Tag: National Transportation Safety Board

4 Killed After Private Plane Crashes at Northern California Airport

Reading Time: < 1 minute Authorities say a small private plane crashed at the airport in the Northern California town of Columbia, killing all four people on board. The Tuolumne County Sheriff’s Department says the plane crashed as it tried to land on the runway but veered to the left. It says the Cessna 310 was fully engulfed in flames […]

Three Dead in Small Plane Crash in Long Island Neighborhood

Reading Time: < 1 minute Officials say three people are dead after a small plane broke up mid-flight, scattering debris across a residential Long Island neighborhood. National Transportation Safety Board investigator Robert Gretz says the pilot of the Beech BE-35 aircraft reported an issue with his instrument panel before the plane went down in Syosset Tuesday afternoon. Gretz says two […]

Mom, Two Kids Among Five Killed in Tennessee Helicopter Crash

Reading Time: 2 minutes A fiery helicopter crash in eastern Tennessee killed a local woman, her grown son and daughter and the daughter’s boyfriend, in addition to the pilot, authorities and relatives said Tuesday. All five people aboard the helicopter, a single-engine Bell 206L tour craft manufactured in March 1977, were killed when it slammed into the ground at […]