Flying Magazine
• Meg Godlewski
Three recreational skydivers witnessed a small-plane crash in a Wisconsin cornfield as they prepared to jump, then parachuted to the scene. Drawing on EMT and paramedic training, they treated a seriously injured survivor and assisted all four occupants until ground-based emergency crews arrived.
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Three recreational skydivers witnessed a small-plane crash in a Wisconsin cornfield as they prepared to jump, then parachuted to the scene. Drawing on EMT and paramedic training, they treated a seriously injured survivor and assisted all four occupants until ground-based emergency crews arrived.
A Russian Tu-95MS strategic bomber crashed in the Amur region of the Far East on Sept. 29 during a training flight, killing six of the seven crew members aboard. The surviving crew member was hospitalized; military sources attributed the crash to an engine failure during takeoff.
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Two Naval aviators ejected and four shipboard personnel were injured during a landing mishap involving an EA-18G Growler aboard the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower. Search-and-rescue forces promptly recovered the aircrew, while the incident highlights the risks of carrier aircraft recovery operations.
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Germany’s BFU preliminary report says the left brake pedal was activated shortly after Vietnam Airlines Flight VN34 began its takeoff roll from Munich, followed by additional braking inputs. The Boeing 787-9 rotated below V1, lifted off beyond the runway from grass and sustained a tail strike.
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The Paris Criminal Court convicted Spanish operator Swiftair of involuntary manslaughter on Sept. 28, 2026, over the July 2014 crash of Air Algérie flight AH5017 in Mali. All 116 people aboard the McDonnell Douglas MD-83 were killed in the accident.
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A Delta Air Lines flight from Barcelona to Boston diverted to Porto, Portugal, after smoke filled the cabin while the aircraft was crossing the Atlantic at 32,000 feet. Reports said 11 to 14 people were treated for smoke inhalation, with three or four passengers taken to hospitals.
A private helicopter crashed and caught fire in a field near Sainte-Brigide-d’Iberville, about 50 kilometers southeast of Montreal, killing all four people on board. Quebec authorities have launched an investigation into the crash, which occurred in the Rang des Écossais area near Highway 10.
The NTSB said a Cessna Citation V overran the runway after its crew initiated a rejected takeoff above V1, the decision speed beyond which stopping may not be possible. Snow-covered runway conditions and an overweight aircraft compounded the event, highlighting the risks of late rejected-takeoff decisions.
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