Car hits plane on highway

Arizona - A car ran into a small plane that had lost oil pressure and made an emergency landing on a state highway about 3 miles south of Sierra Vista in southwestern Arizona. The single-engine, high-performance Extra Flugzeugbau EA-300 made the landing around 9:30 a.m. An oncoming car then hit the aircraft’s left wing tip. The car owner had minor cuts, and the pilot was not hurt....more

Women arrested in UK for taking corpse onto plane

LONDON (AP) -- Police have arrested two women at an British airport after they reportedly tried to smuggle a corpse onto a flight.More

Baby Born On Plane To Be Baptized On Same

A baby girl born on a military-run airliner in Bolivia will be baptized on the plane as well -- with the chief of the air force presiding as godfather. Tami Fabiola was born on Feb. 14 on a Transporte---...More

U.S. pilot bails out of plane to fake death

MIAMI (Reuters) – A pilot wanted on financial fraud charges parachuted out of his plane over Alabama and allowed the aircraft to crash in neighbouring Florida in an apparent attempt to fake his death, sheriff's investigators said on Monday.

Authorities launched a manhunt for the pilot, who survived and checked into an Alabama hotel, and then fled, the Santa Rosa County, Florida, sheriff's office said.

The pilot, identified as Marcus Schrenker, 38, was the only person aboard the plane that took off for Florida on Sunday from Anderson, Indiana.

Over Alabama, the pilot made a bogus emergency call, saying the plane's windscreen had imploded and he was bleeding profusely. He then put the plane on autopilot and parachuted out, investigators said.

Military jets were scrambled to aid the plane, a Piper PA-46 Turbo Prop, and the military pilots noticed the Piper's door was open. They followed the empty plane to northwest Florida, where it crashed on Sunday night near the city of Milton, in a swampy area within a few hundred yards of some houses, said Sgt. Scott Haines of Santa Rosa County Sheriff's office....More

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