New Jersey Airplane Crashes

Aviation disasters & accidents involving New Jersey residents and airports

Sullenberger's deft piloting saved 150 passengers on Flight 1549 Full story »

Pilot of Cessna plane was performing intentional low-flyover of the runway at a high speed, study says Full story »

Authorities try to determine how sight-seeing jaunt ended in catastrophic crash Full story »

Police say three of the five people killed in small plane crash in New Jersey on Monday were members of a family visiting from Poland. The three were family friends of the plane's owner, 45-year-old Jacek Mazurek, of Kearny. He was killed in the crash, as was the pilot, 46-year-old Wojciech G. Nykaza, of Lodi. Wall Township police said... Full story »

The crash was reported shortly before 3:50 p.m., according to the FAA Full story »

CLARENCE CENTER, N.Y. -- On the one-year anniversary of the crash of a plane from Newark that killed 50 people near Buffalo, N.Y., Scott Maurer and John Kausner simply wanted to take a walk today in honor of their lost daughters. Lorin Maurer, 30, a Princeton University employee, was on her way to the wedding of her boyfriend’s brother.... Full story »

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A plane that left Newark Liberty International Airport and crashed into a house near Buffalo, N.Y, last February, killing all 49 people on board and a man in the house, was flown by a pilot who failed to recognize the drastically decelerating air speed and likely was distracted by conversations with his young first officer. Those... Full story »

No one knows when the answers will come or who the dead will be. With Haiti still reeling from Tuesday’s massive earthquake, New Jersey residents waiting to hear from relatives on the devastated island are facing what one Haitian immigrant described as a macabre lottery. “Some have heard good news, some have heard bad news,” said Manite Polisme, who... Full story »

NEWARK — A lawsuit has been filed on behalf of five Italian citizens who were among nine people killed in an August collision of a tourist helicopter and a small airplane over the Hudson River. Attorneys for the five filed suit in U.S. District Court in Newark Dec. 4 against Liberty Helicopters Inc. and the Meridian Consulting I Corporation... Full story »

The federal government plans to replace the 34-year-old air-traffic control tower at Teterboro Airport, citing building code violations, poor sightlines and a lack of space. In a letter to U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez earlier this month, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said the government plans to award a design contract by 2011 and a construction contract by 2013. The project... Full story »

Federal indictment alleges charter jet captain was part of conspiracy to run service without proper certification Full story »

NEWARK — Nine people killed during the summer in a mid-air collision between a sightseeing helicopter and a small plane near Hoboken were the inspiration for new air space rules intended to make safer the crowded skies above the Hudson River. In response to the deadly Aug. 8 collision between the helicopter and the single-engine Piper out of Teterboro... Full story »

As authorities investigate the deaths of a father and son in a Cape May County plane crash, an airport manager today said the craft may have been trying to return to the airstrip when the accident occurred. Thaddeus Lazowski, 53, of Dennis Township and his 12-year-old son, also named Thaddeus, took off from Woodbine Municipal Airport around 11 a.m. Saturday... Full story »

Missing flier, Captain Nicholas Giglio, is from Lacey Township Full story »

WASHINGTON -- The House voted Wednesday to toughen regulations on pilot training, qualifications and work schedules, a response to a fatal crash in upstate New York in February and other accidents involving regional airlines. The bill, which was approved 409-11, would require all pilots that fly for a passenger-carrying airline to have an Air Transport Pilot certificate, effectively raising the... Full story »