A homebuilt plane crashed near El Álamo, Madrid after departing from Casarrubios Airport. The pilot was the only one aboard and died in the crash.
The plane caught on fire, and two fire crews from Madrid responded to teh scene.
The cause of the crash has not been determined. An investigation is underway.
The pilot was a sixty year old aeronautical engineer.
A Russian booster rocket carrying three satellites crashed in Kazakhstan on Tuesday, July 2, 2013
The rocket flew straight up for ten seconds, then started to wobble.
Seventeen seconds into the flight, a booster shut down.
The rocket impacted the earth a mile from the launch pad. The rocket was unmanned. No one was injured but there were 600 tons of highly toxic fuel aboard. Communities close to the point of impact had to be evacuated. It remains to be seen how this will affect the Russian space program.
What: Canadian air force CF-18 Hornet
Where: Lethbridge County Airport
When: July 23, 2010
Who: pilot Capt. Brian Bews
Why: Practicing for the Alberta International Air Show, the 419 Moose Squadron
jet olled right and nosedived, sputtered and emitted smoke, before the jet exploded in flames. The pilot ejected from the plane, and survived with minor injuries. The one other hornet in the show may or may not perform in the airshow.
What: small tourist Cessna en route from Cannes-Mandelieu Airport
Where: Callas — north east of Draguignan near the Riviera
When: SUNDAY 23 AUGUST 2009 10:00 am (0800 GMT)
Who: Five passengers killed: the pilot, a friend of the pilot and a lady and two children
Why: The plane crashed in a wooded park near residences and burst into flames. Residents who witnessed the crash heard nothing as the plane seemed to be gliding, then there was a lound explosion as the plane hit the ground and burst into flame. The accident was close enough to the neighborhood that neighbors turned their garden hoses on the flames, but no one survived the crash.
What: Monarch Aircraft Group (fort Lauderdale Florida) twin-engine Beechcraft 18 cargo plane en route from Fort Lauderdale to Nassau
Where: Nassau
When: December 14, 2010
Who: 2 passengers aboard
Why: The cargo plane was en route to Nassau’s Lynden Pindling International Airport when it vanished from radar.
It crashed in the Atlantic, north of Nassau. A man’s body has been recovered. A U.S. Coast guard helicopter and 3 Royal Bahamas vessels are searching for the missing passenger. Neither has been identified.
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Contact photographer Gerard Helmer
What: Korean Air McDonnell Douglas MD-83 en route from Seoul to Pohang
Where: Pohang
When: March 15, 1999
Who: 6 crew and 150 passengers
Why: On March 15, a Korean Air Flight 1533 (McDonnell Douglas MD-83 #HL7570) from Seoul to Pohang departed for Pohang. Weather at Pohang was poor with degraded visibility and gusty 25 knot winds. The pilot failed at the first attempt to land. After the second approach the plane touched down, but overran the runway. The aircraft skidded through 10 antennas, a reinforced barbed wire fence and came to rest against an embankment. The landing snapped the fuselage in half. Damage– Complete destruction of air frame, Injuries– multiple. 6 crew and 150 passengers, no deaths.