8 November 2025. FedEx Joins UPS in Grounding Its Fleet of MD-11 Planes.
WATCH: Nibiru petrol mass debris sucked into engine causing an explosion and fire. Did you see the explosion and flame from the tail engine? ZetaTalk predicts that flying will become extremely dangerous as Nibiru approaches for the passage and Pole Shift in late 2026-27.
UPS Plane Crash: Was it Nibiru Debris? Video: https://t.me/ZetaTalk_Followers/78832
Jets collide at New York's LaGuardia Airport.
Did EMP affect controls—or was it distracted and stressed pilots or Air Traffic Control?
BREAKING: NIBIRU SPACE DEBRIS strikes United Airlines 737 MAX, pilot injured after the windshield cracked at 36,000 while flying from Denver to Los Angeles, California. Reports have suggested the possibility of the aircraft being hit by falling space debris or a small meteorite, though this remains unconfirmed.
Passengers were later rebooked on a replacement Boeing 737 MAX 9 to complete their journey to Los Angeles with a six-hour delay.
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? Air Algerie Flight AH5017 Crashes in Niger Due to Bad Weather
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
Tracie Crespo
https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/01/25/father-son-killed-in-norther...
Father, son killed in Northern California small plane crash
AUBURN — A small plane crashed near a golf course shortly after taking off Friday from the Auburn airport, killing a father and his son and injuring another person, authorities said.
The single-engine Stinson Vultee V-77 plane crashed shortly after taking from the Auburn Municipal Airport, killing Anthony Lawrence Wright Sr., 80, and his 55-year-old son, Anthony Wright Lawrence Jr., both of Meadow Vista, the Placer County Sheriff’s Office said.
Wright Jr. was a reserve officer and a full-time records officer with the Rancho Cordova Police Department, the office said said.
A third person was injured but details about their condition were not immediately available.
The Placer County Sheriff’s Office said the plane crashed at the Black Oak Golf Course. Video images of the crash site posted on social media by the sheriff’s office showed the plane’s wreckage among trees.
Scott Parker, commander for the California Highway Patrol in Auburn, said officers responded shortly before 10 a.m. to the
Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Ian Gregor said the plane crashed about a mile northeast of Auburn Municipal Airport.
The FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating what caused the crash.
Jan 26, 2020
Tracie Crespo
https://7news.com.au/sport/basketball/kobe-bryant-killed-in-califor...
NBA great Kobe Bryant killed in California helicopter crash
Elizabeth Daoud
Sunday, 26 January 2020 1:33 pm
Kobe Bryant killed in helicopter crash
Bryant is said to have been travelling with three others when his helicopter went down in Calabassas on Sunday morning.
The aircraft crashed and caught on fire on a hillside, NBC reports.
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department confirmed all five people on board had been killed.
Bryant, who ended his NBA career in April 2016, is survived by his wife Vanessa and his four daughters.
He entered the NBA straight out of high school and spent his entire career at the Los Angeles Lakers.
Bryant won an Oscar for his animated film “Dear Basketball” in 2018.
Tributes have begun flowing for the NBA star on social media, with many being left in disbelief at his death.
Jan 26, 2020
Juan F Martinez
A plane has broken into three pieces after a rough landing at a Turkish airport. 14 minutes ago
The Pegasus Airlines aircraft skidded off the runway at Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen airport on landing, crashing into a road.
Footage from the incident shows serious damage to the plane’s fuselage, which appears to be cracked in three places.
Authorities said there were 177 passengers and six crew members onboard, but that there were no immediate reports of any casualties.
The jet, flight number PC2193, was arriving from the city of Izmir, on Turkey’s Aegean Coast.
Turkey’s transport ministry said the accident was the result of a “rough landing”.
Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen airport is currently closed and dozens of arrivals and departures have been diverted to Ankara, the capital, or simply cancelled.
https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/istanbul-airpo...
https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/plane-crash-istanbul-turkey-a...
Feb 5, 2020
Juan F Martinez
Plane Crashes In Georgia, Multiple People Killed March 3, 2020
OCONEE COUNTY, Georgia – First responders were on the scene of a plane crash Tuesday in the town of Bishop, Georgia.
The aircraft, a Piper PA-46, went down near Elder and Maxey Roads around 4:30 p.m. local time.
Local media reports ‘multiple casualties’–although, an exact number of victims was not immediately known.
https://breaking911.com/developing-plane-crashes-in-georgia-multipl...
https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/plane-crash-shuts-down-several-roa...
Mar 4, 2020
Juan F Martinez
LINCOLN, Ill. – Three people were killed when a small airplane crashed along Interstate 55 Tuesday morning, state police said. March 3, 2020
The Logan County coroner confirmed the number of people who died but didn't publicly identify the victims, pending notification of relatives. According to the Federal Aviation Administration, the plane crashed under unknown circumstances onto the median of the interstate and was destroyed upon impact. The type of aircraft was not immediately known.
Multiple agencies responded to the crash scene.
The plane crashed at approximately 8:49 a.m.
The National Transportation Safety Board will lead the investigation into the crash, assisted by the FAA, said Elizabeth Isham Cory of FAA public affairs. The investigation will take a year or more, she said.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/03/03/3-die-plane-c...
Mar 4, 2020
Juan F Martinez
8 Killed After Philippine Plane Bursts Into Flames
All on board, including a doctor, a nurse and foreign nationals, were killed after the plane, used in the country’s coronavirus response, caught fire as it took off in Manila for Japan.
March 29, 2020 Updated 12:10 p.m. ET
MANILA — A plane used as an air ambulance by the Philippine health department to fight the coronavirus outbreak burst into flames as it took off from Manila’s airport for Japan on Sunday night, killing all onboard, the airport said.
The light aircraft was carrying eight people, including the pilot and two crew members, a doctor, a nurse, a flight medic and an American and a Canadian passenger, according to local radio reports, citing airport officials.
It was not clear whether the passengers were being airlifted for treatment of the viral disease.
“Unfortunately, no passenger survived the accident,” the Manila International Airport Authority said in a statement, adding that the runway had been closed and an investigation was underway.
The Research Institute for Tropical Medicine, the Philippine agency at the forefront of combating the disease, uses the same aircraft from a Philippine charter flight company called Lionair to transport supplies to the medical workers on the front line in the provinces across the archipelago, the government said.
Lionair is separate from Lion Air, the Indonesian carrier that is one of the world’s fastest-growing airlines. The budget carrier has racked up several major accidents, including the fatal crash in 2018 of a 737 jetliner.
Senator Richard Gordon, the head of the Philippine Red Cross, said that medical teams had been dispatched to the airport to respond to the crash involving Flight 5880.
“Eight passengers — consisting of a flight medic, a nurse, doctor, three flight crew, one patient and its companion were onboard,” he said. “The airplane caught fire and exploded as it was taking off the NAIA runway 24, he added, referring to the Ninoy Aquino International Airport. “The fire was enormous.”
Lionair Inc., a Philippine-based firm, flies charter flights and has contracts with the government. It operates air ambulances too and is helping the government in its anti-coronavirus program, transporting medical supplies.
In September a light aircraft also operated by the charter company crashed in Laguan, a suburban province just south of Manila, killing nine people aboard.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/29/world/asia/lion-air-crash-philip...
Mar 29, 2020
M. Difato
Eglin F-22 crashes; pilot safely ejects
https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/your-air-force/2020/05/15/eglin-...
An F-22 Raptor from Eglin Air Force Base in Florida crashed Friday morning on the base’s test and training range, but its pilot is safe and in stable condition.
The pilot of the F-22 safely ejected, and was taken to the 96th Medical Group hospital at the base for evaluation and observation, Eglin said in a release. The pilot is in stable condition, but was not identified by Eglin.
A 325th Fighter Wing F-22A Raptor touches down at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., Nov. 20. An F-22 from that wing crashed on May 15; its pilot safely ejected and is in stable condition. (Samuel King/Air Force)
The jet was from the 43rd Fighter Squadron, part of the 325th Fighter Wing that is now based at Eglin. The range where it crashed is about 12 miles northeast of Eglin’s main base.
The pilot was flying a routine training flight with the 33rd Fighter Wing when it crashed at 9:15 a.m., Eglin said in the release. First responders from the 96th Test Wing arrived at the scene, and an investigation is under way.
Eglin said there was no one else on board, and there was no loss of life or damage to civilian property.
This F-22 was not part of a formation flight that also took off from Eglin Friday morning, the base said. That formation flight included another F-22, an F-35 and a T-38, and flew over Dade County and Panama City.
