Washington: At least one person was killed after a small plane flying from Iowa to Minnesota in the United States crashed into a house in a Minneapolis suburb Saturday. The house caught fire after the aircraft crashed into it and was destroyed, but its residents were not hurt, Brooklyn Park spokesperson Risikat Adesaogun said. Investigators … Read more
Toronto: At least 18 people were injured after a Delta Air Lines regional jet flipped upside down upon landing at Canada’s Toronto Pearson Airport on Monday amid windy weather following a snowstorm. There were 80 people aboard the US carrier’s flight that originated at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. Authorities said three people on the flight, … Read more
Los Angeles, United States: At least one person was killed on Monday after a midsize business jet skidded off the runway while landing at the Scottsdale, Arizona, municipal airport and collided with another jet that was parked, authorities said. Dave Folio, a spokesperson with the Scottsdale Fire Department, said at a press conference that at … Read more
New Delhi: Days after a passenger jet and military helicopter collided in Washington DC, killing all 67 people aboard the two aircraft, a new report has revealed that air traffic facilities in the US are reeling under severe staff shortages. Over 90 per cent of the United States’ 313 air traffic control facilities are operating below … Read more
Melbourne: On Wednesday night US time, a passenger jet and US Army helicopter collided at a low altitude near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, and crashed into the Potomac River. A total of 60 passengers – including US and Russian champion figure skaters – and four crew were on board the American Airlines flight AA5342 … Read more
Philadelphia: A small private airplane crashed in northeast Philadelphia Friday, a top official said, with media showing images of a fireball that sparked blazes on the ground in the built-up neighborhood. The aircraft, which the Federal Aviation Administration said was a Learjet 55 executive aircraft with two people aboard, crashed around 2330 GMT into a … Read more
New York, United States: Staffing was thin in the air traffic control tower at Washington’s Reagan National airport at the time of the deadly crash between a passenger jet and an army helicopter, US media reported Thursday. Staffing was “not normal for the time of day and volume of traffic” according to an internal preliminary … Read more
Juba, South Sudan: A plane has crashed in the north of South Sudan killing at least 20 people, leaving only one confirmed survivor, Unity State’s minister for information said Wednesday. The aircraft came down near the oil fields in Unity State at around 10:30 am local time (0830 GMT) shortly after taking off for the … Read more