Plane Crash

Child of Plane Crash Victims Reflects on Loss, Faith

A note written by a Mississippi eighth-grader whose parents were among six people killed in a plane crash in Alabama is touching people with its poignancy. Sarah Perry’s post on social media talks about being broken-hearted after the death of her parents, Mike and Kim Perry. But it also talks about the way she is leaning on her faith and…

Tuscaloosa Plane Crash Kills Six

Six people from Oxford, Mississippi, are dead following a plane crash in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Friends, relatives and officials identify the dead as dentists Jason Farese and Lea Farese; dentist Michael Perry and his wife, Kim Perry, a nurse practitioner at the University of Mississippi; and dentist Austin Poole and his wife, Angie Poole. Oxford Mayor Pat Patterson says police confirmed…

NTSB: Pilot Lost Control in Colorado Crash that Killed 5 Alabamians

Investigators say the pilot of a small, single-engine airplane that crashed into a southwestern Colorado reservoir, killing all five people aboard, lost control of the aircraft as he prepared to land. The National Transportation Safety Board released a probable cause report Wednesday saying the pilot handled the initial descent properly, but investigators do not know why he then lost control….