The 325th is normally located at Tyndall, but moved some of its F-22 operations to Eglin after Hurricane Michael in 2018.
May 16, 2020
M. Difato
Canadian aerobatic jet crashes amid pandemic show; 1 dead
https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Canadian-aerobatic-jet-crashes-...
KAMLOOPS, British Columbia (AP) — A Canadian aerobatic jet crashed into a British Columbia neighborhood during a flyover intended to boost morale during the pandemic, killing one crew member, seriously injuring another and setting a house on fire. Video appeared to show the plane's crew ejecting.
In this undated photo provided by the Royal Canadian Air Force, Capt. Jennifer Casey poses for a photo. A Canadian aerobatic jet crashed into a British Columbia neighborhood Sunday, May 17, 2020, during a flyover intended to boost morale during the pandemic, killing Casey, seriously injuring another crew member and setting a house on fire.(Royal Canadian Air Force via AP) less
The crash left debris scattered across the neighborhood near the airport in the city of Kamloops, 260 miles (418 kilometers) northeast of Vancouver, on Sunday. The Snowbirds are Canada’s equivalent of the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds or U.S. Navy’s Blue Angels.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he was “deeply saddened” by the death of Capt. Jennifer Casey, who served as a spokesperson for the Snowbirds, and the injuring of Capt. Richard MacDougall, one of the team’s coordinators and pilot of the aircraft who survived landing on the roof of a house.
For the past two weeks, the Snowbirds have been flying across the country to lift up Canadians during these difficult times." Trudeau said in a statement. "Their flyovers across the country put a smile on the faces of Canadians everywhere and make us proud.”
The morale boosting mission is now on indefinite hold and the fleet of Tutor jets has been placed on operational pause.
Video posted to Twitter appears to show two Snowbirds taking off from Kamloops Airport. One of the aircraft subsequently climbed into the sky before rolling over and plunging to the ground. The video appears to show at least one person ejecting from the plane before it disappears behind a stand of trees and an explosion is heard.
A local resident who lives seven houses from the crash site and had been watching the aircraft said he saw “the Snowbird going straight down.”
“I saw what looked like a parachute about, say, 20 feet over the house, and it disappeared from sight, and the parachute hadn’t fully deployed yet — it was still sort of straight up and down,” Kenny Hinds said.
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police said the cause of the crash is under investigation.
Rose Miller lives directly across the street from where the plane hit. She’d watched the Snowbirds arrive on Saturday, and she went to her front window on Sunday when she heard the roar of jet engines.
Miller said she heard a loud bang and wondered whether it might be a sonic boom. Then she watched the plane smash onto the ground.
“It looked to me like it was mostly on the road, but it just exploded. It went everywhere,” she said. “In fact, I got a big, huge piece in my backyard. The cops said it was the ejection seat.”
Miller said a couple in their early 70s lives in the home. Both are OK, she said, noting that she’d spoken with them after they were evacuated to a nearby street. The woman had been in the basement while the man was behind the house.
Miller said section of roof on a home on a nearby street has been covered up.
“This accident really shakes us to our core,” Kamloops Mayor Ken Christian said. About five houses had to be evacuated.
Operation Inspiration started in Nova Scotia earlier this month and features the team’s signature nine-jet formation. It was aimed at boosting morale amid the pandemic.
Marni Capostinsky said she lives across the street from the crash site and was out on the deck when she heard the plane getting closer.
“We ran out under the cover to look and saw something black coming towards us, everyone hit the deck it was so loud,” she said.
Hinds said it looked like the living room of the house where the crash occurred was on fire.
“I just started running down the street. And I got there maybe a minute after it crashed and there was a couple of residents that had their hoses out and they were trying to put the flames out because it hit a house,” he said.
It’s been a difficult few weeks for Nova Scotia and the Canadian military as a navy helicopter went down over the Mediterranean last month, killing six people — three of whom were from Nova Scotia. Casey’s roots were in Nova Scotia — a province that saw a gunman kill 22 people in rampage amid the pandemic last month.
Sunday’s crash follows the downing of another Snowbird in the U.S. state of Georgia last October, where the team was scheduled to perform in an air show. Capt. Kevin Domon-Grenier sustained minor injuries when he ejected from the plane, which crashed into a farmer’s field. No one else was hurt.
The Snowbirds have performed at airshows across Canada and the U.S. for decades and are considered a key tool for raising awareness about — and recruiting for — the air force. Eleven aircraft are used during shows, with nine flying and two kept as spares.
The air force obtained its Tutor jets in 1963 and has used them in air demonstrations since 1971. Prior to Sunday’s crash, seven pilots and one passenger had been killed and several aircraft had been lost over the course of the Snowbirds’ history.
May 18, 2020
M. Difato
Pakistani passenger plane crashes near Karachi, with 107 on board
https://www.inquirer.com/news/nation-world/plane-crash-karachi-paki...
KARACHI, Pakistan — A passenger plane carrying 107 passengers and crew belonging to state-run Pakistan International Airlines crashed near the southern port city of Karachi on Friday, a civil aviation official said.
There were no immediate reports on the number of casualties. The aircraft arriving from the eastern city of Lahore was carrying 99 passengers and eight crew members, said Abdul Sattar Kokhar, spokesman for the country's civil aviation authority.
Witnesses said the Airbus A320 appeared to attempt to land two or three times before crashing in a residential area near Jinnah International Airport. The residential area on the edge of the airport known as Model Colony is a poor area and heavily congested.
A resident of the area, Abdul Rahman, said he saw the aircraft circle at least three times, appearing to try to land before it crashed into several houses.
Police and military cordoned off the area.
Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan tweeted: “Shocked & saddened by the PIA crash. . . Immediate inquiry will be instituted. Prayers & condolences go to families of the deceased."
Local television reports showed smoke coming from the direction of the airport and video emerging of the aircraft flying low over a residential area seemed showed apparent flames shooting from one of the engines. Ambulances were on their way to the airport and there were reports of some injuries, possibly residents on the ground.
Airbus did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the crash. The flight typically takes an hour and a half from the northeastern city of Lahore, the capital of Pakistan's most populous province, Punjab, to Karachi.
Airworthiness documents showed the plane last received a government check on Nov. 1, 2019. PIA’s chief engineer signed a separate certificate April 28 saying all maintenance had been conducted on the plane and that “the aircraft is fully airworthy and meets all the safety” standards.
Ownership records for the Airbus A320 involved in the crash showed China Eastern Airlines flew the plane from 2004 until 2014. The plane then entered PIA’s fleet, leased from GE Capital Aviation Services.
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Fire brigade staff try to put out fire caused by plane crash in Karachi, Pakistan, Friday, May 22, 2020. An aviation official says a passenger plane belonging to state-run Pakistan International Airlines carrying more than 100 passengers and crew has crashed near the southern port city of Karachi. There were no immediate reports on the number of casualties. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)
May 22, 2020
Juan F Martinez
US Air Force C-130 crash lands in Iraq 6/8/2020
A U.S. Air Force C-130 crashed off the runway at Camp Taji Airbase in Iraq on Monday, injuring four service members.
Operation Inherent Resolve Spokesman Col. Myles B. Caggins told Fox News Channel’s Jennifer Griffin that the plane “overshot the runway and crashed.”
“On June 8, approximately 10:10 p.m. (Iraq time), a U.S. Air Force C-130 landing at Camp Taji Airbase, Iraq overshot the runway and crashed into a wall resulting in structural damage to the plane and a small fire,” Caggins told Griffin.
“The airfield fire and rescue team were on the scene within 4 minutes, extinguished the fire, and assisted an evacuation of the plane. Four Service Members on the plane sustained non-life-threatening injuries and are being treated at Camp Taji’s medical facility,” Caggins added.
An Iraqi official told the Associated Press that seven crew members and 26 passengers were on board the C-130, and two pilots were among the four service members injured.
The incident is under investigation and not suspected to be caused by enemy actions.
“Enemy activity is not suspected; the incident remains under investigation. The quick actions of the airfield crash, fire and rescue team helped patients, and limited damage to equipment and infrastructure,” Caggins concluded.
The C-130 Hercules is a military transport aircraft used by U.S. and coalition forces.
https://americanmilitarynews.com/2020/06/us-air-force-c-130-crash-l...
Jun 9, 2020
Juan F Martinez
US F-15 fighter jet pilot found dead after crash in North Sea June 15, 2020
https://americanmilitarynews.com/2020/06/us-f-15-fighter-jet-pilot-...
