Third US air disaster in 8 days

[ZoWie]

Third US air disaster in 8 days........

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/plane-miss ... oard-nome/

And the helo in disaster #1 that was on the wrong altitude also had its ADS-B off............

https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/blac ... NR-02-0623

And the latest TIME magazine cover is a deepfake of Elon Musk at the president's desk:

https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads ... =75&w=1200

[Motor City]

Yea why was the military copter where it was and without the ADS-B on? And why deliberately understaff air traffic controllers for the last few generations?

Our story so far

Doesnt seem to safe to fly these days.

[ZoWie]

Did you ever suspect that Tom Tomorrow would be the voice of sanity in a country otherwise seemingly losing that completely? And it's not the first time. By my count, it's the third.

They found the missing plane in Alaska. No survivors.

The tower at the airport formerly known as Washington National, which was renamed to honor the first right wing despot who fooled Americans that he was God's messenger on Earth, was understaffed. No way an airport that busy would have had the same guy controlling fixed wing and helicopters had everyone been available.

It's just lucky that LA lost two whole suburbs in one day while Biden was still president. Although the new guy still came out and dumped a few million gallons of our irrigation water down a shithole in the desert.

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And another one

2 Dead After Small Plane Crashes Into Bus on Busy Street

At least two people have been reportedly killed after a small airplane crashed into a busy street in São Paulo, Brazil.

The aircraft, which was heading to the city of Porto Alegre, collided with a bus in Brazil's most populous around 7:20 a.m. local time on Friday, Feb. 7, according to Sky News, CNN and Newsweek.

https://people.com/plane-crashes-into-b ... ad-8788353

[Motor City]

Did you ever suspect that Tom Tomorrow would be the voice of sanity in a country otherwise seemingly losing that completely? And it's not the first time. By my count, it's the third.

They found the missing plane in Alaska. No survivors.

The tower at the airport formerly known as Washington National, which was renamed to honor the first right wing despot who fooled Americans that he was God's messenger on Earth, was understaffed. No way an airport that busy would have had the same guy controlling fixed wing and helicopters had everyone been available.

It's just lucky that LA lost two whole suburbs in one day while Biden was still president. Although the new guy still came out and dumped a few million gallons of our irrigation water down a shithole in the desert.

I think I always suspected that about Tom Tomorrow but yea I get what your saying too, its bizarre amount of disproportion in importance and value and order based on falseness, hypocrisy, self-absorption and self interest running rampant in news media public officials and authorities and much of the public. La showing some heart in the protests, they're hurting but the love is still alive.

Another U.S. military plane crash

US Marine from California identified as one of 4 people killed in Philippines plane crash

A U.S. Marine from California was identified by military officials Sunday as one of four people killed when a plane contracted by the U.S. military crashed in a rice field in the southern Philippines.

Sgt. Jacob M. Durham, 22, of Long Beach, died Thursday in the crash of an aircraft that was conducting a routine mission “providing intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance support at the request of our Philippine allies,” officials at Camp Pendleton, California, said in a statement. Officials said the cause of the crash was under investigation.

Three defense contractors also were killed in the crash, military officials have said.....


....Windy Beaty, a provincial disaster-mitigation officer, told The Associated Press on Thursday that she received reports that residents saw smoke coming from the plane and heard an explosion before the aircraft plummeted to the ground less than a kilometer (about half a mile) from a cluster of farmhouses.

[Number6]

And another one

2 Dead After Small Plane Crashes Into Bus on Busy Street

At least two people have been reportedly killed after a small airplane crashed into a busy street in São Paulo, Brazil.

The aircraft, which was heading to the city of Porto Alegre, collided with a bus in Brazil's most populous around 7:20 a.m. local time on Friday, Feb. 7, according to Sky News, CNN and Newsweek.

https://people.com/plane-crashes-into-b ... ad-8788353

Small planes tend to crash at a much higher rate than commercial airliners. That's because of the experience level of commercial pilots and the greater degree of maintenance they get.

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Plane owned by Motley Crue's Vince Neil crashes at Scottsdale Airport; 1 dead, 3 hurt

One person died after an airplane crashed into a parked plane after landing at Scottsdale Airport on Monday afternoon, a Scottsdale Fire Department spokesperson said. Three others were injured — two were in critical condition — and taken to metro Phoenix hospitals.

The runway was shut down after the crash that happened around 2:30 p.m. The Scottsdale Fire Department was on the scene with several trucks and had to extricate one person who was trapped in one of the planes.

https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/lo ... 394732007/

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Delta Airlines plane crashes at Toronto Pearson, Peel police responding

A plane has crashed at Toronto Pearson International Airport and Peel Regional Police are responding, a spokesperson confirmed.

One pediatric patient was transported to hospital with critical injuries according to ORNGE. The emergency response service said they do not have information on any other transported patients yet.

https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/delta- ... 41274.html

[Motor City]

Hundreds of FAA employees fired by Trump administration weeks after midair DC collision

....The terminated FAA employees included workers who assist FAA technicians administratively and logistically, environmental compliance workers, aeronautical information specialists, maintenance workers and mechanics, according to David Spero, national president of the Professional Aviation Safety Specialists, a union that represents about 11,000 FAA and Defense Department employees who support air traffic controllers.

Spero said the notices began arriving at 7 p.m. Friday and continued late into the night.......

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaV-pC_0VoU

Toronto fire officials hold briefing on Delta plane crash that originated in Minneapolis


Delta Air Lines plane crashes, flips at Toronto airport: 18 injured, including child

A Delta Air Lines regional jet flipped upside down upon arrival at Canada's Toronto Pearson Airport on Monday, injuring 18 of the 80 people on board, officials said.

