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Commuter plane crash kills 21 in North Carolina
A Beech 1900 flying US Airways Express Flight 5481 took off from Charlotte Douglas International Airport for Greer South Carolina then veered back and slammed into a hangar, catching fire and killing all 21 aboard. The weather was clear and authorities investigated flight data while saying no ground injuries occurred. Two Clemson University students were among the dead and three WR Grace employees also perished. the aircraft had prior incidents and the FAA noted multiple airworthiness directives since 1994.
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Charlotte
N.C
Joe
US Airways Express
Charlotte-Douglas International
Greer
S.C
Dee Addison
Addison
US Airways
Jerry Orr
Katie Leslie
Greg Martin
Federal Aviation Administration
John Goglia
National Transportation Safety Board
FBI
Rodney Hinson
National Weather Service
Lynchburg
Greenville- Spartanburg
Goglia
Greenville
Gary Gezzer
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Gezzer
Puckett
Florida
Clemson University
Sreenivasa Reddy Badam
Ganeshram Sreenivasan
India
Chemical and Manufacturing Company
WR. Grace
Paul Stidham
Richard Lyons
Joseph Spink
Enoree
Bahamas
Mesa Air Lines
FAA
NTSB