Haute Provence region.
- Germanwings Plane Crashes In South France, 150 Feared Dead
March 24, 2015
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/24/germanwings-plane-crash- The cause of the crash was not immediately clear. There did not appear to be turbulence or low cloud ceiling in the area.
ZetaTalk Summary 3/28/2015: We have repeatedly stressed that certain parts of the globe are susceptible to interaction with the charged tail of Planet X. This is certainly the case on the Sunda Plate, which is under continuous pressure to slip under the curve of the Indo-Australian Plate, as the MH 370 disaster shows. Stretch zones are most susceptible to the electromagnetic screech in the rock and the interplay with the charged tail of Planet X that causes interference with airplane electronics. This can be seen by AF 447 in 2009 while over the spreading Atlantic Rift. All of the Eurasian Plate, from the UK through to China, is under such a stretch. This can be seen in the hum in the UK and disappearing radar over the Danube River course and methane flashes in the Urals and the Sleepy Hollow phenomena.
What was the cause of the Germanwings crash? What is known is that the plane reached cruising speed and then began a descent. Meanwhile there was no communication from the cockpit, though communication lines had been open just a minute before the descent. If there was total electronic failure, as happened for AF 447 in 2009 and MH 370 in 2014, with no oxygen pumped into the cockpit or passenger cabin, the pilot can become unconscious.
- Airbus A320 Plane Crash in Southern France
March 24, 2015
http://rt.com/news/243533-plane-crash-german-wings/- Germanwings say they are not aware of any complications during the descent of the aircraft. It started descending one minute after reaching its cruising height and continued to lose altitude for eight minutes, before finally crashing. Air traffic controllers said they were in contact with the pilots of the Germanwings A320 aircraft just a minute before the plane started to descend.
- Britons on Board Doomed Germanwings Flight 4U 9525
March 25, 2015
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3009151/headlines-news-Germanwings- Air traffic controllers claimed they received no SOS despite the jet nosediving 32,000 ft in just eight minutes. It is understood to have crashed at more than 400mph.
Without oxygen, the pilots and crew as well as the passengers will quickly become sleepy, confused, nauseous, and unconscious. If brain death occurs within four minutes, the stage where one is confused and unconscious occurs very quickly, in less than a minute. Electromagnetic pulse also affects electronics selectively, some incapacitated, some only damaged, but other managing to function. Electromagnetic pulse also makes one sleepy, as the Sleepy Hollow phenomena shows.
- Cerebral Hypoxia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerebral_hypoxia- Continued oxygen deprivation results in fainting, long-term loss of consciousness, coma, seizures, cessation of brain stem reflexes, and brain death.
- Asphyxia
http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Oxygen+deprivation- Symptoms of asphyxia vary but may include light-headedness, nausea, and gasping, followed by unconsciousness and death. An area quickly affected is the cerebral cortex, the brain center for speech and other conscious behavior; it can be irreparably damaged by as little as five minutes of oxygen deprivation.
- Electromagnetic Pulse
http://midimagic.sgc-hosting.com/emp.htm- The electromagnetic pulse induces large currents in conductors that are part of or are connected to the equipment. These high currents can do the following: Induce voltages high enough to arc from one conductor to another, damaging whatever is connected to them. Induce voltages high enough to arc from a conductor to a device, damaging the device. Exceed the current-carrying capabilities of conductors or components in the device, damaging them. Induce voltages that exceed the voltage limitations of components in the device, damaging them. Induce voltages that exceed the breakdown voltage of insulation in the device, damaging other components. Cause voltage spikes that move atoms around in the doping of semiconductors, ruining them. Cause voltage spikes that puncture through the metallic oxide gates in semiconductors, ruining them. Cause all of the sparkplugs in an internal combustion engine to fire at the same time, stopping the engine. Damage the semiconductors in an electronic ignition system, stopping the engine and keeping it from running again. Blow fuses in electric power transmission lines, putting them out of service until the fuses are replaced.
One of the flight data recorders, the voice recorder from the cockpit, was retrieved and revealed that up until the descent all was normal and calm. Then when they reached cruising altitude the pilot left the cockpit and went to the bathroom but could not get back in. In the limited audio released to the media, the pilot can be heard pounding on the door. However, A320 doors are electronically controlled, locking and unlocking electronically. Loss of electronic control would have locked the door and disabled the pad. Or there would have been frantic keypad buzzing, clicking of the toggle switch in the cockpit to re-lock the door, and intercom phone calls. None of this was mentioned by the media. Why not?
- A320 Doors
http://www.smartcockpit.com/aircraft-ressources/A320-Doors.html- Cockpit Door: A forward-opening door separates the cockpit from the passenger compartment. In an emergency it can be forced open in either direction. The door has an electric locking latch controlled by the door unlock pushbutton on the pedestal. To unlock the door, the pilot must press the pushbutton, and maintain it pressed.
- Germanwings Pilot Was Locked Out of Cockpit Before Crash in France
March 26, 2015
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/26/world/europe/germanwings-airbus-crash- The audio indicated that one of the pilots left the cockpit and could not re-enter. “The guy outside is knocking lightly on the door, and there is no answer,” the investigator said. “And then he hits the door stronger, and no answer. There is never an answer.” He said, “You can hear he is trying to smash the door down.” Among the theories that have been put forward by air safety analysts not involved in the investigation is the possibility that a pilot could have been incapacitated by a sudden event such as a fire or a drop in cabin pressure.
- Germanwing Crash Not the Full Story
March 29, 2015
http://www.sott.net/article/294482-Germanwings-crash-Not-the-full-story- Arnoux also wonders why no mention was made by investigators of hearing the loud strident beeping made by the cockpit door console when the emergency access code is entered to open the cockpit door. Arnoux recognizes that the emergency unlock code could have been overridden by someone in the cockpit manually holding the lock button down, but this would not have prevented the beeping once the code was entered outside. This would have been the clearest confirmation that one of the pilots had been locked out. Yet no mention was made of it.
The press is claiming the sounds of the co-pilot breathing steadily can be heard, thus his intention to commit suicide. This is more symptomatic of an unconscious co-pilot, as someone deliberately flying into a mountainside would be emotional and breathing rapidly. An unconscious co-pilot could also have fallen sideways onto the joystick, pushing it forward to cause the descent. The media only mentions turning a dial to control descent, which is an adjustment to the autopilot, not the joystick option. Manipulating the joystick overrides the autopilot. Why not? Because for airline profits to be maintained, the co-pilot is being blamed.
- The A320 is the First Launched Engineering Essay
http://www.ukessays.com/essays/engineering/the-a320-is-the-first-launched-engineering-essay- The A320 families typically used digital fly-by-wire control systems and control the aircraft by joystick at side-stick usually on right hand side, in commercial aircraft.
- Avcanada Forum
March 25, 2015
http://www.avcanada.ca/forums2/viewtopic.php?f=118&t=102237&start=25- I have a question specifically for Airbus drivers. In normal cruise configuration, should a pilot end up leaning on the sidestick, pushing it forward, what will the aircraft do? Thinking about a possible incapacitation scenario, ie slumped forward due to a heart attack or anurism or some such event. What would the aircraft do with normal cruise set on auto, but a sidestick pushed forward?
ZetaTalk Analysis 3/28/2015: Has the public been allowed to hear the cockpit voice recorder? This will not be allowed, or only after it has been altered to fit the circumstances. What is missing at present is the door access buzzer. Normal exit and entry are via an intercom identification after a single keypad button is pushed. In an emergency a code can be typed into the keypad. It is true that the cockpit can block entry by pressing the lock button continuously. But during all or any of this, a buzzer is loudly sounding. If scraping chairs and a shutting door and steady breathing can be heard, where is the buzzer? The press has made much of the co-pilot breathing “steadily”, proof that he is alive and the crash deliberate. Anyone conscious and seeing a crash into a mountain side looming will not be calm. This is an involuntary response. He would be screaming, and rapidly breathing. Oxygen deprivation first involves confusion and sleepiness, then becoming unconscious, so unless alerted that the oxygen level is dropping, the co-pilot was unaware this was happening to him. How often do carbon monoxide deaths occur where the family is taken unaware?
Compare the sounds of the last 60 seconds recorded on the Germanwings cockpit recorder to the sounds expected from an A 320 cockpit. Note that only the last 60 second were released to the media. Bild, a German magazine, also released the full transcript of the audio, which matches reports to date and the 60 second audio released to the media. If the electronic operation of the door were involved at any time, the intercom phone ringing would be heard. If this resulted in the co-pilot unlocking the door, or trying to push the toggle to lock so it could not be unlocked, the sound of the toggle would be heard as well as the keypad buzzer in the cockpit. If the co-pilot was ignoring these requests, then repeated keypad buzzing and toggle to lock would be heard, yet none of this was reported in the media. If, per the narrative being pushed in the media, the co-pilot had thrown a bolt on the door, then this too would be heard on the tape, as the media is claiming that a chair scuff on the floor and the sound of a shutting door could be heard. And in any case, the keypad would be tried, at least at first. The last 60 seconds include only pounding on the door with voices in the background, an alarm a few seconds before impact, more voices in the background and at the very end yet another alarm or call. None of the sounds on the recording match the anticipated intercom or keypad sounds.
So what caused the crash? The African Roll may have only just started, but there are signs that the Mediterranean is pulling apart while the African Plate drops. This stretch does indeed affect the foothills of the Alps.
