Tag: Accident

Passengers and crew unharmed after Cessna Citation crash in India

The passengers and crew of a Cessna Citation, which crashed and caught fire at Aligarh Airport in India, have escaped without injury. The incident occurred while the Citation Excel was on final approach at the northern Indian airport, with the aircraft reportedly coming into contact with high te...

British family killed in general aviation crash in Swiss Alps

Two renowned British musicians and their baby daughter have been killed in a light aircraft crash in the Swiss Alps. Acclaimed saxophonist Hannah Goldstein and her husband Jonathan Goldstein, an award-winning composer, were on board the Piper aircraft with their seven-month-old Saskia when it we...

Dale Earnheardt and family emerge unscathed from Citation crash landing

Dale Earnhardt, Jr. and his family survived a serious crash incident at Elizabethton Municipal Airport when their Cessna Citation Latitude overran runway 24 and burst into flames. The 44-year-old retired race car driver escaped the incident in Bristol, Tennessee without serious injury, as did hi...

U.S. business aviation fatalities soar in 2019

The number of deaths caused by business aviation accidents in the United States has risen dramatically during the first 6 months of 2019, compared with the same period last year. Statistics gathered by AINonline reveal that 19 people lost their lives in four business jet accidents so far this ye...

One person killed in US general aviation crash

One person has been killed in a general aviation accident in the US state of Arizona. An 'unidentified' aircraft plummeted to earth under 'unknown' circumstances, according to local media. The aircraft crashed in Heber-Overgaard in Tuscon, Arizona. News 4 Tuscon stated that the Navajo County S...

NBAA: Safety forum discusses human factor error in aviation accidents

NBAA hosted a forum on preventing aviation accidents through human error earlier this week. "This disturbing reality [of aviation accidents caused by error], and the human elements behind those trends, were in focus at the fourth annual NBAA National Safety Forum held Oct. 18 at NBAA’s Business A...

Helicopter crash reported in Virginia, US killing one

Source: abc News. A small aircraft, believed to be a helicopter, recently crashed in a residential area in Virginia, US, and caused the death of one person. A call to the authorities was made in the afternoon of Sunday to report an aircraft crashing in a residential building in Williamsburg in t...

TSB deploys team to Ontario after light aircraft crash

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) is deploying a team of investigators to West Nipissing, ON. The team are being deployed following the collision with terrain of a private aircraft yesterday. The TSB will gather information and assess the occurrence. The TSB regularly updates...

Minor injury after pilot crashes small plane in North Carolina

Source: ABC11. A pilot has suffered a minor injury after crashing a small plane near Triangle North Executive airport in Louisburg, NC last week. The pilot of the small aircraft was attempting to land at the airport when they crashed into a series of trees half a mile from the runway. It was ...

Six killed in Mumbai as chartered aircraft crashes into heart of financial district

Source: DNAIndia. Six people have been killed as a chartered aircraft crashed into Mumbai's busy financial district today. Four people in the aircraft, including the pilot, and two nearby pedestrians were killed as the aircraft plunged into a multi-storey building under construction close to the fi...

Light aircraft crash in Hong Kong leaves pilot in serious condition

A pilot of a light aircraft in Hong Kong is in a serious condition after crashing into a slope in Tai Po earlier this week. As the South China Morning Post reported, the pilot was part of an aviation club practicing aerobatics at the time of the crash. The pilot was still conscious when rescue...

Two dead in light aircraft crash in Ireland

Two people, including a seven-year-old boy, have died after a light aircraft crashed in County Offaly, Ireland. The aircraft, a Cessna Caravan, crashed in bogland, Irish police said. It had been carrying a party of sixteen parachutists, all of whom jumped from the aircraft before it went down. ...

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