Investigators say a rain-soaked runway and the pilots’ failure to anticipate the poor conditions caused a plane chartered by the Pentagon to slide into a Florida river two years ago. The National Transportation Safety Board said pilots of the Miami Air International plane landed too fast and waited too long to deploy speed-reducing panels as…
Engine Failure Forced Russian Plane to Make Hard Landing, Investigators Say
MOSCOW—Russian investigators said on Saturday engine failure had caused a small passenger plane to make a forced landing in Siberia a day earlier, flipping the aircraft upside down but causing no serious injuries among the 18 people on board. Fears had swirled over the fate of the Russian Antonov An-28 plane after it went missing…
Small Plane Crashes in Southwestern Germany, Several Killed
BERLIN—A small plane crashed in southwestern Germany on Saturday and several people were killed, police said. It wasn’t immediately clear exactly how many people died when the Piper aircraft came down in a woodland area near Steinenbronn, south of Stuttgart, news agency dpa reported. The plane had taken off from Stuttgart Airport on Saturday morning….
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…
Billionaire Branson Set to Fly to Space Aboard Virgin Galactic Rocket Plane
Decades after burnishing his reputation as a wealthy daredevil mogul in a series of boating and hot-air balloon expeditions, Richard Branson is poised to promote his burgeoning astro-tourism venture by launching himself to the final frontier. Branson’s Virgin Galactic Holding Inc is due on Sunday to send the company’s passenger rocket plane, the VSS Unity,…
Passenger Arrested After Taking Over Small Plane in Alaska
JUNEAU, Alaska—A passenger on a small plane bound for a tiny western Alaska community said he tried to end his life when he took control of the plane’s yoke and caused it to nosedive before the pilot was able to regain control and safely land the aircraft, Alaska State Troopers said. The incident occurred Wednesday…
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…
All-Electric Commuter Plane Will Fly This Year, Startup Says
The electric commuter plane startup Eviation said Thursday it has finalized the design for its Alice aircraft and is on track for its first flight this year. In a hangar in Arlington, Wash., where the company is based, technicians have assembled the fuselage and tail of the first plane. The wings, supplied by GKN, have…
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…
US, Europe Weigh Sanctions After Belarus Diverts Plane and Arrests Journalist
May 24, 2021
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U.S. and European officials said they are coordinating sanctions against Belarus after its authorities arrested a prominent opposition journalist from a plane diverted to the country with a bomb alert on Monday. The flight, from Irish budget airline Ryanair, was on its way to Vilnius, Lithuania from Athens, Greece, when Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko ordered a fighter jet to…
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