Jun 16, 2020
Juan F Martinez
F-16 crashed during a “routine training mission” in South Carolina. The accident at Shaw Air Force Base late Tuesday night is the fourth involving a U.S. fighter jet since May. Posted July 2, 2020
https://youtu.be/ZM8lVr15buk
Jul 3, 2020
Tracie Crespo
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/coeur-dalene-lake-plane-crash-eig...
Coeur d'Alene Lake plane crash: Eight people are believed to be dead after two planes collided over Idaho's Coeur d'Alene Lake
Eight people are believed to be dead after two planes collided over Coeur d'Alene Lake in Idaho and then sank, Kootenai County Sheriff's Office Lt. Ryan Higgins said.
A call came in for two planes that had collided over the lake around 2:20 p.m., Higgins told CNN Sunday.
Two victims, both deceased, were recovered from the air crafts before they sank, Higgins said.
The remaining six victims are still unaccounted for but are believed to be dead, Higgins said. They include adults and children but no further details were available.
Investigators have not yet determined the cause of the collision or how many victims were on each plane, Higgins told CNN.
The planes were located by a sonar team in 127 feet of water, Higgins said, and will not be recovered until either Monday or Tuesday.
One aircraft involved in the collision was a Cessna 206, Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Ian Gregor told CNN.
Investigators do not yet know the make and model of the other aircraft involved.
The FAA and National Transportation Safety Board are investigating the collision, Gregor said.
There were several witnesses who either saw or heard the collision or were witness to the aftermath, Higgins said, as many people were boating on the lake during the holiday weekend.
Jul 6, 2020
Juan F Martinez
Air India Express IX 1344 plane crash: The aircraft was attempting to land at the airport at around 7.40 pm amid heavy rainfall.
An Air India Express flight with 190 passengers on board en route from Dubai skidded off the runway and split into two while landing at Kerala’s Kozhikode airport in heavy rain on Friday evening, leaving at least 15 persons dead, including the pilot. Kerala Minister KT Jaleel confirmed three deaths earlier, while BJP MP KJ Alphons said all passengers were evacuated.
Preliminary images from the accident site show the aircraft split into two pieces, with debris all over the area, which is reportedly just below the runway. The incident happened when the flight — IX 1344 — was attempting to land at the airport at around 7.40 pm amid heavy rainfall and fell off the runway, to a slip road 34 feet below.
https://indianexpress.com/article/india/kozhikode-kerala-air-india-...
Aug 7, 2020
Juan F Martinez
US Navy Hawkeye Aircraft Crashes in Virginia. 8/31/2020
A US Navy E-2C Hawkeye crashed in Virginia on Monday during a training flight. All four people on the plane, including two pilots and two crew members, have been safely located. There are no injuries or property damage reported aside from the aircraft. According to WTVR, the aircraft wreckage was located by police near the intersection of Berry Road and Mason Road in Bloxom, a town in Accomack County, Virginia. Officials were alerted to the crash at around 3:40 p.m. local time.
https://sputniknews.com/military/202008311080331988-us-navy-hawkeye...
Sep 1, 2020
M. Difato
Two Navy Members Die When Plane Crashes Into Residential Neighborhood: A 'Tremendous Loss'
Navy instructor pilot Lt. Rhiannon Ross and Coast Guard Ensign Morgan Garrett died when their plane went down shortly after takeoff on Friday (Oct 23)
A Navy instructor pilot and her student were killed when their plane went down during a training flight over Alabama on Friday, officials confirmed.
Lt. Rhiannon Ross, 30, and Coast Guard Ensign Morgan Garrett, 24, were in a two-person U.S. Navy T-6B Texan II trainer aircraft when it crashed in a residential neighborhood in Alabama on Friday afternoon, according to the Navy. Ross, a Michigan native, and Garrett, of North Carolina, were the only fatalities. No civilians were injured.
The duo had taken off from Naval Air Station Whiting Field in Milton, Florida, for what was supposed to be a routine training flight. The Navy is now working with local authorities to investigate the cause of the accident.
"Their spirit, friendship, and devotion to their country will not be...," the Navy said in a press release sent to PEOPLE.
As noted by the Navy Times,
pictures from the crash scene in Foley, Alabama, showed the plane's debris outside of a home with at least two damaged vehicles nearby.
In a Facebook post on Sunday, Cmdr. Wes Barnes of the VT-2 Doerbirds wrote a tribute in honor of both Ross and Garrett.
"It is with a heavy heart that I share the loss of two of our squadron members Friday evening: LT Rhiannon Ross and ENS Morgan Garrett," Barnes wrote. "During a training mission, their T-6B crashed into a residential area near Foley, AL. We are thankful no one on the ground was injured, but sadly neither crew member survived."
"Our sincerest condolences and prayers go out to the family members who have suffered this tremendous loss. I cannot express the devastation we all feel at this time," Barnes said. "I'd like to personally thank all of the support we have received from family, friends and colleagues from all over."
"I encourage everyone to take care of each other and the families directly affected by this tragedy as we navigate through the healing process," he added.
Garrett left a collection of pointers for her peers just before her graduation from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in April 2019. Her advice was posted to the group's Facebook page.
"Being honest, having strong morals, and knowing right from wrong," Garrett wrote of the importance of integrity. "Always choose to do the right thing even when no one is around to see you do it. And have the reward for doing the right thing be the pride you feel for choosing right over wrong."
"Always seek out the next thing you can be doing to improve yourself, the people around you, and your unit as a whole," she continued, "because there is nothing good growing in stagnant water."
Oct 27, 2020
Tracie Crespo
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/americans-peacekeepers-killed-sinai...
5 Americans among 7 peacekeepers killed in Sinai helicopter crash
The observer mission in the Sinai says all indications point to an accident.
Five Americans were among seven international peacekeepers killed when their helicopter crashed in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula.
The international observer mission in the Sinai Peninsula said all indications are that the crash, which also left one American peacekeeper injured, "appears to be mechanical in nature".
"This included one Czech, one French, and five U.S. MFO members, and our thoughts and prayers go out to the families of these soldiers at this difficult time," the statement continued. "We wish the one U.S. MFO Member who survived the crash a speedy recovery."
The MFO had issued earlier statements with conflicting casualty numbers, reflecting the confusion around the incident. At one point the MFO said eight people died before revising the count.
The Israeli Defense Forces later confirmed that the American, who had injuries that were not life threatening, had been flown by a search-and-rescue team to an Israeli hospital for medical treatment.
"The Defense Department is deeply saddened by the loss of five U.S. and two partner nation service members in a helicopter crash in the Sinai Peninsula operating with the United Nations Multinational Force and Observers," acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller said in a statement.
There are 452 U.S. military personnel among the force of 1,154 international peacekeepers that is part of the legacy mission in the Sinai Peninsula to enforce the 1978 peace treaty between Egypt and Israel. The treaty called for an enduring observer mission to ensure Israel's return of the peninsula to Egypt.
The Pentagon recently assessed whether to keep participating in the mission, but ultimately decided it was required under the treaty.
Active duty military personnel were assigned to the mission for decades, but in recent years it has been carried out by National Guardsmen.
ABC News' Bruno Nota contributed to this report.
Nov 13, 2020
M. Difato
Indonesian plane missing with 62 aboard after losing radar contact
A radar image from Flightradar24.com shows the flight path of Indonesian Sriwijaya Air Flight 182 before it lost contact on Jan. 9, 2021. (AP)
Indonesian authorities mobilized search teams Saturday after a passenger jet carrying 62 people lost contact with air traffic controllers on a domestic flight, Indonesia’s transportation ministry said.
The Boeing 737-500 flown by Sriwijaya Air went off radar screens shortly after leaving the capital, Jakarta, on a 90-minute flight to Pontianakon on Indonesia’s Borneo island, said Adita Irawati, a spokesperson for Indonesia’s Transportation Ministry, the Associated Press reported.
Fifty-six passengers and six crew members were on board.
Flightradar24, which monitors air traffic, wrote on its Twitter account that the 27-year-old plane “lost more than 10,000 feet of altitude in less than one minute, about 4 minutes after departure from Jakarta.”
As search and rescue efforts expanded, fisherman in the Thousand Islands, a chain of islands north of Jakarta, told local media they had spotted metal objects appearing to be parts of a plane.
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ndonesian media also aired footage of distraught friends and families of passengers gathered at the Jakarta and Pontianakon airports, weeping and praying.
A Boeing statement said that it was “aware of media reports from Jakarta, and are closely monitoring the situation. We are working to gather more information.”
