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Two People Die when Small Plane Crashes near New Melle

Home - Local, Local, NewsBy AP January 10, 2022 Leave a comment

CHESTERFIELD, Mo. (AP) — Two people died when a small plane crashed in St. Charles County shortly after taking off Saturday evening. National Transportation Safety Board spokesman Peter Knudson said the twin-engine Beechcraft Baron 58 took off from an airport in Chesterfield and climbed to roughly 8,000 feet before it started to descend sharply and…

NTSB to Investigate in Alaska After Deadly Midair Collision

Home - National, Home Slider Feature, NationalBy News May 14, 2019 Leave a comment

ANCHORAGE, AK (AP) — A team of federal accident investigators is expected to arrive in Alaska Tuesday to try to piece together what caused a deadly midair collision between two sightseeing planes. Four people were killed after the floatplanes carrying cruise ship tourists collided Monday near the southeast Alaska town of Ketchikan, the Coast Guard…