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Extra pilot averted disaster on previous Boeing 737 Max 8 flight – report
An off-duty pilot in the cockpit of a Boeing 737 Max 8 jet jumped in to help crew disable a malfunctioning flight-control system as it experienced difficulties. The next day, with a different crew, the same plane crashed into the sea off Jakarta, killing all 189 people.
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Already banned elsewhere, Boeing Max jets had complaints in US too
Boeing 737 Max planes are at the center of a growing global ban by more than 40 countries following a second fatal crash, this time in Ethiopia, in less than five months.
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Georgetown law student among 157 killed in Ethiopian Airlines crash
A third-year Georgetown University law student was killed Sunday in Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8 jetliner crash that killed 157 people.
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Sheriff: No likely survivors in jetliner crash near Houston
A Boeing 767 cargo jetliner heading to Houston with three people aboard disintegrated after crashing Saturday into a bay east of the city, according to a Texas sheriff.
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Body visible in wreckage of plane carrying soccer player
Air accident investigators say one body is visible in the sea in the wreckage of a plane that went missing carrying soccer player Emiliano Sala and his pilot.
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Plane breaks apart in California, killing 5 and injuring 2
Five people died and two others were injured after a small plane apparently came apart, raining debris across a Southern California neighborhood and igniting a house fire before landing in a backyard, authorities said Sunday.
3 months ago -
Pilot dead as small plane crashes in Spotsylvania Co.
A small plane crashed near Shannon Airport in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, leaving the pilot with serious injuries, police said Friday.
4 months ago -
Small plane crashes in Iowa, killing all 4 people on board
A small plane crashed in central Iowa, killing all four people on board, after the pilot apparently had a heart attack and a student pilot was going to attempt an emergency landing, authorities said Saturday.
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Indonesia plane crash search finds remains, debris at sea
Indonesia’s disaster agency posted photos online of a crushed smartphone, books, bags and parts of the aircraft fuselage that had been collected by search and rescue vessels that have converged on the area.
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Pilot in air show act killed in plane crash near Culpeper airport
A small, private plane crashed at a regional airport in Culpeper County, Virginia State police said.
6 months ago -
Plane makes emergency landing in Va. high school’s baseball field
A small, private plane made an emergency landing Wednesday on a high school’s baseball field in Virginia, but no one was hurt, state police said.
8 months ago -
2 killed in small plane crash in Carroll Co.
The crash happened just before 11 a.m. Saturday, shortly after takeoff from a private air strip, Maryland State Police said.
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Chopper used in 1982 Air Florida rescue lands at DC museum
A helicopter used to save five people after a plane crashed into the freezing Potomac River decades ago has been saved from the scrap heap and will be preserved in a museum in D.C.
9 months ago -
Small plane crashes on Md. golf course, catches fire
Two people are in the hospital with serious injuries after their small plane crashed onto a golf course near Ocean City, Maryland, Friday morning.
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Plane carrying 4 crashes off New York, 2 bodies recovered
Authorities say a small plane with four people on board has crashed off the coast of New York’s Long Island.
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