Plane crash
1 dead after Ark. crop-dusters collide
PARAGOULD, Ark. -- One pilot was killed and another injured Wednesday when two crop-dusters collided in midair over northeast Arkansas.
Date: 05/23/2012 | Nation & World
Plane crash kills 15 in Nepal mountains; 6 survive
KATMANDU, Nepal -- A plane crashed into a mountain in the Himalayas while trying to land at an airport in northern Nepal on Monday, killing 15 people and injuring six, some critically.
Date: 05/14/2012 | Nation & World
American died on Russian Superjet demo flight
OAKLEY, Calif. — A Northern California man is among the dozens presumed dead after a Russian-made plane crashed into a volcano in Indonesia during a demonstration flight, his wife said.
Date: 05/12/2012 | Nation & World
Russian airliner crash puts Indonesian sales in limbo
MOUNT SALAK, Indonesia — The crash of a new, Russian-made jetliner into a jagged, Indonesian volcano during a flight to impress potential buyers threw doubt on dozens of plane sales Thursday just as Moscow seeks a comeback in foreign markets. All 45 people aboard were feared dead.
Date: 05/09/2012 | Nation & World
2 escape injury when plane crashes into lake
HAYDEN LAKE, Idaho -- Two people escaped injury when a float plane crashed into Hayden Lake on Thursday morning.The Kootenai County Sheriff's Office said a flying instructor and a student were aboard the single-engine plane, and they were immediately rescued by fishermen on the lake.
Date: 05/03/2012 | Northwest
Pilot error blamed for Lewis-McChord helicopter collision
JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD -- An investigation into December's collision of two helicopters from Joint Base Lewis-McChord cites pilot and air traffic control errors and "dark spots" in aviation communication.
Date: 05/01/2012 | Northwest
Attorney: Crash survivor gets 'career killer' report
JUNEAU, Alaska -- The U.S. Coast Guard commander for Alaska is recommending that Lt .Lance Leone, the sole survivor of a 2010 Coast Guard helicopter crash, not be promoted or involved in flight operations again, an attorney for Leone said Tuesday.
Date: 04/24/2012 | Northwest
3 die in Oregon small plane crash
SISTERS, Ore. -- Three people were killed Monday when a kit-built high-performance airplane crashed on the east side of the Cascade Range in Central Oregon.
Date: 04/23/2012 | Northwest
Pakistan probes deadly 737 crash amid heated criticism
ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan on Saturday barred the head of the airline whose jet crashed near the capital from leaving the country, vowing to investigate a tragedy that has revived fears about the safety of aviation in a country saddled by massive economic problems.
Date: 04/22/2012 | Nation & World
Pakistan probes deadly crash of 737-200 (video)
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan on Saturday barred the head of the airline whose jet crashed near the capital from leaving the country, vowing to investigate a tragedy that has revived fears about the safety of aviation in a country saddled by massive economic problems.
Date: 04/20/2012 | Nation & World
Reno Air Races prepare for new federal guidelines
Reno Air Races officials are facing an accelerated schedule and learning curve as they tackle suggestions by federal crash investigators and seek insurance and crucial permits for the only unlimited class, wingtip-to-wingtip flying competition in the nation.
Date: 04/12/2012 | Nation & World
Navy jet crash a 'Good Friday miracle' -- but how? (video)
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — A 12-ton Navy jet loaded with tons of jet fuel crashes in a spectacular fireball into a big apartment complex, scattering plane parts and wiping out some 40 units. How is it that everyone survived?
Date: 04/07/2012 | Nation & World
Navy jet slams into apartment complex; 7 injured (video)
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — A fighter jet that malfunctioned just after takeoff hurtled into a Virginia Beach apartment complex on Friday in a spectacular crash that sent flames and black smoke billowing from the rubble.
Date: 04/06/2012 | Nation & World
GE engine faulted for crash that killed 9
PORTLAND, Ore. -- An Oregon jury ruled Tuesday that a problem with an engine was responsible for the 2008 crash of a helicopter that killed nine firefighters during a wildfire in Northern California.
Date: 03/27/2012 | Northwest
At least 2 dead in 2 small plane crashes in Colo.
LONGMONT, Colo. -- At least two people have been killed after two single-engine planes crashed north of Denver near Longmont in a possible midair collision, but one person survived, authorities said Friday.
Date: 03/23/2012 | Nation & World
Small plane flips at Kelso airport
KELSO -- Fire officials in Kelso say a strong crosswind overturned a single-engine plane as it was landing. The pilot was the only person aboard and was unhurt.
