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2 killed in crash of small plane near municipal airport east of Atlanta, authorities say

apnews.com 2 killed in crash of small plane near municipal airport east of Atlanta, authorities say

Authorities say two people were killed when a single-engine plane crashed shortly after takeoff from a small airport east of Atlanta.

COVINGTON, Ga. (AP) — Two people were killed when a single-engine plane crashed shortly after takeoff late Saturday from a small airport east of Atlanta, authorities said

Police said responding officers found the aircraft and the two victims in woods just north of the runway in Newton County, about 35 miles (55 kilometers) east of downtown Atlanta.

The crash is being investigated by the FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board

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Number 5 I think? I’ve lost count.
- General aviation crashes are not uncommon.
  We’ve had one commercial aviation crash in the US since Trump took office. That one crash had nothing to do directly with decisions he made (though decisions he has made certainly make them more likely as time goes on).
  But the other four have been general aviation. Those types of accidents, unfortunately, occur more frequently. For example, in September 2024 a couple of men died in a crash near Provo, Utah. I know about this because my wife’s cousin knew them, and had recently spoken to the pilot about his new plane. But that crash wasn’t widely reported.
  But since there was a commercial crash, followed by a crash of an air ambulance Learjet into a residential area, everyone is now reporting broadly on every incident. Just like how after Boeing had issues with the MAX8 and MAX9, everything that went wrong with a 737, even ones that were decades old, was suddenly “newsworthy” because people would click on headlines about Boeing. The kinds of maintenance issues that are normally just headaches for travelers and flight crews became national news, as long as the plane was a Boeing. Similarly, now it’s “anything with wings crashes, print it.”
  I say all this not to defend Trump, or the year 2025, or anything like that, but just to provide context. You’re hearing about types of incidents you normally don’t hear about, and it’s making it seem like suddenly there are a lot of plane crashes.
  
  This nuance would be so utterly disregarded if the tables were turned. Let him eat blame for every event that happens from this point forward.
  
  It would be hypocritical to desire understanding of nuance from others but not possess it ourselves.
  There is plenty to shit on Trump for. Including his continued gutting of the FAA. Future accidents will be his fault eventually, at this rate.
  But I thought the dipshits putting Joe Biden “I Did That” stickers on gas pumps were complete morons. There’s no reason to stoop to the level of blaming everything you don’t like on the guy you don’t like. That’s simplistic tribalism and frankly stupid.
  
  Did you miss the Toronto crash?
  
  Which state is Toronto in again?
  
  The 51st
  /s
  
  Did you miss the Toronto crash?
  I’m not sure why you asked me this in response to this comment. The Toronto crash has nothing to do with anything I said there.
  As for my previous comment in the chain, I made that comment roughly around the same time as the crash happened. So obviously I hadn’t heard of it yet.
  
  Media frenzy is a real thing. If it sells, it prints.
- It might be number six, there was also a crash today in Montreal, I think, and fortunately everyone survived.
  Edit: here’s a link to the article.
  
  lol. Definitely Toronto.

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