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  1. The crash involved a Cessna 150 airplane and a Bell 407 helicopter. A Pennsylvania State Police helicopter and a small airplane collided midair near the Carlisle airport in Pennsylvania's Cumberland Valley on Wednesday evening, according to the Federal Aviation Administration and state officials.

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    New York Post

    The Cessna 150 airplane and Bell 407 helicopter — which photos showed had a state police emblem — crashed near the Carlisle Airport in Cumberland County around 7:50 p.m. local time, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.

  2. There were two people on board the helicopter. The number of people on the plane is currently unknown, according to the FAA.

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    New York Post

    Two people were aboard the police chopper, but the number of passengers on the private plane remains unclear, the FAA said in a statement to The Post.

    BBC News

    The Aircraft Accident Investigation Department said the identities of those on board were yet to be confirmed. Local media is reporting that the helicopter was carrying tourists.

  3. NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Seven people, including five Americans, were killed when a safari helicopter crashed Wednesday morning in a remote part of northern Kenya, according to local police and the State Department.

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    ABC News

    The Kenya Civil Aviation Authority said that seven people were aboard a helicopter that crashed near Lolokwe Mountain in Samburu County, in northern Kenya.

    BBC News

    Published A helicopter has crashed in central Kenya at Mount Ololokwe in Samburu county, killing all six people on board, air accident officials have told the BBC.

    NBC News

    There were seven people on board when the aircraft crashed in the foothills of Mount Ololokwe in Samburu County at 9:13 a.m. local time, according to Kenya’s Civil Aviation Authority. The six passengers and pilot were all killed in the crash, local police said Wednesday.

    Washington Examiner

    The helicopter crash occurred around 9:13 a.m. local time Wednesday near Mount Ololokwe, according to Kenya’s Civil Aviation Authority. The state agency identified Lady Lori Helicopters as the operator of that flight. The aircraft rental service said the charter flight took off from Suyian Conservancy to Mount Ololokwe.

  4. Kenya’s Red Cross said its search and recovery efforts were impeded by the difficult terrain and a fire at the site of the crash. An additional crew was been dispatched from Isiolo to reinforce the operation, it added in a statement posted to X.

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    ABC News

    The Kenya Red Cross said in a social media post that a multi-agency "search and recovery" operation was underway, although efforts were being hampered by difficult terrain and an active fire at the crash site. This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.

  5. “We are heartbroken to share the tragic news that Jose Suarez, the president and general manager of the Telemundo-owned stations in Orlando, Tampa and Fort Myers, was killed in a helicopter accident in Kenya. José was a deeply respected leader and beloved friend and colleague across NBCU Local and NBCU News Group,” the memo said.

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    Associated Press

    The identities of the victims were not revealed but a local television station in Miami, Florida, said that one of those killed had been an executive with Telemundo, the U.S.-based Spanish-language network owned by NBC Universal. It identified the executive José Suárez, 55, president and GM several Telemundo stations in Florida.

    NBC News

    Authorities did not identify those on board at the time of the crash. José Suárez, the president and general manager of multiple Telemundo-owned stations in Florida, was among the dead. He was identified in a message to employees by NBCUniversal News Group Chairman Cesar Conde. NBCUniversal is the parent company of NBC News.

  6. FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) — The U.S. Army said Wednesday it will resume Apache helicopter training missions after a brief pause prompted by a crash in Texas last week killed two soldiers.

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    Washington Times

    Military officials temporarily halted Apache training flights on Aug. 14. The decision to resume the training came “after a thorough review of safety procedures and flight operations,” the Army said in a statement.

From the margins

7 details only one outlet reported

Independent claims that didn't surface elsewhere in our corpus. Treat as supplementary — not corroborated across outlets.

  1. 01 ABC News

    Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro said the crash involved a Pennsylvania State Police aircraft.

  2. 02 New York Post

    Photos obtained by the outlet captured authorities examining the wreckage — the helicopter toppled on its side, with crash debris littering the grass alongside the runway.

  3. 03 NBC News

    Two Tennessee college team cyclists were killed, seven others were injured and a driver was criminally charged after he struck team members who were training on a road Wednesday, officials said.

  4. 04 Washington Examiner

    He received several awards for his work, including a Lone Star Emmy for overall excellence in 2019 when he was president and general manager of a Telemundo-owned station in San Antonio, Texas.

  5. 05 Associated Press

    The cause of the Aug. 12 crash near Fort Hood remains under investigation by the Combat Readiness Center in Fort Rucker, Alabama.

  6. 06 Washington Times

    The cause of the Aug. 12 crash near Fort Hood remains under investigation by the Combat Readiness Center in Fort Rucker, Alabama.

  7. 07 BBC News

    It said the helicopter was on a scenic flight from a wildlife conservancy in Losaiba to Ewaso Nyiro, a river that flows along several national reserves.

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Original Articles (15)

Lean Left Police helicopter, small plane collide midair near Pennsylvania airport — ABC News
Lean Left NTSB releases new videos, images from deadly Philadelphia jet crash — ABC News
Lean Left 4 Americans die in helicopter crash in Kenya, State Department confirms — ABC News
Lean Right Pennsylvania State Police helicopter, small plane collide midair near Carlisle Airport — New York Post
Lean Right SoCal crash kills 2 teens as devastated dad watches ‘ball of fire’ — New York Post
Lean Left Two students killed, driver charged after crash into Tennessee college cycling team — NBC News
Lean Left Safari helicopter crash in Kenya kills 7, including Telemundo executive — NBC News
Lean Left 4 Americans killed in helicopter crash in Kenya — NBC News
Lean Left Telemundo executive among 7 killed in Kenya helicopter crash — NBC News
Lean Right Telemundo executive among five Americans killed in Kenya helicopter crash — Washington Examiner
Center Army resumes Apache helicopter training missions after Texas crash that killed 2 - AP News — Associated Press
Center US journalist among 7 killed when helicopter on safari crashes in remote part of northern Kenya - AP News — Associated Press
Lean Right Army resumes Apache helicopter training missions after Texas crash that killed 2 — Washington Times
Lean Right U.S. Air Force flight to Antarctica returns to New Zealand due to alert of Russian space activity — Washington Times
Center Helicopter crashes at Mount Ololokwe in Kenya, killing six people — BBC News