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• Ricardo Meier
The Learjet 60, bound from Austin, Texas, to the Bahamas, crashed in a West Palm Beach-area neighborhood, killing all nine people aboard. Reports say the crew encountered icing and turbulence; investigators are also examining a rapidly intensifying convective storm whose estimated top rose from nearly 33,000 feet to about 48,300 feet in 20 minutes.
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The Learjet 60, bound from Austin, Texas, to the Bahamas, crashed in a West Palm Beach-area neighborhood, killing all nine people aboard. Reports say the crew encountered icing and turbulence; investigators are also examining a rapidly intensifying convective storm whose estimated top rose from nearly 33,000 feet to about 48,300 feet in 20 minutes.
An Akasa Air Boeing 737 MAX 8 operating flight QP 1925 from Ahmedabad struck its tail on the runway at Kolkata’s Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport on Oct. 31, 2026, after completing a go-around. The aircraft landed at about 7:40 a.m.; passengers disembarked and no injuries were reported.
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A Robinson R22 training helicopter and an Airbus AS350B3 collided near McMinnville Municipal Airport in Oregon, killing three people. One aircraft came from Jerry Trimble Helicopters, an aviation school based at the airport; the reports provide no further details about the circumstances of the collision.
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U.S. investigators attributed a runway incursion at New York JFK to poor coordination between two tower controllers. Four aircraft crossed the runway in front of a departing Swiss Airbus A330, whose crew aborted the takeoff roll. The event highlights the safety consequences of clearance and coordination breakdowns in a complex airport environment.
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Investigators say the regional jet was parked too far from a holding point when a taxiing Delta Air Lines A350-900 struck it. The A350 pilots had been checking clearance for the left wingtip; its right wingtip sheared off the CRJ’s vertical fin.
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A sharp derotation badly damaged the freighter’s fuselage after the captain blocked the control column while trying to prevent an excessive nose-up attitude, according to the report. The sequence left the pilot unable to maintain control of the yoke before the aircraft’s nose gear struck the runway hard.
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An Italian military CH-47 Chinook operating in support of the EU peacekeeping mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina crashed in the village of Gorice, in Brcko district. Italy’s defense ministry reported four people killed and 11 injured; EUFOR confirmed the deaths of four Italian nationals.
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