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Both Pilots Identified In Deadly LaGuardia Plane Crash
UPDATE: Both pilots killed in the plane crash at LaGuardia Airport have been identified. Mackenzie Gunther has been identified as the co-pilot of the Air Canada plane by his school, Seneca Polytechnic in Toronto. Gunther graduated from the university in 2023, the school shared in a memorial post on Monday night, March 23. The pilot, Antoine Forest, who was identified Monday afternoon, lived outside Montreal and joined Jazz Aviation in 2022. His death was confirmed to the Toronto Star and French Canadian outlet TVA. "Today is a very somber day at Air Canada," the airline's presi…
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Final Details Released In Plane Explosion, Crash Into Retirement Community: NTSB
A small plane that exploded into flames after crashing into a Lancaster County retirement community was overloaded and stalled shortly after takeoff, federal investigators revealed in a final report released Wednesday, Feb. 11. The March 9, 2025 crash happened around 3:30 p.m. after the Beech A36TC departed Lancaster Airport en route to Springfield, Ohio, according to the National Transportation Safety Board. Investigators determined the aircraft was loaded about 500 pounds above its maximum gross takeoff weight, increasing its stall speed, reducing climb performance, and negatively affecti…
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One Year Later, NTSB Blames ‘Systemic Failures’ For Deadly Potomac Plane Crash
One year after a midair collision over the Potomac River killed 67 people, federal investigators say the crash was not an unavoidable accident — but the result of long-standing, systemic failures in how the airspace over the nation’s capital was managed. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) announced that breakdowns in airspace design, safety oversight, and risk management by both the Federal Aviation Administration and the US Army contributed to the Jan. 29, 2025, collision near Reagan National Airport. “This complex and comprehensive one-year investigation identified serious an…
Politics
Flight Chaos Won't Stop When Gov't Shutdown Ends, Airlines Warn: Here's Why
Air travel disruptions are expected to continue for days, even if Congress ends the record-long federal government shutdown. There were at least 890 flight cancellations and 789 delays nationwide as of 11:10 a.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 12, according to FlightAware. The Federal Aviation Administration has ordered airlines to cut up to 10% of their daily schedules at 40 major airports between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m. The latest cancellations come hours before the House of Representatives is set to vote on a spending bill that would reopen the government through Friday, Jan. 30, ending th…
Politics
Ted Cruz Pushing To Raise Pilot Retirement Age: Here's Why
Sen. Ted Cruz is urging President Donald Trump to support raising the mandatory retirement age for airline pilots to 67, which a major union has condemned. Cruz, who chairs the Senate Commerce Committee, sent a letter to Trump, Reuters reported. The request comes right as the United Nations holds an important aviation meeting in Montreal. The Texas Republican is asking the Trump administration to support a proposal from the International Air Transport Association (IATA) to raise the global pilot retirement age. "America should lead on the international stage in support of raising, or …
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Plane That Took Off From BWI Skids Off Runway At Chicago Airport (
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A private jet that took off from Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport skidded off the end of the runway while landing at Chicago Executive Airport on Wednesday, the FAA confirmed. The Gulfstream G150 had two people on board when it landed in Chicago, though the pilot overran the runway on the rainy afternoon. Once on the ground, the plane continued past the runway and through a fence. A Gulfstream G150 crashes through a fence after overrunning the runway while landing at Chicago Executive Airport.Emergency crews, including the Wheeling Fire Department, responded …
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Delta Flight Narrowly Avoids Collision With Another Jet Before Takeoff
A Delta Air Lines crew was forced to slam the brakes on its takeoff when an arriving jet swooped onto the same runway and passed barely 200 feet overhead. Delta Flight 590, heading to Atlanta and carrying 144 passengers, had reached approximately 70 mph on a runway at Benito Juárez International Airport in Mexico City on Monday, July 21, according to a report by CBS News and data from FlightRadar24. The pilots noticed an Aeromexico jet descending ahead of them and decided to abort the takeoff. “We are holding on the runway,” the Delta captain radioed; another voice replied “Wow”…
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Plane Crash Leaves Family With 2 Young Children Dead Near NC Airport
