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Business Jet that Crashed in Michigan Was Flown After Pilots Chose Not to Wait for a Test Pilot, NTSB Says

The flight crew performed a required aerodynamic stall test themselves after maintenance, resulting in a fatal crash that killed all three onboard, the NTSB said.

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By Pete Muntean, Aaron Cooper, CNN Washington (CNN) — The pilots in a deadly business jet crash in Michigan were performing a test flight themselves, following repairs, instead of waiting for a test pilot, when the aircraft plunged into woods near Lansing, the National Transportation Safety Board said in a preliminary report Thursday. The Mexican-registered Raytheon Hawker 800XP plane crashed in Bath Township, Michigan on October 16, killing the…

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Business jet that crashed in Michigan was flown after pilots chose not to wait for a test pilot, NTSB says

The pilots in a deadly business jet crash in Michigan were performing a test flight themselves, following repairs, instead of waiting for a test pilot, when the aircraft plunged into woods near Lansing, the National Transportation Safety Board said in a preliminary report Thursday.

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