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Pilot Of Small Plane That Crashed After Departing From Westchester Has Greenwich Roots Pilot Of Small Plane That Crashed After Departing From Westchester Has Greenwich Roots
Pilot Of Small Plane That Crashed After Departing From Westchester Has Greenwich Roots The pilot of the small plane that crashed into a transmission tower after departing from Westchester County Airport has ties to Fairfield County. The 66-year-old man and woman were rescued after being stranded 100 feet up for seven hours with serious injuries from that plane that crashed into the power tower in Montgomery County, Maryland on Sunday, Nov. 27 after departing from Westchester late in the afternoon. The pilot, Patrick Merkle, age 66, of Washington DC, and his passenger, Janet Williams, age 66, of Marrero, LA, had apparently departed from Westchester County Airport in New York,…
Plane That Departed From Westchester County Airport Crashes Into Power Lines, Causing Outages Plane That Departed From Westchester County Airport Crashes Into Power Lines, Causing Outages
Plane That Departed From Westchester County Airport Crashes Into Power Lines, Causing Outages A single-engine airplane that departed from Westchester County Airport crashed into a transmission tower in Maryland, causing a massive power outage and taking hours for rescuers to reach the two victims inside the plane. The Mooney M20J, owned by MFC Corporation of Washington, DC, left Westchester County Airport in White Plains, late in the afternoon on Sunday, Nov. 27, and crashed into the wires near Montgomery County Airpark in Gaithersburg, Maryland, around 5:40 p.m., said Rick Breitenfeldt of the Federal Aviation Administration. Two people were on board, including the pilot identified …
COVID-19: New US-Made Vaccine Has 90 Percent Efficiency Rate, Can Be Stored In Refrigerators COVID-19: New US-Made Vaccine Has 90 Percent Efficiency Rate, Can Be Stored In Refrigerators
Covid-19: New Us-made Vaccine Has 90 Percent Efficiency Rate, Can Be Stored In Refrigerators An American biotech company announced that it has concluded the latest phase of clinical trials for its COVID-19 vaccine, which has proven to be highly effective. Novavax announced on Monday, June 14 that its vaccine has an overall efficacy rate of 90.4 percent in a Phase 3 trial that took place across the United States and Mexico. The Novavax vaccine can be stored in standard refrigerators, making it easier to distribute. Additional analysis of the trial is ongoing, according to the company, and will be submitted to peer-reviewed journals for publication. 
The company said that the vacc…