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Ex-MLB pitcher Tyson Brummett, 3 others die in plane crash
AMERICAN FORK, Utah (AP) — A former Philadelphia Phillies pitcher and three others died in a plane crash in rural Utah. Ex-pitcher Tyson Brummett, 35, of Salt Lake City, was flying the small plane, which left from the South Valley Regional Airport in West Jordan and crashed near Box Elder Peak in American...
US victims of FARC rebels win claim to Venezuelan's fortune
MIAMI (AP) — Three American defense contractors held for five years by leftist rebels in Colombia moved closer to collecting on a $318 million judgment against their former captors when a U.S. Supreme Court justice rebuffed an appeal by a sanctioned Venezuelan businessman whose assets they seek to claim. ...
4 dead in small plane crash in Utah mountains
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Four people died when a small plane crashed Friday in a rugged area in the Utah mountains, authorities said. The crash occurred in the Box Elder Peak area in American Fork Canyon southeast of Salt Lake City, said Utah County Sheriff's Sgt. Spencer Cannon. Authorities don't know yet...
French court OKs end to Rwanda genocide investigation
PARIS (AP) — The Paris appeals court on Friday upheld a decision to end a years-long investigation into the plane crash that sparked Rwanda’s 1994 genocide, citing lack of sufficient evidence. The probe has damaged France-Rwanda relations for years, because it targeted several people close to...
Investigator says pilot impaired by fumes in Sydney crash
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A seaplane pilot was impaired by carbon monoxide fumes from engine exhaust when he flew off course and crashed into a river near Sydney in 2017 with the loss of six lives, a crash investigator said Friday. Canadian pilot Gareth Morgan and his five British passengers died during a...
Sweden: Iran to compensate Ukraine plane crash victims
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Iran has agreed to compensate the families’ of the foreign victims of a Ukrainian passenger plane that was shot down by Iranian forces outside Tehran in January, Sweden’s foreign minister said on Thursday. “We have signed an agreement of mutual understanding that we...
Kayakers rescue 2 from crashed seaplane in Lake Washington
SEATTLE (AP) — Two people were rescued by nearby kayakers in Lake Washington after a seaplane crashed Wednesday, authorities said. The Seattle Fire Department responded to the crash about 200 feet (60 meters) from shore near Lakeside Avenue South, KOMO-TV reported. All of the people inside the plane were...
Officials name pilot killed in crash at Shaw Air Force Base
SUMTER, S.C. (AP) — Officials have identified a military pilot killed when his fighter jet crashed during a training routine at Shaw Air Force Base in South Carolina. 20th Fighter Wing Commander Larry Sullivan said the pilot was 1st Lt. David Schmitz from the 77th Fighter Squadron, news outlets reported....
Plane crash injures 2 near Brainerd
BRAINERD, Minn. (AP) — A small plane crashed at a private grass airstrip near Brainerd on Wednesday, injuring two people on board, authorities said. Crow Wing County Sheriff Scott Goddard said the crash was reported to his office shortly after 11 a.m. After deputies and the Brainerd Fire Department...
Germanwings crash relatives lose court case on compensation
BERLIN (AP) — A German court on Wednesday rejected demands for higher compensation from Lufthansa by eight people who lost loved ones in the deliberate crash of a plane operated by its budget airline Germanwings five years ago. French and German investigators have concluded that co-pilot Andreas Lubitz...
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