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A small plane has crashed in southern Sudan, killing seven people. The Sudanese civil authority says was one person aboard the plane survived.

A federal judge has ruled a company that designs airport maps and charts won't have to face trial in the liability case stemming from a deadly Comair plane crash.

The 60-year-old pilot of a small plane has escaped serious injury following a crash in Otsego County.

A Sudanese official says a cargo plane has crashed minutes after taking off from Khartoum's airport, killing at least two people.

It was the second plane crash in Sudan's capital in a week and the third this month.

Abdel Hafez Abdel Rahim, a civil aviation spokesman, says at least two of the plane's four-member crew died in the crash. The crew is believed to be Russian.

Ambulance sirens were heard in Khartoum after the crash Monday around 8 a.m.

Abdel Rahim says the plane, destined for the south Sudanese capital of Juba, 'crashed about one kilometer or so from the airport.'

A small plane ultra light plane crashed around 7:30 a.m. this morning approximately 5 miles west of Weiser.

A single-engine plane crash Saturday afternoon outside of Las Vegas may have claimed the life of county supervisor candidate Erik Nunn, his wife and two other people.

A plane crash at the Jasper Airport has left four people dead. The plane crashed just after take-off from the airport just before 8am Sunday, according to the Walker County Sheriff's Office.

Five were killed in the crash of an Antonov An-12 sport plane near the town of Pushchino in Serpukhov district in Moscow region on Friday, the Russian Emergencies Ministry's central division said.

NORTH LAS VEGAS - Four people were killed when a plane crashed and exploded into flames Saturday after apparently striking power lines in a forested area about 40 miles northwest of the Las Vegas Strip, ...

Indonesian soldiers and rescuers search for bodies among the wreckage of a Casa C-212 plane in the jungle.

Two young men killed in a plane crash off Oceanside on Sunday have been identified as Alejandro Jimenez-Zatarain, the pilot, and Rodrigo Navarro, a passenger.

MOSCOW : A light cargo plane, making an aerial photography flight, crashed in the Moscow Region on Friday shortly after a take-off, killing all five people onboard, the emergencies ministry said.

The Teton County sheriff's office says no one was injured when an antique plane crashed at the Driggs-Reed Memorial Airport.

An Irish family and a pilot are recovering after their small plane crashed into the Gulf of Mexico off southwest Florida.

Indonesian authorities have found the wreckage of a military plane with 18 people on board, including three foreigners, that crashed in a dense forest in West Java, an air force official said on Friday.

Do you think about where you're sitting on a plane in case of an accident? Ever wonder what the safest seat on an airplane is? The answer probably won't surprise you one nearest the emergency exit.

Passengers who sit on the aisle nearest the emergency exits are most likely to survive a crash, a detailed study has found.

The pilot of a crop duster plane was killed when his plane crashed in rural Elmore County about seven miles south of Glenns Ferry, near Noble Road.

A couple from Apopka is safe after their plane crashed in Lake County on Sunday.

Both pilots in a Hungarian Airforce L39 Albatros fighter trainer jet were killed when it crashed near an airport in eastern Hungary on Friday, a Hungarian Defence Ministry spokesperson said.

Two men escaped from fiery wreckage on Sunday after their single-engine plane crashed in a field in Windsor, Ont.

An airplane that failed to take off sparked reports of a plane crash shortly before 3 p.m. today at the Johnson County Executive Airport at 151st Street and Pflumm Road.Olathe police said the single-engine ...

Two people were killed in a small plane crash in Kansas. The plane went down in a farm field in Leavenworth County this morning, just South of the town of Tonganoxie.

The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended its search for two men lost after their small plane crashed off Oceanside about a mile out to sea.

Two persons were aboard the plane and early reports are that both have died. Investigators were called to the crash scene, a field near Leavenworth County Road 1 and Cantrell Road in Tonganoxie, about 10:30 ...

Authorities say the pilot of a single-engine crop dusting plane has died after crashing near the southern Idaho town of Glenns Ferry.

Islamabad, June 21 : A Pakistan Air Force jet crashed in Punjab province Saturday but there was no loss of life or damage to property, the PAF said.

One person is now dead after a cargo plane taking off from the Barnstable Municipal Airport in Hyannis, Massachusetts, crashed.

A pilot who died after a small plane crash in Windsor, Ont., loved to spend his free time building and flying his own planes, his daughter-in-law said Monday.