Date: 03/08/2012 | Northwest
Mount Si trails will reopen Friday
NORTH BEND -- The state Department of Natural Resources says it will reopen trails Friday on Mount Si.The trails have been closed to the public since a Feb. 15 plane crash that killed three people on the mountain near North Bend.
Date: 03/07/2012 | Northwest
Settlement reached in 2007 Kittitas copter crash
YAKIMA -- A confidential settlement has been reached in the case of a 2007 Kittitas County helicopter crash that killed four people and ignited a 485-acre forest fire.
Date: 03/03/2012 | Northwest
No sign of engine trouble in Mount Si plane crash
NORTH BEND -- A preliminary report on the crash of a small plane on Mount Si near North Bend says there's no indication of engine trouble.
Date: 02/29/2012 | Northwest
Plane in crash may have made emergency landing
DENVER -- Investigators say a plane involved in a crash that killed three people in Colorado appears to have made an emergency landing days earlier because of a propeller issue.
Date: 02/07/2012 | Northwest
Crashed 737 jet in Guyana overshot runway
GEORGETOWN, Guyana — A preliminary report by Guyana’s government says a Caribbean Airlines jet that crashed in July touched down too late and ran off the runway while landing at the South American country’s international airport.
Date: 01/12/2012 | Nation & World
After deadly crash, Reno plans to resume Air Race
The Reno Air Races Association announced Wednesday that it will seek to hold another competition for high-performance craft despite last year's crash of a World War II-era vintage plane that killed 11 people.
Date: 01/04/2012 | Nation & World
31 hurt as airliner flips, burns in Kyrgyzstan
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan — A Soviet-built jet operated by a Kyrgyz carrier broke its wing, overturned and caught fire Wednesday as it tried to land in deep fog in southern Kyrgyzstan, leaving 31 people injured, officials said.
Date: 12/28/2011 | Nation & World
No public service for 4 Lewis-McChord aviators
JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD -- Joint Base Lewis-McChord says no public memorial service is planned for all four Army aviators who died Monday night in the crash of two helicopters in a training area of the base.
Date: 12/16/2011 | Northwest
Recent West Point grad among dead in Army crash
RAINIER -- A recent West Point grad, two aviators with extensive experience in Iraq and Afghanistan, and a man with a pregnant wife were killed when two helicopters crashed at a Washington state base, the Army said Wednesday as investigators tried to determine the cause of the collision.
Date: 12/14/2011 | Northwest
Man says military jet crash destroyed his life
SAN DIEGO -- Lawyers for an extended family that lost four members when a military jet crashed into their San Diego home in 2008 said Monday they will be seeking millions of dollars for the accident that the Marine Corps acknowledged was caused by a string of errors.
Date: 12/12/2011 | Nation & World
Alaska pilot in crash lost captain status in 1994
ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- A pilot and sole survivor of a midair collision in Alaska that killed a family of four was among five Alaska Airlines pilots who were stripped of their captain privileges in 1994 for falsifying training records and flying without completing required courses.
Date: 12/11/2011 | Northwest
Pilot in fatal crash on Whidbey Island is identified
COUPEVILLE -- Officials have released the name of the pilot killed in a plane crash late Thursday afternoon in the Ebey's Landing area on Whidbey Island.
Date: 12/10/2011 | Local News
Small plane crashes on Whidbey Island
WHIDBEY ISLAND — A small plane crashed just after 4 p.m. Thursday on the west side of Whidbey Island, south of Coupeville, killing one person.
Date: 12/08/2011 | Local News
Bodies of 2 plane crash victims found in Colo.
SILVERTON, Colo. -- The final two people killed in a plane crash in the southwest Colorado mountains were found Tuesday as federal investigators arrived to search for clues in the crash that killed three bank employees and a fourth person on their way to a Christmas party.
Date: 12/06/2011 | Nation & World
6 feared dead in Arizona plane crash
PHOENIX, Ariz. -- Six people on a Thanksgiving trip, including three young children, were feared dead when a twin-engine aircraft crashed into the Superstition Mountains east of Phoenix on Wednesday evening, authorities said.
Date: 11/23/2011 | Nation & World
Small plane crashes in Snohomish; no injuries reported
SNOHOMISH -- No injuries were reported Friday after a plane apparently overshot the runway at Harvey Field.The crash was reported just after 3 p.m., Snohomish County sheriff's bureau chief Kevin Prentiss said.
Date: 11/11/2011 | Local News
Deadly hockey team crash caused by pilot error, probe says
MOSCOW — A Russian pilot inadvertently put the wheel brakes on during takeoff, causing a crash that killed 44 people including a professional ice hockey team, investigators said Wednesday, citing lax oversight and insufficient crew training as key reasons behind the error.
