Arizona plane crash raises safety issues

December 16th, 2011 | Aviation accident

December 16, 2011 On Thursday, December 8, a single-engine Cirrus SR22 crashed about one-half mile from the Scottsdale, Arizona, airport, reports the Tucson Citizen. The 62-year-old pilot died inside the plane, and the 60-year-old passenger was transported to a nearby trauma center for non-life threatening injuries, fire and police officials said. The Federal Aviation Administration… Read More

Las Vegas helicopter accident kills five

December 14th, 2011 | Aviation accident

December 14, 2011 A tour helicopter went down just west of Lake Mead, killing five people, last Wednesday evening, according to the Las Vegas Review Journal. The aircraft is operated by Sundance Helicopters. It was on a routine flight when the copter took an unplanned sharp left turn and then steeply declined into a ravine,… Read More

Airport accident followed flight to L.A.

December 12th, 2011 | Other accidents

December 12, 2011 An elderly woman fell from stairs at the Los Angeles International Airport on November 22, reports Southern Oregon’s Mail Tribune. Her head struck the pavement. The accident took place around 8:30 a.m. after passengers got off a Horizon Flight from Medford and were climbing to the top of the stairs leading to… Read More

Model accidentally walks into airplane propeller

December 9th, 2011 | Other accidents

December 9, 2011 A model and editor of an online fashion magazine, Lauren Scruggs, 23, was seriously injured on Saturday, December 3, at a private airport in McKinney, Texas, reports the San Francisco Chronicle. The North Texas woman lost her hand and suffered severe eye, shoulder, and head injuries when she walked into the aircraft’s… Read More

Lake Huron plane crash kills 2 men

December 7th, 2011 | Aviation accident

December 7, 2011 Amazon.com executive Tom Phillips, a 52-year-old of Kirkland, Michigan, and a 29-year-old man died Sunday in a small-plane crash on Lake Huron shore, reports US News. They were flying to a home that Phillips owned on Mackinaw Island when the crash occurred. After a concerned family member called Michigan State Police at 10:07 p.m. on… Read More