Sriwijaya Air told Reuters news agency they were also still gathering information.
In late 2018, a Boeing 737 Max flown by Indonesian airline Lion Air went down, killing all 189 passengers and crew.
The 737 Max was grounded worldwide after a crash five months later in Ethiopia blamed on a design flaw in the flight control system. Investigators later determined that a software flaw and other problems had been overlooked or minimized by company engineers.
In 2014, an AirAsia plane crashed into the sea, killing 162 people, on a flight from Surabaya, Indonesia, to Singapore.
Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/indonesia-plane-c...
Jan 9, 2021
Tracie Crespo
https://americanmilitarynews.com/2021/02/black-hawk-crash-kills-3-a...
Black Hawk crash kills 3 Army Nat’l Guardsman in Idaho
Three U.S. service members in the Idaho Army National Guard are dead after their UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crashed near Boise during a routine training flight on Tuesday night.
The Guard confirmed the deaths in a statement Wednesday morning. Last contact was made with the aircraft at 7:45 p.m. local time and the crash occurred shortly after 8 p.m., confirmed by the helicopter’s Emergency Transmitter Locator device becoming activated.
Col. Christopher Burt, the Guard’s state aviation officer, launched emergency efforts to recover the aircraft, including search and rescue crews on the ground and in the air.
The crash site and victims were located at 12:15 a.m.
The cause of the crash is currently unknown and an investigation is underway.
“This is a tremendous loss to the Idaho National Guard and our community,” said Maj. Gen. Michael Garshak, adjutant general of Idaho and commander of the Idaho National Guard. “Our thoughts and prayers are with the families and loved ones as we work through this tragedy.”
The crash comes more than six years after an Idaho Army National Guard Apache helicopter crashed in November 2014, killing two pilots on board.
Feb 4, 2021
Juan F Martinez
MEXICO — Military Plane crashes, at least 6 dead 2/21/2021
At least six soldiers died this afternoon in an accident involving a Mexican Air Force plane in the southeast of the state of Veracruz, reported the Secretary of National Defense. The 'LearJet 45' aircraft, registration 3912 of the Mexican Air Force, suffered an accident while taking off from the 'El Lencero' National Airport, located in the municipality of Emiliano Zapata, Veracruz, according to local authorities.
https://mundo.sputniknews.com/20210221/1109026403.html
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Feb 22, 2021
Juan F Martinez
Military passenger plane crashes in Nigeria, seven dead (VIDEOS) 2/21/2021
A light passenger aircraft belonging to the Nigerian military has crashed outside the country’s capital city of Abuja. The plane was obliterated on impact, catching fire and killing everyone on board. The crash occurred close to Abuja’s main airport on Sunday afternoon. The plane, a King Air 350, reported an engine failure in flight and attempted to land at the airfield, but failed to reach the runway, the country’s Aviation Minister Hadi Sirika said on Twitter.
“A military aircraft King Air 350 has just crashed short of our Abuja runway after reporting engine failure en route [to] Minna. It appears to be fatal,” the minister wrote without providing any further details.
https://www.rt.com/news/516216-nigeria-military-plane-crash/
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Feb 22, 2021
Tracie Crespo
https://www.urdupoint.com/en/world/four-killed-in-kazakhstan-milita...
Four Killed In Kazakhstan Military Plane Crash
Fahad Shabbir (@FahadShabbir) 5 days ago Sat 13th March 2021 | 09:23 PM
Four people died and two more were badly injured on Saturday when a military plane crashed and caught fire while trying to land in Kazakhstan's largest city Almaty, the latest accident to hit the country's aviation industryAlmaty, Kazakhstan, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 13th Mar, 2021 ) :Four people died and two more were badly injured on Saturday when a military plane crashed and caught fire while trying to land in Kazakhstan's largest city Almaty, the latest accident to hit the country's aviation industry.
City authorities said the survivors were in intensive care and their condition was "extremely" serious.
The An-26 craft was travelling to Almaty from the capital Nur-Sultan, the emergencies ministry said, noting that the airport had lost contact with the aircraft at 1722 local time (1122 GMT).
"According to preliminary data, four people died, and two injured were sent to the nearest hospital," the ministry said in a statement.
The plane, which belonged to Kazakhstan's national security committee, caught fire after it crashed at Almaty Airport.
An AFP correspondent saw the plane overturned, with the cockpit separated from the main body of the aircraft and the tail upside down from a fence around 300 metres (1,000 feet) away.
There were rows of fire engines, police vehicles and ambulances at the crash site.
Videos shot from a road near the airport by eyewitnesses earlier in the day and published by local media showed thick smoke billowing in the distance after the crash.
Almaty Airport said in a statement that "the plane crashed at the end of the runway" without offering an explanation for the accident.
- President sends condolences - Kazakhstan's President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev expressed his condolences to the families of the victims and wished a swift recovery to the two survivors.
"On my orders, work has begun to clarify the causes of the plane crash," Tokayev said on Twitter.
"Such incidents should not be repeated." In December 2019, a dozen of around a hundred passengers died following a crash landing near Almaty Airport, with most passengers surviving unscathed.
The Bek Air carrier that operated the aircraft has not flown since and had its licence revoked last year.
The crash was also the latest in a string of air disasters involving An-26 planes.
In September 2020, an An-26 crashed in Ukraine, killing 26, mostly students from Kharkiv National Air Force University, and leaving only one survivor.
A month before that crash, four South Sudanese passengers and three Russian crew members died when an An-26 belonging to a local operator crashed near South Sudan's capital Juba, with one person surviving the accident.
Mar 18, 2021
Tracie Crespo
https://www.parkrapidsenterprise.com/news/accidents/6940573-Former-...
Former Minnesota business owner killed in Florida plane crash
GLENWOOD, Minn. — A former Glenwood, Minn., business owner has been identified as one of the three people killed Monday, March 15, in a fiery plane crash in Pembroke Pines, Florida.
Grant Hustad Jr., 71, of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and Yaacov Nahom, 63, of Davie, Florida, were identified by the Broward Medical Examiner’s Office as the two occupants in the single-engine plane that were killed when it crashed short of the runway for the North Perry Airport.
The single-engine Beechcraft plane crashed into an SUV and killed a 4-year-old boy identified as Taylor Bishop. According to the Miami Herald, the victim’s mother, Megan Bishop, was driving the SUV and was injured.
The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the crash. According to news accounts, the NTSB has not released which of the two occupants in the plane was its pilot. Both men were certified pilots.
Hustad had a commercial pilot certificate for flying single-engine airplanes over land and sea, and landing multi-engine airplanes on land, according to FAA records, the Miami Herald reported.
Nahom has had a private pilot’s certificate since 2017 and is rated to land single-engine aircraft on land and multi-engine airplanes on land, according to the same report.
The aircraft was registered to Florida Eagle Aviation Inc. Nahom was president of the company.
Hustad previously lived in Glenwood and operated a farm implement business there that was started by his father, Grant Hustad Sr.
He was an “extremely, careful pilot,” said John Stone, former publisher of the Pope County Tribune. Stone flew with Hustad on a few occasions while Hustad operated his business in Glenwood.
Hustad was a longtime pilot and promoter for the Glenwood Airport, added Stone. Hustad moved to Florida 10 or more years ago, according to Stone.
Hustad is also known in Glenwood for the Trophy Lake residential project in the community.
Mar 18, 2021
Tracie Crespo
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Multiple people dead after plane crashes in Middleburg, troopers say
April 28, 2021 at 12:18 pm EDT
By Aurielle Eady, Action News JaxCLAY COUNTY, Fla. — Multiple people are dead after a small plane crashed in Clay County Wednesday morning, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
The Clay County Sheriff’s Office said it received several calls about the crash near the intersection of Carter Spencer Road and Violet Way in Middleburg.
Deputies responded and found the plane crashed in a wooded area.
Several people were found dead inside, CCSO Sheriff Michelle Cook said during a news conference.
The Florida Highway Patrol, as well as the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), is investigating.
“It’s not in anybody’s yard. It’s definitely in a wooded area and our deputies had to go through the woods, and the fire department had to go through the woods to get to the wreckage,” Cook said.
Residents in the area have been let back into their homes, but the sheriff’s office is asking the general public to avoid the area.
