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Couple walks away from Sedona plane crash after deploying emergency parachute system
Officials say two people were unharmed after the plane crash Monday morning
By: abc15.com staff
SEDONA, AZ — Yavapai County officials say two
people walked away unharmed after a plane crash-landed in the Sedona area on Monday morning.
Sheriff’s officials say they were called to the area near Cathedral Rock around 8:30 a.m. for reports of a plane crash. When they arrived, they found that a small plane had landed in the area after the occupants deployed an emergency parachute system on the plane.
Officials say the occupants of the plane, a husband and wife, were not injured and were able to walk away.
“They had successfully deployed the ‘Cirrus CAPS System’—a parachute for the entire aircraft, helping the plane land on the side of the mountain,” officials said.
Officials told ABC15 around 11:30 a.m. Monday that crews were in the process of hiking to the downed plane.
There is no word yet on what led to the crash. The investigation is ongoing.
https://www.abc15.com/news/region-northern-az/couple-walks-away-from-sedona-plane-crash-after-deploying-emergency-parachute-system
Delta flight makes emergency landing at Melbourne Orlando International Airport
Plane carrying 170 people safely evacuated in Florida
Daniel Dahm, Digital Content Manager
MELBOURNE, Fla. – A Delta Air Lines flight was
forced to make an emergency landing Monday at Melbourne Orlando International Airport.
The airline said Flight 305, traveling from Fort Lauderdale to New York’s JFK Airport, was diverted due to reports of a smoky odor in the first class area of the cabin.
The plane, an Airbus A321 carrying 170 people including the crew, was safely evacuated.
Delta said maintenance teams were inspecting the aircraft.
“Nothing is more important than the safety of our customers and of our people,” Delta said in a statement. “We apologize to those who are experiencing a delay in their travel plans.”
The passengers were “reaccommodated” and later landed at JFK Airport, the airline said.
NTSB Prelim: Siai-Marchetti SF260B
Shortly After Rotation From Runway 28r, The Airplane Began To Drift Left
Location: Billings, MT Accident Number: WPR25LA295
Date & Time: September 26, 2025, 10:40 Local Registration: N272C
Aircraft: Siai-Marchetti SF260B Injuries: 2 None
Flight Conducted Under: Part 91: General aviation - Personal
On September 26, 2025, about 1040 mountain daylight time, a SIAI-MARCHETTI SF 260B, N272C, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Billings, Montana. The pilot and passenger were not injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations part 91 flight.
The pilot reported that shortly after rotation from runway 28R, the airplane began to drift left. He applied corrective control inputs and was able to maintain control while in ground effect, but the airplane would not climb. The airplane then drifted away from the runway to the right, and began to settle, after which it struck the ground. The landing gear collapsed during the impact sequence, and the airplane sustained substantial damage to the left wing and aft cabin structure.
The airplane was recovered for further examination.
FMI: www.ntsb.gov
Today in History
58 Years ago today: On 4 November 1967 Iberia flight 062, a Caravelle, struck Blackdown Hill, while on descent towards London-Heathrow Airport, U.K., killing all 37 on board.
| Date: | Saturday 4 November 1967 |
| Time: | 22:02 |
| Type: | Sud Aviation SE-210 Caravelle 10R |
| Owner/operator: | Iberia |
| Registration: | EC-BDD |
| MSN: | 202 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1966 |
| Engine model: | P&W JT8D-7 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 37 / Occupants: 37 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Blackdown Hill, Haslemere, West Sussex - United Kingdom |
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Málaga Airport (AGP/LEMG) |
| Destination airport: | London-Heathrow Airport (LHR/EGLL) |
| Investigating agency: | AIB |
| Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:
Iberia flight 062, a Caravelle, struck Blackdown Hill, while on descent towards London-Heathrow Airport, U.K., killing all 37 on board.
Flight IB062 left Málaga, Spain, at 19:30 UTC on a flight to London-Heathrow Airport, United Kingdom. The weather at the time was slightly misty with intermittent drizzle but there was reasonable visibility.
The aircraft was cleared to descend to FL210 after passing latitude 50 °N and was given a routeing via Ibsley and Dunsfold. After passing conflicting traffic, the aircraft was recleared to FL110 and directed to turn right on to 060° for Dunsfold. Passing abeam Fawley the aircraft was further cleared to FL60 and, in acknowledging this instruction, the crew reported leaving FL145. Just under 4 minutes later the aircraft was cleared to proceed direct to Epsom on its own navigation. The flight crew acknowledgement this instruction. All the while the aircraft had been in a continuous descent, until it impacted trees on the southern slope of Blackdown Hill, approximately 48 km south-southwest of Heathrow Airport.
The aircraft continued for hundreds of yards, passing across a meadow where it killed 65 grazing sheep. It then broke through a large hedge and parts of the aircraft fell off destroying a garage, and damaging parts of the roof of Upper Blackdown House as the aircraft disintegrated.
Accident investigators failed to find the reason for the continued descent. A possible misreading of the altimeters was examined in detail.
The aircraft was fitted with threepointer altimeters with warnings to indicate when the aircraft was below 10,000ft. The aircraft descended continuously at a steady rate over a period of 13 1/2 minute and the pointers would have been in continuous motion throughout, increasing the likelihood of misreading. The cross hatching in this type of altimeter first appears in a window in the 10,000ft disc at an indicated altitude of 26,666ft and the edge of the cross hatching would have been visible within 2 minutes of the aircraft beginning its descent. At 10,000 feet the cross hatching completely fills the window and it remains filled as long as the aircraft is below 10,000ft. Thus the cross hatching would have been visible to the crew for a period of about 9 1/2 minutes before the aircraft passed through FL60. According to the investigation report, it is not difficult to read an indication of 6,000ft as 16,000ft with this type of altimeter if particular note is not made of the position of the 10,000ft pointer. Evidence against the possibility of a simple misreading of this sort is the message from the aircraft to ATC reporting passing FL145. indicating that at this time the crew knew that they were below 16,000ft.
This evidence indicates that down to this level there had been no misreading or misinterpretation but it does not dispose of the possibility that the crew subsequently suffered a mental loss of sequence and transposed themselves in time and space back to some altitude above 16,000ft. This has been known to, happen in the past, the investigators noted.
Nevertheless, there is no evidence to show that it happened on this occasion."
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The accident was due to the aircraft having continued to descend through its assigned flight level down to the ground. No reason could be established for the continued descent."
