Young NY pilot Melanie Georger dies in plane crash moments after releasing a set of skydivers
A promising young pilot from New York who was “on the brink” of realizing his dream of becoming an airline pilot has died moments after releasing skydivers to jump from a plane. Melanie Georgia, 26, died when her single-engine Cessna crashed on the Niagara Scenic Parkway, about 15 miles from Niagara Falls. Niagara County Sheriff’s […]
Helicopter rescues plane from snowy Argentina mountain after emergency landing
close video Video: Helicopter rescues plane from snowy mountain after emergency landing The plane made an emergency landing in the snowy mountains of Argentina and was rescued by specialized personnel and a helicopter (Photo: IBEX/Reuters) An aircraft made an emergency landing on a snowy mountain in Argentina and was rescued by specialized personnel and a […]
Selma Blair recalls being kicked off plane over drunken outburst
A calm Selma Blair reflects on her June 2016 plane crash. Getty Images Eight years into sobriety, Selma Blair is looking back at her lowest point. In a candid interview published Wednesday, the actress recalled being kicked off a plane in June 2016 for “drinking too much in Mexico.” “I was extremely confused, dehydrated and […]
Airline Bans Ex-Pastor For Allegedly Hitting His Wife On Plane Because She Got Upgraded To First Class: Affidavit
A former pastor faces a federal assault charge and an airline ban after he allegedly struck his wife in midair July 2 aboard an Alaska Airlines flight as they quarreled over a flight upgrade, an FBI special agent’s affidavit reads. Roger Allan Holmberg Sr. and his wife had been traveling from their Virginia home to […]
Hikers in Colorado watch as plane nearly crashes into mountain: video
Terrifying video captures the moment a small plane crashes into a Colorado mountain. On July 4th, a Cessna 152 was seen plummeting toward the ground and then rocketing upwards just feet before hitting the ground. “It was coming straight towards us,” Jason Dunn, who was hiking Devil’s Thumb Mountain with his family, wrote on Facebook. […]
American Airlines Boeing Plane Aborts Takeoff, as Tire Blows on Runway, Producing Flames and Smoke
An American Airlines plane departing from Tampa, Florida, suddenly aborted takeoff on Wednesday after a tire burst, emitting flames and smoke, seconds before departure. The accident happened Wednesday morning at Tampa International Airport. The Boeing 737-800 was carrying 174 passengers and six crew members and was scheduled to take off just before 8 a.m. for […]
Passenger bites chunk out of flight attendant’s uniform on United plane
An in-flight altercation forced a Newark-bound flight to make an emergency landing after an unruly United Airlines passenger bit into a flight attendant’s shirt. The enraged passenger, who was wearing an Al Pacino-style “Scarface” T-shirt, repeatedly punched and spat at fellow passengers on board United Airlines Flight 762 from Miami to Newark on Tuesday before […]
Details of Apollo astronaut’s fatal plane crash revealed
Federal authorities said Tuesday that retired Rear Adm. William Anders, the former Apollo 8 astronaut who took the iconic “Earthrise” photograph and died last month while flying a plane over the ocean off the coast of Washington state, was flying near a friend’s home when the fatal accident occurred. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) […]
Baseball player who died in New York plane crash with family hit a grand slam in his final game, coach says
A member of a family of five from Georgia who died in a small plane crash in upstate New York last weekend hit a grand slam in the final baseball game he played while visiting Cooperstown, his coach revealed. Twelve-year-old James “J.R.” VanEpps was coached by Frank Tumminia Jr., according to the Times Union. He […]
Family who died in New York plane crash was flying through area of ‘storm activity,’ NTSB reveals
A family of five from Georgia who was killed when a small plane crashed in upstate New York last weekend was flying through an area of ”active storms,” the National Transportation Safety Board said Tuesday. In a statement, an NTSB spokesperson told Fox News Digital that flight tracking data for the single-engine Piper PA-46 aircraft […]