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Entries from LAist tagged with 'cessna'

April 12, 2008

At least four people were critically injured after a twin-engine Cessna 310 airplane crashed in the 500 block of West Cypress in Compton this afternoon. The plane crashed into two homes on a residential street about a quarter-mile from Compton/Woodley Airport, according to ABC7. Two of the injured were flying in the plane and the other two were on the ground. The flight originated in San Diego and was bound for Hawthorne. AP Photo/Dan Steinberg......

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January 21, 2008

The 80th Annual Academy Awards are scheduled to take place Feb. 24 at Hollywood & Highland's Kodak TheatreAuthorities have released the names of the victims in yesterday's deadly airplane collision in the skies above Corona. According to KNBC.com, "one of the victims -- Earl Smiddy, 58, of Moreno Valley -- was on the ground when he was hit by falling debris. The other victims were identified as Anthony Joel Guzman, 20, of Hesperia; Scott......

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January 21, 2008

Two Sunday afternoon small-aircraft flights turned deadly yesterday when the planes collided mid-air over Corona, sending bodies and debris flying through the air and onto parking lots below and killing five people. The owner of one of the planes, a Cessna 172, was not piloting the aircraft, and knew about the crash from having seen the television news. William A. Reinke from La Habra did not offer any information to the media regarding who was......

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