A pilot died Friday after two glider planes collided in the air over Edinburg, New York, and one aircraft crashed into a remote, wooded area, leaving investigators with no clear explanation for how the collision happened. The crash occurred around 2:30 p.m. over the small town about 20 miles north of Saratoga Springs, New York […] The post Glider pilot killed in mid-air collision over Upstate New York appeared first on American Almanac .
A pilot died Friday after two glider planes collided in the air over Edinburg, New York, and one aircraft crashed into a remote, wooded area, leaving investigators with no clear explanation for how the collision happened. The crash occurred around 2:30 p.m. over the small town about 20 miles north of Saratoga Springs, New York State Police reported . One of the two gliders managed to land safely at Plateau Sky Ranch Airport. The second went down in a remote area, and searchers who reached the wreckage found the pilot dead at the scene. The deceased pilot was the sole occupant of the crashed glider. Authorities have not publicly identified the pilot, and the cause of the mid-air collision remains unknown. State police said their…Open
A 35-year-old skydiver fell nearly two miles while knocked unconscious, crashed through a conifer tree, and walked away alive, and now says she cannot wait to jump again. Holly Wiffen was on her fourth jump of the day at Langar airfield near Nottingham, England, on August 7 when a fellow skydiver's shin struck the back […] The post British skydiver survives 10,000-foot unconscious freefall after mid-air collision appeared first on American Almanac .
A 35-year-old skydiver fell nearly two miles while knocked unconscious, crashed through a conifer tree, and walked away alive, and now says she cannot wait to jump again. Holly Wiffen was on her fourth jump of the day at Langar airfield near Nottingham, England, on August 7 when a fellow skydiver's shin struck the back of her helmet at roughly 100 miles per hour. The blow knocked her out cold, smashed the GoPro camera off her helmet, and sent her tumbling earthward from approximately 12,000 feet with no one at the controls. She plummeted at 150 mph for roughly 10,000 feet, unconscious the entire way, before somehow pulling her ripcord at an estimated 1,000 feet, about five seconds before she would have hit the ground. But the ordeal was…Open
Officials from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) provided an update on the deadly collision between a small plane and a state police helicopter in Carlisle, Pennsylvania on Wednesday. The pilot of the plane was killed, and the two troopers onboard the helicopter survived the crash. Investigators are working to determine what may have caused the plane to suddenly change direction and strike the helicopter. MORE: A Cessna 150 airplane and a Bell 407 helicopter collided in midair near Carlisle, Pennsylvania, around 7:50 p.m. local time on Wednesday, Aug. 19, according to the FAA. Two people were on board the helicopter. The number of people on board the Cessna is unknown. The FAA and National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB)…
Potential disaster was averted when a Phoenix air traffic controller recognized two American Airlines jets mistakenly were flying the same flight number.
AI:A vigilant air traffic controller in Phoenix successfully averted a mid-air catastrophe when he identified that two separate American Airlines aircraft were attempting to occupy the same airspace using identical flight numbers. This breakdown in operational protocol nearly resulted in a direct collision between the two jets, highlighting ongoing systemic failures and lack of oversight within modern aviation management.Open
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is holding a meeting Tuesday morning to discuss its probe of the January 2025 mid-air crash between an Army Black Hawk helicopter and American Airlines passenger plane. The crash killed 67 people, marking one of the deadliest aviation incidents in the U.S. since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Investigators have found that the helicopter was flying higher than it should have been due to inaccurate altitude readings. Following the deadly crash, the family of at least one victim sued the Trump administration and American Airlines over the incident. The meeting is scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. EST.
AI:The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) held a meeting to discuss its investigation into the January 2025 mid-air collision between an Army Black Hawk helicopter and an American Airlines plane, which resulted in 67 fatalities. Preliminary findings indicate the helicopter was flying at an incorrect altitude due to inaccurate readings.Open
