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3 Businessmen Die in Plane Crash

What: Pulsar group Super Cruiser YS 300 ED plane en route from Ilopango
Where: Changallo, El Salvador
When: May 14, 2011
Who: 3 fatalities
Why: The Pulsar Aircraft Super Cruiser plane climbed to an altitude of about 500 feet and crashed about 500 meters from the landing strip south of the airport. Fatalities included Yaron Degani, a 56-year-old Israeli businessman who manufactured small planes, and two businessmen—Lee Yen, 49, and Yu Wen Kao, 42— in Salvador on business on behalf of a Chinese aircraft company from Wuxi.

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    According to the authorities, the 12-seater plane could not land in Guaruja due to bad weather after which, the air traffic control lost contact with it. It then crashed near a gym in a residential area of Santos, sending smoke clouds in the air.

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    President Dilma Rousseff said in a statement, “The whole of Brazil is in mourning.”

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    Turkish Military Helicopter Crashed in Kocaeli; 4 Killed

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    The Konya-bound S-70B Sikorsky aircraft took off from the Cengiz Topel Military Airport, Izmir at 12:18 p.m. and lost connection with the air traffic control at 12:25 p.m.

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    Cessna Lands On Ice

    What: 1972 Cessna 150L registered to a flight school in Wheeling, en route from the Chicago Executive Airport
    Where: on the ice of Grays Lake near Route 120 and Lake Street, Lake County, IL
    When: early Tuesday evening 4:30 p.m. Feb 17 2009
    Who: pilot and one passenger were aboard. Neither was injured.
    Why: The plane was experiencing engine problems and the pilot determined he would not make it to land at nearby Campbell Airport. Rescue crews left the pilot waiting for a mechanic.

    The plane belongs to Flight Center at Service Aviation, Inc. of Wheeling.

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    Germany-Cause of Light Trainer Crash Unknown, 2 Deaths

    What: Flugsportklub Volkswerft Stralsund Evektor-Aerotechnik EV-97 Eurostar training flight
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    When: May 20, 2011
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    TAM Linhas Aéreas Crash on 17th July Airbus A320-233 Paulo, Brazil

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    NTSB sending Team to Peru Crash Investigation


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    WASHINGTON – The National Transportation Safety Board is sending a team of investigators to Pucallpa, Peru, to assist the Government of Peru with its investigation of yesterday’s crash involving a Boeing helicopter. According to the U.S. Department of State, the accident claimed the lives of five American citizens.

    On Monday afternoon, in Pucallpa, Peru, a Boeing-Vertol 234 helicopter, operated by the U.S. operator Columbia Helicopters, crashed shortly after takeoff. The helicopter had departed from FAP Captain David Abenzur Rengifo International Airport, Pullcapa, Peru enroute to Tarapoto, Peru. It has been reported that all seven persons aboard the aircraft sustained fatal injuries.

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