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NEWS ABOUT: Cessna

Cessna stories: 7 news summaries
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 1 Believed Dead 
 in Fort Lauderdale 
 Plane Crash 

4 believed aboard;
no word on casualties

Apr 17, 09 1:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - A small plane crashed into a home in Fort Lauderdale this morning, apparently killing the pilot, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reports. Only the pilot was aboard, and the house was empty at the time. The Cessna 421 twin-engine prop plane had taken off from the nearby Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport... More »

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(Newser) - The plane thief who led US fighter jets on a chase across six states yesterday did so as part of a bizarre suicide attempt, according to the Missouri trooper who arrested him. Yavuz Berke was hoping that if he flew the Cessna stolen in Canada into the US he’d... More »

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suicide • Canada • fighter jet • Missouri • Cessna • NORAD • Yavuz Berke

Canadian Plane Thief Nabbed on Mo. Highway After Wild Chase

US fighter jets tracked Cessna lifted in Ontario

Apr 7, 09 1:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - The pilot of a stolen Cessna has been captured after landing the plane on a Missouri highway and attempting to flee on foot, CNN reports. The plane had been intercepted and tracked by US fighter jets since heading into American airspace shortly after it was stolen from a flight school... More »

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Canada • fighter jet • Missouri • Cessna • NORAD

Go Ahead, Fly Those Private Jets, Cessna Ads Tell Execs

Bosses challenged to get back on board

Feb 12, 09 4:59 AM CST
(Newser) - Private jets may have become a despised symbol of high-flying corporate access, but that shouldn't make bosses too shy to fly, a new Cessna ad campaign tells execs. The ads, which boldly announce "timidity didn't get you this far," are part of a public relations push to fix... More »

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advertising • Cessna • advertising campaign • private jet • executives • flying

 5 Dead After UK Jet 
 Slams Into Home  

Pilot lost control of Cessna that crashed near London

Mar 30, 08 6:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - All five people on a private jet were killed today when it crashed into a home outside London, the Guardian reports. One witness said the pilot appeared to lose control of the Cessna before it crashed in "a massive fireball. It seemed like a fighter jet, the noise of... More »

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England • plane crash • pilot • Cessna • Kent

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Dad, Daughter Die in Panama Plane Crash

Pilot also killed;
teen friend of family is the only survivor

Dec 25, 07 3:55 PM CST
(Newser) - Searchers in Panama tonight found the bodies of a California businessman and his 13-year-old daughter two days after their plane disappeared in the mountains, the AP reports. Another girl, a 12-year-old friend of the family, survived the crash and was hospitalized, but the extent of her injuries was not known.... More »

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Panama • plane crash • Cessna • airplane • jungle • Michael Klein • Islas Secas • Volcan

7 Dead Found in Skydiver Wreck

Cessna crashed with 10 on  board

Oct 9, 07 5:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - Searchers have found seven bodies in the wreckage of a missing skydiver plane and were still seeking three other passengers, the Seattle Times reports. The single-engine Cessna had been transporting nine skydivers from an Idaho event back home to Washington when it went missing Sunday. A hunter in the Cascade... More »

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plane crash • Cessna • skydiving

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