Date: 11/02/2011 | Nation & World
Everett firm named in Reno air race crash lawsuit
LAS VEGAS — The family of a Texas man killed when a racing aircraft crashed into spectators in the National Championship Air Races in Reno filed a $25 million lawsuit Tuesday against the pilot’s family, a mechanic on the World War II-era aircraft and the Nevada organization that hosted...
Date: 11/01/2011 | Nation & World
Pilot killed, passenger survives E. Ore. crash
PORTLAND -- Authorities say the pilot of a small aircraft died in a crash, and the passenger survived to struggle across Eastern Oregon farm country for help.
Date: 10/27/2011 | Northwest
F-15 crashes north of Las Vegas; pilot safe
ALAMO, Nev. -- An Air Force fighter jet crashed in a remote part of southern Nevada on Monday, but the pilot was able to eject from the aircraft and was uninjured, a military spokesman said.
Date: 10/24/2011 | Nation & World
No on-board video recovered from Reno air show crash
LOS ANGELES -- Investigators have been unable to recover any on-board video from the wreckage of the "Galloping Ghost," the World War II vintage racing craft that crashed last month in an air race in Reno, Nev.
Date: 10/22/2011 | Nation & World
Coast Guard pilot charged in fatal crash
PORT ANGELES -- The only survivor of a Coast Guard helicopter crash that killed three others on the Washington coast has been charged with negligent homicide and other violations of the Uniform Code of Military Justice.
Date: 10/21/2011 | Northwest
Tukwila glider pilot dies while filming GM ad in Cle Elum
CLE ELUM -- A glider that crashed at the Cle Elum Municipal Airport, killing the pilot, was involved in filming a commercial for General Motors at the time.
Date: 10/14/2011 | Northwest
Video: Small plane ditches off Hawaii, pilot rescued
HILO, Hawaii — A small plane ran out of fuel and was ditched in the ocean several miles off Hawaii's coast, but the pilot was rescued by Coast Guard crews who had flown alongside and coached him on crash landing in the choppy seas.
Date: 10/08/2011 | Nation & World
Ex-astronaut pilot in downed plane
ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- The former astronaut at the center of a love triangle that featured a bizarre airport assault by his former astronaut girlfriend on his new love interest was the pilot who survived a small plane crash last month in rural Alaska, federal officials said Friday.
Date: 10/07/2011 | Northwest
Video: Aussie plane hits Ferris wheel; pilot, kids trapped
CANBERRA, Australia — An ultra-light plane crashed into a Ferris wheel at a rural festival in eastern Australia on Saturday, trapping two children on the ride and two adults in the aircraft for hours. There were no serious injuries.
Date: 10/01/2011 | Nation & World
18 die in crash of Mount Everest tourist plane
KATMANDU, Nepal — A plane carrying tourists to view Mount Everest crashed while attempting to land in dense fog in Nepal on Sunday, police and eyewitnesses said. A witness said 18 bodies were pulled out of the wreckage of the plane, which was carrying 19 people.
Date: 09/24/2011 | Nation & World
NTSB focuses on missing part in deadly Reno air show crash
LAS VEGAS -- Federal investigators are looking at evidence that something fell off a modified World War II-era racing aircraft as it climbed, rolled and crashed nose-first into spectators, killing 11 during air races in Reno last week, according to a preliminary...
Date: 09/24/2011 | Nation & World
Experts: Pilot likely unconscious in Reno crash
RENO, Nev. — The veteran aviator whose plane slammed into a crowd of Nevada air race spectators at 400 mph had no chance to save his ill-fated flight after likely losing consciousness from acceleration more abrupt and extreme than even what most fighter pilots endure, flying experts...
Date: 09/21/2011 | Nation & World
Air crash victim remembered as compassionate tough guy
To his friends, Greg Morcom was the protector.He was the funny tough guy. When they needed him, he was the first one on their doorstep.
Date: 09/21/2011 | Local News
Death toll rises to 11 in crash at Reno air races
RENO, Nev. -- When 50-year-old Craig Salerno went missing after attending the Reno air races with friends, his wife didn't need DNA testing to confirm her worst fears.
Date: 09/20/2011 | Northwest
Air race dangers raised in the past
RENO, Nev. -- It's like an Indianapolis 500 in the sky.
Date: 09/19/2011 | Nation & World
2 die in chopper crash at Calif. military base
CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. -- A helicopter that went down during a training exercise at Southern California's Camp Pendleton killed the two Marines onboard and set off a fast-moving brush fire on the base Monday.
