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Pilot Thorne fatally misjudged weather in fatal crash
At a Civil Aeronautics Board hearing, flight instructor Edward Perlisso testifies that Joel Thorne was unqualified for flying in the night Oct 8 weather. Witnesses say Thorne's plane entered spirals in fog and thunder, crashing into a North Hollywood apartment, killing nine.
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