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| Two Lifeflight Crew
Members Dead, Third Injured in Alabama Crash April 3, 2023 A medical helicopter enroute to provide help to a hiker, crashed near Chelsea, Alabama on April 2nd. The accident involving a Eurocopter EC130, claimed the lives of two crew members and injured a third. The helicopter went down shortyly before 5:30 Sunday afternoon. Another helicopter was dispatched to provide assistance to the hiker who was transported to a medical facility. The conditions of the surviving crew member and the hiker are not known. |
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| United Airlines Flight
Returns to Airport After Possible Engine Fire March 29, 2023 A United Airlines Boeing 767 returned to George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston (KIAH) on Tuesday, March 28th, after the crew declared an emergency. While United called the incident an engine issue, a Skywest pilot told air traffic controls he saw what appeared to be a fire in the left engine of the United flight as it departed ahead of the Skywest plane. The flight was scheduled to go to Rio de Janeiro, but returned to KIAH about two hours after departure where it safely landed. Under NTSB rules, there will be a required investigation into the incident. |
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| Faulty Auto-Trim
Possibly at Fault in Incident Resulting in Death of Prominent Passenger The National Transportation Safety Board has released a report indicating an abrupt nose-up attitude aboard a Bombardier Challenger 300 was a factor in the death of a passenger aboard the aircraft on March 3rd. According to the report, the pilots were reacting to a series of alerts in the annuciator panel after the aircraft departed Dillant/Hopkins Airport (KEEN) in Keene, New Hampsire enroute to Leesburg, Virginia. A passenger on board, Dana Hyde, who served as an attorney for both Bill Clinton and Barack Obama when they were in the White House, was killed in the incident. It is unclear in the report how Ms. Hyde died, but it speculated she may have been fatally injured as the plane experienced several "Gs" during an abrupt nose-up maneuver that occured when a pilot disengaged the auto-trim system in response to one of the alerts onboard. After the in-flight incident, the pilots were informed of Ms. Hude's injuries. They diverted to Bradley International Airport in Hartford, Connecticut, where she was transported to a hospital where she later died. This was not the only incident the flight experienced. The takeoff was aborted initially when it was discovered the pitot tube cover had not been removed, an action normally accomplished during the preflight inspection phase. |
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| Two Law Enforcement
Officers Killed In Louisiana Helicopter Crash Two members of the Baton Rouge Police Department were killed in a crash involving the department's Robinson R44 helicopter early Sunday morning. It is believed the helicopter was involved in the pursuit of a vehicle involved in a police chase at the time. The R44 departed Baton Rouge Metro Airport (KBTR), also known as Ryan Field, at 2:26 a.m. and crashed into a cane field near U.S. Highway in West Baton Rouge. A search for the helicopter was initiated after the officers did not return home. The wreckage was discovered at 11:30 that morning. The two officers killed in the crash are both believed to be pilots. The FAA and NTSB are investigating. |
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| What is it like to fly
the 2022 Cessna 172 Skyhawk? Find out in this video. |
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