A small plane crashed at Chicago Rockford International Airport, Illinois, on December 4th.
The King Air C-90 plane was attempting to land at the airport when it went down.
There were four people aboard at the time; all of them were injured. They were taken to hospitals.
The incident is being investigated.
A private Beechcraft King F90 Turbo-prop made an emergency landing at Louisville International Airport in Kentucky, at around 8 p.m. on January 13.
Airport spokesperson Trish Burke confirmed the incident saying that the pilot declared emergency due to a landing gear malfunction.
The aircraft’s landing gear failed to deploy on approach and it had to land on its belly. There were 8 people aboard at the time; all of them remained safe.
It is believed that the flight was en-route from Syracuse Hancock International Airport, New York to Clark Regional Airport, Sellersburg.
The NTSB and the FAA are investigating.
The names of passengers lost in the Brazil Beechcraft crash have been released.
The fatalities include José Eduardo Ermirio de Moraes, Elizete Aparecida Romangnoli Assunção (Letícia’s mother), Letícia Romangnoli Piveta Assunção José’s fiancee, Pilot Luiz Marcondes Rodrigues Filho, and co-pilot Luciana Aguiar da Costa.
José and Leticia were engaged to marry in June of this year. José’s great uncle is Brazilian Entrepreneur Antonio Ermirio de Moraes.
The King Air C-90 crashed in Cândido Mota, in São Paulo.
ANAC (Agência Nacional de Aviação Civil) is investigating.
What: King Air 300
Where: Briscoe Field, Georgia
When: October 12, 2012
Who: pilot
Why: While en route, the plane’s landing gear jammed.
The pilot manually landed the landing gear but did not know he was successful since the landing gear light did not work.
The pilot made a safe landing.
What: Chartered King Air en route from Ruidoso N.M to Vernal
Where: Ruidoso N.M
When: Sept 6
Who: Bob Williams, Mikki Ramussen, Cindy Thomson, AudieWilliams, Kaye Williams, Linda Conde, Juan Carlos Sanchez.
Why: After the pilot determined there was a problem with the landing gear, he was directed to return to Ruidoso to make an emergency landing.
Instead of 3 landing gear, only one was down. Eventually all 3 of them were down when the plane landed; however on landing the gear collapsed, forcing the plane to a belly landing.
No one was injured but the plane was totaled. The Charter company provided a replacement flight the next day.
What: King Air 350 jet en route from Sao Paulo to Trancoso
Where: seaside resort town of Trancoso, Bahia near the resort area of Porto Seguro. Their destination had been the Terravista complex in Bahia.
When: 23 May 2009
Who: Eight passengers and three crew members including Roger Ian Wright, founder of a Sao Paulo-based investment company, his wife Lucilia Lins and two children–Veronica and Felipe, two grandsons, a grand daughter, a great aunt,and the 56-year-old pilot Jorge Lang Filho
Why: UPDATED:The plane left Sao Paulo at 6:31 pm, and crashed in a forested area near the runway at 9: 10 pm while attempting to land during a heavy storm. Prior to impact, the pilot reported that “visual and landing conditions were normal.”
In addition to being the ex-director of Banco Garantia, Roger Wright, was the owner of Arsenal Investmentos and a friend of Prince Andrew.
George’s Point of View
We share the sentiments expressed on the Arsenal Investment’s website:
Arsenal Investimentos está profundamente pesarosa diante do trágico acidente aéreo ocorrido na noite de sexta-feira, dia 22 de maio, em Trancoso, na Bahia, que tirou a vida de seu sócio-fundador, o empresário Roger Ian Wright, e de seus familiares. Diante desse momento doloroso, a empresa se solidariza com todos os amigos e parentes das vítimas.
Arsenal Investments is deeply sorry the tragic crash occurred on the evening of Friday, on May 22 in Trancoso, Bahia, which took the lives of their socio-founder, the entrepreneur Roger Ian Wright, and their families . In this painful moment, the company in solidarity with all the friends and relatives of victims.
What: 1982 King Air 55 owned by White Equipment Leasing flying en route from Marco Island to Jackson Mississippi
Where: Fort Myers Southwest Florida International Airport
When: Sunday April 12
Who: 6
Why: When the pilot passed out midflight, a passenger took the controls and safely landed the plane. The pilot died of cardiac arrest prior to landing.
Landing safely was a group effort. The on board passenger who landed the plane had a pilot’s license but was not certified to fly a high-performance turboprop and had no experience flying this type of aircraft. The Fort Myers air traffic controller who talked the pilot down was getting HIS direction from a Connecticut pilot reading the landing checklist from a King Air manual.