ZetaTalk Comment 3/28/2015: Recently passengers on a flight from Barcelona to Israel grew faint from methane gas brought into the plane as it traveled along the spreading Mediterranean rip. Barcelona was in the news again when an EasyJet was struck by lightning. We have predicted that the African Roll will pull Gibraltar apart by an additional 125 miles. The Mediterranean in the past was a swamp, but now is a sea, due to such actions in the past. When the edge of the Eurasian Plate loses support along the Mediterranean, what does this do to the rock in the area?
Rock being pulled apart does not just register distress at the rip point. Rock layers are attached, glued to other rock layers and to seams within the rock layers themselves for long distances. The Germanwings A320 was rising above the Alps, at the very foothills where in the past the rock had been jammed under the high Alps. The foothills of the Alps present a complicated situation, where rock layers below the Alps are subject to the long reach of the stretching of the Mediterranean, while the weight of the Alps prevents these pulled rock layers from being able to adjust. It is thus an aggravated stretch zone, and thus dangerous for air travel.
CERN also had magnetic problems, just two days before and in the days after the Germanwings airplane crashed. CERN uses magnets intensively, and thus would be subject to the electromagnetic pulse that disabled the Germanwings plane in the French Alps. CERN is located in Geneva, nearby, also on the Franco-Swiss border.
- In pictures: X-rays Probe LHC for Cause of Short Circuit
March 26, 2015
http://home.web.cern.ch/about/updates/2015/03/pictures-x-rays-probe-lhc-cause-short-circuit- Early last Saturday morning [March 21], while full-scale tests of all systems were ongoing in preparation for beam injection, an earth fault developed in the main dipole circuit of sector 3-4 of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). All the protection systems worked properly and there was no harm done. The fault developed at relatively low current and was initially intermittent in nature.
- Electric Fault Delays Relaunch of CERN Collider after Two-Year Refit
March 25, 2015
http://in.mobile.reuters.com/article/idINKBN0MK2EY20150324?irpc=932- Engineers had been expected to start on Wednesday [March 25] pumping proton beams in opposite directions all the way round the two 27-km (17-mile) underground tubes in the LHC, closed down for the past two years for a refit. Scientists at Europe's CERN research centre have had to postpone the imminent relaunch of their refitted 'Big Bang' machine, the Large Hadron Collider, because of a short-circuit in the wiring of one of the vital magnets.
In the days following the crash of the Germanwings plane, on March 27, the Netherlands had an extensive blackout affecting Amsterdam and the entire region. And on March 31 Turkey had an extensive blackout affecting half the country. Per the Zetas, the European stretch is once again the cause. How will the establishment react? To date, they have presented a cover-up. AF 447 in 2009 was declared due to a pilot error and bad weather. This despite the fact that an automated technical report indicated that the electrical systems were shutting down, one by one. MH 370 was blamed on pilot suicide and bad weather too.
- What Happened to Flight 447?
June 1, 2009
http://www.reuters.com/article/2009/06/02/us-airline-crash- A succession of a dozen technical messages showed that several electrical systems had broken down, most ominously the pressurization system - a totally unprecedented situation in the plane. A succession of a dozen technical messages (showed that) several electrical systems had broken down.
- What Really Happened Aboard Air France 447
December 6, 2011
http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/aviation/crashes/- At 1h51m, the cockpit becomes illuminated by a strange electrical phenomenon. The two copilots discuss the unusually elevated external temperature, which has prevented them from climbing to their desired altitude. Suddenly, a strange aroma, like an electrical transformer, floods the cockpit, and the temperature suddenly increases. Just then an alarm sounds for 2.2 seconds, indicating that the autopilot is disconnecting. Note, however, that the plane has suffered no mechanical malfunction. The word "Stall!" will blare through the cockpit 75 times.
The Germanwings crash cannot blame the weather, which was perfect. Per the Zetas, the airline industries will not allow the truth to be told. Profits come first, and the lives of the common man are the least of their concerns.
ZetaTalk Comment 3/28/2015: The public will never learn the truth, as in all such cases electromagnetic interference is dismissed, the profits and jobs involved in the airline industry taking precedence of the truth. This will result in any case as the public gets leery of air travel, insurance costs rise, and airline companies go out of business.Source: ZetaTalk Newsletter Issue 445
Small Planes Crashing
During a 5 day period from June 8-13, 2016 the portion of the N American continent most affected by the bow stress was afflicted by numerous small plane crashes. The bowing of the N American continent pulls the Aleutian Islands toward the tip of Mexico, with the center of the bow near San Diego. Thus, in a swath across the center of the US, small planes were suddenly crashing, with no warning, with no communications from the cockpit in most cases, a clear sign they were afflicted by Electro-Magnetic-Pulse. This onslaught showed up on the Global Incident Map for aviation.
One of the most publicized incidents was the spinning crash of a small plane in Houston on June 9. The pilot reportedly made repeated attempts to land the plane, aborting each time due to his lack of control over the planet. It appears the pilot had also lost communications. Then in a final fatal spin, the plane crashed, killing all on board. The plane had flown from Oklahoma to Houston, crashing at its destination.
- Plane Spins, Drops from the Sky
June11, 2016
http://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2016/06/11/plane-drops-from-the-sky- The NTSB is investigating the cause of a single-engine plane crash that killed three people in Houston.
- NTSB: Pilot Tried to Land 3 times before Houston Plane Crash
June 10, 2016
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/ntsb-pilot-tried-to-land-for-3rd-time- The pilot of a plane that crashed near a Houston airport halted a third attempt to land just before it plummeted to the ground, killing all three inside. It's unclear whether the pilot made a distress call just before the crash that happened. The plane was in a flat spin before it plummeted to the ground nose-first.
Not a day later near Hawthorne, California, a small plan dove into an apartment complex. No distress signal had been relayed, no communications whatsoever. Unless the pilot had a heart attack, the clear answer is yet another incident of Electro-Magnetic-Pulse disabling the electronics on the plane.
- Cessna Plane Crashes into Apartments in Hawthorne, California; 2 Dead
June 11, 2016
https://www.rt.com/usa/346182-cessna-plane-crash-hawthorne/- A small plane slammed into a two-story townhouse in Hawthorne, in the south west of Los Angeles County. Hawthorne Municipal Airport is less than two miles from the crash site. The Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board will investigate the crash.
- 2 Dead After Plane Crashes Into Townhouse Complex Near Hawthorne Airport
June 11, 2016
http://ktla.com/2016/06/10/light-plane-crashes-into-residential-building-near-hawthorne- The plane went down around 5:12 p.m. in the 4600 block of W. Broadway killing two people on board. The aircraft slammed into two townhouses in the complex. The aircraft, described as a Grumman American AA-1B, crashed two miles west of the airport under unknown circumstances.
Other incidents include a crash near Batesville, Indiana on June 8 which was blamed on an unexplained “mechanical problem”. Investigation ongoing. Another on June 10 crashed into May Lake near Bismark, N Dakota which is being blamed on the youth of the pilot. Investigation here also ongoing. Then on June 11 the pace picked up with a crash in Santa Rosa, California where the plane ended upside down in a field. The aircraft had reportedly been making “odd sounds” and the pilot, who survived, was having problems with the throttle. Another near Collegedale, Tennessee during a failed landing. Apparently, there were no communications and no survivors.
- Pilot Airlifted to Hospital after Small Plane Crashes near Batesville Airport
June 8, 2016
http://fox59.com/2016/06/08/pilot-airlifted-to-hospital-after-small-plane-crashes- The crash occurred near Three Mile Road and Enochsburg Road around 11:45 am. An initial investigation determined that the plane was a homemade ultralight single person aircraft. The pilot took off from the airport and soon experienced a mechanical problem. The aircraft then went down in a heavily wooded area not far from the airport. The investigation into the crash is ongoing.
- Small Plane with Young Pilot Crashes, Killing all Onboard
June 10, 2016
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/north-dakota-airplane-crash-lake-dead-pilot-passengers/- The four-seat plane crashed into May Lake near the town of Wishek while en route to Bismarck. Complications during takeoff from Wishek's airport resulted in the crash. The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating.
- Pilot Uninjured after Small Plane Crash in Santa Rosa
June 11, 2016
http://arffwg.org/pilot-uninjured-after-small-plane-crash-in-santa-rosa/- Personnel from the Bennett Valley Fire Department could hear a plane flying low in the area making an odd sound around 10 a.m. A short time later, the department received a report of a small plane crash in a vineyard near 6500 Jamison Road. Emergency responders arrived on the scene to find the biplane aircraft upside down in the vineyard. The pilot had been flying in the area when he realized there was a problem with the plane’s throttle, causing the aircraft to idle.
- Official says 2 People Dead in Plane Crash in Tennessee
June 11, 2016
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/06/11/official-says-2-people-dead-in-plane-crash- A single-engine plane crashed around 12:50 p.m. at the Collegedale airport. The plane was coming into the Collegedale airport when it crashed. She said she did not if anyone else outside the plane was injured or if there was property damaged in the crash. Collegedale is a city about 20 miles east of Chattanooga.
What’s causing this increase in Electro-Magnetic-Pulse (EMP) on the N American continent? The N American continent is a flat top, unable to roll, and thus as the Atlantic expands and the Pacific shortens, Mexico pulled to the west, there is unrelieved diagonal stress on the N American continent. This is resolved when the New Madrid rips open, but until this occurs the rock is screaming. Compression in the rock squeezes air out of pockets in the rock, allowing electricity to rise unimpeded through the rock layers and arc to the charged tail of Nibiru. Booms are back with a fury in 2016, and dramatic blackouts occurred along the East Coast in 2015 as did a derailed Amtrak train in Philly.
