A small plane crashed at Zagreb International Airport in Zagreb, Croatia, the interior ministry said in a statement on June 7.
It is believed that the plane, which was performing at an air show, crashed due to technical fault.
There were 2 people aboard at the time; both of them were killed.
The cause of crash is being investigated.
A helicopter crashed on Yamuna Danda hill, near Balefi village, in Nepal, on June 2.
Authorities said the helicopter, chartered by Doctors Without Borders, was involved in post-earthquake relief activities. It crashed when it was returning to Kathmandu with 4 people aboard.
All four people, including 3 men and a woman, were killed in the crash. The deceased have not yet been identified.
The cause of crash is being investigated.
A Cessna Skymaster 337F aircraft crashed into a communications antenna shed at Melbourne International Airport in Florida, on May 27.
Authorities said the pilot Christopher Hall, 57, was drunk when he steered his plane into the shed.
There were two people, including the pilot and his pre-teen son, aboard the plane; none of them was seriously injured.
The pilot was charged with child abuse without great harm and reckless operation of a vessel.
The police and the FAA are investigating.
A small plane crashed some 20 miles northwest of Port Alsworth, Alaska, on May 26.
The plane was en-route to Port Alsworth when it ran out of fuel and went down. Alaska State Troopers located it Tuesday night through a personal locator beacon.
There were 3 people aboard, including the pilot Mark McNeill, 61, and his passengers Rocky McElveen, 64 and Talon Heying, 24. All of them remained uninjured.
A crop-dusting plane crashed in the Irvine Flats area near Polson, Montana, on May 26.
According to Lake County Sheriff Don Bell, the single-engine plane crashed while the pilot was attempting to make an emergency landing due to mechanical issues. The aircraft’s landing gear sustained damage during landing and it skidded before coming to a stop.
The pilot sustained minor injuries in the incident and was taken to Providence Medical Center in Polson.
The FAA is investigating.
A 1981 Yak 52 plane crashed in Syracuse, Hamilton County, Kansas, on May 25.
Authorities said the plane went down nose-first, near the intersection of U.S. Highway 50 and Kansas Highway 27.
The pilot, who was the sole occupant of the plane, was killed in the crash. He was identified as Anthony Englert, 54, of Syracuse.
The FAA and the NTSB are investigating.
A light plane crashed in a remote area near Blackstairs Commons on the Carlow-Wexford border in the Republic of Ireland, on May 24.
The Cessna 172 crashed when it was heading from Ballyboy airfield towards Wexford.
There were 2 people aboard the plane; both of them were killed in the crash. They were later identified as Bryan Keane, 69, and Paul Smith, 58. Authorities said both of them were seasoned pilots.
The Air Accident Investigation Unit is looking into the causes of crash.
A single-engine Cessna 210 crashed near Castro Valley in California, on May 21.
The plane was en-route from Buchanan Field Airport, Concord to Reid-Hillview Airport, San Jose when it went down. Authorities said the plane was reported overdue after which, Civil Air Patrol pilots located its wreckage next morning.
The pilot, who was the only one aboard, was killed in the accident. He was identified as Andrew Morse, 66, of Lafayette.
The cause of crash is being investigated.
In the wake of recent Germanwings crash, Lufthansa is considering introducing unannounced drug tests for pilots.
In a recent interview with Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Lufthansa CEO Carsten Spohr said such random drug tests will help improve flight safety.
It is believed that the airline will submit a proposal for unannounced drug tests to the German taskforce that was set up after flight 9525 crashed in French Alps on March 24.
A US Marine Corps aircraft crashed at Bellows Air Force Station on Oahu, Hawaii, on May 17.
The tilt-rotor MV-22 Osprey was on a training flight when it crashed and caught fire during a ‘hard landing’ attempt.
The aircraft was carrying 22 people at the time of incident, including 21 Marines and one Navy corpsman. Authorities said one Marine was killed while 21 other people sustained critical to minor injuries.
The cause of crash is being investigated.
A Joy Air passenger plane, operating flight # JR1529, skidded off the runway at Fuzhou Changle International Airport in Fuzhou, China, on May 10.
The accident happened upon landing, when the plane was coming from Yiwu in Zhejiang province of China.
The plane was carrying 45 passengers and 7 crew members at the time. Among them, a pregnant women and 6 men sustained minor injuries and were taken to hospital.
An Airbus A400M Atlas Cargo plane crashed near San Pablo airport in Seville, Spain on May 9.
The military aircraft was attempting an emergency landing when it crashed into a pylon.
There were 6 people aboard the aircraft at the time; 4 of them were killed while the others were injured.
Authorities said the aircraft was on a test flight and was scheduled to be delivered to Turkey in June.
A small Piper PA46 aircraft crashed into the Spokane River, Washington on the afternoon of May 7.
It is believed that the pilot was trying to make an emergency landing at the Felts Field, due to engine problems, but could not make it to the runway.
Both people aboard the plane were killed in the crash. They were identified as Richard Runyon and Lyndon Amestoy.
The cause of crash is being investigated.
A Military helicopter crashed into a school in Naltar, near Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan, on May 8.
The Mi-17 helicopter was transporting foreign dignitaries to the inauguration ceremony of a ski resort chairlift when it crashed and caught fire. Initial investigations reveal that the accident happened due to a mechanical fault in the helicopter.
There were 17 people aboard the aircraft at the time of the crash. Authorities confirmed that seven of them, including the Norwegian envoy Leif H Larsen, the Philippines ambassador Domingo D Lucenario, the wives of the Indonesian and Malaysian envoys, 2 Pakistan Air Force pilots and one technician, were killed.
