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NASCAR Driver's Wife Sent Final Text Before Fatal Plane Crash

Mother recalls troubling text as families mourn 7 crash victims

(Newser) - Cristina Biffle's final text message to her mother was brief and alarming: "We're in trouble." The message came from the private plane that crashed Thursday , killing NASCAR champion Greg Biffle, 55; his wife, Cristina Grossu Biffle; their 5-year-old son, Ryder; and Greg's 14-year-old daughter, Emma,...

NASCAR Driver, Family Among 7 Dead in Plane Crash

'The NASCAR family is devastated at the loss of Greg Biffle'

(Newser) - NASCAR driver Greg Biffle and his family were killed in a plane crash Thursday morning in North Carolina, family friend Rep. Richard Hudson says. The FAA says the Cessna 550 crashed while attempting to land at Statesville Regional Airport, the AP reports. According to tracking data, the flight took off...

Multiple Deaths Reported in North Carolina Plane Crash

Records show Cessna 550 is owned by NASCAR driver Greg Biffle

(Newser) - Authorities say a business jet crashed while landing at a regional airport in Statesville, North Carolina, erupting in a large fire. The Federal Aviation Administration said a Cessna C550 crashed while landing at Statesville Regional Airport around 10:20am Thursday, the AP reports. The Iredell County Sheriff confirmed that there...

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Plane Crash-Lands— on Top of Moving Car

Woman suffered only minor injuries; the pilot and his passenger escaped unscathed in Florida crash

(Newser) - A Florida woman remarkably escaped without serious injury after a small plane crash-landed on top of her car on Interstate 95. A driver's dash-cam captured Monday's incident around 5:45pm just south of State Road 520 near Cocoa. The plane, a Beechcraft 55, drops from the sky before...

Crash Lawsuit Claims UPS Didn't Properly Maintain Planes

Older planes were kept flying without increased checks, families' lawyer says

(Newser) - A deadly UPS cargo plane crash in Kentucky last month stemmed from corporate choices that favored profits over safety, according to a lawyer who filed two wrongful death lawsuits Wednesday accusing the company of continuing to fly older aircraft without increasing maintenance beyond what's regularly scheduled. The fiery crash...

Demo Flight Ends in Tragedy at Dubai Airshow

HAL Tejas fighter jet crashes, killing pilot

(Newser) - An Indian fighter jet crashed Friday at the start of a demonstration flight in front of a crowd of spectators at the Dubai Airshow, killing its sole pilot. The Indian HAL Tejas smashed into the ground at the Dubai World Central airport, sending a vast fireball into the air and...

Photos Show Cargo Plane's Doomed Progression

Pictures of Flight 2976 were taken from surveillance video at Louisville International Airport

(Newser) - Frame by frame, six photos released by federal investigators on Thursday graphically capture the horrifying scene of ill-fated Flight 2976 as it turned into a deadly fireball along a Kentucky airport runway. The chilling sequence first shows an engine coming loose from the UPS cargo plane during takeoff. The engine...

In 'Miracle,' 2 Men Walk Away From Missouri Plane Crash

They can thank their lucky stars, and a parachute

(Newser) - Two men are counting their blessings after a close call in Missouri, where a small plane crash-landed into a tree line near Spirit of St. Louis Airport. Authorities say the incident happened around 6pm Tuesday as the plane was returning to the airport in Chesterfield, a St. Louis suburb, K...

Boeing Must Pay $28M to Family of Dead Passenger

737 Max disaster in Ethiopia in 2019 killed all 157 aboard

(Newser) - A federal court jury has awarded over $28 million to the family of a United Nations consultant who died in the crash of a Boeing 737 Max in Ethiopia more than six years ago. The verdict was reached Wednesday on behalf of the relatives of Shikha Garg after two hours...

All 14 Victims of UPS Crash in Louisville Are Identified

The youngest victim, who was killed with her grandfather, was 3 years old

(Newser) - The names of all 14 victims killed in the crash of a UPS flight were released on Wednesday, just over a week after the cargo plane went down near Louisville's airport. The crash occurred on Nov. 4 when, officials said, the plane's left engine detached during takeoff, ignited,...

