A small plane crashed in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee, on December 26th.
The Cessna 182 plane was heading to Gatlinburg-Pigeon Forge Airport, Sevierville, Tennessee, when it went down.
There were 3 people aboard at the time, including Kim Smith, 42, David Starling, 41, and Hunter Starling, 8. All of them were killed in the crash. They were from Bradford County, Florida.
A small plane crashed in Peninsula State Park, Green Bay, Door County, Wisconsin, on September 18th.
The Cessna 182 was carrying a pilot and a teenage flying student when it went down.
Both people aboard were killed in the crash.
The cause of the crash remains under investigation.
A Cessna 182 crashed on the side of Interstate 90 while trying to land at Rock Creek Airstrip, Missoula County, Montana, on August 28th.
The plane was carrying History Channel star Darrell Ward and his co-pilot at the time.
Ward was on his way to begin filming a documentary about the recovery of plane wreckage.
Both people aboard lost their lives.
The crash remains under investigation.
Up Airlines flight LY-2653 made an emergency landing in Tel Aviv, Israel, on August 18th.
The plane had just departed for Kiev, Ukraine, when the crew received information that tire debris was found on the runway and decided to return.
The plane landed uneventfully. There were 182 people aboard at the time; all of them remained safe.
EasyJet flight U2-7612 made an emergency landing in Lisbon, Portugal, on June 8th.
The Airbus A320-200 aircraft was flying from Madrid, Spain, when the crew needed to shut down one of the engines due to a technical issue.
The plane landed uneventfully. All 182 people aboard remained safe.
A Cessna 182 plane crash-landed on McCarran Boulevard in Reno, Nevada, on May 24th.
According to the FAA, the incident happened when the plane was attempting an emergency landing due to engine failure.
No one was injured in the incident.
The NTSB is investigating.
A small plane crashed near China Beach on the Palisades Reservoir in Idaho, on March 13th.
The Cessna 182 aircraft crashed and burst into flames around 1 mile north of Alpine Airport, from where it departed.
There were four people aboard at the time; all of them were killed in the crash. They were identified as the pilot Jerry “David” Anderson, 40, his wife Jessica Ann Anderson, 38, Thomas “Brook” Summers, 39, and his wife Heidi Summers, 36. All of them were residents of Idaho Falls.
The FAA and the NTSB are investigating the incident.
SilkAir Private Limited flight SQ-182 made a safe landing at Brunei International Airport, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei, on December 13.
The Airbus A320-200 was en-route from Singapore, when a bird hit its left side wing on its approach to Brunei airport.
The plane landed safely.
All passengers aboard remained unhurt.
