Sole India plane crash survivor mourns his brother during funeral

Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, the sole survivor of the Air India crash, helped carry his brother's flower-heaped coffin to a crematorium in the western Indian coastal town of Diu, days after they plummeted into the ground shortly after takeoff. All 241 other passengers and crew onboard the flight died, as did at least 30 people on the ground, including five medical students

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The Independent

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• The Independent

Pilot killed in small plane crash in North Carolina raised a wheel to avoid a turtle, NTSB says

The pilot of a small plane that crashed near a North Carolina airport this month had raised a wheel after landing to avoid hitting a turtle on the runway, according to a National Transportation Safety Board preliminary report. The pilot of the Universal Stinson 108 and a passenger were killed in the June 3 crash near Sugar Valley Airport in Mocksville, officials said. A second passenger was seriously injured in the crash. A communications operator looking out the airport office window advised the pilot that there was a turtle on the runway, according to the report released this week. The operator reported that the pilot landed about 1,400 feet (427 meters) down the 2,424-foot (739-meter) runway, then lifted the right main wheel to avoid the turtle. The operator heard the pilot advance the throttle after raising the wheel, but the airplane left her view after that. A man cutting the grass at the end of the runway reported seeing the pilot raise the right wheel to avoid the turtle, then the wings rocked back and forth and the plane took off again, according to the report. The man lost sight of the plane and then he heard a crash and saw smoke. The plane crashed in a heavily forested area about 255 feet (78 meters) from the runway and caught fire, officials said. The plane was wedged between several trees and remained in one piece except for a few pieces of fabric found in a nearby stream. It came to rest on its left side with the left wing folded underneath the fuselage and the right wing bent toward the tail. Preliminary reports contain facts collected on scene, but don't speculate on probable causes, according to the NTSB's website. Those are included in final reports, which can take one to two years to complete.

Daily Mail​

9 hours ago

• Daily Mail​

Unbelievable cause of fatal North Carolina plane crash is revealed

The cause of a deadly plane crash in rural North Carolina was revealed to be a turtle on the runway that the pilot maneuvered to avoid. Two people were killed and one passenger was seriously injured when the small aircraft crashed near the Sugar Valley Airport in Mocksville, North Carolina, on June 3. A preliminary investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board concluded that the pilot had lifted the plane's right main wheel to avoid striking the turtle, eventually leading to the fatal crash. A communications operator had advised the pilot of the turtle before the aircraft touched down. The operator told the NTSB that the pilot landed and traveled about halfway down the runway before lifting the wheel in an attempt to avoid the turtle. The airplane then left the operator's view, and a man cutting grass reported seeing its wings 'rock back and forth.' The plane took off again and disappeared over trees. A witness then heard a 'loud crash and saw smoke,' according to the NTSB. The plane was found wedged between two trees in a heavily forested area around 255 feet away from the runway. Although the aircraft remained intact, a fire soon broke out and the plane's wings were completely burned off. The identities of the passengers have yet to be released. The Daily Mail contacted the North Carolina State Highway Patrol, which responded to the crash, for comment. The plane, a Universal Stinson 108 Voyager, was being used for a personal flight. The aircraft has a single engine and four seats. It was produced after World War II until 1950. Plane crashes involving animals are rare but do happen, with 46 recorded instances from 2012 to 2021, according to the NTSB. In April, a small aircraft carrying three people crashed on a beach in Alaska after the pilot apparently attempted to swerve the plane when a dog ran on the runway. The pilot, Daniel Bunker, 48, and another passenger, Jenny Irene Miller, 37, were killed in the crash. In April, two people were killed in a similar plane crash when a pilot attempted to avoid hitting a dog The NTSB's Clint Johnson said Bunker had initiated a 'go-around' to avoid hitting the dog. 'What we understand now is that there may have been an animal, namely a dog, that was on the runway,' he said. 'There was also another company airplane behind - he was talking to that airplane at the same time - said he was initiating the go-around, made a right turn away from the runway, pretty steep climb, and unfortunately, there was a loss of control.'

The Guardian

10 hours ago

• The Guardian

Pilot killed in North Carolina plane crash was trying to avoid turtle on runway, report shows

The pilot of a small plane that crashed near a North Carolina airport this month had raised a wheel after landing to avoid hitting a turtle on the runway, according to a National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) preliminary report. The pilot of the Universal Stinson 108, a single-engine, four-seat aircraft, and a passenger were killed in the 3 June crash near Sugar Valley airport in Mocksville, officials said. A second passenger was seriously injured in the crash. A communications operator looking out of the airport office window advised the pilot that there was a turtle on the runway, according to the report released this week. The operator reported that the pilot landed about 1,400ft down the 2,424ft runway, then lifted the right main wheel to avoid the turtle. The operator heard the pilot advance the throttle after raising the wheel, but the airplane left her view after that. A man cutting the grass at the end of the runway reported seeing the pilot raise the right wheel to avoid the turtle, then the wings rocked back and forth and the plane took off again, according to the report. The man lost sight of the plane and then he heard a crash and saw smoke. The plane crashed in a heavily-forested area about 255ft from the runway and caught fire, officials said. The plane was wedged between several trees and remained in one piece except for a few pieces of fabric found in a nearby stream. It came to rest on its left side with the left wing folded underneath the fuselage and the right wing bent toward the tail. Preliminary reports contain facts collected on scene, but don't speculate on probable causes, according to the NTSB's website. Those await final reports, which can take much longer to complete.