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California: Boeing 727-200, Cessna 172: The Boeing 727 experienced a mid-air collision with a private aircraft during approach due to their failure to strictly adhere to air traffic control procedures, killing everyone aboard both aircraft as well as 7 on the ground. May 8, 1978 3 11 55 National Airlines Flight 193: Escambia Bay, near Pensacola ...
3 July – A Pakistan Army Mil Mi-17 helicopter crashes in Khyber Pass, Pakistan, killing all 41 people on board. 8 August – A Eurocopter AS350 collides with a Piper PA-32R over the Hudson River between Hoboken, New Jersey and New York City, United States. The six occupants of the helicopter and the three occupants of the Piper aircraft all ...
Mosquito Fire A pyrocumulonimbus cloud rises from the Mosquito Fire on September 8, 2022 Date(s) September 6 (6-09) – October 22, 2022 (2022-10-22) (47 days) Location Placer County and El Dorado County, Northern California, United States Coordinates 39°00′22″N 120°44′42″W / 39.006°N 120.745°W / 39.006; -120.745 Statistics Burned area 76,788 acres (31,075 ha; 120 sq mi ...
The XE is a development of the Mosquito Air, with a cockpit fairing and a more sophisticated exhaust system, plus a rotor diameter increased by 40 cm (15.7 in) to support the higher gross weight. The aircraft was designed to comply with the US Experimental – Amateur-built and European microlight aircraft rules.
The commercial helicopter pilot and two medical crew members were killed, and the helicopter was destroyed by impact forces and a postcrash fire. [2] On July 30, 2008, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) released its probable-cause report on the accident. According to the NTSB, the probable cause of the crash was "the pilot's ...
Dec. 23—PEMBROKE — On Friday at about 2:31 p.m., deputies from the Robeson County Sheriff's Office responded to 1900 block of Philadelphus Road in Pembroke in reference to a helicopter crash.
Flames could be seen where a military helicopter made an emergency landing at Camp Pendleton on Friday, causing police to warn drivers of potential traffic delays along Interstate 5. All four crew ...
The crash late Sunday afternoon in the desert about 85 miles (137 kilometers) east of Los Angeles involved a huge Sikorsky S-64E and a smaller Bell 407. The larger Sikorsky landed safely.