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It is a sad fact that some pilots become incapacitated during flight resulting in crashes. If it is due to a health reason such as heart attack, hopefully a co-pilot or passenger with flight experience can land the plane. That … Continue reading →

An accident causing a brain injury is one of the most difficult injuries for a person to endure. Many times the injured person looks fine, but isn’t. Many times, the injury is as a result of a “minor ” accident, … Continue reading →

Hot air balloons are a visual and interesting way of seeing the local area. However, they can be deadly in ways not explained by the operators. Such balloon rides are usually started in calm, no wind conditions. Many times the … Continue reading →

In a tragic military training exercise, two Marine helicopters collided mid-air killing 7 Marines near Yuma, Arizona.  The helicopters were the AH-1W and the UH-1, known as the Cobra and Huey respectively. The service members were stationed at Camp Pendleton … Continue reading →

This morning, a small plane leaving Show Low Arizona and headed for Las Vegas crashed leaving 2 of the four people on board dead.  The other 2 are in critical condition and were taken by helicopter to a Phoenix area … Continue reading →

The chief executive officer of Micron was killed recently in a Lancair private plane crash in Idaho. The Lancair is a high performance kit plane usually assembled by professional mechanics. The attraction to such planes are the effort to assemble … Continue reading →

  A 56-year-old Maryland man was killed on Sunday afternoon when his plane crash in York County.  The man was identified as Douglas Helms of Westminster, Maryland was piloting his small plane when it crashed in a cornfield near York … Continue reading →

On Thursday, January 19, 2012, a Military Helicopter, CH-53D crashed in Southern Afghanistan in the Helmand Province killing 6 US Marines.  All six Marines were based out of Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii and have been identified: Captain Daniel Bartle, 27, of Ferndale, … Continue reading →

On Saturday, a single-engine Cessna crashed in Jennings County near the Jefferson county line.  The couple has been identified as Gregory Wehr, 55 and wife, Candace Wehr.  Their plane took off from Chicago and was scheduled to land at Madison … Continue reading →