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Chilling final words of young pilot revealed in air traffic control audio

Instructor issues standard ‘caution wake turbulence’ warning for take-off - then a fatal mistake sent them plummeting.

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Pilot and instructor Viktoria Ljungman, 23, was teaching two students in a small plane when the engine stalled.

One dead in horror plane crash in Queensland

It’s understood the plane lost altitude and crashed into a paddock.

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One person has died in a light plane crash in rural Queensland.

‘Multiple fatalities’ in mid-air smash as two planes collide above airport

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This photo provided by KION-TV shows multiple agencies responding to Watsonville Municipal Airport, northwest of Watsonville, in Santa Cruz County, Calif. after 2 planes attempting to land collided on Thursday, Aug. 18, 2022. Two planes collided in Northern California while trying to land at a local airport and at least two of the three occupants were killed. (KION-TV via AP)

Pilot who fell to his death from plane seemed ‘visibly upset’ over a mid-air emergency

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Us pilot Charles Crooks fell to his death from a twin-engine plane last month, appeared ‘visibly upset’ before leaving the cockpit.

Police reveal what happened on the tarmac as tourist was decapitated by helicopter

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Jack Fenton was killed by a helicopter blade in Greece.

Bahia was the sole survivor of a plane crash that killed 152 people. This is her story

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Surrounded by doctors, the only survivor of the Yemenia Airbus 310 jet crash, 14-year-old Bahia Bakari, is seen in a hospital bed.