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    Poor weather hampers B.C. float plane crash investigation

    A transportation official says the investigating of a fatal float plane crash in a remote Vancouver Island park doesn't have "good prospects" of getting to the site soon because of continuing poor weather conditions. More...
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    Canada deports 'convicted terrorist' after 26 years

    Citizenship and Immigration Minister Jason Kenney announced today that Mahmoud Mohammad Issa Mohammad, a man convicted in a deadly attack on an Israeli plane in the 1960s, has been deported after more than two decades of legal wrangling. More...
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    Boeing selects GE as sole engine partner on next 777 plane

    (Reuters) - Boeing on Friday chose General Electric Co as its sole engine partner for the forthcoming 777X, indicating that the U.S. aircraft maker was going ahead with the next generation of its most profitable plane. "This decision to work with GE going forward reflects the best match to the...
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    MacKay says defence department not to blame in plane delay

    After more than a decade of waiting for a new search-and-rescue plane, the military today is barely a step closer to flying one
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    B.C. plane crash leaves 4 in stable condition

    Search and Rescue personnel say all four people on board a private plane that crashed west of Williams Lake, B.C., on Sunday have survived and are in stable condition. More...
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    Ottawa plane crash victims both pilots

    Victims of Wednesday's Ottawa plane crash have been identified as Dr. Barry Stratton and passenger Jacques Domey, who are both pilots and co-owners of the aircraft. More...
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    Iran says it shot down unmanned US spy plane (AP)

    AP - Iran's armed forces have shot down an unmanned U.S. spy plane that violated Iranian airspace along the country's eastern border, the official IRNA news agency reported Sunday. More...
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    Plane crash rescuer says he 'didn't have a plan'

    One of the men who rushed toward the burning plane crash in Richmond, B.C., Thursday said he didn't think twice about helping people he was sure were trapped inside the aircraft. More...
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    B.C. plane crash passenger thought she would die

    A woman aboard the plane that crashed near Vancouver Thursday says she thought she would die and sent goodbye emails to her children from her cellphone as the aircraft descended. More...
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    Richmond plane crash leaves pilot dead

    RCMP have confirmed that the pilot of a plane that crashed on a busy street near the Vancouver International Airport on Thursday afternoon has died. More...
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    F-15s intercept plane near US presidential retreat

    Two US F-15 fighter jets on Saturday intercepted a small civilian plane flying near Camp David, the presidential retreat where Barack Obama is spending the weekend with his family. The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) said the jets intercepted the Beechcraft Bonanza aircraft...
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    Plane crash kills 22 in Argentina

    (CNN) -- All 22 people aboard a commuter plane were killed when it crashed in southern Argentina, the airline said Thursday. The Sol Lineas Aereas plane was headed to the city of Comodoro Rivadavia from Neuquen on Wednesday night when the pilot issued a distress call, said airline spokesman...
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    Delta plane engine fails, forces emergency landing

    MIAMI – A Delta plane's engine failed in mid-air over Florida, forcing the flight to make an emergency landing Sunday morning, authorities said. Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Kathleen Bergen said it was a so-called "contained" engine failure, meaning small parts such as fan blades...
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    Plane lands on N.J. highway

    — A small plane made an emergency landing on Interstate 80 in Hackensack, New Jersey Monday afternoon, state police have confirmed. The plane, described as a single-engine Cessna was headed toward Teterboro Airport but was forced to make an early landing on the stretch of highway due to a...
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    Jets intercept UK-bound flight

    -- Britain's Royal Air Force scrambled jets Monday to escort a passenger plane in for landing after a man made threats on an Etihad Airways flight, authorities said. The British national, 37, was arrested on arrival, police in the county of Essex said. The flight was bound for London's...
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    Small plane crashes on Venice Beach

    VENICE - A small plane crashed just south of the south jetty on Venice Beach Wednesday, injuring two adults. The plane landed in the water nose-first around 4pm just off the beach, and all four passengers were able to get out and swim and walk to shore. The plane then washed ashore. Pam...
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    Plane crash in Iran leaves scores dead

    Passenger plane crashes in Iran, killing 72, official says -- Seventy-two people died and 33 were injured Sunday night when an IranAir passenger jet en route from Tehran to the northwest city of Orumiyeh crashed as it attempted to make an emergency landing in a snowy field, an official said...
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    1 killed in small plane crash in Alabama

    -- Officials with the National Transportation Safety Board are expected to arrive Thursday morning to investigate a small plane crash that killed one person in Birmingham, Alabama. The Beech BE-58 was approaching the runway of the Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport when it crashed...
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    United Airlines flight diverted to Toronto

    - A United Airlines flight was diverted to Toronto late Monday after the plane's communication system began to malfunction, an airline official said. Flight 940 never lost contact with air traffic control, according to United spokesman Rahsaan Johnson. The extent of the problem with the...
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    2 killed in collision of medical helicopter, small plane

    The identities of two people killed when two aircraft collided in midair will be released Saturday, Virginia authorities said. A medical helicopter and a privately-owned small plane collided Friday afternoon near the Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport, police told CNN affiliate WHSV. Both of...
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