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NY Native Pilot Among Crew Members Presumed Dead In DC Plane Crash: Reports NY Native Pilot Among Crew Members Presumed Dead In DC Plane Crash: Reports
NY Native Pilot Among Crew Members Presumed Dead In DC Plane Crash: Reports Relatives and loved ones have identified the four crew members on the American Airlines plane that collided with an Army helicopter over Washington, DC, according to reports. The crew on American Airlines Flight 5342 was based in Charlotte Douglas International Airport, WSOC-TV Channel 9 reported. Among them were Captain Jonathan Campos, First Officer Samuel Lilley, and flight attendants Ian Epstein and Danasia Elder. The plane was also carrying 60 passengers from Wichita, Kansas, when it crashed over the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport just before 9 p.m. on Wed…

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Pilot From Hudson Valley Diverted By Fighter Jet After Flying In Restricted Airspace Pilot From Hudson Valley Diverted By Fighter Jet After Flying In Restricted Airspace
Pilot From Hudson Valley Diverted By Fighter Jet After Flying In Restricted Airspace A small aircraft was intercepted by a military fighter jet after it allegedly violated restricted airspace while President Joe Biden was at his Delaware home. The Grumman AA-5 Tiger was flown from New York's Hudson Valley, in Middletown in Orange County, to Ocean City, Maryland on Saturday, May 15.  The aircraft entered restricted airspace around 1 p.m. Sunday, May 16, said a Secret Service spokesperson. “On May 16, at approximately 1:09 p.m., a small aircraft violated the restricted airspace in Wilmington, Delaware," the spokesperson said. "Per standard protocol, U.S. military aircra…

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by Kathy Reakes