Five Australians died when the Boeing 737 bounced and skidded off the runway. Audio: Yogyakarta airport unlicensed during Garuda crash: report Indonesia's Yogyakarta airport was operating without a license due ...

One man has been rescued but two others are missing after a small plane crash off the coast of Oceanside.

Authorities say the four-seat Cessna 172 took off Sunday from Montgomery Field in San Diego, flew to Long Beach and was returning when the plane went down about a mile-and-a-half off Oceanside.

U.S. Coast Guard officials say the crash was reported shortly after 5 p.m., and a private boater happened upon the survivor in the water around 6 p.m. The unidentified man was taken to a hospital with a broken leg.

A pilot was killed when a light plane crashed in shallow waters about 300 yards off the Maine coast has been identified as a 73-year-old woman from Massachusetts.

" The pilot that survived a plane crash Saturday is listed in fair condition at Wesley Medical Center this Sunday evening.

A plane crash Sunday morning claimed the lives of two people. The plane crashed just after 8am, shortly after taking off from the Millville Municipal Airport.

A Butler County pilot made a crash landing into a Butler County field Saturday morning sending him to the hospital.

A pilot was killed when her light plane crashed Saturday in shallow coastal waters as she was preparing to practice approaches and landings at Knox County Regional Airport.

A decision is expected to be made next month on whether the name of a World War I aviation hero will be returned to Indianapolis International Airport.

A University of Kentucky professor and a pilot were killed in a small plane crash in Central Florida, officials said.

Two people have been killed in a small plane crash in Highlands County. A single engine Piper plane crashed in Lake Placid, just near the airport in Sebring.

New Jersey State Police say one person was killed when a small plane crashed in Cape May County.

The plane went down at about 7:55 p.m. Friday in Belleplain, said Sgt. Stephen Jones, a state police spokesman. Debris from the crash was scattered in the parking lot of the Belleplain Fire Department and a nearby roadway.

Further details, including the victim's identity, the type of plane and whether anyone else was aboard, were not immediately available.

Belleplain, a village in Dennis Township, is about 30 miles southwest of Atlantic City.

An experimental airplane that took off from Bay County International Airport Monday afternoon crashed, leaving the pilot dead.

The father of 8-year-old Emily Anne Johnson shouldn't have been allowed to fly the day of the Indiana plane crash that claimed their lives, a lawsuit alleges.

A prankster is responsible for a sixth foot that washed on British Columbia shores, a hoax that raised fears among the families of missing persons and prompted the RCMP to launch a separate investigation.

FREMONT -- An autopsy released Tuesday on the cause of death for the six people aboard the plane that crashed June 8 in Ballville Township, revealed all died from multiple blunt-force injuries.

Federal aviation authorities say the pilot of a crop duster was injured when his aircraft crashed near vineyards outside Lodi.

The single-engine plane crashed at about 6:40 a.m. Thursday in a field near Guard Road south of Highway 12.

The FAA hasn't identified the pilot, but says he suffered a broken leg and was taken to a local hospital to be treated. The aircraft was destroyed.

Officials say the cause of the crash is still under investigation.

A Canadian citizen has died after a two-seat stunt plane piloted by a Spaniard crashed in Lithuania.

BEDFORD, Ind. -- The mother of an 8-year-old girl who authorities say died last year when her father deliberately crashed the plane he was flying has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against airport employees and ...

Officials say a prominent Murray businessman was killed Wednesday when the small plane he was flying crashed short of a runway and burst into flames during an emergency landing.

Another human foot was found Wednesday on a British Columbia shoreline, the second this week and the sixth within a year in a bizarre mystery that has confounded police.

A manager at the airport in Springfield, Kentucky says a small plane has crashed there, killing the two people aboard.

A cargo plane has crashed on takeoff at Barnstable Municipal Airport in Hyannis, killing the pilot, who was the only person on board.

The bodies of Edward and Maryann Mainardi were recovered Sunday afternoon, less than three hours after the Coast Guard launched a search for their Cessna 337 Skymaster as it was en route from Millinocket to ...

On Sunday June 8, 2008, a small plane crashed less than a mile from the Fremont airport, killing all six aboard.

A commercial airline pilot was killed when the single-engine airplane he was flying crashed into some trees and a utility pole in the western Ohio city of West Carrollton following takeoff.

