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Single engine plane crashes into Maryland’s South River
March 29, 2010 NewYorkInjuryNews.com – Aviation Accidents, Injury News, Product Liability
Recently restored plane crash lands in South RiverLegal news for Maryland aviation accident attorneys – Pilot rescued, stable but scared, after crashing into South River near Edgewater airport.76-year-old pilot rescued by onlookers after crash landing plane into MD river.Edgewater, MD www.NewYorkInjuryNews.com – Richard Drawyer, 76, of Annapolis, was rescued by a marina resident after his single engine plane crashed into South River on Thursday, March 25, 2010, as reported by Capital Gazette Communications, Inc. According to reports, the pilot was unscathed, but in a bit of shock after the incident.Witnesses indicate the Cessna 120, a single engine, two-seat light general aviation plane, began flying low over the water at approximately 3:20 p.m. It then made a crash landing into the river just west of the South River Bridge. Liberty Marina tenant JoDee Carvalho and a marina employee sped to the rescue in an inflatable boat. Carvalho reported they found Drewyer “on top of the tip of the plane,” which had already turned over. Carvalho told reporters, “He was in shock, he wasn’t moving much…seemed to be scared out of his wits.”
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Firefighters and investigators look around the area by the damaged remains of a small aircraft inside a building, Friday in Austin, Texas. Joseph Stack flew his small airplane Thursday into the building that houses several offices of the Internal Revenue Service.
Tony Gutierrez/AP
By Gordon Lubold Staff writer / February 19, 2010
The crash of a small civilian plane into the side of a government building is raising the hackles of general aviation pilots who fear the government will crack down on them in the name of national security.
* IRS: a frequent target of antigovernment violence
Distressed over his financial situation and angry at the IRS, Joseph Stack flew his Piper Cherokee into the side of a building in Austin's Echelon office complex Thursday, killing himself and one other person. Mr. Stack appeared to be working alone and was not thought to be part of a broader terrorist or anti-government plot. And most experts agree no regulation or law would have prevented the incident.
Yet it was an obvious reminder of what thrust the US into the “war on terrorism” more than eight years ago. Some security analysts have already raised national security concerns about general aviation, pointing out that the incident reflects broad national vulnerabilities at the hands of individuals flying small planes with ill-intent.
via Alarm at Austin plane crash troubles pilots / The Christian Science Monitor – CSMonitor.com.
Joe Stacks Note :: I love to Fly
Posted by: | CommentsJoe Stacks Note
If you’re reading this, you’re no doubt asking yourself, “Why did this have to happen?” The simple truth is that it is complicated and has been coming for a long time. The writing process, started many months ago, was intended to be therapy in the face of the looming realization that there isn’t enough therapy in the world that can fix what is really broken. Needless to say, this rant could fill volumes with example after example if I would let it. I find the process of writing it frustrating, tedious, and probably pointless… especially given my gross inability to gracefully articulate my thoughts in light of the storm raging in my head. Exactly what is therapeutic about that I’m not sure, but desperate times call for desperate measures.
Deadly mid-air collision near Boulder – Life- msnbc.com
Posted by: | CommentsBOULDER, Colo. – Boulder County officials suspended a search for victims and clues from the wreckage of a fiery mid-air collision that killed three people on Saturday afternoon, authorities said.
“The investigation is still preliminary, but we do know we have three confirmed dead,” said Rick Brough, spokesman for Boulder County sheriff's office. “We're saying there is a possibility of five total because one plane seated five. We just don't
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