Here's a look at recent aircraft tragedies, mishaps and close calls

NEW YORK – Multiple radical were killed erstwhile a backstage pitchy crashed into a San Diego neighborhood Thursday morning, adding to the agelong database of aviation disasters this year.

About 100 radical had to beryllium evacuated aft the level struck astatine slightest 1 location and pitchy substance caught occurrence passim the neighborhood.

Many radical are acrophobic astir aviation information aft each the craft collisions and near-misses.

Disasters person ranged from the midair collision that killed 67 radical adjacent Washington, D.C., successful January to an airliner clipping different successful February portion taxiing astatine the Seattle airport. In March, an American Airlines level caught occurrence aft landing successful Denver, sending 12 radical to the hospital. A sightseeing helicopter broke isolated and crashed into the Hudson River betwixt New York City and New Jersey past month, sidesplitting six people.

Federal officials person tried to reassure travelers that flying is the safest mode of transportation, and statistic enactment that. But the cascade of headlines astir each the things that person gone incorrect is drafting expanding attention.

Here is simply a look astatine immoderate of the caller tragedies and mishaps:

Recent fatal crashes

— The New York helicopter that crashed connected April 10 departed a downtown heliport. The formation lasted little than 18 minutes. Radar information shows the chopper flew northbound on the Manhattan skyline, past southbound toward the Statue of Liberty. The victims successful this crash included a family from Spain who was celebrating the ninth birthday of 1 of their children.

— Three radical were killed and 1 was injured erstwhile a small level crashed Friday morning successful Boca Raton, Florida, adjacent a large interstate road and pushed a car onto railroad tracks.

— Two tiny planes collided midair adjacent an Arizona airdrome successful mid-February, killing 2 people who were connected 1 of the aircraft. Following the collision, 1 level landed uneventfully, but the different deed the crushed adjacent a runway and caught fire. The clang happened astatine Marana Regional Airport adjacent Tucson.

— A tiny commuter level crashed successful occidental Alaska successful aboriginal February, sidesplitting each 10 radical connected board. The clang was one of the deadliest successful the authorities successful 25 years. Radar information indicated that the level rapidly mislaid elevation and speed. The U.S. Coast Guard was unaware of immoderate distress signals from the aircraft.

— A aesculapian transport level that had conscionable taken disconnected plummeted into a Philadelphia neighborhood successful precocious January, sidesplitting each six radical connected committee and 1 idiosyncratic connected the ground. The National Transportation Safety Board said its cockpit dependable recorder apt hadn't been functioning for years. The unit made nary distress calls to aerial postulation control.

— The collision betwixt an American Airlines rider pitchy and a U.S. Army chopper above the nation's capital killed everyone aboard some craft successful precocious January. It was the deadliest level clang successful the U.S. since Nov. 12, 2001, erstwhile a pitchy slammed into a New York City vicinity conscionable aft takeoff, sidesplitting each 260 radical connected committee and 5 connected the ground.

— A jetliner operated by Jeju Air skidded disconnected a runway, slammed into a factual obstruction and burst into flames successful precocious December successful South Korea aft its landing cogwheel seemingly failed to deploy. All but 2 of the 181 radical aboard were killed successful 1 of that country’s worst aviation disasters.

Incidents with injuries

— The American Airlines level that caught occurrence astatine Denver International Airport successful March had been diverted determination due to the fact that the unit reported motor vibrations. While taxiing to the gate, an motor caught fire, prompting slides to beryllium deployed truthful passengers could evacuate quickly. The radical taken to hospitals had insignificant injuries.

— A single-engine level carrying 5 radical crashed and burst into flames that aforesaid period successful the parking batch of a status assemblage adjacent a tiny airdrome adjacent Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Everyone connected committee survived. Three radical were taken to an country pain center.

— A Delta Air Lines pitchy flipped over portion landing astatine Toronto’s Pearson Airport successful February. All 80 radical connected committee survived, but immoderate radical received insignificant injuries. Witnesses and video from the country showed the level landing truthful hard that its close helping was sheared off. Investigators said erstwhile trying to find the cause, they would see the upwind conditions and the anticipation of quality error.

Close calls

— Earlier this month, 2 commercialized planes had to abort their landings astatine Reagan National Airport adjacent Washington due to the fact that of an Army Black Hawk chopper flying adjacent the Pentagon. The Army suspended each its chopper flights successful the country aft this incident. It was a Black Hawk precedence aerial transport from the aforesaid portion known arsenic the PAT25 that collided with the rider pitchy successful midair successful January.

— In April, connected the aforesaid time arsenic the fatal New York chopper crash, a helping extremity of an American Airlines level struck different plane from the aforesaid hose connected a taxiway of the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport successful Arlington, Virginia. There were nary reported injuries. Multiple members of Congress were aboard 1 of the flights.

— A FedEx cargo level made an exigency landing astatine a engaged New Jersey airdrome successful March aft a vertebrate onslaught caused an motor fire that could beryllium seen successful the greeting sky. The level landed astatine Newark Liberty International Airport. There were nary reported injuries.

— Pilots connected a Southwest Airlines formation astir to onshore astatine Chicago’s Midway Airport were forced to ascent backmost into the entity to debar different aircraft crossing the runway successful precocious February. Video showed the level approaching the runway earlier it abruptly pulled up arsenic a concern pitchy taxied onto the runway without authorization, national officials said.

— In aboriginal February, a Japan Airlines level was taxiing connected the tarmac of Seattle-Tacoma International Airport when it seemingly clipped the tail of a parked Delta plane. There were nary injuries reported.

— In aboriginal January, passengers panicked erstwhile a antheral aboard a JetBlue level taxiing for takeoff from Boston's Logan International Airport opened an exit door implicit a wing, triggering an exigency descent to inflate. Other passengers rapidly restrained the antheral and the level didn't instrumentality off.

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