HELENA-WEST HELENA, AR—Although under control by 6 a m, the hanger fire in West Helena Arkansas consumed seven planes, two trucks, a number of tools and repair equipment, and a tractor. The hanger is one of three, and the only one that burned.
The owner of South Delta Aviation said while the planes were insured, the other items were not. According to locals, some tools had been operating in the hanger for twenty-thirty years. The business plans to stay open.
A small plane crash on Doraville’s Homeland Drive injures two passengers. Debris scattered, no homes hit. FAA and NTSB will investigate.
Mittens was flown three times between New Zealand and Australia after being forgotten in a plane’s cargo hold.
No injuries were reported after officials say a plane went off the end of a runway at a Virginia airport on Wednesday night.
Unexpected airport chaos ends with a gesture that left one traveler speechless.
Park Sang-woo, minister of land, infrastructure and transport, has expressed his intention to resign over the Jeju Air plane crash that claimed 179 lives, following public backlash concerning the ministry’s oversight of the concrete embankment that likely contributed to the deadly explosion. “As the minister of the primary department overseeing aviation safety, I feel the deepest sorrow and offer my sincerest apologies regarding the Jeju Air plane tragedy,” Park said during a press briefing at t
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What: Saha Airlines Boeing 707-300 en route from Ahvaz to Tehran
Where: Ahvaz
When: Aug 3rd 2009
Who: 174 passenger
Why: On take off, engines one and two caught on fire. The crew declared emergency and landed safely where the plane landed and a fuel leak was discovered in the plane. Passengers debarked without injury.