ZetaTalk Prediction 2/10/2006: The giant plates of N America and Eurasia are locked against each other, unable to rotate against each other due to their shape. But the primary drama preceding the pole shift will be the ripping action that a plate unable to move must endure.
ZetaTalk Prediction 1/10/2015: We have consistently warned that electro-magnetic pulse, the arcing from the electronic screech in compressed rock to the charged tail of Planet X, will be on the increase. This brings down the grid, as surge and brownout destroy electronic infrastructure and electronic grids are designed to protect themselves thus. Blackouts, electronically damaged airplanes, and interference with mankind’s satellites will be on the increase.
ZetaTalk Prediction 5/28/2016: We have stressed that airplane travel will get increasingly risky, due to EMP which is already taking planes down in dramatic fashion.Source: ZetaTalk Newsletter Issue 508
M. Difato
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Apr 18, 2017
Nick Shanks
https://www.rt.com/viral/386939-dashcam-oregon-crash-plane/
The crash occurred at 3:40pm, shortly after the single-engine plane took off from the nearby Paine Field airport. No serious injuries were reported in the crash, which led to brief power outages in the area. Details of the crash appeared in the Seattle Times and were also confirmed by the local police department on Twitter.
May 3, 2017
M. Difato
Learjet Crashes Near Building on Landing Approach at Teterboro Airport Near New York City
https://fightersweep.com/7802/learjet-crashes-near-building-landing...
A small business jet crashed while trying to land at Teterboro Airport
killing both crew members on the aircraft. The Learjet 35 was carrying no other passengers when it went down approximately a quarter mile from the runway causing a fire. No one on the ground was reported injured.
The plane was registered in Billings, Montana, to a company called A&C Big Sky Aviation, which has a residential address. The owners of the residence are Daniel and Julane Wells. There was no answer at their residence Monday night.
Mayor Craig Lahullier said all town employees already had left for the day before the plane crashed next to its Department of Public Works building. “I tell ya, it’s a miracle,” he said. “Thank God the guys were out of there, that’s all I can say.” – AP
The cause of the accident is not known at this time but weather reports in the area had warned of strong winds gusting up to 45 miles per hour shortly before the aircraft crashed.
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May 16, 2017
Tracie Crespo
www.cbsnews.com/news/united-airlines-flight-injured-turbulence-hous...
Turbulence injures multiple passengers on United Airlines flight, officials say
Emergency crews respond to a flight that left several passengers injured due to severe turbulence in Houston, Texas
Last Updated Jun 20, 2017 6:37 PM EDT
HOUSTON, Texas -- At least ten people experienced turbulence-related injuries during a United Airlines flight on Tuesday, CBS affiliate KHOU-TV in Houston reports.
The plane was traveling from Panama City, Panama to George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston, Texas when it experienced weather-related turbulence, United Airlines told CBS News.
In a statement, the Federal Aviation Administration confirmed that the flight hit severe turbulence. "United Flight 1031, a Boeing 737, reported encountering severe turbulence in Mexican airspace, about 80 miles east of Cancun. The aircraft landed safely at George Houston Bush Intercontinental Airport just after 2:30 p.m," the statement said.
United said in a statement to CBS News that nine customers and crew members were transferred to area hospitals for treatment. Paramedics met the aircraft on the runway for immediate treatment, United said.
The others were treated at on the scene for minor injuries, KHOU-TV reports.
Last year, 44 passengers and crew members suffered turbulence-related injuries that were sufficient enough to require reporting to the United States' Federal Aviation Administration. That figure marked a spike since the previous year, when 21 people were injured, but also a significant drop from 2009, when 107 crew members and passengers were injured during turbulence, the FAA reported.
Jun 21, 2017
M. Difato
F-16 Thunderbird plane crashes at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base ahead of air show
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/06/24/f-16-thun...
CINCINNATI — A fighter jet with the Air Force Thunderbirds was involved in a crash Friday at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, officials confirmed.
"Upon landing there was a mishap," according to a press release. The F-16D Fighting Falcon went off a runway and overturned Friday, injuring the pilot.
The pilot and a tactical aircraft maintainer in the plane were hospitalized, and are listed in good condition, Thunderbirds officials said.
An investigation is underway.
Jun 24, 2017
M. Difato
1 killed following plane crash into Chico’s Daycare on Metro Parkway
http://www.winknews.com/2017/06/24/1-killed-following-plane-crash-i...
FORT MYERS, Fla. At least one person was killed after a plane crashed into Chico’s Daycare Saturday morning (June 24) on Metro Parkway, the Lee County Sheriff”s Office said.
A Piper PA-28-181 aircraft crashed into the daycare at around 8:00 a.m. on 11215 Metro Parkway during takeoff from Page Field, officials said.
One person was killed in the crash and another person was transferred to Lee Memorial Hospital with injuries, officials said. The extent of their i
njuries are unclear.
No one was inside of the daycare at the time of the crash and there is significant damage to the building, officials said.
The Federal Aviation Administration was notified and the National Transportation Safety Board will be investigating the crash, officials said.
The circumstances leading up to the crash are unclear at this time.
No further information was immediately available..."
Jun 24, 2017
M. Difato
Helicopter crash kills rescuers responding to volcano eruption in Indonesia
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(UPI) -- Indonesia's National Agency for Disaster Management said eight people died after a helicopter crashed during a rescue mission after a volcano erupted.
The helicopter, which carried four Indonesian navy officers and four rescuers, crashed into a cliff of the Butak Mountain in the Temanggung district of Indonesia's Central Java Province on Sunday (July 2). The rescuers were en route to the Dieng Plateau's Sileri Crater, which erupted and injured up to 17 visitors, the agency, the BNPB, said..."
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Popular Tourist Volcano Erupts In Indonesia, Killing 8 Rescuers
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Jul 3, 2017
M. Difato
A Gulfstream III jet with nine people aboard crashed on Wednesday off the coast of Venezuela as it was attempting an emergency landing. It’s not known if there were any survivors.
http://www.airlive.net/news-a-gulfstream-iii-jet-crashes-off-venezu...
The Gulfstream 3 jet was operated by a Venezuelan government agency responsible for transporting public officials. Interior Minister Nestor Reverol said the plane had departed from Margarita Island and reported a mechanical failure around 1:45 p.m. local time.
It tried to return to the airport but the failure intensified and it went down in the crystal blue Caribbean waters about 45 miles (75 kilometers) from the coast.
At least 100 people are participating in a search for the aircraft, he said.
Jul 6, 2017
jorge namour
16 dead in Marine C-130 crash in Mississippi
Monday, July 10th 2017
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http://www.fox13memphis.com/news/trending-now/report-army-c-130-cra...
EFLORE CO., MS (WMC) -
Sixteen people are dead following a Marine Corps airplane crash in Mississippi, according to authorities at the crash site.
First responders said the C-130 left Memphis on Monday.
The plane crashed in Leflore County just off Highway 82 on Monday afternoon.
The plane is believed to have exploded in mid-air. Investigators said they found debris on both sides of the highway, leading them to believe an explosion happened prior to the crash.
A Mississippi State Trooper said the plane is loaded with ammunition, causing emergency workers to have to keep their distance.
"There's a lot of ammo in the plane. That's why we are keeping so far back. We just don't know what it'll do. It burns a bit then goes out, burns a little more then dies down," the trooper told WMC Action News 5 crews.
The United States Marine Corps confirmed the aircraft was a Marine aircraft.
Jul 11, 2017
Tracie Crespo
www.foxnews.com/us/2017/11/12/kentucky-small-plane-crash-leaves-4-d...
Kentucky small plane crash leaves 4 dead
Four people are dead in Kentucky after a small plane crashed in Barren County Sunday afternoon.
The plane — a single-engine Piper PA-32 — crashed before 2:30 p.m. near Glasgow, Fox 17 Nashville reported, citing the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
A Kentucky state trooper confirmed four people died after the plane hit tree tops before crash-landing in a nearby wooded area.
Part of the plane was lodged between large branches in a tree, and debris was scattered at least 200 feet, the state trooper said.
The names of the victims weren’t immediately released.
The FAA, according to Fox 17, is investigating the incident, and will be on site of the crash Monday morning. The National Transportation Safety Board also will investigate the crash.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Nov 13, 2017
M. Difato
U.S. Navy plane with 11 aboard crashes into sea off Japan; 8 found alive
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/u-s-navy-aircraft-crashes-sea-ok...
Eight people have been found alive and are in "good condition" after a U.S. Navy plane with 11 people aboard crashed into the sea off Japan on Wednesday (Nov 22), the military said.
A search-and-rescue mission for three other people continues, the Navy said.
"Our entire focus is on finding all of our sailors," Rear Adm. Marc H. Dalton said in a statement, adding that the Navy "will be relentless in our efforts."
The aircraft is believed to have crashed about 500 nautical miles southeast of Okinawa Island at about 2:45 p.m. (12:45 a.m. ET) while on the way to the USS Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier.
Eight of the 11 Navy personnel were rescued 45 minutes later before being transferred to the ship for medical evaluation. The aircraft carrier, which is in the Philippine Sea, is part of the Japan-based 7th Fleet..."
"..The crash comes at a time when the Navy's 7th fleet and U.S. Pacific Command have come under increased scrutiny after 17 sailors died in two deadly collisions in Asian waters this year.
