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Cause of Chino Airport hangar accident investigated
Investigators were trying to determine Friday what caused a jet to smash into a hangar at Chino Airport while mechanics were conducting a test on the engine. There were no immediate reports of injuries in the Thursday accident, officials said. The...Tags: Federal Aviation Administration, Transportation Accidents
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2 small planes collide in midair north of Phoenix; 4 dead
Four people were killed Friday morning when two small planes collided in midair north of Phoenix, fire officials reported. Phoenix firefighters arriving at the scene found one plane broken up and another fully engulfed in flames, Capt. Dave Wilson...Tags: Transportation Accidents
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Jefferson Airplane drummer Joey Covington killed in car crash
This post has been corrected. See note below for details.Jefferson Airplane drummer Joey Covington was killed in a single-car crash in Palm Springs on Tuesday afternoon, officials said. Covington, 67, a Palm Springs resident, was driving alone when his coupe left the road at a curve in South Belardo Road...Tags: Stroke, Heart Attack, MS-13, Transportation Accidents
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Helicopter crashes in Griffith Park; 4 people suffer minor injuries
Four people were aboard a helicopter that crashed in Griffith Park on Thursday afternoon, but their injuries appear to be minor, authorities said. The crash was reported at 2:17 p.m., Los Angeles Fire Department officials said. At least one person was...
Tags: Los Angeles Fire Department, Transportation Accidents
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Helicopter crashes in Griffith Park
Emergency crews are responding to a helicopter that crashed in Griffith Park, Los Angeles Fire Department officials said. The crash was reported at 2:17 p.m. in the 2600 block of Observatory Road, according to LAFD officials. There were no immediate...
Tags: Los Angeles Fire Department, Transportation Accidents
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TSA chief defends allowing knives on planes
Transportation Security Administration chief John Pistole has delayed a plan to let passengers carry small pocketknives on planes for the first time since the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. But it is clear from a speech he gave last week at George...
Tags: Air Transportation Industry, Los Angeles International Airport, Transportation Security Administration, Transportation Accidents, United Nations
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TSA stops using 'nude scanners'
The "nude scanners" are gone. The full-body scanners that used X-rays to create what look like nude images of passengers have been packed away and removed from airports across the country. The 250 or so machines were removed about two weeks ago,...
Tags: Air Transportation Industry, U.S. Congress, Transportation, Politics, Transportation Industry
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National Guard called to evacuate flooded Alaska town
A massive ice jam on the Yukon River sent a flood of water into Galena, Alaska, inundating most of the town and forcing the evacuation of nearly the entire population. “I think the majority of the folks have been evacuated from the village,”...
Tags: Fashion Shows, Entertainment, Entertainment Events, Disasters and Accidents, National Weather Service
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George Michael car crash results in cuts, bruises for singer
Singer George Michael has been involved in a car crash in England that resulted in a helicopter airlift to a hospital. The former Wham! singer, 49, was a passenger in his Range Rover on London's M1 highway Thursday when the accident occurred around 5:50...
Tags: Downton Abbey (tv program), Pneumonia, Punishment, Transportation Accidents, George Michael
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Victims identified in plane crash that followed mid-air collision
The Los Angeles County coroner has identified two people killed in a plane crash last month in the Santa Monica Mountains near Calabasas. Cheryl Jolene Strawn, 69, and Christopher James Wade, 63, died April 29 after the Cessna they were in collided with...
Tags: Transportation Accidents, Michael Jackson, Back Pain
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Angel Flight plane crash kills at least 2; search on for pilot
Search and rescue crews focused on a pond and a wooded area of Fulton County in upstate New York on Saturday as they looked for a volunteer pilot missing in a small plane crash that killed two people being ferried for medical treatment. Authorities...
Tags: Bedford (Bronx, New York), Transportation Accidents
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Oklahoma tornado: Relief center offers supplies and comfort
MOORE, Okla. -- The First Baptist Church of Moore has experienced hard times before. In 1999, it was next door to the disaster zone after what became known as the May 3 tornado. As it did then, the church has become a sprawling relief hub. Inside...
Tags: Mary Fallin, Insurance, Natural Disasters, FEMA, Disasters and Accidents
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