A small plane crashed in Santee, San Diego County, California, on February 6th.
The Cessna 182 Skylane plane, carrying two people and a pair of dogs, went down shortly after taking off from the Gillespie Field Airport.
Both people and one of the dogs aboard the plane were killed in the crash.
Authorities found the wreckage in an industrial area adjacent to Gillespie Field Airport.
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Contact photographer David Oates
What: SUDAN AIR AZZA AIR BOEING 707-300
Where: United Arab Emirates
When: 0/21/2009
Who: 6 fatalities
Why: BOEING 707-300 SUDAN AIR AZZA AIR, REGISTRATION UNKNOWN, CRASHED ON TAKEOFF, THE SIX PERSONS ON BOARD WERE FATALLY INJURED, SHARJAH, UAE
A civilian helicopter crash, near Beccles, Norfolk,UK claimed four lives. The deceased include Lord Ballyedmond, who was a Northern Ireland peer and industrialist.
The accident happened at around 19:30 GMT, when the area was covered in thick fog. All four passengers died at the spot.
Some witnesses have reported that the helicopter crashed soon after it took off.
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The Dana Air flight crashed into a suburb of Lagos on Sunday. All 153 people on board and an unknown number of residents on the ground were killed in the crash.
Witnesses below talk about what they saw.
Using cadaver dogs and cranes, emergency crews recovered 48 bodies. Local residents helped with spraying water on the fire, but after three hours, there was apparently no water to put it out.
Passengers aboard the plane included four Chinese citizens, and two Lebanese citizens (identified as Nadim Chediac and Roger Awwad.) The pilot was reported to be American, and the co-pilot Indian.
What: Mesaba/Delta CRJ 200 en route from Minneapolis to Dayton
Where: Dane County Regional Airport, Madison
When: Jan 7 2011
Who: 40 passengers
Why: While en route, the plane developed engine trouble.
One of the engines displayed an emergency warning and had to be shut down.
The pilot landed safely in Madison. Passengers disembarked normally.
Delta Airlines flight DL-118 made an emergency landing at John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York, on January 2nd.
The Boeing 767-300 plane heading from Boston, Massachusetts, to Charles de Gaulle Airport, France, was diverted due to a generator failure.
The plane landed uneventfully. All one hundred and ninety-seven people aboard remained safe.
A small plane crashed near Blairsville Airport, Georgia, on December 19th.
The plane was carrying four people when it went down. Three people were killed in the crash. They were identified as Robert Atkinson, 56, Renea Greiner, 55 and Michelle Seay, 50. The fourth person was injured and was taken to a hospital.