ROYAL AIR FORCE HARRIER JET TAKES OFF FOR TRAINING MISSION IN THE GULF...A Royal Air Force Harrier GR7 ground attack jet of the 2nd/4th Wing RAF Cottesmore lifts off from a base in the Gulf, on its way to a ...

Authorities say an ultralight plane crashed at the local landing strip in Palmer, leaving the pilot from Connecticut with minor injuries.

Emergency workers have recovered the bodies of a husband and wife from the spot where a small plane crashed off the coast of Maine.

CEDAR CITY - Three passengers were involved in a plane crash just south of the Beaver Airport Thursday, but two walked away with minor injuries and the other is recovering after being life-flighted to Murray.

United Nations officials in Sudan have expressed their sorrow at last night's plane crash at the international airport in the capital, Khartoum, that media reports say has killed at least 29 people.

LEXINGTON - The families of 49 people killed when Comair Flight 5191 crashed in Lexington can seek punitive damages in a civil trial, a judge has ruled.

A father and daughter who died when the light aircraft they were flying crashed were both over the legal alcohol limit, a report found today.

MOSCOW. June 12. KAZINFORM Experts from Airbus will assist in the air accident investigation into the A310 Sudan Airways crash in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum, which left at least 29 dead, the air company ...

GIBSONBURG - Bill and Barbara Ansted's classic Volkswagen is much more than a sporty car for summertime drives.

Three die in crash of small plane Friday's plane crash off Cedar Key results in the deaths of all aboard.

Ordeal ... Jose Miguel Almonacid, 29, one of nine survivors of a plane crash in Chile, who spent five days in sub-zero temperatures / AP Nine passengers survive crash in mountains Pilot dies two days later from ...

By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 2:41 PM on 12th June 2008 Three friends miraculously survived after crashing their plane into a forest in France - and were rescued after phoning a friend in the UK to say ...

By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 10:03 AM on 12th June 2008 A Polish flight crew forced to rely on air traffic control directions after their navigation system shut down nearly collided with another plane ...

Three days of funerals begin today for former Ohio lawmaker Gene Damschroder Sr.

A plane carrying 10 people that disappeared four days ago in Chile's frigid southern forests was found Wednesday with nine survivors who stayed alive by sleeping in their coats in the wreckage and sharing what ...

A mass burial was held in Khartoum as Sudan officials investigate the cause of a plane crash.

Abdel-Menem Hassanein remembers the jetliner landing, and then the chaos - the blast of an explosion, flames at the front of the plane, screams and the sounds of passengers uttering their last prayers.

Authorities have identified a pilot who was killed when his small plane crashed in southern Illinois last week.

A former Garuda pilot at the helm of a plane that crashed in Indonesia killing 21 people including five Australians is "ready" to face trial, his lawyer said today.

Sudanese TV says at least 100 people were killed in plane crash at Khartoum airport.

A Kenyan Cabinet minister and an assistant minister were killed with two other people Tuesday when their small plane crashed in southwestern Kenya, officials said.

Shortly after taking off on its maiden flight, a home-built single-engine plane crashed at the Springbank Airport yesterday, killing its experienced pilot and sole occupant who was test-flying the aircraft.

The weekend crash that killed six people also leaves a community in mourning. Barbara Ansted lost her husband, Bill, and her 23-year old daughter, Allison in the crash.

A 55-year-old man is dead after a small plane crashed at the Springbank airport near Calgary Monday.

Divers today recovered the bodies of the two remaining people who were missing after the small plane they were on crashed in northwest Florida after taking off from the Cedar Key Airport.

A single-engine plane lost a wing Friday afternoon before crashing near New Douglas and killing the pilot, authorities said.

Posted By: Lindsey Clark 1 hr ago A state police dispatcher says the passenger in a weekend plane crash in Forrest City has died.

A single-engine plane has crashed in Ohio and killed all six people aboard, including a former state lawmaker.

The Ohio State Highway Patrol says the plane crashed in a residential neighborhood but no buildings were hit.

Eighty-six-year-old Gene Damschroder Sr. was piloting the Cessna when it crashed Sunday afternoon. His five passengers also died.

Damschroder served in the state House from 1973 to 1983 as a Republican.

State Highway Patrol Lt. Tony Bradshaw says no one on the ground was injured. He says it's too early to tell what caused the crash.

The Coast Guard found wreckage of a small aircraft Saturday that took off from Cedar Key Airport in northwest Florida, authorities said.

