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Mysterious Report Of Distressed Aircraft Brings Major Police Response To Barnegat Mysterious Report Of Distressed Aircraft Brings Major Police Response To Barnegat
Mysterious Report Of Distressed Aircraft Brings Major Police Response To Barnegat Reports of a small plane crash along the Jersey Shore Tuesday, May 7 turned out to be nothing at all, police said. Barnegat police received an "unconfirmed report" of a small aircraft crash on Tuesday, May 7, the department said in a Facebook post at 3:53 p.m., bringing multiple agencies to the scene. Just more than two hours later, police said "no evidence of an aircraft in distress was found." Stafford Police dispatch had gotten a report from Joint Base McGuire indicating the reception of a single Emergency Locator Transmitter (ELT) signal in the area of western Barnegat, police clarifie…

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by Chris Spiker & Cecilia Levine
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NTSB Releases Findings In Chopper 6 Crash NTSB Releases Findings In Chopper 6 Crash
NTSB Releases Findings In Chopper 6 Crash In a preliminary report, federal investigators say there were no obvious engine issues that would have led to the fatal crash of news Chopper 6 last month.  The 6abc helicopter was en route from an assignment near Atlantic City, New Jersey when it crashed in Wharton State Forest around 8 p.m. on Dec. 19, the station said previously.  Pilot Monroe Smith, 67, of Glenside, and videographer Christopher Dougherty, 45, of Oreland, both died in the wreck. In its first preliminary report on the crash issued Wednesday, Jan. 17, the National Transportation Safety Board said it found "No anomalies of…

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by Mac Bullock
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Witnesses Detail 'Unusual' Takeoff Before Plane Crash That Killed NJ Dad-Son Pilot Duo Witnesses Detail 'Unusual' Takeoff Before Plane Crash That Killed NJ Dad-Son Pilot Duo
Witnesses Detail 'Unusual' Takeoff Before Plane Crash That Killed NJ Dad-Son Pilot Duo The engine of a plane that crashed killing a father and son pilot duo last month sounded unusual during takeoff on the New Jersey runway, according to a federal report. The Champion Aeronca 7AC, in fact, was "substantially damaged" in the crash that killed pilot Kristofer Noone, 24, of Pennsauken and his dad, John Noone III, 67, of Elmer, just before 2 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 19, the National Transportation Safety Board report says. Witnesses told federal investigators that the plane sounded unusual as it left the end of runway 18 at Bucks Airport  in Upper Deerfield Towns…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Details Revealed In Plane Crash That Killed NYC Exec, NJ Pilot Details Revealed In Plane Crash That Killed NYC Exec, NJ Pilot
Details Revealed In Plane Crash That Killed NYC Exec, NJ Pilot New details have been revealed in November’s double-fatal plane crash involving a NYC executive and a well-known New Jersey pilot, NJ.com reports. Glen M. de Vries, 49, of New York, NY, and Thomas P. Fisher, 54, of the Jefferson portion of Lake Hopatcong, were both aboard the single-engine Cessna 172 that crashed in a wooded area of a state park near Lake Kemah in Hampton on Nov. 11, DailyVoice.com reported. de Vries and Fischer departed from Caldwell’s Essex County Airport, flying for just under 20 minutes and reaching a 6,400-feet altitude until the flight data was lost during a “steep de…

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by Valerie Musson
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United Airlines Fined $1.9M For Tarmac Delays United Airlines Fined $1.9M For Tarmac Delays
United Airlines Fined $1.9M For Tarmac Delays The US Department of Transportation fined United Airlines $1.9 million for violating runway delay statutes -- the largest fine issued for this particular violation. Two of the violations occurred at Newark Liberty International Airport and one at Lehigh Valley Airport. An extensive investigation by the Department’s Office of Aviation Consumer Protection (OACP) found that between December 2015 and February 2021, United allowed 20 domestic flights and five international flights at various airports throughout the United States to remain on the tarmac for a lengthy period of time without provid…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Teens In Cliffside Park Accused Of Flashing Laser Pointer At NYPD Chopper Teens In Cliffside Park Accused Of Flashing Laser Pointer At NYPD Chopper
Teens In Cliffside Park Accused Of Flashing Laser Pointer At Nypd Chopper Cliffside Park police filed delinquency complaints against two teen cousins for flashing a laser pointer into the cockpit of an NYPD helicopter Wednesday night -- a serious crime that has sent some adults to prison. NYPD Aviation 20 was above Covenant Avenue and 128th Street, searching for a robbery suspect near St. Nicholas Avenue in Harlem, when the incident occurred shortly before 9:30 p.m., the department said. Crew members used an infrared sensor to pinpoint the location of the beam on the Palisades near the corner of Cecelia Place and Cecelia Avenue, the borough’s highest point, Cliff…

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by Jerry DeMarco