A small plane crashed into a house in Sinaloa, Mexico, on December 4th.
The plane was carrying four people when it crashed into the residential building in Culiacán.
All four occupants of the plane were killed in the crash. At least two people on the ground were injured.
On 12-JAN-2013, at 9:00 a Celtic Bank LLC Piper PA-46-500TP Malibu Meridian en route from Fox field in Paris Texas to Austin, but crashed minutes after takeoff, in Glory Texas.
There was fog in the area at the time of the crash.
The three people aboard the plane, pilot Rob Thompson, passenger Michael Endo who was Senior Vice-President of Celtic Bank and the bank’s commercial loan officer, and Michael Dale Bradley who was owner and Real Estate Broker with MBA Realty and who was consulting on a property sale.
All three men were from Salt Lake City Utah.
What: Cenac Marine Services Robinson R44 Raven II
Where: Belle Isle area east of Wax Lake, LA
When: Jan 19, 2012, 7:30 am
Who: 2 aboard
Why: A helicopter flying south of Morgan City crashed into a marsky area east of Wax Lake. Fishermen called 911 when they saw the burning wreckage.
The Cenac Marine Services helicopter crashed at 7:30 am, killing the two aboard.
In St. Mary Parish, Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries has four boats and six agents engaged in search, rescue and recovery. FAA and National Transportation Safety Board investigators will be arriving ASAP.
Did this happen because of a random gust of wind? Was this an incident that was invisible or could it have been detected or predicted? You tell me. It’s tragic, whatever the circumstance.
On January 17, 2013, ( 13:50 local time), a Habilitaciones Turisticas SA CV Piper PA-31-325 Navajo #XBEZY took off from Angel Albino Corzo Intl en route to Xoxocotlán Intl. Airport in Oaxaca but crashed on takeoff.
Aboard there were a crew of two, and six passengers, three of whom were adults and three who were minors. All eight died in the crash immediately after takeoff in Chiapa de Corzo.
Witnesses said the ship had just taken off when it was hit by a gust of wind that knocked it to the ground, where it caught afire on impact.
The plane impacted the ground at Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas and caught fire, covering the airport in smoke.
The eight fatalities were the two pilots, the captain Alfonso Jimenez Racino, co-pilot Pablo Gomez, businessman Monterrosa Melchor Hernandez, his wife, two sons and two grandchildren. Melchor Hernandez Monterrosa is an entrepreneur, owner of ‘Mezcal Fandango’ and ‘Destiladora Orizaba Valley’ in Veracruz and Puebla,
??Civil Aviation, the Mexican Army, Fire, Red Cross, Secretariat of Public Safety and Civil Protection responded to the scene. The crash also started a grass fire that took some fifteen hours to put out and complicated rescue.
A cold front, clouds and air currents may have contributed to the accident. Civil Aeronautics will be investigating.
A Hawaii-bound American Airlines plane was escorted by two fighter jets on May 19th.
American Airlines flight 31 was heading from Los Angeles, California, to Honolulu, Hawaii, when a passenger tried to break into the cockpit. The crew reported the disturbance, which prompted the Pacific Command to dispatch a pair of fighter jets for escort.
The passenger, identified as Turkish national Anil Uskanil, 25, was restrained and subdued before the plane landed in Honolulu.
“The aircraft is currently on the ground, and the individual who disrupted the flight has been detained,” the Department of Homeland Security said.
A Cessna 152 plane crashed in Concord, California, on January 29th.
The incident happened shortly after the plane took off from Buchanan Field Airport.
The pilot, who was the only one aboard, was killed in the crash. He was identified as Christopher Rampoldt, 69, of Martinez.
Volaris flight Y4-752 had to return and make an emergency landing in Mexico City, Mexico, on February 24th.
The Airbus A320-200 plane took off for Mexicali, Mexico, but had to turn back after smoke was noticed in the cabin.
The plane landed uneventfully. All passengers and crew members remained safe.
