Several motorists who happened across a fiery plane crash on a Texas highway rushed to help — putting their own lives in danger to help those on board escape.

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.

Capital Factory founder and Austin tech leader Joshua Baer was identified as the victim of a business jet crash along the Loop 20 highway in Laredo, Texas.

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.

The military on Wednesday released the names of the eight people who were killed this week when a B-52 bomber crashed shortly after takeoff from Edwards Air Force Base in California

Skydive Kansas City says staff remains in shock after a plane crash killed all 12 people aboard, including 11 skydivers and a pilot in Missouri.

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd, on June 17, canceled a planned press conference that was expected to provide an update on a plane crash two days previous that claimed the life of its pilot. He was expected to show phone video taken by his friend and fellow pilot moments before the flight.

The fatal crash happened overnight, after the small jet reported mechanical problems.