Sunday, October 28, 2007

Piper Malibou Crash In British Columbia

Three people have been killed in a small plane crash in Canada's western province of British Columbia. The Piper Malibou, a single engine aircraft, went down Friday evening, after the pilot reported he had lost engine power. The plane was en route from Salem, Oregon, to Springbank, Alberta.

Friday, October 26, 2007

2 killed in Chibougamau plane crash

Two men were killed this morning when a a small twin-engine airplane crashed on landing at Chibougamau - Chapais airport, 700 kilometres north of Montreal. The plane burst into flames at the end of the runway. The men inside were badly burned so it was impossible to confirm their identity without forensic testing.

Saturday, October 13, 2007

Float-Plane Crash Northwestern Ontario

A float-plane crashed on Kearns Lake, a remote lake northeast of Thunder Bay in Northwestern Ontario. The body of veteran pilot Ron Gibson was found Friday afternoon when police and military searchers located the submerged aircraft. Police said there was no one else on board.

Friday, October 12, 2007

B-24J Liberator Crash Site Found

The remains of nine US servicemen have been found at a site in Germany where an American plane crashed during World War II, military officials announced today. The men were aboard a B-24J Liberator that departed North Pickenham, England, on July 7, 1944, on a mission to bomb a German aircraft factory near Bernburg, Germany. The plane was last seen by US aircrew members near Bernburg.

After the War captured records revealed that it had crashed near Westeregeln, about 20 miles northwest of the target in what later became the Soviet sector of Germany. In 2001, a group of German citizens interested in recovering wartime relics and remains learned of a potential crash site south of Westeregeln. Later, the group found the site and uncovered human remains from what appeared to be two burial locations. The remains and other personal effects, including identification tags, were turned over to US officials. In 2003, a Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command team combed the crash site and recovered additional remains along with identification tags and nonbiological evidence.

The Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office identified the servicemen as: First Lieutenant David P. McMurray, of Melrose, Mass.; First Lieutenant Raymond Pascual, of Houston; Second Lieutenant Millard C. Wells Jr., of Paris, Ky.; Technical Sergeant Leonard J. Ray, of Upper Falls, Md.; Technical Sergeant Hyman L. Stiglitz, of Boston; Staff Sergeant Robert L. Cotey, of Vergennes, Vt.; Staff Sergeant Francis E. Larrivee, of Laconia, N.H.; Staff Sergeant Robert J. Flood, of Neelyton, Pa.; and Staff Sergeant Walter O. Schlosser, of Lake City, Mich.; all were in the US Army Air Force.

Thursday, October 11, 2007

10 dead in Cessna 208 crash

Ten people on board a single engine Cessna 208 that crashed in in the Cascade mountains have been killed, officials confirmed. Seven bodies were found in the wreckage and the other three people still missing are also believed dead. The names of the nine skydivers and their pilot have not yet been released.
The Cessna 208 turboprop was returning from a skydiving meeting at Star, near Boise, Idaho, on Sunday evening to Washington state. Based on radar and a hunter's report of seeing a plane flying low and then hearing a crash, the search was focused on a steep, densely forested area near White Pass, about 45 miles west of Yakima.

The National Transportation Safety Board will begin an investigation on Tuesday.