Others, including the Dutch and Polish ambassadors, were injured and were airlifted to a local military hospital.
A single-engine Piper PA-32 crashed during an emergency landing at interstate 285 in DeKalb County, Georgia on May 8.
The incident happened when the plane was transporting 4 people from DeKalb Peachtree Airport to Oxford, Mississippi to attend a University of Mississippi graduation ceremony.
Everyone aboard was killed in the crash. The victims were later identified as the pilot Greg Byrd, his sons Christopher and Phillip, and Christopher’s fiancee, Jackie Kulzer.
The cause of accident is being investigated.
A single- engine Cessna plane crashed at Penn Yan Airport in Yates County, New York on May 3.
The plane was being flown by a student pilot, who was practicing “touch-and-go-landing” at the airport. Right after taking off, the plane suddenly swerved, hit the ground, spun around and collided with the fence.
The pilot was killed at the spot. He was identified as Steven P. Seely, 55, of Stanley, New York.
The NTSB and the FAA are investigating the cause of crash.
In the wake of recent Germanwings flight 9525 crash, German air traffic control authority has expressed the need for remote control of aircrafts.
At a press conference on April 15, head of the Deutsche Flugsicherung air traffic control authority, Dieter Scheurle, urged the aviation industry to develop a system that would enable the on-ground staff to remotely command the aircrafts. “We have to think past today’s technology,” he said, adding that, “I wouldn’t say it’s the simplest solution though.”
However, according to German pilots’ union Vereinigung Cockpit, such a system would be prone to misuse as well. The union spokesperson Markus Wahl said, “We also have to ask whether such a solution would really be an improvement, after all it’s the pilots who are sitting in the cockpit and they’re the ones with all the information.”
A small plane crashed near Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport in Florida, on April 12.
Authorities said the twin-engine Piper PA-31 was attempting to land at the airport when it went down near Northwest 62nd Street.
All 4 people aboard the plane were killed in the crash. Their identities have not yet been released.
The aircraft took off from Orlando Executive Airport.
The FAA and the NTSB are investigating.
A two-seater 1946 Aeronca Champ aircraft crashed at the Cambridge Municipal Airport in Minnesota, on April 11.
According to Trooper Tim Cunningham of the State Highway Patrol’s Cambridge post, “He [the pilot] landed the plane and just began taxiing… A gust of wind came and lifted the plane back into the air. He attempted to correct the plane using more power. The plane then overturned.”
The pilot, identified as Daniel Johnston, 65, remained unharmed.
Authorities said the aircraft ended up in an upside down position in a ditch near the runway.
The incident is under investigation.
Two light aircrafts collided on the runway of Moorabbin Airport in Melbourne, Australia, on April 11.
It is believed that the accident happened after one of the aircrafts made an emergency landing due to engine issues while the other one was taxiing.
Five people were injured in the collision. Three of them were shifted to hospital with minor injuries while the other two were treated at the spot.
Both aircrafts sustained severe damage.
The Australia Transport Safety Bureau is investigating.
A Cessna 414 crashed into a farm field near Bloomington airport in Illinois, on April 6.
The plane took off from Indianapolis at around 11 p.m. CT, however at 12:15 a.m., Peoria air traffic control informed the Central Illinois Regional Airport that the aircraft’s flight had not been completed.
Multiple search teams were then launched which spotted the plane’s wreckage near McLean County Road 2100 East and Rt. 9.
All seven people aboard were killed in the crash. The deceased include Illinois State University’s associate head coach Torrey Ward and athletic department’s deputy director for external relations Aaron Leetch.
The NTSB and the FAA are investigating.
A helicopter crashed near Kampung Pasir Baru, Semenyih, Malaysia, on April 4.
The commercially-chartered twin-engine Daughin helicopter crashed while it was transporting guests from the wedding reception of Malaysian prime minister’s daughter in Pekan, Pahang state.
Six people, including the country’s special envoy and former ambassador to the United States, Jamaluddin Jarjis, and the chief of staff to prime minister, Azlin Alias, were killed in the crash.
Among other victims was the pilot Clifford William Fournier, operations assistant Aidana Baizieva, Kedah businessman Huat Seang and Mr Jamaluddin’s bodyguard Razakan Seran.
Prime Minister Najib Razak has ordered a probe to determine the cause of crash.
A single-engine, fixed-wing plane crashed just short of a private airstrip near Loop 303 and Cactus Road in Surprise, Arizona, on April 4.
Authorities said the Jabiru 3300 light-sport aircraft took off from Glendale Airpark and was attempting to land at the private airfield when it went down.
The pilot, who was the only one aboard, sustained minor injuries in the incident and was shifted to hospital.
The FAA is investigating.
A Piper PA-28 plane crashed near Loch Etive in Argyll region of Scotland, on April 4.
Authorities said the plane crashed after it lost contact in Glen Kinglass’ Beinn nan Lus area, at around 1:50 p.m. It is believed that the accident happened when the aircraft was heading from east Scotland to Hebrides Island, Tiree.
Two people were killed in the crash. Their bodies were recovered along with the wreckage.
The cause of crash is under investigation.
A small plane crashed in a heavily wooded area near Batesville Airport in Independence County, Arkansas, on the night of April 2.
Director of the Independence County Office of Emergency Management, Glen Willis, said it appears the Cessna 152 crashed when it was returning to Carlisle from Salem.
The pilot was killed in the accident. His body was shifted to Arkansas State Crime Lab for autopsy.
The cause of crash is being investigated.
