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Police ID CT Pilot Killed When Plane Crashed Into Woods Police ID CT Pilot Killed When Plane Crashed Into Woods
Police ID CT Pilot Killed When Plane Crashed Into Woods A 69-year-old Connecticut man was killed earlier this week when the glider plane he was in crash-landed in the woods, authorities said. Bradley Daar, of Clinton, was identified as the pilot of the Single Engine Ultralight Glider that crashed in the Cedar Lake Road area of Deep River on Friday afternoon, March 14, Connecticut State Police said.  Paramedics airlifted him to an area hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.  Troopers alerted the Federal Aviation Administration, National Transportation Safety Board, and Connecticut Airport Authority of the crash, but St…

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by Josh Lanier
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2 Killed After Mid-Air Plane Crash In Arizona 2 Killed After Mid-Air Plane Crash In Arizona
2 Killed After Mid-Air Plane Crash In Arizona Two people were killed after a mid-air collision between two planes at an airport in Arizona. The incident happened Wednesday, Feb. 19 at Marana Regional Airport, outside Tucson. Both were smaller, fixed-wing, single-engine planes, according to the Marana Police Department. No further information, including identities of the victims, has been released. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) are investigating. Earlier report - Hundreds Of FAA Staffers Cut By Trump Administration Amid String Of Plane Crashes Check back to Daily Voi…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Pilots, Doctor Identified In Philadelphia Learjet Crash As Audio Reveals Final Moments Pilots, Doctor Identified In Philadelphia Learjet Crash As Audio Reveals Final Moments
Pilots, Doctor Identified In Philadelphia Learjet Crash As Audio Reveals Final Moments The pilots of a Learjet 55 that crashed and exploded in Northeast Philadelphia have been identified, and newly released air traffic control audio reveals their final moments before impact. The jet, owned by Mexican company Jet Rescue, went down just after 6:06 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 31, shortly after taking off from Northeast Philadelphia Airport, according to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The aircraft was en route to Springfield-Branson National Airport in Missouri before it crashed near Cottman Avenue and Roosevelt Boulevard in a fiery explosion. Pilots And Crew Identified The …

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by Jillian Pikora
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CT Dad Of 3, Youth Soccer Coach Killed In DC Crash Remembered For His Faith, Compassion CT Dad Of 3, Youth Soccer Coach Killed In DC Crash Remembered For His Faith, Compassion
CT Dad Of 3, Youth Soccer Coach Killed In DC Crash Remembered For His Faith, Compassion By all accounts, Casey Crafton was a devoted husband and father who served his Connecticut community with conviction and grace. The Salem dad of three young boys was one of 67 people killed when American Airlines Flight 5342 crashed into a Blackhawk helicopter in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, Jan. 29. It is the deadliest aviation disaster in the US in more than 15 years. He was returning home from Witchita, Kansas, and had a scheduled layover at Reagan National Airport.  Related: Ex-Head Of International Skating Center Of Connecticut, Olympian Wife Killed In DC Plane Crash Cas…

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by Josh Lanier
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Fairfield County Resident ID'd As One Of Four Victims Of Fatal CT Plane Crash Fairfield County Resident ID'd As One Of Four Victims Of Fatal CT Plane Crash
Fairfield County Resident ID'd As One Of Four Victims Of Fatal CT Plane Crash Two pilots from Connecticut were killed in a plane crash into a commercial building along with a couple from Boston. The Cessna citation 560X business jet crashed around 9:50 a.m., Thursday, Sept. 2, in Hartford County at Trumpf Inc., a manufacturer in Farmington. The jet had just taken off from the Robertson Airport in Plainville, headed for Dare County Regional Airport in North Carolina, said the Federal Aviation Administration, said Lieutenant Tim McKenzie, of the Farmington Police. See Earlier Story: Four Confirmed Dead After Plane Crashes Into Building In Farmington The two…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Glider Crashes Through Roof Of Danbury Home Glider Crashes Through Roof Of Danbury Home
Glider Crashes Through Roof Of Danbury Home A glider plane lost power and crashed through the roof of a home in Danbury, according to the City of Danbury Fire Department. The Danbury Fire Department received an alert regarding a glider plane that had crashed into a home on Golden Hill Avenue on Tuesday, June 4 around 6 p.m. Further investigation revealed that a 2016 Alisport Silent 2 Electro glider plane from Danbury Municipal Airport lost power, and the pilot conducted an emergency landing that placed the plane through the roof of the occupied residence, according to the fire department. At the time of the landing, there was report…

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by Valerie Musson
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IDs Released For Four On Plane That Crashed Off Long Island Coast IDs Released For Four On Plane That Crashed Off Long Island Coast
IDs Released For Four On Plane That Crashed Off Long Island Coast The identities have been released of the four people on board a small plane that crashed during a thunderstorm late Saturday afternoon off of a beach on Long Island. Two bodies have been recovered. Coast Guard rescue crews, local agencies, fishing vessels, and shore units continue to search the area for the two missing passengers. The four are Bernard Krupinski, 70, a prominent East End builder, and his wife, Bonnie Krupinski, 70; as well as their grandson, William Maerov, 22 — all of East Hampton — and the pilot, Jon Dollard, 47, of Hampton Bays, East Hampton Police said. Three of the vict…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Small Plane With Four Aboard Crashes Off Long Island Coast Small Plane With Four Aboard Crashes Off Long Island Coast
Small Plane With Four Aboard Crashes Off Long Island Coast Click here for an updated story: IDs Released For Four Aboard Plane That Crashed Off Long Island Coast Two bodies have been recovered after a small plane with four people on board crashed during a thunderstorm late Saturday afternoon off of a beach on Long Island. The aircraft went down one mile off the shore of Indian Wells Beach in Amagansett just before 4 p.m. Saturday, the Coast Guard said. Coast Guard Cutter Bonito, homeported in Montauk, recovered a second person from the water. Earlier, the East Hampton Life Guards located and recovered the first person from the aircraft. Coast G…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Connecticut Man, 31, Killed In Vermont Plane Crash Connecticut Man, 31, Killed In Vermont Plane Crash
Connecticut Man, 31, Killed In Vermont Plane Crash A Connecticut man has been identified as the pilot and single occupant of a small plane that crashed in Vermont, according to state police. A state police investigation in Vermont determined that a 1975 Piper PA-34-200T plane traveling from Burlington, Vermont, to Oxford in Connecticut that crashed near Bald Mountain in Vermont earlier this week was being operated by 31-year-old Ramsey Samson Ah-Nee, 31, of Manchester. Vermont State Police investigators were contacted by the Federal Aviation Association shortly before 6 p.m. on May 20 regarding a lost aircraft in the area of Woodford, Vermo…

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by Zak Failla
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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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by Joe Lombardi