A small plane crashed near Palmer Lake in El Paso County, Colorado, on March 2nd.
Authorities said the single-engine plane caught fire after the crash which also spread to the surrounding grass.
FAA officials confirmed that both people aboard the plane were killed in the crash. Their identities have not yet been released.
The NTSB are the FAA are investigating the cause of crash.
What: American Eagle Embraer ERJ-145 en route from Dallas Ft. Worth,TX to Grand Rapids
Where: Grand Rapids
When: Jan 1st 2012
Who: 46 aboard
Why: On approach to Grand Rapids, the Embraer developed problems with the flaps. The pilots had to abort their first and second approach.
Due to braking conditions, pilots diverted to Chicago, and made a fast but otherwise safe landing.
No notation if/how passengers were provided transportation from Chicago to Grand Rapids.
What: Chautauqua Embraer ERJ-145/Delta Airlines en route from Asheville,NC to New York
Where: La Guardia airport, New York
When: Nov 16th 2011
Why: By now, everyone has probably heard about this:
A captain who was locked in the airplane’s bathroom gave a passenger a security code to inform the co-pilot.
But when the co-pilot heard the passenger’s heavy accent, he told ATC “the captain has disappeared in the back and I have someone with a big foreign accent trying to access the cockpit.” ATC urged him to land ASAP.
The situation was resolved before the plane landed, and fortunately before the fighter jets were deployed.
Cargolux Airlines flight CV-603 had to return and make an emergency landing in Chicago, Illinois, on October 9th.
The Boeing 747-400 plane took off for Dubai, United Arab Emirates, but had to turn back due to an engine problem.
The plane landed safely. Everyone aboard remained unharmed.
An engine of Dynamic International Airways flight 405 caught fire as the plane was about to take off for Caracas.
The Boeing 767 was taxiing for departure at 12:45 p.m. when the pilot of the plane behind them saw the fuel leak from an engine. The tower call said, “Engine on fire.” Passengers evacuated on to the tarmac via slides. There were 101 aboard. Twenty-one were injured, and taken to local hospitals. One person sustained a serious burn. One fel on the tarmac.
A replacement flight is planned. The incident is under investigation by the FAA, Boeing, NTSB and the airline. Passengers were provided a later flight but there is no indication of how many took it.
The weather in White Plains was foggy and rainy when a Piper Meridian single-engine turbo prop missed a residence and crashed on a horse farm near Westchester County Airport, killing the pilot, Richard Rockefeller. Rockefeller was a doctor who had just celebrated his father’s 99th birthday. Weather may have been responsible for the accident. Rockefeller did not report a mayday.
There was no one else aboard.
The debris field covered a hundred feet. Rockefeller was 64 years old, and leaves behind two adult children and a wife.
The FAA and NTSB are investigating. The crash occurred on Friday June 13th.
A hot air balloon crash landed in to the Nile, North of Cairo, Egypt on August 1st.
According to sources, the balloon made a crash landing due to a tear in its material or gas problems.
The air balloon landed successfully.
All people onboard remained unharmed.
