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U.S. Helicopter Accidents Decline

Posted on behalf of Gordon & Partners on February 21, 2017December 7, 2022 in Aviation Accidents

For the third consecutive year, helicopter accidents and related fatalities have declined in the United States. According to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the rate of helicopter accidents in 2016 fell to 3.19 incidents per 100,000 hours in flight.In 2015, 3.67 accidents occurred per 100,000 flight hours. Last year’s fatal accident rate fell to 0.51 […] Read More

Plane Crashes into Lake Worth Mobile Home Park, Kills Two

Posted on behalf of Gordon & Partners on October 14, 2015December 7, 2022 in Aviation Accidents

A small plane crashed into a mobile home in the Mar Mak Trailer Park in Lake Worth early Tuesday evening, destroying one mobile home and damaging another in a ball of flames. The pilot, who is believed to have been the only person onboard the plane, and a 21-year-old woman in one of the homes […] Read More

More than 100 Aviation Accidents Reported in 2014

Posted on behalf of Gordon & Partners on January 2, 2015October 31, 2023 in Aviation Accidents

As the AirAsia Flight 8501 has now been counted as an aviation accident, the total number of aviation accidents reported last year comes to 111. Surprisingly, the number of airline crashes is the lowest it has been in approximately 80 years. In 2005, nearly 200 aviation accidents were reported, according to the Bureau of Aircraft […] Read More

Small Plane Crash Lands near Sarasota; Kills 1 and Injures 1 At Crash Site

Posted on behalf of Gordon & Partners on July 28, 2014December 7, 2022 in Aviation Accidents

On Sunday afternoon in Sarasota, Florida, a father was killed and his 9-year-old daughter critically injured while walking along the beach when a small plane crash landed just feet from the surf.Ommy Irizarry, 36-years-old from Georgia, was pronounced dead shortly after the accident. Oceana Irizarry, his daughter, was airlifted to a children’s hospital and is […] Read More

Q and A: Missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370

Posted on behalf of Gordon & Partners on March 11, 2014December 7, 2022 in Aviation Accidents

When Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 took off from Kuala Lumpur after midnight on Saturday, no one expected it would simply disappear over Vietnam, but it did. Carrying 239 passengers, the Boeing 777 aircraft lost contact with air traffic control and has been missing for nearly four days. No distress signal was sent and currently airplanes […] Read More

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