Aviation Incidents, Airports and ARFF
At least 22 people were injured when the Jet Rescue Air Ambulance plane crashed shortly after takeoff
Army Corps of Engineers Colonel Francis B. Pera said a “dignified recovery” of the victims takes precedence over all else
A child receiving treatment at Shriners Children’s Hospital, her mother, four Jet Rescue Air Ambulance crew members and a person on the ground were killed
The Army, Marine Corps and Navy joined the search along with Honolulu firefighters and lifeguards
Honolulu Fire Department search and rescue crews found and collected pieces of helicopter fuselage and a helmet in a debris field
One of the crash victims walked to a nearby home to contact police, who said that the flight appeared to be a training flight
A witness said the plane was like a “big black solid red ball of fire”
The plane crashed and burned just moments after takeoff, but the pilot escaped serious injury
Firefighters tried to put out the fire at the main crash site but withdrew after an explosion forced them back
The 47-minute clip shows smoke and dust rising from the craft as it spins down the runway then zooms in as passengers slide down emergency chutes
John Meffert was driving when part of the plane hit his car as it crashed on the freeway
The pilot was a 62-year-old man, and his passenger was a 55-year-old female, said Paul Fox, an officer and a spokesman for the California Highway Patrol
The FAA and National Transportation Safety Board will investigate the crash
Soon after the plane went down investigators came to believe its left wing probably struck a tree
The helicopter was going through a training flight when it went down
Surveillance video from a nearby business shows the moment of impact and then a huge fireball
About three dozen firefighting vehicles rushed to the scene; nearby houses were blackened by smoke
Officials said the pilot told air traffic controllers before the crash that he was having an issue with the airplane’s autopilot feature
The helicopter crashed during a training flight; the cause of the crash is under investigation
Stacey Pierce survived the fiery crash and was seriously injured while her parents were both killed
Firefighters entered one of the burning houses and pulled out a plane passenger, who was unconscious
Police and paramedics rushed to the crash site, where firefighters doused the flames
No one else was in the plane; officials are investigating the cause of the crash
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Footage from the scene showed the plane’s nose stuck inside a brick house and large chunks of debris scattered around
Terry Andres, 62, was traveling with his wife on vacation when he was shot
The gunman was taken into custody after throwing his empty weapon down and lying spread-eagle on the ground, one witness said
Heavy rainfall and low visibility grounded helicopters and complicated search and rescue efforts
Tiffany Urresti was a former hospital ER nurse who dreamed for years of working as a flight nurse
One piece of the disk was found in a UPS warehouse 2,920 feet south of the plane and another piece was found about 0.3 miles north of the plane on airport property
One passenger said the plane was speeding down the runway when she heard an explosion and saw flames and black smoke.
The man drove around barricades before crashing into the helicopter and hitting a fire truck
Two people aboard the plane were not injured after the plane caught fire and its landing gear collapsed
