Category: Airplane crash

Probe Into Fatal Helicopter Crash in New South Wales

Investigators are combing the wreckage from a fatal helicopter crash on the outskirts of Sydney. Emergency services responded to reports of the crash at around midday on Saturday, hampered by difficult, flood-soaked bushland northwest of the city. The pilot in his 60s was the sole occupant, and Australia’s transport safety watchdog announced it had launched…


US Media Reports the Intentional Nosedive of China’s Eastern Airlines, Veteran Pilot Calls for Investigation of Co-Pilot

Two months ago, China Eastern Airlines flight MU5735 lost radio contact and crashed into a mountainous area in Wuzhou, Guangxi Province around 2:38 p.m on March 21, killing all 132 people on board. The Chinese authorities  previously insisted that the rumor saying the co-pilot caused the crash was untrue; but recently, several U.S. media outlets…


Boeing Shares Plummet After 737 Crashes in Southern China

Shares of The Boeing Company fell by as much as 9 percent in pre-trading on Monday, after representatives from China Eastern Airlines confirmed that one Boeing aircraft had crashed in the mountains of southern China. The crash, which occurred on Monday in China’s mountainous Guangxi region, occurred when the aircraft quickly descended from over 29,000…


Former Laguna Niguel Mayor Killed in Plane Crash

LAGUNA NIGUEL, Calif.—Orange County officials were mourning on Feb. 14 the death of former Laguna Niguel Mayor Robert Ming in a plane crash in Kansas. Ming, a managing partner and founder of the Quadrant Law Group, crashed a single-engine plane he was piloting on Feb. 13 at Johnson County Executive Airport. The 51-year-old attorney was…


Helicopter and Plane Collide Midair in Arizona; 2 Killed

CHANDLER, Ariz.—A helicopter and a single-engine plane collided in midair over suburban Phoenix Friday and the two people aboard the copter died after it crashed into a brush field near a municipal airport, officials said. The flight instructor and a student who were aboard the plane landed safely and were not hurt. The collision happened…