It appears that 2 small planes have collided in VA, 1 person (pilot) dead, 2nd pilot survived in a PA28.... http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/28/us/virginia-planes-collide/index.html?hpt=hp_t2
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2 small planes collide over VA...
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FAA and NTSB involvement, Canada called in....
Seems that the pilot that perished ws an NTSB employee, and the pilot that survived was an FAA employee. Sadly, a passenger in the plane that crashed also died, leaving 2 people dead. Canadian investigators have been called in due to the nature of the pilots employment....
http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/29/us/virginia-planes-collide/index.html?hpt=hp_t3
Seems that the pilot that perished ws an NTSB employee, and the pilot that survived was an FAA employee. Sadly, a passenger in the plane that crashed also died, leaving 2 people dead. Canadian investigators have been called in due to the nature of the pilots employment....
http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/29/us/virginia-planes-collide/index.html?hpt=hp_t3
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The NTSB has asked Canada’s Transportation Safety Board to take over the investigation of a midair collision over Virginia between two light airplanes owned by employees of the FAA and NTSB.On Monday afternoon a Piper Cherokee registered to an FAA employee and a Beechcraft Bonanzaowned by an NTSB employee collided in flight near Warrenton-Fauquier Airport (KHWY) in Sumerduck, Virginia, about 50 miles west of Washington, D.C. The pilot and a passenger aboard the Bonanza were killed. The owner and pilot of the PA-28 survived with injuries.NTSB Chairman Deborah Hersman consulted with FAA Acting Administrator Michael Huerta and requested the TSB of Canada investigate the midair. “This accident hits especially close to home, with the involvement of an NTSB employee,” Hersman said in a statement. She said an NTSB investigator will serve as a U.S. liaison to Canadian investigators.The midair collision happened about five miles south of KHWY at around 4 p.m. on Monday. The airplanes crashed about a mile from each another, with parts and debris scattered between the two crash sites in a hard to access area, according to media reports.
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