A small plane crashed in the Vumba Mountains in Zimbabwe, on March 27th.
The plane was heading from Beira, Mozambique, to Mutare, Zimbabwe when it went down.
There were 6 people aboard, including 2 crew members and 4 passengers; all of them were killed in the crash.
The accident is being investigated.
A Cessna 210 plane crashed in Hayden, Blount County, Alabama, on March 25th.
Authorities said the plane was heading from Kissimmee, Florida, to Jackson, Tennessee, when it went down.
Four people were killed in the crash, including a 45-year-old man, a 43-year-old woman,
a 16-year-old boy, and a 14-year-old girl. They are believed to be family members.
The cause of crash is being investigated.
One year after Flydubai flight FZ-981 crashed at Rostov-on-Don airport, Russia, a monument to commemorate the victims was unveiled near the airport.
The plane was coming from Dubai on March 19th, 2016, when it crashed amid bad weather conditions, claiming the lives of 62 people.
The monument, named Interrupted Flight, has been designed by Rostov sculptor Anatolly Sknarin. It shows the names of the victims on a vertical stone slab.
Russian transport minister Maxim Sokolov was quoted as saying, “A year has passed from that horrible tragedy. Today, we open a memorial. Let me express condolences to the relatives of the victims.”
A police helicopter crashed in the hills near Mexicali, in the state of Baja California, Mexico, on March 14th.
The state police helicopter was on a mission to recover the body of a female hiker when it got tangled in power cables and went down.
Four people were killed in the crash, including the pilot and the co-pilot.
A small plane crashed near Hesperia Airport, California, on March 7th.
Authorities said the ultralight plane went down near the north end of the airport.
The pilot, who was the only one aboard, was killed in the accident.
He was later identified as Robert Alexander, 55, of Hesperia, California.
The incident is being investigated.
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration has announced that Kenya complies with international safety standards. Kenya has been granted a Category 1 rating under the International Aviation Safety Assessment program.
Kenya’s civil aviation authority meets International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) standards. With a Category 1 rating, Kenyan air carriers can secure FAA and DOT authority can establish service to the United States and carry the code of U.S. carriers.
The FAA had not previously assessed Kenya’s civil aviation authority for compliance with ICAO standards. The rating is based on a February, 2017 FAA assessment of the safety oversight provided by Kenya’s Directorate General of Civil Aviation.
The agency assesses the civil aviation authorities of all countries with air carriers that have applied to fly to the United States, currently conduct operations to the United States, or participate in code sharing arrangements with U.S. partner airlines, and makes that information available to the public. The assessments determine if foreign civil aviation authorities meet ICAO safety standards, not FAA regulations.
To maintain a Category 1 rating, a country must adhere to ICAO safety standards, the United Nations’ technical agency for aviation that establishes international standards and recommended practices for aircraft operations and maintenance.
IASA information is posted at www.faa.gov/about/initiatives/iasa/.
A two-seater trainer plane crashed in Punjab, Pakistan, on February 24th.
The plane, belonging to Shaheen Air, went down shortly after taking off from a flight training school in Faisalabad, Punjab.
There were 2 people aboard at the time, including the instructor and trainee pilot. Both of them were killed in the crash.
The accident is being investigated.
A small plane crashed near Tweed-New Haven Airport in Connecticut, on February 22nd.
Authorities said the Piper PA 38 plane went down in a nearby swamp immediately after taking off from the airport.
There were two people aboard at the time; one of them was killed in the accident while the other one was injured.
The deceased was identified as Pablo Campos Isona, 31, of East Haven.
The injured passenger was taken to Yale-New Haven Hospital.
A small plane crashed at Barrow County Airport in Winder, Georgia, on February 16th.
Barrow County Emergency Services Captain Scott Dakin said the airport employees spotted the wreckage while coming back after the lunch break. “When they came down the road they did see the plane in the wood line just along the road here… They called it in, upon our arrival we did have a small fire that was handled by our guys,” he said.
Two people were killed in the crash. They were identified as Shannon Ewing, and his nephew, Henry Ewing.
The accident is being investigated.
A small plane crashed near Ramona in San Diego County, California, on February 12th.
The Cessna plane, carrying three people, was on an instructional flight when it went down on a mountainside.
A 20-year-old woman was killed in the crash while two other people were injured.
The plane was registered to American Aviation Academy.
The incident is being investigated.
