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6-Year-Old Placed On Wrong Philadelphia Flight To Florida By Spirit Airlines: Reports 6-Year-Old Placed On Wrong Philadelphia Flight To Florida By Spirit Airlines: Reports
6-Year-Old Placed On Wrong Philadelphia Flight To Florida By Spirit Airlines: Reports Spirit Airlines is taking the blame for placing a 6-year-old boy flying solo on the wrong Florida-bound flight out of Philadelphia, CNN and WINK-TV report. The boy was supposed to fly to Orlando to meet his grandmother from Philadelphia International Airport on Thursday, Dec. 21, according to WINK-TV. Instead, he was "incorrectly boarded" onto a flight to Southwest Florida International Airport in Fort Myers, said WINK-TV and CNN. Maria Ramos, who identified herself as the boy's grandmother to WINK-TV, said she panicked when her grandson didn't get off the flight but soon go…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Plane Struck By Lightning After Leaving Philadelphia Airport For Cancun: Report Plane Struck By Lightning After Leaving Philadelphia Airport For Cancun: Report
Plane Struck By Lightning After Leaving Philadelphia Airport For Cancun: Report A Cancun-bound Spirit Airlines plane was struck by lightning repeatedly after departure from Philadelphia International Airport on Friday, Dec. 23, the FAA tells Daily Voice Flight 2214, an Airbus A321, took off just after 10 a.m. but returned an hour later, according to the FAA and FlightAware. The flight landed safely and the incident remains under investigation, the FAA said. PHILLY PLANE HIT BY LIGHTNING ⚡️ #Philadelphia to #Cancun bound Spirit Airlines #Flight2214 was hit by lightning shortly after takeoff Friday morning and had to return! A late December storm producing lightning…

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by Cecilia Levine
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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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Former Philadelphia Based Pilot, Dad Killed In NJ Plane Crash Former Philadelphia Based Pilot, Dad Killed In NJ Plane Crash
Former Philadelphia Based Pilot, Dad Killed In NJ Plane Crash A 24-year-old commercial airlines pilot and his dad were identified as the  victims killed in a small plane crash in South Jersey Monday, Sept. 19. John Noone III, 67, of Elmer, and his son, Kristofer Noone, of Pennsauken — who was operating the plane — were pronounced dead at the scene in Upper Deerfield after the afternoon crash, according to New Jersey State Police and the FAA. The Champion Aeronca 7AC fixed-wing, single-engine plane they had departed from Bucks Airport in went down in a residential yard on Parvin Mill Road around 2:15 p.m., officials previously said. There are no…

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by Jon Craig & Cecilia Levine