National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigators view the wreckage of a Cessna 550 business jet after several people, including former NASCAR driver Greg Biffle, were killed in a crash during severe weather, at Statesville Regional Airport in Statesville, North Carolina, U.S. December 19, 2025 in a still image from a handout video.  NTSB/Handout via REUTERS.  THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY       TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Greg Biffle plane crash: NTSB report indicates Biffle wasn’t flying plane, co-pilot ‘was not qualified’ to fly the Cessna Citation 550

The National Transportation Safety Board’s preliminary report into the plane crash that killed former NASCAR driver Greg Biffle, his family and three others determined that Biffle was not flying the plane owned by his GB Aviation Leasing LLC company when it crashed on Dec. 18. Per the report released Friday, the plane was flown by…

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Investigators say doomed UPS plane had cracks in engine mount, release dramatic photos of moments before deadly crash

Investigators say doomed UPS plane had cracks in engine mount, release dramatic photos of moments before deadly crash

Federal investigators released dramatic photos Thursday of an engine flying off a doomed UPS cargo plane that crashed two weeks ago, killing 14 people in Kentucky, and said there was evidence of cracks in the left wing’s engine mount. The MD-11 plane only got 30 feet off the ground, the National Transportation Safety Board said,…

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Ex-Alaska Airlines pilot who tried to shut off plane's engines mid-flight relives "most consequential three seconds of my life"

Ex-Alaska Airlines pilot who tried to shut off plane’s engines mid-flight relives “most consequential three seconds of my life”

An off-duty Alaska Airlines pilot indicted for trying to shut off a passenger jet’s engines mid-flight in 2023 recalled the scary moment he slipped out of reality after eating “magic mushrooms.” Former airline captain Joseph Emerson said he takes full responsibility for the night in October 2023 that changed his life.  “I had no intention…

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Frightening new details emerge about turbulence that threw passengers into ceiling on Delta flight: "A lot of force"

Frightening new details emerge about turbulence that threw passengers into ceiling on Delta flight: “A lot of force”

Passengers who weren’t buckled aboard a Delta Air Lines flight to Europe were violently thrown into the ceiling and back down to the floor in July when the plane encountered severe turbulence in a thunderstorm over Wyoming, according to a new report on the incident. The National Transportation Safety Board said Tuesday that passengers endured…

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B-52 bomber that nearly collided with airliner in North Dakota almost hit another plane seconds later, NTSB says

B-52 bomber that nearly collided with airliner in North Dakota almost hit another plane seconds later, NTSB says

Shortly after an airliner made an aggressive maneuver to avoid colliding with a B-52 last month over North Dakota, the bomber nearly collided with a small private plane as it flew past the Minot airport, according to the National Transportation Safety Board. Investigators released their preliminary report Wednesday on the July 19 incident that happened…

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B-52 bomber that nearly collided with airliner in North Dakota almost hit another plane seconds later, NTSB says

B-52 bomber that nearly collided with airliner in North Dakota almost hit another plane seconds later, NTSB says

Shortly after an airliner made an aggressive maneuver to avoid colliding with a B-52 last month over North Dakota, the bomber nearly collided with a small private plane as it flew past the Minot airport, according to the National Transportation Safety Board. Investigators released their preliminary report Wednesday on the July 19 incident that happened…

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