Aeromexico flight AM-2431 crashed shortly after takeoff from Durango International Airport, Mexico, on July 31st.
The incident happened when the plane, carrying ninety-nine passengers and four crew members, was heading to Mexico City, Mexico.
Eighty-five people were injured in the incident.
The cause of crash is being investigated.
A small plane crashed near Evanston, Wyoming, on February 18th.
The incident happened near Bear River when the plane was transporting two people from Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Both occupants were killed in the crash.
Witnesses saw it fall from the sky into the lake “6 p.m. Wednesday, entering the lake about 50 metres from shore, where the water was about 12 metres deep.”
Police divers, local firefighters and a Canadian Forces were searching for the missing men whose bodies were recovered Thursday Morning. The survivors are recovering from hypothermia in a Buckingham hospital.
On January 19, 2012, an Aeroclub Punta Alta I.C.A. Brasov IS-28B2—a glider— apparently improperly released from a tow plane and crashed at Punta Alta Airfield in Argentina.
Those aboard were an instructor and a student on their first flight.
Two fire crews and several police responded to the scene.
Scientific Police in Bahia Blanca arrived on the scene to conduct the initial investigation and survey of the site and the remains of the glider.
Maria Agustina Mallemaci and the glider pilot, William Hugo Santos, died from their injuries.
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What: Katekavia Antonov 24RV passenger jet en route from Krasnoyarsk to Igarka
Where: Eastern Siberia
When: August 2 2010
Who: 3 crew and 11 passengers (also listed as 5 crew 10 passengers)
Why: 700 meters from the landing at Igarka, the plane the plane veered to right and crashed before the runway, in bad weather conditions. (Night time landing, thunderstorms, limited visibility) 11 fatalities have been reported. The plane shattered and caught fire.
Three crew members and one passengers were hospitalized initially–the only ones pulled alive from the plane– but now only 3 crew members remain fighting for their lives.
A Russian cargo plane crashed into the Bay of Bengal, off the coast of Cox’s Bazar district of Bangladesh, on March 9th.
The Antonov An-26 plane, belonging to True Aviation cargo service, was transporting shrimp from Cox’s Bazar airport to Jessore district, Bangladesh, when it went down. According to airport manager Sadhan Kumar, “Before the crash the pilot sent us a message saying one of the two engines of the plane went out of order… We prepared the airport for its emergency landing but the aircraft could not make its way back here.”
There were four Ukrainian crew members aboard at the time; three of them were killed in the crash while fourth one was injured.
The crash is under investigation.
A small plane crash-landed near Leesburg Executive Airport in Loudoun County, Virginia, on April 22nd.
The Sonex experimental plane was heading to Georgia when the pilot decided to return to Leesburg due to bad weather. However, as he was approaching the airport, the plane developed an engine issue, forcing him to crash-land in a field.
The pilot Joseph R. Bryant, 53, of Washington, remained unharmed.
The FAA is investigating.
