Plane Crashes

[Possibility of Being]

F-35 fighter jet crashes in US during takeoff​

Marine Corps F-35B Crashes In New Mexico (Updated)

The mishap took place outside the Albuquerque International Sunport and the pilot reportedly safely ejected.

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An F-35 Joint Strike Fighter crashed outside the airfield at the Albuquerque International Sunport which is co-located with Kirkland AFB in New Mexico, according to media reports and video from the crash site. The pilot survived and was transported to a local hospital with serious injuries, fire officials said.

The incident took place shortly before 2 p.m. local time, according to a spokesman Albuquerque Fire Rescue, who added that the pilot was transported to the hospital with serious injuries.

The aircraft was an F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, according to imagery of the crash site and a recording of an air traffic control transmission.

Military aircraft crashes near University and Rio Bravo

Crews are responding to a military aircraft crash near University and Rio Bravo Tuesday afternoon. AFR says one person was rescued from the downed aircraft.

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Crews responded to a military aircraft crash near University and Rio Bravo Tuesday afternoon.

Lockheed Martin has confirmed a F-35B crashed off the airfield on the south side of the airport after a refueling stop at Kirtland Air Force Base. It was traveling from Fort Worth, Texas to Edwards Air Force Base in California.

 

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Plane hasn't been found yet and it's unclear what happened exactly.

https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/malawi-vice-presidents-plane-goes-missing-bbc-reports-2024-06-10/

Search continues for missing aircraft carrying Malawi vice president​

By Frank Phiri
June 11, 202412:27 AM GMT+2Updated an hour ago


BLANTYRE, Malawi, June 10 (Reuters) - Search and rescue operations will continue until the missing aircraft carrying Malawi's vice president, Saulos Klaus Chilima, is found, the southern African nation's president said late on Monday.
Chilima, 51, was aboard a military aircraft with nine others that left Lilongwe, the capital, at 09:17 a.m. (0717 GMT), Malawi's Office of the President and Cabinet said in an earlier statement.
It said efforts by aviation authorities to make contact with the aircraft since it went off the radar had failed. The plane had been scheduled to land at Mzuzu Airport at 10:02 a.m.

The plane was unable to land at the airport due to poor visibility and was ordered to return to the capital, President Lazarus Chakwera said in a televised address to the nation.


"I'm holding on to every fibre of hope that we'll find survivors," he said, adding that the search area was concentrated around a 10 km (6 mile) radius in a forest reserve.
"I have given strict orders that the operation should continue until the plane is found."

He said Malawi had reached out to neighbouring countries, and the U.S., Britain, Norway and the Israeli governments for support in the rescue efforts.
Chilima, seen as a potential candidate in next year's presidential election, was arrested in 2022 over graft allegations.
However, a Malawi court dropped the corruption charges against him last month after the director of public prosecutions filed a notice for the case to be discontinued. Chilima has denied any wrongdoing.

 

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Maybe this belongs in the Africa thread due to the status of the passengers, but it says in the article that the pilot was told to turn around due to bad weather:

Malawi vice-president and nine others killed in plane crash

The flight - carrying vice-president Saulos Chilima, six other passengers and three military crew members - "went off radar" after leaving the capital, Lilongwe, on Monday morning.

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The vice-president of Malawi and nine others have died in a plane crash, the country's president has said.

The flight - carrying vice-president Saulos Chilima, six other passengers and three military crew members - "went off radar" after leaving the capital, Lilongwe, on Monday morning.

Hundreds of soldiers, police officers and forest rangers were searching for the plane after it disappeared while making the 45-minute flight from Lilongwe to the city of Mzuzu.

It was found destroyed in a mountainous part of the Chikangawa Forest, Malawi'sPresident Lazarus Chakwera said on Tuesday.

He added: "I'm deeply saddened, I'm sorry to inform you all that it has turn (sic) out to be a terrible tragedy.
"The search and rescue team has found the aircraft near a hill... they have found it completely destroyed with no survivors."

He also said air traffic controllers told the plane not to attempt a landing at Mzuzu's airport because of bad weather and poor visibility.

After asking the plane to turn back Lilongwe, Chakwera said air traffic control lost contact with the aircraft and it disappeared from radar.

The group - which also included former first lady Shanil Dzimbiri, the ex-wife of former president Bakili Muluzi - was travelling to attend the funeral of a former government minister.

Chilima was seen as a potential candidate in next year's presidential election and was serving his second term as vice-president.

He was arrested in 2022 over allegations he received money in return for influencing the awarding of government procurement contracts for the Malawi armed forces and the police.