What: two-seater de Havilland Chipmunk airplane with dual controls.
Where: Seething airfield, near Loddon, UK
When: Wednesday afternoon
Who: Media boss Ian Davies, 49 and passenger Stephen Shutt, 51. Tractor driver, Andrew Hill, was treated for shock.
Why: The plane crashed into a tractor in Norfolk. Ian Davis died on impact, Shutt taken to hospital.
A single-engine plane crashed and caught fire near Horneytown, in the south of Kernersville, Forsyth County, North Carolina, at 12:12 P.M on September 7.
The Beechcraft A36 was en-route to Piedmont Triad International Airport, North Carolina, from Sarasota, Florida, at the time.
The airport’s director Kevin Baker said the pilot was communicating a problem to ATC before the crash, but could not explain it.
The FAA and NTSB were investigating the crash.
According to an NTSB spokesperson, 3 people lost their lives in the accident.
Pictured: an R-44 Astro
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Contact photographer Jaroslaw Zaczek
What: R-44 Astro Helicopter
Where: Mount Charleston.NV
When: Sept 26 2009, 7 p.m
Who: pilot and 2 passengers
Why: Currently the FAA report only says “A ROBINSON R44 ROTORCRAFT, CRASHED UNDER UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCES, NEAR MOUNT CHARLESTON, NV.”
Three people were rescued after the place crashed into the mountain and burst into flames. One person is being treated for burns, one for undisclosed foot injuries, and one person had no visible injuries.
The accident is under investigation.
A small plane crashed in a residential street in Melbourne, Australian, on June 8th.
The 50-year-old male pilot, who was the only one aboard, was killed in the crash.
No one on the ground was injured.
Authorities said the plane clipped the fence of a house and brought down power lines in the area.
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau is investigating the cause of crash.
James Kallstrom, who headed up the investigation into the 1996 crash for the FBI says the original report is legitimate.
But six retired investigators from TWA, the National Transportation Safety Board, and the Air Line Pilots Association say the final report of the 1996 accident, “TWA Flight 800” was falsified. They say the accident was either a terrorist attack or a failed military operation. The cadre of retired investigators are calling for a new investigation by the feds. Others argue that there’s no question the explosion was an accident. 230 people died after Flight 800 took off from JFK.
Originally there were several theories put forward: a missile theory ,a bomb-on-the-plane theory, a meteor strike theory. All of these theories were discarded when an exploding fuel tank was concluded to be the cause.
The retirees have appealed to families to ask for the case to be reinvestigated. Many family members are disturbed by the idea of renewal of the case which they believe is simply hype to push a new documentary “TWA Flight 800.”
What: Ukraine Ministry of Defense Aero Vodochody L-39 Albatross
Where: Chuhuiv, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine
When: Sept 22, 2012
Who: 1 fatality
Why: In Chuguev, a combat trainer aircraft L-39 crashed on the runway. The student pilot who was flying the plane when it crashed died at the scene.
The pilot was a third year student and had completed 71 flights.
The incident is under investigation. Use of L-39 planes has been suspended pending the investigation.
Update: The investigation team formed to probe into Friday’s plane crash on Monday (April 23) visited the site and collected evidence.
What: Bhoja Air Boeing 737-200 en route from Karachi to Islamabad
Where: Islamabad
When: Apr 20th 2012
Who: 121 passengers and 6 crew
Why: The plane (reported as #AP-BKC a 27 year old Boeing) took off from Karachi, impacted the ground 3-6 miles from Islamabad while on approach and burst into flames in a rural location(Hussain Abad village) near Chaklala Air Base. No survivors were found, and ten houses on the ground were affected. The plane lost contact with the control tower minutes before landing. There was no distress call. There are conflicting reports that the plane was on fire and was not on fire before it impacted the ground. Some reports say the plane was struck by lightning. There was a thunderstorm at the time of the accident. The fire/fireball after the crash does not appear to have engulfed the entire debris area, according to photos of the scene.
Debris from the crash is said to cover a large muddy area. The area has not been cordoned off; reporters and others are swarming over the crash site.
This is reported to be the first Bhorja flight on this route. The jet left at 17:00 and was due to arrive at 18:50.
The flight data recorder has been recovered along with 110 bodies (so far.)
The number of people listed as passengers varies from 127 to 130 aboard.
The METAR
OPRN 201400Z 23020KT 3000 TSRA FEW025CB SCT030 BKN100 20/16 Q1011.0/29.85
OPRN 201300Z 23020KT 4000 TS FEW025CB SCT030 BKN100 25/15 Q1009.3/29.80
Trans:
METAR for Benazir Bhutto International Airport, issued on the 20th of the month at 13:00 Zulu Time. Wind from 230° at 20 knots (37 km/h). Visibility 4,000 metres (13,000 ft), thunderstorms in area. Clouds few at 2,500 feet (760 m), cumulonimbus clouds present. Broken clouds at 10,000 feet (3,000 m). Temperature 25°C, dewpoint 15°C. Altimeter setting 1009.3 hPA / 29.80 inHg