An incident Saturday morning at Central Wisconsin Airport had all the signs of a sudden emergency, except authorities knew it was coming.

NEW DOUGLAS, Ill. - Investigators are searching for clues at the site of a fatal plane crash in south-central Illinois.

A 33-year-old California man is dead after the small plane he was flying crashed near a western Alaska village and authorities are looking for the pilot of another plane traveling with him.

The air traffic controllers' union is petitioning a federal safety board to reopen its findings on a 2006 plane crash in Kentucky that killed 49 people.

No official answers yet explain what caused a deadly plane crash, but one local pilot said the plane might not have had enough air speed to stay aloft on the windy and rainy Tuesday morning.

One person is dead after a small plane crash in southern Illinois. The Federal Aviation Administration says the single-engine aircraft crashed near New Douglas around 3:15 p.m. on Friday.

The Nebraska State Patrol says a single-engine plane crashed Thursday in Custer County, killing the Colorado pilot.

Federal aviation officials are investigating the crash of a small plane that was attempting to land at a western New York airport.

Authorities are investigating the cause of a plane crash that killed two men in Riverside County yesterday.

A small plane crashed in southeastern North Carolina but both people on the plane escaped without injury before it caught fire.

Rescue crews are on the scene of a plane crash near the intersection of Highway 6 and Sunset Street in Iowa City.

A banner plane crashed in a Carolina Forest neighborhood about 11:15 a.m. Saturday, according to an Horry County Fire Rescue official.

A small-plane crash in Iowa City claimed the life of a Georgia toddler who was being flown home after medical treatment for clubfoot.

Two people injured, at least one of them seriously. Authorities are releasing more information about a small plane crash near Brockport on Sunday afternoon.

THE mother of Steve Hislop, the champion motorcyclist killed in a helicopter crash, yesterday said that her five-year fight to establish the truth of her son's death was now over.

The estate of a Manalapan couple killed in a small airplane crash two years ago has filed suit against the estate of the pilot who was also killed in the crash.

North Florida authorities say a pilot received only cuts and bruises when his small plane crashed in Putnam County.

The Indianapolis City-County Council has voted to recommend that the name of an aviation hero be returned to Indianapolis International Airport.

Three people have been hurt after a small airplane crashed just after takeoff this morning in Iowa City.

The National Transportation Safety Board has released a preliminary report of the events that occurred before a small airplane crashed into a warehouse, killing the pilot.

The National Transportation Safety Board could not determine what caused a single-engine plane to go down in a Portland neighborhood last year.

Federal officials say pilot error caused a twin-engine plane crash that killed four Wisconsin men in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.

" A flight instructor and his student were injured when the single-engine Cessna they were flying went down around noon Sunday about two miles from Ledgedale Airport.

The Ohio State Patrol has released the identities of the two men who died in a small plane crash in Highland County on Friday.

A small, experimental plane crashed here late Monday morning. Witnesses say the plane cartwheeled several times about 11 a.m. Monday and came to rest upside down in a grassy field near State Route 530 and 22nd ...

By Nick Pisa Last updated at 2:02 PM on 02nd June 2008 Two Britons taking part in an international air regatta have been killed after their plane plunged into an Italian mountain ravine.

Charles County Sunday morning. Lucas crashed his plane into a cornfield off of Greens Bottom Road near the Katy Trail.

A pilot whose single engine plane crashed on Interstate 85 has improved to fair condition.

Reported by: Associated Press Last Update: 3:29 pm A single-engine homemade plane crashed west of Marana in a remote desert area Sunday, killing the pilot.

Authorities in California say a Colorado man piloting an experimental plane has died in a crash that also killed a passenger.

A pilot died when his experimental airplane crashed into a corn field about half a mile east of Moses Lake Municipal Airport.

Investigators were probing a commercial jetliner crash that killed five people and injured 65 in Honduras, as authorities blocked additional flights from landing at the capital's notoriously dangerous airport on Saturday.

Investigators from France, El Salvador and the United States 'will arrive in the coming hours' for a probe that could last a month or more, TACA chief executive officer Roberto Kriete told The Associated Press.

President Manuel Zelaya issued a statement saying he lamented the accident. The president closed the Toncontin international airport for 48 hours to all traffic except helicopters and small airplanes with a maximum capacity of 42 passengers.

The airport has been shut down in the capital of Honduras following Friday's jet crash.