At least three people were killed when a private jet He crashed into a San Diego neighborhood Thursday morning, adding to the long list of aviation disasters this year.
About 100 people had to be evacuated after the plane hit at least one house and aircraft fuel caught fire throughout the neighborhood. The Federal Aviation Administration said six people were aboard the plane. It was not clear how many died, although the Sound Talent Group music agency said its co -founder and two other employees died in the accident.
Many people are concerned about aviation security after all aircraft and almost false collisions.
Disasters have varied from the midair collision That killed 67 people near Washington, DC, in January to a plane Cut another in February while rolling at Seattle airport. In March, an American Airlines plane It caught fire after landing in Denversending 12 people to the hospital. A tourism The helicopter broke and crashed In the Hudson River between New York City and New Jersey last month, killing six people.
Federal officials have tried to assure travelers to fly is the safest mode of transport, and statistics support it. But the waterfall of the headlines about all things that have come bad is to attract increasing attention.
Here is a look at some of the recent tragedies and mishaps:
– He New York helicopter That crashed on April 10, he left a heliport of the center. The flight lasted less than 18 minutes. Radar data shows that the helicopter flew north along the Manhattan horizon, then south towards the statue of freedom. The victims in This accident included a Spain from Spain who was Celebrating the ninth birthday of one of his children.
– Three people died and one was injured when a Small plane crashed on April 11 In Boca Mouse, Florida, near an important interstatal road and pushed a car to the railroad.
-Two small airplanes collided in the air near an Arizona airport in mid -February, Kill They were in one of the planes. After the collision, an airplane landed without incident, but the other hit the ground near a track and caught fire. The accident occurred at the Marana Regional Airport near Tucson.
– A small nearby plane He crashed in western Alaska In early February, killing the 10 people on board. The accident was one of the most mortal in the state in 25 years. Indicated radar data that the plane quickly lost the elevation and speed. The United States Coast Guard was unaware of the airline signs of the plane.
– A medical transport plane that had just taken off embedded in a neighborhood of Philadelphia At the end of January, killing the six people on board and two people on the ground. About two dozen people were also injured. The National Transportation Board said that its cabin voice recorder had probably not been working for years. The crew did not make calls from anguish to air traffic control.
– The collision between an American Airlines passenger plane and an American army helicopter above the capital of the nation He killed everyone aboard both planes at the end of January. It was the MOST MORE MORE SALE IN THE UNITED STATES Since November 12, 2001, when a plane crashed into a neighborhood of New York City just after takeoff, killing the 260 people on board and five on the ground.
– A plane operated by Jeju Air slipped from a track, crashed into a concrete fence and Build in flames At the end of December, in South Korea, after its landing train, it apparently did not deploy. All but two of the 181 people on board were killed in one of the worst aviation disasters of that country.
– The American Airlines plane that caught fire at Denver International Airport in March had been diverted there because the crew reported motor vibrations. While rolling at the door, an engine caught fire, cause slides to implement Then passengers could quickly evacuate. People taken to hospitals had minor injuries.
-A single engine plane that takes five people He crashed and burst into flames That same month in the parking lot of a retirement community near a small airport near Lancaster, Pennsylvania. All on board survived. Three people were taken to a burning center in the area.
– A jet from Delta Air Lines turned while landing at Pearson de Toronto airport in February. The 80 people on board survived, but some people received minor injuries. Witnesses and video video showed the landing of the plane So hard that his right wing was cut. The researchers said that when trying to determine the cause, they would consider climatic conditions and the possibility of human error.
– earlier this month, two commercial planes had to abort your landings At Reagan National Airport, near Washington, due to a Black Hawk helicopter from the army flying near the Pentagon. The army suspended All your helicopter flights in the area after this incident. It was a priority air transport of Black Hawk from the same known unit as the PAT25 that crashed with the passenger plane in the air in January.
– In April, the same day that the fatal clash of helicopters in New York, a wing tip of an American Airlines plane He hit another plane From the same airline in a shooting street at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Virginia. There were no reported injuries. Multiple members of Congress were aboard one of the flights.
– A FEDEX cargo plane made an emergency landing at an occupied airport in New Jersey in March after a bird strike caused a fire in the engine That could be seen in the morning sky. The plane landed at Newark Liberty International Airport. There were no reported injuries.
– The pilots on a Southwest Airlines flight about to land at the Chicago Midway airport were forced to return to heaven To avoid another plane Crossing the track at the end of February. The video showed that the plane approached the track before it stopped abruptly when a business plane became the track without authorization, federal officials said.
-At the beginning of February, a plane from Japan Airlines was qualifying at the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport When apparently cut the tail of a parked Delta plane. No injuries were reported.
– In early January, passengers panicked when a man aboard a plane to Jetblue qualifying for the take -off of Boston International Airport opened an exit door On a wing, triggering an emergency slide to inflate. Other passengers quickly restricted the man and the plane did not take off.
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In a story published on May 22, 2025 on recent aircraft tragedies, Associated Press erroneously reported the date of a small air accident in Boca Mouse, Florida. The accident occurred on April 11, not May 16.