Disasters

Delta plane that crash-landed in Toronto last month showed high rate of descent, initial report says
A preliminary report into why a Delta Air Lines jet coming from Minneapolis burst into flames and flipped upside down as it tried to land in Toronto has been released.
Severe weather moves east after tornadoes, winds and wildfires killed at least 39 people
Foreboding predictions of dangerous weekend weather came true as a dynamic storm spawned tornadoes, dust storms and wildfires that killed more than three dozen people. Hundreds of homes and businesses were destroyed. 
'There's a serious safety issue,' investigators say following DCA midair collision
The January midair collision with the Army helicopter happened as the American Airlines jet was about to land at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. All 67 people on both aircraft died.
Benita Long disappeared. So why wasn’t she added to this missing person database?
A federally funded database helps track long-term, missing-person cases. Yet an NPR investigation finds that even in states legally required to use it, more than 2,000 people haven’t been added.
Minnesota radio station owner among three skiers buried in Alaska avalanche
Authorities said they believe that David Linder, 39, and the two other skiers, identified as Charles Eppard, 39, of Montana, and Jeremy Leif, 38, of Minnesota, are buried under more than 30 feet of snow. It happened after a helicopter delivered the skiers to a backcountry peak in the Chugach Mountains.
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