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Plane Crash-Lands, Striking Pedestrian

Yet Tuesday's incident in Long Beach 'could have been a whole lot worse'

(Newser) - A woman walking through a park in Long Beach on Tuesday afternoon unexpectedly found herself in the path of a small airplane making an emergency landing on a soccer field. Fire officials say the incident happened shortly after 4pm, when the aircraft—described by KTLA as "possibly experimental"—...

Putin: Yes, Russia Accidentally Took Out Passenger Jet in 2024

Russian president apologizes over accidental downing of Azerbaijani plane that killed 38

(Newser) - President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Russia's air defenses were to blame for downing an Azerbaijani jetliner in December that killed 38 people, his first admission of responsibility for the crash in an effort to ease tensions between the neighbors. Putin said the missiles fired by Russian air...

2 Minutes After the Jump, Skydiving Plane Goes Down
2 Minutes After Skydivers
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2 Minutes After Skydivers Jumped, the Plane Goes Down

Veteran pilot, skydiver Paul Smith dies in crash in southern Australia

(Newser) - Eight skydivers jumped to safety just two minutes before their plane crashed Saturday on Australia's south coast, killing the pilot, who was the only person left on board. The skydivers had jumped from about 14,000 feet near Moruya airport in New South Wales just after 2pm Saturday,...

2 Years After Plane Destroyed Home, Family Sues for $18M

Chris and Jana Ferris file complaint against flight school, Alaska Airlines over 2023 crash in Oregon

(Newser) - An Oregon family is seeking $18 million in damages after a flight school training accident turned their home into a crash site. Chris and Jana Ferris say their lives were upended when a twin-engine Piper Seminole from Hillsboro Aero Academy plummeted onto their Newberg house in October 2023. Miraculously,...

Famed Landscape Architect Dies in Brazil Plane Crash

Kongjian Yu was filming documentary in Brazil's Pantanal wetlands

(Newser) - Kongjian Yu, the landscape architect who dreamed up the "sponge city" concept , has died in a plane crash in Brazil's Pantanal wetlands while filming a documentary about his trailblazing work. Yu, 62, was en route to a ranch near the border with Paraguay and Bolivia when the...

'Jesus, Take the Wheel' Writer Dies in NC Plane Crash

Grammy-winning Brett James penned 27 No. 1 country hits for stars

(Newser) - Brett James, a prolific country songwriter whose pen helped shape some of Nashville's biggest hits, died Thursday at age 57 when the small plane he was piloting crashed in North Carolina. The Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame confirmed the passing of one of Music City's most in-demand...

Lawsuit: Air India Crash Was Boeing's Fault

Families of 4 passengers sue Boeing, Honeywell over alleged faulty fuel switches

(Newser) - Families of four victims of June's deadly Air India Flight 171 crash are suing Boeing and aircraft parts maker Honeywell, alleging that faulty fuel switches led to the tragedy that killed 260 people—despite investigators and US regulators questioning that link . The suit, submitted in Delaware Superior Court,...

Man Walking Dog Finds Potomac Crash Debris

NTSB to evaluate debris, including what appears to be the back of a plane seat

(Newser) - A casual walk along the Potomac River turned extraordinary when a Northern Virginia man stumbled upon what appears to be wreckage from January's deadly mid-air collision near Reagan National Airport. The National Transportation Safety Board believes the debris—including the back of a plane seat with tray table...

Wyoming Plane Crash Kills Girl, Hospitalizes Her Family

Parents in critical condition after wreck in Bighorn Mountains

(Newser) - A family outing turned tragic in Wyoming's Bighorn Mountains on Labor Day when a plane crash claimed the life of a 13-year-old girl and left the rest of her Idaho family hospitalized. Authorities say the Palmer family's Piper PA-28 went down shortly after takeoff at Bighorn National...

This Is What's Left After 2 Planes Collided

Remarkably, 2 people were able to leave the scene on their own; 2 others weren't so lucky

(Newser) - Two small planes collided in the air at a Colorado airport on Sunday, leaving one dead amid a charred patch of earth. A Cessna 172 and an Extra Flugzeugbau EA300 were both trying to land at Fort Morgan Municipal Airport around 10:40am when they collided, the Morgan County Sheriff'...

