A small plane crashed in a residential neighborhood of Clermont, Florida, on March 1.
Authorities said the pilot was attempting to land the plane at his house situated behind the 1700 block of Nature Cove Lane but it continued through the fences due a tail wind and rammed into a tree.
The pilot, identified as Dave Harmon, remained unharmed and the aircraft sustained minor damage.
The FAA is investigating.
United Airlines flight UA-1270 had to make an emergency landing at O’Hare International Airport, Chicago, Illinois, on April 14th.
The Airbus A320-200 plane flying from Jacksonville, Florida, was on final approach to Chicago when the crew went around reporting an issue with the flaps.
The crew worked the checklists and subsequently landed at higher than normal speed.
All passengers and crew members remained safe.
A Cessna 182 plane crashed off Big Creek Airstrip in Valley County, central Idaho, at 8:30 a.m. on June 29.
The pilot, Jay Minor, 71, from Oregon, was the only person on board. He suffered multiple life threatening injuries and was transported by air ambulance to St. Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Boise.
Other aircrafts in the area informed Arnold Aviation about the crash, who subsequently notified the Valley County Sheriff’s Office.
According to the Valley County officials nine people have died in six aircraft crashes over the past year in the county.
The plane which was listed as having 3,712 hours in the air, had been offered for sale tin 2008 for $2.2 million
American Airlines flight 1804 made an emergency landing at McGhee Tyson Airport, Tennessee, on January 31st.
The plane flying from Charlotte, North Carolina, to Indianapolis, Indiana, was diverted due to a bomb threat.
The plane landed uneventfully. Everyone aboard remained safe.
No explosive material was found upon inspection.
Two Indian Air Force jets collided mid-air in Bengaluru, India, on February 19th.
The accident happened when the Surya Kiran aircraft were rehearsing for the ‘Aero India 2019’ air show at the Yelahanka airbase.
One pilot was killed in the crash. Two others were injured and were taken to a hospital.
Egyptian authorities have said for the first time that the Russian commercial jet that crashed on 31st October last year in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula was deliberately downed by terrorists.
Metrojet flight 9268 was heading to St. Petersburg, Russia, when it went down, killing all 224 people on-board. Islamic State had immediately claimed the responsibility, and Moscow’s investigation report had also claimed that a bomb downed the plane. However, the local authorities previously rejected these claims and maintained that a technical fault caused the accident.
In a television speech on February 24th, the Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said, “Has terrorism ended? No it has not, but it will if we unite. Whoever downed the Russian plane, what did he mean? He meant to hit tourism, and to hit relations with Russia.”
Sisi’s comments are the first official indication from Egypt that the plane was deliberately crashed.