A family of four was killed after their small plane crashed in a field in central North Carolina, authorities said. The crash occurred just after 1:45 p.m. Monday, July 7 near the Raleigh Executive Jetport in Lee County, according to the North Carolina State Highway Patrol. The wreckage was located between Wallace Creek Lane and Riddle Road. Three of the victims died at the scene. A fourth was taken to UNC Hospital and later died from their injuries, troopers said. The aircraft was a single-engine Cirrus SR22, the Federation Aviation Administration (FAA) announced. The victims were…
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JetBlue Flight Slides Off Runway After Landing At Boston Logan; FAA Orders Ground Stoppage
A runway at Boston Logan International Airport was closed Thursday afternoon, June 12, after a plane skidded off of it earlier that day. JetBlue flight 312 slid off the runway around 11:55 a.m. No injuries were reported in the incident, Massport officials said. Passengers and crew were escorted off the plane and taken to a nearby terminal. The Airbus A220-300 was flying from Chicago's O'Hare Airport. The FAA put a ground stop on Runway 33-L is closed while officials investigate, but authorities lifted the stoppage at 1 p.m. The cause of the incident is under investig…
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6 Killed After Small Plane Crashes Off California Coast
All six people on board were killed after a small plane crashed off the coast of California. It happened around 12:30 p.m. local time on Sunday, June 8 when the twin-engine Cessna 414 went down approximately 5 miles offshore near the San Diego neighborhood of Point Loma minutes after takeoff, according to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The identities of the victims have not yet been released. The plane was headed to Phoenix, Arizona. Searchers found a debris field with a depth of water about 200 feet below it, said the US Coast Guard. The National Transportation Safety B…
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Two Rescued After Small Plane Crashes Into Water Near Remote Island, Coast Guard Says
Two people were pulled from the water in Connecticut after a plane went down off the coast near the Thimble Islands on Sunday morning, according to the US Coast Guard. Their aircraft went down in the water southeast of the Thimble Islands, near Branford, the US Coast Guard said in a statement on June 1. The Coast Guard Station in New Haven responded to the crash site in the Long Island Sound and pulled both survivors from the water. Officials said the victims were in stable condition and were taken to Stony Creek Pier, where EMS crews were standing by to provide first aid. The cause…
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Update: 2 Killed, 8 Injured After Small Plane Originating From East Coast Crashes In San Diego
Two people were killed and eight injured after a private plane that departed from the East Coast crashed into a military housing neighborhood in California, causing fires to break out at several residences. Click here for a new, updated story: Music Exec, Drummer ID'd As Victims After Small Plane From East Coast Crashes Into Neighborhood The incident happened around 3:45 a.m. West Coast time on Thursday, May 22, in San Diego's Murphy Canyon neighborhood, near Montgomery-Gibbs Executive Airport, according to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). NBC New York reports that the pla…
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Philadelphia Plane Crash Claims 8th Victim As Mom Of 3 Dies From Injuries
A mother of three who was critically injured in the Jet Rescue Air Ambulance crash in Northeast Philadelphia has died, her loved ones and the coroner confirmed on Tuesday, May 6. Dominique Goods-Burke, 39, passed away on Saturday, April 27, after spending nearly three months in the hospital due to severe injuries and related health complications from the crash. Crash And Aftermath Dominique had been with her family at Macy’s in Roosevelt Mall on Friday, Jan. 31 when the Learjet 55 crashed into the area during the afternoon rush hour. The impact caused her car to catch fire with her and her …
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Deadly Stunt Pilot Crash: NTSB Report Reveals What Went Wrong Outside Langley AF Base
New federal findings reveal that a critical part may have come loose before award-winning stunt pilot Rob Holland fatally crashed during a routine approach at Langley Air Force Base last month. According to a preliminary report from the NTSB, Holland’s custom-built MX Aircraft MXS “porpoised,” pitched up, rolled left, and went down on final approach to the runway at 11:35 a.m. Thursday, April 24, just days before he was set to perform at an upcoming airshow in Hampton, Virginia. Witnesses told investigators that Holland’s plane leveled off about 50 feet over the runway, flew straight, then …
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3 Killed After Small Plane Crashes Near Tennessee Airport
All three individuals on board were killed after a small plane crashed in Tennessee. The Mooney M20TN went down south of Upper Cumberland Regional Airport in Sparta, about 95 miles east of Nashville, around noon local time on Saturday, April 26, according to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The aircraft had reportedly departed from Alabama and was in its descent into the airport when the incident happened. The identities of the victims have not yet been released. The FAA and NTSB are investigating. The NTSB will be in charge of the investigation.
