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IN BRIEF: Plane’s wake focus of query
Sat, Nov 15, 2008
LATIN AMERICA Plane’s wake focus of query MEXICO CITY — The turbulent wake of a large passenger plane likely caused the Nov. 4 fatal crash of a jet carrying Interior Secretary Juan...
IN BRIEF: Explosion kills 1, injures 7
Thu, Nov 13, 2008
ACCIDENTS Explosion kills 1, injures 7 PUEBLO, Colo. — An explosion flattened a restaurant and damaged an adjacent building Thursday, killing one and injuring seven others. Crews were...
DNA links bones near plane crash site to Fossett
Mon, Nov 3, 2008
MADERA, Calif. (AP) - Authorities said Monday they have positively identified some of Steve Fossett's remains: two large bones found a half-mile from where the adventurer's plane crashed in...
Md. emergency helicopter fleet had sterling record
Sat, May 24, 2008
DISTRICT HEIGHTS, Md. (AP) -- The decision had been made safely many times before: Victims in a car crash were critically injured, and a helicopter was dispatched to rush them to the...
Helicopter crash leaves a mother-to-be in mourning
Mon, Jun 30, 2008
HELENA, Mont. (AP) -- A soon-to-be father who loved being a firefighter was among six people killed when two medical helicopters collided in Arizona.
Michael MacDonald, 26, was...
Air Force suspends training jet following 2nd fatal crash
Thu, May 1, 2008
WICHITA FALLS, Texas (AP) -- The Air Force grounded all T-38C training jets on Thursday, following the second fatal crash involving the aircraft in eight days, the military said.
Two...
Congo crash victim: 'There is no reason we should be alive'
Tue, Apr 15, 2008
GOMA, Congo (AP) -- A hand reached out from beneath the smoldering, crushed seat. Marybeth Mosier grabbed it and pulled, but she couldn't help the burning man trapped inside the wrecked...
Answers Sought at Plane Collision Site
Mon, Jan 21, 2008
CORONA, Calif. (AP) -- Authorities were trying Monday to learn why two small planes collided over a row of businesses, dropping a macabre shower of debris and body parts and killing...
Turkey Plane Crash Kills All 57 on Board
Fri, Nov 30, 2007
YESILYURT, Turkey (AP) -- An Atlasjet plane crashed on a rocky mountain shortly before it was due to land in southwest Turkey on Friday, killing all 57 people on board, including a...
Soldier's remains identified
Thu, Aug 30, 2007
CUSHING Soldier's remains identified After more than 62 years, Charlotte Magdeburg finally is close to burying her husband, whose plane was lost in a bombing mission during World War II....
Probe begins in fatal plane crash
Mon, Jul 3, 2006
OWASSO, Okla. - Investigators worked Monday to answer questions about an unusual airplane crash that killed a man and critically injured his grandson.
William Barnes, 61, took off from a private...
Plane crashes near Owasso; 1 dead
Sun, Jul 2, 2006
OWASSO (AP) - A small plane crashed in a residential area near Owasso on Sunday, killing the pilot and critically injuring his passenger, who was his grandson.
FAA spokesman Roland Herwig said...
Plane crashes near Owasso; 1 dead
Sun, Jul 2, 2006
OWASSO (AP) - A small plane crashed in a residential area near Owasso on Sunday, killing one person on board and critically injuring the other, an FAA spokesman said.
FAA spokesman Roland...
Jet slides off runway, starts fire
Thu, May 18, 2006
STILLWATER - A training jet from Vance Air Force Base slid off the runway at Stillwater Regional Airport during a routine training mission and started a small grass fire, fire officials said. No...
'We will remember,' OSU vows
Thu, May 18, 2006
STILLWATER - Oklahoma State University officials gathered in Oklahoma and Colorado on Friday to renew their pledge always to remember the 10 men who died when a university plane crashed five years...
Ceremony observes OSU plane crash
Thu, May 18, 2006
It was perhaps the worst event in the history of OSU. 10 men connected to the basketball team died in a plane crash in Colorado five years ago Friday night. Charles Bassett is in Stillwater...
Andre Williams' strength lifted OSU faithful through tragedy
Thu, May 18, 2006
STILLWATER - Five years. Seems like forever ago. Seems like yesterday. Continuing coverage Andre Williams thinks often of OSU's Fallen 10, the men who perished in snowy Colorado five years ago...
Survivor recalls fatal 1985 plane crash
Thu, May 18, 2006
Today is the 20th anniversary of one of America's deadliest plane crashes, Delta Flight 191 in Dallas. Only a handful of people survived, and one of them is an Oklahoma City man. This crash changed...
Owasso pilot dies in plane crash
Thu, May 18, 2006
An Owasso man has died of injuries he suffered when his plane crashed while he was performing in an air show.
Friends, relatives mourn surgeon killed in crash
Thu, May 18, 2006
We're learning more tonight about the deadly plane crash that killed a beloved Norman doctor. Robert Spector's plane crashed at Max Westheimer Airport yesterday as he was returning home from...
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