A two-seater training helicopter crashed along the runway of the Greensfield Airport located near Moscow Mills in the southern part of Lincoln County, Missouri, at about 11 a.m. on June 19.
According to Fire Marshall Barry Nuss, an instructor and a student were aboard at the time of accident; both of them escaped with only minor injuries.
The helicopter belonged to HeliSat helicopter flight training school, based in Moscow Mills.
Missouri Highway Patrol is looking into the cause of accident.
Aerodynamics Inc. flight 4A-286 had to divert and make an emergency landing in Little Rock, Arkansas, on November 11th.
The Embraer ERJ-145 plane heading from Memphis, Tennessee, to Amarillo, Texas, was diverted due to electrical problems.
The plane landed uneventfully.
The flight was carrying NASCAR team members at the time; all of them remained safe.
On Wednesday November 4, an Antonov 12 cargo plane leased from Asia Airways (registered EY-406) impacting terrain in the South Sudan. The flight was en route from Juba Airport, South Sudan to Paloich Airport, South Sudan. Three people survived the crash. There were forty fatalities, many of which were on the ground. However, this was a cargo flight, not supposed to have passengers, and the number of passengers may have been more than reported according to officials. The recorded number of those aboard, five crew, and seven passengers, has not been verified.
The accident occurred just after the cargo flight had taken off from runway 13 at Juba Airport. It impacted near the White Nile river. The site has been secured, and the bodies are being recovered. Plans are underway to recover the black boxes.
The crew was made up of five Armenians and one Russian. Six passengers were South Sudanese. There may have been one additional foreign passenger, but that information is unclear.
A small plane crash-landed near the runway of Georgetown-Scott County Airport, Georgetown, Kentucky, on the night of August 1.
The the twin-engine Beechcraft King Air plane was attempting an emergency landing when it crash-landed. All 4 people aboard sustained injuries and were taken to hospitals.
The injured were identified as the pilot Mark Conrad and his pasengers Ron Absher, Aaron Conrad and Jonathan Absher.
The FAA is investigating.
Southwest Airlines flight WN-1694 had to divert and make an emergency landing at Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Atlanta, Georgia, on May 12th.
The Boeing 737-300 flying from Tampa, Florida, to Nashville, Tennessee, had to divert due to water dripping off its ceiling, smoke, and unusual smell aboard.
The plane landed safely.
All 129 passengers aboard remained safe.
A small plane crashed into water at Barwon Heads on Bellarine Peninsula, Victoria, Australia, on January 29.
Authorities said the four-seater plane, flying from Moorabbin, went down some 2 kilometers off Collendina Beach.
Three people were killed in the accident while a fourth occupant is missing. The passengers included a 68-year-old man from Noble Park, a 63-year-old woman from Black Rock, a 65-year-old man from Black Rock, and 55-year-old man from Mordialloc.
The incident is being investigated.
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.
