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Data Cards Retrieved From Plane and Helicopter that Collided in Deadly Pennsylvania Airport Crash
- On Wednesday, August 19, a Cessna 150 collided with a Pennsylvania State Police helicopter at Carlisle Airport, killing pilot Dr. Paul Sokoloski, 57, and injuring two state police troopers.
- Authorities reported that Sokoloski's Cessna struck the rear of a hovering Bell 407 helicopter in South Middleton Township, veering sharply into the tail rotor before entering the main rotor.
- Dr. Sokoloski was an emergency physician at Penn State Health and certified flight instructor who had been a commercial pilot since 2010, according to Federal Aviation Administration records.
- Corporal Bryce Corman and Trooper Jason Mills were treated at Penn State Hershey Medical Center for minor injuries, with Corman released and Mills remaining in stable condition as of August 20.
- The National Transportation Safety Board and Federal Aviation Administration are investigating the collision, while the Cumberland County Coroner's Office scheduled an autopsy for Tuesday, August 25.
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Data cards retrieved from plane and helicopter that collided in deadly Pennsylvania airport crash
CARLISLE, Pa. (AP) — Federal investigators have pulled intact data cards from a state police helicopter and Cessna plane that collided at a small airport in central Pennsylvania, killing the plane’s pilot.
·Toronto, Canada
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The Cessna 150 suddenly turns to the right during the approach to the airport of Carlisle, Pennsylvania, and hits a Bell 407 of the State Police stopped in hovering a few meters from the ground. In the accident of August 19 the pilot of the small plane dies, Paul Sokoloski, 57 years old, while the two people on board the helicopter remain injured. The investigators of the NTSB are trying to understand why the Cessna has changed trajectory: among…
·Turin, Italy
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