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JetBlue Pilot's Dad Died in Plane Crash

Deranged airline pilots blamed for 345 deaths since 1982

By Rob Quinn, Newser Staff

Posted Mar 30, 2012 3:46 AM CDT | Updated Mar 30, 2012 4:01 AM CDT

(Newser) – We may never know exactly what made JetBlue pilot Clayton Osbon come unhinged, but the New York Daily News has uncovered tragedy in his past. The pilot's father, who Osbon began flying with as a teenager, died in a plane crash in 1995. The... Read full story »

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JetBlue Pilot's Dad Died in Plane Crash

Deranged airline pilots blamed for 345 deaths since 1982

JetBlue • plane crash • aviation • pilot • Clayton Osbon

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