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Egypt: No Sign of Terrorism in Plane Crash

Russian experts reached a different conclusion

(Newser) - Egypt's chief investigator says a preliminary investigation into the October crash of a Russian passenger plane in Sinai has found no indication yet of any "illegal or terrorist act." A statement released Monday by the chief investigator, Ayman el-Muqadam, says that so far the investigation committee did...

Trip for Hot Pockets Saved Akron Man's Life

Plane full of real estate execs smashed into his apartment

(Newser) - Hot Pockets aren't what you would call a health food, but Jason Bartley is alive today because of them. The Akron man went out around 2pm on Tuesday afternoon to run a few errands, and if he hadn't made a final stop to pick up a couple of...

Small Jet Crashes Into Apartment Building; 2 Dead
 9 Feared Dead 
 in Ohio Plane Crash 
UPDATED
Nov 10, 2015 7:56 PM CST

9 Feared Dead in Ohio Plane Crash

Small jet hits apartment building

(Newser) - Authorities say at least two people have died in the crash of a small business jet into an apartment building in Akron, Ohio. But the death toll is feared to be higher: The owner of the plane says nine people were aboard, and authorities have found no survivors, reports the...

'90%' Chance That Bomb Hit Russian Plane

Investigators, officials are in agreement

(Newser) - Looks increasingly like last week's horrific Russian plane crash in Egypt—which killed all 224 passengers and crew—was caused by a bomb. An Egyptian investigator tells Reuters that his team is "90% sure it was a bomb" but refused to explain the uncertainty. "The indications and...

Texas Crash Victim's Last Words: 'I'm Not a Pilot'

His 2013 death was ruled an accident this week

(Newser) - "I'm not a pilot." Those were the last words of a vacationing Englishman moments before he crashed a WWII-era P-51 Mustang into the sea outside Galveston, Texas, in 2013, the Telegraph reports. John Busby was vacationing with his wife for their 41st wedding anniversary when he paid...

Noise Heard in Final Second of Russian Plane's Cockpit Recording

The noise could support the theory a bomb brought down the plane

(Newser) - A noise was heard in the last second of the cockpit voice recording from the Russian plane that crashed last week in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, the head of the joint investigation team said Saturday, bolstering US and British suspicions that the plane was brought down by a bomb. However,...

Plane's Parachute Helps Save Life of Ex-Walmart CEO

Bill Simon comes down relatively unscathed in Arkansas

(Newser) - A parachute helped save the life of a pilot in trouble, but not in the traditional manner. In this case, the parachute was attached to the plane, not a human, reports the Arkansas Democrat Gazette . The drama unfolded Tuesday morning after former Walmart CEO Bill Simon ran into trouble with...

US Satellite Saw 'Heat Flash' Before Egypt Crash

Experts say bomb, sabotage could have brought down Russian jet

(Newser) - If ISIS really did bring down a Russian passenger jet in Egypt, it wasn't with a missile, according to American officials. US officials tell CNN and NBC News that an American infrared satellite detected a heat flash in the area at the time of the crash, but not the...

'External Activity' Blamed for Egypt Crash

There was no distress call, airline says

(Newser) - An ominous development in Saturday's crash of a Russian plane in Egypt : The airline says pilot error or technical problems could not have caused the crash of Kogalymavia Flight 9268, leaving unspecified "external activity" in the air as the only possible cause, reports the BBC , which notes that...

Russia: Jet Broke Up Mid-Air
 Russia: Jet Broke Up Mid-Air 
Nov 1, 2015 9:00 AM CST

Russia: Jet Broke Up Mid-Air

But investigator says it's too early to know what caused crash that killed 224

(Newser) - Russian investigators are on the ground in Cairo looking into Saturday's catastrophic plane crash that killed all 224 people aboard, and a top aviation official says that the Airbus broke up mid-air. "The disintegration happened in the air and the fragments are strewn over a large area,"...

Lufthansa, Air France Reroute Flights After Egypt Crash

Airlines say they'll avoid Sinai Peninsula until they know why Russian plan crashed

(Newser) - Lufthansa and Air France will be diverting flights around the Sinai Peninsula until they know why a Russian passenger plane crashed there Saturday , Reuters reports. "We took the decision to avoid the area because the situation and the reasons for the crash were not clear," a Lufthansa spokesperson...

US F-18 Pilot Dead in 'Fireball' Crash

Plane took off from RAF Lakenheath, crashed miles away

(Newser) - A US Navy pilot was killed when his F-18 jet crashed in farmland in eastern England, just a few miles from the US Air Force base it had departed, on Wednesday morning. "A military aircraft which had taken off from RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk came down at about 10:...

3 Dead in Alaska Floatplane Crash

Others were injured

(Newser) - Three people died and others were injured today after a floatplane belonging to a fishing lodge crashed with 10 people on board in southwest Alaska, authorities said. Alaska State Troopers said the three dead were from outside the state. The injured passengers were being flown to Anchorage hospitals following the...

How a Lost US Airman Might Come Home, 71 Years Later

Tom McCaslin's plane crashed in France in 1944

(Newser) - Tom McCaslin's family still hopes he'll come home, 71 years after his B-26 bomber crashed in a field in France. "I think everybody in the family would feel better," says his brother, Joseph McCaslin, one of four surviving siblings who've longed for his return. Now...

WWII Bomber, Crew Emerge From Polish River

Soviet plane went down in tributary of Bzura River in 1945

(Newser) - The remains of a Soviet fighter-bomber plane and two crew members shot down by Germans in 1945 have been found in a river in central Poland amid extremely low water levels associated with a drought. Explorers made the find in the muddy tributary of the Bzura River, near the village...

No Survivors Found at Indonesia Crash Site

Black boxes, all 54 bodies recovered

(Newser) - Dozens of rescuers have made their way to the mountainous area where an Indonesian passenger plane crashed on Sunday , but they haven't found anybody to rescue. Officials say all 54 people on board—44 adult passengers, five children, and five crew members—were killed when the Trigana Air Service...

Crashed Plane Was Carrying $470K in Cash

Rescue officials attempting to reach site by air and foot

(Newser) - The twin turboprop plane that crashed into a mountainside yesterday in Indonesia's easternmost province of Papua was carrying almost half a million dollars in government cash in addition to 44 adult passengers, five children and infants, and five crew members, all Indonesian nationals, Reuters and the AP report. The...

Mid-Air Collision Kills 4 in Fiery Wreck

Planes crash near airport in southern San Diego County

(Newser) - Three people are dead today following the midair collision and crash of two small planes near an airport in southern San Diego County, authorities say. The collision occurred around 11am about two miles northeast of Brown Field Municipal Airport, according to Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Ian Gregor. Three fatalities were...

Wreckage of Missing Indonesia Plane Found

Trigana plane found in remote area; villagers report seeing it crash into a mountain

(Newser) - Wreckage of the Indonesian passenger plane that went missing today has been found, a transportation official tells Reuters , and early indications are that it crashed into a mountainside in remote terrain in eastern Papua. The Trigana Air Service plane, a twin turboprop, issued no distress signal before it went down,...

Indonesia Loses Contact With Plane 9 Minutes Before Landing

Trigana airliner with 54 aboard was on 42-minute flight

(Newser) - An Indonesian airliner carrying 54 people was missing today after it lost contact with ground control during a short flight in the country's easternmost province of Papua, an official said. The Trigana Air Service plane was flying from Papua's provincial capital, Jayapura, to the Papua city of Oksibil...

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