Pictured: A Cessna
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Contact photographer Stefano Capuzzo
What: Cessna
Where: Michoacan Mexico
When: Oct 3
Who: 3 on board
Why: The three military personnel died in a crash during an attempted emergency landing.
A Mahan Air plane crashed into a concrete barrier at Istanbul Atatürk Airport, Turkey, on December 24.
The Airbus A310 plane, performing flight W5-112 from Tehran, Iran, skidded off the runway and crashed into a concrete barrier.
There were 150 passengers aboard at the time; all of them were evacuated safely.
The cause of crash is under investigation.
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Contact photographer Alastair T. Gardiner
Lebanon’s public works minister announced the investigation report (re: Ethiopian jet that crashed into the Mediterranean in 2010 four minutes after takeoff on Jan. 25, 2010) has been finalized.
Ethiopia Airlines accused Lebanon of failing to provide evidence critical to the investigation. According to the airline, “The Lebanese government had failed to deliver documents, evidence, and data critical to the investigation.”
Ethiopia Airlines said that the report is only in the technical stage, that the analysis has not begin. Therefore the report is not finalized.
What: Cessna T210L en route from Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia to Quibdó, Colombia
Where: Puente Iglesias, Fredonia Colombia
When: June 15, 2010
Who: 2 fatalities
Why: Near Puente Iglesias, the illegal flight was lost at dusk over the Cauca river; no trace of the crew was found. Searchers found a bag containing 57 kilos of cocaine aboard. Witnesses to the crash said the crew had been seen on the plane in the river, but there had not been time to reach them before the plane sank in the river. Rescuers are looking for the bodies along the river.
Pictured: A Royal Air Freight Lear Jet 24
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Contact photographer John Padgett
What: Royal Air Lear (Cargo) jet en route to Wheeling illinois
Where: S of Chicago
When: January 5th 2010, 2 pm
Who: Pilot
Why: On the landing approach to Chicago Executive Airport in Wheeling, Ill., witnesses saw the plane go down in the Cook County Forest Preserve on the banks of the Des Plaines River. The plane came to rest in about 4 feet of water.
The video below shows Emergency crews on Euclid.
A Myanmar military plane crashed into Andaman Sea near the city of Dawei, Myanmar, on June 7th.
The plane, carrying one hundred and twenty-two people, had disappeared from the radar around thirty minutes after it took off from Myeik, Myanmar.
Among the occupants were soldiers and their family members.
Authorities said they have found the wreckage and at least twenty-nine dead bodies.
The cause of crash is being investigated.
What: Cessna en route from New Jersey to Saint Simon’s Island.
Where: near Wassaw Island, in the marsh east of Skidaway Island.
When: Saturday morning
Who: pilot Eugenia Singer and her dog
Why: The engine surged and then lost power. Air traffic control directed her to marshland, where she landed submerged.
On the Coast Guard Air Station Savannah rescue helicopter was flight mechanic Adam Morehouse who helped hoist Singer and her dog to safety in a basket.
