NY pilot who screamed radio warning: Plane that struck chopper ‘looked like cruise missile’

September 30th, 2009 Officials issue alert on small plane flightWASHINGTON — U.S. military officials are warning that a small single engine plane flying near Muncie, Indiana, is operating erratically and that the pilot may be suffering from a lack of oxygen.

September 23rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - A US probe has found that the pilot and co-pilot of the chopper that crashed in an Andhra Pradesh forest, killing chief minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, early this month knew they were flying in a dangerously bad weather, an official said here Wednesday.

September 16th, 2009 Small plane crashes at Hayward airportHAYWARD, Calif. — Authorities say a pilot walked away unharmed when his small plane crashed and caught fire shortly after takeoff from California's Hayward Executive Airport.

September 15th, 2009 LUCKNOW - A private helicopter carrying two French tourists Tuesday made an emergency landing in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar district after it developed a technical snag. No one was injured.

August 25th, 2009 Student pilot wanders into restricted airspaceWASHINGTON — Authorities say a student pilot who wandered into Washington's restricted airspace has been forced to land in Gaithersburg, Md. Secret Service spokesman Darrin Blackford says the plane was identified around 2:15 p.m.

August 23rd, 2009 Plane hit by 3 cars after Calif. freeway landingSANTA BARBARA, Calif.

August 10th, 2009 Hudson divers seek 2 victims, hope to raise planeHOBOKEN, N.J. —Divers hope to pull a plane out of the Hudson River on Monday, but their first priority is to recover the bodies of two remaining victims of the air collision that killed nine people, a chief investigator said.

August 10th, 2009 NEW YORK - Helicopter pilot Ben Lane mourns the loss of his friend and fellow chopper pilot Jeremy Clarke, whom he tried to warn moments before Clarke's chopper collided in with a private plane over the Hudson River. Two days after the crash that claimed nine lives, including that of Clarke, Lane says that it was a mishap waiting to happen.

July 23rd, 2009 Small plane lands, takes off again on Fla. highwayEDGEWATER, Fla.

July 18th, 2009 NEW YORK - For the first time in history US President Barack Obama flew in a chopper manned by an all-female Marine Corps crew. Maj. Jennifer L. Grieves, who is the first female pilot of Marine One, flew the chopper carrying Obama to Andrews Air Force Base.

July 12th, 2009 BERLIN - A family of three had a lucky escape Sunday when their car was struck by a plane performing acrobatics at an air show in the south of Germany. The stunt pilot was carrying out a series of loopings when he got too close to the ground and clipped the top of the vehicle with the undercarriage of his bi-plane, witnesses said.

June 17th, 2009 Pilot killed in Minnesota plane crashCRYSTAL, Minn. — Authorities say the pilot of a small airplane was killed trying to land in pouring rain at a Minnesota airport.

June 4th, 2009 MADRID - A pilot of the Spanish airline Air Comet covering the route between Lima and Madrid saw a white flash in the area where the Air France plane went missing, the daily El Mundo reported Thursday. El Mundo quoted a report by the pilot to his airline.

June 4th, 2009 Plane struck by lightning lands safely in Calif.OAKLAND, Calif. — A Southwest Airlines plane was struck by lightning but passed a safety inspection after it returned safely to Oakland International Airport.

June 3rd, 2009 Continental Express pilot sees object near planeLIBERTY, Texas — Federal and local authorities are trying to find the source of a "strange object" the pilot of a Continental Express plane reported flying about 150 feet beneath his plane in southeast Texas. Liberty County Sheriff's Department Cpl.