STRIPES (Jennifer H. Svan) - Plane chartered by Army Corps crashes in Alaska, killing 8 | Stars and Stripes
A plane chartered by the Army Corps of Engineers crashed at Cape Newenham Long Range Radar Site in western Alaska, killing all eight aboard.
ABCNEWS - 4 Americans die in helicopter crash in Kenya, State Department confirms
Four Americans died in a helicopter crash in Samburu County, Kenya, on Wednesday, a State Department spokesperson confirmed.
AMERICANALMANAC (Jack Newsome) - Military GPS-jamming exercise linked to medevac crash that killed four in New Mexico
A U.S. Air Force electronic warfare test knocked out GPS navigation across hundreds of miles of New Mexico airspace on the night a medevac plane flew straight into a 10,000-foot mountain, killing all four people aboard. The twin-engine Beechcraft King Air left Roswell just before midnight on May 13, carrying two pilots and two nurses […] The post Military GPS-jamming exercise linked to medevac crash that killed four in New Mexico appeared first on American Almanac .
A U.S. Air Force electronic warfare test knocked out GPS navigation across hundreds of miles of New Mexico airspace on the night a medevac plane flew straight into a 10,000-foot mountain, killing all four people aboard. The twin-engine Beechcraft King Air left Roswell just before midnight on May 13, carrying two pilots and two nurses on a mission to pick up a patient in Ruidoso and fly them to Albuquerque. Eight minutes after takeoff, the crew reported losing GPS and asked air traffic control for help. By 12:08 a.m. on May 14, the aircraft had overshot the landing pattern by roughly 10 miles. The pilots never made it to the airport. The plane struck the Capitan Mountains at full speed, and nobody survived. The crash has been linked to a…Open
AMERICANALMANAC (Jack Newsome) - Air traffic control audio captures final moments before fatal small plane crash in Chandler, Arizona
Newly released air traffic control recordings reveal the chilling seconds between a routine takeoff clearance at Chandler Municipal Airport and the moment a fellow pilot radioed the tower to report the plane had gone down, killing the sole person on board. The Piper PA-28-180 Cherokee departed runway 22 right on a Tuesday evening just after […] The post Air traffic control audio captures final moments before fatal small plane crash in Chandler, Arizona appeared first on American Almanac .
Newly released air traffic control recordings reveal the chilling seconds between a routine takeoff clearance at Chandler Municipal Airport and the moment a fellow pilot radioed the tower to report the plane had gone down, killing the sole person on board. The Piper PA-28-180 Cherokee departed runway 22 right on a Tuesday evening just after 9:30 p.m. local time. Moments later, the aircraft slammed into a commercial yard southwest of the airport in Chandler, Arizona, and the pilot, the only occupant, did not survive. Authorities have not released the pilot's name or gender. The ATC audio, obtained by 12News , lays out a sequence that moved from ordinary to catastrophic in under a minute. Chandler Tower issued a standard clearance:…Open
REDSTATE (Ward Clark) - Pilot Safe After Ejecting From F-35 Crash at San Diego’s MCAS Miramar
ABCNEWS - 1 dead after small plane crashes near Chandler Airport in Arizona, fire officials say
One person was killed after a small aircraft crashed near Chandler Airport in Arizona, according to the Chandler Fire Department.
NPR (The Associated Press) - Plane crashes into Beijing's tallest building; damage reported
The cause of the damage could not be independently verified, and authorities did not immediately issue a statement on the incident.
ABCNEWS - 8 victims killed in B-52 crash identified by Edwards Air Force Base
The eight people killed in an Air Force B-52 Stratofortress bomber crash this week have been identified.
ABCNEWS - 1 dead after private plane crashes onto Texas road, police say
Part of the plane remained on Laredo's Loop 20 early on Wednesday.
DAILYCALLER (Mark Tanos) - 12 Killed In Deadly Missouri Skydiving Plane Crash
'A call nobody wants to have on any day'