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Plane Crash in Dam
The Vans RV-9A (a single-engine experimental aircraft) was being flown from Americana city by its owner with a female passenger aboard when it struck power lines and crashed by Ester Mill Dam in Cosmópolis in São Paulo, Brazil. Both people aboard died at the scene. The plane crashed in a remote area with difficult... »
Goldminer Flight Crashes in Peru
March 6, 2013, a flight chartered by Minera Aurifera Retamas SA to carry employees to a job, crashed. The flight had taken off at 6:28 a.m.. The Aero Transporte SA Beechcraft B200 King Air was en route from Lima-Jorge Chavez International to Pias Airport when it crashed near Matibamba Peru in Quebada Caipa. Nine... »
German Helicopter Crash Kills Pilot on the Autobahn
On Jan 10, 2013, a Robinson R44 Astro en route from Augsburg to Bretzfeld got caught up in a 380 kilovolts high voltage power transmission line and crashed on the Autobahn 6 in Southwestern Germany. The helicopter was flying below radar. Pieces of the helicopter hit a truck, but the driver was not seriously... »
Small Plane Crashes into Alabama Lake after Hitting Power Lines
What: Small Plane en route from Gunnersville Airport Where: Riverside campground off of Co Rd 131 in Cedarbluff When: Sept 14, 2012 Who: pilot Why: The pilot of the plane is reported to have been en route to visit friends when he struck power lines while attempting to land, and crashed into Lake Weiss.... »
Two Die in Balloon Fire
What: Schroeder Fire Balloons G34/24 Where: Villiers-Saint-Denis, Aisne France When: May 13th, 2012, 7:00 Who: 4 aboard, 2 fatalities Why: Fifteen minutes after takeoff, the craft struck power lines and crashed. The basket caught fire immediately after touching the power line, instantly killing the pilot of the balloon and a sixty year old passenger.... »
Hot Air Balloon Hits Electrical Wires, Goes Up in Flames
What: Early Morning Balloons hot air balloon Where: New Zealand When: Jan7 2012 Who: 11 fatalities Why: Five couples from around Wellington were aboard a hot air balloon 500 feet high in New Zealand when it struck a power line and ignited. The balloon had been preparing to land. Everyone aboard was trapped; two... »
Trainee Flies into Tension wires
© Vasuki Prasad at jetphotos.net What: Indira Gandhi National Aviation Academy trainee (operating a) SOCATA TB20 Trinidad en route from Raebareli Airport Where: Bhadokhar police circle of Rae Bareli district of Uttar Pradesh, India When: October 11, 2011 Who: pilot Why: The pilot took off from Fursatganj Airfield-Raebareli Airport, and crashed in Bhav village,... »
Arctic Charter Plane Crashes in Yellow Knife
What: Arctic Sunwest Charters De Havilland Canada DHC-6-300 Twin Otter en route from Thor Lake to Great Slave Lake Where: Old Town in Yellowknife When: Sept 22, 2011, 1:15 pm Who: 9 aboard, 2 fatalities Why: While en route from Avalon Rare Metals’ Thor Lake mine site, the Arctic Sunwest Charters float plane hit... »
Piper Field Landing
What: Madison Air Guard Flying Club single engine Piper en route to a Sauk Prairie Memorial Airport Where: a half mile north of the Sauk Prairie Memorial Airport runway, Wisconsin When: Dec 29 2010 Who: pilot Chauncey Yost Jr Why: The pilot saw high power lines and made an emergency landing in a field... »
