Aviation Incidents, Airports and ARFF
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 Jet Rescue Air Ambulance, carrying a child patient, passenger and four crew members, crashed shortly after takeoff, engulfing several homes in flames
D.C. Fire Chief John Donnelly Sr. said the wreckage of the plane’s fuselage will probably have to be pulled from the water to get all the bodies
Two people aboard the plane were not injured after the plane caught fire and its landing gear collapsed
The Mi-8 helicopter went down during a training mission late Wednesday, killing the chief of a Russian aviation center
Fire officials said no passengers were aboard the plane at the time
Passengers on the plane said they saw and smelled smoke; water and a fire extinguisher was used to put out the smoke
At one point after coming to a stop, part of the plane exploded into a bright orange fireball
All crew members were killed in the crash; rescue teams have decoded the plane’s black box
Fire and EMS agencies responded to 230 wounded and 41 dead in the shooting and bombing attack
The plane appeared to have smashed into the front of an attached, two-story town house in a complex and sparked a fire
Scuba divers recovered the body of a 56-year-old man from the submerged plane after it crashed into the Hudson river
Officials said there are no records of accidents for the owner of the skydiving plane
Investigators reviewed the burned-out wreckage of the single-engine plane in a field just outside a regional airport on the island of Kauai
Infants and women who are pregnant or are nursing should not drink the water; is safe for other adults
John Ollberding, who had been renting a cabin with his family, saw the helicopter go down; he’s been struggling with what he saw ever since
The helicopter appears to have been coming down the side of a mountain when it crashed at the foot of it and caught fire
The small plane landed on the freeway before sliding into the back of a car parked on the shoulder; fire officials contained a fuel leak at the wreckage site
Rescuers freed the 87-year-old pilot who’s plane was stuck in tree branches 50-feet above ground.
It crashed about 20 feet offshore, right next to the visitor center; medics treated a 16-year-old passenger and took him to a hospital in critical condition
A third crew member survived the crash but suffered serious injuries; no patients were on board
The plane was delayed 10 hours and the entire incident delayed 30 flights
The SkyLife air ambulance went down Thursday night in central California killing the paramedic, nurse, pilot and patient
The plane clipped a power line before hitting an apartment building and nearby embankment; it’s unclear if the weather contributed to the crash
More than 100 passengers evacuated the plane on the Florida runway as fire crews put out the jet engine fire
Firefighters quickly knocked down the fire before it spread in the heavily wooded area
The chief of the Association of Flight Attendants union said she expects federal investigators will find that baggage slowed down the evacuation and caused some of the injuries
There was a significant post-crash fire in the heavily wooded area in the Adirondack Mountains
Firefighters extinguished the blaze and the remains of four occupants were found inside the aircraft
Capt. Gregg Favre said the report lays out what a model policy, or city, state or federal law could look like
Lake Dillon Fire battalion chief Shawn Sawyer said leaking fuel made it difficult to extinguish the fire
The four occupants inside the home were able to escape without injury; the occupants of the plane weren’t immediately identified
Three members from the Ketchikan Volunteer Rescue Squad reached the plane and secured it on the steep terrain in preparation for recovery efforts
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