Date: 09/19/2011 | Nation & World
Reno air race crash scene shows violence of impact
RENO, Nev. — The scene of a Reno air race crash that killed nine people reveals the violence of the plane's missile-like impact — a crater in the tarmac roughly 3 feet deep and 8 feet across with debris spread out over more than an acre.
Date: 09/18/2011 | Nation & World
Video: Post-WWII plane pilot dies in W.Va. air show crash
MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — The pilot of a post-World War II plane died Saturday after crashing into a runway and bursting into flames, the second deadly air show crash in 24 hours.
Date: 09/17/2011 | Nation & World
Video: Reno crash killed 9; probe focuses on wayward part
RENO, Nev. — The death toll in the crash of a World War II-era plane during a Reno air race rose to nine people Saturday as investigators combed through wreckage and scoured amateur video clips to determine why the aircraft suddenly spiraled out of control and plummeted to the ground near...
Date: 09/16/2011 | Nation & World
Only hockey player to survive Russian plane crash dies
MOSCOW -- The only member of a top Russian hockey team to survive a plane crash that killed 44 people died Monday of his injuries in a Moscow hospital, a final bitter blow to all those who mourned the team's loss.
Date: 09/12/2011 | Nation & World
Midair crash survivor landed damaged plane
ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- The survivor of a midair collision in Alaska last week that killed her boyfriend, who was piloting the other plane, managed to land her badly damaged aircraft as it slowed dangerously to near stall-speed, according to a preliminary report released Thursday by the National...
Date: 09/08/2011 | Northwest
Russian leader demands improved aviation safety
YAROSLAVL, Russia -- President Dmitry Medvedev called for immediate changes in Russia's troubled aviation industry Thursday -- including sharply reducing the number of airlines -- as the country mourned a crash that killed 43 people and devastated a top ice hockey team.
Date: 09/08/2011 | Nation & World
Video: Hockey in shock after Russian jet crash kills 43
TUNOSHNA, Russia — A private Russian jet carrying a top ice hockey team slammed into a riverbank moments after takeoff Wednesday, killing at least 43 people in one of the worst plane crashes ever involving a sports team. Two other people on board were critically injured.
Date: 09/07/2011 | Nation & World
Pilot reported low fuel before Mo. copter crash
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The pilot of a medical helicopter that crashed in a Missouri field had reported that it was low on fuel, federal transportation officials say, but it could be as much as a year before they know what caused the crash that killed all four people onboard.
Date: 08/27/2011 | Nation & World
FAA: 4 dead in Missouri medical helicopter crash
MOSBY, Mo. -- A medical helicopter crashed in northwestern Missouri late Friday near a small airport where it planned to stop for fuel, killing all four people on board, authorities said.
Date: 08/26/2011 | Nation & World
12 dead after 737 crashes in Canadian Arctic
RESOLUTE BAY, Nunavut — A chartered Boeing 737-200 plane crashed Saturday afternoon as it was approaching an airport in Canada's Arctic region, killing 12 people and injuring three, police said.
Date: 08/20/2011 | Nation & World
Crash kills member of elite British aerobatic team
LONDON — A pilot with the British military's elite Red Arrows aerobatic display team died Saturday when his jet crashed and broke into pieces after taking part in an air show in southern England, the defense ministry said.
Date: 08/20/2011 | Nation & World
2 walk away from Yakima County crash landing
YAKIMA -- The Yakima County Sheriff's Office says two people in a small plane were uninjured when they crash-landed Wednesday evening in an alfalfa field about 11 miles northwest of the Yakima Airport.
Date: 08/18/2011 | Northwest
SEALs killed in Afghan crash were on rescue mission
KABUL, Afghanistan — The U.S. Navy SEALs and other troops whose helicopter was shot down in eastern Afghanistan had rushed to the mountainous area to help a U.S. Army Ranger unit that was under fire from insurgents, two U.S. officials said Sunday.
Date: 08/06/2011 | Nation & World
4 die after 2 planes collide over Alaska
TRAPPER CREEK, Alaska -- Two single-engine float planes collided as they flew near an Alaska lake and one of them crashed and burned, killing the four people aboard, authorities said. The second plane landed safely despite significant damage.
Date: 07/31/2011 | Northwest
FAA: 2 small planes collide over Alaska
TRAPPER CREEK, Alaska -- Two small airplanes collided above Alaska on Saturday, with one of the aircraft landing safely after the accident and the other crashing to the ground and burning, killing at least two people on board, authorities said.
