Three people were killed Thursday when a small plane burst into flames after going off the end of a runway at the airport in Sedona, Arizona, a police spokesman told CNN. A spokesman for the Sedona Fire Department confirmed the deaths but said he could not yet identify any of the victims. The plane […]
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Polish president and wife among ’88 confirmed dead’ as plane crashes in Russia
Polish president and wife among ’88 confirmed dead’ as plane crashes in Russia Pilot error blamed as witnesses report three or four attempts to land in thick fog Poland in mourning as Prime Minister calls emergency meeting Polish president Lech Kaczynski and his wife Maria have been killed after their plane crashed on approach to […]
Plane Crashes into House in Suburban Buffalo, 50 Dead
A Continental commuter plane coming in for a landing nose-dived into a house in suburban Buffalo, sparking a fiery explosion that killed all 49 people aboard and a person in the home. It was the nation’s first fatal crash of a commercial airliner in 2 1/2 years. Witnesses heard the twin turboprop aircraft sputtering before it went down in light snow and fog around 10:20 p.m