air transportation disasters

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The crash of Germanwings Flight 9525, allegedly by co-pilot Andreas Lubitz and the deaths of all 150 people on board is indeed a tragedy. But some good may come out of it if it induces people to take another look at those substances the pharmaceutical industry calls "antidepressants."

Germanwings crash might have been avoided if flight crew had talked to passengers beforehand

A 22-year-old Pennsylvania man was killed when his car overturned in Freeland Thursday morning, Baltimore County police said.

By Colin Campbell

Mar 12, 2015

50-year-old Linda L. Singh is the 29th adjutant general of Maryland but the first African-American and the first woman to hold the post. She brings command experience from Kosovo and Afghanistan, where she earned a Bronze Star, executive experience from a multinational federal contractor, and a low-key personal style to the job.

By Ian Duncan

Feb 26, 2015

A Southwest Airlines flight from Atlanta to Boston was diverted to BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport on Thursday morning after an "electrical smell" was detected in the cabin, the airline said.

By Kevin Rector

Feb 26, 2015

The No. 5 Badgers returned to Madison on Wednesday after getting stuck in Pittsburgh following a 59-53 loss on Tuesday night at Maryland. The plane flying the team home had to make an emergency landing because of an engine malfunction.

Two people were injured Sunday in a small plane crashed near the Tipton Airport in Fort Meade.

As a long-time watcher of "The Bachelor" I knew to expect a dramatic Episode 5, but even I wasn't prepared for this one.

Maryland State Police on Sunday identified the pilots and passenger of two planes that crashed as they were landing at Carroll County Regional Airport in Westminster this weekend.

By Colin Campbell

Dec 28, 2014

Two planes collided at the Carroll County Regional Airport on Saturday afternoon, according to the Maryland State Police.

A Southwest passenger flight from Texas made an emergency landing at BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport Friday night after hitting a bird, the airline reported.

By Timothy B. Wheeler

Dec 12, 2014

A Southwest Airlines flight from Fort Lauderdale, Fla. declared an in-flight emergency before landing at Baltimore-Washington Thurgood Marshall International Airport Wednesday night, the airline said.

An executive jet crashed into a Gaithersburg house on Monday, killing all three people aboard the plane and a woman and her two children inside the house, a fire official said.

Three people were killed and two others were injured in a crash between a plane and a helicopter at Frederick Municipal Airport Thursday, State Police said.

By Colin Campbell

Oct 23, 2014

A crash on Rocks Road late last week, which led to an intense search for the driver who left the scene, remains under investigation by the Maryland State Police, and charges could be filed against that driver.

An 18-year-old Rockville man Abraham Pishevar was one of four college students killed in a plane crash in Ohio Monday night, police said.

No one was injured early Saturday afternoon when an ultralight plan hit power lines then crashed onto Belair Road in Fallston.

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A Southwest Airlines flight from Baltimore to Chicago was forced to make an emergency landing in Ohio Tuesday night after smoke was detected in a cargo hold, airline officials said.

Aberdeen city leaders, joined by first responders from the city and Harford County emergency officials, as well as Aberdeen Proving Ground military leaders, unveiled Saturday a memorial to those who lost their lives in the 9/11 attacks.

Claude L. Callegary, a Baltimore lawyer and World War II veteran who had advised five U.S. presidents on veterans' affairs, died June 3 in his sleep at the Loch Raven Veterans Administration Living and Rehabilitation Center. He was 92.

A helicopter crashed in a botched landing at Hart-Miller Island near Essex Sunday afternoon, police said.

This year's Memorial Day ceremony at Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens will be the first since the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, and the start of the long wars in Afghanistan in Iraq, in which there is no new Marylander killed overseas to add to the rolls.

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An American Airlines jet was hit by a vehicle at BWI airport.

Maryland did not win Federal Aviation Administration recognition as a test site for drones, but still could be involved in federal research on how the unmanned aircraft may safely be flown in U.S. airspace.

Shouts of "We are Marshall!" rang out in the lobby of the team's downtown Washington hotel, where fans of the Thundering Herd had gathered on the eve of Friday's Military Bowl matchup against Maryland in Annapolis.

As if the Minnesota Vikings' 29-26 loss to the Ravens that included an NFL-record for changes in the fourth quarter wasn't hard enough for them to absorb, the NFC North football team's flight home to Minneapolis was delayed for several hours for an unusual reason. A catering truck apparently crashed into the Vikings' charter plane at Baltimore-Washington Thurgood Marshall International Airport, which forced the Vikings to wait for a new airplane to bring them home, according to several Vikings players.

Pan Am Flight 214 exploded over Elkton 50 years ago Sunday, and was Maryland's largest loss-of-life disaster in history.

Sonia Seremet, the wife of Air Force men's lacrosse coach Eric Seremet, was killed in a car accident in Colorado on Sunday, multiple outlets reported.

Baltimore police are investigating whether officers followed orders to stop their pursuit of a sedan before it was involved in a fatal crash this week, a police union attorney said Friday.

School system is implementing new curriculum in the scariest possible way

A Naval Academy graduate was among the two sailors who died Sunday when their helicopter crashed in the Red Sea.

Charter pilot Capt. Martin Campanella says he thought he was doing the right thing when he refused to fly a plane he believed to be unsafe.

Two men evacuated to Shock Trauma after accident alogn highway

A small plane landed upside down in a Bowie cornfield on Saturday morning, though none of the plane's four occupants were injured, Maryland State Police said.

A fighter jet that crashed off the coast of Chincoteague Island this month was recovered in pieces from more than 100 feet below the ocean's surface by Navy sailors and divers during a 15-day operation that ended Tuesday, according to the Navy.

A plane headed from Boston to Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport was forced to make an emergency landing in Philadelphia Sunday evening after smoke was detected in the cabin, according to a passenger.