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A Thanksgiving tragedy. A small airplane slammed into a sheer cliff in the mile-high mountains east of Phoenix and exploded, killing the six people onboard, including the pilot and his three young children.
Sports Buzz Of the forty-five passengers aboard, only two survived but are in critical condition. Our thoughts are with the families.
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Poland's president and 96 others — including the army chief of staff, the navy chief commander, the head of the national bank — were killed as their plane crashed while trying to land in Russia. Lech Kaczynski and the many other national figures were en route to the 70th anniversary of the massacre in Katyn, where thousands of Polish officers were murdered by Soviet secret police in 1940.
Culture Buzz The pilot who crashed into an Austin, Texas building this morning reportedly set his home on fire before hitting the IRS complex. His manifesto can be read here. (Warning: weird, disturbing, and tl; dr.) BuzzFeed user Lefty rightly points out that he's basically a “teabagger terrorist.”
Giraffes have really long necks that stick way up into the air, where planes fly.
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Atom.com offers you the chance to be a hero — like Sully the pilot. In their Flight 1549 game, Double Bird Strike, try and land your plane into the Hudson while dodging geese who want to get into your engines. Too soon?
This home video was taken moments after the military fighter jet crashed in a well-to-do neighborhood in San Diego, CA, just before the firefighters arrived. Kinda spooky, a bit eerie, but overall…calm.
Celebrity Buzz Former Blink 182 drummer, Travis Barker, and DJ AM are in critical condition after their plane crashed late last night in Columbia, South Carolina. The beat master duo were the only survivors of 6 after the plane began to spark and ultimately crash before ever taking off.