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Medical jet leaves seven dead after crash in Philadelphia

A Learjet 55 sits on a runway in Portugal. PHOTO COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

Kaya Wagner Staff Writer Friday evening, a Medevac jet crashed in a busy Northeast Philadelphia neighborhood, killing at least seven and injuring nineteen others.  It has been confirmed by the Federal Aviation Commission that the plane, a forty-three-year-old Learjet 55, took off at 6:30 p.m. from Northeast Philadelphia airport en route to Springfield-Branson National Airport […]

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Trump uses D.C. midair collision as ammo toward diversity initiatives

An American Eagle flight takes off from Greater Peoria Regional Airport in Illinois. PHOTO COURTESY OF FLICKR

Sevan Sinton News Editor Wednesday, Jan. 29 saw 64 passengers and crew aboard American Eagle Flight 5342 lose their lives after a midair collision with an Army helicopter, which was carrying three soldiers on a training flight above the Potomac River.  One day later, President Donald J. Trump issued a memo titled “Immediate Assessment of […]