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Forgotten WWII Footage Discovered in Moline
For Moline’s John Ackley there are few things more beautiful than a P-38 Lightening. He flew 63 missions over Europe in the cockpit of a P-38. And for decades he’s had this reel of 16mm film stashed...
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Amazing: 80-year-old non-pilot lands plane safely
An emergency in the skies over Door County, Wisconsin led an 80-year-old woman to land a small plane on her own. Helen Collins got instructions from other pilots to help her land the plane after her...
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Muscatine man killed in plane crash
A man from Muscatine, Iowa was among those killed when a small plane crashed in southeast Kansas Friday, May 11, 2012. The eight-passenger plane, a Cessna 401, reportedly went down around 4:30 p.m....
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Woman’s claim of device inside her prompts flight diversion
(CNN) — A passenger who claimed to have a device surgically implanted inside her spurred authorities to divert a North Carolina-bound jetliner to Maine on Tuesday, federal officials said. Listen to...
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Video and Pics: Plane goes down at Quad City Air Show
One person died when an aircraft reportedly exploded and crashed during a display at the Quad City Air Show Saturday, September 1, 2012. The crash happened just after 1 p.m. as planes were performing...
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Info: Who Are The Hoppers
The Hoppers lost a member of their air show team when his aircraft crashed at the Quad City Air Show Saturday, September 1, 2012. The Hoppers are private people who donate their own time and money to...
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Witness shares photo and video from air show crash
A WQAD viewer and his family were at the Quad City Air Show when a plane crashed there Saturday, September 1, 2012. “Tom” says he and his wife too their children to the air show to celebrate his...
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News 8 Exclusive: Eyewitness credits pilot with saving lives before air show...
A couple traveling across the country says they’re still shaken up after what they saw while driving on I-80 through Iowa Labor Day weekend. They believe they were just 200 yards away from where a...
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Man fired after allegedly assaulting toddler on plane
(CNN) — An Idaho man accused of uttering a racial slur and slapping a crying 19-month-old boy on a Delta Air Lines flight is now out of a job. Joe Rickey Hundley of Hayden, Idaho, was charged with...
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Man accused of slapping crying boy to plead not guilty
(CNN) — The Idaho man accused of slapping a crying 19-month-old boy on a Delta flight will plead not guilty, his attorney said Wednesday. Joe Rickey Hundley, who is charged with assaulting a minor in...
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Plane makes emergency landing in Davenport
Updated April 2: A pilot reported mechanical problems just before he landed a small plane in a corn field in northwest Davenport. The emergency landing a half-mile east of 60th and Fairmount streets...
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Body found in mangrove presumed to be that of passenger who fell from plane
(CNN) — The body of a man found Saturday in a mangrove area near Miami may be that of a 42-year-old passenger who fell Thursday from a small plane, police said. “Even though we presume that the body...
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Pilot Dies After Plane Crashes in Dubuque
The pilot of a small plane died after he tried to make a second attempt at landing at the Dubuque Municipal airport. The Federal Aviation Administration says the crash occurred around 11 p.m. Monday,...
View ArticlePlane makes “unscheduled landing” in Whiteside County, Illinois
Illinois State Police say a pilot made an “unscheduled landing” around 7:30 p.m. Monday night, August 31, 2014, off Buell Rd. near Milledgeville in Whiteside County, Illinois. Police say the teen pilot...
View ArticlePilot killed in plane crash near Eastern Iowa airport is identified
MONTICELLO, Iowa-- Jerry Naylor, 90, died after crashing into a cornfield near the Monticello Airport Saturday afternoon. Naylor was making a regular flight when his plane went down. His family says...
View ArticlePlane carrying 189 people crashes into the sea near Indonesia
An Indonesian passenger plane carrying 189 people, including one child and two infants, has crashed into the sea close to the capital Jakarta, minutes after takeoff. The Lion Air flight JT 610 was...
View ArticleLion Air black box shows ‘tug-of-war’ before plane crashed, killing all 189...
Black box data from the doomed Lion Air flight that crashed in Indonesia last month, killing all 189 on board, shows the pilots struggled mightily to regain control of the Boeing 737, the New York...
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