Seven U.S. sailors died when the USS Fitzgerald collided with a container ship off the coast of Japan in June. Two months later, in August, another navy destroyer, the USS John S. McCain, collided with an oil tanker near Singapore, killing 10 sailors.
In the wake of the accidents, eight top Navy officials were removed from their posts, including the 7th Fleet
commander. After the second collision, the Navy ordered the entire fleet to take a one-day "operational pause" to ensure that the ships were meeting safety standards.
The Navy said a family assistance center had been set up. Families living on base in Japan can call 315-243-1728, while families living in the United States can call +81-468-16-1728.
Nov 23, 2017
Tracie Crespo
www.cnn.com/2018/01/01/americas/costa-rica-plane-crash-family-ident...
Two US families die in Costa Rica plane crash
By Matt Rehbein, Djenane Villanueva and Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN
Updated 6:19 AM ET, Tue January 2, 2018
(CNN)Relatives and friends are mourning the deaths of 10 Americans, including two families, killed in a New Year's Eve plane crash in Costa Rica.
Crash in a wooded area
President vows to help victims' families
CNN's Dave Alsup, Melissa Gray, Jamiel Lynch, Lauren del Valle, Kiarinna Parisi, Florencia Trucco, Radina Gigova, Karen Smith and Jon Ostrower contributed to this report.
Jan 2, 2018
M. Difato
Russian passenger plane crashes near Moscow; 71 dead
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-airplane-crash/russian-pa...
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian passenger plane crashed near Moscow soon after take-off on Sunday(Feb 11), killing all 71 people on board, and investigators said they were looking at all possible causes.
Temperatures were around minus 5 degrees Celsius with periodic snowfall when the short-haul AN-148 operated by Saratov Airlines took off for the city of Orsk in Orenburg region, about 900 miles (1,500 km) southeast of the capital.
President Vladimir Putin offered condolences to those who had lost relatives and ordered a special investigative commission to be set up.
“According to preliminary information, nobody survived,” the Kremlin said in a statement.
The office of Russia’s transport prosecutor said all 71 people on board had been killed. Transport Minister Maxim Sokolov confirmed there were no survivors and said DNA tests would be needed to identify the dead.
TV images of the crash site showed wreckage of the plane, including at least one engine, lying in fields covered with thick snow.
Helicopters were at the scene as well as rescuers on snowmobiles. An official of the Emergency Situations Ministry said two bodies and a flight recorder had been found...."
'No survivors' among 77 aboard jet that crashed outside Moscow, officials say
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MOSCOW, Russia There appear to be 'no survivors' among the 71 aboard a Russian jet that crashed shortly after taking off from Moscow, the Russian transport minister said.
"Judging by everything, at the moment there are no survivors of this air disaster," Minister Maksim Sokolov said of the crash Sunday afternoon local time outside Moscow.
DNA analysis will likely be needed to identify the dead, Sokolov said. "The quality of biomaterials [at the crash site] is such that genetic analysis will have to be done. We will have to collect biological material from relatives."
Two bodies had been recovered from the wreckage by Sunday evening local time, Russia's Emergencies Ministry reported. About 400 rescue workers have been mobilized to go to the crash site, where the search is expected to continue throughout the night.
Th Saratov Airlines jet, with 65 passengers and six crew, disappeared from radar around around 2:21 p.m. Moscow time, five to six minutes after taking off from Domodedovo Airport in Moscow. It was on route to Orsk in the Orenburg Region about 1,000 miles away when it crashed, Elena Voronova, a spokeswoman for the airlines, told ABC News.
Feb 11, 2018
Juan F Martinez
Feb 12, 2018
Tracie Crespo
13 Die After Helicopter Surveying Earthquake Damage Crashes In Mexico
AMY HELD
Students sit in an open area after their school was evacuated in Veracruz, Mexico, on Friday, following a magnitude 7.2 earthquake. Later Friday 13 people died after a helicopter surveying the damage near the epicenter crashed.
Thirteen people died and 15 were injured Friday night after a military helicopter carrying government officials assessing earthquake damage crashed in southern Mexico, said the Oaxaca state prosecutor's office.
Five women, four men and three children died at the scene and another person died later at the hospital, according to the prosecutor's office said.
All of the victims had been on the ground, reports The Associated Press. Details of the casualties are still unclear.
The helicopter was carrying Interior Secretary Alfonso Navarrete and Oaxaca State Governor Alejandro Murat, who were both reportedly unharmed.
It was attempting to land in a vacant lot in the town of Santiago Jamiltepec when the pilot appeared to lose control, witnesses said.
Both Murat and Navarrete tweeted their sympathy early Saturday to the victims of the crash.
Around 5:30 p.m. local time, a 7.2 magnitude temblor hit south and central Mexico, apparently causing no death and little destruction, but rattling a region still jittery from a September quake that killed more than 200 people.
NPR's Carrie Kahn reported from the capital Mexico City that she felt Friday's earthquake "pretty strong."
"You could just feel the whole floor move from out from under you," she said. "And everybody was out in the streets in my neighborhood and looking up at this eight-story building that was right next to us, just swaying back and forth."
https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/02/17/586788621/13-die...
Feb 17, 2018
Poli
Iran plane crash: All 66 people on board dead.
Sixty-six people have been killed in a passenger plane crash in Iran, airline company officials say.
The Aseman Airlines plane, en route from Tehran to the south-western city of Yasuj, came down in the Zagros mountains
Flight EP 3704 left Tehran at 08:00 local time (04:30 GMT) and disappeared from radar about an hour later.
The aircraft crashed on Dena Mountain, 22km (14 miles) from Yasuj, news channel Irinn reported.
The plane was a French-made twin-engine turboprop ATR 72-500.
Those on board were 60 passengers, two security guards, two flight attendants and the pilot and co-pilot.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-43103192
Feb 18, 2018
Tracie Crespo
https://www.sltrib.com/news/2018/02/24/small-plane-crash-in-southea...
Small plane crash kills four in southeastern Utah
Four people are dead after a small plane crash, the San Juan County Sheriff’s Office said Friday.
The single-engine plane, a Piper Lance, had been flying from Grand Junction, Colo., to Albuquerque, N.M., according to FAA spokesman Lynn Lunsford. It was reported missing late Thursday.
The wreckage was found about 18 miles southeast of Monticello, Lunsford wrote in an email to The Salt Lake Tribune. Search crews found the plane at about 5 p.m. on Friday, according to a Facebook post from the San Juan County Sheriff’s Office.
All four of the plane’s occupants died, according to San Juan County dispatch.
Civil Air Patrol and Colorado agencies assisted in searching for the downed plane, and the National Transportation Safety Board will investigate the crash.
Officials have not released the identities of the plane’s pilot or passengers.
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https://www.twincities.com/2018/02/24/wisconsin-dairy-owner-son-in-...
Wisconsin dairy owner, son-in-law among 3 dead in Indiana plane crash
ROSSVILLE, Ind. — A Wisconsin dairy owner and his son-in-law were among at least three people killed when a small plane crashed into a central Indiana farm field, the business said Friday.
Kewaunee, Wis.-based Pagel’s Ponderosa Dairy identified those who died as business owner John T. Pagel, his son-in-law, Steven Witcpalek, and pilot Nathan Saari.
No one survived the crash that happened about 7:30 p.m. Thursday just north of the small town of Rossville, about 60 miles northwest of Indianapolis, according to Indiana State Police. It had taken off from the Eagle Creek Airport in Indianapolis and was headed to Green Bay, Wis.
Multiple people were on board the plane when it crashed into the muddy field, but state police spokesman Sgt. Kim Riley said investigators hadn’t confirmed by midday Friday how many people it was carrying.“The wreckage is spread over quite a big area,” Riley said.
A statement from the business said the Pagel family is grieving the loss. “We appreciate the outpouring of the communities’ thoughts and prayers,” the statement said.
State police identified the plane as a Cessna 441 Conquest Turboprop. Such twin-propeller planes can carry up to 10 people.
There was no severe weather in the area at the time of the crash and a possible cause wasn’t immediately known.
Investigators from the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board arrived at the scene Friday, Riley said.
Feb 25, 2018
Juan F Martinez
Chilling footage shows plane flying with busted engine (VIDEO) Published time: 5 Mar, 2018 20:22
The flight, operated by Kyrgyz airline Tez Jet, took off from Bishkek airport on March 1 on its way to the town of Batken in the southwest of the country. Footage shot by the passengers shows parts of the busted engine swaying back and forth like a loose piece of scrap metal as the craft makes its descent. As the plane lands, the passengers can be heard laughing, crying and clapping in relief.
https://www.rt.com/news/420540-chilling-footage-plane-busted-engine/
Mar 6, 2018
Tracie Crespo
time.com/5194835/turkish-plane-crash-iran/
All 11 People On Board Dead After Turkish Private Plane Crashes in Iran, Authorities Say
(TEHRAN) — A Turkish private jet flying from the United Arab Emirates to Istanbul carrying a group of young women crashed Sunday night in a mountainous region of Iran during a heavy rain, killing all 11 people on board, authorities said. The doomed aircraft days earlier carried a bachelorette party bound for Dubai.
Iranian state television quoted Mojtaba Khaledi, the spokesman of the country’s emergency management organization, as saying the plane hit a mountain near Shahr-e Kord and burst into flames. Shahr-e Kord is some 370 kilometers (230 miles) south of the capital, Tehran.
