Monthly Archives: March 2009
A new Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposal published in the Federal Register last Thursday reportedly is aimed at preventing the distribution of its records on commercial airplane bird strikes. The proposal comes in response to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request made by the Associated Press, according to media reports. Currently, the FAA maintains records detailing the location and frequency of in-flight commercial airplane contact with birds. Submission of this information to the FAA is done on a voluntary … Read more…
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is focusing on the pilot’s actions just prior to the crash last month that killed 50 people outside Buffalo, New York. NTSB investigators told the press yesterday that the pilot of Continental Connection Flight 3407 yanked the aircraft into a sudden steep climb, and then the aircraft suddenly lost control and slammed into a house in Clarence Center, New York. The flight was operated by regional carrier Colgan Air. The NTSB report questions the … Read more…
Investigators are trying to figure out why the pilot changed his course shortly before the plane nose-dived into a Butte, Montana-cemetery Sunday, willing all 14 people aboard. Flying at 25,000 feet, the pilot requested the diversion from Bozeman, Montana, to Butte half an hour before the single-engine Pilatus PC-12 crashed at the end of Butte’s airport. Seven children under the age of 10 were killed along with their parents and the pilot. The pilot said nothing to air traffic controllers … Read more…
As the communities mourn the loss of three lovely families who were killed in the Butte, Montana plane crash Sunday, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigators are trying to leave no stone unturned in trying to discover the cause of the crash. In piecing together the aircraft’s flight path Sunday, the NTSB has revealed that the plane left Redlands, California, early Sunday and stopped in Vacaville and Oroville, both in Northern California to pick up passengers. In Oroville, the … Read more…
As National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigators begin to sift through the wreckage of the small plane that crashed Sunday in Butte, Montana, their vow to go through every detail appears to be starting with icing on the wings. With cold weather conditions that are being reported as similar to that in the Buffalo, New York plane crash in February, NTSB officials are looking into the de-icing of the wings on the small one-engine plane that crashed at roughly a … Read more…
Just hours after a small plane crashed in Butte, Montana, killing all 14 aboard, a FedEx cargo plane crashed while trying to land at Tokyo’s Narita International Airport, killing the pilot and co-pilot. The tragic crash of the MD-11F aircraft was captured on video and has been replayed around the world. It is a horrific scene and the hearts go out to the families of the captain and first officer who tried to land the jet early Monday morning. National … Read more…
A small plane crashed as it approached the Butte, Montana airport Sunday, killing all 14 people aboard. According to a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) spokesperson, the aircraft crashed into local cemetery. Although several people were nearby, no one on the ground reportedly was injured. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) sent investigators to the scene who are trying to determine the cause of the crash. The plane had departed from Oroville, California, and the pilot had filed a flight plan … Read more…
Eyewitnesses to the crash in Butte, Montana, reported that they saw the plane nose dive into the ground Sunday just about 500 feet short of the airport runway. The 17 people in the plane apparently included a party of children on a school skiing holiday. That area of Montana is one of the most popular ski destinations in the United States after Colorado and Utah. The PC-12 single-engine turboprop was built in 2001. It is the third major plane incident … Read more…
Authorities have confirmed that several children were aboard the small plane that crashed just short of a runway in Butte, Montana Sunday, killing all 14 people aboard. Photos of the fiery crash into a cemetery have been released to the media and are on the internet. It is a tragic scene. The aircraft was a Swiss-made Pilatus PC-12 single-engine turboprop plane registered to Eagle Cap Leasing in Enterprise, Oregon, according to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). A spokesperson for the … Read more…
Chicago-bound American Airlines flight 309 made an emergency landing last Wednesday at New York City’s JFK airport. The plane, a McDonnell Douglas MD-83, took off from LaGuardia airport at 8 AM but quickly lost power in an engine that subsequently broke apart. The flight was forced to land at nearby JFK minutes later. While still in the air, the broken engine began dropping metal parts on the Queens, NY neighborhood it flew above. According to media reports, engine pieces hit … Read more…