Medical Transport Plane Crash Kills 4 on Navajo Nation

Medical personnel were on their way to pick up patient in northern Arizona

(Newser) - Four people died Tuesday when a medical transport plane crashed and caught fire on the Navajo Nation in northern Arizona, the tribe said in a statement. The crash involving the CSI Aviation company out of Albuquerque, New Mexico occurred near the airport in Chinle, about 200 miles northeast of Flagstaff,...

NTSB Begins Digging Into Potomac Plane Crash

3 days of hearings open in search of what caused the disaster, as well as for possible solutions

(Newser) - Three days of hearings into the equally tragic and public collision in January between an Army helicopter and a passenger plane within a stone's throw of the nation's capital got underway on Wednesday, reports NBC Boston . The National Transportation Safety Board, which won't release its final report...

Passenger Plane Crashes in Russia, No Survivors

Nearly 50 dead after Soviet-era aircraft went down in nation's mountainous far east

(Newser) - A passenger plane from the Soviet era crashed in the mountainous far east of Russia on Thursday, and authorities say 48 people are dead. Details:
  • The twin turboprop, called an Antonov An-24, was en route from Blagoveshchensk to Tynda, the latter described by Reuters as a remote town and railway
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Lawyer: Families Got Wrong Remains After Air India Crash

DNA testing revealed alleged mix-up

(Newser) - Two British families mourning loved ones lost in the Air India crash are now suffering "indescribable psychological distress" on top of their grief, says their lawyer. That's because they allegedly received the wrong remains. James Healy-Pratt, who represents more than 20 British families affected by the June...

Moose Antlers Were a Factor in Deadly Alaska Plane Crash

2023 crash killed ex-Rep. Mary Peltola's husband

(Newser) - A small plane that crashed in 2023 while carrying moose meat for hunters in remote western Alaska, killing the husband of former US Rep. Mary Peltola, was overweight for takeoff and encountered drag from a set of antlers mounted outside, federal investigators said in a report released Tuesday. The National...

In Search for Missing Plane, a Smartwatch Comes Through

Victim's device leads searchers to aircraft that went down in dense forest in Montana, killing 3

(Newser) - Hidden deep in Montana's forests, a downed plane went undetected—until searchers picked up a signal from a victim's smartwatch, guiding them to the tragic scene. According to the Gallatin County Sheriff's Office, rescuers homed in on the wreckage just south of the town of West...

Fighter Jet Crashes Into School in Bangladesh

At least 18 dead and more than 160 injured

(Newser) - A Bangladesh Air Force training aircraft crashed into a school campus in the capital of Dhaka shortly after takeoff on Monday, killing at least 18 people, per the AP . The pilot is among the dead, but more details about fatalities were not immediately available. The Chinese-made F-7 BGI aircraft crashed...

Residents Rush to the Rescue After Florida Plane Crash

They 'put their dinner forks down to get out there,' mayor says

(Newser) - A small plane's crash in a Miami suburb Sunday night prompted a swift response from nearby residents. The Cessna T337G, inbound from Turks and Caicos and attempting to land at North Perry Airport in Pembroke Pines, clipped a tree and crashed just short of its destination, WPLG reports....

In Wake of Crash, India Orders Look at Boeing's Fuel Switches

South Korean regulators, Singapore Airlines also join in

(Newser) - India's aviation regulator ordered on Monday airlines operating several Boeing models to examine fuel control switches, days after an investigation into last month's Air India plane crash found they were flipped off, starving both engines of fuel. India's Directorate General of Civil Aviation stated the directive would...

Investigation: Air India Pilots Cut Off Fuel to Engines

Investigators focus on cockpit actions after deadly midair shutdown 30 seconds into flight

(Newser) - Investigators probing last month's Air India crash say the jet's engines lost power just after takeoff because fuel was cut off from both engines—an action apparently triggered by the pilots, reports the New York Times . According to a preliminary report that comes 30 days after the crash, the...

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