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Authorities identify 3 men killed in Bowie plane crash
Authorities have identified the three men who died after a small plane crashed in Bowie late Saturday night.
It’s been a tragic week for aviation as two military jets, a skydiving plane and a charter jet crashed over the course of just four days.
The three young men were aboard a training flight when the single-engine plane crashed on Saturday night just outside Washington, D.C.
Several of the skydivers who were killed when their plane crashed moments after taking off from a Missouri airfield were experienced jumpers.
Twelve people aboard a skydiving plane, including the pilot, were killed after the aircraft crashed in Missouri, according to authorities.
All 12 people aboard the aircraft died on Sunday when the plane crashed shortly after takeoff near Kansas City.
Authorities say a pilot and 11 others were killed when a plane taking people on a skydiving outing in Missouri crashed in a field and caught fire.
An airplane was diverted to the Dayton International Airport (DAY) on Monday afternoon. A City of Dayton spokesperson told News Center 7 that an American Airlines plane was diverted to DAY due to an issue with the deicing system. The plane took off from Washington, D.C., and was heading to Kansas.
A small jet carrying six people crashed on a highway in South Texas on Tuesday evening, killing one person as bystanders and emergency workers rushed to rescue people from the fiery wreckage, according to authorities and video from the scene.
According to the Wyoming County Sheriff’s Department, the crash happened at Kee Field at the Wyoming County Airport on Sunday. Air Traffic Control in Indianapolis notified the Sheriff’s Department around 7:45 a.m. Sunday an aircraft was experiencing engine problems and was preparing to make an emergency landing at Kee Field.
