Crash investigation continues after Charlotte area air crash
Reported from Charlotte to Greer, a US Airways Express plane crashed at a maintenance hangar with no ground injuries. NTSB has 25 agents surveying debris while FAA warns of prior directives on stabilizer bolts and elevator weight attachments. The incident follows a year with no US airliner fatalities and recalls past crashes including American Airlines 587.
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Families Aboard Flight 5481 Remembered by Friends and Victims
Grief counselor Major Stanley Melton met with families of three victims at the scene. Willis Group Holding chief executive Bilty Puckett mourned client and friend Gary Gezzer, killed in the crash en route from Fort Lauderdale to Greenville. Alexandria Abrams, 21, spoke of planned Seattle trip and the wish to be on board, expressing mixed feelings of luck and remorse.
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Greenville
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Lander University
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Whitmire
Seattle
Twenty one killed in US Airways Flight 5481 crash
The crash at Charlotte Douglas International Airport claimed 21 lives including captain Katie Leslie of Charlotte and first officer Jonathan Gibbs. Passengers from Bahama to India, Florida to Massachusetts, were among the deceased with officials listing names and ages such as Caitlin Albury 13, Nicholas Albury 21, Robin Albury 38, Ganeshram Sreenivasan 23, Mark Congdon 58, and Paul Stidham 46. Authorities investigate cause and identify victims.
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India
Mark Congdon
Baltimore
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Coral Springs
Fla
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Dayton
Ohio
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Fort Lauderdale
Sonville
N.C
Gary Gezzer
Jonathan Gibbs
Charlotte
Steven J. Krassas
Richmond
Katie Leslie
Richard Lyons
Boston
Ima Pearson
Las Vegas
Christiana Shepherd
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