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The runway lights were out, a weather alert system wasn’t working and there was heavy fog at a San Diego airport when a pilot who had flown across the country made the decision to proceed with landing but came up short and crashed into a neighborhood, killing all six aboard the aircraft, investigators said Friday. Investigator Dan Baker of the National Transportation Safety Board said officials will work over the next year to determine what caused the Cessna 550 Citation to crash just before 4 a.m. local time Thursday. The jet was carrying a music executive and five others. No...

Speculation is raging as to the identity of the pilot involved in Delta Airlines Pearson Airport crash, with some sources claiming she was a woman who only got certified a month ago.The plane flipped over while landing, leaving terrified passengers hanging upside down in their seats, and it’s a minor miracle that no one died, although 21 people were taken to hospital.Many have blamed pilot error for the crash, noting that the pilot did not seem to attempt to pull the nose of the plane as it descended.

Delta Air Lines has offered $30,000 to each passenger aboard Flight 4819, which crash-landed at Toronto Pearson International Airport on February 17, 2025. This gesture, totaling over $2.2 million, is provided “with no strings attached” and does not affect passengers’ rights to pursue legal action. The flight, originating from Minneapolis, carried 76 passengers and four crew members. All individuals survived the incident, though 21 sustained injuries. The cause of the crash is under investigation.

A regional airline operating the Delta Air Lines flight that flipped upside down upon landing on Monday is being criticized for aggressively promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion policies that critics allege may have contributed to the near-fatal incident. Air travel was brought to a standstill over Toronto on Monday after Delta Flight 4819 capsized while attempting to land at Pearson International Airport, where wind gusts were reported to be as high as 65 mph. Video of the harrowing incident shows flames bursting from the bottom of the jet before a wing breaks off, and the intact cabin rolls onto its...

Eugene Peltola Jr., the late husband of Rep. Mary Peltola of Alaska, was ferrying moose meat and antlers when his plane crashed earlier this month, according to a preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board. Peltola Jr. had flown a group of hunters from Holy Cross, Alaska, to St. Mary's, Alaska, two days before the fatal crash, according to the report. He then returned to help haul moose meat back after a successful hunt, the report said. The fatal Sept. 12 crash was Peltola Jr.'s second meat run of the day, with the first going smoothly and without incident,...

Our dear friend and phenomenal world leading freedom fighter doctor Carrie Madej was involved in a plane crash, which almost killed her. Dr. Carrie Madej and her partner Billy – a private plane pilot with 20 years of experience – returned from Florida, where they enjoyed a meeting with likeminded people. In mid air the engine of the plane suddenly stalled, for no apparent reason. In a few seconds the rpm dropped to zero, and they dropped like a rock. No one can figure out why this happened. Airplane engines are meticulously maintained and thoroughly checked, and there was no...

One guest (name unclear) on Steve Bannon's radio, just before it closed at 12:00 EDT), reported a British C-130 that "he had flown in on earlier" broke its wing and crashed flying into and out of Kabul's single runway airport. No other confirmation, no other details. Those three on-line listening and talking did not react, seemed to already know it, so - perhaps "older news" from a previous day or even previous week? Ref: Steve Bannon’s War Room - Morning show! 10am-12noon ET America’s Voice News ^ | 8/26/2021 | Steve Bannon, America’s Voice News Posted on 8/26/2021, 9:42:24 AM...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Boeing Co said it was aware of media reports regarding a plane crash in Iran and was gathering more information.

GatesofVienna: Terror in the Alps?Given the multiple terror threats issued recently by Al Qaeda and the Islamic State, whenever a major jetliner crashes one immediately suspects that jihad may be involved. And, given the Western political propensity to deny and cover up any planned Islamic terror attack, one suspects that the evidence of jihad will emerge slowly, if ever. The A320 is designed to cruise at 37,000 feet for optimum fuel usage. The fact that it began a controlled descent at full speed without making radio contact with air traffic controllers is peculiar, to say the least. A320 pilots...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- The head of the organization that monitors the nuclear test ban treaty said Monday he has asked its experts to see if they detected an explosion at high altitude of the missing Malaysian Airlines plane. Lassina Zerbo, executive director of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organization told a news conference that the CTBTO uses "infrasound" - or infrasonic sensors - to monitor the earth mainly for atmospheric nuclear explosions....

Asiana Airlines Inc said the pilot in charge of landing the Boeing 777 that crash-landed at San Francisco's airport on Saturday was training for the long-range plane and that it was his first flight to the airport with the jet. "It was Lee Kang-kook's maiden flight to the airport with the jet... He was in training. Even a veteran gets training (for a new jet)," a spokeswoman for Asiana Airlines said on Monday. "He has a lot of experience and previously flown to San Francisco on different planes including the B747... and he was assisted by another pilot who has...

