Monterrey and Sierra Madre Oriental, Mexico
Monterrey and Sierra Madre Oriental, Mexico

What: Learjet 25 en route from Monterrey to Toluca
Where: Los Tejocotes
When: December 9 20123:30
Who: 7 aboard
Why: The 300 meter debris field of a plane wreckage discovered near the town of Iturbide in Mexico’s Sierra Madre Oriental is believed to be that of the plane taken by Rivera’s party to Toluca. Forensic experts recovered Rivera’s California Driver License and the Mexican passport of Miguel Perez Soto, confirming the hypothesis.

Jenni Rivera, “La Diva de la Banda” is from Long Beach, California and recently divorced former Major League Baseball pitcher Esteban Loaiza.

The wreckage was found with no survivors.

Rest in peace.

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Charleston SC: Lost F-16, Pilot

What: Two Air Force F-16 fighters
Where: 40 miles off Folly Beach, near Charleston
When: Thurs Oct 14, 8:30 pm
Who: 1 pilot and 1 plane missing
Why: During night exercises, the two planes collided. One of them returned to base; there is currently a search for Capt. Nicholas Giglio based at Shaw Air Force Base in Sumter.

Investigators believe the bottom of the other jet struck the top of Giglio’s fighter and pierced the pilot’s canopy. The pilot is now thought to never have had time to eject.

An oil slick was seen off the Coast of South Carolina by the Coast Guard but the search remains hopeful of a presumed “pilot who is in the water … needs to be rescued” mission.

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Chopper Crash in Louisiana, 2 lost

What: Cenac Marine Services Robinson R44 Raven II
Where: Belle Isle area east of Wax Lake, LA
When: Jan 19, 2012, 7:30 am
Who: 2 aboard
Why: A helicopter flying south of Morgan City crashed into a marsky area east of Wax Lake. Fishermen called 911 when they saw the burning wreckage.

The Cenac Marine Services helicopter crashed at 7:30 am, killing the two aboard.

In St. Mary Parish, Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries has four boats and six agents engaged in search, rescue and recovery. FAA and National Transportation Safety Board investigators will be arriving ASAP.

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Plane Crashes into Inlet beside Fire Island


What: Globe Swift en route from Spadaro Airport
Where: Moriches inlet, Fire Island
When: Oct 20, 2012 3 p.m.
Who: 2 aboard
Why: A Globe Swift plane that took off from Spadaro Airport had two aboard.

The plane was witnessed nosediving into Moriches inlet where it sank twenty to thirty feet deep, ending up upside down on a rock where divers took hours trying to retrieve the occupants.

Fishermen were the first on the scene, and tried to haul the plane up with a rope.Medics were on standby waiting for the divers to retrieval of the passengers, but the occupants were underwater for hours and presumed deceased.

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Woman Dies in Venezuela Crash, Survivors Rescued

On Feb 2, 2013, a privately owned Beechcraft 58 Baron with six aboard crashed in the Gulf of Cariaco, Venezuela.

The flight had taken off from Puerto Ordaz Airport and was en route to DelCaribe Gen S Marino Airport but suffered a complete loss of engine power. The pilot declared an emergency due to failures in both engines.

Fishermen found the plane located 15 nautical miles (28 km) east of Cumana in the Gulf of Cariaco.

Two of the passengers were reported to be minors.

There was one fatality, a sixty-two year old woman, Vetide Ramos, who died in the crash. Five survivors were brought ashore in a boat, including Ruben Herrera, Poztty Ramos, Jose Ramos, Ivan Herrera (a minor) and pilot Jhonatan Mata.

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Government Helicopter Crashes in Mexico; 2 Dead

Helicopter crashA state helicopter crashed in a rural area of Veracruz, Mexico, on October 6.

Authorities said the Bell 430 went down near El Lencero airport, Xalapa.

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Small Plane Crashes in New Mexico

A small plane crashed shortly after taking off from Grants-Milan Municipal Airport, Grants, Cibola County, New Mexico, on the evening of September 26th.

The Piper PA-32R-300, carrying 2 passengers and the pilot, had its engine sputtering before it went down.

All three people miraculously survived the crash with no injuries whereas the plane burst into flames.

The crash remains under investigation.

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