The London-bound flight crashed shortly after takeoff, descending rapidly from 650 feet and killing 241 of the 242 people on board, along with casualties on the ground.

PHOENIX — A pilot made "a series of erratic maneuvers" before a small plane crashed off the coast of San Diego last month, killing six people, a National Transportation Safety Board preliminary report said.

A small plane crashed into a tree Tuesday evening in Monroe County, Michigan, with no injuries resulting to the pilot. The Monroe County Sheriff's Office, which is investigating the incident, said the crash involved a 2008 Cessna COLC41-550FG aircraft. The pilot was a 68-year-old man from Sylvania, Ohio; he was the only one in the plane.

A 68-year-old Ohio man was unhurt after the plane he was flying crashed in Monroe County on Tuesday, officials said. The crash happened at about 7 p.m. at the Toledo Suburban Airport in Ottawa Lake, the Monroe County Sheriff's Office said. Ottawa Lake is about 64 miles south of Detroit and about 18 miles south of Dundee.

OTTAWA COUNTY, MI -- Two people were hurt when a small plane veered off a Jenison area airport runway and crashed in water Tuesday. Ottawa County sheriff’s deputies said the pilot, an 84-year-old Hudsonville man, and an 83-year-old passenger were both injured and taken to a hospital for treatment. Police described the injuries as serious.

The small float plane, a Cessna 180J, "crash landed" on July 5 near Brooks Camp within Katmai National Park, park officials said on Facebook.

The Buchanans, who ran a sprawling farm and store about 40 miles outside Raleigh, died on Monday. Four members of a family who ran a large farm in North Carolina that supplied markets and hosted local vendor festivals were killed on Monday afternoon when the small plane they were in crashed, officials said.

Two Indian Air Force (IAF) pilots died after a Jaguar fighter aircraft crashed in Rajasthan’s Churu district on Tuesday. The pilots were identified as Squadron Leader Lokendra Singh Sindhu (44) and Flight Lieutenant Rishi Raj Singh (23).