Small Plane Crashes In Westport
A small plane crashed Sunday morning, as it was about to takeoff.
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A small plane crashed Sunday morning, as it was about to takeoff.
The possibility of pilot error has become the early focus of the investigation into Saturday's deadly crash of a south Korean airliner in San Francisco. Two passengers died and more than 180 were sent to hospitals.
National Transportation Safety Board officials say Asiana Flight 214 came in too slow and not high enough, leading to Saturday's plane crash.
A federal safety official said Sunday the cockpit voice recorder from Asiana Flight 214 showed the jetliner received a warning that it could stall because it was flying too slowly and tried to increase its speed before it crashed.
Police officers threw utility knives up to crew members inside the burning wreckage of Asiana Airlines Flight 214 so they could cut away passengers' seat belts. Passengers jumped down emergency slides, escaping from thick billowing smoke.
An Asiana Airlines flight packed with more than 300 people slammed into the runway while landing at San Francisco airport Saturday and caught fire, forcing many to escape by sliding down the emergency inflatable slides as flames tore through the plane.
A pilot was killed when his small plane crashed on Cuttyhunk Island Wednesday morning.
Rescue workers have been scouring woods and a big, murky pond where the bulk of the aircraft was submerged.
Authorities investigating the crash of a volunteer medical flight returned to the site Sunday to scour the woods and a nearby pond for a passenger, who remains missing days after the bodies of his wife and the pilot were found.
The FAA said the flight departed from Hanscom Field in Bedford, Mass., and was headed to Rome, N.Y., before crashing about 57 miles to the east, near Caroga.
Two people were killed when a single-engine plane crashed on Interstate 93 north in Hooksett, New Hampshire Thursday afternoon
Massachusetts state police say two people escaped injury after their small plane crashed near Mansfield Airport in the southeastern part of the state.
Police have identified a 23-year-old from Connecticut as the man killed this weekend when a small plane crashed on Cape Cod.
Emergency crews were on the scene of a small plane crash in Falmouth Saturday.
A plane crash victim from Assonet says she's alive today, thanks to the heroics of her fiance, not a Good Samaritan.
A Massachusetts couple was flying from Long Island to Taunton when their plane went down.
A plane towing a "Will You Marry Me?" banner crashed into the water off Rhode Island on Monday.
Officials are investigating why a small plane bound for Provincetown Municipal Airport landed in a marsh short of the runway.
The U.S. Coast Guard says the plane crashed just before 5 p.m. Friday about 12 nautical miles east of Gloucester.
The pilot and passenger of a small plane that crashed into a Chatham lake on Saturday reportedly walked away uninjured.
Police said the single-engine aircraft was approaching a landing strip when it went down in the woods near Timothy Bourne Cartway.
Fifty-seven-year-old Steven Fay of Hillsborough wasn't certified to pilot the twin-engine Cessna he crashed on approach to Orange Municipal Airport on New Year's Day 2011.
A New Hampshire pilot who prosecutors said wasn't qualified to fly without an instructor on board has been indicted on an involuntary manslaughter.
The names of the men who died in the plane crash off Brewster on Sunday have been released.
Two people were killed when a small plane crashed onto St. Landing's Beach in Brewster on Sunday.
Middlesex DA Marian Ryan is cautiously optimistic the two men wounded in the shooting in Cambridge, Massachusetts on Monday will make a full recovery.
Amanda Gutierres converted a penalty kick in stoppage time and the Boston Legacy came from behind to beat the Orlando Pride 2-1 on Tuesday night.
Kyle Schwarber homered in his fifth consecutive game and the Phillies beat the Red Sox 2-1 on Tuesday night.
Jason Collins, the NBA's first openly gay player, who went on to become a pioneer for inclusion and an ambassador for the league, has died, his family announced Tuesday.
Boston Bruins defenseman Charlie McAvoy has been suspended for the first six games of next season for slashing Buffalo's Zach Benson.
Middlesex DA Marian Ryan is cautiously optimistic the two men wounded in the shooting in Cambridge, Massachusetts on Monday will make a full recovery.
A retired Massachusetts judge says the sentence given to Tyler Brown after a 2020 shootout with Boston Police was not a failure of the justice system, despite renewed scrutiny.
Tyler Brown, accused in the shooting on Memorial Drive in Cambridge, was reportedly released from a psychiatric hospital days earlier.
