A small plane crashed in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on January 19th.
The plane had taken off from Sao Paulo shortly before it went down near the coastal town of Paraty.
The plane was carrying 3 people, including Brazilian supreme court Justice Teori Zavasck. All of them were killed in the crash.
Justice Zavasck was overseeing an investigation into a billion-dollar bribery scandal involving a group of elected officials.
Pictured: A SCHWEIZER 269C-1
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Contact photographer Joost De Wit
What: MTM Helicopters SCHWEIZER 269C-1 ROTORCRAFT
Where: Auburn-Lewiston Municipal Airport.
When: 10/08/2009
Who: Pilot Tim O’Leary and passenger
Why: Just after lifting off, the pilot lost control of the chopper, aborting a sight-seeing flight. The flight spun out and landed in the grass. No injuries were reported; however the helicopter sustained “substantial” damage. O’Leary is a former U.S. Army helicopter pilot.
What: 32 year old Tentara Nasional Indonesia-AU (Air Force) Fokker 27 registration A-2703
Where: Bandung-Husein Sastranegara International Airport, Western Indonesia
When: 06 APR 2009 1 p.m. Monday local time
Who: Six crew members, one trainer and 17 military skydiving students. All 24 people on board died.
Why: While landing during a regular training flight, the plane crashed and burst into flames at 1:05 pm (0605 GMT) in Bandung, 110 kilometres (74 miles) southeast of Jakarta. No one on the ground was injured. The weather is said to have been wet; and the plane is said to have been undermaintained due to funding problems. The plane is said to have been shaking–possibly encountering a 20-knot crosswind at the time of the accident– before it crashed in an air craft hanger and burst into flames.
A British Airways flight made an emergency landing at Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, on June 1st.
Authorities said a security alert was issued about the British Airways plane that was flying from London, United Kingdom.
An airline spokesperson said, “The aircraft has landed normally. Security checks will carried out as a precaution…We do not discuss details of operational security. The safety and security of our customers and crew is our number one priority.”
The plane was carrying 206 passengers and 13 crew members at the time.
A small plane crashed near Petaluma Municipal Airport in Sonoma County, California, on May 27th.
The plane carrying two people went down shortly after taking off from the airport.
Both occupants of the plane were killed in the crash.
The aircraft was registered to Richard Bristow of Carmichael, California. Bristow’s brother said Bristow and his wife were travelling in the plane when it crashed.
The cause of crash is being investigated.
What: six passenger, twin-engine Cape Air Cessna 402 Flight 105 en route to Boston’s Logan International Airport took off from Runway 33 on its way to pick up passengers at Logan.
Where: Crashed on land about 2 miles from Nip-N-Tuck Farm Martha’s Vineyard West Tisbury
When: 8:05 p.m
Who: Pilot David D. Willey (fatality)
Why: During takeoff, there was heavy rain and high wind. The crash is under investigation
Cape Air runs a fleet of more than 50 Cessna 402s and carried more than 650,000 passengers last year
A small plane crashed near Gimlin Airport in Ozark, Missouri, on January 26th.
The plane carrying a flight instructor and a student pilot went down while it was attempting to land at the airport.
Both people aboard the plane were injured in the accident and were taken to hospital.
