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U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola’s husband has died in an airplane crash in western Alaska ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola’s husband has died in an airplane crash in western Alaska, the latest fatality involving politicians or their loved ones in the nation’s largest state where flights are common because of a limited road system. “We are devastated to share that Mary’s husband, Eugene Peltola Jr. — ′Buzzy’ to all of us who knew and loved him — passed away earlier this morning following a plane accident in Alaska,” her chief of staff, Anton McParland, said in the statement issued Wednesday morning. Peltola, a Yup’ik who became the first Alaska Native elected to Congress last year, was returning home to be with her family, the statement said. McParland asked that the family be allowed privacy to grieve. The Piper PA-18-150 Super Cub appears to have crash ed under unknown circumstances upon takeoff after he dropped off a hunter and equipment about 65 miles (105 kilometers) northeast of...

A Cal Fire helicopter crashed, killing all three crew members, after it collided with a second helicopter while fighting a blaze in southern California. A firefighting helicopter crashed, killing all three crew members, after it collided with a second helicopter while battling a blaze in southern California on Sunday, fire officials said. Riverside County firefight ers were called to the scene of a structure fire in Cabazon at about 6 p.m. on Sunday and they soon noticed that the blaze had moved into the nearby grass, Cal Fire Southern Region Chief David Fulcher said. An aerial view of the site after a firefighting helicopter crashed in Riverside County, California, on Sunday, August 6, 2023. KABC Cal Fire helicopters and planes were called in to help extinguish the blaze, he said. "While engaged in the firefight, two helicopters collided," Fulcher said in a midnight press briefing. "The first helicopter was able to land safely nearby. Unfortunately, the second helicopte...

Oregon State Police say seven people are dead and others have been hurt in a crash involving two semi trucks and a passenger vehicle on Interstate 5 in an agricultural area between Salem and Eugene ALBANY, Ore. -- Seven people were killed and multiple others hurt in a crash involving several vehicle s Thursday on Inter state 5 in an agricultural area of western Oregon, police said. Officers responded at about 2:05 p.m. to the crash involving two semi trucks and a passenger vehicle in the northbound lanes about 7 miles (11 kilometers) north of Albany, near the Santiam rest area, Oregon State Police said in a state ment. Seven adults died, police said, but they did not specify how many were injured. The passenger vehicle involved was a van, the Albany Democrat-Herald reported. Bodies covered in plastic could be seen in a nearby field and the Marion County medical examiner was at the scene, the newspaper said. A Life Flight helicopter left the scene at about 2:45 p.m. Police and fire ...

An aviation safety team has confirmed that the black boxes from the two Black Hawk helicopters involved in last week's deadly crash have been recovered. An aviation safety team from the U.S. Army Combat Readiness Center has confirmed that the black boxes from the two Black Hawk helicopters involved in last week's deadly crash have been recovered and that the flight data has been sent to Fort Rucker, Alabama, for further analysis. "We cannot provide a timeline as to when the investigation will be completed," Lt. Col. Tony Hoefler, spokesman for the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) said. "The duration of the investigation is determined by the thorough analysis of all factors." MORE: 9 dead after 2 Black Hawk helicopters crash in Kentucky It was also announced that three of the nine soldiers who died in the crash were posthumously promoted to the next higher grade and that an honorary promotion ceremony will take place with the families of those who die...

A car crashed into the Inwood Bar and Grill on Monday injuring 22 people after it was hit by another driver who fled the scene. A total of 22 people were injured after a car crash ed into a restaurant in upper Manhattan on Monday night. Three people refused medical attention at the scene and 19 others were transported to area hospitals with non-life threatening injuries, according to the NYPD. Police responded to a 911 call of a vehicle collision involving multiple injured people at around 9 p.m. at the Inwood Bar and Grill, according to officials. MORE: New Year's Eve attack near Times Square likely motivated by Islamic extremism, police say A preliminary investigation determined that an Audi sedan exited a gas station on West 204 St and Broadway and collided into the rear of a Toyota RAV4 on Broadway, according to officials. A white Audi sedan is being sought in the crash that sent a SUV into the front of an Inwood restaurant in Manhattan on Jan. 2, 2023, injuring 22 people. W...

A Yeti Airlines plane crashed on Sunday morning in Nepal, Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal said. A Yeti Airlines passenger plane crash ed on Sunday morning in Nepal, Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal said on Twitter. The plane had been flying from Kathmandu, the capital, to Pokhara, a city in central Nepal, the minister said. Crowds gather at the crash site of an aircraft in Pokhara in western Nepal Jan. 15, 2023. Sagar Raj Timilsina/Handout via Reuters The aircraft for Yeti Airlines flight YT691 was a 15-year-old ATR 72-500, a twin-engine turboprop airliner, according to Flightradar24, the flight tracker. "This aircraft was equipped with an old transponder with unreliable data," the flight tracker said. "We are downloading high resolution data and verifying the data quality." The aircraft departed Kathmandu on time at 10:32 a.m. local time, with an estimated time of arrival at 10:59 a.m., according to the flight tracker. The average flight time for the trip was...