Tag: aviation accident
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Plane Rips Through Driver’s Vehicle During Emergency Landing In Prince George – One Dead, Several Injured
A terrifying emergency landing in Prince George, British Columbia, turned a busy road into a crash scene Thursday afternoon after a twin-engine Beech King Air 200 lost power in one engine and came down on Foothills Boulevard. Jaime Pawliuk was driving to work when he suddenly saw the aircraft heading toward his vehicle. “All of…
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NTSB Reveals Somatogravic Illusion And Pitch-Trim Clues In Fatal Philadelphia Learjet Crash That Killed Eight People
Philly Learjet Crash: NTSB Docket Reveals Possible Role of Spatial Disorientation and Pitch Trim The NTSB has released its docket information on the January 31, 2025 crash of a medevac Learjet 55 in Philadelphia, providing new details about the final seconds of the flight. Eight people ultimately died in the accident — six aboard the…
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On This Day In 2011: First Air Flight 6560 Crashed 1 Mile From The Runway, Killing 12 After An Unstable Approach And Missed Warnings Led To Disaster
On August 20, 2011, First Air Flight 6560, a Boeing 737-210C operating a charter flight from Yellowknife to Resolute Bay in Canada’s Nunavut territory, was approaching its destination when a series of small errors and missed warnings turned an otherwise routine landing into a fatal controlled flight into terrain. The aircraft, registration C-GNWN, carried 15…
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On This Day In 2008: Spanair Flight 5022 Crashed Seconds After Takeoff, Killing 154 – The Three Safety Barriers That Failed Before It Left The Ground
On August 20, 2008, Spanair Flight 5022 was preparing to fly from Madrid-Barajas Airport to Gran Canaria with 166 passengers and six crew members aboard. Seconds after takeoff, the McDonnell Douglas MD-82 stalled, rolled, and crashed beside the runway. Of the 172 people on board, 154 died and only 18 survived. It became one of…
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On This Day In 1993: A Fatigued DC-8 Banked Nearly 90 Degrees & Crashed And Destroyed By Fire At Guantánamo Bay – Yet Amazingly, All 3 Crew Members Survived With No Fatalities
On August 18, 1993, American International Airways Flight 808 was approaching the U.S. Naval Station at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, when a routine cargo flight turned into a terrifying loss of control. The three experienced crew members survived a crash that destroyed the Douglas DC-8-61, but the investigation uncovered something far more disturbing than a simple…
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Pilot Reached Just 125 Feet Before Tragic Crash Near Saranac Lake That Killed 3 – NTSB Releases Preliminary Findings
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has released its preliminary report into the fatal July 13 crash of a Smith Aerostar 601P (N800AA) near Adirondack Regional Airport in Saranac Lake, New York, revealing the aircraft never climbed higher than about 125 feet above the ground before the accident. According to investigators, the twin-engine aircraft had…
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JAL Boeing 737-800 Hits Turbulence Near Tokyo, Flight Attendant Suffers Rib Fracture on JL672
JAL Flight JL672, a Boeing 737-800 flying from Oita to Tokyo Haneda on July 21, encountered unexpected turbulence while descending toward Haneda Airport. The aircraft landed safely on Runway 22 with all 126 people on board. During the sudden turbulence, a flight attendant working near the rear of the cabin fell and suffered a fractured…
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He Switched Flights, Then Watched Friends Survive Kenmore Air Crash Near Sucia Island
A planned summer fishing trip to Washington’s San Juan Islands turned into a remarkable survival story after Cody Gibson changed his travel plans just one day before departure, unknowingly avoiding the Kenmore Air floatplane that crashed near Sucia Island on Thursday. Gibson had originally been booked on Kenmore Air Flight 140 with his friends but…
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Plane Bounced On Runway Before Hitting Trees In Piseco, Killing Pilot, According To NTSB Report
New details have emerged about the fatal crash of a Cessna 182 at Piseco Airport in New York’s Adirondack region, with a preliminary National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) report revealing the aircraft bounced multiple times on the runway before leaving the airfield and crashing into nearby trees. The accident occurred on July 12, 2026, and…
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Helicopter Tour Turns Into Horror as Gyroplane Crashes Into Tourists at China’s Chaka Salt Lake
A sightseeing flight ended in a terrifying accident after a Harbin XLI (Celier Xenon) gyroplane, registration B-72HX, crashed into a tourist area at the famous Chaka Salt Lake in Qinghai Province, China. Dramatic footage shows the yellow gyroplane flying at low altitude before suddenly emitting smoke, losing control, and spinning toward the ground. As visitors…
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