Airshow Planes Collide in New Jersey

[Farrell]

They always seem to happen in threes.

Midair tragedy in Jersey - NYPOST.com (http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/midair_tragedy_in_jersey_LdFCx0jP3fOUIglyWSfi2M?CMP=OTC-rss&FEEDNAME=)

[SloppyJoe]

Last year, not including military, balloons, helicopters or aircraft with less than 7 seats there were 1,115 fatalities. If you include everything it is far higher. They do not come in threes, they never stop and planes usually crash every day. It is just noticeable if you look for the three.

Ultralight plane crash kills one | Go Lackawanna, Scranton, PA - GL News (http://www.timesleader.com/golackawanna/news/Ultralight_plane_crash_kills_one_08-21-2011.html)

Two dead, four injured in small plane crash in Alaska | Reuters (http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/15/us-crash-alaska-idUSTRE77E03I20110815)

4 die in plane crash near Russia's St. Petersburg - Taiwan News Online (http://www.taiwannews.com.tw/etn/news_content.php?id=1684616)

Idaho plane crash victims had ties to Utah | The Salt Lake Tribune (http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/52390894-78/whittle-dave-crash-plane.html.csp)

An Alaska plane crash has led Troopers to believe the two men aboard are dead | Alaska Dispatch (http://www.alaskadispatch.com/article/2-presumed-dead-cordova-plane-crash)

One dead after plane crash near Whitewood (http://rapidcityjournal.com/news/one-dead-after-plane-crash-near-whitewood/article_e611d250-cb64-11e0-b2fc-001cc4c03286.html)

Bogota light aircraft crash kills 2 - Colombia news | Colombia Reports (http://colombiareports.com/colombia-news/news/18407-2-dead-in-bogota-light-aircraft-crash.html)

Recovery team extricates bodies from Wyoming plane crash (http://trib.com/news/state-and-regional/article_68164336-17d5-5856-b256-a79223692fb0.html)

Brazil Petrobras: Rescuers Find Fourth Body In Helicopter Crash, Search Ends | FoxBusiness.com (http://www.foxbusiness.com/industries/2011/08/21/brazil-petrobras-rescuers-find-fourth-body-in-helicopter-crash-search-ends/)

Two die in ultralight crash - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) (http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-08-18/two-killed-in-ultralight-plane-crash/2845546)

These from the past few days. Its a sad fact of life, machines are not perfect and neither are people, I wish it were otherwise.

[dl_88]

Have a look in the oz forum, these 2 weeks been a bad week. There have been multiple crashes and fatalities.

[Neptunus Rex]

What a change to see the New York Post using "aerobatic manoeuvres," compared with the UK press "stunts."

[peterc005]

It wasn't an "Airshow", if you read the original article it sounds like one pilot was practising in a designated "aerobatic box" when another pilot flew thru it in a Lancair.

I wonder what happened to the CTAF radio calls?

Usually you'd have someone on the ground while aeros are being flown with a radio to avoid this type of tragedy.