#plane-crash

#plane-crash

Eight skydivers leapt out of a light plane minutes before it crashed and killed experienced pilot Paul Smith. The light plane crash landed in thick bush near to Moruya airport on NSW's south coast on Saturday afternoon, with Smith the only remaining occupant of the aircraft. The 54-year-old pilot and skydiving instructor died at the scene. He was a very well-respected, very experienced, and very well-liked local resident, Det Insp Justin Marks told reporters on Sunday.

The crash of a small plane in southwestern Brazil killed four people including Chinese landscape architect and urban planner Yu Kongjian, Brazilian authorities said Wednesday.The accident happened late Tuesday during a landing attempt at a large farm about 100 kilometers (60 miles) from the municipality of Aquidauana in Mato Grosso do Sul state, firefighters said.

Kongjian Yu, one of the world's most famous landscape architects, has reportedly been killed in a plane crash in Brazil'sPantanal wetlands while making a film about his work. Yu, 62, was flying to a ranch in Mato Grosso do Sul state, near Brazil's western border with Paraguay and Bolivia, in a single-engine four-seater Cessna aircraft when the plane went down on Tuesday afternoon. Three others on board were also killed: two Brazilian filmmakers, Luiz Ferraz and Rubens Crispim Junior, and Marcelo Pereira de Barros, a well-known local pilot.

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Three people have walked away uninjured after a small plane crashed in a field in Toronto's east end on Monday night, police say. The plane crashed near Monarch Park in the area of Felstead and Coxwell avenues, according to Toronto police. Officers were called to the scene shortly after 8:15 p.m. Police said three people were on board but no injuries have been reported. Officers are on the scene investigating.

SANTA CLARA COUNTY A small plane reportedly crashed Friday afternoon about 10 miles northeast of Mount Hamilton in Santa Clara County, according to authorities. The crash was initially reported around 2:30 p.m. seven miles east of Mount Hamilton, but Cal Fire crews later discovered the site was actually in the Arroyo del Valle area, Division Chief Ed Orre said. As of 4 p.m., crews were still figuring out how to access the site, according to Orrey.

A pilot has died after a plane that took off from San Jose crashed in Merced County Tuesday evening, sheriff's officials said.

The Russian warlord and businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin looked doomed after his failed mutiny and told his mother he expected to die in the days before his private plane crash. Prigozhin, the founder of the notorious Wagner mercenary group, died when his business jet went down in the summer of 2023, two months after his fighters briefly seized control of the southern city of Rostov-on-Don and advanced towards Moscow in a short-lived rebellion against Russia's military leadership.

The Chinese-made F-7 BJI aircraft took off at 1:06 pm local time and crashed soon after at the Milestone School and College campus, killing at least 19 people.

A small plane has crashed in Lake Scugog, roughly 93 kilometres northeast of Toronto, police say. Durham Regional Police say the crash happened at around 12:25 p.m. Friday.

"He's got complicated grief and sorrow and his own emotional stress," said Njoroge's lawyer, Robert Clifford. "He's haunted by nightmares and the loss of his wife and children."

Geoffrey's family, friends, and his beloved wife Gentry are devastated and heartbroken at his untimely death Thursday morning when the plane he was piloting crashed shortly after takeoff.

The Coast Guard initiated search operations around 12:50 p.m. after reports of a small plane crashing into the ocean near Sunset Cliffs, involving several agencies.

The crash occurred in Tullahoma, Tennessee, about 77 miles southeast of Nashville, according to the Tullahoma Police Department.