Local and state agencies converged at Union Point Park in New Bern for a large-scale emergency response exercise simulating a plane crash in th

Pilot Michael McDonald said he snapped selfies and told “crappy dad jokes” to keep his passenger’s spirits up as they waited to be rescued.

Numerous personnel from various agencies trained along the Neuse River in New Bern with the goal of learning how to save lives during a mass casualty simulation.

Five people were rescued after the small plane was found by local fishermen in Bolivia's Amazon region on Friday, May 2, according to multiple reports. The aircraft had been reported missing 48 hours prior.

Thirty-three of those flights went smoothly. About three hours into the 34th, things went south. MacDonald, who is now safe at home in Burnaby, B.C., is recounting the seconds, minutes and hours after he realized the engine in his small aircraft had quit, and how far he and his passenger were from land.

Six police officers have been killed in Thailand after their plane crashed into the sea during a test flight for parachute training, police have said. The small plane was seen crashing into the water at around 08:00 local time (01:00 GMT) on Friday in the Cha-am district, a coastal resort area some 130km (80 miles) southwest of Bangkok.

A small plane crashed into the Potomac River on Saturday, prompting a heavy presence from responders as they worked to rescue the pilot from the water, state police said.