Tag: Crash

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...

Cessna Citation pilot arrested for driving under the influence

A pilot has been arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol, after crash landing his Cessna Citation 550 in Nevada, United States. The man, named as 41-year-old Ryan Dashiell of Spokane, Washington, managed to evade serious injury after crashing the aircraft at Nevada’s Mesquite Airpo...

Small plane crashes near Dubai International Airport, killing three Brits

Three Brits and one South African were killed as a DA42 small aircraft crashed near Dubai International Airport last night, according to reports from the UAE General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA). The Government of Dubai Media Office confirmed all four crew members on board the Diamond DA42 sm...

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...

Small aircraft pilot crashes after running out of fuel

A pilot of a Champion 7GC aircraft recently crashed in Alaska, US, after running out of fuel, according to a safety board report. The pilot did not preflight the aircraft or check fuel before flying, according to the FAA Aviation Safety Inspector. The pilot was forced to land near Palmer, Alas...

US small plane crash leaves one dead

Source: Patch. The crashing of a small aircraft in Massachusetts, US, has left one person dead and one person injured. The plane crashed into water near Cranland Airport in the US state of Massachusetts last Friday. Boston 25 News, the local news in the area, reported that a medical helicopte...

Man crashes Citation into house following assault arrest

Source: The Toronto Sun. A man in the US state of Utah has died after crashing a Citation jet into his own house following a domestic assault charge in which he was released after posting bail. Experienced pilot, Duane Youd, crashed the plane into his house in the small hours of August 13. It...

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...

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 ...

Teenager pulled alive from small aircraft crash in Detroit, US

A teenager was pulled out alive from a single-engine plane crash in a residential street in Detroit recently which killed the rest of the passengers onboard. The Cessna 210 crashed in a residential neighborhood last Sunday around 8pm local time. Two people were killed in the crash, believed to...

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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