Boy, 10, injured in plane crash asks ‘did I save my sister?’ after waking from surgery
“Daddy, did I save my sister?” A 10-year-old boy who was injured in the Philadelphia plane crash has been hailed a ‘hero’ after protecting his sister. Seven people died in the crash and at least 24 were injured after a medical transport jet crashed into a Northeast Philadelphia neighbourhood. Trey Howard, aged 10, survived the […]
1 year ago
Ice skating champions are among youngest victims of Washington DC plane crash
All 67 people involved died in the tragic event. Two of the youngest victims of the devastating Washington DC plane crash have been identified as a promising youth ice skating duo. As reported by the Delaware News Journal, dance partners Angela Yang and Sean Kay were on the fateful flight back from the US Figure Skating […]
1 year ago
Relatives battle for custody of four children who survived 40 days in the Amazon rainforest
Colombia’s child protection agency is interviewing family members to determine who should care for them. A custody battle has broken out among the relatives of the four Indigenous children who survived a plane crash and 40 days in the Amazon rainforest. The Cessna 206 was carrying seven people between Araracuara, in Amazonas province, and San […]
3 years ago
Four children missing after Colombian plane crash found alive after 40 days
By Steve Hopkins A remarkable ‘example of survival’ that will ‘remain in history’ Four children have been found alive five weeks after the plane they were travelling in crashed in the Colombian jungle. The kids, siblings aged 13, nine, four, and 11 months, were rescued by the Colombian military, not far from where the Cessna […]
3 years ago
Three children and a baby found alive 17 days after plane crash
By Steve Hopkins Three children and an 11-month-old baby have been found alive 17 days after a plane crash in the Columbian Amazon. The baby and their siblings, who are aged four, nine, and 13, survived by eating jungle fruits before being found and rescued Wednesday. The children had been missing after the plane they […]
3 years ago
Air France found not guilty for crash that killed three Irish doctors
The incident occurred in 2009. Air France has been found not guilty of involuntary manslaughter after a plane crash led to the deaths of 228 people in 2009. Flight 447 was travelling from Rio to Paris when it disappeared off the radar due to a storm. Dr Aisling Butler from Tipperary, Dr Jane Deasy from […]
3 years ago