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FakeNoose

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5. CNN says there are no other planes involved
Sun Mar 9, 2025, 06:08 PM
Mar 9
https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/09/us/lancaster-pa-plane-crash-pennsylvania/index.html



Private plane carrying 5 people went down pretty soon after takeoff. It sounds like a mechanical difficulty of some kind, but I'm just guessing. No word yet on whether anyone made it out of the plane. "Several survivors" might mean people on the ground.

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Could it possibly be due to air traffic controller firings? red dog 1 Mar 9 #1
I wonder that mzmolly Mar 9 #2
The Trump/Musk solution will be to fire more of them IronLionZion Mar 9 #3
#NaziMusk hashtag on Bluesky red dog 1 Mar 9 #7
CNN says there are no other planes involved FakeNoose Mar 9 #5
Five people on board a small plane ... aggiesal Mar 9 #22
Thank you for the clarification FakeNoose Mar 9 #23
YW ... aggiesal Mar 9 #24
Not likely. cloudbase Mar 9 #10
The impossible turn? Cheezoholic Mar 9 #15
When I was getting my glider rating, cloudbase Mar 9 #19
If they can blame Biden for egg and gas prices LisaM Mar 9 #27
Agreed MichMan Mar 9 #28
Not likely stoned Mar 9 #13
Spot on. cloudbase Mar 9 #20
No! Just no. VMA131Marine Mar 9 #26
They're just dropping out of the sky like rain these days. Scrivener7 Mar 9 #4
No more so than a year ago. onenote Mar 12 #32
Looks like the weather was clear. mn9driver Mar 9 #6
So, how many aircraft have crashed or had near misses inside the US since Been A Dick Donald took over? MarineCombatEngineer Mar 9 #8
Probably around the same number as last year for the same period. onenote Mar 9 #11
That's a fair assessment. nt MarineCombatEngineer Mar 9 #12
Well, that was a scare. My aunt and uncle live in a retirement home near Lancaster JHB Mar 9 #9
I don't plan on flying for the foreseeable future Hassler Mar 9 #14
Not everything is a partisan conspiracy JoseBalow Mar 9 #16
Damn, not another downed aircraft ... aggiesal Mar 9 #17
No matter how much the media may overplay stuff, the FAA is still being ripped apart by Trump and Musk hadEnuf Mar 9 #18
Another crash on Trumps watch LilElf70 Mar 9 #21
First question: Who was on it??? CaptainTruth Mar 9 #25
egg prices up planes down larwdem Mar 9 #29
Musk has a solution Old Testament Libera Mar 10 #30
What am I bid for Trump/Fox News spin on this...? Montauk6 Mar 10 #31
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