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May 20th, 2011 | Other accidents
May 20, 2011 A Saab 340 turboprop plane went down in Argentina’s southern Patagonia region on Wednesday night, leaving no survivors. The crash occured 45 minutes after take-off, killing three crewmembers and 19 passengers, including a small child. Firefighters found wreckage and bodies in the desert about 15 miles southwest of Los Menucos. Argentine airline… Read More
May 19th, 2011 | Aviation accident
May 19, 2011 The Federal Aviation Administration has issued a warning to pilots that GPS navigation systems used within a 350-mile radius of Las Vegas, Nevada, will likely be “unreliable or unavailable” late at night because a company called LightSquared is field testing a nationwide wireless broadband network of 40,000 transmitters and cell towers southeast… Read More
May 18th, 2011 | Other accidents
May 18, 2011 A light sport aircraft went down in the water off Kauai, Hawaii’s Honopu Beach yesterday, killing both the pilot and his male passenger. The crash occurred around 11 a.m. near Na Pali Coast State Park when a powered hang glider reportedly banked off a cliff and crashed into the ocean at what… Read More
May 17th, 2011 | Aviation articles
May 17, 2011 ABC’s longstanding 20/20 news show recently issued 20 fascinating tips for surviving a plane crash; they range from abstaining from in-flight cocktails to sitting within five rows of an exit to wearing comfortable shoes. The tips come courtesy of Ben Sherwood, who is the president of ABC news and author of The… Read More
May 13th, 2011 | Other accidents
May 13, 2011 A 43-year-old CEO of a surgical hospital crash-landed his single-engine Beechcraft Bonanza in a Washington County, Pennsylvania, field on Thursday afternoon. The man was airlifted about 30 miles away to a Pittsburgh hospital, where he is being treated for head injuries. The pilot had taken off around 1:30 p.m. from Washington County… Read More
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