A small plane crashed into the Long Island Sound near Shoreham, Suffolk County, New York, on December 11th.
Authorities said the pilot reported engine issues before the Beech BE36 plane went down.
There were two people aboard at the time, including the pilot Inderpal Chhabra, 48, and passenger David Tobachnik, 59. Both were shifted to Stony Brook University Hospital.
What: Campbell Helicopters Ltd. Bell 212 Twin Two-Twelve
Where: Slave Lake, Alberta, Canada
When: May 20, 2011
Who: 1 fatality
Why: The chopper responding to a (wildfire) fire call crashed for unknown reasons 30 meters offshore Slave Lake, Alberta. The forest fire leveled a third of the Slave Lake community. The pilot’s name has not yet been released.
The STARS Air Ambulance call was cancelled. The pilot died in the crash. Emergency responders were treated for hypothermia.
A small plane crashed near Evanston, Wyoming, on February 18th.
The incident happened near Bear River when the plane was transporting two people from Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Both occupants were killed in the crash.
Two planes collided at Toronto Pearson International Airport, Canada, on January 5th.
Authorities said a WestJet plane, inbound from Cancun, Mexico, was waiting to go to a gate when a Sunwing Airlines plane, moving back from a gate, struck it.
The Sunwing plane caught fire after the accident.
There were one hundred and sixty-eight passengers and six crew members aboard the WestJet plane at the time; all of them were safely evacuated via emergency slides.
Authorities said the Sunwing aircraft was empty at the time of accident; it was being towed by the ground handlers.
A small plane crash-landed in a field near Williford Road in Sharpsburg, Wilson County, North Carolina, on the afternoon of March 10th.
The plane was flying from Fayetteville to Washington, at the time.
The pilot, who was the only one aboard, was trying to make an emergency landing after losing fuel pressure.
The plane sustained significant damage.
The pilot remained safe.
Southwest Airlines flight WN-607 had to divert and make an emergency landing on Roatan Island, Honduras, on May 29th.
The Boeing 737-700 was heading from San Jose, Costa Rica, to Baltimore, Maryland, when smoke was detected in the cabin, prompting the crew to divert to Roatan.
The plane landed safely. There were 140 passengers and 8 crew members aboard at the time; all of them remained unhurt.
The airline arranged a replacement plane for the passengers.
