West Chester, PA
News
Coatesville Plane Crash: NTSB Investigation Reveals First Findings Coatesville Plane Crash: NTSB Investigation Reveals First Findings
Coatesville Plane Crash: NTSB Investigation Reveals First Findings Federal investigators have released a preliminary report on the plane crash that killed a school administrator in Chester County early this month.  Octorara school board president Sam Ganow was the only one onboard the twin-engine Grumman American GA-7 that crashed near Coatesville on the afternoon of Feb. 1, Daily Voice reported. In the preliminary report released by the National Transportation Safety Board, officials said the plane was "the subject of a restoration project" that was being documented on YouTube "for the purpose of returning the airplane to service and reselling i…

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by Mac Bullock
West Chester, PA
News
School Board President ID'd As Pilot Killed In Chesco Plane Crash, District Says School Board President ID'd As Pilot Killed In Chesco Plane Crash, District Says
School Board President ID'd As Pilot Killed In Chesco Plane Crash, District Says A school board president was killed in a plane crash in Chester County on Thursday, Feb. 1, according to Octorara School District officials.  Octorara School Board President, Sam Ganow, 65, of Cochranville, was the pilot and only person onboard a twin-engine Gulfstream American GA-7 that crashed in a Coatesville neighborhood around 1:40 p.m., the Federal Aviation Administration told Daily Voice.  The plane is owned by Mr. Dent Inc. of Manheim, according to flight logs although the FAA and NTSB have yet to officially confirm that.  The crash remains u…

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by Mac Bullock
Ashburn, VA
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Small Plane Crashes Off Runway At Virginia Airport: State Police Small Plane Crashes Off Runway At Virginia Airport: State Police
Small Plane Crashes Off Runway At Virginia Airport: State Police No injuries were reported after a private aircraft missed its landing and wound up off the runway at the Leesburg Executive Airport on Friday afternoon. Shortly before 5 p.m., Virginia State Police troopers were called to the airport, where a private aircraft coming in for a landing wound up coming to rest off the runway and in the grass off the tarmac, authorities say. There were no reported injuries among the pilot and four passengers. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and FAA have been notified of the incident. No additional details were released by police. The investiga…

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by Zak Failla
Bristol, PA
News
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
Windham-Willimantic, CT
Police & Fire
Triple-Fatal Plane Crash: 29-Year-Old Student Pilot From CT ID'd As One Of Victims Triple-Fatal Plane Crash: 29-Year-Old Student Pilot From CT ID'd As One Of Victims
Triple-Fatal Plane Crash: 29-Year-Old Student Pilot From CT ID'd As One Of Victims A Connecticut resident has been identified as one of three people killed in a small plane crash in northern Massachusetts. The Baron Twin-Piston was located at approximately 12:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 14 in a small clearing in the woods within the Leyden Wildlife Management Area in Franklin County, Massachusetts, near the border of the city of Greenfield and the town of Leyden. The three occupants, all of whom were in the crashed plane, were determined to be dead by Greenfield Firefighters and American Medical Response paramedics, Massachusetts State Police said. Late Monday morning, Jan. 15,…

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by Joe Lombardi
Amherst, MA
Police & Fire
(UPDATES) No Survivors: Plane Crash In Western Mass (UPDATES) No Survivors: Plane Crash In Western Mass
(Updates) No Survivors: Plane Crash In Western Mass Latest Update: The plane took off from Westfield-Barnes Regional Airport with three adults on board, flight tracker records and reports said.  Related: Police ID Victims In Franklin County Plane Crash The plane, with the tail number N7345R, was licensed to Fly Lugu, LLC, out of Southwick. Fly tracker data show the plane made several revolutions with fluctuating altitudes before crashing in a heavily wooded area in Franklin County.  Update: The National Transportation Safety Board said a twin-engine Beechcraft Baron 55 went down in a wooded area in Frank…

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by Josh Lanier
Massapequa, NY
Lifestyle
‘So Grateful’: Student Injured In Deadly I-84 Bus Crash Reunites With Surgeons, Medics ‘So Grateful’: Student Injured In Deadly I-84 Bus Crash Reunites With Surgeons, Medics
‘So Grateful’: Student Injured In Deadly I-84 Bus Crash Reunites With Surgeons, Medics Audrina Crocitto doesn’t remember much about the charter bus crash that killed her band director and a retired teacher, and injured dozens of her fellow marching band students. The 15-year-old Farmingdale High School student on Long Island only remembers the initial impact of the bus careening off of I-84 in Orange County, in the town of Wawayanda, before it rolled several times down an embankment Thursday, Sept. 21. Following the crash, Crocitto was airlifted to Cohen Children’s Medical Center, where X-rays and MRIs revealed that titanium screws and rods would be needed to hold her spine …

