A helicopter crashed near Lituya Bay, Alaska, on September 28th.
The helicopter was transporting four people from Grand Prairie, Texas, to Wasilla, Alaska, when it went down.
The U.S. Coast Guard rescued a 14-year-old survivor of the crash. Other occupants of the aircraft remain missing.
A microlight aircraft crashed into trees off Tresize Rd, Mowbray, Port Douglas, Queensland, Australia, on the morning of September 10th.
A man and woman aboard the aircraft survived the crashed with non- life threatening injuries.
The man and woman were taken to hospitals.
A private Atlas Air plane’s emergency escape slide detached mid-air and fell on the top of a house in Mesa, Arizona, Phoenix, on March 30th.
The Boeing 767, heading to Sky Harbor Airport, Phoenix, was mid-air when the crew was told that the emergency slide over the right wing had deployed.
The plane landed safely, whereas the house suffered minor damage.
The incident is under investigation.
Southwest Airlines flight 2581 made an emergency at San Jose International Airport in San Jose, California, on June 29th.
According to airport spokesperson Rosemary Barnes, the plane, flying from Burbank, California, declared emergency due to mechanical issues.
The plane landed safely. All 96 passengers and 5 crew members remained safe.
A small plane crashed at the Ravalli County Airport in Hamilton, Montana, on June 4th.
The plane was attempting to land at the airport when its left wing struck the ground, causing it to flip over. The plane was flying from Idaho at the time.
There were three people aboard, including the pilot and two passengers; one of them was injured in the incident while the other two remained unharmed.
The FAA and the NTSB are investigating.
A small plane made a crash landing in a field near the Brownsville/ South Padre Island Airport in Brownsville, Texas, at around 12:24 p.m. on October 26.
The authorities said the plane was flying from Mexico to Brownsville when it developed some issues. The pilot then had to land in emergency some 1,000 feet from the airport.
There were 2 people aboard, including the pilot. One of them was taken to Valley Regional Hospital while the other one sustained only minor injuries.
Fire officials said the crash caused damaged to the aircraft.
The cause of incident is under investigation.
A hangar collapsed in flames after a twin-engine Cessna 525A CitationJet CJ2 owned by Creative Real Estate Exchange veered into it while landing at Santa Monica Municipal Airport.
The Cessna had flown from Hailey, Idaho and landed in Santa Monica at 6:20 pm.
Witnesses said it looked like a normal landing till it veered off course. The burning plane made three explosions. The number of people aboard the plane has not been released, but it is reported as “unsurvivable.”
