Ohio plane crash kills two physicians from Franklin Lakes

June 20th, 2011 | Other accidents

A well-known neurosurgeon from Franklin Lakes and his wife — also a doctor — died Sunday after a small plane crashed into a cornfield and caught fire near the end of a runway at Rickenbacker International Airport in Columbus, Ohio, authorities said. Read more. Read More

5 Family Members Die in Cessna Crash in Anchorage

May 31st, 2011 | Other accidents

Five people died in a plane crash near Anchorage, Alaska’s Birchwood Airport on Friday morning—killing a 46-year-old flight mechanic, his 69-year-old mother, 12-year-old daughter, 12-year-old son, and 11-year-old daughter. At about 10:15 a.m. the single-engine Cessna 180 plane crashed and exploded on railroad tracks located a half-mile from the airport. The flames were so high… Read More

10 Die When Plane Crashes into Houses in Northern India

May 27th, 2011 | Other accidents

May 27, 2011 A plane crash in the Faridabad district of Northern India claimed the lives of seven people on board, as well as three people on the ground late Wednesday. The plane, a Palitus PC-12, plummeted into two houses and burst into flames that could be spotted from over a mile away. The plane… Read More

Plane Crash in Western North Carolina Claims at Least 3 Lives

May 26th, 2011 | Other accidents

May 26, 2011 A twin-engine Beech Baron 58 aircraft crashed into mountainous western North Carolina on Wednesday afternoon, killing at least one person. Crews are still searching the rough terrain in Unaka, North Carolina—about 125 miles west of Asheville—for additional bodies. The first body was found by rescuers on foot after the plane’s smoking wreckage… Read More

2 Die in Hang Glider Crash in Hawaii

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