Massachusetts State Police Trooper Kevin Trainor, who was killed last week by a wrong-way driver on Route 1 in Lynnfield, was honored Tuesday with a wake in Peabody.
Former Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins is "devastated" following a shooting in Cambridge that she says could have been prevented.
Many people fear that a family history of dementia dooms them to inevitably suffer the condition themselves. But a new tool, the Brain Care Score, shows how lifestyle changes can be beneficial, cutting the risk of dementia.
There was a possible measles exposure at Logan Airport in Boston last week, Massachusetts health officials say.
A new study finds that a simple blood test could predict Alzheimer's disease long before symptoms appear.
The Lone Star tick, which can cause alpha-gal syndrome, is spreading north throughout Massachusetts.
Boston's cold and snowy winter might have an effect on this year's pollen allergy season.
The gunman who allegedly opened fire on passing cars on Memorial Drive in Cambridge, Massachusetts is 46-year-old Tyler Brown from Boston.
There have been four violent attacks in three weeks at Tewksbury Hospital and a state representative is taking the fight to Beacon Hill to give security the non-lethal equipment back.
A family is demanding answers from the Gloucester, Massachusetts school district, after learning their five-year-old son was left alone in a quiet room for nearly half an hour.
A nurse says the decision is leaving the staff and patients at Tewksbury Hospital vulnerable to serious injury.
A Dorchester woman says Boston Police opened fire through her closed apartment door and the bullets went into her 5-year-old son's bedroom.
Both the Trump and Healey administrations are using government websites to blame each other for the shutdown.
Which party stands to take more of the blame from voters for the government shutdown? Here's what a new poll says.
A UNH Survey Center/Granite State poll shows John Sununu crushing Scott Brown by 23 points among likely primary voters in New Hampshire.
Seth Moulton said he's running against Sen. Ed Markey because "our party leaders are clinging to that old playbook."
Maine Governor Janet Mills' run for Senate comes with an unusual promise - she will only serve one six-year term.
Dover Saddlery is closing its Wellesley, Massachusetts store and preparing for more than 100 layoffs.
The "dirty soda" trend is coming to drive-thrus all over Massachusetts as Dunkin' is now serving up its own version of the viral drink.
Smokey Bones is closing all of its restaurants, including Massachusetts locations in Tyngsboro and Taunton.
Boston ranks right up there with Hawaii as one of the most expensive vacation spots in the country, according to a new report.
The Market Basket Board of Directors was justified in firing longtime CEO Arthur T. Demoulas, a judge ruled Monday.
In Groton, Massachusetts, there is a recently opened state-of-the-art venue that is becoming one of the region's premier nonprofit music destinations.
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary is a protected marine ecosystem off the coast of Massachusetts known for its rich biodiversity, world-class whale watching, and historic shipwrecks.
Best Bees installs and manages professionally maintained hives for homes, businesses, and institutions.
Known for his sustainable cooking and farm-fresh ingredients, Woods Hill's Charlie Foster is a leader in the farm-to-table movement.
Gaining Ground in Concord, Massachusetts is one of the region's leading non-profit farms dedicated to hunger relief.
Amanda Gutierres converted a penalty kick in stoppage time and the Boston Legacy came from behind to beat the Orlando Pride 2-1 on Tuesday night.
Kyle Schwarber homered in his fifth consecutive game and the Phillies beat the Red Sox 2-1 on Tuesday night.
Jason Collins, the NBA's first openly gay player, who went on to become a pioneer for inclusion and an ambassador for the league, has died, his family announced Tuesday.
Boston Bruins defenseman Charlie McAvoy has been suspended for the first six games of next season for slashing Buffalo's Zach Benson.
Gillette Stadium looks different already, with 2026 FIFA World Cup matches coming to Foxboro, Massachusetts in June
A Boston man says he's lucky to be alive after jumping into the Charles River to save his dog.
Little Joe the gorilla is leaving Boston after decades at the Franklin Park Zoo.
There's been another sighting of an unusual killer whale named Old Thom in the waters off Massachusetts.
A soccer coach in Ludlow, Massachusetts plans to pay it forward after winning big on a lottery scratch ticket.
The Rumney Rocks Climbing Area is partially closed as nesting peregrine falcons could attack rock climbers.