Khaledi later told a website associated with state TV that local villagers had reached the site in the Zagros Mountains and found 11 badly burned bodies in the wreckage. He said DNA tests would be needed to identify the dead.
Villagers near the crash earlier said they saw flames coming from the plane’s engine before the crash, according to a report by Iran’s state-run judiciary news agency Mizan.
The plane took off around 4:41 p.m. (1311 GMT; 9:11 a.m. EST) Sunday and reached a cruising altitude of just over 35,000 feet, according to FlightRadar24, a flight-tracking website. At around 6:01 p.m. (1431 GMT; 10:31 a.m. EST), something appears to have gone wrong with the flight as it rapidly gained altitude and then dropped drastically within minutes, data published by the website showed.
Iranian officials said the plane took off from Sharjah International Airport on its way to Istanbul. A private company that handles public relations for the Sharjah airfield, the home of low-cost airline Air Arabia, declined to immediately comment. Sharjah is a neighboring emirate of Dubai.
Turkey’s private Dogan News Agency identified the plane as a Bombardier CL604, tail number TC-TRB. Turkey’s Transport Ministry said the plane belongs to a company named Basaran Holding, which The Associated Press could not immediately reach.
Basaran Investment Holding is active in the food, finance, energy, construction, tourism and travel industries, according to the company’s website.
Mina Basaran, the 28-year-old daughter of Basaran’s chairman who is part of the company’s board of managers and is in line to run the business, posted photographs on Instagram of what appeared to be her bachelorette party in Dubai. Among those photographs was an image of the crashed plane posted three days ago.
The last videos posted to her account showed her and friends enjoying a concert by the British pop star Rita Ora at a popular Dubai nightclub. There was no further activity on her account after that.
It wasn’t clear who was on the plane at the time of the crash, though Iranian emergency management officials described all the passengers as being young women, according to IRNA.
Sunday’s crash comes after an Iranian ATR-72, a twin-engine turboprop used for short-distance regional flying, crashed in southern Iran, killing all 65 people on board in February.
Mar 11, 2018
M. Difato
Bangladesh aircraft catches fire at Kathmandu airport, over 50 feared dead
http://indianexpress.com/article/world/bangladesh-aircraft-crash-li...
The aircraft that was coming from Dhaka caught fire immediately after it hit the ground off the runway at Nepal's Kathmandu airport, the source added. The cause of accident is not yet known.
Over 50 passengers are feared dead feared dead as a US-Bangla Biman aircraft carrying 67 passengers and four crew crashed at Tribhuvan International airport in Nepal’s Kathmandu on Monday (Mar 12) . Airport security sources said several passengers who were rescued in critical condition have been sent to the hospital while there were many bodies lying in a charred condition.
“We cannot give the exact number of casualty as we are still finding out all details. At the moment, our priority is to rush the victims to the hospitals,” sources from the spot said, adding the fire has now been controlled and that the rescue work is on.
The plane caught fire after it careened off the runway during landing and crashed onto a football ground near the airport, the Tribhuvan International Airport spokesperson, Prem Nath Thakur, was quoted as saying by the Kathmandu Post. The officials are yet to ascertain the reason behind the unusual landing. Plumes of black smoke could be seen rising from the football ground where the plane crashed.
All flights to and fro from the airport in Kathmandu have been halted.
See in pictures | Nepal air crash: Latest photos from Kathmandu Airport
Mar 12, 2018
M. Difato
All 5 passengers killed as tour helicopter crashes in New York’s East River
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Pilot escapes, but authorities say passengers strapped into seats died
A tourist helicopter plunged into New York City’s East River on Sunday night (March 11) , killing all five passengers after they were trapped inside the sinking vessel while the pilot scrambled to safety, police sources said.
The Eurocopter AS350 went down around 88th Street, near Gracie Mansion, at about 7:15 p.m., sources said.
The pilot was able to get out and climb aboard a raft — but five others remained trapped inside the upside-down helicopter because they were strapped into their seats, FDNY commissioner Daniel Nigro said during a Sunday night press conference.
“There was about a minute where we didn’t see anyone come out,” witness Brianna Jesme, 22, told The Post. “Then after a minute, we saw a man come out holding onto a raft screaming: ‘Help! help! Ah!’ and then inaudible screams.
“It was horrifying.”
Two people were pronounced dead on the scene — three others were hospitalized in critical condition. They later died at Bellevue, officials said.
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Witness Mary Lee, 66, told The Post that she saw the chopper go down from her apartment window and said she “immediately thought someone was in there and not going to live — it’s cold water, it was sinking really fast.
“By the time we got out here, we couldn’t see it. It was under water.”
Video posted to Twitter showed a red chopper splash down in the river and then quickly go belly-up as its rotors violently hacked at the water.
“Mayday . . . Mayday . . . Mayday . . . East River engine failure,” the pilot said over his radio during the distress call.
Within minutes, the helicopter disappeared beneath the waves, witness John Magers, 24, told The Post.
“It looked like it was completely submerged,” he said. “It couldn’t have been any longer than 5 minutes.”
The NYPD deployed two divers, and the pilot was taken to Bellevue Hospital, sources said.
Police sources said the chopper was operated by New Jersey-based Fly Liberty Charter and took off from Wall Street.
Fly Liberty could not immediately be reached for comment.
The FAA said it is investigating.
This report originally appeared on NYPost.com.
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Fatal helicopter crash is third involving 'Liberty Helicopters' company in past 11 years
http://abc7ny.com/fatal-helicopter-crash-is-third-involving-company...
NEW YORK (WABC) -- Sunday's fatal helicopter crash in the East River is the third crash involving a 'Liberty Helicopters' chopper in the past 11 years
In August 2009, nine people were killed after a sightseeing helicopter carrying Italian tourists collided mid-air with a small, private plane over the Hudson River. Investigators determined the chopper was flying too high.
RELATED: Flight radar map shows exact path helicopter took over East River
In July 2007, a Liberty Sightseeing chopper carrying eight people dropped into the Hudson River. An off-duty paramedic on board helped everyone escape.
Mar 12, 2018
Tracie Crespo
https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/15/politics/us-helicopter-crash-syria/i...
7 US service members killed in Iraq helicopter crash
Updated 7:35 PM ET, Sat March 17, 2018
Washington (CNN)Seven US service members were killed Thursday in a helicopter crash in western Iraq, the US military said.
CNN's Sophie Tatum contributed to this report.
Mar 19, 2018
Juan F Martinez
First footage from Cuba plane crash as rescuers look for survivors (PHOTO, VIDEO)
A Boeing 737 has crashed after takeoff from José Martí International Airport in Havana, reportedly carrying over 100 passengers. Photos from the scene show rescue workers combing through the twisted remains of the plane. Flight CU972 crashed shortly after takeoff at 12:08 local time, smashing into an area of agricultural land near the airport. READ MORE: Boeing 737 with over 100 on board crashes at Cuban airport Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel has said that there are "a high number of victims," and photos have emerged showing rescue workers combing through the wrecked remains of the airplane.
https://www.rt.com/news/427155-cuba-plane-crash-rescue-photos/
May 18, 2018
Tracie Crespo
https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/963661/honduras-plane-crash-Te...
Honduras plane crash – at least six injured as private jet crash lands and breaks in HALF
AT LEAST six people have been injured after a private jet from the US crash landed in Honduras at Toncontin International Airport in Tegucigalpa.
Photos show a white Gulfstream jet broken in half after the jet skidded off the runaway at Toncontin International Airport, in the south of Tegucigalpa.
The deputy head of the Permanent Contingency Commission (Copeco), Carlos Cordero, told local media that at least six people were transferred to the state Hospital Escuela.
Mr Cordero added the commercial aircraft from Austin, Texas slipped from the Toncontín airport runway during landing and fell into a small abyss where it split in two over a highway.
Another part of the plane is shown across the street from site of the crash.
Firefighters sprayed foam onto the wreckage of the plane and first responders have been working to rescue passengers.
The plane took off from Austin, Texas earlier today and it is belived the passengers who were injured in the crash are American.
Meanwhile, Federal Aviation Administration records show the plane registered is TVPX Aircraft Solutions Inc. in North Salt Lake, Utah, the Washington Post reports.
Tegucigalpa’s airport is notoriously known as one of the more difficult approaches for pilots, surrounded by mountaintops and residential neighbourhoods.
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Honduras plane crash: A private jet has crash landed
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Honduras plane crash: Firefighters sprayed foam on the private jet before passengers were rescuedThe news comes after a Boeing 737-201 crashed near Cuba’s main airport in Havana killing 1....
The passenger plane, on a domestic flight to Holguin in eastern Cuba, crashed soon after taking off from Havana in Cuba's worst air disaster in nearly 30 years.
The plane, which was 40 years old at the time of the crash, was carrying 105 passengers, including five children, plus six crew members.
Officials said three women had initially survived the crash and were being treated in a local hospital where they were described as being in critical condition.
May 23, 2018
Tracie Crespo
http://wtkr.com/2018/05/22/plane-crash-reported-at-chesapeake-airport/
One dead after plane crashes, burns near Chesapeake Regional Airport
CHESAPEAKE, Va. - A fatal plane crash happened near the Chesapeake Regional Airport Tuesday morning, according to Virginia State Police.
A preliminary investigation revealed the plane took off from the Chesapeake Regional Airport around 7:30 a.m., going to Farmingdale, New York.
