An air force jet crashed near the airport in Salinas in Santa Elena, western Ecuador, on March 18.
The accident happened at around 7:40 a.m. when the FAE 026 aircraft was on a training flight.
Both people aboard the plane were killed in the crash.
President Rafael Correa expressed his grief on Twitter, saying, “Training plane T34 had an accident in Salinas. Captain E and Cadet R died. The Fatherland mourns them. Our love to the families.”
The crash is under investigation.
A plane crashed in Guntersville Alabama. The pilot was the only person aboard when the engine stalled, and he ditched in a lake near Lake Guntersville Marina and Guntersville Sailing Club.
The pilot extricated himself from the plane and was rescued by fisherman. Alabama Marine Police and Marshall County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to the scene and will be securing the site until the NTSB investigation.
What: Fishtail Air Aérospatiale AS 350B Ecureuil en route from Lukla Airport to Mount Ama Dablam
Where: near Mount Ama Dablam base camp
When: Nov 7 2010
Who: 2 aboard; 2 fatalities Captain Sabin Basnet and Engineer Purna Awale
Why: After flying from Kathmandu to Lukla at 8 a.m, the helicopter was the rescue team who had flown to Mount Ama Dablam to rescue two stranded Japanese mountaineers. After taking off at Lukla, the helicopter lost contact.
A Fishtail Air helicopter search found the remains.
On July 14, 2013, a Gazpromavia Mil Mi-8 helicopter took off, made a hard landing at Igolsko-Talovoye oil field and rolled over on its side. Fourteen workers and three crew were aboard.
There were seven fatalities on the scene.
The condition of the other seven aboard has not been released.
In 2010 there was a fire in a helicopter at Igolsko-Talovoye oil field.
A small training plane crashed in Phuket, Thailand, on March 10th.
Authorities said the plane went down in a field near a flying club in Thalang district of Phuket.
There were four people aboard at the time; two of them were killed in the crash while others were injured.
The deceased include the pilot Wattana Thinphang-nga and flying officer Narin Thaweerat.
The injured were identified as aviation students Ardol Lamae and Orawan Jindarat.
A small plane crashed near Brampton-Caledon Airport in Ontario, Canada, on November 27th.
The four-seater Cessna plane was attempting to land at the airport when it struck a tree and went down.
Four people were injured in the incident, and were taken to a hospital.
Canada’s Transportation Safety Board is investigating the cause of crash.
A small plane crashed near Madras Municipal Airport in Jefferson County, Oregon, on August 19th.
The plane was approaching the airport when it crashed and caught fire.
The pilot, who is believed to be the only one aboard, was killed in the crash.
The cause of crash is being investigated.