FAA Media Relations Spokesperson Maria Njoku released the following statement:
“A single-engine aircraft crashed shortly after departure in a wooded area near Spencer’s Airpark in Middleburg, Fla., around 9 a.m. local time today. Three people were aboard. Please check with local authorities for the occupants’ names and medical conditions. The FAA will release the tail number of the aircraft after investigators verify it at the accident site. The FAA and National Transportation Safety Board will investigate. The NTSB will be in charge of the investigation and will provide additional updates. Neither agency identifies people involved in aircraft accidents.”
This is a developing story. Check back for updates and watch Action News Jax on FOX30 and CBS47 for the very latest.
Apr 29, 2021
Tracie Crespo
https://www.the-sun.com/news/2789029/yeovil-engine-fails-ww2-navy-w...
Plane crashes in Yeovil as ‘engine fails’ on WW2-era Navy aircraft – but pilots SURVIVE
A WW2-ERA fighter plane has crashed in Yeovil after an engine "failed" during a training flight.
The 485mph Sea Fury T.20 was forced to land and it flipped upside down this afternoon - but both pilots on board survived the crash, according to reports.
Navy Wings UK, which operates the fighter, said this afternoon: "Navy Wings’ Sea Fury T.20 made a precautionary forced landing in a field next to RNAS Yeovilton following a problem with the engine on a routine training flight this afternoon.
"Both pilots are safe and well and have been taken to Yeovil district Hospital for a precautionary check-up.
"The cause is under investigation and both the CAA and Air Accident Investigation Branch have been informed.
"No further information is available at this time."
According to reports, the plane crashed while the wheels were up - causing it to break in several pieces.
People on social media reacted to the news that the crew survived the crash: "Very glad to hear they are ok, a relief after seeing the photo."
Another person wrote: "Sad to see it in bits in the field."
A third user said: "This is sad to see. Glad the crew have survived!
"Hopefully the crew and the Fury will be back in the air soon enough."
But after inspecting the photo, one person wrote: "Both wings and the engine detached, and fuselage ends up inverted.
"I think 'mishap' might be a case of classic English understatement."
The Hawker Sea Fury was designed and developed during World War Two but did not see active service during the conflict.
It is one of the fastest piston-engine planes ever built with a top speed of more than 485mph.
RNAS Yeovilton is one of the Navy's two main air bases - and is one of the busiest military airfields in the UK.
It's home to front-line and training units, including the Fleet Air Arm Wildcat Force, Commando Helicopter Force and formerly the RN Historic Flight.
Apr 29, 2021
Juan F Martinez
A Russian military plane with 92 people on board has crashed into the Black Sea on its way to Syria, Russian news agencies reported on Sunday. Survivors unlikely.
A Russian military plane with 92 people on board has crashed into the Black Sea on its way to Syria, Russian news agencies reported on Sunday, and it was unlikely there would be any survivors.
Russian agencies, citing unnamed security sources, said the TU-154 aircraft had crashed in the sea near the southern Russian city of Sochi after disappearing from radar screens.
The plane was carrying Russian servicemen and members of a renowned military choir and dance ensemble, the Alexandrov Ensemble, who were being flown into Russia's Hmeymim air base in Syria to entertain military personnel in the run-up to the new year, the RIA news agency quoted the Defence Ministry as saying. Reuters
https://www.omanobserver.om/article/91435/LATEST NEWS/russian-military-plane-crashes-with-92-on-board
May 9, 2021
Tracie Crespo
https://lasvegassun.com/news/2021/may/24/plane-crash-reported-near-...
Plane crash reported near Nellis Air Force Base
By Hillary Davis (contact), Sara MacNeil (contact)
Published Monday, May 24, 2021 | 3:25 p.m.
Updated 5 minutes ago
A military aircraft has crashed in a residential neighborhood in the northeast valley, just south of Nellis Air Force Base, military and Clark County Fire Department officials said today.
Base spokesman Lt. Col. Bryon McGarry said the contractor-operated aircraft crashed at about 2:30 p.m. outside the southern edge of the base. There was no word about injuries aboard the aircraft or on the ground.
"We are aware of an incident involving an aircraft assigned to Nellis Air Force Base. We will provide updates as soon as they become available," according to an Air Force statement.
The plane crashed into a residential yard at 2245 N. Christy Lane. Many law enforcement vehicles are on the scene and roads are blocked off. Residents are watching from behind police tape.
Alex Reyes, who lives at 2212 N. Christy Lane across the street from the house where the plane crashed, heard a loud thump and his Wi-Fi went out. He saw black smoke billowing from the house across the street. Firefighters showed up five minutes later, he said.
“My mom didn’t believe me. I said, ‘Mom I heard something crash,’” he said.
Reyes said his father couldn’t get through the police tape to get back to their house.
Neighbor Eugenia Brackeen said she distinctly heard a loud boom — so loud that drowned out her television. Then, her power went about for a minute. “Right after that I saw the fire trucks come,” she said.
Gov. Steve Sisolak in a Twitter post wrote, “Kathy and I are praying for all those involved in today’s incident — especially the men and women of @NellisAFB and the first responders on the scene.”
Among planes assigned to Nellis are F-16 Falcon and F-22 Raptor fighter jets and A-10 Warthhog attack jets. The Thunderbirds, the Air Force's high-profile aerial demonstration team, also flies out of Nellis.
The crash was reported on Christy Lane in a residential neighborhood just east of Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School. Heavy black smoke was seen rising from the area. Residents constantly see and hear planes from the nearby base.
“They fly 24/7 in this area and they are always flying really low. They always look like they are so low,”Brackeen said.
No additional information was immediately released.
In April 2018, Thunderbirds pilot Maj. Stephen Del Bango of Valencia, Calif., died when his F-16 fighter crashed during a training flight over the Nevada Test and Training Range northwest of Las Vegas.
In September 2017, an Air Force pilot died after a crash about 100 miles northwest of Nellis.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates.
May 25, 2021
Tracie Crespo
https://www.wfxb.com/2021/05/24/one-person-died-after-a-small-plane...
One Person Died After A Small Plane Crash In Horry County
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NTSB, FAA investigating small plane crash in Winterville, NC area that killed 2
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Victim in Sunday afternoon plane crash into Cross Lake identified
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At least one person killed in fatal Breathitt County plane crash
May 25, 2021
Tracie Crespo
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Two people died when a small plane crashed in Missoula County
https://www.theadanews.com/two-killed-in-early-morning-plane-crash-...
Two killed in early morning plane crash near Roff
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Two dead after single-engine plane crash in southern Iowa
Jul 3, 2021
Tracie Crespo
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/07/02/boeing-737-ca...
'It doesn't look good out here': Coast Guard rescues 2 pilots after Hawaii cargo plane crash
A Boeing 737-200 cargo plane with two pilots aboard made an emergency landing in the water off the coast of Hawaii on Friday morning.
The pilots of Transair Flight 810 heading from Honolulu to Maui reported engine trouble and were trying to return to Honolulu, the Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement.
“We’ve lost No. 1 engine, and we’re coming straight to the airport,” one of the pilots said in air traffic control communications. “We’re going to need the fire department. There’s a chance we’re going to lose the other engine, too, it’s running very hot. We’re very low on speed.”
Before the plane broke apart as it crashed in the water, one of the pilots told the tower: “It doesn’t look good out here."
Rescue workers in a Coast Guard helicopter located the pilots and pulled them from the wreckage.
“One was on the tail and the other clinging to packages,” Coast Guard Lt. Commander Karin Evelyn wrote in an email to The Associated Press. As an agency helicopter got close, “the airplane began to sink putting the individual on the tail in the water. The crews hoisted them safely on the aircraft. The rescue swimmer then assisted the other individual.”
The pilots, whose identities were not immediately released, were taken to a hospital. Officials at Queen’s Medical Center said a 58-year-old was in critical condition, Hawaii News Now reported. The other pilot, a 50-year-old, was in serious condition with a head injury and multiple lacerations, the TV station reported.
The Boeing 737 was unveiled late in the 1960s and is now the most popular airline plane still in production. About 200 737s have been destroyed in crashes and several hundred others have been involved in less serious accidents and incidents, according to the Aviation Safety Network database.
In April, just months after that plane was ungrounded late last year, several major airlines took some of the planes out of service again due to a potential electrical issue.
The plane involved in Friday’s emergency landing is 46 years old. It is a much earlier version of the 737 than the Max, and U.S. airlines no longer use the older model for passenger flights.
Boeing 737 Max:What you need to know
The FAA will investigate the crash and the National Transportation Safety Board said on Twitter it is sending a team of seven investigators.
In a statement, Boeing said it was in contact with the NTSB to "gather more information."
