Friday, May 30, 2025

Plane Crashes At Lanseria Airport – Three Dead

A light aircraft has crashed at Lanseria Airport in Johannesburg. Initial reports were that there may have been 21 people on board, but Lanseria chief executive Gavin Sayce told Reuters that there were only three people on board – all of whom died.

Of Course One Of The Skydivers In That Midair Plane Crash Got It On GoPro [VIDEO]

Modern life, we love you so much. It was reported earlier this week that all 11 passengers survived the midair collision of two light aircraft in the States. The survival of most of the people aboard the planes was no doubt thanks to the fact that they were all preparing to skydive from one of the craft, and as such all had parachutes strapped to their backs. And yes, someone got it on video.

2 Perish In Lanseria Plane Crash

Two people have died in a plane crash near Gauteng’s Lanseria Airport this morning. A light aircraft carrying multiple passengers downed near the the airport on Thursday morning, killing two occupants. It is not known whether the plane crashed on approach, or take off. While used on a daily basis for large commercial flights, Lanseria […]

SAA Rated 9th Most Dangerous Airline In The World

The Annual Airline Safety Rankings have just come out, rating 60 airlines on the number and deadliness of the hull losses (destroyed airplanes) they have suffered in the past 30 years and how they have fared more recently. SAA came 9th. In the world.

11 Confirmed Dead In Drakensberg Plane Crash

It turns out Nelson Mandela’s medical team were not on board the plane that went down in the Drakensberg mountain region of South Africa. 11 people are reported dead. Click for more.

Incredible Footage Captures Plane Crash From Inside Cockpit [VIDEO]

Radical video footage has emerged, taken from inside the cockpit of a plane in Idaho, as it went down through a forest. All four passengers survived. You gotta watch this. According to the Telegraph: The footage, posted on YouTube last week, shows the excited travellers record their take-off onboard the small propeller-driven plane as they […]

Plane Slices Woman In Half In Joburg

A Joburg woman was sliced in half on Monday when a light aircraft struck her at a small airfield in Ermelo. Three woman, who improperly gained access to the airfield, were running across the runway as the plane came in to land. The Central Aviation Authority is busy looking into the matter.

‘Find My iPhone’ App Helps Locate Wreckage Of Chilean Plane Crash

In the aftermath of last Friday’s plane crash off the island of Robinson Crusoe, Chile, officials have stated that no effort would be spared in the rescue/recovery of the 17 passengers. This apparently includes using the Find My iPhone app to isolate the coordinates of one of the passenger’s last known whereabouts before the crash.

Crocodiles On A Plane

The sudden appearance of a crocodile onboard a routine flight in the Democratic Republic of Congo led to the plane crashing, killing 20. Only one passenger survived the crash, along with the crocodile; the crocodile was then killed with a machete. We’re not sure why this movie hasn’t been made yet.