Trainer jet from Columbus Air Force Base crashes in Montgomery
Update: Columbus Air Force Base confirms two pilots assigned to the base were killed in a crash in Montgomery Friday night.
Plane collides with hangar, bursts into flames at Columbus-Lowndes airport
A pilot suffered minor injuries and a private plane was destroyed when it struck an aircraft hangar at the Columbus-Lowndes County Airport and caught fire Saturday morning.
Pilot escapes small plane crash south of Starkville
A small aircraft bound for Golden Triangle Regional Airport crashed Wednesday evening in Oktibbeha County, near a residential area on Old Highway 25 south of Longview and Poor House roads.
Preliminary report on fatal plane crash expected within a week
On Monday, the yellow tape that cordoned off the accident scene could be seen in the distance from the balcony of the Ole Miss Golf Course as the principal investigator provided an update on the plane crash that took the life of a Starkville teen pilot.
Families meet in Mississippi a year after 16 died in crash
A year after a U.S. Marine Corps plane broke into pieces high in the sky and slammed into a Mississippi soybean field, relatives and friends are keeping alive the memories of the 15 Marines and Navy corpsman who died in the crash.
Services held in NY for Marines killed in Mississippi crash
Hundreds gathered to remember nine Marine Corps aviators who were killed when their New York-based transport plane crashed in Mississippi last month.
Marine crash inquiry continues, but no answers expected soon
Military investigators are trying to piece together the cause of a crash that killed 15 Marines and a sailor in Mississippi in July, but it could be a year or more until any information becomes public.
Delta crash response: ‘A somber, purpose-driven’ mood
Of the 16 servicemen killed in a military aircraft crash July 10 in Leflore County, one body had yet to be discovered when Columbus Fire and Rescue personnel arrived at the crash site at 5 a.m. Thursday. Their mission was to help find the fallen Marine.
Bryant orders emergency to protect crash site
Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant says he’s declaring an emergency in the area affected by the KC-130 crash that killed 15 Marines and a Navy corpsman this week.
‘This is the job we do’: Columbus firefighters head to Leflore Co. to aid search, recovery at military plane crash site
Before dawn this morning, eight Columbus firefighters were on the road to Leflore County. Their mission: to aid with search and recovery efforts for the military plane that crashed in the Delta Monday.
Investigators sift for clues in Miss. military crash
With debris scattered for miles across the flat countryside of the Mississippi Delta, federal and local officials combed soybean fields for clues in a military plane crash that killed 15 Marines and a Navy sailor.
At least 16 killed in military plane crash in Mississippi
A U.S. military plane used for refueling crashed into a soybean field in rural Mississippi, killing at least 16 people aboard in a fiery wreck and spreading debris for miles, officials said.
Family mourns death of Monroe County pilot
When Dee Dee Larson was a little girl, her stepfather, Richard Justice, used to take her flying.
Two dead in Monroe County plane crash
Two people are dead after a private plane crashed Tuesday morning in Monroe County.
Miss. town mourns deaths of 3 couples in plane crash
Three married couples killed in the crash of a small airplane in Alabama all lived in the university town of Oxford where city flags were lowered Monday as residents grappled with the loss of so many lives at one time.
Authorities: 6 dead in Ala. plane crash
Six people died when a small aircraft flying from central Florida to Oxford, Mississippi, developed engine problems and crashed Sunday morning while trying to land in Alabama, authorities said.
NTSB: No specific cause behind fatal Tupelo plane crash
A preliminary report by the National Transportation Safety Board into a plane crash that killed four people does not point to a specific cause for the crash and says the pilot reported smoke in the cockpit shortly after taking off.
Coroner names 4 Texans who died in Miss. plane crash
A plane that crashed in Mississippi dropped exhaust system parts on a runway as it was taking off, a National Transportation Safety Board investigator said Tuesday.
Authorities: 4 die in Tupelo small plane crash
Four people died Monday when a small plane crashed shortly after taking off from Tupelo Regional Airport in Mississippi.
Plane crash survivor may help probe
Sailor Gutzler, the 7-year-old girl who survived a plane crash, walked a mile through the cold, dark woods to safety and then helped authorities locate the wreckage and remains of her family, may not be done helping investigators.