We close out the week and the month with these stories… Have a safe weekend! Tom – Pilot injured after small plane flips over in Baldwin County, authorities say By WALA Digital Staff SUMMERDALE, Ala. (WALA) – The pilot of a plane suffered minor injuries when the aircraft flipped over during a takeoff attempt today in…
Read MoreYour stories for today… Be safe out there! Tom – Amazon cargo plane makes emergency landing at CVG Airport after bird strike Emily Sanderson – Digital Media Manager HEBRON, Ky. – Emergency crews responded to the tarmac at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport after an Amazon cargo plane was forced to make an emergency landing. Photos…
Read MoreHere are your stories for today… Be safe out there! Tom – NASA plane makes belly landing at Ellington Airport, video shows Viewer video captured a NASA research plane making a belly landing at Ellington Airport in Houston. Author: Jaime E. Galvan, Jason Miles HOUSTON – A NASA research aircraft made a gear-up landing at…
Read MoreHere are the stories for today… Be safe out there! Tom – Two of six people killed in Maine plane crash identified By Francis Flisiuk BANGOR, Maine – A Houston-based event planner and a pilot are among the six victims who died in a plane crash Sunday night at the Bangor International Airport. Families of Shawna Collins…
Read MoreWe start the new week with these stories… Be safe out there! Tom – Private plane carrying 8 passengers crashes in Bangor, Maine, as Winter Storm Fern batters state By Zoe Hussain A private jet carrying eight people crashed as it was taking off from a Maine airport amid heavy snowfall in the region Sunday evening,…
Read MoreHere is what we have to close out this week… Couple of things, first off, today is the 44th anniversary of the World Airways DC-10 crash at KBOS. I think there may be a few ARFF folks around that can tell stories of this one. And….. For those that will be affected by the big…
Read MoreHere are your stories for today… Be safe out there! Tom – Emergency landing mobilizes rescue teams at Reynosa airport By Jaime Jiménez Reynosa, Tamaulipas – An emergency operation was activated this Wednesday at the Lucio Blanco International Airport after an aircraft made a forced landing due to a mechanical failure. According to initial reports,…
Read MoreThese are your stories for today… Be safe out there! Tom – Small plane landing goes awry at Altoona-Blair County Airport by: Bill Shannon BLAIR COUNTY, Pa. (WTAJ) – An Altoona-Blair County Airport runway was closed after an incoming plane landed and went off the pavement. The small plane was trying to land at the airport…
Read MoreYour stories for today… And by the way, congratulations to Indiana University on winning their first national football championship last night after beating the University of Miami 27-21 and going undefeated throughout the entire season! Be safe out there! Tom – 1 person critically injured in helicopter crash in Wasatch County By Tim Vandenack, Timber…
Read MoreThese are the stories to start the week, and it starts on a very sad note… A Legend, mentor and friend to many in the Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting (ARFF) community passed away this past Friday, the 16th. Paul Looney was one of the founding fathers of the ARFF Working Group, a man who lived…
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