A Bell 206 sightseeing helicopter crashed close to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Sevierville, Tennessee, on the afternoon of April 4th.
The helicopter caught fire right after hitting the ground. Five people lost their lives in the crash.
The FAA and NTSB are investigating the cause of crash.
What: United Airlines/Skywest Canadair CRJ-700
Where: Tucson
When: Jan 1, 2011
Why: On takeoff, the cabin filled with electrical smoke. The odor prompted the crew to make a return to Tucson.
They made a safe landing with no reported injuries. The cause of the problem has not been reported.
A World War II, T28-C single-engine plane crashed in a large field at Virginia International Raceway (VIR) in Halifax County, Virginia , at about 5 p.m. on September 19.
The witnesses saw the plane flying low over the field before it went down.
Two people, including the pilot and his passenger, were killed in the accident. Their identities are not yet known.
No one was injured on the ground.
The owner and CEO of VIR, Connie Nyholm said, “We deal with the possibility of motorsports incidents every day… Motorsport is a dangerous sport. We are fully prepared to deal with it. We have never experienced something like this.”
The FAA and the NTSB have been informed.
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Contact photographer Daniel Arroyo
What: JetBlue A320 en route from Salt Lake City to Long Beach
Where: Long Beach Municipal Airport
When: Aug 5th 2011
Who: 147 passengers, 5 crew
Why: On approach to Long Beach, the crew saw a hydraulics/ brake problem and aborted their first approach; instead of landing they burned off fuel, then made a safe landing (with an undescended wheel).
A Grumman American AA-1 aircraft crashed in woods around half mile west of Tipton Airport near Fort Meade, Maryland, on February 8.
The incident happened shortly after the plane took off from Tipton Airport, with 2 people aboard.
Authorities said both occupants of the plane were extricated from the wreckage and shifted to hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries. They were identified as Thomas Cline, 82, of Silver Spring and Jeff Barnett, 57, of Glen Burnie.
The FAA and the NTSB is investigating.
Zagros Air flight IZG-4065 had to divert and make an emergency landing in Ahwaz, Iran, on July 12th.
The plane, en-route from Tehran to Bandar Mahshahr, Iran, was diverted after the crew reported a fire indication for one of the engines.
The plane landed uneventfully. Everyone aboard remained safe.
Pictured: Antonov An-12
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Contact Photographer Dmitry Karpezo
What: Ukrainian Russian-made Antonov An-12 cargo plane [registration# S9-SVN] crashed during takeoff en route from Entebbe, Uganda to the Ukraine, on it’s way to Nikolaev, an avia-repair plant
Where: Luxor, Egypt
When: Friday Feb. 20, 2009
Who: – Five crew members died
Why: On liftoff, the plane slammed to the tarmac, then slid down and off the runway and hundreds of feet from the runway burst into flames. The plane had a full tank.
The crew included one person from Russia, two from Belarus and two from the Ukraine. The plane’s black box data recorder were recovered.
* Extra thanks to photographer Dmitry Karpezo
