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Mass Global Tech Outage Grounds Flights, Causes Chaos With Banks, Stock Markets, Media
A major tech outage is causing issues worldwide, including grounding flights. Banks, stock markets, and media outlets are also being affected on Friday morning, July 19. An update by cybersecurity technology company CrowdStrike appears to be the cause of device outages for millions of Microsoft Windows device users. Several major US air carriers, including Delta, United, and Spirit are under a full ground stop, according to the FAA. "Several airlines have requested FAA assistance with ground stops until the issue is resolved," the agency said. Microsoft has said it is taking "mitigation …
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5 Killed After Plane Crashes In Upstate NY
Five people were killed after a small plane crashed in upstate New York. Click here for a new, updated story - Plane Crash IDs: 5 Killed Were Family Members Who Were In Cooperstown For Baseball Tournament The single-engine Piper PA-46 went down in Catskill Park around 2 p.m. Sunday, June 30, in the small Delaware County village of Sidney. According to the Federation Aviation Administration (FAA), the plane had departed from Oneonta about 20 minutes earlier. The identities of the five onboard have not yet been released. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is leading the…
Police & Fire
Small Plane Clips Roof Of Danbury Home, Crashes Into Shed
Two people were injured after a small plane crashed into a Fairfield County shed wedged between two homes. The crash took place in Danbury around 6 p.m., Monday, April 10, in the area of 161 Southern Blvd., about three miles from Danbury Airport, the Danbury Fire Department reported. The single-engine Cessna 152 clipped the roof of a home and then crashed into a small shed on the side of the property, officials said. The plane wedged between the shed and the house.Danbury Fire Department A man and woman aboard were transported to the hospital with minor injuries. The National Transpor…
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New Update: 2 Killed In Plane Crash Near Westchester/Fairfield County Border
Click here for a new, updated story: IDs Released For Pilot, Passenger Killed In Small Plane Crash Near Westchester County Airport This story has been updated. Two people were killed when a small plane crashed near the New York/Connecticut border Thursday evening, Jan. 19, according to multiple reports. Air traffic controllers lost radar and radio contact with the single-engine Beechcraft A36 at around 6:15 p.m., less than two miles from the Westchester County Airport in White Plains, according to the FAA. The pilot had contacted air traffic controllers to report possible engine troubl…
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ID Released For Man Killed After Small Plane Crashes In Region
Police have identified a man killed after a small plane crash on Long Island. The crash happened around 12:35 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 6 in East Hampton off Springy Banks Road, on the water's edge of Three Mile Harbor. Responding officers located the small single-engine plane with one single operator/occupant found dead, Town of East Hampton Police said. He's now been identified as Suffolk County resident Kent I. Feuerring, age 57, of the village of Sagaponack in the town of Southampton. Witnesses of the accident reported seeing what appeared to be a wing that broke off the fuselage before…
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One Injured After Plane Skids Off Runway Of CT Airport
One person was injured after a plane he was flying skidded off a runway at a Connecticut airport. In Hartford County, first responders were called to the Robertson Field Airport in Plainville shortly after 11:30 a.m. on Thursday, March 10, when the pilot of a small plane skittered off the runway, flipped and landed on its wings. The pilot - the only occupant of the plane at the time of the crash - suffered minor injuries. He was transported to an area hospital for treatment. Police said that the FAA is on its way to the crash scene to investigate. More information is expected to be releas…
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Major NY Tech Company Founder Who Flew Flight With Shatner One Of Two Killed In NJ Plane Crash
A major New York tech company founder who blasted into space with actor William Shatner last month was aboard a small plane that crashed in New Jersey, killing him and a local flight instructor, authorities confirmed Friday, Nov 12. Glen M. De Vries, age 49, of New York City, and Thomas P. Fischer, age 54, of Hopatcong, New Jersey, were both aboard the single-engine Cessna 172 that crashed in a wooded area of a state park near Lake Kemah around 4 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 11, according to New Jersey State Police spokeswoman Brandi Slota and the FAA. The plane had been reported missing nearly an …