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Another Plane Crash In PA—Fourth In Four Months Sparks FAA Investigation
A small plane flipped upside down at a Pennsylvania airport Friday morning, marking the fourth aircraft crash in the state since January and intensifying concerns over aviation safety. The crash happened just before 10:40 a.m. on Friday, April 18, at Lehigh Valley International Airport (LVIA) in Hanover Township, Lehigh County. According to Colin Riccobon, spokesperson for LVIA, the plane ended up on its roof after an incident on Runway 24. One pilot was on board, and they were evaluated by EMS. Fire personnel on the scene confirmed the pilot was uninjured. Initial radio dispatch described…
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Cockpit Door Rips Off Small Plane Midair In Virginia; Pilot Lands Safely, Police Say
A Virginia pilot pulled off a safe landing after the cockpit door of his two-seater plane tore off mid-flight Saturday morning, April 5, state police said. The fixed-wing single-engine aircraft was flying near Round Hill in Loudoun County when the cockpit door suddenly separated from the plane around 9 a.m., according to the Virginia State Police. Despite the in-flight scare, 63-year-old pilot Daniel O’Brien was able to safely land at Leesburg Airport with no reported injuries, police said. The cockpit door is still missing in Virginia. Virginia State Police The search is now on fo…
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Pilot Texted About Fog Before Taking Off, Crashing In Virginia: NTSB
He texted a friend to say he’d landed safely. Minutes later, he was dead. A Virginia pilot was killed when his helicopter slammed into a residential yard in Danville after taking off in heavy fog on Saturday, March 15, federal officials said. The crash happened around 3 p.m., according to a preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), which provided a timeline of the events leading up to the deadly flight. Moments earlier, the pilot had dropped off two passengers after cutting a sightseeing flight short due to fog, officials said. One of the passengers pro…
Police & Fire
NJ Cops ID Pilot Killed In Small Plane Crash
Authorities have identified the pilot killed in a small plane crash in Somerset County over the weekend. Pankaj Mohan, 61, of Lawrenceville, was operating a Cirrus SR22 that crashed in a wooded area of Franklin Township at approximately 10:35 a.m. Sunday, March 30, according to the FAA and Franklin Township Police Capt. Vincent Wilson. The plane departed Princeton Airport and was headed for Raleigh-Durham International Airport in North Carolina, the FAA said. Only Mohan was on board. Following the crash, Franklin Township's former mayor, Chris Kelly, told the Franklin Reporter & A…
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Delta Plane's Wing Hits Runway During Landing In NY
A possible calamity was avoided after a Delta plane's wing hit the runway as it was coming in for a landing. The incident happened just after 10 p.m. Sunday, March 16 at LaGuardia Airport in Queens. The plane's left wing struck the runway during the landing before the pilots executed a go-around, according to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). In a go-around, a pilot, during the final approach to land, decides against continuing the landing and instead initiates a climb, aborting the landing attempt. No injuries were reported. There were 80 people on board the CRJ…
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Close Call: Southwest Plane Nearly Collides With Private Jet
A Southwest Airlines plane and a private jet were involved in a near miss at Chicago Midway International Airport on Tuesday morning, Feb. 25. The incident required the Southwest flight crew to execute a go-around to avert a potential collision. According to Southwest Airlines, Flight 2504 successfully landed at the airport after avoiding the other aircraft on the runway. INCIDENT: Southwest #WN2504 (Boeing 737-800 N8517F) in near miss 1448UTC/0848CST today @ Chicago/Midway as FlexJet #LXJ560 (Challenger 350) crosses Runway 31C.ATC Audio (skip to 18min): https://t.co/e6OVal…
Obituaries
Maryland Hunters Killed In DC Plane Crash With Army Helicopter Celebrated As Support Pours In
Support is swelling for the families of a group of hunters from Maryland who were on board the American Airlines flight that crashed into an Army helicopter and landed in the Potomac River. Fundraising efforts have been kicked off on behalf of the families of Jesse Pitcher, Mike Stovall, Alex Huffman, and Jonathan Boyd, who all left behind loved ones after the plane crash over DC. Tens of thousands of dollars have been raised on behalf of the hunters' families in the days following the crash through multiple GoFundMe campaigns that have gone viral. Each was remembered fondly by their…
News
Families Identify Pilots, Flight Attendants Presumed Dead In DC Plane Crash: Reports
Relatives and loved ones have identified the four crew members on the American Airlines plane that collided with an Army helicopter over Washington, DC, according to reports. The crew on American Airlines Flight 5342 was based in Charlotte Douglas International Airport, WSOC-TV Channel 9 reported. Among them were Captain Jonathan Campos, First Officer Samuel Lilley, and flight attendants Ian Epstein and Danasia Elder. The plane was also carrying 60 passengers from Wichita, Kansas, when it crashed over the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport just before 9 p.m. on Wed…
Sports
Plane Carrying Top 25 College Basketball Team Nearly Collides With Delta Jet
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is investigating a near-collision at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) involving a charter plane carrying the No. 19-ranked Gonzaga men’s basketball team and a Delta jet. The incident occurred on Friday, Dec. 27, as the Delta aircraft was taking off for Atlanta, Georgia. According to reports, an air traffic controller urgently instructed the charter plane to "Stop, stop, stop" just before it crossed paths with the departing Delta flight. The quick action avoided a potential disaster, and no injuries were reported. “In the years I’ve bee…
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