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VA Pilot Known For Rescuing Dogs Killed In Plane Crash : 'A Friend To All' VA Pilot Known For Rescuing Dogs Killed In Plane Crash : 'A Friend To All'
VA Pilot Known For Rescuing Dogs Killed In Plane Crash : 'A Friend To All' This story has been updated. A Virginia pilot who regularly flew dogs in need to safe homes around the country was killed when his small plane crashed in a remote area of New York. The Greene County incident happened in the Town of Windham at around 6:10 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 24. Sheriff’s officials said a single-engine Mooney plane was traveling from Maryland to Albany carrying the pilot and three dogs when it crashed in a remote area. The impact killed the pilot, 49-year-old Seuk Kim, of Springfield, Virginia, and one of the dogs. A second dog, a lab mix puppy, survived but suffered two bro…

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by Michael Mashburn
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Pilot Of Small Plane Injured In Virginia Crash (DEVELOPING) Pilot Of Small Plane Injured In Virginia Crash (DEVELOPING)
Pilot Of Small Plane Injured In Virginia Crash (Developing) The pilot of a small plane that went down in Virginia on Thursday afternoon suffered injuries after being forced to make an emergency crash landing in a Fredericksburg field after a mechanical failure, officials say. Virginia State Police troopers were called to the 14500 bock of Spring Mill Road in Fredericsburg, where there was a reported crash involving a pilot of a single-engine Cessna plane that made an emergency landing, but not before taking out several trees. According to state police investigators, the 79-year-old pilot suffered serious injuries in the crash, but is expected to sur…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Plane Crashes, Overturns At Manassas Regional Airport Plane Crashes, Overturns At Manassas Regional Airport
Plane Crashes, Overturns At Manassas Regional Airport A plane crashed and overturned Sunday evening, April 14 at a Virginia airport. State police said that a single-engine Cessna ran off of a runway at the Manassas Regional Airport, struck a culvert and overturned at 8:15 p.m. Neither the pilot nor the one other passenger were injured. The FAA and NTSB have been notified. The investigation remains ongoing.

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by Cecilia Levine
Sports
Drone-Flying PA Man Who Caused AFC Championship Game Delay Faces Prison Time In Maryland: Feds Drone-Flying PA Man Who Caused AFC Championship Game Delay Faces Prison Time In Maryland: Feds
Drone-Flying PA Man Who Caused AFC Championship Game Delay Faces Prison Time In Maryland: Feds A Pennsylvania man who flew a drone over M&T Bank Stadium during the Baltimore Ravens' AFC Championship Game loss is facing felony charges, authorities announced. Chadds Ford resident Matthew Hebert found himself in the crosshairs of federal officials during the Raves' loss against the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday, Jan. 28 and will now face prison time after taking several photos of himself with the drone at the game, which had to be temporarily suspended. "An administrative timeout... you may have not heard of one like that before. But it was a drone apparently that was interfering …

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by Zak Failla
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Southwest Plane Narrowly Misses Emergency Vehicle At BWI Airport: FAA Southwest Plane Narrowly Misses Emergency Vehicle At BWI Airport: FAA
Southwest Plane Narrowly Misses Emergency Vehicle At BWI Airport: FAA Potential disaster was avoided at the Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport when an airplane narrowly missed striking an emergency vehicle while taking off in January, according to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Officials said in a new report that an airport emergency vehicle crossed Runway 15 at the airport without authorization as a Southwest flight was taking off at BWI Airport on Thursday, Jan. 12. The plan narrowly missed the vehicle, and was able to take off before striking the ambulance. According to the FAA, the vehicle was approximately 170 feet…

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by Zak Failla
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Small Plane Skids Off Runway At Newport News/Williamsburg Airport; No Injuries Reported Small Plane Skids Off Runway At Newport News/Williamsburg Airport; No Injuries Reported
Small Plane Skids Off Runway At Newport News/Williamsburg Airport; No Injuries Reported No injuries were reported in Virginia when a small plane skidded off the runway at the Newport News /Williamsburg Airport, according to authorities. Shortly after 8 a.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 30, state police and the Newport News International Fire Authority were on the scene to investigate when a pilot tried to land a small jet on Runway 25 when it skidded past the end due to a reportedly blown tire. Newport News/Williamsburg AirportGoogle Maps sat None of the three occupants of the plane were injured, nor was anyone on the ground. The damage from the crash was reportedly minimal. The cr…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
'This Is Not A Survivable Distance:' Maryland Plane Crash 911 Calls With Pilot Released 'This Is Not A Survivable Distance:' Maryland Plane Crash 911 Calls With Pilot Released
'This Is Not A Survivable Distance:' Maryland Plane Crash 911 Calls With Pilot Released Investigators in Maryland have released 911 calls that were made by pilot Patrick Merkle after he made a crash landing and got his plane tied up in power lines in what could have been a harrowing incident. The new calls showed Merkle, 65, a Washington, DC resident, staying relatively calm through the terrifying ordeal that left him in a perilous condition about 100 feet off the ground as he awaited rescue from first responders in Montgomery County who rushed to the scene. “I’ve flown into a tower northwest of the Gaithersburg Airport … One of the electrical towers. Our aircraft is pinned in…

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by Zak Failla
Obituaries
Pennsylvania Amish-Mennonite Co-Business Owner Killed In Virginia Plane Crash Pennsylvania Amish-Mennonite Co-Business Owner Killed In Virginia Plane Crash
Pennsylvania Amish-Mennonite Co-Business Owner Killed In Virginia Plane Crash A devout Christian and co-owner of an area business died in a plane crash in Virginia on Wednesday, Sept. 14, authorities say.  Kevin James Esh, 30, of New Holland, was piloting a Piper PA-32 Cherokee when his plane burst into flames as it crash into a field near Charlottesville, Virginia on Wednesday around 11:30 p.m., according flight data and Virginia state police.  Esh had taken off from Blue Ridge Regional Airport, near Martinsville, around 10 p.m. on Wednesday, flight records show. He was heading northeast when the Cherokee began losing altitude, approximately 45 minutes into the fli…

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by Jillian Pikora