“We are aware of the reports out of Honolulu, Hawaii and are closely monitoring the situation," the company said in a statement.
Contributing: Dawn Gilbertson, USA TODAY; The Associated Press
Jul 3, 2021
Juan F Martinez
Plane Crash: C130 Plane of Philippine Air Force With 85 People Aboard Crashes,17 People dead and 40 People Rescued So Far.
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Jul 4, 2021
Tracie Crespo
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No survivors from plane crash in Russia's far east, rescue officials say
MOSCOW, July 6 (Reuters) - There are no survivors after a plane carrying 28 people crashed in the far east of Russia on Tuesday, Russian news agencies cited rescue officials as saying.
The Antonov An-26 twin-engined turboprop was en route from the regional capital Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky to Palana, a village in the north of the Kamchatka peninsula, when it lost contact with air traffic control, the emergencies ministry said.
Citing sources, Interfax reported that the plane was thought to have crashed into a cliff as it was preparing to land in poor visibility conditions.
Russia's civil aviation authority confirmed that the plane's crash site had been found after the emergencies ministry dispatched a helicopter and had deployed teams on the ground to look for the missing aircraft.
There were 22 passengers and six crew on board, the ministry said. Olga Mokhireva, the mayor of Palana, was among the passengers, the TASS agency quoted local authorities as saying.
The weather in the area was cloudy at the time the plane went missing, Russian news agencies reported. TASS said the aircraft involved had been in service since 1982.
Russian aviation safety standards have improved in recent years but accidents, especially involving ageing planes in far-flung regions, are not uncommon.
The Soviet-era plane type, still used for military and civilian flights in some countries, has been involved in dozens of deadly crashes since it entered service around 50 years ago.
An Antonov-28, a similar plane, slammed into a Kamchatka forest in 2012 in a crash that killed 10 people along the same route. Investigators said both pilots were drunk at the time of the crash.
Jul 7, 2021
Juan F Martinez
The Nieuw Amsterdam cruise ship has returned to Seattle after five of its passengers were killed in a day trip plane excursion crash near Ketchikan, Alaska.
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Aug 8, 2021
Tracie Crespo
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/01/us/navy-helicopter-crash-san-die...
Five Missing After Navy Helicopter Crash Near San Diego
One person was rescued after the helicopter crashed into the sea, the Navy said.
By Azi Paybarah
One person was rescued and five others were missing after a U.S. Navy helicopter crashed on Tuesday in the water off the coast near San Diego, according to military officials.
The cause of the crash was not immediately clear. In a statement, the Navy’s Third Fleet said the helicopter “crashed into the sea” at 4:30 p.m. local time while it was conducting “routine flight operations” about 60 nautical miles off the coast.
Search efforts were ongoing early Wednesday, according to the Navy.
Military officials identified the helicopter that crashed as an MH-60S, a model that has been in use since 2002, according to the Naval Air Systems Command.
The helicopter had been assigned to the USS Abraham Lincoln, a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier based in San Diego. In a statement on Facebook on Wednesday, Lincoln officials called the crash a “tragedy.”
The 14,000-pound helicopter has a range of 245 nautical miles and can reach a top speed of 180 knots, according to the command.
The Navy has more than 250 MH-60S helicopters in use, according to the Command.
MH-60S helicopters are used for a wide array of purposes, including “vertical replenishment, combat search and rescue, special warfare support and airborne mine countermeasures” according to Naval Technology, a website that reports on military equipment.
Sep 1, 2021
Tracie Crespo
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/arizona-plane-crash-leaves-no-sur...
Arizona Plane Crash Leaves No Survivors
The Pima County Sheriff's Department and The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) are investigating the circumstances around a downed aircraft, which was last seen southeast of Kitt Peak, Arizona on Sunday.
Tucson Police Air said in a tweet that they helped local air traffic controllers search for an overdue aircraft, which was last seen southeast of Kitt Peak. They said they located the downed aircraft, landed to search for survivors and found none, as reported by ABC15 on Sunday.
The police force didn't release any details on the location of the downed plane, but local news source Whats Up Tucson said on Twitter that the crash was near Arivaca Lake, southeast of Arivaca, Arizona.
There were no details on how many people were in the plane or what type of plane it was.
An investigation is ongoing.
Newsweek has contacted the Pima County Sheriff's Department and NTSB for comment.
Plane crashes in Arizona are frequent. On October 2, a helicopter and a single-engine plane collided in midair near Chan... sending the helicopter crashing into the field and killing both people on board. The plane landed safely, and the flight instructor and student inside were not hurt.
The helicopter was operated by Quantum Helicopters and the aircraft by Flight Operations Academy, both flight schools, Chandler police said.
On September 22, a single-engine plane crashed in northern Arizona, killing the pilot and injuring the only passenger. A dog on board also ended up surviving.
Coconino County Sheriff's officials received a call that evening from Page Airport saying that a plane originating from San Martin, California, had crashed while on the approach. Page is located 242 miles north of Phoenix, just south of the Arizona-Utah border.
Authorities identified the pilot as Jim Petersen and passenger as Uta Petersen, who was airlifted to a Utah hospital for treatment while Jim Petersen's body was transported to the Coconino County Medical Examiner's Office.
In July, two veteran firefighters died in a plane crash while surveying a wildfire near the small town of Wikieup. Severe weather is thought to have played a role in the deadly accident. The people in the plane—fire pilot Matt Miller, 48, and air tactical group supervisor Jeff Piechura, 62—were both experienced firefighters. Miller had spent about 20 years working as a pilot and Piechura had an extensive career in both federal and state fire services.
Oct 19, 2021
Tracie Crespo
https://www.npr.org/2021/11/13/1055529117/william-shatner-space-pas...
Man who went to space with William Shatner weeks ago dies in a plane crash
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Glen de Vries was among four passengers on Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket on Oct. 13. De Vries, 49, and Thomas P. Fischer, 54, died in crash of a single-engine plane that went down Thursday in a wooded area of Hampton Township, N.J.
HAMPTON TOWNSHIP, N.J. — A man who traveled to space with William Shatner last month was killed along with another person when the small plane they were in crashed in a wooded area of northern New Jersey, according to state police.
The one-time space tourist Glen M. de Vries, 49, of New York City, and Thomas P. Fischer, 54, of Hopatcong, were aboard the single-engine Cessna 172 that went down Thursday.
De Vries was an instrument-rated private pilot, and Fischer owned a flight school. Authorities have not said who was piloting the small plane.
The plane had left Essex County Airport in Caldwell, on the edge of the New York City area, and was headed to Sussex Airport, in rural northwestern New Jersey, when the Federal Aviation Administration alerted public safety agencies to look for the missing plane around 3 p.m.
Emergency crews found the wreckage in Hampton Township around 4 p.m., the FAA said.
De Vries, co-founder of a tech company, took a 10-minute flight to the edge of space Oct. 13 aboard Blue Origin's New Shepard spacecraft with Shatner and two others.
"It's going to take me a while to be able to describe it. It was incredible," de Vries said as he got his Blue Origin "astronaut wings" pinned onto his blue flight suit by Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos.
"We are devastated to hear of the sudden passing of Glen de Vries," Blue Origin tweeted Friday. "He brought so much life and energy to the entire Blue Origin team and to his fellow crewmates. His passion for aviation, his charitable work, and his dedication to his craft will long be revered and admired."
De Vries co-founded Medidata Solutions, a software company specializing in clinical research, and was the vice chair of life sciences and health care at Dassault Systemes, which acquired Medidata in 2019. He had taken part in an auction for a seat on the first flight and bought a seat on the second trip.
De Vries also served on the board of Carnegie Mellon University.
Fischer owned the flight school Fischer Aviation and was its chief instructor, according to the company's website.
The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating.
Nov 14, 2021
Tracie Crespo
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/4-dead-after-small-plane-crashes-...
4 dead after small plane crashes in California
All four people on board a small plane that crashed in California Saturday are dead, according to the Tulare County Sheriff's Office.
The identities of the victims have not been confirmed. It is unknown what led to the crash.
Around 6:35 p.m. Saturday, deputies were called to the area of Road 68 and Avenue 288 near the Visalia Airport in Visalia, California, for a possible downed plane, authorities said.
When deputies arrived, they found a single-engine Beechcraft Bonanza had crashed, killing all on board.
The National Transportation Safety Board said Sunday it is investigating the crash.
ABC News California affiliate KFSN reported the plane crashed just a few seconds after taking off.
