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2 injured after small plane crashes into southern Indiana home after takeoff
A plane crash in Indiana injured two as a Cessna 172 hit a home during takeoff. The FAA and NTSB are investigating, says the sheriff's office.
Author: Gehrig Mickels
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A small plane crash in southern Indiana has left two people injured Wednesday evening.
According to the Jefferson County Indiana Sheriff's Office, at 7:00 p.m., officers received a report of a small plane crash in the area of River Bottom Road and Lee Bottom Airfield in Jefferson County. 
When first responders arrived on scene, they found a pilot and passenger, both of whom received minor injuries.
JCISO says early information indicated the aircraft, a Cessna 172, was taking off from Lee Bottom Airfield when it crashed shortly after take off and struck a home. Officials say no one inside the home was injured.
JCISO, along with the Hanover Fire Department, Hanover Police Department and other agencies responded to the crash site.
Officials say the FAA and NTSB have been notified and are coordinating the investigation.
The cause of the crash remains under investigation.
https://www.whas11.com/article/news/local/indiana/2-injured-small-plane-crashesnto-southern-indiana-home-after-takeoff/417-c9652a30-1db1-4c2a-9a11-385db0b8097c
Emergency plane landing delays flights out of Missoula Montana Airport
Briana Henderson NonStop Local Digital Producer
UPDATE: 9/16/26 at 5:13 p.m.
Regular airport operations have resumed. Planes are arriving and departing.
UPDATE: 9/16/26 at 3:45 p.m.
A spokesperson for the airport stated that the plane that landed was a business jet that was travelling from Billings to Hamilton. 
It rerouted to Missoula following a front landing gear that wouldn't deploy.
The pilot landed the plane safely.
The airport has requested with NTSB to remove the aircraft from the runway. Operations are expected to continue after the plane is removed.
MISSOULA, Mont. - According to a Facebook post by Missoula Montana Airport, all commercial plane operations have been paused.
This comes after a general aviation aircraft made an emergency landing on Wednesday.
As of 3:11 p.m., flights into and out of the airport have been delayed.
Crews are on the ground now working to remove the aircraft. Officials stated that flights won't start again until the plane has been safely removed.
We will continue following this story for more information.
https://www.fairfieldsuntimes.com/news/state/emergency-plane-landing-delays-flights-out-of-missoula-montana-airport/article_201eb3bc-67d0-5a41-a452-1714fafff03c.html
Trans Guyana Airways plane runs off interior airstrip
Written By Denis Chabrol
A Trans Guyana Airways (TGA) plane Thursday morning ran off the Mabaruma airstrip on landing, sources said.
No one was injured. 
The plane bears registration marking 8R-GCC.
The cause of the incident was not immediately known, but one theory was that it was due to heavy winds.
Emergency responders, including fire fighters, rushed to the scene as a precaution but no smoke was seen.
NTSB Prelim: Cameron Balloons A-315
When He (The Pilot) Looked Up, He Noticed That One Passenger Had Jumped Out And Was No Longer In The Basket
Location: Menifee, CA Occurrence Number: WPR26LA287
Date & Time: August 2, 2026, 07:10 Local Registration: N315U
Aircraft: Cameron Balloons A-315 Injuries: 1 Fatal, 2 None
Flight Conducted Under: Part 91: General aviation - Skydiving
On August 2, 2026, about 0710 Pacific daylight time, a Cameron Balloons A-315, N315U, was not damaged when it was involved in an accident near Menifee, California. The pilot and one passenger were not injured, and one passenger was fatally injured. The balloon was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 skydiving balloon flight.
In a phone conversation, the pilot stated that after all the skydivers had exited the balloon and were safely on the ground, the balloon was descending. The pilot stated that it is their standard practice to open a bottle of champagne for the passengers who remained in the basket. He asked one passenger if he wanted champagne, which the pilot said he "just kind of grunted something" without really responding. While at an altitude of about 4,500 ft mean sea level, the pilot reached into a bag to retrieve drinks for the passengers and felt a very slight movement which he initially believed was one of the passengers had simply shifted position or turned around. However, when he looked up, he noticed that one passenger had jumped out and was no longer in the basket. The pilot added that there was no sound, verbal statement, or warning that the passenger was going to jump out the basket in flight.
The pilot radioed his ground crew and requested that they call 911. Subsequently, the pilot landed uneventfully
FMI: www.ntsb.gov
Today in History
65 Years ago today: On 17 September 1961 Northwest Orient Airlines flight 706, a Lockheed L-188 Electra, crashed shortly after takeoff from Chicago-O'Hare Airport, IL, USA, killing all 37 occupants.
| Date: | Sunday 17 September 1961 |
| Time: | 08:57 |
| Type: | Lockheed L-188C Electra |
| Owner/operator: | Northwest Orient Airlines |
| Registration: | N137US |
| MSN: | 1142 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1961 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 614 hours |
| Engine model: | Allison 501-D13 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 37 / Occupants: 37 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | ca 1,5 km S of Chicago-O'Hare International Airport, IL (ORD) - United States of America |
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Chicago-O'Hare International Airport, IL (ORD/KORD) |
| Destination airport: | Tampa International Airport, FL (TPA/KTPA) |
| Investigating agency: | CAB |
| Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:
Northwest Orient Airlines flight 706, a Lockheed L-188 Electra, crashed shortly after takeoff from Chicago-O'Hare Airport, IL, USA, killing all 37 occupants.
Lockheed Electra N137US operated on Northwest flight 706 from Milwaukee to Miami (MIA) with intermediate stops at Chicago, Tampa and Fort Lauderdale. After a crew change at Chicago the plane taxied to runway 14R at 08:55 and was cleared for takeoff. Between the 8,000 and the 9,000-foot runway marker the aircraft was observed to commence an apparently coordinated right turn with a slowly increasing rate of bank. When the bank angle was 30 to 45 degrees, the crew made a short, garbled transmission. Immediately thereafter, at a bank angle of 50 to 60 degrees, the aircraft began to lose altitude. The maximum altitude attained in the entire turn was 200 to 300 feet. The right wing struck powerlines adjacent to the Chicago Northwestern Railroad tracks, severing the lines at an angle of about 70 degrees from the horizontal. It then continued in a direction of about 271 degrees magnetic and, when in a bank of about 85 degrees and a nose-down attitude of about 10 degrees, the right wing of the aircraft struck the railroad embankment.
Continuing to roll about its longitudinal axis, the aircraft cartwheeled, the nose crashing into the ground 380 feet beyond the point of first impact, and landed right side up. It then slid tail first another 820 feet. The aircraft disintegrated throughout its path.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Mechanical failure in the aileron primary control system due to an improper replacement of the aileron boost assembly, resulting in a loss of lateral control of the aircraft at an altitude too low to effect recovery."
