Well-known NASCAR driver Greg Biffle and his young family died in a plane crash on Thursday, Dec. 18, in Statesville, North Carolina.

A plane crash at Statesville Regional Airport Thursday morning took the lives of seven people, including former NASCAR driver Greg Biffle.

Hijacked plane crashes at Van Nuys Airport in Los Angeles after suspect reportedly breaks into flight school building. FBI responds to early morning incident.

A small plane crashed into a residential complex in Nashua, New Hampshire on Wednesday afternoon. The Velocity V-Twin crashed shortly after departing Nashua Airport around 2:10 p.m., according to the FAA.

The crash north of Charlotte killed seven people, including NASCAR star Greg Biffle, his family and a close friend of the witness.

The U.S. government has admitted its role in the deadliest plane crash on American soil in more than two decades. The crash resulted in 67 deaths that included a group of elite young figure skaters in addition to their parents and coaches who had just attended the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Wichita, Kansas.

The Senate moved quickly Wednesday afternoon to close a loophole that could allow military aircraft to fly without broadcasting their locations just like an Army helicopter was doing last January before it collided with an airliner over Washington,

First responders were called to the scene of an apparent aircraft crash Wednesday afternoon at the DuPage Airport. The West Chicago Police Department said it was at the airport assisting the West Chicago Fire Protection District and DuPage Airport Authority personnel “on what appeared to be an aircraft crash.