Pictured: A Temco D-16 Twin Navion
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Contact photographer Dave Budd
What: AZ Aeromachine 1946 Twin Navion twin engine en route from Anoka County-Blaine Airport
Where: Cardinal Creek Conservation Area, Eden Prarie
When: 12:30 p.m Oct 5, 2009
Who: pilot Bob Fiske
Why: When the plane crashed, witnesses rushed to break the windshield and rescue the trapped pilot.
The pilot was taken to Hennepin County Medical Center.
FedEx Federal Express flight FX-9792 had to divert and make an emergency landing at Newark Liberty International Airport, Newark, New Jersey, on April 29th.
The McDonnell Douglas MD-11 flying from Memphis, Tennessee, was en-route to Cologne, Germany, when the crew reported fuel leakage.
The plane landed safely.
No injuries were reported.
What: Cessna 402B en route from Montichiari to Rome
Where: Ciampino, Rome, Italy
When: Sept 7, 2012
Who: 2 fatalities
Why: In Rome, a Cessna has crashed in a car depot near Ciampino airport. Thirty cars sequestered by police were damaged.
The two aboard were killed on impact. They had been intending to land at Urbe airport in Rome but impacted at 167 Via Fioranello. Alfredo Segariol and Antonio Salvoldi, 39, Brescia were in the air performing a photographic surveys for the Rossi company. After impact, the Cessna caught fire; and the fire spread to gut thirty cars at the depot. The plume of smoke was visible across the city.
It is not yet known if the plane had mechanical trouble or ran out of fuel.
What: Cessna C-210
Where: Airport Road near Pastoral Center St. Charles Borromeo, Romeoville, near Lewis University Airport
When: June 26, 2011, 2:49 p.m.
Who: Pilot Victor Pantaleo and passenger
Why: After experiencing engine problems on taking off from the Brookeridge Airpark in Downers Grove, the pilot was attempting to return to the airport, when the plane struck trees before impacting the ground front of St. Charles Barromeo Pastoral Center in Romeoville. The plane took down powerlines when it crashed.
The passenger was half ejected from the plane, and rescuers had to disengage him but he survived. Pantaleo was airlifted to Good Samaritan Hospital in Downers Grove and was pronounced dead.
Firefighters from the Lockport Township Fire Department responded to the crash.
The NTSB is investigating.
The mass for Panatelo was held at at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church.
Hawaiian Airlines flight HA-144 had to reject takeoff from Lihue, Hawaii, on November 3rd.
The Boeing 717-200 plane was accelerating to takeoff for Honolulu, Hawaii, when the crew rejected takeoff due to an engine failure.
The plane safely returned to the apron. Everyone aboard remained unharmed.
American Airlines flight AA-759 encountered turbulence near Long Island, New York, on August 5th.
The Airbus A330-300 plane flying from Athens, Greece, was descending toward Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, when it hit turbulence that injured ten people.
The plane continued for a safe landing. The injured were taken to hospitals.
Why: The ultralight struggled to gain altitude after take off and crashed into a hill and flipping