What: Saba Group Helicopter en route from Toluca to Mexico City
Where: Mina Vieja in Cuajimalpa, near La Marquesa
When: Jan 10, 2010
Who: Fatalities included Moises Saba Masri, 46, his father, Alberto Saba Raffoul, and Umberto Saba, also Capt. Armando Fernandez and Judith Casal and Yadel Toachi.
Why: The helicopter crashed during foggy weather; the tail struck a residence at 85 Melchor Ocampo Street, and the blades struck a tree. Two vehicles were damaged but no one on the ground was injured.
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Two Killed After Small Plane Crashes in Texas
A small plane crashed in Fisher County, Texas, on June 15th.
The Cessna 172 plane, carrying two people, struck power lines before it went down near near Abilene.
Both occupants of the plane were killed in the crash. They were identified as Dallas Lee McMahon, 33, of Austin, and Jay “Bob” Robert Leibson, 38, of Burnet.
Authorities said they were on an aerial photography mission at the time.
Cessna Airplane Crashed Near Searcy Municipal Airport, Arkansas
A single engine Cessna airplane crashed in White County, around two miles towards south of the Searcy Municipal Airport.
According to the chief deputy for the White County sheriff’s office, Phillip Miller, the accident was reported to 911 at about 2:50pm on Friday. The emergency teams rushed to scene where they found an overturned Cessna plane in a field.
There were two persons on board and the authorities confirmed that both of them escaped with only minor injuries.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is investigating the cause of accident

EVEREST Plane Crash 19 Killed
What: Sita Air Dornier 228-202 en route from Kathmandu-Tribhuvan Airport to Lukla
Where: 500 Meters from airport
When: Sept 28, 2012
Who: 19 fatalities
Why: After takeoff, the pilot hit a vulture. The pilot attempted to return to the airport. (The vulture strike is unconfirmed.)
Villagers could not assist because of the fire. Firefighters had difficulty reaching the area on the banks of Manohara River in Thimi, just a few kilometers east of Kathmandu.
Four passenger and three crew were from Nepal. Five were Chinese, and seven were British. the remains were taken to the morgue at TU Teaching Hospital, Maharajgunj in Maharajgunj.
The crew who died in the crash were pilot Bijay Tandukar, co-pilot Takesingh Thapa and air-hostess Ruja Shakya.
The passengers were identified were Kumar Marshyangdi Magar (Nepal Army), D Rai, Yangchay Tamang and LN Sherpa. One Britain was identified as Eagle Raymond.
Small Plane Crashes Near Franklin Airport, VA
A small plane crashed near Franklin Municipal–John Beverly Rose Airport in Virginia, on December 10th.
The plane had just taken off from the airport when the pilot reported engine issues and decided to return.
However, the aircraft could not make it back to the airport and went down around 100 yards off Route 258.
There were two people aboard at the time, including the pilot Linda Mathias, 75, and passenger Paul L. Ruehrmund, 69. Both of them sustained minor injuries in the incident and were taken to Southampton Memorial Hospital.

Lufthansa: Safekeeping Profits or Passengers?
Accident to the Airbus A320-211, registered D-AIPX and operated by Germanwings, flight GWI18G, on 03/24/15 at Prads-Haute-Bléone
According to the BEA, they will release the final report on Germanwings 9525 on Sunday, March 13, 2016 during a press briefing. I plan to be there.
Although the public has not seen the final report, and indeed, as the investigation has not yet even been completed, the world already understands what happened aboard this tragic flight. What we really do not understand—and perhaps never will—is what drove Germanwings co-pilot Andreas Lubitz to research cockpit door security and methods of committing suicide. We do not know what drove a depressed human being to impel the plane and all the lives in his safekeeping into the side of a French mountain, condemning every soul aboard that plane to death. We do not know the devils that hounded him into this cold-blooded act. We only mourn, perhaps, his loss of humanity, as we mourn alongside the grieving families who have been robbed of their loved ones and their rightful lives.
All passenger/families received a total of 8 million euros, divided equally among them. Media reports on what passengers received from Lufthansa varies.
In the German media, the Rheinische Post claimed officials of the German airline said families of the 144 passengers have obtained different compensation amounts. It is also reported that Lufthansa group has paid 11.2 million euros ($12.48 million) to the families. Additional “uncalculated” compensation in “property damages” is still coming from Lufthansa to the families.
This compensation…coming from Lufthansa, whose 2014 profit was declared “flat” at a mere $31.7 billion, announced in October of 2015 a nine-month net profit of €1.75 billion ($ 1.97 billion), up 262.7% from €482 million. The tragedy which destroyed 150 lives, and crippled all of their families appears to have left Lufthansa’s bottom line untouched.
Do we also mourn and grieve and condemn Lufthansa? The depth of the ethics and principals of this many billion dollar company—the largest airline in Europe—remains to be seen. We can ask ourselves if this is a high-principled company of good repute, of sterling honor. We need not conjecture long. A tangible answer will be obvious when these decisions are made. We will see where lie their priorities when we learn how they treat the families whose lives hang in the balance in their custodianship.
NTSB to Hold Investigative Hearing Into August 2013 UPS A300 crash in Birmingham, Ala.
NTSB to Hold Investigative Hearing Into August 2013 UPS A300 crash in Birmingham, Ala.
Jan. 30, 2014
WASHINGTON – The National Transportation Safety Board has scheduled an investigative hearing on February 20 into the crash of a UPS Airbus A300-600 on approach to Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport in Birmingham, Ala., on Aug. 14, 2013.
The two flight crew members were killed and the airplane was destroyed when it impacted the ground less than a mile short of Runway 18. The cargo flight had originated from Louisville, Ky. Runway 18 was being used because the main runway at the airport was closed for repairs at the time of the airplane’s arrival.
The one-day hearing will examine:
• Execution of non-precision approaches, including initial and recurrent training, adherence to standard operating procedures, and proficiency
• Human factors issues associated with effective crew coordination and resource management applicable to this accident, including decision-making, communication, fatigue and fitness for duty, as well as monitoring and cross-checking, policies, standard operating procedures, guidance, and training provided to UPS crewmembers.
• Dispatch procedures, including the training, evaluation, roles and responsibilities of UPS dispatchers and the limitations of dispatch-related software.
The investigation is ongoing and this hearing will develop additional facts to support the investigation. The hearing will be held in the NTSB Board Room and Conference Center in Washington, D.C. A detailed agenda and a list of attendees will be forthcoming.
Parties to the hearing will include the Federal Aviation Administration, UPS, Airbus, the Independent Pilots Association and the Transport Workers Union. The accredited representative from the French Bureau d’Enquêtes et d’Analyses pour la sécurité de l’aviation civile (BEA) will participate on the technical panels.
The determination of the probable cause of the crash will be released when the investigation is complete. Just prior to the start of the hearing, the public docket will be opened. Included in the docket are photographs, interview transcripts and other documents.