A 1985 single-engine Piper PA-46 Malibu appears to have suffered a serious mechanical failure mid-ir and crashed into a UPS freight terminal outside the Roanoke Regional Airport in Roanoke, Virginia (VA). This led to the death of the pilot, Peter Sheeran, and seriously injured the passenger, John Whitmer. Whitmer is being treated at Carilion Roanoke…
Plans, money and commitments seem to be falling into place to reintroduce passenger rail service between Norfolk, other cities in south Hampton Roads and Richmond. Initial efforts would involve running Amtrak trains on freight railroad tracks owned and operated by CSX and Norfolk Southern. Within a decade, high-speed passenger trains could be arriving daily at…
An air traffic controller in JFK let their child give our directives to incoming and outgoing pilots. This type of behavior is irresponsible and signals complacency in the air traffic control field.
Just before sunrise on March 5, 2010, a tour bus carrying 22 passengers from Mexico to California (CA) ran off an Arizona (AZ) highway, rolled and killed six riders. Another 16 passengers suffered injuries requiring hospital care. Making the tragic situation worse, newspapers such as the Arizona Republic are reporting that the California company that…
A twin-engine Cessna T303 Crusader crashed into a house in Louisa, Virginia (VA). The pilot, named James A. Youngquist, died as a result, according to the Associated Press. Youngquist was a resident of Reston, Virginia (VA), according to godanriver.com I want to send my deepest sympathies to Mr. Youngquist’s family. I’ve had the chance to…