Category: plane crash

Coast Guard Suspends Search for 9 Missing Victims of Floatplane Crash Near Seattle

The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended the search for nine missing people who were involved in a floatplane crash on Sept. 4 off Seattle, Washington. “The Coast Guard has suspended its active search for the remaining nine missing individuals effective at noon,” the U.S. Coast Guard 13th District Pacific Northwest announced on Sept. 5, following a nearly 20-hour…


German Family, South African Pilot Dead in Namibia Plane Crash

Five people were killed after the plane they were traveling in crashed in Namibia’s Zambezi region on Tuesday. Local media reported that a German family of four and a South African pilot were onboard the Cessna 210 aircraft, which came down shortly after taking off from an airstrip on Impalila Island. They had spent three…


Small Plane Crashes in Abu Dhabi, Injuring Pilot

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates—A small plane crashed in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates on Wednesday, police said, injuring the pilot but causing no other casualties. Instead of landing at the capital’s private jet airport, the glider hurtled into the parking lot of the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi, police said. They…


Multiple People Dead After 2 Planes Collide at Airport in California: Reports

Multiple people have been reported dead on Aug. 18 after two planes collided at an airport in California while trying to land there, according to reports. The crash took place above Watsonville Municipal Airport, located in Santa Cruz County, on California’s central coast. In a statement, the City of Watsonville announced that the crash occurred shortly…


Co-pilot Dies After Fall From Plane in North Carolina

The co-pilot of a small cargo plane died Friday after falling from the aircraft in North Carolina before it made an emergency landing. News outlets report that the body of the co-pilot, 23-year-old Charles Hew Crooks, was found in a backyard in the town of Fuquay-Varina, about 30 miles south of the Raleigh-Durham International Airport….


Plane Crash-Lands at Somalia Airport, All 30 Passengers Survived

MOGADISHU—A passenger plane crash-landed at an airport in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Monday, with no deaths reported and all those on board—more than 30 passengers—rescued. Airport authorities said passengers and crew have disembarked from the Jubba Airways-operated plane, which was arriving on a domestic flight from the inland city of Baidoa. There was no reasons…


Transportation Safety Board of Canada Investigates Fatal Seaplane Crash in Quebec

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada is investigating a seaplane crash in Quebec’s Mauricie region that killed a 63-year-old man. Provincial police say they were called around 3:45 p.m. on Sunday after witnesses reported that a seaplane had plunged into the St-Maurice river, in Shawinigan, Que., about 150 kilometres northeast of Montreal. Shawinigan resident René…


US Coast Guard Rescues 2 Survivors After Plane Crashes Off Alaska

The U.S. Coast Guard rescued two people in Alaska after their plane crashed this week off Montague Island, the maritime search and rescue agency announced. Watchstanders of the USCG Sector Anchorage received a report on July 5 at about 4:15 p.m. from a friend of the pilot that a P-18 Super Cub aircraft with two people…


Hunt Continues for 2 Missing After Rotterdam Plane Crash

THE HAGUE, Netherlands—Emergency services used a sonar-equipped boat Tuesday in the hunt for the wreckage of a small airplane with two people on board that crashed over the weekend in a waterway that is part of the busy port of Rotterdam. Police in Norway said the two people missing were Norwegians. The identities of those on…


Lawsuit Filed Over Plane Crash That Killed 8 Off of NC Coast

The families of four people—including three teens—who died in a February plane crash off the North Carolina coast are suing the companies that owned the plane and employed the pilot, who also died. The suit claims the pilot failed to properly fly the single-engine plane in weather conditions with limited visibility, making the firms liable….