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Daily Mail
23-07-2025
- General
- Daily Mail
Plane crashes onto busy motorway exploding into a fireball
This is the horrifying moment a small plane nosedived and crashed into a busy motorway in Italy, leaving at least two people dead. Footage captured the moment the plane smashed into the road in Italy's Brescia province and exploded into a fireball, with vehicles forced to drive through the flames. The aircraft was completely destroyed, with no one on board surviving the accident. The pair killed were a 75-year-old man and a 60-year-old woman, according to reports. They are understood to have departed from the town of Gragnano Trebbiense. Two motorists were reportedly injured when the plane exploded and were treated at a nearby hospital for non-life-threatening injuries. An inferno ripped through the site of the crash, leading to the suspension of traffic on the A21 motorway junction between Corda Molle and Ospitale. Emergency services rushed to the scene, while firefighters contained the blaze. An investigation has been launched to establish the cause of the tragedy. Meanwhile, the public prosecutor's office of Brescia has opened a case for manslaughter, local newspaper Giornale di Brescia reported. The horrific accident comes just days after an air force fighter jet crashed into a school in Bangladesh and killed 31 people, at least 25 of them children. The children, many aged under 12, were about to return home from class on Monday when the Chinese-manufactured F-7 BGI Bangladesh Air Force jet ploughed into their school in Dhaka and burst into flames, trapping pupils in the fire and debris. The military said it had suffered mechanical failure. Television footage showed fire and smoke billowing from the site of the crash as bystanders are seen trying to put out the flames. Other clips circulating on social media show crowds of students fleeing from the scene in a panic. It also comes a little over a month after an Air India plane crashed on top of a medical college hostel in neighbouring India's Ahmedabad city, killing 241 of the 242 people on board and 19 on the ground, marking the world's worst aviation disaster in a decade. A preliminary report into the crash found that fuel switches for the engines of the doomed Boeing 787 Dreamliner began to lose thrust and sink down moments after setting off to London from the Indian city on June 12.
Daily Mail
23-07-2025
- Daily Mail
Horrifying moment plane nosedives and crashes into a motorway with cars driving through fireball aftermath in Italy
At least two people were killed today when a small jet nosedived and crashed into a busy motorway in northern Italy. Footage captured the horrifying moment in which the plane smashed into the road in Italy's Brescia province and exploded into a fireball, with vehicles forced to drive over the flames following the sudden crash. The aircraft was completely destroyed, with no one on board surviving the accident. The pair killed were a 75-year-old man and a 60-year-old woman, according to reports. They are understood to have departed from the town of Gragnano Trebbiense. Two motorists were reportedly injured when the plane exploded and were treated at a nearby hospital for non-life-threatening injuries. An inferno ripped through the site of the crash, leading to the suspension of traffic on the A21 motorway junction between Corda Molle and Ospitale. Emergency services rushed to the scene, while firefighters contained the blaze. An investigation has been launched to establish the cause of the tragedy. Meanwhile, the public prosecutor's office of Brescia has opened a case for manslaughter following, local newspaper Giornale di Brescia reported. The horrific accident comes just days after an air force fighter jet crashed into a school in Bangladesh and killed 31 people, at least 25 of them children. The children, many aged under 12, were about to return home from class on Monday when the Chinese-manufactured F-7 BGI Bangladesh Air Force jet ploughed into their school in Dhaka and burst into flames, trapping pupils in the fire and debris. The military said it had suffered mechanical failure. Television footage showed fire and smoke billowing from the site of the crash as bystander are seeing trying put out the flames. Other clips circulating on social media show crowds of students fleeing from the scene in a panic. It also comes a little over a month after an Air India plane crashed on top of a medical college hostel in neighbouring India's Ahmedabad city, killing 241 of the 242 people on board and 19 on the ground, marking the world's worst aviation disaster in a decade. A preliminary report into the crash found that fuel switches for the engines of the doomed Boeing 787 Dreamliner began to lose thrust and sink down moments after setting of to London from the Indian city on June 12. In the flight's final moments, one pilot was heard on the cockpit voice recorder asking the other why he cut off the fuel. 'The other pilot responded that he did not do so,' the report by India's Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) said. It did not identify which remarks were made by the flight's captain and which by the first officer, nor which pilot immediately transmitted the distress call: 'Thrust not achieved... falling... Mayday! Mayday! Mayday!' Seconds later the jet began losing height and exploded into a fireball after smashing into a hostel on the ground in Gujarat, claiming the lives of all but one passenger on board and 19 people on the ground.
