Tag: Plane

China’s C919 Airliner Never Fails to Fail

Commentary Samuel Johnson once said of a dog walking on its hind legs that even though it was not done well, one was surprised to see it done at all. Such is the increasing indifference I am feeling toward China’s C919 passenger jet, Beijing’s latest effort to break into the global commercial airliner business. The…


Crash of Small Plane Into House Investigated; 3 Dead

HERMANTOWN, Minn.—Federal investigators hope to determine what caused a single-engine plane to crash into a house in northern Minnesota, killing three on board and narrowly missing two people asleep in the house. Officials say the Cessna 172 Skyhawk went down shortly before midnight Saturday in Hermantown minutes after departing from Duluth International Airport. Authorities on…


Flight to Nowhere (1946)

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Mississippi Jet Fueler Denied Bond in Theft of Small Plane

TUPELO, Miss.—A man charged with stealing a plane that he didn’t know how to land will remain behind bars, denied bond by a judge who took a dim view of his lawyer’s promise that he wouldn’t take off again. Airport worker Cory Wayne Patterson allegedly stole the plane on Saturday after posting a goodbye message saying he…


Crash Threat Over Mississippi Skies Ends With Pilot’s Arrest

RIPLEY, Miss.—An airport worker who knew how to take off but not land stole a small airplane Saturday and threatened to crash it into a Walmart, circling for five hours over unnerved Mississippians before ending the flight safely in a soybean field where police arrested him. Cory Wayne Patterson, 29, was uninjured after the rough…


Plane Threatening to Crash in Mississippi Lands, Pilot in Custody

JACKSON, Miss.—Authorities say a plane that was circling over northern Mississippi and whose pilot had threatened to crash it into the ground landed safely on Saturday. Gov. Tate Reeves announced on Twitter that the “situation has been resolved and that no one was injured.” He thanked law enforcement agencies that helped in bringing the aircraft…


Man who flew plane over Mississippi faces criminal charges

JACKSON, Miss.—A man who stole a plane and flew it over northern Mississippi after threatening to crash it into a Walmart faces charges of grand larceny and terroristic threats, authorities said Saturday. Tupelo Police Chief John Quaka said at a press conference that Cory Wayne Patterson stole a Beechcraft King Air C90A from the Tupelo…


Police: Plane Circling Mississippi City Threatens to Crash

TUPELO, Miss.—A stolen airplane circled over north Mississippi on Saturday morning, and police said they evacuated a Walmart store after the pilot threatened to crash into it. The Tupelo Police Department said in a Facebook post that the Walmart and a nearby convenience store had been evacuated. The plane started circling over Tupelo, Mississippi, about…


Officials: 3 Killed After Planes Collided in California

WATSONVILLE, Calif.—Three people and a dog were killed after two small planes collided in Northern California while trying to land at a rural airport, authorities said Friday. The names of those killed after their planes crashed Thursday at the Watsonville Municipal Airport will be released once their families have been notified, the Santa Cruz County…


6 French Tourists on Plane That Crashed Into Lake, Killing 2

PAGE, Ariz.—A small plane that plunged into a lake that straddles the Arizona–Utah state line, killing two people and injuring five, was carrying six French tourists plus a pilot, authorities said Tuesday. Kane County Sheriff’s officials in Utah said witnesses reported seeing the plane out of Page crash into Lake Powell near Face Canyon shortly…