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The FAA sought information from aircraft owners and operators about severe vibrations, while the blade manufacturer alerted ...

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As a correspondent for the Atlantic, Vanity Fair and the New York Times, he wrote vivid accounts of aviation disasters, shipwrecks and the Iraq War.

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From Captain Sully’s Hudson River landing to the tragic Dana Air crash in Nigeria, here are five incidents where planes lost thrust in both engines mid-flight, and what followed.

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Wood River High School junior Levi Renner has qualified to compete at the 2025 National Speech & Debate Association (NSDA) National Tournament, which will take place in Des Moines, Iowa, ...

President Donald Trump on Thursday pulled the U.S. out of an agreement with Washington, Oregon and four American Indian tribes to work together to restore salmon populations and boost tribal ...