The pilot of the aircraft is a man and his identification will be made by the medical examiner, who is on scene. The pilot was the only occupant, State Police said.
The airplane, which officials said appears to be a single-engine, fixed wing Piper PA-28-140 airplane crashed near the end of the runway. After impact the airplane caught fire and burned.
The pilot has died in the incident, according to State Police.
West Road was closed between Number 10 Lane and Benefit Road while emergency crews responded to the plane crash but it has reopened.
The cause of the crash is still under investigation. The National Transportation Safety Board said there will be a full report on what caused the plane to go down in about 10-15 days.
Photo courtesy: Virginia State Police
May 23, 2018
Tracie Crespo
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20180522-53-injured-after-saudi-a...
53 injured after Saudi airlines plane crash lands in Jeddah
Some 52 passengers suffered minor injuries and another was left with fractures after a Saudia airlines plane was forced to make an emergency landing at the King Abdulaziz International Airport in the coastal city of Jeddah.
Saudi’s Aviation Investigation Bureau (AIB) said a technical malfunction in the plane’s “hydraulic” system forced the pilot to make an emergency landing.
The Airbus A330-200, the AIB explained, had been leased by the airline.
Flight 3818 had taken off as scheduled from the Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz Airport in Madinah heading to the Dhaka airport in Bangladesh, with 141 passengers onboard. The plane was forced to reroute when it experienced technical problems.
Videos circulated on social media showed the moment the plane touched down in Jeddah.
“The pilot made several attempts but failed to correct the malfunction with the front landing gear. Subsequently, the Airbus 330 made an emergency landing with the nose gear retracted,” Abdurahman Al Tayyib, a spokesman for Saudia airline quoted as saying by Al Madinah daily.
Firefighting and rescue teams were on alert at the airport to begin evacuating the passengers as soon as the plane landed.
An investigation has been launched to pinpoint the exact cause of the incident, the AIB added.
May 23, 2018
Juan F Martinez
Eighty people have been injured in the crash, the Durango state civil protection spokesman has said. The state governor says none were killed. According to the Mexican transport minister, the plane had 97 passengers and four crew members on board.
https://www.rt.com/news/434773-mexico-durango-plane-crash/
Aug 1, 2018
Juan F Martinez
Sep 18, 2018
M. Difato
Indonesia says survivors unlikely from Lion Air plane crash with 189 people on board
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-indonesia-lion-a...
Relatives of passengers comfort each other as they wait for news on a Lion Air plane that crashed off Java Island at Depati Amir Airport in Pangkal Pinang, Indonesia Monday, Oct. 29, 2018. (AP)
Lion Air plane crashed into the sea just minutes after taking off from Indonesia's capital on Monday, likely killing all 189 people on board, in a blow to the country's aviation safety record after the lifting of bans on its airlines by the European Union and U.S.
The search and rescue effort has recovered human remains, and based on their condition, one of its top officials said they're not expecting to find any survivors. More than 300 people including soldiers, police and fishermen are involved in the grim search, retrieving aircraft debris and personal items such as a crumpled cellphone, ID cards, bags and photos from the seas northeast of Jakarta.
The accident involving a new plane has stunned Indonesia, and President Joko Widodo ordered the transport safety commission to investigate. He urged Indonesians to "keep on praying" as rescuers search for victims.
An air transport official, Novie Riyanto, said the flight was cleared to return to Jakarta after the pilot made a "return to base" request two to three minutes after taking off. It plunged into the sea about 10 minutes later. Weather conditions were normal but the aircraft had experienced a technical issue on its previous flight.
Lion Air said the jet, on a 1 hour and 10 minute flight to Pangkal Pinang on an island chain off Sumatra, was carrying 181 passengers, including one child and two babies, and eight crew members.
It said there were two foreigners on board the plane: its pilot, originally from New Delhi, and an Italian citizen.
Distraught friends and relatives prayed and hugged each other as they waited at Pangkal Pinang's airport and at a crisis center set up at Jakarta's airport. Indonesian TV broadcast pictures of a fuel slick and a debris field in the ocean.
At the search agency's headquarters in Jakarta, family members arrived, hoping desperately for news.
Feni, who uses a single name, said her soon-to-be-married sister was on the flight, planning to meet relatives in Pangkal Pinang.
"We are here to find any information about my younger sister, her fiance, her in-law to be and a friend of them," said Feni.
"We don't have any information," she said, as her father wiped tears from reddened eyes. "No one provided us with any information that we need. We're confused. We hope that our family is still alive."
Indonesian Finance Minister Sri Mulyani also arrived at the agency and met with its chief, seeking information about 20 ministry staff who were on the flight after attending a ministry event in Jakarta. Photos circulating online showed the distraught minister trying to comfort stunned colleagues.
The search and rescue agency said the flight ended in waters off West Java that are 30 to 35 meters (100 to 115 feet) deep.
The agency's chief, Muhammad Syaugi, told a news conference that divers are trying to locate the wreckage.
Weather conditions for the flight were safe, according to the Indonesian meteorology agency. It said clouds associated with turbulence were not present and winds were weak.
The Boeing 737 Max 8 was delivered to Lion Air in mid-August and put in use within days, according to aviation website Flightradar24. It was leased from China Minsheng Investment Group Leasing Holdings Ltd., according to the official China News Service.
Malindo Air, a Malaysian subsidiary of Jakarta-based Lion Air, was the first airline to begin using the 737 Max 8 last year. The Max 8 replaced the similar 800 in the Chicago-based plane maker's product line.
Lion Air president-director Edward Sirait said the plane had a "technical problem" on its previous flight from Bali to Jakarta but it had been fully remedied. He didn't know specifics of the problem when asked in a TV interview. The pilot of Flight 610 had more than 6,000 flying hours while the co-pilot had more than 5,000 hours, according to the airline.
"Indeed there were reports about a technical problem, and the technical problem has been resolved in accordance with the procedures released by the plane manufacturer," he said. "I did not know exactly but let it be investigated by the authorities.".."
Lion Air: How could a brand new plane crash?
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-46014260
Lion Air flight JT 610 has crashed into the sea, with nearly 190 people on board, shortly after taking off from the Indonesian capital, Jakarta.
A lot of attention has focused on the fact the plane, a Boeing 737 MAX 8, was brand new. This is the first major incident involving that kind of plane.
Details so far have been scant and the cause will not be confirmed until a full investigation has been carried out.
Plane crashes are often the result of a combination of factors - both technical and human - but could the fact that the plane was so new have played any part?.."
Oct 29, 2018
M. Difato
1 week shy of last years T-38 Talon crash and death of pilot at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, we now have another death of a pilot and another injured following a crash of the T-38 Tuesday (Nov 13).
https://www.foxnews.com/us/jet-crashes-on-texas-air-force-base
Air Force T-38C Talon crashes on Texas base; one dead
A pilot died and another was injured Tuesday when an Air Force trainer aircraft crashed at Laughlin Air Force in Texas, Air Force officials said.
Authorities did not identify the pilots, pending notification to their families. The injured pilot was taken to the Val Verde Regional Medical Center with unknown injuries.
The T-38C Talon went down around 7:40 p.m. on the Del Rio military installation, located a few miles near the U.S.-Mexico border, an Air Force statement said.
Emergency responders were at the scene. The cause of the crash is still under investigation.
"Additional details will be provided as information becomes available," Laughlin AFB officials said in a statement posted on Facebook.
The T-38 Talon, manufactured by Northrop Grumman, is a two-seat, twin-engine supersonic jet trainer, Patch Downtown Austin reported. More than 210 aircraft losses and ejections have been documented over the aircraft's lifetime since its debut in the 1950s, according to Wayback Machine, a website that documents plane crashes.
The crash comes two weeks after the Air Force removed three commanders at the Texas base over “dangerous and threatening behavior.”
Last year, a pilot instructor was killed when his T-38 crashed a few miles from the base, according to the Air Force Times.
Nov 14, 2018
M. Difato
2 US warplanes crash off Japan; 2 found, 5 missing
(Posted: December 6) https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/2-us-warplanes-cr...
TOKYO — A Marine refueling plane and a fighter jet crashed into the Pacific Ocean off Japan’s southwestern coast after colliding early Thursday (Nov 6), and rescuers found two of the seven crew members, one of them in stable condition, officials said.
The U.S. Marine Corps said that the 2 a.m. crash involved an F/A-18 fighter jet and a KC-130 refueling aircraft during regular refueling training after the planes took off from their base in Iwakuni, near Hiroshima in western Japan.
The crash took place 320 kilometers (200 miles) off the coast, according to the U.S. military. Japanese officials said it occurred closer to the coast, about 100 kilometers (60 miles), and that’s where the search and rescue mission found two crew members.
The two aircraft were carrying seven crew members in total, two in the F/A-18 and five others in the KC-130, when they collided and crashed into the sea south of the Muroto Cape on Shikoku island in southwestern Japan. The cause of the crash is under investigation.
The Maritime Self-Defense Force, which dispatched aircraft and vessels to join in the search operation, said Japanese rescuers found one of the crew from the fighter jet in stable condition. The Marines said that the rescued crew was taken to a hospital on the base in Iwakuni, but did not provide any other details.
Details of the second crew, including his or her condition, were unknown immediately.
The crash is the latest in recent series of accidents involving the U.S. military deployed to and near Japan.
Last month, a U.S. Navy F/A-18 Hornet from the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan crashed into the sea southwest of Japan’s southern island of Okinawa, though its two pilots were rescued safely. In mid-October, a MH-60 Seahawk also belonging to the Ronald Reagan crashed off the Philippine Sea shortly after takeoff, causing non-fatal injuries to a dozen sailors.
