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  • 5 dead after small plane crashes on Catalina Island

    5 dead after small plane crashes on Catalina Island

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    Five people are dead after a small plane crashed on Catalina Island off the California coast on Tuesday, officials said. The Federal Aviation Administration said Wednesday the twin-engine Beechcraft 95 crashed shortly after it departed from Catalina Airport in Avalon at around 8 p.m. Soon after, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said their Avalon…

  • Multiple dead after plane crash at Wright Brothers National Memorial’s First Flight Airport

    Multiple dead after plane crash at Wright Brothers National Memorial’s First Flight Airport

    MANTEO, N.C. — Multiple people died after a single-engine plane crashed Saturday afternoon in a wooded area at Wright Brothers National Memorial’s First Flight Airport, the National Park Service said. The crash occurred at 5 p.m. as, according to eyewitnesses, the airplane was trying to land at the airport, the park service said in a…

  • Pilot killed in midair small plane collision in California

    Pilot killed in midair small plane collision in California

    A pilot died after two single-engine planes collided midair on Sunday in Southern California, officials said.  The planes, a single-engine Nanchang CJ-6 and a single-engine Yakovlev Yak-52, collided near Lancaster, in northern Los Angeles County, around 1 p.m. PT on Sunday, the Federal Aviation Administration said.  Only the two pilots were on board the aircrafts…