38 Items Tagged

Crash Site

Galway, Ireland

Landing Site of the First Transatlantic Flight

A strange egg in a mucky bog of western Ireland marks the spot of an aviation milestone.

Added by JenPenguin

This Plane Crash Is Both Spectacular and, Thankfully, Injury-Free

The 1957 Rikers Island Plane Crash That Made Inmates Heroes

It was a frightening time for air travel.

Tofino, British Columbia

Canso Bomber Crash Site

The wreckage still sits at the exact spot the plane crash-landed in 1945, carrying 1,000 pounds of explosives.

rachelrummel

Added by rachelrummel

The Obsessed, Feuding Searchers Still Looking for Amelia Earhart

She and her navigator disappeared nearly 80 years ago.

December 12, 2016

Kuala Klawang, Malaysia

B-24 Liberator Wreck at Gunung Telapak Buruk

The remains of this RAF plane and its crew were lost for decades, nearly engulfed by the Malaysian jungle.

Watimena

Added by Watimena

Rokers Point Settlement, Bahamas

Underwater Plane Wreck Near Staniel Cay

One of the most accessible undersea plane wrecks in the world.

rc6750

Added by rc6750

Crash Site of the USS Shenandoah

The crash of this great airship signaled the beginning of the end for dirigibles.

jessecbethea

Added by jessecbethea

Kabul, Afghanistan

The Giant Blimp Hovering Over Kabul

Tethered to a NATO base in Kabul is an American blimp used to survey Afghanistan's largest city.

lewblank

Added by lewblank

LOST (AND FOUND): A Drone

The Ingenious System, Run by NASA, for Avoiding Trainwrecks

Camden, Tennessee

Patsy Cline Crash Site Memorial

An engraved boulder marks the spot where Patsy Cline's life ended in a plane crash.

Added by vnothrop

North Pole, Alaska

Lady of the Lake

An abandoned aircraft sits submerged in a lake in the Alaskan wilderness.

debthomson

Added by debthomson

Mission, British Columbia

Plane Wreck of Heritage Park

Mysterious wreckage of a small plane has been lodged in this tree since at least 1971.

SamR

Mill Valley, California

Mount Tamalpais Aircraft Crash Site

Law-protected wreckage serves as a peculiar memorial for an almost forgotten World War II tragedy.

DuckMuscle

Added by DuckMuscle

Lakehurst, New Jersey

Hindenburg Crash Site

The site of one of history's most indelible and horrific tragedies.

Added by solarconstant

Kaumakani, Hawaii

Site of the Ni'ihau Incident

A Japanese pilot crash-landed on this Hawaiian island after the Pearl Harbor attack and terrorized locals for a week.

Rachel

Added by Rachel

Chaudeyrolles, France

Burle Triangle

A snowy highland notorious for unexplained aircraft crashes is France's own Bermuda Triangle.

katiebaker4

Added by katiebaker4