Not saying they are related to Y2K, just something I've noticed. Take this one for example:

Dec 13, 1999 - 01:20 PM

No One Injured When Small Plane Lands on Another at 200 Feet The Associated Press

PLANT CITY, Fla. (AP) - A small plane coming in for a landing became wedged on top of another one 200 feet in the air, and the interlocked pair landed together without injury to any of the three people on board. The sight of the double-decker plane at Plant City Airport outside of Tampa attracted gawkers until it was finally taken apart.

"It was truly amazing," said Marilyn Gauthier of the Hillsborough County Aviation Authority.

Jay Perrin, 19, was descending in a Cadet on Saturday and didn't notice the Cessna flying below him, officials said. Perrin's front wheel broke the Cessna's windshield and became jammed, sheriff's Sgt. Rod Reder said.

Flight instructor Alan Vangee, 65, took over the controls of the Cessna from his 56-year-old student pilot and landed safely on the grass.

"It should have been a double-plane fatality crash," Reder said. "If I was the student pilot, it would be my last flight."

AP-ES-12-13-99 1315EST

-- Roland (nottelling@nowhere.com), December 13, 1999

Answers

Roland, we've been watching the plane crash index and noticing a lot more too, starting about 3 weeks ago. Lots more! Anybody can tell by just watching AP Breaking News. Also, locally, many more. Some deaths of prominent folks too.

-- Ashton & Leska in Cascadia (allaha@earthlink.net), December 13, 1999.

Last week it was reported that 3 single engines went down in one day along with that military transport and the helicopter. In the last two days, planes have gone down in the Phillipines, Pennsylavania, New Jersey, and Missouri.

Any body keeping score? Website?

-- no (one@you.know), December 13, 1999.

check out www.ntsb.gov/aviation/aviation.htm. Lots of info if you've got the time...

R.

-- Roland (nottelling@nowhere.com), December 13, 1999.

also www.ntsb.gov/aviation/Curr_mo.txt

-- Roland (nottelling@nohwere.com), December 13, 1999.

Whole lotta reason to not fly "The Friendly Skies." Has anyone else noticed that the media has been in downplay mode as well? Make me wonder...

-- Billy Boy (Rakkasan101st@Aol.com), December 13, 1999.

When you can get a pilots licence for only 60 hours training then you will get a lot of idiots who fly like they drive sports cars, they think they are invincable and can cut corners.

The FAA once again is doing it's usual lousy job of policing the industry and and catering to what people want as apposed to what should be done.

We used to get pilots that had military training and a lot of combat experience, they had respect for the dangers of flying. Now any fool with an overblown ego can get a licence.

I'll bet at least one of those crashes was dur to the "mile high club".

-- Cherri (sams@brigadoon.com), December 13, 1999.

The last few days:

3 Die in Jet Crash in Poconos, Pa. (Associated Press) A small private jet exploded when it nose-dived into the ground near a trailer park in the Pocono mountains. All three people aboard, including optical inventor and industrialist Peter La Haye Sr., were killed. - Dec 13 12:24 PM EST

Six Marines, Sailor ID'd (ABC NewsWire) Six marines and a sailor are named as the victims of that helicopter crash off the coast of San Diego. They died Thursday when their CH-46 Sea Knight chopper plunged into the Pacific during a training exercise. Eleven others made it to safety. - Dec 13 7:16 AM EST

Pilot Dies In Natchez Crash (ABC NewsWire) A Louisiana man is dead after the plan he was piloting crashed in Natchez. Investigators say 46-year-old Kenneth Netherland died Saturday when his Cessna three-ten went down enroute from Morristown, Tennessee to Natchez. Investigators have NOT yet determined the cause of the crash. - Dec 13 6:23 AM EST

Kansas Airman Killed In Kuwait (ABC NewsWire) An airman from Kansas is one of three dead after a C-one-30 transport plane crashed in Kuwait. Officials at Offutt (OFF-it) Air Force Base in Nebraska say 21-year-old Warren Willis died in the crash. The plane was trying to make an emergency landing when it went down. A Kuwait official says the accident is being blamed on bad weather and a technical failure on the plane. - Dec 13 5:53 AM EST