Date: 07/30/2011 | Northwest
Two killed when Wright biplane replica crashes
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — A newly produced model of a Wright Brothers biplane crashed Saturday in the midst of its flight testing in rural Ohio, killing the two volunteer pilots aboard.
Date: 07/30/2011 | Nation & World
Cheers to screams as 737 crashes in Guyana (Video)
GEORGETOWN, Guyana — Flight 523 from New York had just touched down and passengers were applauding the pilot's landing in the South American country Saturday when something suddenly went wrong.
Date: 07/30/2011 | Nation & World
Cockpit chaos reigned on doomed 2009 Airbus flight
LE BOURGET, France — A confused cockpit crew without proper training to head off high-altitude disaster flew toward it, instead, with wrong-headed maneuvers, no task-sharing and perhaps unaware their flight was about to end in the Atlantic Ocean.
Date: 07/29/2011 | Nation & World
Two dead in Boeing 747 cargo jet crash off Korea
SEOUL, South Korea — A pilot and co-pilot died after an Asiana Airlines cargo plane crashed early Thursday in the sea off South Korea's Jeju Island, the Coast Guard told Yonhap News Agency.
Date: 07/27/2011 | Nation & World
2 who died in plane crash near Verlot are identified
VERLOT -- A father and son who died in a plane crash near Verlot last weekend have been identified.
Date: 07/14/2011 | Local News
7 killed in crash returning from family reunion
NICEVILLE, Fla. -- When Fred Teutenberg missed his regular gig playing bass guitar in the church band, the pastor and congregation sensed something was amiss. Knowing the family had a private plane and that Teutenberg was a pilot, they checked news reports of crashes and quickly figured out the...
Date: 07/11/2011 | Nation & World
Two bodies recovered from plane crash northeast of Granite Falls
GRANITE FALLS -- Rescuers recovered the bodies of a father and son Sunday morning. The two were killed in a plane crash in the mountain wilderness northeast of Granite Falls.
Date: 07/10/2011 | Local News
More than 50 die in Congo crash of Boeing 727
KINSHASA, Congo — A plane crashed in a thunderstorm as it was attempting to land in the Congo Friday, killing at least 48 people, and leaving a dozen or more buried in the wreckage. 53 passengers survived.
Date: 07/08/2011 | Nation & World
Russia to discard Soviet-era airliners after crash
MOSCOW — Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev said Thursday that Soviet-built planes similar to the one that crashed this week should be taken out of service from next year.
Date: 06/23/2011 | Nation & World
Reports: 44 killed in Russian passenger jet crash
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia -- A passenger jet crashed in heavy fog and burst into flames late Monday on a highway in northwestern Russia, just short of a runway whose fog lights had failed, killing 44 people, officials said. Eight people survived the crash.
Date: 06/20/2011 | Nation & World
4 dead in N.Y. suburb plane crash
NEW YORK -- A small plane crashed about a mile from a suburban airport on Saturday, bursting into flames and killing all four people on board. The plane crashed shortly after departure from Westchester County Airport in White Plains, north of New York City, authorities said.
Date: 06/18/2011 | Nation & World
Pilot killed during accident at Poland air show
WARSAW, Poland -- A small plane lost control and plunged into a river Saturday as it performed stunts at an air show in Poland. The pilot, the only person on board, was killed.
Date: 06/18/2011 | Nation & World
Memorial planned for Everett woman who died in plane crash
EVERETT -- A memorial is scheduled for an Everett woman who died in a plane crash in Nevada over Memorial Day Weekend.Paula Hincapie, 29, was killed, along with her husband, Hector Moreno, 41. The two had relocated to Everett about a year ago.
Date: 06/17/2011 | Local News
Bodies from Airbus plane crash brought to France
BAYONNE, France — The remains of 104 people killed in a 2009 plane crash in the Atlantic Ocean were brought to France on Thursday for identification.
Date: 06/16/2011 | Nation & World
WWII B-17 destroyed in emergency landing
OSWEGO, Ill. -- A World War II bomber made what appeared to be an emergency landing in a cornfield Monday and all seven people on board escaped before it was consumed by fire, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.
Date: 06/13/2011 | Nation & World
Friends of victims in Nevada plane crash plan memorial
EVERETT -- Paula Hincapie wanted to become a mom. She was planning to see her own mother this month for the first time in years.
Date: 06/08/2011 | Local News
Plane crash in Nevada kills two from Everett
Two people from Everett have been identified as those who died last weekend in a plane crash north of Reno, Nev.The Washoe County Sheriff's Office on Friday identified them as Paula Hincapie, 29, and Hector Moreno, 41.
Date: 06/04/2011 | Local News
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