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Safety Report Warns of Wichita Flight Fatality Link
New York AP reports a government study written six months before the Oct. 2 crash that killed 31 people including 13 Wichita State football players could have helped prevent the disaster if its recommendations had been followed. The FAA employee who wrote it was pushed into retirement after trying to circulate the confidential report. The university chartered no planes and had hired crews from Golden Eagle Aviation, with the privately operated flights failing to meet commercial carrier standards. The tragedy occurred en route to a game in Logan, Utah, when the two planes collided with the Colorado.
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