Families of British Columbia Plane Crash Victims File Lawsuit

August 12th, 2011 | Aviation accident

August 12, 2011 The families of two of the four victims who died in a British Columbia plane crash almost a year ago have filed suit against the pilot’s estate for damages. The crash occurred on August 17, 2010, when a single-engine Piper Comanche went down on Apex Mountain shortly after takeoff. Among the victims… Read More

220 People Evacuated from American Airlines Flight in Chicago When Fire Starts

August 7th, 2011 | Aviation accident

August 8, 2011 A flight from Paris to Chicago ended with 220 passengers evacuating the plane via an emergency slide when American Airlines Flight 41 caught fire upon landing at O’Hare International Airport. All passengers and 12 crew members were forced to evacuate when at least one right-side tyre caught fire as the Boeing 767-300… Read More

Pilot Dies in Washington State Plane Crash

August 3rd, 2011 | Aviation accident

August 3, 2011 A pilot lost his life Wednesday, August 3, when his 1960 Piper Comanche went down in Camas, Washington. The accident occurred around 4:40 p.m. in a field less than a mile northeast of Grove Field Airport. The 84-year-old pilot was returning to Camas after a pilot friend flew him earlier in the… Read More

4 Dead After 2 Planes Collide in Alaska

August 1st, 2011 | Other accidents

August 1, 2011 An Anchorage, Alaska, family of four died on Sunday, July 31, when their single-engine plane collided with another small plane 80 miles north of Anchorage. The crash occurred around Amber Lake near Trapper Creek when two floatplanes collided. One of these planes crashed and burned. The plane pilot by the 41-year-old pilot… Read More

NTSB Determines Cause of Indiana Plane Crash That Killed Purdue Student

July 29th, 2011 | Aviation accident

July 29, 2011 Investigators have determined that pilot error caused the plane crash that took the life of a Purdue University student near small town Americus, Indiana, in February 2011. The vintage plane—a 1942 Taylorcraft DCO-65 single-engine—went down nose first into a wooded area, slamming into the snow-covered ground on the afternoon of February 15.… Read More