“Pretty amazing technology.” Safety system stops plane from rolling into busy road after hard landing at ROA
State Troopers say it could’ve have been much worse though had it not been for a critical investment by the airport.
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Plane Skids Off Runway in Stormy Landing Scare
The plane crashed into a concrete bed, a safety mechanism that was upgraded last year at the Virginia airport.
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Plane aborts takeoff due to open window in the cockpit
A Delta Air Lines Boeing 737 aborted its takeoff Wednesday morning after a window came open in the cockpit.
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Pilot was Prepping for Youth Flight Prior to Fatal Bigfork Plane Crash
The sheriff’s office confirmed his identity Wednesday — Bradley J. Young, 63, died of injuries sustained in a crash Sept. 19, the undersheriff said.
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Author to discuss memoir about father’s Block Island plane crash at Charter Books
Photographer and author Stacy Waldman Bass will discuss her recently published memoir “Lightkeeper: A Memoir Through the Lens of Love and Loss” at Charter Books on Monday from 6 to 7 p.m. The book explores Bass’s journey through grief following her father’s death in a 1995 seaplane accident on Block Island and her mother’s death
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Plane makes emergency landing near Wickenburg
A small plane made an emergency landing in northwestern Maricopa County on Thursday morning after experiencing engine trouble.
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Plane ‘overshot’ landing at Virginia airport, no injuries: officials
No injuries were reported after officials say a plane went off the end of a runway at a Virginia airport on Wednesday night.
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Family of DC Plane Crash Victim Sues FAA, Army and the Airline
Rachel Crafton, whose husband was one of 67 people killed when a regional jet and an Army Black hawk helicopter collided near Reagan National Airport in January, became the first family member to file a wrongful death lawsuit against the FAA, the U.S. Army and the airlines involved. NBC’s Sam Brock reports for TODAY.
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For first time, Netanyahu’s plane extends U.S. flight route, avoiding European airspace
On Previous Trips, the Plane Flew Over Several European Countries, but This Time Decided to Add Several Hundred Miles to Its Flight Path and Fly Over the Mediterranean Sea
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Runway Safety Bed Stops Skidding Plane in Virginia
The concrete bed stopped a commercial flight that lost control during landing. The safety system slows a runaway aircraft by collapsing under its weight.
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‘Sponge city’ architect Kongjian Yu among 4 killed in Brazil plane crash
The celebrated Chinese landscape architect and urban planner was among four people killed in a plane crash in southwestern Brazil, authorities said Wednesday.
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Local veterans honors veterans with WWII era plane flight
TOPEKA (KSNT) – Nevada-based charity Dream Flights stopped by the Phillip Billard Airport to give eight veterans a chance to fly in a World War Two era Boeing Stearman Biplane. Dream Flights …
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Family files lawsuit over D.C. plane crash
The family of a man who was killed in January’s D.C. midair collision filed the federal lawsuit over the crash on Wednesday.
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First Lawsuit Filed Over Plane-Helicopter Crash in Washington
The widow of a passenger on the American Airlines jet sued two airlines and the government over the Jan. 29 crash, which killed 67. Lawyers for other victims’ relatives said more suits would follow.
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Guemes ferry crew pulls small-plane pilot from water
Ferry Capt. William “Guy” Mitchell and his crew were taking their lunch break at the Anacortes ferry terminal Monday when a small plane landed in Guemes Channel about a quarter-mile
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Family of D.C. plane crash victim sues FAA, Army, American Airlines
The family of one of the people killed when an airliner and an Army helicopter collided over Washington, D.C., in January has filed a lawsuit seeking accountability.
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Family Of DC Plane Crash Victim Sues FAA, Army, American Airlines
The lawsuit was filed Wednesday on behalf of the widow and children of Casey Crafton of Connecticut, who was killed in the Jan. 29 crash.
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Brunswick plane crash was the third deadliest in Maine history
Navy and civilian first responders at the scene of the third deadliest aviation disaster in Maine history, just off Route 24 at the south end of the Brunswick Naval Air Station runway on April 14, …
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Family of 1 of the 67 Washington plane crash victims sues the FAA, Army and American Airlines
The family of one of the 67 people killed when an airliner collided with an Army helicopter over Washington, D.C., on Wednesday sued the government and the airlines involved. Other families are exp…
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Small Plane Crashes in Brazil, Killing Chinese Architect
Kongjian Yu, a prominent landscape architect, and three other people were killed when the aircraft crashed in a wetlands region.
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Renowned ‘sponge city’ architect Kongjian Yu dies in Brazil plane crash
The 62-year-old Chinese landscape architect was killed with three others while filming in the Pantanal wetlands
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Video Passenger planes narrowly avoid collision in France
The French aviation safety board is investigating after a Nouvelle Air flight almost landed on top of an easyJet plane waiting to take off at the start of a runway in Nice, France.
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Spanish military jet hit by GPS ‘disturbance’ near Russian enclave
Spain’s Defence Minister Margarita Robles was on the military jet, which reported GPS interference while flying over the Russian Kaliningrad enclave.
