Aviation Accidents In The News
- Plane Crash Kills 50 in Clarence, NY
- Plane Crashes Into Hudson River
- San Diego F 18 Crash Kills 3
- Sudan official: At least 30 dead in jet fire
- Jetliner overshoots runway in Honduras, killing 2
- Survivors found at Chilean plane crash
Plane Crash Kills 50 in Clarence, New York
CLARENCE, N.Y. - A commuter plane dropped out of the sky without warning and nose-dived into a suburban Buffalo house in a fiery crash that killed all 49 people aboard and one person in the home. It was the nation's first deadly crash of a commercial airliner in 2 1/2 years.
- Associated Press - Fiery plane crash in upstate NY kills 50
- NBC News - 50 killed as plane slams into home near Buffalo
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Plane Crashes Into Hudson River
NEW YORK - A US Airways jetliner crashed into the frigid Hudson River on Thursday afternoon after a flock of birds apparently disabled both its engines, but rescuers pulled the more than 150 passengers and crew members into boats before the plane sank, authorities say.
- Associated Press - All survive plane crash in NYC's Hudson River
- Bloomberg News - US Airways Plane Goes Down in NYC's Hudson; All Safe
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San Diego F 18 Crash Kills 3
San Diego, CA - (CNN) -- A grandmother, mother and her child died when a military fighter jet crashed into a house in San Diego Monday, igniting a huge fireball, CNN's San Diego affiliates and the San Diego Union Tribune are reporting.
- CNN - Officials: 3 dead after military jet crash
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Sudan official: At least 30 dead in jet fire
KHARTOUM, Sudan -- Investigators examined the scorched hull of a jetliner Wednesday to determine what caused the plane to veer off a runway and burst into flames, killing at least 30 people, officials said.
- Associated Press - Sudan official: At least 30 dead in jet fire
Sudanese plane bursts into flames, killing dozens
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP)--A Sudanese Airbus carrying 214 people veered off the runway in a thunderstorm and burst into flames late Tuesday, killing dozens unable to escape the inferno. Officials said more than 100 people fled the plane before it was engulfed by towering orange flames.
Sudan: Dozens Die In Airliner Fire
(AllAfrica.com) -- A Sudanese airliner erupted into flames after landing in Khartoum late Tuesday night, killing dozens of people.
Thirty dead, dozens missing in Sudan plane inferno
KHARTOUM (AFP) -- At least 30 people died when a passenger jet caught fire after landing at Khartoum airport, officials said on Wednesday, with dozens more still missing as authorities probed the cause of the accident.
Sudan official: At least 30 dead in jet fire
Khartoum/Nairobi (SiFy.com - NEWS) -- Thirty people have been confirmed dead and 61 are missing after a plane carrying 203 passengers and 11 crew burst into flames upon landing in Khartoum on Tuesday night, latest official figures said on Wednesday.
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Honduras Airliner Crash Kills 2
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras -- A Miami-bound jetliner overshot a runway and slammed to a stop on a busy street today in the Honduran capital, leaving a pilot and a passenger dead and injuring at least 18 others.
- Associated Press - Jetliner overshoots runway in Honduras, killing 2
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Survivors found at Chilean plane crash
SANTIAGO, Chile - A plane carrying 10 people that disappeared four days ago in Chile's frigid southern forests was found Wednesday with nine survivors who stayed alive by huddling for warmth, sharing food and sheltering in the plane's wreckage.
- Associated Press - Survivors found at Chilean plane crash
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