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NTSB officials ask public to help find pieces of plane panel that blew out at 16,000 feet and had passengers telling loved ones goodbye before making dramatic emergency landing
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Federal investigators are asking for the public’s help finding the missing Alaska Airlines plane door that blew out during takeoff in Portland, Oregon, leading to a dramatic emergency landing.

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Pilot killed in microlight plane crash in Beverley, Western Australia
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A man in his 60s has died after his microlight aircraft crashed in Western Australia ‘s Wheatbelt region.

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US actor Christian Oliver and his 2 daughters died in a plane crash in the Caribbean, police say
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Hollywood actor Christian Oliver, 51, who appeared in Speed Racer is revealed as victim of Caribbean plane crash that also killed his daughters aged 10 and 12 and pilot
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The actor, with over 60 credits on IMDb to his name, was a native of Germany who had been working in the US for 30 years.

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The captain of a plane that collided with a Japan Airlines jet said he was cleared for takeoff, but air-traffic-control transcripts tell a different story
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Did coast guard plane pilot or air traffic control blunder cause Japan Airlines crash? Captain – and sole survivor – on smaller aircraft insists he had permission to take-off but officials say he was told to stay off runway
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Japan’s transport authorities began inspecting the remains of the two planes Wednesday while local media said police were investigating possible professional negligence in the case.

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Moment BA pilot successfully lands plane at Heathrow airport with NO flaps deployed due to 'technical problem'
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The flight from Warsaw, Poland to London on December 29 was forced to land 25mph faster than usual due to a problem with the plane’s flaps which are vital during take off and landing.

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Family's £1,000 holiday is ruined after Ryanair staff refused to let teenager board plane – because of a tiny 1cm tear on his passport
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Jake Burton, 19, was due to go on his first-ever flight to Benidorm with his parents to celebrate the New Year. But he was turned away at East Midlands airport due to a tear in his passport.

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A bird, plane… or a UFO? Woman spots illuminous 'Tic-Tac' shaped object from her kitchen in Stockport – but – Daily Mail
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A bird, plane… or a UFO? Woman spots illuminous ‘Tic-Tac’ shaped object from her kitchen in Stockport – but  Daily Mail

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Seconds from disaster: easyJet flight from Gatwick carrying 179 people came within 178ft of a plane waiting to take off as it came in to land after traffic control blunder at Bordeaux airport, report finds
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Only seven seconds after telling the easyJet flight it was clear to land, a controller instructed them to abort the approach, the plane now just 40 metres (131ft) above the ground

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