Plane Crash Near Loveland Ski Area, CO: A Tragedy Remembered As October rolls around, we remember one of Colorado’s worst plane crash tragedies. On October 2, 1970, near Loveland Ski Area, a Martin 4-0-4 airliner loaded with the Wichita State University football team crashed, carrying 37 passengers and three crew. Twenty-nine were killed at the scene, with two more dying under medical care. Nine survived. Related: 2 Men Killed in […] Jason Givens | September 26, 2022 0 Comments
Human Remains, Plane Wreckage Trapped in Ice for Decades Released by Receding Glaciers in Switzerland Last week a plane was discovered on the Aletsch glacier in the canton of Valais, Switzerland, which had crashed more than half a century ago. While the bodies had been found at the time of the plane crash, the actual plane could not be recovered due to a lack of appropriate equipment 54 years ago. The plane had crashed on […] Julia Schneemann | August 12, 2022 0 Comments
Former Olympic Snowboarder Crashed His Plane into Sierra Nevada Mountains on Purpose, FAA Rules SnowBrains | April 21, 2022 Likes Tweets 0 Comments
Olympic Snowboarder Trevor Jacob’s Plane Crash: Public Stunt or Good Cause? Former Olympic Snowboarder Trevor Jacob was making a vlog of his trip to the Sierra Nevada Mountain range in which he subsequently uploaded a video to YouTube titled “I Crashed My Plane.” Since that video has been released, the comments have been removed and controversy has sparked on the internet. In the vlog, Trevor Jacob stated, “that he’s going to […] Industry News Evan Boughey | January 6, 2022 8 Comments
Mont Blanc Plane Crash Treasure Finally Split with Discoverer In 2013, while ascending Mont Blanc in France, a French climber came across a container amongst a plane crash wreckage filled with an assortment of precious stones. Complying with French law, the finding was handed over to the local authorities. It wasn’t until this year, eight years later, that individual was finally rewarded with half of the gems, valued at […] Crash Jake Vigesaa | December 9, 2021 0 Comments
6 Dead in Sightseeing Plane Crash Near Alaska’s Misty Fjords National Monument A small sightseeing plane crashed on Thursday in Southeast Alaska, killing all six people on board, the U.S. Coast Guard said. The Coast Guard and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said that the plane’s emergency alert beacon was activated around 11:20 a.m. when the plane crashed in the area of Misty Fjords National Monument, near Ketchikan. A local helicopter company reported […] SnowBrains | August 6, 2021 0 Comments
2 Men Killed in Plane Crash Near Utah Ski Resort At 10:02 am on Saturday 29th May, 20201, a call came into Weber Dispatch that a person witnessed a plane crash into the mountain near Powder Mountain Ski Resort in Eden, UT. Units from Weber Fire District, Weber County Sheriff Department, and Ogden City Fire responded to a single-engine plane that had crashed. “Witnesses observed a plane flying low in […] SnowBrains | June 1, 2021 0 Comments
Tahoe City, CA Pilot’s Plane Goes down Off Coast, Search Becomes Recovery Effort An investigation involving a Cessna 182 Skylane airplane that reportedly crashed off the coast of Santa Barbara is now being treated as a recovery mission after search and rescue efforts were suspended. The lone occupant of the aircraft, 61-year-old Debra Nicholson of Tahoe City, Calif., lost communication with the Santa Barbara Airport Tower on Sunday, September 27th at approximately 7 […] Emily Crofton | October 1, 2020 0 Comments
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