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LaGuardia Flights Halted Amid Nationwide Shortage Of Air-Traffic Controllers During Shutdown LaGuardia Flights Halted Amid Nationwide Shortage Of Air-Traffic Controllers During Shutdown
LaGuardia Flights Halted Amid Nationwide Shortage Of Air-Traffic Controllers During Shutdown The record-setting federal government shutdown is beginning to take its toll on the nation's travel airports. Federal officials temporarily were forced to restrict flights on Friday, Jan. 25 in and out of LaGuardia Airport due to a shortage of air-traffic controllers as the shutdown reaches its 35th day. “We have experienced a slight increase in sick leave at two facilities,” a spokesman for the Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement. “We’ve mitigated the impact by augmenting staffing, rerouting traffic and increasing spacing between aircraft when needed. The results have been …

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by Zak Failla
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Husband, Wife From CT Killed In Vermont Glider Crash Husband, Wife From CT Killed In Vermont Glider Crash
Husband, Wife From CT Killed In Vermont Glider Crash Two of three people who died Wednesday in a glider crash in Vermont have been identified as Connecticut residents. Husband and wife, Frank Moroz, 58, and Suzanne Moroz, 56, both of Hamden, died in the crash along with the pilot, Donald Post, 70, the owner of Stowe Soaring which operated the gliding business, said Adam Silverman, spokesman for the Vermont State Police. A tow plane with the glider attached departed from the Morrisville-Stowe State Airport in Vermont at about 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 29, Silverman said. The glider disconnected over Spruce Peak about 20 minutes later.  The M…

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by Kathy Reakes
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FAA Employee Charged With Child Pornography Offenses In CT FAA Employee Charged With Child Pornography Offenses In CT
FAA Employee Charged With Child Pornography Offenses In CT An administrative officer for the Federal Aviation Administration was busted with alleged child pornography on his government-issued laptop in Connecticut, officials said. Vernon resident Scott Pierson, 57, was arrested on July 19 and charged with receipt and possession of child pornography, John Durham, the United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced. The United States Department of Transportation-Office of Inspector General received information in March that Pierson, an FAA administrator stationed at the Bradley Flight Standards District Office in Enfield, was using …

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President Of Leading Seminary ID'd As Plane Crash Victim President Of Leading Seminary ID'd As Plane Crash Victim
President Of Leading Seminary ID'd As Plane Crash Victim The passenger has been identified in a small plane crash on Saturday morning that resulted in the death of a Westchester man. Mamaroneck resident Aaron D. Panken, 53, president of a leading Jewish seminary, died from injuries suffered when a yellow Aeronca 7AC aircraft crashed into the woods just after takeoff from Randall Airport in Middletown at around 9:30 a.m. Flight instructor Frank Riess, 65, of Wallkill sustained non-life threatening injuries. Both men were transported to Orange Regional Medical Center. Panken was pronounced deceased by hospital staff. Both the Federal Aviation Admi…

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by Joe Lombardi
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President Of Leading Seminary ID'd As Plane Crash Victim President Of Leading Seminary ID'd As Plane Crash Victim
President Of Leading Seminary ID'd As Plane Crash Victim Click here for an updated story: Man ID'd As Passenger In Orange County Crash That Killed Pilot The identity of the 53-year-old man killed when a small plane crashed shortly after takeoff on Saturday morning in Orange County has been released. Rabbi Aaron D. Panken of Mamaroneck, president of a leading Jewish seminary, died from injuries suffered when a yellow Aeronca 7AC aircraft crashed into the woods just after takeoff from Randall Airport in Middletown at around 9:30 a.m. Another passenger in the plane, whose name has not been released, sustained non-life threatening injuries. The cra…

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Fairfield County Pilot Sole Survivor Of Helicopter Crash That Killed Five Fairfield County Pilot Sole Survivor Of Helicopter Crash That Killed Five
Fairfield County Pilot Sole Survivor Of Helicopter Crash That Killed Five A 33-year-old Fairfield County man was the pilot and sole survivor of a helicopter that crashed in the East River in Manhattan, killing five, according to multiple sources. Richard Vance of Danbury was the only person to escape the crash around 7 p.m., Sunday, as the Eurocopter AS350, he was piloting went down near 88th Street. Two were killed at the scene and the others later died at Bellevue Hospital, police officials said.  Vance told officials the crash was caused by engine failure, said the Daily News. FDNY Commissioner Daniel Nigro said that the five people were tightly harnessed an…

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by Kathy Reakes