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LionAir Flight Undershoots Bali Runway, 108 Aboard
On April 13, 2013, a Bandung to Denpasar Lion Air Boeing 737-800 en undershot the Denpasar Airport runway and ditched in the ocean—literally falling from a height of 55 yards. All of the 101 passengers and 7 crew got out alive, but at least twenty people were injured. On impact, the plane broke in... »
AGENDA ANNOUNCED FOR NTSB FORUM ON LITHIUM ION BATTERIES
April 8, 2013 WASHINGTON – The National Transportation Safety Board today released the final agenda including the participants’ names, affiliations, and biographies for the forum on lithium ion batteries in transportation. The forum, scheduled for Thursday and Friday, April 11-12, starts at 9 am and will be held in the NTSB Board Room and... »
Feline Survives Plane Landing on His House
A feline survivor has been found in the crash of the Beechcraft plane that killed Steve Davis, 60, and Wes Caves, 58. Zuul the cat emerged from the construction site where the plane impacted residences. Zuul has suffered some minor injuries, but seems to have at least eight lives left. South Bend Hawker Crash... »
FAA Initial Report of Starwood Management Learjet that Killed Jenni Rivera Entourage
What: Learjet 25 en route from Monterrey to Toluca Where: Los Tejocotes When: December 9 20123:30 Who: 7 aboard Update: IDENTIFICATION Regis#: 345MC Make/Model: LJ25 Description: LEARJET 25 Date: 12/09/2012 Time: 0630 Event Type: Accident Highest Injury: Fatal Mid Air: N Missing: N Damage: Destroyed LOCATION DESCRIPTION AIRCRAFT CRASHED INTO A MOUNTAINOUS AREA, THE... »
More News today (an overview of a few items we’re not covering right now)
For various reasons including that we have already covered these or don’t have room or time, this is more news: The NTSB is probing the Manhattan Township, Illinois crash that killed Larry Allan Diffley, head of Bemidji Aviation The pilot that was killed in a plane crash in Yuma on November 24 was Denise... »
Brazzaville Crash Pilot Named (update)
What: Aero-Services for Trans Air Congo Ilyhushin IL-76T freighter en route from Pointe Noire to Brazzaville Where: Brazzaville When: Nov 30 2012 Who: 32 fatalities, 14 injured Why: The Armenian crew fatalities of the crashed Trans Air Congo cargo jet have been named: Varazdat Balasanyan, born in 1949 (captain of the crew) Ara Tovmasyan,... »
Brazzaville Cargo FLight Crash Fatalities Updated to 32
What: Aero-Services for Trans Air Congo Ilyhushin IL-76T freighter en route from Pointe Noire to Brazzaville Where: Brazzaville When: Nov 30 2012 Who: 30 fatalities, 14 injured *Death toll rises to 32 Why: A Trans Air Congo cargo jet landed in rainy conditions in Brazzaville, one report says the plane overran the runway, went... »
Homeowner Survived Plane Crashing into Her Home
What: Superior Pallet Co. Piper PA-32-300 Cherokee Six Where: Jackson, Miss When: Nov 13, 2012, 5:00pm Who: 3 fatalities, 1 injured Why: Three people aboard the Piper that crashed in Jackson Mississippi died at the scene. When the plane struck their house, everything Loretta and Roosevelt Jamison owned, including two pets, went up in... »
Update: Identifications made in Fire Island Inlet Accident
The two men who died in the accident were 51-year-old Cyril McLavin, of Fresh Meadows in Queens, and 72-year-old Andrew Messana, from Bayside, Queens. The accident is under investigation. What: Globe Swift en route from Spadaro Airport Where: Moriches inlet, Fire Island When: Oct 20, 2012 3 p.m. Who: 2 aboard Why: A Globe... »
American Airlines Update
The American Airlines flight where a row of seats came loose has instigated an American Airlines query into “a possible issue with a certain model of seats and how they fit into the tracking used to secure the seats,” after a second Boeing with recently replaced seats also showed up as being improperly secured.... »
