On June 4, 2023, a Cessna 560 Citation V crashed leaving no survivors. Flight controllers were in contact with the Cessna; however, the pilot became unresponsive. NORAD jets were sent to intercept the Cessna and did so at approximately 3:20 p.m. They observed the pilot slumped over in his seat and fired flares in an…
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On Thursday, April 20, 2023, an American Airlines employee working at Austin-Bergstrom Airport in Austin, Texas, died from traumatic injuries sustained at Austin-Bergstrom Airport. Not all details pertaining to the Incident have been disclosed at this time. However, news outlets are reporting the employee was injured in a “crash” that occurred “on the tarmac.” Allegedly,…
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On November 22, 2022 near the City of Charlotte, North Carolina a helicopter operated by WBTV news crashed killing everyone onboard. Both the pilot and passenger were reported deceased. The R44 crashed into a wooded area alongside Interstate 77. The National Transportation Safety Board or NTSB released its preliminary report just before Thanksgiving. According to…
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A helicopter crash in the gulf has likely proven fatal for four individuals in late December of 2022. After four long days, the Coast Guard suspended their search for the four missing persons on December 29, 2022. The pilot and three oil rig workers crashed in the gulf after a routine pick up from an…
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A Texas jury awarded more than $12 million to the families of three people that were killed in a small plane crash in 2019. Marc Tellepsen, Mark Scioneaux, and Reagan Miller were passengers in a plane being flown by Jeffrey Weiss. All of them were killed after their twin-engine Beechcraft BE58 left the airport and…
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The dangers associated with the operation of helicopters remains in the forefront of many people’s minds, particularly following the untimely death of National Basketball Association and Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant in a helicopter crash in 2020 near Calabasas, California. In 2021, the United States Helicopter Safety Team (“USHST”) reported there were 96 helicopter…
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On Thursday, September 8, 2022, an aircraft at Santa Monica Airport crashed and caught fire on the runway shortly before 4:30 p.m. The aircraft is reported to be a Piper Sport according to the Federal Aviation Administration or FAA. The FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board or NTSB are currently investigating the cause of…
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At approximately 5:00 PM on Saturday, June 22, 2022, a UH-1b “Huey” helicopter crashed in West Virginia, in a rural area. A 911 call was received by Logan County Emergency Management, stating that a helicopter had crashed, near route 17, in an area known as Kelly Hollow, and everyone on board was killed. The UH-1b helicopter…
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