Hospital CEO Crashes Single-Engine Plane Near Pittsburgh

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

3 Hurt in Ohio Plane Crash

May 11th, 2011 | Other accidents

May 11, 2011 A small, single-engine plane struck a tree and crash-landed in a field in Ravenna, Ohio, early Tuesday evening, injuring three people. Ohio State Highway Patrol say that the 1994 Mooney plane experienced engine trouble and went down at 6 p.m. near North Chestnut Street and Route 14. The pilot reportedly looked for… Read More

Retrieval of Air France Black Boxes Expected to Lead to Liability Claims

May 5th, 2011 | Aviation accident

May 5, 2011 After 700 days, five searches, and $135 million spent in recovery efforts, both black boxes belonging to Air France Flight 447 were finally recovered on the seafloor off Brazil’s northeast coast earlier this week. Family members of victims now hope for answers they’ve been denied since the plane crashed into the Atlantic… Read More