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Beware, Biden Approaches! Air Force Two Mishap Is Fourth in Year

(Aug. 11) -- Caution! Your vice president approaches. Air Force Two was involved today in what is being described as a minor accident at Long Island, N.Y.'s Francis S. Gabreski Airport. According to The Associated Press, no one was injured after the "jet wash" from Joe Biden's plane damaged the wing of a smaller plane as...

Planes Collide Over Colorado, Killing 3

BOULDER, Colo. (Feb. 7) - Two small planes collided in flames over Boulder's outskirts and killed all three people aboard, while a glider under tow by one aircraft cut loose and flew through the fireball to safety, officials and witnesses said. Three people were aboard the glider that managed to disconnect from a Piper...

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02/03/12 Micron says CEO Steve Appleton has died in a Boise... Source: The Downey Patriot - Downey CA Appleton, a professional stunt plane pilot and former motocross racer, was the only one in the plane when it crashed at the Boise airport.
09/26/11 Major plane accident averted in Chennai Source: Airport Business Chennai, Sep 24 over 300 passengers escaped a major air accident here Saturday when a flight cleared for take-off stood on the runway and another plane that was about to land was asked to circle overhead instead.
09/20/11 Moscow plane accident Source: RIA Novosti - Russia Specialists from the Interstate Aviation Committee (MAK), a CIS flight safety watchdog, have begun studying the voice recorders from air traffic controllers and the crew of a Dagestan Airlines Tupolev Tu-154 airliner which made an emergency crash-landing at Moscow's Domodedovo Airport on December 4, the committee said on Monday.
07/05/11 Orange Beach Plane Accident Source: ABC - WEAR 3 - Pensacola FL Today, investigators from the Federal Aviation Administration are expected to be in Orange Beach investigating a plane crash.
01/11/11 NTSB urges shoulder belts for small planes Source: The Clarion-Ledger - Jackson MS Federal safety officials urged Tuesday that aircraft owners be required to retrofit small planes with shoulder-lap seatbelts, but stopped short of calling for the installation of air bags.