Pa. man 1 of 12 killed in Missouri skydiving plane crash
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It’s been a tragic week for aviation as two military jets, a skydiving plane and a charter jet crashed over the course of just four days.
A business jet with six on board crashed on a Laredo, Texas, highway and caught fire, killing one person and causing chaos as passersby frantically tried to save those inside.
The man who died in this week's crash of a small jet in Texas was a well-known entrepreneur named Joshua Baer who was a successful investor in technology startup companies.
But as he approached in his tow truck, he saw it was a plane — broken in half, its fuselage resting on its side, bright fire beginning to rise above. He stopped and rifled through the rescue kit his company keeps in the truck,
The teenage son of Capital Factory founder Joshua Baer is "ok" after the deadly plane crash in Laredo. The Austin tech leader died while two pilots and three teens survived - including his son.
A series of aviation incidents has drawn national attention, with crashes involving a small business jet, a skydiving plane and two military jets.
One woman’s video captured rescuers rushing to the small jet, which crashed on a Laredo highway. Five people escaped the wreckage, and one died.