WASHINGTON–The Federal Aviation Administration and Santa Monica, California agreed on the future of Santa Monica Airport.The city agrees to maintain continuous and stable operation of the airport until December 31, 2028. After that date, Santa Monica has the right to close the airport.Santa Monica can shorten the airport’s single runway from 4,973 to 3,500 feet and is obligated to enter into leases with private aeronautical service providers to ensure continuity of service, until it decides to provide services on its own.
A small plane crashed in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on January 19th.
The plane had taken off from Sao Paulo shortly before it went down near the coastal town of Paraty.
The plane was carrying 3 people, including Brazilian supreme court Justice Teori Zavasck. All of them were killed in the crash.
Justice Zavasck was overseeing an investigation into a billion-dollar bribery scandal involving a group of elected officials.
A Boeing 747-400 cargo plane crashed in a village near Manas International Airport, Kyrgyzstan, on January 16th.
The ACT Airlines plane was scheduled to land at the airport when it went down in the village of Dacha-Suu.
At least 32 people were killed in the crash, including 4 crew members and 28 people on the ground. Several others were injured.
At least 15 homes were destroyed in the incident.
The plane had departed from Hong Kong, China, and was scheduled to fly to Istanbul, Turkey, after a stopover in Kyrgyzstan.
A small plane crashed near Payson in Gila County, Arizona, on January 3rd.
The single-engine Cessna 210 plane was heading from Scottsdale, Arizona, to Telluride, Colorado, when it went down.
The plane was carrying four members of a family at the time; all of them were killed in the crash.
The cause of crash is being investigated.
A small plane crashed southeast of Vienna, Illinois, on December 31st.
The Piper PA28 plane was carrying four people when it went down in a wooded area.
All four people, including two adult men and two adult women, were killed in the crash. Their identities have not yet been released.
The cause of crash is being investigated.
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.
Air Canada flight AC-868 made an emergency landing at Shannon Airport, Ireland, on December 24th.
The plane flying from Toronto, Canada, to London, United Kingdom, was diverted after a 10-year-old girl had a cardiac arrest midair.
The plane landed safely. The child was immediately taken to University Hospital Limerick where she was later pronounced dead.
A Russian military plane crashed into the black sea near Sochi, Russia, on the morning of December 25th.
The Tupolev Tu-154 plane had just taken off from the Adler airport, Sochi, when it suddenly disappeared from radar. The plane was en-route to the Hmeymim airbase in Latakia, Syria, for a New Year’s Eve concert.
All 92 passengers were killed in the crash.
The accident is being investigated.
An Indonesian military plane crashed into a mountain in Papua province of Indonesia, on December 18th.
The Hercules C-130 plane took off from Timika, Papua, and was preparing to land in Wamena, Papua, when it went down.
There were 13 people aboard the plane, including 3 pilots and 10 passengers; all of them were killed in the crash.
A small plane crashed in a remote area near Otto in southern Big Horn County, Wyoming, on December 7th.
The plane that took off from Worland Municipal airport, Wyoming, was carrying two predator control specialists when it went down.
One person was killed in the crash while the other one was injured. The injured was taken to a hospital in Billings, Montana.
Pakistan International Airlines flight PK-661 crashed in Havelian, near Abbottabad, Pakistan, at around 4:45 pm on December 7.
The Avions de Transport Regional ATR-42-500 flying from Chitral to Islamabad, Pakistan, crashed due to the failure of its left engine. The plane had lost control with the radar shortly before it hit the ground.
The wreckage caught fire right after the crash.
There were 42 passengers and 6 crew members aboard at the time. All of them were killed.
The black boxes have been recovered and handed over to Pakistan’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA).
The investigation is underway.
A small plane crashed in the French Alps near Chambery, France, on November 25th.
The plane took off from Dortmund, Germany, and was heading to Albertville, France, when it went down.
There were two people aboard at the time; both of them were killed in the crash.
The accident is being investigated.
A small plane crashed in Imperial County, California, on November 24th.
The plane was carrying two people when it went down near Highway 78 and Ted Kipf Road.
One person was killed in the accident while the other one was injured.
The accident is being investigated.
An ultralight aircraft crashed at the runway of Hedlow Airstrip, near Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia, on the afternoon of November 25.
According to sources, 2 people lost their lives in the crash.
The Queensland Ambulance Service and firefighters responded at the scene.
The accident remains under investigation.
A small plane crashed in a marshy area of Bass River State Forest, New Jersey, on the afternoon of November 20th.
According to sources, the aircraft was flying from Maryland to the Ocean County Airport.
William Lindley, 75, who was the only person aboard, lost his life in the crash.
The incident remains under investigation.
