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RECENT ACCIDENTS
Date:  October 5, 2008
Location:  Near Barberton, South Africa
Operator:  Private
AC Type:  Britten Norman BN-2A-26 Islander
Reg:   ZS-OSD    cn: 461
Aboard:  9    Fatalities: 9    Ground: 0
Route:  Nelspruit - Bloemfontein
Details: 

The aircraft crashed while en route. The wreckage was found the next day due to poor weather. Four adults, four children and the pilot were killed.


Date:  September 28, 2008       Time: 03:57
Location:  Camp Springs, Maryland
Operator:  Maryland State Police
AC Type:  Aerospatiale SA365N-1 Dauphin II
Reg:  N92MD       cn: 6311
Aboard:  5    Fatalities: 4    Ground: 0
Details: 

The medical helicopter carrying victims of a traffic accident crashed in fog at Walker Mill Regional Park. The pilot radioed for help prior to the accident.


Date:  September 19, 2008      Time: 23:53
Location:  Columbia, South Carolina
Operator:  Global Executive Aviation
AC Type:  Learjet 60
Reg:  N999LJ      cn: 314
Aboard:  6    Fatalities: 4    Ground: 0
Route:  Colombia, SC - Los Angeles, CA
Details: 

The plane was attempting to take off from Columbia Metropolitan Airport when it overran the runway, crashed through a perimeter fence, struck an antenna array and came to rest on an embankment adjacent to highway 302. Travis Barker, former drummer for Blink-182 and Adam Goldstein, also know as DJ AM were critically injured; two other passengers and two crew members were killed.


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