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by Michael Mashburn
Reading, PA
News
RM Palmer Failed To Evacuate Employees Before Explosion, OSHA Claims (UPDATED) RM Palmer Failed To Evacuate Employees Before Explosion, OSHA Claims (UPDATED)
RM Palmer Failed To Evacuate Employees Before Explosion, Osha Claims (Updated) Note: This article has been updated with a response from RM Palmer.  Candy company RM Palmer failed to evacuate employees after some reported smelling natural gas before the deadly West Reading explosion in March, according to federal regulators.  The Occupational Safety and Health Administration said in a new report last week that the manufacturer "did not remove workers" from the plant "despite workers' concerns about what (was) later determined was a natural gas leak." The blast, which killed seven employees and laid waste to an entire borough block on March 24, was cause…

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by Mac Bullock
Massapequa, NY
News
‘Exceptional Kid’: Junior Firefighter Among Severely Injured In Deadly I-84 Bus Crash ‘Exceptional Kid’: Junior Firefighter Among Severely Injured In Deadly I-84 Bus Crash
‘Exceptional Kid’: Junior Firefighter Among Severely Injured In Deadly I-84 Bus Crash Support is pouring in for a high school student and aspiring firefighter who was among those severely injured in a New York charter bus crash that killed two teachers and injured dozens of students. Audrina Crocitto was onboard the Regency charter bus carrying members of the Farmingdale High School marching band from Long Island to a camp in Greeley, Pennsylvania when it careened off I-84 in Orange County, in the town of Wawayanda, and rolled several times down an embankment Thursday, Sept. 21. The crash injured at least 43 students and killed the school's band director, 43-year-old Gina P…

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by Michael Mashburn
Brentwood, NY
News
Bus Crash: NY Charter Company Has 'Satisfactory' Safety Record, But It's Not Perfect Bus Crash: NY Charter Company Has 'Satisfactory' Safety Record, But It's Not Perfect
Bus Crash: NY Charter Company Has 'Satisfactory' Safety Record, But It's Not Perfect The New York charter bus company involved in a deadly highway crash that killed two educators and left dozens of high school band students hospitalized holds a “satisfactory” safety rating, though records show nearly two dozen maintenance violations in recent years. A check of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s (FMCSA) website shows that Regency Charter Buses, based in Suffolk County in Nesconset, was involved in one injury crash in the past two years. Records do not specify who was at fault. The company was given a “satisfactory” safety rating in March 2019, though records …

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by Michael Mashburn
Lakewood, NJ
Police & Fire
Police ID Pilot Killed In Crash That Sparked Jersey Shore Wildfire Police ID Pilot Killed In Crash That Sparked Jersey Shore Wildfire
Police ID Pilot Killed In Crash That Sparked Jersey Shore Wildfire The pilot killed in a plane crash near Robert J. Miller Airpark in Lacey Township has been identified, authorities said. Oscar Molina, 61, of Long Brach was killed when his Cirrus SR20 crashed at about 10:40 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 2 near the Ocean County airpark, Lacey police said. He was the only person aboard the plane. Authorities discovered the crash while investigating what grew into an 831-acre wildfire that broke out in the area of Dover and West Lacey roads shortly before midnight Saturday, As firefighters responded to the blaze Sunday, the plane was found, Lacey police said. T…

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by Jon Craig
Lakewood, NJ
Police & Fire
Pilot Confirmed Killed In NJ Plane Crash Likely Linked To Wildfire Pilot Confirmed Killed In NJ Plane Crash Likely Linked To Wildfire
Pilot Confirmed Killed In NJ Plane Crash Likely Linked To Wildfire Police are providing answers to two crucial questions that have loomed ever since a plane crash in New Jersey this weekend. Authorities in Lacey Township have confirmed the pilot of the private plane in Saturday's, Sept. 2 crash died, and alluded to the fact that the crash sparked a wildfire that had consumed more than 830 acres as of Labor Day. Lacey Township officers and local firefighters responded to reports of a smoke condition off of Dover Road and West Lacey Road, near Robert J. Miller Airpark shortly before midnight on Saturday. As authorities probed the smoke condition, they event…

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by Cecilia Levine