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Key Takeaways:

  • Two pilots died in separate small aircraft crashes on Friday, one involving engine issues and the other an apparent stall during its first flight.
  • Passengers on a Skymark Airlines flight were injured by a loose food cart during landing in Japan.
  • A young pilot illegally buzzed a high school football game in a Cessna 172, flying at a low altitude and dropping footballs.
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A Greeneville, Penn. pilot died Friday when his RV-10 went down and caught fire about a mile from the local airport. Witnesses said the engine on Daniel Lloyds homebuilt didnt sound like it was running right before the crash…

A pilot making his first flight in a Formula One racing plane died Friday when the aircraft crashed at Reno Stead Airport. Witnesses said it appeared to stall before crashing nose first…

Add food carts to the list of hazards of airline flight. One passenger suffered a broken shin and another a bruised shoulder when a food cart came loose from the galley and ran into them as a Skymark Airlines flight landed at Narita Airport in Japan on Friday…

A young pilot in Charlotte, N.C. has some explaining to do after a Cessna 172 buzzed a high school football game, dropping footballs. Witnesses said the pilot, believed to be a student at the school, flew the plane about 75 feet above the stands.

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