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Dwain Weston (31 January 1973 – 5 October 2003) was an Australian skydiver, BASE jumper, wingsuiter and software developer. On 5 October 2003, at the end of the inaugural Go Fast Games, Weston died while attempting to fly over the Royal Gorge Bridge near Cañon City, Colorado, United States.
A Nicaraguan Air Force Antonov An-26 126, crashes into a mountain near Bluefields, Nicaragua, killing all 28 on board. [245] 21 January Royal Air Force Panavia Tornado GR.1 ZA330, 'coded B-08', crashed into a Cessna 152 II, G-BPZX near Mattersley Nottinghamshire. In the Air Accident Report 3/2000 the conclusion was none of the pilots saw each ...
Australian wingsuiter and BASE jumper died when he crash landed 200 meters below a BASE jump launch point in the Tofane mountain range, near Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. [173] 10 September 2023 Dennis Ploner 29 Italy Italian wingsuiter died approximately five seconds into a jump from the ruins of Castel Greifenstein, outside of Bolzano, Italy. [174]
Airborne Express Flight 827 DC-8-63F crashed into the side of the mountain in Narrows, Virginia, United States while conducting tests after going through an overhaul and receiving major modifications. The plane was destroyed by the crash and fire and the 3 crew members and 3 technicians aboard were killed. [10] 7 August 1997
A BASE jumper somehow managed to survive a 180-feet fall after a gust of wind pushed him toward a cliff and partially deflated his parachute.
A Grumman F-14A Tomcat, BuNo 158618, of VF-211, based at NAS Oceana, Virginia Beach, Virginia crashed into the Arabian Sea after a failed attempt to land on the carrier USS John C. Stennis. The Navy said both crew members were pulled from the water by a rescue helicopter shortly after the accident; neither appeared to be seriously injured. [35]
The crew had been conducting tests of tracking equipment during the short flight from Davison AAF at Fort Belvoir, Virginia. Aircraft crashed and sank into the water roughly 50 yards (46 m) offshore, in 45 feet (14 m) water, reportedly because the flight crew inadvertently selected "beta range" on the propellers at 800 feet (240 m), stalled and ...
The U.S. scrambled F-16s in a supersonic chase of a light aircraft with an unresponsive pilot that violated airspace around Washington D.C. and later crashed into the mountains of Virginia ...