A 24-year-old pilot was arrested in Hungary after allegedly taking a small plane into restricted airspace near the nation’s largest nuclear plant, prompting a fighter jet response and a crash landing that left the plane wrecked but the facility unharmed. Hungarian authorities are investigating how a young pilot managed to take a Cessna 172 from […] The post Hungarian police arrest 24-year-old after unauthorized plane enters nuclear plant airspace, crashes in field appeared first on American Almanac .
A 24-year-old pilot was arrested in Hungary after allegedly taking a small plane into restricted airspace near the nation’s largest nuclear plant, prompting a fighter jet response and a crash landing that left the plane wrecked but the facility unharmed. Hungarian authorities are investigating how a young pilot managed to take a Cessna 172 from Kalocsa Airport, fly into a no-fly zone surrounding the country’s main nuclear power station, and crash in a sunflower field just four miles from the sensitive facility. The incident triggered a military radar alert and sent fighter jets scrambling to intercept the unauthorized aircraft, according to reporting by The U.S. Sun . Officials say the pilot was uninjured and was taken into custody at…Open
A helicopter carrying two British honeymooners crashed and burned just feet from its landing pad on a Greek island, killing all three aboard, and investigators still cannot say why an experienced military-veteran pilot never called for help. Alexander Cromie, 31, a vice president at Blackstone, and his wife Marie Ebert, 30, a senior specialist at […] The post British newlyweds and pilot killed in Greek helicopter crash as investigators probe mechanical failure appeared first on American Almanac .
A helicopter carrying two British honeymooners crashed and burned just feet from its landing pad on a Greek island, killing all three aboard, and investigators still cannot say why an experienced military-veteran pilot never called for help. Alexander Cromie, 31, a vice president at Blackstone, and his wife Marie Ebert, 30, a senior specialist at Bain & Co in London, died Monday evening when their small private helicopter went down on the island of Sifnos in the Aegean Sea. Pilot Giorgos Raikos, a 55-year-old former Greek military aviator with thousands of flying hours, also perished. The aircraft had departed from Markopoulo, near Athens, a roughly 40-minute hop the couple chose over a ferry ride that can take up to five hours. The…Open
Eyewitness video captures a plane forced to make an emergency landing in the water off South Beach Park, Florida. The pilot and sole occupant was able to swim to shore uninjured, according to CNN affiliate WPTV.
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