FAA Probes Fatal Crash (ABC NewsWire) The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating the fatal crash of a small plane in the Lake subdivision near O'Fallon. Two people were killed yesterday evening when the plane went down in a wooded area of Saint Charles County, apparently breaking apart before it hit the ground. The aircraft had reportedly taken off from the Spirit of Saint Louis Airport. NO injuries or damage to nearby homes has been reported. - Dec 13 5:07 AM EST

Crash Investigation Continues (ABC NewsWire) Officials are still investigating the plane crash that killed two Richmond residents. Chip and Cary Briere were among four passengers killed when the plane left Hanover County Airport, then spiraled out of control and crashed in New Jersey. Witnesses said the plane was on fire before it crashed. - Dec 13 3:59 AM EST

Search on for Azore Crash Victims (Associated Press) Slipping in mud and clinging to rocks on a steep escarpment, emergency teams combed a mist-shrouded mountainside Sunday in search for the bodies of 35 people killed when a twin-engine plane crashed a day before. - Dec 12 3:19 PM EST

Mo. Students Return to Studies (Associated Press) Students at tiny College of the Ozarks quietly returned to their books and campus jobs Friday, trying to cope with the loss of six of their own killed in a plane crash...And in New Jersey, investigators said the pilot of a small plane that crashed and killed all four aboard was in contact with air traffic controllers moments before landing but made no distress call.... It was the second plane crash in the Newark, N.J., region in less than two weeks, and it prompted officials and residents to question the safety of small- plane traffic over densely the populated area. - Dec 10 8:13 PM EST

Dead Pilot Identified (ABC NewsWire) The pilot of a light plane killed in a crash near Pelham earlier this week is identified as Henry Daniel of Irondale. Daniel was on a business flight to Chattanooga and apparently tried to make an emergency landing on a golf course under construction in Shelby County. The plane crashed in a wooded area just short of the golf course. - Dec 10 4:05 PM EST

Four Killed In Jersey Plane Crash (ABC NewsWire) Four people are dead after a small plane crashed into the backyard of a home in the New York City suburb of Hasbrouck (has'-brook) Heights, New Jersey. All four were aboard the plane. It was enroute from Virginia to Teterboro Airport, which sits at the edge of town. City Council Member Marlene Verastro says town officials have long complained about safety problems involving the facility... but airport officials don't seem to take them seriously. - Dec 10 4:03 PM EST

Six Confirmed Dead in Missouri Plane Crash (Reuters) Six people with ties to a Missouri liberal arts college died when the school-owned plane crashed in a nearby state park, the college said on Friday. - Dec 10 1:26 PM EST

Missing Plane Found Near Portales (ABC NewsWire) New Mexico authorities have located a plane that was reported missing late Wednesday. The downed Cessna was found early yesterday south of Portales. The pilot and the only person aboard the Cessna 210 was killed in the crash. Officials say he last made contact when he was near Elida and the aircraft was icing up. He had taken off from Albuquerque en-route to Lubbock when the plane went down. Investigators are attributing the crash to a storm that was moving through at the time. - Dec 10 6:52 AM EST

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I guess this just goes to show you that planes fall from the skies all the time. Just part of the normal status quo. So rest assured that if any fall from the skies after rollover it is not due to Y2K but just the way things go.

And remember...

Keep good records, and

Your money is safest in the bank.

-- Linda (lwmb@psln.com), December 13, 1999.

There's actually been about five small plane crashes in the past two months here in NJ. May have to put tin foil over the roof of my house.

-- kritter (kritter@adelphia.net), December 13, 1999.

So I guess I should stop worrying about the sudden rash of chemical leaks in this town....whewwww!!!!!

-- Satanta (Huffin'Fumes@MyHome.com), December 13, 1999.

There was a small plane collision/crash in DeLand, Florida, where there is a flight school, a couple of weeks ago.

There's a flight school here, actually, too, where John F. Kennedy, Jr. trained. During the war, the airport was a Naval air base where pilots trained (I've read about this). There were A LOT of crashes and deaths then.

-- Mara (MaraWayne@aol.com), December 13, 1999.