Tag: crash

Small Plane Crashes in Southwestern Germany, 3 Bodies Found

BERLIN—A small plane crashed shortly after taking off in southwestern Germany on Saturday and three bodies were found at the crash site, police said. The Piper aircraft came down in a wooded area near Steinenbronn, south of Stuttgart. The plane took off from Stuttgart Airport on Saturday morning with three people on board and was…


Woman Arrested in Freeway Crash That Killed Mother, 5 Children

PHOENIX—A fiery three-vehicle crash in which six people were killed and five others injured occurred after one driver who had a flat tire told her friend driving a second vehicle to change directions by crossing a freeway median to pull over and get help, authorities said. The friend and her five children were killed in…


Philippines Seeks US Help on Data Recorders for Plane Crash Probe

MANILA—The Philippines will send black boxes of a Lockheed C-130 aircraft that crashed at the weekend to the United States to seek expert help in opening and analysing them, the military chief said on Wednesday. The United States has committed to help extract information from the flight data and cockpit voice recorders that could shed…


No Survivors From Plane Crash in Russia’s Far East, Rescue Officials Say

MOSCOW—There are no survivors after a plane carrying 28 people crashed in the far east of Russia on Tuesday, Russian news agencies cited rescue officials as saying. The Antonov An-26 twin-engined turboprop was en route from the regional capital Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky to Palana, a village in the north of the Kamchatka peninsula, when it lost contact…


5 Who Died in New Mexico Hot Air Balloon Crash Identified

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.—Authorities on Sunday released the names of the pilot and two couples who died after a hot air balloon they were riding in struck a power line and crashed onto a busy street in Albuquerque. New Mexico State Police on Sunday identified the pilot as 62-year-old Nicholas Meleski and the four passengers as Susan…


Canadian Forces Pilots Not Warned About Autopilot Before Deadly Cyclone Crash in 2020

HALIFAX—As a pilot guided one of Canada’s navy helicopters up into a tight turn, neither his training nor cockpit indicators warned of how a built-in autopilot would take control and plunge the Cyclone into the Ionian Sea, a military report has concluded. All six Canadian Forces members on board died in the crash on April…


Kobe Bryant’s Widow to Settle Lawsuit Over Deadly Crash

LOS ANGELES—Kobe Bryant’s widow has agreed to settle a lawsuit against the pilot and owners of the helicopter that crashed last year, killing the NBA star, his daughter, Gianna, and seven others. Vanessa Bryant, her children and relatives of other victims filed a settlement agreement notice Tuesday with a federal judge in Los Angeles but…


11 Hospitalized After Church Bus, Vehicle Crash in Arkansas

CORNING, Ark.—Authorities say a church bus collided Saturday with another vehicle on a northeastern Arkansas highway, sending at least 11 people to the hospital. Clay County Sheriff Terry Miller said he believes there were 11 people aboard the Tennessee church bus, and that they were all taken to hospitals. He said two of the church…


Four Killed, Four Badly Injured in Plane Crash in Siberia

MOSCOW—Four people were killed and four badly injured on Saturday when a small plane crashed in Russia’s Kemerovo region in southwestern Siberia, the local emergency medical service said. TASS news agency earlier said at least seven people were killed when the twin-engine L-410 crashed near the Tanay aerodrome, which provides parachuting services. It also cited…


Plane Crash in Eastern Congo Kills Three, Says Governor

KAVUMU, Democratic Republic of Congo—A small plane crashed shortly after take-off in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Wednesday, killing all three people on board, the region’s governor said. The plane was carrying two pilots and a passenger when it crashed near Kavumu airport, which serves Bukavu, the capital of South Kivu province. First…