The Guardian
21-07-2025
- General
- The Guardian
Two men killed in light plane crash that ignited ‘fireball' in Queensland
A pilot and flight examiner have died in a light plane crash that ignited a 'fireball' in south-eastern Queensland A twin turboprop Reims Cessna F406 aircraft owned by Aero Logistics crashed into a grassy area at Devon Park, near Oakey, west of Toowoomba, about 3pm on Sunday. Two men on board the aircraft, confirmed as an Aero Logistics pilot and an external flight examiner, died in the crash. 'This is a terrible tragedy for the two people onboard the aircraft and their families, friends and workmates,' Ben Smee, the chief executive of Aero Logistics, said in a statement. 'They were experienced pilots and well-respected by everyone at Aero Logistics. 'This is a devastating loss for everyone who knew them.' Sign up for Guardian Australia's breaking news email Smee said the company has offered its support to the families of the two men and counselling services to staff. 'Safety is our first and most important priority. The cause of the accident will be thoroughly investigated for the sake of the families and the ongoing safety of our fleet,' he said. Police said the crash caused the plane to burst into flames on impact. 'There was a very large fireball and Queensland Fire Department did attend and extinguished the fire,' Sen Sgt Matt Forbes told reporters on Sunday. Forbes said the plane crashed into a field, and the property owner heard a 'loud explosion' which prompted the call to emergency services. The Australian Transport Safety Bureau said it would transport the recovered aircraft wreckage to its technical facilities in Canberra for examination. It urged anyone with video footage of the light plane, at any phase of the flight or in the immediate aftermath of the crash, to contact the agency. Aero Logistics confirmed it would fully cooperate with the investigation and has suspended all flight operations until further notice.
Yahoo
18-07-2025
- Science
- Yahoo
Meteorite that shot through roof of Henry County home was moving at speed of sound, scientist says
A planetary scientist shared new insights into the meteorite that crashed into a Georgia home in June. Speaking with Channel 2's Linda Stouffer, R. Scott Harris, a planetary geologist, gave new details about the meteorite fragments he's studying. The flash in the Georgia sky in June, described by witnesses as a fireball, traveled hundreds of millions of miles through space before entering the Earth's atmosphere, eventually crashing into a home. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] 'This one went through a house in McDonough, and the whole mass, we estimate, was probably like the size of a large cherry tomato,' Harris said. 'We're talking about something more than twice the diameter of a .50 caliber bullet coming through at least, but maybe greater than the speeds of our highest performance military rifles. And so it if had hit a person, we would not be having a fun conversation.' RELATED STORIES: Meteorite hunters searching for fragments in Henry County 'Fireball' in the sky seen across metro Atlanta What did you see falling through the sky? A meteor or meteorite? 'It was really, really scary': People across metro in shock as fireball falls from the sky Harris studies the way objects from space hit planetary surfaces and works as a researcher with the University of Georgia. Stouffer learned the fireball that exploded into the Georgia sky last month will now be called the McDonough meteorite. He said the black portion of the meteorite fragments would be from the outside of it, where it was freshly exposed to the light of the sun. 'Never seen the light of day, light of our sun over 4.5 billion years,' Harris said. Harris told Stouffer he believes that when the fireball 'detonated,' it was flying at about the speed of sound, including when it flew into a house in Henry County. 'Absolutely clean shot, through the roof, through the insulation, through the ceiling,' Harris said. 'There's about a third that is sort of missing, not really missing but pulverized to dust.' Using an electron microscope, Harris analyzed the materials in the fragments to see what minerals and metals may have been in the object. 'You see the bright objects here are the metal and metal sulfides,' Harris explained, showing the scans and images from the analysis. 'Mostly minerals that you might find here on Earth.' This meteorite contains metal, and minerals including olivine (also known as peridot) and feldspars. 'This is a type of meteorite called an ordinary chondrite,' Harris said. One of the larger fragment pieces is at the Tellus Science Museum in Cartersville. Staff there say they're working to bring it onto display so you can see it later this year. [SIGN UP: WSB-TV Daily Headlines Newsletter]
Sky News
15-07-2025
- Sky News
Doctor was among four people killed in Southend Airport plane crash - as one victim's body not yet recovered
A doctor was among the four people who died in a plane crash at Southend Airport - as police say they are yet to recover the body of one victim. Two Dutch pilots and a Chilean nurse, 31-year-old Maria Fernanda Rojas Ortiz, also known as Fena, died in the crash that caused a fireball at the airport on Sunday. In an update on Tuesday, Essex Police said it had recovered three bodies and "we're continuing to work on recovering a fourth body within the next 24 hours". "We're also now able to confirm the flight in question was a medical flight chartered to London Southend Airport for a patient to be transported onward for medical treatment in the UK," the force added. "On board the flight when it tragically crashed were the commander and the co-pilot - who are both men - and a nurse, a woman, and a doctor, a man, all of whom died." Police said they not yet able to officially confirm the identities of the victims. The medical transport aircraft had dropped off a patient and was beginning its journey back to the Netherlands when it crashed at about 3.48pm on Sunday. John Johnson, who was at the airport with his wife and children, said he saw a "big fireball" exploding across the sky as the plane plunged "head first into the ground". "We all waved at the pilots, and they all waved back at us," he said. "The aircraft then turned 180 degrees to face its take-off, powered up [and] rolled down the runway. "It took off and about three or four seconds [later] it started to bank heavily to its left, and then within a few seconds of that happening, it more or less inverted and crashed just head first into the ground." Mr Johnson added: "There was a big fireball. Obviously, everybody was in shock [after] witnessing it." Please refresh the page for the latest version.