Dec 5, 2021
Juan F Martinez
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC—Aircraft crashed as it attempted to make emergency landing due to malfunction. 12/15/2021
Nine people, including Puerto Rican music producer Flow La Movie, died Wednesday when a private plane crashed at the Las Americas airport in the Dominican Republic capital Santo Domingo, the aircraft's owner Helidosa said.
Helidosa "regrets the tragic accident on one of its planes at Las Americas airport... in which tragically all of the crew and passengers died," the company said in a statement.
Music producer Jose Angel Hernandez, who went by Flow La Movie and was known for hits like "Te bote," was listed in the Helidosa statement among the victims.
Local media said Hernandez's partner and his son were among the dead, and that two of the dead were minors aged four and 13.
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Dec 16, 2021
Juan F Martinez
A fiery helicopter crash halted traffic on a busy Louisiana interstate, according to state police. Troopers responded to the crash on I-10 eastbound at the Bonnet Carré Spillway Bridge around 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 14, WVUE reported, citing authorities. Photos from the scene show the smoldering wreckage in the middle of the highway.
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Dec 16, 2021
Tracie Crespo
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4 dead after plane that took off from John Wayne Airport crashes in San Diego County
A business jet carrying four people crashed in El Cajon shortly after taking off from John Wayne Airport on Monday evening, Dec. 27, and authorities said they found no survivors.
The crash occurred in a residential San Diego County neighborhood about 7:15 p.m., said Elizabeth Cory, a Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman.
The Learjet 35 was headed to nearby Gillespie Field Airport in San Diego, she said.
San Diego Sheriff’s Office deputies, along with California Highway Patrol officers and firefighters with the Lakeside Fire Protection District, headed to the 1200 block of Pepper Drive after receiving reports of the crash, Sheriff’s officials said.
The crash site was about two miles east of the airport. The FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board were investigating what caused the crash, Cory said.
One home was damaged and power lines were knocked down, but no one on the ground was hurt, officials said.
A large debris field was scattered across the road while firefighters and deputies investigated.
The Learjet can hold two crew members and six passengers.
At 7:08 p.m., air-traffic controller at Gillespie Field’s told the pilot he was clear to land on a runway.
Four minutes later, the pilot requested to approach a different runway and asked the tower if the runway lights could be made brighter.
“They are at 100 percent now,” the controller said.
Two minutes later, the pilot could be heard screaming, cursing.
FlightAware, a flight tracking website, shows the plane was in the middle of a left turn to come back around to a runway when it went down.
Since Dec. 16, the Learjet made 20 flights, according to FlightAware, spanning 14 states, from Washington to South Carolina and Georgia.
On Monday, the plane flew from San Diego County to Lake Havasu and then to John Wayne Airport before returning to San Diego County, according to FlightAware data.
Further information about the four people on the plane was not immediately available.
This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.
Dec 29, 2021
Tracie Crespo
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1 dead, 7 missing after plane crashes into Atlantic Ocean
Authorities are searching for the wreckage of a plane that crashed off the coast of North Carolina with eight people aboard this weekend.
One person has been identified, but officials are still in the process of locating the remains of the other passengers, Carteret County Sheriff Asa Buck said in a press conference Monday.
There is "no indication that anyone survived the crash," he said.
The Pilatus PC-12 single-engine passenger aircraft crashed into the Atlantic Ocean on Sunday.
The Coast Guard responded that evening after receiving a report from an air traffic controller stating that an aircraft was seen behaving erratically on radar and then disappeared from the radar screen, according to a news release.
The sheriff's department, National Park Service beach crews, Towboat U.S. and the Down East Fire Department are also involved in the recovery efforts.
However, the search has been hampered by the wreckage being moved farther into the ocean.
"That search and some of the recovery went well into the evening, into the early morning," Buck said. "And then this morning, numerous agencies came back out and located the debris field again which had moved further offshore – 5, 10, 15 miles offshore."
Buck noted that there were three separate debris fields now.
"We are also still, at this time, in the process of locating the main part of the plane, the fuselage, in an attempt to locate that section of the plane and to continue to locate the passengers on board the plane," he said.
A Coast Guard representative said "vessels from as far away as Cape May, New Jersey," are working on the search.
Feb 15, 2022
Tracie Crespo
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Two helicopters crash yards away from beaches in California and Florida on same day; 1 dead
Huntington Beach Police Chief Eric Parra identified the dead officer as Nicholas Vella, 44. Vella was taken to a trauma center but died, Parra said at a news conference. Another officer was in stable condition.
Vella had been with the police department for 14 years, it said on Twitter, adding that he leaves behind a wife and daughter.
The Huntington Beach Police Department said Saturday evening that one of its helicopters had “crash landed,” and video of the crash site showed the helicopter downed in the water near the beach. The officers had been on their way to respond to a “disturbance fight call,” Parra said.
Earlier Saturday, a helicopter crashed into the ocean yards away from a crowded Florida beach, leaving two passengers injured, the authorities said.
Video of the crash showed Miami Beach’s South Beach buzzing with sunbathers and swimmers when the helicopter dove into the water.
The Miami Beach Police Department, which posted the video on Twitter, said that two of the people who had been on the helicopter were transported to Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami in “stable condition.” A third person was not seriously injured.
A representative for the hospital did not immediately respond to an inquiry Saturday evening.
There were three people onboard the Robinson R44 helicopter, which crashed at about 1:20 p.m. on Saturday, said a spokesman for the Federal Aviation Administration, Matthew Lehner. The FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board will investigate the crash, which happened “under unknown circumstances,” Lehner said in an email Saturday evening.
If the crash had “happened 50 yards more inland, we would have had a mass casualty event on our hands,” the Miami Beach Fire Department told NBC6, a local news station. The fire department, which did not immediately respond to a request for comment, said it was “incredible — insane” that nobody in the water was injured.
The crash happened on South Beach near 10th Street, police said, adding that a section of the beach from 9th to 11th streets was closed as the authorities responded to the incident.
The R44 helicopter is “well known to investigators,” according to a report by the Los Angeles Times, which found in a 2018 analysis that the model had a higher rate of deadly accidents per hours flown compared with other common models. Robinson Helicopter Co., the aircraft’s manufacturer, disputed that report.
The Times reported that the FAA and the manufacturer were “slow to address design features and operating characteristics that have caused or contributed to accidents.”After Kobe Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter were killed in a Sikorsky S-76B helicopter crash in early 2020, a former FAA consultant, David Hoeppner, told The Washington Post that the industry had not “done all the things in design and the reliability or integrity of the helicopter that we need to do.” The Huntington Beach Police Department uses MD 520N helicopters, according to its website.
FAA Administrator Stephen Dickson said in 2020 that generally, helicopter accidents “turn out in hindsight to have been preventable.” He noted that while fatal accident rates among helicopters were below the general aviation rate, “it’s not enough.”
Feb 20, 2022
Tracie Crespo
https://www.deseret.com/utah/2022/4/24/23039756/4-dead-in-plane-cra...
4 dead in plane crash outside of Cedar City, officials say
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Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News
CEDAR CITY — Four people in a small plane died after it crashed Saturday evening near Cedar City, according to Iron County Sheriff's Office.
About 6:47 p.m., authorities were notified of a fire around five miles east of Cedar City on state Route 14. Iron County sheriff deputies, Utah Highway Patrol troopers and Color County Fire personnel responded to the scene and discovered a small single-engine, fixed-wing aircraft on fire.
After discovering the downed, burning plane, paramedics were dispatched from Gold Cross Ambulance, along with Cedar Fire and Iron County Search and Rescue to assist with the recovery and investigation.
Apr 24, 2022
Tracie Crespo
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Nepal plane crash: Rescuers recover 20 bodies from wreck
By Zubaidah Abdul Jalil
BBC News
Rescuers in Nepal have so far recovered 20 bodies from the crash site of a small plane carrying 22 people, an official has told the BBC.
The wreckage of the plane, operated by Nepali carrier Tara Air, was recovered in Mustang district in northern Nepal.
The passenger plane was on a 20-minute flight when it lost contact with air traffic control five minutes before it was due to land.
The search is ongoing for the remaining passengers, the official said.
"We have found 20 dead bodies, the body of an additional person has been located and rescuers are trying to retrieve it from difficult mountain terrain," the country's Civil Aviation Authority spokesman Deo Chandra Lal Karn told the BBC on Monday.
"Rescuers are still searching for a missing individual at the crash site," he said.
Images posted on Twitter by a spokesman from the Nepalese Army showed the remains of the plane - prominently bearing its registered call sign 9N-AET.
