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ID Of NJ Woman Killed In Maine Plane Crash Released ID Of NJ Woman Killed In Maine Plane Crash Released
ID Of NJ Woman Killed In Maine Plane Crash Released A 57-year-old Essex County woman was one of two people killed in a plane crash in Maine on Thursday, July 25, authorities said. Christina Chung, a Livingston resident, was identified as one of the victims after a small plane that took off from Morristown Municipal Airport before crashing and bursting into flames on the approach to Hancock County-Bar Harbor Airport in Maine around 12:25 p.m., the Maine Department of Public Safety said.  Michael Leibowitz, a 71-year-old  Charleston, South Carolina, resident was the pilot killed in the crash. Steve Heckman, Maine-based Trenton Volun…

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by Sam Barron
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Fiery Small Plane Crash Kills Pilot, Passenger In Maine After Leaving North Jersey Airport: FAA Fiery Small Plane Crash Kills Pilot, Passenger In Maine After Leaving North Jersey Airport: FAA
Fiery Small Plane Crash Kills Pilot, Passenger In Maine After Leaving North Jersey Airport: FAA Two people were killed after a small plane that took off from a North Jersey airport crashed and burst into flames in Maine on Thursday, July 25. A spokesperson for the FAA said the single-engine Cirrus SR22 left Morristown Municipal Airport before it crashed on the approach to Hancock County-Bar Harbor Airport in Maine around 12:25 p.m.  UPDATE: Livingston Woman ID'd As Woman Killed In Double Fatal Maine Plane Crash Steve Heckman, Maine-based Trenton Volunteer Fire Chief said the plane crashed at the north end of the airport runway, where it erupted in flames. The…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Union County Pilot, 83, Crash Lands Experimental Aircraft Off Runway At Morristown Airport Union County Pilot, 83, Crash Lands Experimental Aircraft Off Runway At Morristown Airport
Union County Pilot, 83, Crash Lands Experimental Aircraft Off Runway At Morristown Airport An 83-year-old Union County pilot operating an experimental aircraft crash-landed off a runway at Morristown Municipal Airport due to an equipment malfunction Tuesday morning, authorities said. John Loofbourrow of Springfield was approaching Runway 23 in an experimental Taylor Coot aircraft with equipment indicators showing locked landing gear around 9 a.m., according to the Morristown Department of Public Safety. However, as Loofbourrow touched the plane to the runway, the right landing gear “either failed or had not been locked down,” the department said. ALSO SEE: Bergen County Pi…

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by Valerie Musson
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Trump Flying Into Morristown Friday Afternoon Trump Flying Into Morristown Friday Afternoon
Trump Flying Into Morristown Friday Afternoon President Donald Trump will fly into Morristown Municipal Airport around 5 p.m. Friday before heading off to his Bedminster golf club, according to his public schedule.  He is expected to fly back to Washington, D.C. Sunday afternoon.  Trump has made repeated summertime visits to his New Jersey property since becoming president. He is expected back Aug. 8 for a 10-day summer vacation. 

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by Paul Milo
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$55G Reimbursed To Morris County Sheriff For Protecting Trump $55G Reimbursed To Morris County Sheriff For Protecting Trump
$55G Reimbursed To Morris County Sheriff For Protecting Trump The Morris County Sheriff's Office will be paid $55,938.90 in federal funds for costs associated with protecting President Trump last year when flying into Morristown Municipal Airport. The U.S. Secret Service called the department and other local law enforcement agencies 17 times in 2018, the Daily Record said. Protection detail was provided when the president commuted from the Hanover-based airport to Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster on the ground, according to the article. Sheriff James Gannon applied for federal grant "Fiscal Year 2018" in October and earned approval this week, t…

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by Cecilia Levine