The bodies of four family members from Miami were recovered after their small plane crashed near the Bahamasaccording to the US Coast Guard and the family. The small plane, tail number N212ML, crashed near Andros Island in the Bahamas while flying from Great Harbour Cay to Opa-locka, Florida. (Unsplash/ representative image) Who are the victims? … Read more
MIAMI — The five people killed when an Amazon cargo jet ran off the runway at Miami International Airport were all inside a van used to shuttle crews that clean planes, authorities said. All 5 killed in Miami cargo jet crash were in a van used by plane cleaners The jet overran the runway while … Read more
Mario and Lili Lamar were returning from the Bahamas to Floridaalong with grandchildren Sofia and Christian Sosa, when their private plane disappeared on Monday, September 7. A couple and their grandchildren were flying back from Bahamas to Florida, when their plane vanished. Image for representational purposes. (Unsplash) The six-seater PA-34 Piper aircraft was headed to … Read more
Celia Hunter flew a war-surplus plane to Alaska in 1947 and built a wilderness life near Denali Celia Hunter spent the final evening of her life writing urgent letters to US politicians, asking them to oppose oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. It brought an end to a 54-year campaign to protect Alaska’s … Read more
Danna Eady, an Auberry flight instructor, was among the three people killed in Saturday’s small plane crash near Sierra Sky Park Airport in northwest Fresno. She also served as president of a local Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) chapter. Danna Eady, 41, a flight instructor from Auberry, was killed along with her boys Pavel (lower left) … Read more
Wheel of Fortune announcer Jim Thornton, 61, has been suspended by producer Sony Pictures Television due to an alleged incident that occurred on a commercial flight earlier this year. The studio has confirmed that it is temporarily substituting the experienced voiceover artist while it conducts an internal investigation into the situation. Jim Thornton, 61, is … Read more
The restoration preserved some of the aircraft’s original components in unexpected ways. (Photo: Vintage Aviation News) A World War II-era training aircraft that spent nearly five decades packed away in boxes after its retirement, moving with its private owner from one place to another, has now been restored to airworthy condition.The WACO UPF-7, serial number … Read more
The pilot and three passengers killed when a small plane crashed in shallow waters near a remote coastal town in Alaska have been identified. Alaska officials identify 4 men killed in a small plane crash near coastal town Alaska Department of Public Safety on Thursday identified the pilot as Eric Middlebrook, 68 of Anchorage. It … Read more
As a peace deal between the US and Iran remains in the balance, reports about a US Air Force aircraft purportedly going missing over the Strait of Hormuz have triggered concern. A US Air Force Thunderbirds demonstration squadron flies over Washington, DC, on July 3. (Representational) (AFP) Early Friday, a report from the flight-tracking platform … Read more
Image: Chaideer Mahyuddin/CNN An Airbus A320 carrying 153 passengers was cruising towards Jakarta when an extraordinary lapse in the cockpit left neither pilot awake to monitor the aircraft. Both pilots on the Batik Air flight fell asleep at the same time for about 28 minutes, during which the aircraft drifted away from its intended route. … Read more