Small plane crashes at Hayward airport shortly after takeoff; pilot uninjuredSeptember 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.
Flash floods inundate northwestern Turkey; Hundreds trapped in factories, 5 others missingSeptember 12th, 2009 More flash floods slam Turkey, trapping hundredsISTANBUL — Authorities say heavy downpours have led to new flash floods in northwestern Turkey, trapping hundreds of workers at some tile factories. At least five workers are reported missing.
NY pilot who screamed radio warning: Plane that struck chopper 'looked like cruise missile'August 10th, 2009 NY pilot who radioed warning: Plane like missileNEW YORK —The pilot who radioed a desperate, last-minute warning says a plane that struck a helicopter over the Hudson River "looked like a cruise missile hitting a target."
Ben Lane warned fellow helicopter pilot Jeremy Clarke on Saturday that the plane was bearing down on him. Lane tells the Daily News that another pilot heard him scream "Watch out! Watch out!"
He doesn't remember screaming.
NYPD: Bodies of plane pilot, adult passenger remain missingAugust 10th, 2009 NYPD: Bodies of plane pilot, adult passenger remain missingHOBOKEN, N.J. —Divers resume their search Monday for the bodies of the pilot of the small plane and an adult passenger who were killed along with seven others in a midair collision over the Hudson River.
Pilot just missed runway and died in small plane crash at Minnesota airportJune 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.
Pilot of small plane dies in crash on grounds of New Hampshire resortJune 14th, 2009 Pilot of small plane dies in crash at NH resortGILFORD, N.H. — Authorities say the pilot of a single-engine plane has died after crashing on the grounds of a New Hampshire resort.
Air France pilots said to have battled for 15 minutes to save flightJune 5th, 2009 PARIS - Air France pilots battled for up to 15 minutes to save the doomed flight that went missing over the Atlantic this week, electronic messages emitted by the aircraft have revealed. etails have emerged of the moments leading up to the disappearance of flight AF 447 with 228 people on-board, with error messages reportedly suggesting the plane was flying too slowly and that two key computers malfunctioned.
Search for plane and cause of Air France crash intensify (Lead)June 4th, 2009 SAO PAULO/PARIS - As search intensified Thursday for an explanation of why an Air France jetliner with 228 people aboard plunged into the Atlantic Ocean, searchers began plucking fragments of the aircraft out of the water. The search has been narrowed to an area of approximately 6,000 sq km, Brazilian air force spokesman Ramon Borges Cardoso said in the port city of Recife.
Brazil confirms missing plane debris foundJune 3rd, 2009 RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazilian Defence Minister Nelson Jobim said Tuesday that the authorities are certain they found the remains of the missing Air France passenger plane around midday in the Atlantic Ocean. A Brazilian Air Force (FAB) plane found a "set of fragments" spread over a five-kilometre radius some 640 km off the island Fernando de Noronha, Jobim said.
Investigator: No information on whether chief pilot at controls when Air France flight fellJune 3rd, 2009 French uncertain whether chief pilot at controlsPARIS — A French accident investigator says it is unclear whether the chief pilot of Air France Flight 447 was at the controls when the plane crashed into the Atlantic Ocean. The head of France's accident investigation agency, Paul-Louis Arslanian, also says he is "not optimistic" that rescuers will recover the plane's black boxes miles (kilometers) under the water.
French confirm sighting of Air France plane debris in mid-Atlantic as recovery beginsJune 3rd, 2009 French confirm sighting of Air France plane debrisFERNANDO DE NORONHA, Brazil — French officials say debris found in the Atlantic is that of missing Air France Flight 447. French military spokesman Christophe Prazuck says French military planes surveyed the remains initially spotted by Brazilian planes, and determined that the debris "corresponds to this plane."
Prazuck says it is time to move to a "naval operation" to collect the remains and then "a submarine one" to try to find the plane's black boxes.
Brazilian pilot reports possible sighting of disappeared French plane's wreckageJune 2nd, 2009 RIO DE JANEIRO - A pilot from Brazil's airline TAM possibly spotted a burning piece of wreckage on the Atlantic Ocean while he was crossing the Atlantic early Monday morning. The Brazilian Air Force confirmed late Monday that the pilot saw "orange-coloured spots" in the middle of the Atlantic.
Brazilian pilot says he thinks he' seen missing Air France jet in Atlantic OceanJune 2nd, 2009 LONDON - The pilot of a Brazilian plane has said that he thinks he has seen the damaged parts of the Air France aircraft that reportedly crashed into the Atlantic Ocean on Monday. This morning, pilots from Brazilian commercial airline TAM said they had seen what they thought was fire on the ocean in the area the plane went missing early on Monday morning.
French airliner missing over Atlantic, 228 on board (Second Lead)June 1st, 2009 PARIS/RIO DE JANEIRO - An Air France flight with 228 people on board went missing over the Atlantic Monday morning, sparking a major search and rescue mission off the Brazilian coast, according to reports in both countries. The Airbus A330-200, flight number AF 447, left Rio de Janeiro for Paris, but radio contact was lost with the plane shortly after 0600 GMT, the reports said.
Obama stumbles over Spanish holiday greetingMay 5th, 2009 WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama, it seems, still needs to work on improving his Spanish, as he used the wrong word at the opening of the Cinco de Mayo celebrations at the White House. As he welcomed guests to observe the Mexican holiday, the US president called the event "Cinco de Cuatro" prompting giggles from the crowd before he corrected himself.
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