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Today is Friday the 17th of April, 2026 Here are the stories to close out this week... Have a safe weekend! Tom - Investigative Hearing: November 2025 UPS Cargo Airplane Crash SAVE THE DATE Investigative Hearing · May 19-20, 2026 Louisville, KY UPS Cargo Airplane Crash (Nov. 2025) The National Transportation Safety Board will hold a…

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Thursday the 16th of April, 2026 Your stories for today... Of note, check out the first story regarding the crash of an Icon A-5 on Puerto Rico's northern coast. If you were first on scene, would you know that it was equipped with with a ballistic parachute system (IPS) developed by BRS Aerospace that could…

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Wednesday the 15th of April, 2026 Here are the stories for today... Be safe out there! Tom - Aircraft damaged after striking capybara during landing at Ogle Newsroom.gy A Trans Guyana Airways (TGA) aircraft was damaged Tuesday evening after striking a capybara during landing at the Eugene F. Correia (Ogle) International Airport, Ogle. The aircraft,…

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Tuesday the 14th of April, 2026 These are the stories for today... Be safe out there! Tom - Small plane crashes, forcing shut down of westbound Highway 44 near the Corpus Christi International Airport By: Veronica Flores-Herrera 8:55PM UPDATE: Two people are reported to be critically injured as a result of the plane crash. ******…

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Monday the 13th of April, 2026 Here are your stories to start the new week... Be safe out there! Tom - Small plane makes emergency landing on busy central Phoenix road; no injuries By Lauren Kobley and Austin Walker PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Three people are OK after a small plane had to make an emergency landing on a busy…

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Friday the 10th of April, 2026 This is all I have to close out the week... Have a safe weekend! Tom - 2 people killed in Catalina Island plane crash, LA County Fire Department says By Julie Sharp A small airplane crashed in Avalon around 12:30 p.m. Thursday and the two people who were on board…

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Thursday the 9th of April, 2026 Today's stories are as follows... Be safe out there! Tom - Small plane crashes into side of Arizona home after veering off airport runway, leaving 2 people hospitalized By Caitlin McCormack Two people were sent to the hospital after a small plane they were flying swerved off an Arizona airport…

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Wednesday the 8th of April, 2026 Here are your stories for today... Be safe out there! Tom - Cape Air plane door opens mid-flight off Nantucket, Massachusetts: "A bit nerve-wracking" By Neal Riley A Cape Air plane on its way to Boston had to return to Nantucket, Massachusetts after part of a door opened up mid-flight on Monday. "Yesterday…

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Tuesday the 7th of April, 2026 These are the stories for today... Be safe out there! Tom - Jet skids off runway at Teterboro Airport in New Jersey, temporarily suspending operations By Eyewitness News TETERBORO, New Jersey (WABC) -- An airport in New Jersey temporarily suspended operations after a jet skidded off the runway on Monday.…

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Monday the 6th of April, 2026 Sad news from Fort Lauderdale where one of our own, Broward Sheriff's Office Firefighter/Paramedic Steven Lepselter, died after he suffered a medical emergency while on duty Easter Morning. Over his 19 year career with the BSO, some of Steven’s assignments have included the Airport, Seaport, Hazardous Materials (HazMat), Air…

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Friday the 3rd of April, 2026 Here are a couple of stories to close out the week... Have a safe weekend! Tom - Aircraft crashes in Huejotzingo, Puebla; at least 4 people died potosinoticias.com An aircraft crashed near the San Mateo Capultitlán – Santa Ana Xalmimilulco highway, in the municipality of Huejotzingo, Puebla, in an …

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Thursday the 2nd of April, 2026 Here are the stories for today... Be safe out there! Tom - Philadelphia training aircraft lost power before crash that injured 2, including off-duty officer By 6abc Digital Staff and Briana Smith PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- A small training aircraft crashed into a tree Wednesday afternoon in Fluehr Park in the Torresdale section…

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Wednesday the 1st of April, 2026 As today is April Fools Day, let me remind you to not believe everything you hear or read today and trust nobody, just like any other day! Here are your legit stories for today… Be safe out there! Tom - A Small Plane on Its Way to Cartagena Colombia…

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Tuesday the 31st of March, 2026 We close out the month of March with these stories... Be safe out there! Tom - Plane crash closes runway at Pitt Meadows Regional Airport By Colleen Flanagan Transportation Safety Board of Canada has deployed a team of investigators to Pitt Meadows Regional Airport after a plane crash on…

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Monday the 30th of March, 2026 We kick off the new week with the following stories... Of note, the story about Albuquerque police officers suing the federal government after a 2024 F-35 crash response exposed them to hazardous chemicals and caused ongoing medical issues.... Be safe out there! Tom - Delta flight DL104 makes emergency…

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Friday the 27th of March, 2026 We close out the week with these stories... Have a safe weekend! Tom - 3 dead after helicopter crash at Kalalau Beach on Kauai by: Trent Unebasami HANALEI, Kauai (KHON2) — Three people have died after a helicopter crash at Kalalau Beach. Officials said it happened around 3:45 p.m. on…

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Thursday the 26th of March, 2026 These are your stories for today... Be safe out there! Tom - A 737 caught fire at Changi Airport; five fire engines were dispatched. On Wednesday (March 25), Garuda Indonesia flight GA829, a B737-800 aircraft (PK-GFW), caught fire in its tail auxiliary power unit (APU) before departure from Singapore…

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Wednesday the 25th of March, 2026 Here's what I have for today... Be safe out there! Tom - UPDATE: NY Crash Fire Truck Transponder Issue, Swiss Cheese, Survey All, Some interesting statements came out of this afternoon's update from NTSB. Their preliminary investigation into the fatal runway collision at LaGuardia Airport in New York late…

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Tuesday the 24th of March, 2026 Here are your stories for today... Be safe out there! Tom - At least 66 killed after Colombian military plane crashes in southern Amazon Tiago Rogero in Bogotá and agencies Transport plane carrying soldiers and crew crashed shortly after takeoff from Puerto Leguízamo, deep in Colombia’s southern Amazon region…

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Monday the 23rd of March, 2026 Tragic news tonight from KLGA in New York City where there are reports that a an Air Canada CRJ has collided with a Port Authority firetruck leaving four firefighters critically injured... Keep our Brothers and Sisters in your prayers! Tom - 4 firefighters critially injured as Air Canada flight,…

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