Part of article from St. Pete Times after Sept 11. "Robert C. Cooper, president of National Aviation Flight School and Aviation Rentals, stressed that the extra security cannot be done at the expense of those of Middle Eastern descent. "I don't want to get involved in profiling," he said. "I have faith in my government. I have to work on the belief that my government has basis to allow them into the country and show them proper respect." end of article. Cooper is head of National Aviation Holdings that owned A/C. Many Florida flight schools train Arab students. Wonder if ...

The National Public Prosecutor's Office is trying to determine whether Russian authorities made some minor repairs to the runway landing systems at the Smolensk airport following the plane crash on the morning of April 10. According to eyewitness accounts, after the crash – in which President Lech Kacyński and 95 others lost their lives – airport personnel were seen changing light bulbs on runway lights close to the airport, suggesting that at the time of the attempted landing the lights were broken. Colonel Zbigniew Rzepa, from the Chief Military Prosecutor's office, told PAP that the office is investigating reports that...

SÃO PAULO, Brazil - Officials struggled Thursday to determine why a jetliner raced down a runway before crashing in a fireball that killed at least 189 people — an accident that set off a fierce debate over whether to close Brazil's busiest airport. Security video released by the air force showed TAM Flight 3054 from Porto Alegre speeding down the tarmac more than four times as fast as other planes landing around the same time. The Airbus-320 skidded off the main runway in a heavy rain, jumped over a highway and slammed into a building Tuesday night, killing all 186...

An airplane enroute to St. Thomas from Fort Lauderdale crashed at 13:15 approximately 33 nautical miles northwest of the main island of Puerto Rico. Fuel starvation most likely caused the accident since seven minutes before dropping off the San Juan CERAP radar, the pilot had reported being low on fuel and that he was going to attempt a landing at the Aguadilla Airport (old Ramey AF - BQN/TJBQ) in the northwest corner of the island. The pilot, identified as James W. Herron, 59, and resident of St. Thomas, was located in the ocean approximately 22 minutes after crashing by a...

BAKU. Dec 24 (Interfax) - Ilham Amirov, deputy general director of Azerbaijani state airline AzAL, said it "cannot be ruled out" that "a terrorist act" caused Friday's crash of an An-140-100 airliner near Baku. Amirov told reporters that the plane had been in use for only about a year. Amirov said the investigation of the crash had produced some preliminary findings, but that investigators have yet to disclose them.

Paris - A confusing series of alarm signals and the lack of an effective common language between its pilots doomed a Cypriot airliner that crashed near Athens last month, killing all 121 people on board, the daily International Herald Tribune said on Wednesday, quoting investigators. An air system knob that had been incorrectly set during maintenance on the ground prevented the Helios Airways Boeing 737 from pressurising properly, but the crew failed to notice the problem during their preflight checks, people connected to the investigation told the newspaper. Then, as the aircraft ascended through 3 000m, a pressurisation alarm -...

SAN ANTONIO -- At least one person was killed today when a small airplane crashed near a seniors citizens apartment complex, authorities said. John Clabes, a spokesman for the Federal Aviation Administration, said that the Piper Navajo owned by Dash Air Charter of San Antonio was on approach to San Antonio International Airport shortly after 5 p.m. "He pulled out of the approach and disappeared off our radio," Clabes said. He said one person on the plane died and authorities were trying to determine if there were other victims on the plane. District Fire Chief Randy Jenkins said some people...

    Plane goes down in residential area of Jefferson City, Missouri   By David A. LiebASSOCIATED PRESS 1:27 a.m. October 15, 2004 Associated PressFirefighters battle a blaze that erupted after a regional jet crashed into a residential area in Jefferson City, Mo. Authorities said the plane crashed between rows of houses, narrowly missing several homes. There was no word on the fate of the plane's occupants, which included only the pilot and co-pilot, authorities said. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – A small jet with no passengers went down in a residential area of eastern Jefferson City, damaging a building, authorities...

U.S. counterterrorism expert killed in plane crash in Australia Sun Sep 29, 5:23 AM ET BRISBANE, Australia - One of the six victims of last week's plane crash on an exclusive Australian island resort was an American counterterrorism expert on his honeymoon, a newspaper reported Sunday. The man's new wife, also a counterterrorism strategist, was also supposed to have been on the plane but gave up her seat at the last minute to allow a family of four to sit together on the ill-fated flight Thursday, The Sunday Telegraph reported. Investigators suspect the plane suffered a mechanical failure. Media reports...