In what may surely turn out to be horrifically tragic news, acclaimed composer James Horner’s plane has crashed in Santa Barbara resulting in the death of the pilot, whose identity has yet to be confirmed. The plan is registered in Horner’s name, and the composer has yet to be accounted for, although reports are trickling in online that Horner was the pilot of the plane.
In a stunning turn of events, French prosecutors investigating Tuesday's crash of a Germanwings Airbus have said they believe that the plane's co-pilot caused the crash deliberately.
The footage below is very disturbing. It is recent footage of a plane carrying Chinese tourists crashing into a river, but not before it strikes an elevated expressway.
A Malaysia Airlines jet carrying nearly 300 people crashed near the border between Russia and Ukraine, according to Reuters and Interfax. The airline company has confirmed that it has lost contact with the plane, a Boeing 777.
On Friday, March 7, Malaysian Airlines flight 370 vanished from the skies (and radar). Three days later, authorities are no closer to figuring out what happened to it, leaving the fate of the 239 passengers (including three Americans) and crewmembers unknown.
I've heard stories of birds hitting airplanes and in some cases breaking through the windshield, but to actually see it happen is a different story. The video below shows just that.
Flying can be a scary thing the first time you get on an airplane, whether or not this is the case in this video remains to be seen. Watch as this lady completely loses it during a flight to Tampa.