Dad, Daughter Killed When Their Aid Plane Crashes

Pair bound for Jamaica were killed shortly after takeoff from Fort Lauderdale

(Newser) - A father and daughter setting out to deliver aid to Jamaica died Monday morning when their plane crashed in Florida just five minutes after takeoff. Authorities say Alexander Wurm, 53, founder of the evangelical Christian ministry Ignite the Fire, and his daughter Serena, 22, were killed when their Beechcraft King...

Plane Carrying Hurricane Relief to Jamaica Crashes in Florida

Small plane crashed into pond in Fort Lauderdale suburb

(Newser) - A small plane bound for Jamaica on a hurricane relief mission crashed into a pond in a residential area of the Fort Lauderdale suburb of Coral Springs on Monday morning. Authorities said no survivors were located during rescue efforts. "We do have our police department here with their divers...

UPS, FedEx Ground Planes 'Out of an Abundance of Caution'

McDonnell Douglas MD-11s taken out of service after Ky. crash that killed 14

(Newser) - UPS and FedEx said they're grounding their fleets of McDonnell Douglas MD-11 planes "out of an abundance of caution" following a deadly crash at the UPS global aviation hub in Kentucky. The crash on Tuesday at UPS Worldport in Louisville killed 14 people, including the three pilots on...

NTSB: Engine Fell Off Before Louisville Crash

Death toll rises to 11, including young child

(Newser) - Federal investigators looking into the deadly UPS cargo plane crash Kentucky will closely examine the aircraft's maintenance records and engines after finding that one of its engines fell off during takeoff. The plane crashed and burst into flames Tuesday in Louisville, creating an inferno that consumed the enormous aircraft...

Crashed UPS Plane 'Barely Missed a Restaurant'

Death toll in Louisville, Kentucky, climbs to 9, with more than a dozen still missing

(Newser) - The death toll from Tuesday's UPS cargo plane crash in Louisville climbed to nine early Wednesday, with Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear—who described the situation as "heartbreaking"—warning the count could still grow. He said 16 families had reported missing loved ones, per the Washington Post . Louisville...

At Least 7 Dead, 11 Injured in Louisville Plane Crash

Crash of UPS plane ignited a huge fire on the ground

(Newser) - A large UPS cargo plane with three people aboard crashed and exploded Tuesday while taking off from an airport in Louisville, Kentucky, leaving at least seven people dead and 11 injured, the AP reports. Those numbers are expected to grow, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear says. The plane crashed about 5:...

Only Plane Crash Survivor Says He Still 'Lost Everything'

Viswashkumar Ramesh's brother died when Air India flight went down in June

(Newser) - The sole survivor of the Air India crash that killed 241 people this summer says he feels both "the luckiest man alive" and overwhelmed by grief and trauma. Viswashkumar Ramesh escaped the wreckage of the London-bound flight in Ahmedabad but lost his younger brother, Ajay, who was also on...

Tourist Plane Crashes in Kenya, Killing All Aboard

Aircraft was flying to Maasai Mara National Reserve; 11 are dead

(Newser) - A plane crash killed 11 people, mostly foreign tourists, amid heavy rain in Kenya's coastal region of Kwale early Tuesday while en route to the Maasai Mara National Reserve. The airline, Mombasa Air Safari, said in a statement that eight Hungarian and two German passengers were on board, and...

Plane Crash-Lands, Striking Pedestrian

Yet Tuesday's incident in Long Beach 'could have been a whole lot worse'

(Newser) - A woman walking through a park in Long Beach on Tuesday afternoon unexpectedly found herself in the path of a small airplane making an emergency landing on a soccer field. Fire officials say the incident happened shortly after 4pm, when the aircraft—described by KTLA as "possibly experimental"—...

Putin: Yes, Russia Accidentally Took Out Passenger Jet in 2024

Russian president apologizes over accidental downing of Azerbaijani plane that killed 38

(Newser) - President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Russia's air defenses were to blame for downing an Azerbaijani jetliner in December that killed 38 people, his first admission of responsibility for the crash in an effort to ease tensions between the neighbors. Putin said the missiles fired by Russian air...

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