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Cabin Door Flew Open On Takeoff In Pennsylvania Plane Crash: NTSB Report
The cabin door of a small plane popped open just seconds into takeoff, causing it to “shake” and ultimately crash into a retirement community near Lancaster Airport, federal investigators said in a preliminary report released on Thursday, April 17.
The crash happened on Sunday, March 9 around 2:30 p.m., when a 1981 Beechcraft Bonanza took off from Lancaster Airport en route to Springfield, Ohio. All five people onboard survived — but two, including the pilot, suffered serious injuries.
Pilot Matthew W. White, 45, of Rapho Township, told the National Transportation Safety Board he heard a lo…
Teenage Girl, Family Members ID'd As Victims Of Deadly Plane Crash Near I-95 Stretch In Florida
The identities have been released of three people who were killed when a small aircraft crashed near a busy stretch of I-95 in Florida.
The incident happened around 10:20 a.m. Friday, April 11, in Boca Raton, and created a large plume of smoke visible for miles.
The victims were all those on board the Cessna 310, Boca Raton Fire Rescue said.
They have now been identified as family members Robert Stark, age 81, of Boca Raton, Stephen Stark, age 54, of Delray Beach, Florida, and Brooke Stark, age 17, also of Delray Beach, Florida.
Authorities have not specified who was flyi…
Woman Killed In Fiery Newark Crash: Prosecutor
A 34-year-old Newark woman was killed after the vehicle she was in caught fire following a crash on the early morning of Wednesday, April 9, authorities said.
At 4 a.m., an Audi6 was traveling westbound on Orange Street when it lost control at the intersection, the Essex County Prosecutor's Office said. The vehicle veered onto the southwest corner of the intersection, collided with a support beam for the Route 280 overpass, overturned and caught fire beneath the overpass, authorities said.
Doris Rodriguez, an occupant in the vehicle, was transported to Saint Barnabus Medical Center, where s…
New Details Released In North Bergen High-Rise Fire That Displaced 27, Killed Two
Two people were killed in an early morning fire at a North Bergen senior housing complex on Thursday, April 3, authorities said.
At 1 a.m., the North Hudson Regional Fire and Rescue responded to Cullum Apartments, a multistory building at 6299 Grand Ave., Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Firefighters immediately encountered fire and heavy smoke within a 10th floor unit, Suarez said.
Reynaldo Tatis, 88 and a 72-year-old woman were pronounced dead at the scene, Suarez said. Two North Bergen police officers sustained minor injuries and were treated at Hackensack Medical Center, pol…