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Pilot From NY Diverted By Fighter Jet After Flying In Restricted Airspace
A small aircraft was intercepted by a military fighter jet after it allegedly violated restricted airspace while President Joe Biden was at his Delaware home. The Grumman AA-5 Tiger was flown from New York's Hudson Valley, in Middletown in Orange County, to Ocean City, Maryland on Saturday, May 15. The aircraft entered restricted airspace around 1 p.m. Sunday, May 16, said a Secret Service spokesperson. “On May 16, at approximately 1:09 p.m., a small aircraft violated the restricted airspace in Wilmington, Delaware," the spokesperson said. "Per standard protocol, U.S. military aircra…
Police & Fire
Seven Now Reported Dead After Vintage WWII Bomber Plane Crashes At Bradley Airport
Seven people are now reported dead following the crash of a vintage World War II plane at Bradley Airport in Windsor Locks, Connecticut, that was carrying 13 people. Connecticut State Police said they can not confirm the exact number of people who perished in the crash that took place at 10 a.m., Wednesday, Oct. 2, while attempting to land. Three people on the plane were crew members, ten were passengers, state police said. The vintage World War II airplane was in the air for approximately five minutes when it experienced problems and crashed into a de-icing facility at Bradley, burst…
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Seven Now Reported Dead After Vintage WWII Bomber Plane Crashes At Bradley Airport
Seven people are now reported dead following the crash of a vintage World War II bomber plane at Bradley Airport in Windsor Locks, Connecticut, that was carrying 13 people. Connecticut State Police said they can not confirm the exact number of people who perished in the crash that took place at 10 a.m., Wednesday, Oct. 2, while attempting to land. Three people on the plane were crew members, ten were passengers, state police said. The vintage World War II airplane was in the air for approximately five minutes when it experienced problems and crashed into a de-icing facility at Bradley, bur…
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New Details: Two Dead, Four Injured After Plane Crashes Into House Near Area Airport
Click here for an updated story: IDs Released For Two Killed, Four Injured In Plane Crash Into House Near Area Airport New details have emerged after two people were killed and four others injured when a twin-engine plane with three people aboard crashed into a two-story home near a public-access airport in the area, igniting a fire in the house. First reports of the incident in Dutchess County came at about 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 17. The plane, identified by the FAA as a Cessna 303, departed from Orange County Airport and stopped to refuel at Sky Acres, located in the Town of …
Police & Fire
Pilot Killed In Helicopter Crash-Landing On Manhattan High-Rise
A helicopter pilot who was killed while crashing-landing on the roof of a building Monday afternoon in midtown Manhattan was from Dutchess County, the FAA reported. Tim McCormack of Clinton Corners was the only victim in the crash. He was reported deceased 45 minutes later. His father and grandfather were Poughkeepsie firefighters. McCormack -- who received his instructor certificate for “Rotorcraft-Helicopter” last June -- had taken off from 34th Street Helipad just after 1:30 en route to Linden, NJ, the FAA said. The Agusta A109E crash-landed in the rain and fog about 15 minutes later at…
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Teacher, Attorney From Ridgefield Killed In Crash Were In Relationship
The teacher from Georgia and high-profile attorney from Fairfield County who were the two passengers killed in Saturday's small-plane crash off the coast of the Hamptons were in a six-month, long-distance relationship. Richard Terbrusch, 53, was a Ridgefield resident and 1983 graduate of John Jay High School in Cross River whose divorce and family law practice was based in Danbury, and Dr. Jennifer Landrum, 45, was a teacher at Thomson High School in Georgia. They were en route to Charleston Executive Airport in South Carolina from Danbury Municipal Airport when the Piper PA-34, crashed at …
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Fatal Crash Pilot ID'd As Owner Of Danbury Flight Training Company; Two Other Bodies Recovered
Click here for an updated story: High-Profile Attorney, HS Teacher ID'd As Remaining Victims In Fatal Plane Crash The pilot of the small plane with three aboard that crashed in the waters off the Hamptons late Saturday morning has been identified as the owner of a Danbury flight training company and the two other bodies have now been recovered. The first body recovered was that of pilot Munidat "Raj" Persaud, 41, of Waterbury, who is also the owner of the plane, state police said. The two other bodies recovered were an adult female and an adult male, but the identity of both vi…
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