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Date:  February 6, 2025       Time: 1518
Location:  Norton Sound
Operator:  Bering Air        Flight: 445
AC Type:  Cessna 208B Grand Caravan
Reg.:  N32BA       cn: 208B5613
Aboard:  10     Fatalities: 10     Ground: 0
Route:  Unalakleet - Nome
Details: 

The plane’s pilot had told air traffic control that he intended to enter a holding pattern while waiting for a runway to be cleared, Soon after, the aircraft experienced some kind of event which caused the plane to experience a rapid loss in elevation and a rapid loss in speed. It soon crashed on the sea ice about 35 mies southeast of Nome.

 
Date:  January 31, 2025       Time: 1806
Location:  Philadelphia, PA
Operator:  Med Jets SA   
AC Type:  Learjet 55
Reg.:  XA-UCI           cn: 55-032
Aboard:  6     Fatalities: 6     Ground: 1
Route:  Philadelphia - Branson, MO, Tijuana, Mexico
Details: 

The air ambulance took off from runway 24 at North Philadelphia Airport, reached an altitude of 1,650ft, then entered a rapid descent, crashing near a busy mall The two pilots and four passenger died as well as one person in a car on the ground. Nineteen were injured.

 
Date:  January 29, 2025       Time: 2048
Location:  Washington DC
Operator:  American Eagle / US Army      Flight: AA5342
AC Type:  Canadair CRJ-701ER / Sikorsky UH-60 helicopter
Reg.:  N709PS / ?            cn: 10165 / ?
Aboard:  67     Fatalities: 67      Ground: 0   
Route:  Wichita, Kansas - Washington DC / Training
Details: 

An American Airlines regional jet collided midair with an army Black Hawk helicopter and crashed into the Potomac River. The jet was attempting to land on runway 33 at Reagan National Airport. Three people were on board the helicopter.

 
Date:  January 29, 2025       Time: 1030
Location:  GPOC Unity Airstrip, South Sudan
Operator:  Light Air Services/Eagle Air
AC Type:  Beechcraft 1900D
Reg.:  5X-RHB       cn: UE-429
Aboard:  21     Fatalities: 20   Ground: 0
Route:  GPOC Unity Airstrip - Juba
Details: 

The airplane crashed upon takeoff carrying Greater Pioneer Operating Company oilfield workers.

 

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