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The crew evacuated onto the patrol boat, and finally Californian [85] sank in 10–13,000 feet of water, approximately 60 miles (50 nmi; 100 km) south-southwest of Cape Matapan, Greece. Fireman Richard John Harding [86] was killed during the first torpedo attack, and two other firemen were scalded. [81]
None of the 9 passengers or crew were killed in the accident, however the pilot was badly injured. The pilot had intended to fly a version of the Islander with fuel tanks on the tips of the wings, but due to technical problems took another plane. Thus the engine ran out of fuel, stopped and caused the accident. [62]
Rather than ejecting, witnesses said the pilot "stayed on board to fly the plane away from the crowd", of which 3,000 were attending the airshow. The pilot, Florin Rotaru, was killed in the crash. [51] June 2 – Dan Buchanan, a hang glider pilot, was killed during the Gunfighter Skies Air and Space Celebration at Mountain Home Air Force Base. [52]
Ibrahima Bah, from Senegal, denies the manslaughter of four people who drowned in the Channel on December 14 2022.
The 47-year-old senior first officer collapsed in front of tourists
Officials found the wreckage of another plane Tuesday night about a mile west of the airport. ... light rain and mist caused the pilot to miss the runway at Catalina’s Airport in the Sky on the ...
August 6 – Carnival Week (Victoria, British Columbia, Canada) – Pilot Johnny Bryant was killed when his aircraft crashed during an exhibition flight at the water carnival celebrations. [ 369 ] July 19 – Golden Potlatch (Seattle, Washington) – Parachutist Francis L. Thayer was killed when his parachute harness broke at a height of 600 ...
Test pilot Mel Apt is killed on the 17th flight of the Bell X-2, 46–674, out of Edwards Air Force Base, California, when he attempts a turn at Mach 3.2 (nearly 2,100 mph), and the airframe goes into a vicious case of inertia coupling. Apt jettisons the escape capsule but runs out of height before he can bail out of the falling nose section.