“It may be better suited as museum pieces because they’re just going to keep getting older.” But, she added, “I would love to keep seeing them fly for the next hundred years.” Patrick McGeehan, Neil Vigdor, Cheryl Weinstock and Michael Gold contributed reporting. By Brian Niemietz. NEW YORK — A helicopter crash-landed on the roof of a midtown Manhattan skyscraper Monday, killing the pilot and briefly unnerving the city. The plane carried 13 people.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/02/nyregion/plane-crash.html “During our monsoons, things can be very, very difficult.”Pilots call such landing areas “tabletop” runways. Rescue crews were still dousing the plane with water more than an hour later. But in order for them to fly, the aircraft have to meet certain standards. “Today, New York City experienced yet another deadly helicopter crash, this time, with our nightmare of having a helicopter crash into a building. On July 28, 1945, a B-25 Mitchell bomber of the United States Army Air Forces crashed into the Empire State Building in New York City, while flying in thick fog.The accident caused the death of fourteen people (three crewmen and eleven people in the building) and damage estimated at US$1 million (equivalent to about $14M in 2019), although the building's structural integrity was not compromised.
The names of the victims were not immediately released.The home was fully engulfed in flames after the crash, police said. He wasn’t really gaining altitude and then one of the engines started to sputter. The plane in that crash was also a Boeing 737, and 158 people died.Like many countries, India has severely cut back on international air operations during the pandemic. (George Frey/Getty Images) A plane crash in Utah … Since 1989, the foundation has focused on the “Wings of Freedom Tour” featuring World War II aircraft.“The aircraft loss is a great letdown and if there is injury and loss of life, it’s a terrible thing,” said John Grier, The Collings Foundation said its “flight team is fully cooperating with officials to determine the cause of the crash of the B-17 Flying Fortress.’’ Six of the people injured in the crash were treated at Hartford Hospital, three of them had life-threatening injuries, according to Dr. Jonathan Gates, chief of trauma at the hospital.Two patients were to be transferred to the burn unit at Bridgeport Hospital. The crash at the airport in Connecticut, outside Hartford, involved an antique military aircraft. SOUNDBITETrump tweets that he will give acceptance speech at Gettysburg or White HouseACU Chair Matt Schlapp and former D.C. Democrat Party Chair Scott Bolden weigh in on ‘Outnumbered Overtime.’© Provided by USA TODAY, a division of Gannett Satellite Information Network, Inc.Show full articles without "Continue Reading" button for {0} hours. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. “It’s obviously shaken every soul in Kerala to the core.”Air India Jet With More Than 180 Passengers Skids and Cracks in HalfAn Air India Express flight carrying more than 180 passengers skidded off a wet runway and split in half.
We've received your submission.Survivors of the horrific Air India Express plane that Renjith Panangad, a plumber returning home after three years on the job in Dubai, said from his hospital bed that the plane swayed and everything went dark before the crash.He said he and other passengers crawled out of the fuselage through the emergency exit, “A lot of passengers were bleeding,” Panangad said, who escaped without major injuries. Afterward, the bright morning sky became engulfed in towering flames and a column of dark smoke.Seven people were killed; nine others — including a firefighter and an airport employee on the ground — were treated for injuries, according to state and hospital officials.Officials have not identified any of the victims but have said that none of them were children. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/07/world/asia/air-india-plane-crash.html Eyewitnesses said the plane appeared in trouble moments after it lifted off the ground. POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. – At least two people were killed and another was unaccounted for SaturdayTherapy dog comforts essential workers on New York City streetsWhite House says 'deeply concerned' by Belarus electionTrump tweets that he will give acceptance speech at Gettysburg or White HousePuerto Rico primary election derailed as ballots fail to arrive at voting centersMajor gas explosion in Baltimore leaves at least one person deadSome Democrats reportedly worry Biden's VP announcement could draw attention to his gaffesHISD Interim Superintendent on reopening the largest school district in TexasWhat's next for coronavirus relief negotiations after Republicans and Democrats fail to reach a dealVanessa Guillen: The timeline of what happened to the slain Fort Hood soldierRep. One died, another was seriously hurt and the third is unaccounted for. On Wednesday morning, 10 passengers and three crew members boarded a vintage B-17G bomber at Bradley International Airport near Hartford. “Crashing them is a very rare event,” he said.Built in the 1930s and early 1940s by Boeing, the planes, which have four engines, lack the electronics of modern airplanes. Organizations that restore and fly vintage aircraft must meet federal standards for airworthiness, maintenance practices and certification and training of pilots.“Common sense should tell anybody that gets on an airplane that’s been restored from the ground up that it’s not the same as getting on an airliner,” said Mark Dombroff, an aviation lawyer who once worked for the F.A.A.
This was catching and skipping and misfiring.” The plane, according to the witness, “was very low.”In audio transmissions recorded on LiveATC.net, the pilot told controllers that he was having issues with one of the plane’s engines.The aircraft, a Flying Fortress bomber manufactured in 1944, belonged to a nonprofit aviation foundation based in Massachusetts, according to F.A.A. But moments after takeoff, something went horribly wrong.About five minutes after the plane took off, its crew contacted the tower and reported an issue, said The aircraft circled back to the runway and attempted to land, Ms. Homendy said. The B-17s were instrumental in winning the air war in World War II, according to Dick Knapinski, a spokesman for the Experimental Aircraft Association, a group of aviation enthusiasts which owns and flies its own B-17.“The ability to fly distances to Nazi Germany and complete the bombing runs and knock out infrastructure was a key element in turning the tide of the war,” he said.