Single-Engine Cessna Crashes at Purdue University Airport
A single-engine Cessna plane crashed at Purdue University Airport in West Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana.
The incident happened on the runway 23, at about 10:37am on May 17.
The aircraft took off from Lafayette Aviation with two people on board. According to Purdue Airport’s Director of Information, Liz Evans, the plane’s propeller hit the runway while the pilot was attempting touch-and-go landings.
The passengers remained uninjured.
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Knives are back and flight attendants aren’t happy.
The TSA ban on knives is due to be lifted on April 25. The blade can be no longer than 2.36 inches. The coalition of Flight Attendant Unions lobbied in Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, and Norfolk, Va, Chicago, Denver, Miami, New York LaGuardia, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, Seattle, Philadelphia, San Francisco and Boston against the ban. The arguments are the same as those for and against guns. (If no one carries them, we’re safe.
If everyone could carry them, we’d be armed against terrorists.) They are handing out leaflets urging fliers to contact Congress and to sign a petition to White House.
The family of flight attendant Sara Low, who died on Sept 11, has written an open letter protesting the decision to allow knives back on commercial aircraft, and urging concern for safety and “doing no harm.”
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A small plane crashed in Burlington County, New Jersey, on June 13th.
The plane was carrying two people when it went down. Both occupants of the plane were killed in the crash. They were identified as Robert Winner, 69, and Timothy Scannevin, 71.
It is believed that they were on an “Angel Flight” mission to transport a patient from Massachusetts to Philadelphia.
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Click to view a high quality photo on Airliners.net Contact the photographer Yasir Raja What: Cessna 206, chartered by Tropical Aviation Corp., was traveling from the Casa de Campo International Airport in the Dominican Republic to San Juan Where: crashed into the Atlantic Ocean off the north coast of Puerto Rico, in what is being called “a debris field off the northwestern city of Quebradillas,” When: around nightfall Sunday Feb 8 Who: carrying six people; missing pilot and all five passengers are U.S. citizens Why: Witnesses reported seeing an explosion on the plane before it crashed. They are still hoping to find survivors.
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United Airlines flight 1296 en route from Los Angeles to Hawaii had to return and make an emergency landing at Los Angeles International Airport on May 10 due to the smell of smoke in the cabin and cockpit.
The Boeing 757, with 149 passengers on board was flying over the Pacific Ocean when the odor was noticed in the plane.
The plane made an uneventful emergency landing at 11:38 am. None of the passengers or crew members were injured.
Maintenance crews are examining the plane.
Some passengers said they experienced the scariest moments of their lives when they were told to keep their oxygen masks and life vests on. One of the passengers, Rebecca Elder said that the smoke was coming from both sides of the plane. She further said “We looked around the other passengers, everybody was very calm and really nice and helped each other out.”
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What: (Registration pending) BE65 65 Queen Air (U-8F Seminole) Where: SAN CARLOS, CA When: Sept 2, 2010 1850 Who: 1 pilot, 2 passengers: 3 fatalities Why: The plane crashed under unknown circumstances submerged in water about a mile from the airport.
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