"Search and rescue troops have physically located the plane crash site," Narayan Silwal said on Twitter earlier on Monday, marking the end of a nearly 24-hour long search for the wreckage.
The plane, which was made by Canadian aircraft firm de Havilland, had departed the tourist town of Pokhara at around 0955 local time on Sunday (04:10 GMT). It was bound for Jomsom - a popular tourist and pilgrimage site.
Nepal has had a fraught record of aviation accidents, often due to its sudden weather changes and airstrips located in rocky terrains that are difficult to access.
In early 2018, a US-Bangla flight carrying 71 people from Dhaka in Bangladesh caught fire as it landed in Kathmandu, killing 51 people.
May 30, 2022
Juan F Martinez
A plane carrying 126 people caught fire after landing at Miami International Airport, Tuesday noon. Passenger plane MD-82, Red Air Flight 203, landed from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, around 5:30 p.m. When the landing gear collapsed as a result of a plane malfunction and caught fire, according to Miami International Airport officials, about three people were taken to hospital with minor injuries. Florida US| (June 21, 2022)
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Jun 22, 2022
Tracie Crespo
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Fiery freeway crash-landing caught on video in Riverside County; pilot talks
by: Sandra Mitchell, Cindy Von Quednow, Marc Sternfield
Posted: Aug 9, 2022 / 01:06 PM PDT
Updated: Aug 9, 2022 / 11:12 PM PDT
A small plane made a crash landing and burst into flames on the 91 Freeway in Riverside County Tuesday afternoon in a dramatic incident that was captured on video.
Fortunately, no one was hurt.
The crash-landing happened at 12:31 p.m. in the eastbound lanes of the freeway near Lincoln Avenue, according to the California Highway Patrol.
Dramatic video obtained by KTLA shows the single-engine Piper Cherokee dropping from the sky, hitting the freeway, and then leaving a trail of burning fuel as it slides toward the sound barrier.
“The pilot claims to have experienced possible engine failure on their final descent to Corona Municipal Airport,” CHP Capt. Levi Miller said.
The plane also hit a truck carrying three people.
Incredibly, both the pilot and passenger on the plane and all three occupants of the truck escaped unharmed.
Pilot Andrew Cho described how his single engine plane lost power and he made the decision to put it down between moving cars on the freeway.
“It felt like a hard bump. Hard to describe,” Cho said. “We were four to five feet in the air when the plane stalled completely and fell to the ground.”
The pilot credited his training for the successful crash landing.
“Your training kicks in and you do the right thing. As long as you don’t panic, you get the best outcome,” Cho said.
Eastbound lanes of the 91 Freeway were closed for several hours as authorities investigated the crash and removed the wreckage.
The Federal Aviation Administration is handling the investigation and is expected to speak with Cho soon.
“(We’re) very fortunate today that the traffic was light, and the pilot appears to have made some good landing navigation that avoided what could have been a very bad tragedy,” Miller said.
Aug 10, 2022
Tracie Crespo
https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/one-dead-and-nine-missing-aft...
One dead and nine missing after plane crashes near Seattle
One person was killed and nine are still missing after a floatplane crashed into the Puget Sound.
The US Coast Guard responded when a plane carrying ten adults and one child crashed on Sunday afternoon in the waters of northern Washington. They are still searching for the nine missing victims.
The plane was flying out of Friday Harbor on San Juan Island, the Coast Guard said. The crash occurred in the Mutiny Bay area, just west of Whidbey Island.
Whidbey island is located just north of Seattle in the Puget Sound. The flight was headed to Renton, authorities said.
The plane was a single-engine de Havilland DHC-3 Turbine Otter, the NTSB reported.
The coast guard deployed four boats, an aircraft, and a rescue helicopter to aid in the search for the missing passengers.
Floatplanes are a popular method of transportation on the Puget Sound. They are equipped with pontoons that allow them to land safely in the water.
Tourists frequently take flights on floatplanes between Seattle and the San Juan Islands. The crashed plane was leaving from the scenic islands on the maritime border of the US and Canada.
The California crash was much less deadly. Two junior lifeguards rushed to the plane immediately and managed to evacuate the pilot and administer first aid.
Meanwhile in Europe, a family was reported dead after a private jet mysteriously crashed into the Baltic Sea off the coast of Latvia.
The jet crash, which occurred on the same day as the floatplane crash in Washington, has left investigators puzzled. NATO jets were deployed to follow the jet’s erratic flight path, but when they caught up with it they could not see any pilot in the cockpit.
Sep 6, 2022
Tracie Crespo
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/two-dead-another-injured-in-fi...
Two Dead, Another Injured In Fiery Plane Crash In The Streets
By David Wetzel
New York (Knewz) — A plane crash in Ecuador left two people dead and another injured.
Video of the aftermath of a plane crash in Eduador showed the plane in the street burning as heavy smoke and flames burned. Kike Gerzam recorded video of the incident and shared it online.
The crash happened in a residential area of Guayaquil, Ecuador on Oct. 18.
The video of a plane crash in Ecuador showed people reacting to the horrifying incident and firefighters rushing to the scene to block off the area as they put the fire out.
According to Yahoo!, Guayaquil Mayor Cynthia Viteri told El Universo hat she saw the crash from two blocks away. She told the outlet that the pilot likely saved other lives by navigating the plane to a less-populated area as it was on the verge of crashing.
Ecuador’s General Directorate of Civil Aviation reported that three people were on the plane when it crashed, and Capt. Edgar Rosera and Capt. Juan Guzman died in the crash.
Capt. Cristian Armendariz survived a plane crash in Ecuador and was taken to the hospital.
It wasn’t immediately clear what happened to cause the plane to crash.
TMX contributed to this report.
Oct 20, 2022
Tracie Crespo
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/mexican-state-security-chief...
Mexican state security chief, 4 others, die in helicopter crash
[1/2] Members of security forces check the site where the head of security of the central Mexican state of Aguascalientes has died in a helicopter crash, in Aguascalientes, Mexico November 17, 2022. REUTERS/Liberto Urena
MEXICO CITY, Nov 17 (Reuters) - The head of security of the central Mexican state of Aguascalientes has died in a helicopter crash that killed a total of five people, the state's governor announced on Thursday.
The crash was captured on video shared on social media, showing the aircraft dropping vertically into the ground of an empty grass area.
All five people who died in the crash, including the minister of public security Porfirio Javier Sanchez Mendoza, were on board the aircraft.
The crash happened on Thursday morning in the north of the state.
The cause was being treated as an accident, Tere Jimenez, the state's governor, said in a statement.
(This story has been refiled to add the missing story name and to show that photos and videos are available)
Nov 18, 2022
Tracie Crespo
https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/local/helicopter-crash-interstate...
2 dead in TV news helicopter crash near I-77: Medic
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Two people were killed in a helicopter crash along Interstate 77 in south Charlotte Tuesday afternoon, officials confirmed. WCNC Charlotte has learned the chopper belongs to the local television station WBTV.
The crash happened around noon between Tyvola Road and Nations Ford Road along the southbound side of I-77. Medic confirmed both victims were pronounced dead at the scene. WBTV confirmed the victims were chopper pilot Chip Tayag and meteorologist Jason Myers.
WCNC Charlotte confirmed the helicopter is a 1999 Robinson R44.
All lanes on I-77 near the crash were blocked for hours while crews responded to the incident. CMPD closed multiple ramps onto I-77 near the crash, too. Two lanes reopened around 4:30 p.m., but traffic is expected to be impacted until at least 6 a.m. Wednesday
WHAT WE KNOW
A witness told WCNC Charlotte it appeared the pilot knew the helicopter was in trouble and made an aggressive move to prevent crashing directly onto I-77.
"I think that he absolutely knew that he was gonna have to put that down," the man said. "He did his best to put it down ... Whoever the pilot was, did their best to put that thing down where it wasn't going to injure a lot of people, and in that respect, they did a fabulous job."
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North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper issued the following statement Tuesday:
"This is a terrible tragedy for the WBTV family and we are praying for them and all of those in the media who work so hard to keep the public informed."
WCNC Charlotte President and General Manager Joan Barrett released the following statement when the station learned the helicopter belonged to WBTV:
"We want to extend our deepest condolences to the staff and family members of the WBTV team. Both Chip and Jason have a strong reputation in this community and many will feel their loss. We are here to assist the WBTV team in any way we can."
While specifics have not yet been released, the NTSB has a standard process it typically follows in the aftermath of an aviation crash.
Nov 23, 2022