Tag result for article published on Sat March 16 2013 3:50 am. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: aircraft crash, aircraft crash fire, fatal aircraft crash, fatal plane crash, Fort Lauderdale, Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport, multiple vehicle fires, plane crash
A small plane crashed into a parking lot near a South Florida airport Friday afternoon, killing all three people onboard and burning about a dozen vehicles. No one on the ground was hurt. Fort Lauderdale firefighters responded about 4:23 p.m. Friday, March 15, 2013 to a plane crash at RJ Asset Recovery, 964 NE 53rd [...]
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Tag result for article published on Sun February 03 2013 3:04 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: aircraft crash, ATR-72, Italy, Leonardo da Vinci Airport, Rome
Six injured as strong winds force plane off the runway at Leonardo da Vinci Airport in Rome. An ATR-72 turboprop plane belonging to Romanian carrier Carpatair, but operating in Alitalia colours, went off the runway after landing in strong winds at Rome’s Leonardo da Vinci airport on Saturday. Six people were injured, among them a [...]
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Tag result for article published on Mon December 31 2012 5:57 am. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: aircraft crash, dashcam video, Moscow
A passenger airliner careened off the runway at Russia’s third-busiest airport and partly onto a highway while landing on Saturday, broke into pieces and caught fire, killing at least four people. A fatal passenger jet crash was caught on a dashboard camera. The plane skidded into a highway after making a hard landing at Moscow’s [...]
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Tag result for article published on Mon September 10 2012 8:21 am. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: aircraft crash, fatal plane crash, Kansasville, plane crash, Wisconsin
A small plane crashed into a residential garage in a Kansasville, Wisconsin neighborhood (Copyright 2012, Stephen D. Sullivan www.stephendsullivan.com). A pilot was killed about noon Sunday when a single engine Beechcraft that departed from Chicago Executive Airport in Wheeling/Prospect Heights, Illinois crashed in Kansasville, Wisconsin. No injuries were reported on the ground at the crash [...]
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Tag result for article published on Fri May 04 2012 6:35 am. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: aircraft crash, Crystal Lake, Crystal Lake Fire Department, fatal aircraft crash, Lake in the Hills, Lake in the Hills Airport
A small plane crashed about 3:15 p.m. Thursday just northeast of of Lake in the Hills Airport, and east of Pyott Road. The crash site is near Pyott Road, James R Rakow Road, and Virginia Road in Crystal Lake. Two men on board the aircraft were killed when the plane crashed nose first into a [...]
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Tag result for article published on Thu May 03 2012 5:05 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: aircraft crash, Crystal Lake, Crystal Lake Fire Department, fatal aircraft crash, Lake in the Hills, Lake in the Hills Airport
A small plane crashed about 3:15 p.m. Thursday just northeast of of Lake in the Hills Airport, and east of Pyott Road. The crash is near Pyott Road, James R Rakow Road, and Virginia Road in Crystal Lake. Two men on board the aircraft were killed when the plane crashed nose first into a barren [...]
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Tag result for article published on Thu December 15 2011 11:44 am. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: aircraft crash, Arizona, private aircraft crash, Scottsdale
A Cirrus SR 22 aircraft crashed in the front yard of a single family residence near 70th Street and Thunderbird Road. The crash is less than one-half mile southwest of the Scottsdale Airport Runway 3/21. Cirrus aircraft are design with a parachute that can be deployed in crash situations to cause a soft landing. A [...]
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Tag result for article published on Mon November 28 2011 11:19 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: aircraft crash, Chicago TRACON, Extra Alarm Life Safety Box, Flightaware, Level I Trauma Center, Life Safety Box, Lifeguard Flight, Lincolnshire, medical flight, plane crash
UPDATE: Crash victim identities release … William Didier (a 58-year-old pilot with 40 years experience) was reported dead at the scene. Also killed were John W. Bialek, 80, and his wife Ilomae Bialek, 75. John Bialek was being transported to the Chicago area for treatment of a medical issue when the aircraft that was transporting [...]
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Tag result for article published on Sat September 17 2011 5:16 am. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: air crash, air race, aircraft crash, Nevada, Reno, Reno Air Races
High Definition video of the crash of ‘Galloping Ghost’ P-51 at Reno Air Races on September 16, 2011. Update: 9 killed; the pilot and eight spectators. Late Saturday eight are in critical condition and nine are in serious condition. Early report is that three people, including pilot Jimmy Leeward, 74, of Ocala Fla., flying the [...]
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Posted in Disaster Report, FD Notebook
Tag result for article published on Sun August 21 2011 5:53 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: aerobatics, air show crash, aircraft crash
Stunt pilot Bryan Jensen was killed in fiery crash during an air show on Saturday after his plane appeared unable to get out of a downward spiral and plummeted nose-first into the ground, witnesses and authorities said. A high performance aerobatic biplane spiraled downward into the ground during the Kansas City Air Show Saturday. According [...]
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Posted in Air Travel, Crash Video
Tag result for article published on Sat May 28 2011 6:25 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: A330, Air France, Airbus, aircraft crash, fatal aircraft crash
Two co-pilots facing faulty instrument readings and a stall fought to regain control of an Air France flight before the plane slammed into the Atlantic in a 3 1/2 minute fall, killing all 228 people aboard, accident investigators said Friday. The captain was on a routine rest break when the autopilot and autothrust turned off. [...]
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Tag result for article published on Fri October 08 2010 3:30 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: aircraft crash, aircraft crash aftermath video, airstrip, runway, weather conditions, wind
If the Piper PA-32R-300 that crashed into XSPORT FITNESS Wednesday, October 6, 2010 about noon was taking off using Runway 36, it may have been heading north with the wind behind it — possibly not optimal for a small plane with a big building ahead of it. The airstrip at Aero Estates is Runway 18/36. The ’18′ is short for 180 degrees [...]
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