More than 50,000 U.S. troops are based in Japan under the bilateral security pact.
n this Oct. 13, 2016, photo provided by U.S. Marine Corps, two F/A-18D Hornets with Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 533 approach a KC-130J with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 352 during a Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force - Crisis Response - Central Command aerial refueling exercise in undisclosed location. On Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, two American warplanes crashed into the Pacific Ocean off Japan’s southwestern coast after a midair collision, and rescuers found one of the seven crew members in stable condition while searching for the others, officials said. The U.S. Marine Corps said that the crash involved an F/A-18 fighter jet and a KC-130 refueling aircraft during regular training after the planes took off from their base in Iwakuni, near Hiroshima in western Japan. (Cpl. Trever Statz/U.S. Marine Corps via AP) (Associated Press)
Dec 6, 2018
Tracie Crespo
https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/03/us/yorba-linda-plane-crash/index.html
California authorities identify pilot in plane crash that left 5 dead
By Joe Sterling, Christina Maxouris, Deanna Hackney and Amir Vera, CNN
Updated 7:10 PM ET, Mon February 4, 2019
(CNN)Authorities identified the pilot of a twin-engine plane that broke up in the sky and slammed into a Southern California house on Sunday, killing the pilot and four people in the house.
CNN's Chris Boyette and Darran Simon contributed to this report.
Feb 5, 2019
Tracie Crespo
https://www.click2houston.com/news/boeing-767-cargo-jet-crashes-int...
LIVE STREAM: Officials say no survivors in Boeing 767 cargo jet crash; FAA says 3 people aboard
ANAHUAC, Texas - A twin-engine Boeing 767 crashed into Trinity Bay near Anahuac just before 12:45 p.m. Saturday.
The Federal Aviation Administration said initial reports indicated that there were three people on board. The Chambers County Sheriff's Office says there were no survivors.
The FAA said initial reports indicated the plane was owned and operated by Atlas Air, Inc.
The Houston Police Department said it is sending its marine officers to the scene and the Harris County Sheriff's Office said it is sending personnel to assist with the crash.
What does a 767 cargo jet look like?
It is a mid to large size jet airliner with a seating capacity for 181 to 375 people.
The plane was on its way to George Bush Intercontinental Airport from Miami when it crashed, the FAA said.
According to Atlas Air Inc.'s website, the company transports items from "precious perishables or heavy construction equipment to arranging passenger charters for celebrities or dignitaries."
Below is a picture of the plane's flight path into Houston from Miami before the deadly crash.
PHOTOS: Deadly Boeing 767 cargo jetliner crash reported in Chambers County
The FAA released the following statement:
"A twin-engine Boeing 767 cargo jetliner operated by Atlas Air Inc. crashed into Trinity Bay near Anahuac, Texas, shortly before 12:45 p.m. (Saturday).
"The Federal Aviation Administration issued an Alert Notice (ALNOT) on Atlas Air Flight 3591 after losing radar and radio contact with the Boeing 767 approximately 30 miles southeast of Houston George Bush Intercontinental Airport. The aircraft was flying from Miami to Houston.
"Initial reports indicate three people were aboard the aircraft.
"Please contact local search and rescue officials for further information about the emergency response.
"FAA investigators are on their way to the accident site and the National Transportation Safety Board has been notified. The NTSB will be in charge of the investigation.
"The FAA and NTSB do not release names of people aboard aircraft. We defer to local officials to do that at the appropriate time.
"This is a developing story, please check back for details.
Feb 23, 2019
Juan F Martinez
Ethiopian Airlines brand new Boeing 737 MAX crashes on way to Kenya with 157 people on board Published time: 10 Mar, 2019 08:33
Months after a deadly crash in Indonesia involving the same model, a Boeing 737 MAX 8 has crashed on its way to Nairobi, Kenya, carrying 149 passengers and eight crew members, minutes after take-off.
Operated by Ethiopian Airlines, the Boeing 737 MAX 8 was on a routine flight from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to the Kenyan capital. The airline confirmed that there were no survivors.
https://www.rt.com/news/453451-ethiopian-airlines-flight-crashes-on/
Mar 10, 2019
Juan F Martinez
ENTIRE GLOBAL FLEET TO BE GROUNDED : Pain coming for the airline industry.
Boeing supports suspension of 'entire global fleet' of 737 MAX
Flight ban ordered by President Trump as new evidence emerges at Ethiopia crash site along with satellite data.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/03/trump-announces-ban-boeing-7...
Mar 14, 2019
Tracie Crespo
VIDEO: Watch a helicopter crash land on a busy Tampa road; man dies on ground
The crash took place at about 2:21 p.m. near the intersection of S 50th Street and Palm River Road. The blue Robinson R44 helicopter suffered catastrophic engine failure, said Hillsborough Sheriff Chad Chronister at a news conference held at the crash scene.
The helicopter was attempting to make a “hard landing,” the sheriff said, when it struck a telephone pole. That caused one of the rotor blades to break off, fly across the street and strike a Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck that was traveling north on S 50th Street.he severed rotor killed a passenger, the father of the driver.
Alejandro Bou-Colon said he saw the helicopter fall from the sky. He works at Top Choice Automobile Sales at 506 S 50th St., which is right next to the crash site.
He said it looked like the helicopter was trying to land on a patch of grass. Instead, it came down fast, hit the ground and started skidding across the roadway before hitting a pole. He said debris went flying everywhere.
The Sheriff's Office did not release the names of those involved in the deadly crash.
The pickup driver was also injured and taken to Tampa General Hospital for treatment. The sheriff did not say how seriously injured he was.
The helicopter pilot was taken to a local hospital to be treated for heat exhaustion and dehydration and may also have injured in the crash.
The unidentified pilot was “highly trained,” the sheriff said. Chronister said the helicopter had just been serviced, passed several tests and was deemed to be functioning properly.
The sheriff said the helicopter was on its way to Sarasota when the pilot experienced engine failure.
“I’m sure the passenger of that truck probably doesn’t feel that way right now ...,” the sheriff said, but noted it could have been worse: “We have one death when it could’ve been more.”
The National Transportation Safety Board will send investigators to the site to start examining the helicopter crash, Chronister said. The Florida Highway Patrol will investigate the death of the truck passenger.
“I'm not a flight investigator by any means,” the sheriff said, “but I can say thank God nobody else was injured.”
Times staff writer Tony Marrero contributed to this report. Contact McKenna Oxenden at moxenden@tampabay.com. Follow @mack_oxenden.
MCKENNA OXENDEN
Apr 5, 2019
Tracie Crespo
www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2019/04/29/least-dead-helicopter-crash-kailua...
Tour helicopter slams onto busy Kailua street, killing all 3 on board
KAILUA (HawaiiNewsNow) - Three people were killed Monday when a tour helicopter spun out of control and crashed nose-first on a busy Kailua roadway, bursting into flames.
Hawaii News Now has learned the two passengers are visitors from the mainland.
The crash on Oneawa Street about 9 a.m. produced a shocking scene for drivers and nearby residents, who rushed to the site in the slim hope that someone on board had survived.
Bystanders aimed their garden hoses at the fire to try to put out the blaze, and pulled at least one of the victims from the burning craft.
“Neighbors were doing a heroic effort trying to put out the fire and also trying to get the patients away from the burning aircraft,” said Shayne Enright, spokeswoman for the city Emergency Services Department. She confirmed all three victims were pronounced dead at the scene.
“it sounded like hell landing”she said.
Another resident described the crash this way: “Horrible.”
The chopper ― a four-seat Robinson R44 aircraft ― was owned by tour company Novictor Helicopters. In a statement, the company said it’s working closely with the FAA and NTSB on the investigation.
“This accident is heartbreaking for everyone, especially the families and friends of the passengers and pilot, who was part of our Novictor family. Our thoughts and prayers go out to all of them,” the company said. “The safety and welfare of our personnel and passengers are our top priority.”
Witness Adrian Kozuki, who lives nearby, said he was in his backyard when the crash happened.
“I heard the helicopter in the air and all of a sudden I heard a pop, like a blast kind of thing,” he said. Then, within 15 seconds, he said he could see smoke coming out.
The crash sent debris onto nearby homes, properties and cars across at least eight separate properties.
At least one vehicle was significantly damaged when a fuel tank landed on its hood. One homeowner retrieved a cell phone from a rooftop. Another found a shoe in their backyard.
He said the helicopter came down “very hard, nose first.”
“I saw the wires shaking, and right after that the wires broke and a helicopter came crashing through the trees,” Cunningham said, adding that as soon as it hit the ground, it was already on fire.
Lisa Dow lives about two blocks from where the chopper came down, and said she heard the helicopter in the air and then the sound of the crash.
She said the chopper “pretty much disintegrated” on impact.
“It’s horrible,” she said. “The blessing is that nobody on the ground got hit.”
Police Lt. Wayne Wong said it’s remarkable that no one on the ground was injured when the helicopter came down. “Oneawa is a busy street, especially in the morning hours,” he said.
“People going to work. People going to school. It could have impacted a bigger part of the community.”
Melissa Solomon was driving down Oneawa Street with her daughter when the helicopter came down about 70 feet ahead of their car.
She says her instinct was to get her daughter away from danger and to call 911 as nearby residents rushed to the scene to see what happened ―and to try to help.
