Chuck Mangione, who lost 2 band members in NY plane crash, performs for victims’ families

September 1st, 2009 Lawyer settles over NY plane crash solicitationsNEWARK, N.J. — A New Jersey attorney accused of soliciting families of victims of a plane that crashed into a New York home too soon after the accident has settled a lawsuit with the government.

August 24th, 2009 SAO PAULO - A single-engine plane crashed in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, killing two people, authorities said. The plane, which began its trip in Vutoporanga, went out of control and crashed Saturday near the city of Comendador Gomes, the fire department said.

August 9th, 2009 5th body found in Hudson River from midair crashHOBOKEN, N.J. —New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg says a fifth body has been recovered from the wreckage of a helicopter-plane crash above the Hudson River.

August 8th, 2009 2 killed in crash with Christian band's tour busFORT WAYNE, Ind. —The Christian rock band MercyMe canceled a show Saturday in the St.

August 8th, 2009 Plane, helicopter collide over Hudson RiverNEW YORK —The Coast Guard says a small plane has collided with a helicopter over the Hudson River. Witnesses say the accident happened just after noon between Manhattan and Hoboken, N.J.

July 16th, 2009 TEHRAN - The remains of all 168 victims of a crashed Iranian passenger plane have been transferred to a coroner's office, the head of the rescue team Ahmad Majidi said Thursday. Majidi told the Fars news agency that the remains collected by the Red Crescent after Wednesday's crash were taken initially to Qazvin in northwestern Iran but would be transferred later Thursday to the coroner's office in Tehran for identification.

July 12th, 2009 Relatives of plane crash victims to visit ComorosPARIS — At least 150 family members of those who died on Yemenia Airways Flight 626 landed Monday in the Comoros Islands aboard a chartered French airplane, company officials said. Yemenia organized the special flight for relatives of victims and its insurance company paid for it.

July 10th, 2009 Correction: Florida Plane Crash storyPORT RICHEY, Fla. — In a July 9 story about a plane that crashed with five people aboard off Florida's Gulf Coast, The Associated Press erroneously reported that family members of two Quality Powder Coating LP employees were among those on the plane.

July 1st, 2009 21 more victims of Air France crash identifiedRIO DE JANEIRO — Brazilian officials say they've identified the remains of 21 more people who were aboard an Air France jet when it plunged into the Atlantic Ocean last month. Authorities say 17 newly identified victims were foreign and four were Brazilian.

June 19th, 2009 Air France crash families to get 1st compensationPARIS — Air France focused on aiding families of victims from the crash of Flight 447, offering a first advance on compensation on Friday while investigators worked quietly to solve the mystery of what brought the jet down. The top European air safety agency said, meanwhile, there was not yet enough evidence to issue a mandatory recall of an external air speed monitor suspected of contributing to the disaster.

June 7th, 2009 Obama pledges support on Air France probeCAEN, France — President Barack Obama says the United States has authorized all of the government's resources to investigate an Air France plane that disappeared off the coast of South America. Obama told French President Nicholas Sarkozy on Saturday that Americans offer their thoughts and their prayers to the French, particularly those who lost family members in the suspected crash.

May 6th, 2009 No drugs in body of pilot in fatal Montana crashHELENA, Mont. — A Montana coroner says the pilot in a March plane crash that killed 14 had no drugs or alcohol in his system and did not appear to have suffered a heart attack.

May 6th, 2009 2 killed in crash of small plane at Fla. airportLANTANA, Fla.

April 20th, 2009 Flight 3407 fundraiser set after Mangione's NY gigBUFFALO, N.Y. — Jazz musician Chuck Mangione's (man-jee-OH'-nees) performance in Buffalo, N.Y., next month will be followed by a fundraiser for the victims of Flight 3407, including two members of his band.

February 12th, 2009 NEW YORK - A woman who had lost her husband in the Sept 11, 2001 terror attacks on the World Trade Center (WTC) was among those killed in the late Thursday air crash in New York state, her sister said early Friday. 'We know that she was on that plane,' Sue Bourque was quoted by the Buffalo News as saying about her sister Beverly Eckert, who had been waiting at Buffalo airport to pick her sister up when the Continental Airlines plane crashed some 10 kilometres away.