Aviation Crashes and other FAA News

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Baltimore and Philly both had gyms. they both recently went out of business.

 

[nycfan]

 

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JetBlue plane avoids mid-air collision with U.S. air force jet near Venezuela - National | Globalnews.ca

'They passed directly in our flight path.... They don’t have their transponder turned on. It’s outrageous,' the JetBlue pilot said in a conversation with air traffic control.

globalnews.ca

 

[donbosco]

Great...hopping on JetBlue in a couple of hours heading south.

 

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Private plane crash in Statesville this morning.

 

[nycfan]

 

[nrsair]

Greg Biffle was aboard along with some members of his family. Terrible news.

 

[Icky Mettle]

Greg Biffle was aboard along with some members of his family. Terrible news.

I have some friends who know his wife. They are obviously very sad about this.

 

[CarolinaFever]

The first thing I thought of when I got the news alert about the crash was it could be someone within NASCAR because of where it happened.

 

[theel4life]

Greg , his wife and two children also died.

 

[CarolinaFever]

A helicopter and plane have crashed in New Jersey.

 

[theel4life]

A helicopter and plane have crashed in New Jersey.

Link?

 

[1moretimeagain]

 

[Milk and Cookies]

Private plane crash in Statesville this morning.

I can't even imagine the maintenance demands of a 1981 PJ. Yikes.

 

[JCTarheel82]

I can't even imagine the maintenance demands of a 1981 PJ. Yikes.

There's no chance I'm getting on a plane older than me.

 

[wmheel1287]

There's no chance I'm getting on a plane older than me.

Lol, dont go on any military transports then and DEFINITELY dont join a bomber squadron. The B-52 fleet is ancient (youngest bird delivered 1962, oldest 1952). They expect to use them another 3 decades.