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Small plane crash at air show in Hungary kills 2 and injures 3 on the ground

Police say a small propeller-driven plane has crashed during an airshow in central Hungary killing two people and seriously injuring three people on the ground BUDAPEST, Hungary -- A small propeller-driven plane crash ed during an airshow in central Hungary on Sunday killing two people and seriously injuring three people on the ground , police said. The fatal accident at the Börgönd air show in Fejér county happened at about 3.20 p.m. local time and the cause was not immediately known. The pilot and passenger, ages 67 and 37, both died, while three people in a car near the impact site suffered serious burns and were hospitalized, police said in a statement. Video footage of the crash online shows a small aircraft performing a rotation movement as it ascends and descends but it ultimately crash ed and burst into flames. The organizers of the event reportedly canceled the rest of Sunday's show. “The crowd of several thousand people at the site began to leave the site in an organize...

Rescue helicopter pilot says he heard bangs before fiery crash that killed 2: Report

The pilot of a Florida medical rescue helicopter has told investigators he heard a loud bang before a fire broke out onboard and the aircraft crashed, killing two people FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- A pilot told investigators he heard a loud bang before a Florida medical rescue helicopter caught fire in flight last month, leading to a crash that killed a paramedic and a woman on the ground, a federal report released Friday said. The twin-engine Broward County Fire-Rescue helicopter had just taken off from Pompano Beach Airpark on Aug. 28 when at about 400 feet (122 meters) pilot Daron Roche said he heard the bang, the National Transportation Safety Board's preliminary report said. Then he saw on his control panel that one engine’s temperature was rising. He radioed air traffic controllers to tell them that he had an emergency and tried to return to the suburban Fort Lauderdale airport, the report said. The fire warning light had illuminated, so he activated the suppression syst...

6 dead after business jet crashes into field while approaching California airport

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Six people were killed when a business jet traveling from Las Vegas to southern California crashed into a field and became engulfed in flames, authorities said. Six people were killed when a Business jet Travel ing from Las Vegas to southern California crash ed into a field while approach ing an airport and then became engulfed in flames, authorities said. The crash occurred around 4:15 a.m. PT Saturday in Murrieta in Riverside County, according to the National Transportation Safety Board. The Cessna C550 business jet had departed from Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas and "crashed short of French Valley Airport during its second approach," the NTSB said based on preliminary information. The scene of a deadly plane crash in Murrieta, California, July 8, 2023. KABC MORE: 4 dead in small plane crash over central Florida, officials say Deputies responding to the crash "located an aircraft fully engulfed in flames in a field," the Riverside County Sheriff...

More than dozen people injured in crash involving Baltimore bus, 2 vehicles: Police

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More than a dozen people were injured in a crash involving a public bus and two vehicles in Baltimore Saturday morning, police said. More than a dozen people were injured in a crash involving a public bus and two vehicles in Baltimore on Saturday morning, police said. The incident occurred around 10:15 a.m. and involved a Maryland Transit Administration CityLink Blue bus, the Maryland Department of Transportation said. In this photo posted to the Facebook account of the Baltimore City Fire Department, first responders are shown at the scene of a crash involving a public bus in Baltimore, June 17, 2023. Baltimore City Fire Department/Facebook In this photo posted to the Facebook account of the Baltimore City Fire Department, first responders are shown at the scene of a crash involving a public bus in Baltimore, June 17, 2023. Baltimore City Fire Department/Facebook The bus collided with a Lexus and then struck a Nissan, before coming to a stop in a building in the city's Centr...

UFO crash in Arizona, 1953

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Although some U̳F̳O̳ researchers consider it a hoax, there is an interesting account of a U̳F̳O̳ crash reaching us from Arizona. The facts are. Famous researcher Raymond Fowler first revealed the details of this May 20, 1953 event in 1973, although U̳F̳O̳ researcher Richard Hall already knew about it in 1964. Fowler stated that his information came from engineer “Fritz Werner”, later identified as Arthur. G. Stancil. Stancil graduated from Ohio University in 1949 and was first employed by Air Material Command at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio, as a mechanical engineer testing Air Force aircraft engines. Dr. Eric Wang, suspected of leading a team to reverse engineer an a̳l̳i̳e̳n̳ ship, headed the Facilities Division within the Office of Special Studies where Arthur worked. Stancil signed a legal affidavit attesting to the honesty of his testimony, which was published by Ray Fowler in U̳F̳O̳ Magazine, April 1976. He w...