“I said, ‘oh my God, I don’t know what to do,’” she said.
“When it was falling, it wasn’t on fire,” he said. “It was all black and there was no propellers and it was on it’s side when it was falling. We heard it land and it just went up in smoke."
Honolulu police have shut down all lanes of Oneawa Street near Kalolina Street as authorities investigate, and they anticipate the thoroughfare will remain shut down through Tuesday.
Novictor was involved in a separate helicopter crash in October.
In that incident, a Robinson R-44 crashed just off the Kaneohe sand bar after the pilot reportedly had a medical emergency and passed out. A couple visiting from Chicago was seriously injured in the crash.
The chopper crash is also the second this month.
Earlier in April, a helicopter went down near Sacred Falls after an apparent engine failure.
The Paradise Helicopters aircraft was contracted by the state Land Department, and crashed into trees before hitting the ground.
In that incident, all four people on board the helicopter refused transport to the hospital.
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Apr 30, 2019
Juan F Martinez
Jet carrying 142 people lands in water near NAS Jacksonville
All people on board are accounted for, Jacksonville Fire Rescue says. Updated: 11:04 PM, May 03, 2019
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - A commercial jet carring 142 people went down in the St. Johns River near Naval Air Station Jacksonville on Friday, according to the Jacksonville Fire Rescue Department.
In a release from NAS Jacksonville, the Boeing 737 plane was arriving from Naval Station Guantanamo Bay and coming in for a landing. The plane crashed into the St. Johns River at the end of the runway.
All people on board were alive and accounted for, according to Fire Rescue and the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office. https://www.news4jax.com/news/fire-rescue-plane-went-off-runway-at-...
May 4, 2019
Juan F Martinez
Air disasters timeline
A chronology of major air disasters since 1998:2019
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-10785301
May 4, 2019
jorge namour
At least 1 killed, 4 injured as Superjet-100 crash-lands, catches fire at major Moscow airport
5 May, 2019
https://www.rt.com/news/458436-plane-fire-moscow-svo/
Panicked passengers rushed to evacuate a burning Aeroflot plane at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport after the Sukhoi Superjet-100 made a fiery crash-landing at a second attempt. At least one person was killed and four injured.
Footage shared on Twitter appeared to show a dense cloud of black smoke pouring out of flight SU1492 parked on the runway as dozens of ambulances were dispatched to the scene. All 78 passengers were evacuated from the burning wreck, and some 10 people have been reported injured.
May 5, 2019
Tracie Crespo
https://www.foxnews.com/world/mexico-plane-crash-las-vegas
Private jet leaving Las Vegas crashes in Mexico; 'no survivors seen,' officials say
A jet flying from Las Vegas with more than a dozen people aboard crashed in northernMexico, authorities said on Monday.
Three crew members and 10 passengers were on the private executive jet that officials said was discovered in the remote area northwest of Monclova, a city in the state of Coahuila. The state government said in a statement it appears there were no survivors but did not provide further information.
A jet flying from Las Vegas with more than a dozen people aboard crashed in northern Mexico, authorities said on Monday.(Civil Protection of Cohauila)
The airplane left Nevada on Sunday afternoon, and was scheduled to arrive in the northern Mexican city of Monterrey on Sunday evening. The jet never showed, prompting a search. Flight controllers lost contact with the plane over Coahuila.
The passengers, according to local news outlet Reforma, had attended a boxing match on Saturday in Las Vegas between Saul "Canelo" Alvarez and Daniel Jacobs.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
May 7, 2019
Juan F Martinez
All 33 passengers, crew hurt as Biman plane skids off at Yangon airport
Biman airway plane slipped off the Yangon international airport runway due to the heavy rain during the landing, the plane has broken into 3 pieces, other flights can not land and now traffic in the air. Myanmar 10:23 - 8 may. 2019
An aircraft of Biman Bangladesh Airlines skids off the runway of Yangon International Airport in Myanmar on Wednesday, May 8, 2019. Photo: Collected
May 8, 2019
Juan F Martinez
Two Airplanes Crash Mid-Air In Alaska 5-14-2019
In the recent crash of a small passenger airplane in Alaska, five people were killed, ten injured and others are currently missing. It has been reported that the incident occurred when two floatplanes collided in mid-air Monday near the southeast Alaska town of Ketchikan.
According to Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Allen Kenitzer, the agency is unaware how or why the airplanes collided.
The Daily Mail reported that eleven passengers were on a de Havilland Otter DHC-3 and an unspecified number of people were on a DHC-2 Beaver. Ten of those passengers who were injured have been taken to a Ketchikan hospital.
Most of those involved were passengers on board the Royal Princess cruise ship, Anchorage Daily News reports.
In the recent crash of a small passenger airplane in Alaska, five people were killed, ten injured and others are currently missing. It has been reported that the incident occurred when two floatplanes collided in mid-air Monday near the southeast Alaska town of Ketchikan.
According to Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Allen Kenitzer, the agency is unaware how or why the airplanes collided.
Most of those involved were passengers on board the Royal Princess cruise ship, Anchorage Daily News reports.
“The U.S. Coast Guard and local search and rescue teams have confirmed that nine of the guests and the pilot on the Taquan Air plane have been rescued and are receiving medical attention,” according to a statement from Taquan Air.
https://www.anonews.co/two-airplanes-crash-mid-air-in-alaska/
May 14, 2019
Juan F Martinez
F-16 fighter jet crashes into California building 5-16-2019
An Air Force F-16 fighter jet crashed into the side of a commercial building in California Thursday, authorities said.
No one was injured when the plane from the March Air Reserve Base slammed into the structure off-base in Riverside, said Timothy Holliday, the deputy fire chief at the Air Force Civilian Service.
The pilot safely ejected from the plane while still on the base, he added.
Video: https://www.facebook.com/fox6news/videos/622649468214949/
https://nypost.com/2019/05/16/f-16-fighter-jet-crashes-into-califor...
May 17, 2019
Juan F Martinez
NEW YORK MAYDAY: Video shows a helicopter going into a tailspin, before it goes down into New York City’s Hudson River. The pilot – the only one on board – was safely rescued. — May 15, 2019, 4:32 PM https://abcn.ws/2VCsEwS
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/latest-helicopter-hudson-river-...
May 19, 2019
Juan F Martinez
550 commercial pilots suspended amid ‘serious problems’ in Russian aviation – Prosecutor General
https://www.rt.com/russia/460563-russian-aviation-problems-superjet...
Since 2017, 550 commercial pilots have suspended and 160 flight certificates annulled in the country after prosecutorial inspections, Yury Chaika told MPs, as he appeared before parliament on Wednesday.
“The issue of dedicated training of pilots still remains a pressing one,” he warned. Many aviation training centers lack qualified teachers and hardware to operate effectively. Two such centers could not properly train pilots and had to be shut own. There were also cases of aviators taking to the skies after incomplete training programs, the Prosecutor General said.
The state aviation safety program hasn’t been updated in Russia since 2008 and doesn’t meet the international requirements anymore, he pointed out. There’s also no one in government specifically tasked with overseeing this program and how it’s being implemented.
Chaika also blasted the Transport Ministry for its continued inability to draw up and ratify the necessary legal acts on the certification of aircraft, its manufacturers and the training of aviation personnel.
Jun 1, 2019
Juan F Martinez
NEW YORK – A helicopter made a "hard-landing" on the roof of a high-rise building in New York City on Monday, sparking a massive emergency response, officials said.
The New York Police Department said preliminary information shows the helicopter made a "hard landing " on the roof of 787 Seventh Avenue in Midtown Manhattan and a fire has been extinguished. The high-rise building is located just north of the famed Times Square.
In a briefing with reporters, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo told reporters that the aircraft had to do an "emergency, crash" landing. The governor added that there was "no indication it was more than that," adding it was still early in the investigation.
Jun 10, 2019
Juan F Martinez
A Boeing 737 Max being moved across Europe made a forced landing after being denied entry into German airspace
https://www.businessinsider.com/boeing-737-max-denied-german-airspa...
Jun 15, 2019
Juan F Martinez
NINE dead in Hawaii skydiving tragedy: Plane erupts in flames killing seven passengers and two crew after crashing on takeoff near Oahu airfield - as loved ones waited at the airport
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7169647/Plane-skydiving-tr...
Jun 22, 2019
Juan F Martinez
2 Eurofighter jets crash into each other over Germany
The two German Air Force warplanes collided in the air over the small town of Malchow, located some 80km away from the German city of Schwerin.
“The Eurofighter [jets] collided in the air and then crashed,” a military spokesman told Der Spiegel magazine. According to the Defense Ministry, one of the jets crashed in a wooded area near the village of Jabel, while the other one fell 10km away, south of the village of Nossentiner Huette.
The wreckage of the destroyed aircraft has fallen in a nearby forest, where it apparently caused a fire. A video posted on social media by a local radio broadcaster shows plumes of black smoke billowing over a forest at the purported crash site. Some parts of the planes also hit a residential area, a local newspaper, SVZ, reports.
Both aircraft were part of the Air Force Squadron 73 ‘Steinhoff,’ stationed at the Laage base near the city of Rostok. They were performing a training flight when the incident occurred. The pilots reportedly managed to eject and are believed to have survived the ordeal. There has been no information about any casualties on the ground so far.
One of the pilots was found alive on the ground, the defense ministry confirmed. The search for the other one continues.
https://www.rt.com/news/462561-eurofighter-jets-crash-germany/
Jun 24, 2019