The airport confirmed on social media that there was an "incident" involving a Delta flight from Minneapolis, Minnesota, and that all 76 passengers and four crew members were accounted for. The Delta flight crashed while landing at the airport at around 2:45 p.m. local time, the Federal Aviation Administration said in a preliminary statement.

Todd Aitken, Toronto Pearson Airport's fire chief, said during a briefing Monday night that 18 injured passengers were transported to local hospitals after the crash.......


....Endeavor Air is a wholly-owned regional subsidiary of Delta, based in Minneapolis.....

[ZoWie]

And the crashes just keep on coming.

The Delta one in Canada was probably related to bad weather, but still.

I'm sure it's coincidental that it started raining aluminum and body parts on practically the same day The Latest Guy took office, but still, it does bring up some real problems with the FAA that date at least to ray gun's firing of every single air controller in the US, because they had the balls to use their right to strike. Oh, OK, the strike was bad optics, making it look like money was likely more important than air safety, but the mass firing proved that macho political posturing was definitely more important.

[Toonces]

https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/19/us/arizo ... index.html

At least two people are dead after two small aircraft collided in midair at an Arizona airport Wednesday, authorities said.

A Cessna 172S and Lancair 360 MK II collided at 8:28 a.m. near the Marana Regional Airport, just northwest of Tucson, according to preliminary information from the National Transportation Safety Board.

The fixed-wing single-engine planes “collided while upwind of runway 12,” one of two runways at the airport. The Cessna landed “uneventfully” and the Lancair impacted terrain near the other runway and “a post-impact fire ensured,” the NTSB said.

[Motor City]

Two dead after small planes collide mid-air near Marana airport in Arizona, officials say

Two people are dead after a mid-air collision between two small planes Wednesday morning at a regional airport in southern Arizona.

According to a post from the Marana Police Department, the crash between two fixed-wing, single-engine planes happened at the Marana Regional Airport, about 21 miles northwest of Tucson, Arizona.

Police say details were limited, as of late Wednesday morning, with both the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board expected to respond.

“NTSB is investigating a mid-air collision between Cessna 172S and Lancair 360 MK II near Marana, Arizona,” the agency said in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter.....

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Small plane crashes in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; multiple injuries reported

MANHEIM TOWNSHIP, Pa. (WPVI) -- Officials are investigating after a small plane went down near a retirement village in Lancaster county.

According to authorities all five passengers on board were rushed to local hospitals, luckily no one on the ground was hurt.

https://6abc.com/post/manheim-township- ... /15997850/

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No survivors found after plane crashes outside of Pitt-Greenville Airport, officials say

GREENVILLE, N.C. (WNCN/WNCT) — Emergency crews responded to a private plane crash on Friday morning in Greenville.

The crash involving a Beech A36 Bonanza aircraft occurred around 7:50 a.m. near the intersection of North Memorial Drive and Belvoir Road, close to the Pitt-Greenville Airport.

https://www.cbs17.com/news/north-caroli ... olice-say/

[rainwater]

a plane crashed diverting to DIA and crashing.

fires might have taken over the CO news yesterday.

opps sorry...it just caught fire after landing at dia...

[ZoWie]

American Airlines had more bad press, following a plane catching fire and making an emergency landing in Denver.

The Beechcraft Bonanza (small plane in the other incident) used to be a favorite of weekend pilots who learned in Cessna 172s but had enough money to buy the Bonanza. It often turned out to be too much airplane for their level of proficiency. I am assured that pilot training is more intensive now, but some people still call it the Doctor Killer.

[rainwater]

cant copy image.

AA plane with 178 humans on board catches fire on the DIA tarmac after diverting for emergency landing.
caught fire after coming in for an emergency.
https://bsky.app/profile/georgetakei.bs ... gpdysvd42s

[ZoWie]

Yes, that's the one. We still don't know why it diverted, but when it landed in Denver it caught fire.

Houston, we have a problem.

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Plane crash in Honduras kills 12, including musician and ex-congressman Aurelio Martinez

A small plane crashed while taking off from the Honduran island of Roatan on Monday, leaving 12 people dead. Among the victims was prominent musician and Honduran politician Aurelio Martinez.

The civil aeronautics agency of Honduras said in a statement that the accident occurred on March 17 shortly after 6 p.m. local time at the Juan Manuel Gálvez International Airport when a Jetstream 32 carrying 15 passengers and two crew members attempted to depart for La Ceiba, a port city on the northern coast of Honduras.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/wor ... 516220007/

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Helicopter crashes into the Hudson in NYC.

A helicopter has crashed into the Hudson River.

https://www.13wmaz.com/video/news/break ... daefa3c0b8

[rainwater]

Helicopter crashes into the Hudson in NYC.

A helicopter has crashed into the Hudson River.

https://www.13wmaz.com/video/news/break ... daefa3c0b8

i saw that clip....whyd that chopper flip around like that...do you know?...wow.

[ZoWie]

Looked like a catastrophic failure to me. Parts were falling off.

[Number6]

i saw that clip....whyd that chopper flip around like that...do you know?...wow.

I saw the story on the news last night and they had a number of videos from different angles. One angle was from the top of a building showing the helicopter hitting the water. There was also something hitting the water about 50 feet from the helicopter. To me, it looked like one of the rotor blades.

[ZoWie]

A stop-motion frame in one of the Nooz videos does look like it's missing a blade.

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Fiery Boca Raton plane crash kills 3 people on board, injures man in car

A small plane crashed in a ball of flames in Boca Raton Friday morning, killing the three people on board and leaving a man who was in a vehicle on the ground injured, officials said.

The crash happened in the area of Military Trail and Glades Road, not far from Boca Raton Airport and Interstate 95.

https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/sma ... n/3589626/