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Potential Causes Emerge in New York Plane-Helicopter Crash
We posted last week regarding the terrible mid-air collision that occurred between a helicopter and a private plane over the skies of New York City. At the time, the cause of the crash had not been determined, which is common immediately after such a disaster occurs. Rescue workers spent days attempting to find the wreckage [...]
Continue reading...Helicopter, Small Plane Collide in New York Air
10. August 2009
The airspace over New York City has been described as a ‘crowded freeway in the sky’ by many, as commercial planes, private planes and helicopters of all types can be in the air simultaneously at any given time. Much like the reality that involves roads with heavy traffic, the higher the traffic volume in the [...]
Continue reading...Several Injured in Emergency Landing in Miami
3. August 2009
Nearly everyone who has traveled by plane has experienced some sort of turbulence while in the air. Pressure systems, wind and storms can all be causes of this phenomenon, and many airline passengers struggle with the stress that comes with the feeling of being jostled while tens of thousands of feet in the air. As [...]
Continue reading...Mysterious Hole in Fuselage Forces Plane to Make Emergency Landing
14. July 2009
When airplane accidents occur, the damages are almost always disastrous in nature given the speed involved and the inevitable collisions with land and/or water that occur. Another daunting aspect of airplane accidents is that many of them occur with no real warning and nearly as many occur without any explanation. As of now, a near-accident [...]
Continue reading...Airplanes to Upgrade Passenger Safety Protections
7. July 2009
Although airplane accidents are statistically rare relative to cars and other modes of transportation, when they do occur it often leads to disastrous results. Clearly, there are some crashes where no one on-board has any chance to survive, but there have been several crashes in the recent past where passengers died or were seriously injured [...]
Continue reading...Disaster Averted - Plane Lands Safely Despite Pilot Death
18. June 2009
When an airplane accident occurs, news coverage of it is often so saturated that some people simply want to turn away. There are reasons for this coverage, and one of them is that these accidents and disasters are statistically quite rare. One could wonder, in terms of statistics, how often an occurrence like the one [...]
Continue reading...Airplane-Bird Collision Data Shows Troubling Trend
4. May 2009
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) released new date recently that detailed the number of collisions between airplanes and birds. To the extreme surprise of many, the numbers are shockingly high. Several local media outlets reported their local results, and some of the cities that relayed the relevant data showed an increase that’s sure to draw [...]
Continue reading...Reckless Driver Hits Utility Pole and Multiple Cars
30. October 2008
Early Saturday morning in Vermont, a driver hit a utility pole, shutting down power in several houses and then crashed into three different parked vehicles. He eventually got his truck stuck under a Winnebago recreational vehicle. The police have arrested someone of interest but have not charged him with a citation as yet. He [...]
Continue reading...Medical Transport Helicopter Crash Kills Four in Chicago
17. October 2008
AP - The helicopter was taking a 1-year-old girl Children’s Memorial Hospital in Chicago for treatment when it crashed into a forest. All four people on board were killed in the accident just before midnight Wednesday night. The child was being transported because of epileptic seizures according to a spokeswoman from the children’s [...]
Continue reading...Plane Crashes in front of Grocery Store
14. August 2008
Massachusetts - There are planes that are designated as an “Angel Flight.” These flights take patients to where they need medical treatment when they are unable to afford the transportation. Tuesday morning, one of the “Angel Flights” went down. There were three aboard the plane: the volunteer pilot and a couple [...]
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18. August 2009
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