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🚨 Praise God — 11 people pulled alive from the ocean after their plane crashed off the coast of Florida.
Twin-engine turboprop went down 80 miles from shore on its way from the Bahamas. Engine failure. Plane sank fast. Most passengers couldn’t even swim.
They floated for five hours in black water, praying for rescue, thunderstorms rolling in.
U.S. Coast Guard and Air Force Reservists answered the call. Dropped survival gear, fought rough seas and low fuel, and hoisted every single person to safety just in time.
One survivor said it best:
“Lord, save us… Have someone see us.”
Everybody made it to the hospital in stable condition.
This is America. When Americans are in trouble, our heroes in uniform run toward the danger. No hesitation.
Real courage. Real competence. Real gratitude.
A North American P-51D Mustang (N251CS, ,"Charlotte’s Chariot II") crashed at Vicksburg–Tallulah Regional Airport, Louisiana, USA. The pilot and sole occupant of the aircraft was killed.
A 21 year old student pilot who crashed his Cessna 172 while on a solo flight in Adelaide on Monday calmly talks about the accident moments later in an interview with local media.
The Cessna crashed onto the runway and caught fire at Parafield Airport in Adelaide’s north about 12.30pm.
Trainee pilot Youngin Kim, 21, quickly jumped out before the blaze really took hold, destroying the plane and spreading to nearby grass. Kim has been flying since September and has taken to the skies solo just three times. He was on his first solo circuit of the day when the accident occurred. He said he was travelling slower than usual on approach to the runway and tried to adjust his speed before touching down “quite hard”. He was unhurt but was taken to a nearby medical clinic as a precaution.
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau have been notified of the emergency and is investigating.
An EasyJet Airbus A320-200 aircraft coming from Milan Malpensa Airport (MXP) suffered failure of Engine No. 2 (Right engine) while descending to Lamezia Terme, Italy.
Can be seen in the visuals, the disintegrated pieces of CFM 56-5B turbine stages indicate failure to be severe in nature. However it's yet to be confirmed whether failure was "contained" or "uncontained".
The pilots followed emergency procedures, thus maintaining control of the aircraft until it came to a safe stop on the runway at Lamezia Terme Airport, (SUF).
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An Omni Táxi Aéreo Airbus H160B helicopter with eight people on board had to make an emergency water landing in the sea off Cabo Frio, Rio de Janeiro on Friday.
According to the Brazilian Navy, the search and rescue operation was activated, and an aircraft was deployed to the site to make the rescue.
The Navy confirmed that it rescued eight people (six passengers and two crew members) involved in the incident that was transporting workers to a Petrobras Oil Platform. The aircraft landed at sea about 40 miles (about 74 kilometers) south of Cabo Frio.
"Immediately, a Search and Rescue Operation (SAR) was activated, with the use of a Navy helicopter. The aircraft rescued all crew members, who were on two life rafts, taking them, after the rescue, for medical evaluation at the Polyclinic of the Naval Air Base of São Pedro da Aldeia, where it was confirmed that they were all doing well", highlights the Navy in a statement.
Two 737s sustained damage after one clipped the other at Raleigh-Durham International Airport on New Year’s Day.
The incident occurred when an Avelo 737-700 that was being towed clipped into a parked Southwest 737 MAX on Thursday morning, according to RDU officials.
Nobody was on board either of the planes, and no injuries were reported.
RDU officials said that airport operations were not affected.
In a statement Avelo said its plane is being inspected by maintenance, and any customers who are all affected will be communicated with regarding their flight.
Buddha Air ATR-72 substantially damaged after overshooting the runway during landing in the city of Bhadrapur, Nepal.
According to the airline, there were 51 passengers and four crew members on board the plane and all were safe. The flight had arrived in Bhadrapur from the capital Kathmandu.
According to a statement issued by the airline, aircraft 9N-AMF, an ATR 72-500, came to a stop near a drain about 200 meters from the runway during landing. During this, the plane was damaged, however, the passengers were immediately evacuated safely and no one required medical assistance.
Buddha Air said that technical experts and rescue teams were immediately dispatched from Kathmandu to Bhadrapur to inspect the plane and determine the causes of the incident.
Another local media source says seven people were injured including the 24-year-old First Officer Sushant Shrestha of Lalitpur-4, who sustained head and facial injuries and is currently undergoing treatment at Omsai Pathibhara Hospital in Bhadrapur.
Greg Biffle, his wife, and his children were on board.
You always want to pray for survivors when something like this happens, but the chances are so negligible. We just have to pray that it happened so fast that those sweet children felt no pain or fear