What: Cessna T210L en route from Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia to Quibdó, Colombia
Where: Puente Iglesias, Fredonia Colombia
When: June 15, 2010
Who: 2 fatalities
Why: Near Puente Iglesias, the illegal flight was lost at dusk over the Cauca river; no trace of the crew was found. Searchers found a bag containing 57 kilos of cocaine aboard. Witnesses to the crash said the crew had been seen on the plane in the river, but there had not been time to reach them before the plane sank in the river. Rescuers are looking for the bodies along the river.
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Bloodied Pilot survives Florida Crash

What: Mooney M-20G registered to Wendy Taber, of Greenacres, and co-owners Gerald Taber and Jim McAlister. The flight came down while en route from Lantana to Titusville
Where: near Englar Drive and Harris Road, Indian River County
When: Midnight Friday
Who: Injured pilot was taken to the Sebastian River Medical Center, and is in stable condition. He does not recall the crash, but bruised and bloody walked a quarter of a mile to a residence to make a call to 911.
Why: Under Investigation. The plane apparently clipped trees coming down, breaking the wings off the intact fuselage.
Helicopter Crash, Saltillo Mexico
Pictured: A Bell 206 in Mexico
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Contact photographer Jonathan Parra
What: RCG Radio y Television Saltillo Bell 206
Where: Saltillo, Coahuila Mexico
When: October 30 2009
Who: 4 on board, three of them seriously injured.
Why: Apparently the plane crashed due to a short circuit in the rotor, hit a roof and burst into flame. Individuals inside were evacuated. So far, no fatalities have been reported.
Small Plane Crashed Near Corona Municipal Airport; 2 Injured
A small plane crashed near Corona Municipal Airport, California, on January 17th.
The single-engine plane had just taken off from the airport when the pilot noticed some issues and attempted to make an emergency landing.
There were two people aboard at the time; both were taken to hospital with moderate to severe injuries.
The FAA and the NTSB are investigating.
Doctors Without Borders-Chartered Helicopter Crashed in Nepal; 4 Killed
A helicopter crashed on Yamuna Danda hill, near Balefi village, in Nepal, on June 2.
Authorities said the helicopter, chartered by Doctors Without Borders, was involved in post-earthquake relief activities. It crashed when it was returning to Kathmandu with 4 people aboard.
All four people, including 3 men and a woman, were killed in the crash. The deceased have not yet been identified.
The cause of crash is being investigated.
India’s BJP Chief’s Chartered Chopper Crashes
What: SAR Aviation Bell 407 helicopter en route from Dehradun, Uttarakhand, to Sahastradhara India
Where: Ladpur Jungle near Raipur, India
When: June 19, 2011
Who: 2 aboard, 0 fatalities
Why: One of the choppers hired for porting Bharatiya Janata Party chief Nitin Gadkari and his family to Sahastradhara crashed, injuring a pilot and an engineer.
The weather was clear at the time of the crash, and a technical problem is presumed. Two of the three choppers in the party landed safely. The BJP chief and family were not aboard the Bell helicopter at the time of the crash.
The chopper broke in to pieces on impact and just missed Vigyan Vihar, a residential area. There were no casualties on the ground.
SAR is Swajas Aviation Company based in Chennai.