Georgia crash in tree, two dead

Crash near Atlanta (www.ajc.com) और अधिक...

Kentucky-bound Beech Baron 58 crash in NC Mountains kills 4 including 3 young women in their 20s; a fire emergency was declared on the ill-fated flight that started in Atlanta

(Unaka, NC) - Three young Kentucky women - who were former high school classmates - and a male pilot died in the fiery crash of a Beech Baron 58 on Wednesday afternoon (5-25-11) that slammed into a hillside in the Nantahala National Forest in North Carolina, according to the Asheville, NC Citizen-Times newspaper. The Gannett Company newspaper quoted a relative stating the victims included Tiffany Maggard, who was married last summer, and her childhood friends Kassie Robinson and Miranda Morgan.… (www.citizen-times.com) और अधिक...

McDonnell Douglas MD-88 arriving from Pittsburgh catches fire after blowing tire during landing in Atlanta, emergency slides deployed on Delta Flight 2248, four minor injuries

Delta Airlines Flight 2284 arriving from Pittsburgh caught fire after it blew a tire late Saturday afternoon while landing at Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport. Passengers evacuated the twin-jet McDonnell Douglas MD-88 using emergency slides and stairway exits. Four minors injuries out of 44 passengers and five crew. The plane overheated on the taxiway causing a small fire, according to the Atlanta Journal Constitution newspaper. The investigation continues and the… (www.ajc.com) और अधिक...

Bullet found on US Airways plane with a hole

Bullet found in 737 after pilot's helluva pre-flight check hole in plane probe Associated Press reporting that a bullet was found inside that US Airways plane grounded in North Carolina after a pilot found a hole in the Boeing 737. AP quotes a source that the bullet was apparently fired from above the 737 entering the rear of the fuselage just above a passenger's window. Officials not sure if the plane was in the air or on the ground when bullet entered. Hiole first spotted by… (www.startribune.com) और अधिक...

No April Fools: Passengers uses cell phones to show 6-foot hole in top of 737 Southwest Airlines Flight 812

(Yuma, Arizona) - "A gunshot-like sound" alerted passengers to a six-foot rip in the fuselage right above their heads followed by a sudden drop in cabin pressure on Southwest Airlines Flight 812 forcing the 737 to make a controlled but rapid descent for 26,000 feet - before leveling off at 11,000 feet - and then make an emergency landing at the Yuma Marine Corps Air Station/International Airport, according to the Associated Press and CBS News. Scared and shocked assengers took cell… (www.wral.com) और अधिक...