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Plane Strikes, Kills Upstate New York Woman
Police say Pamela Haselton was photographing the plane on the runway when the pilot did not see her and struck her during taxiing.
- On Friday, Pamela Haselton, 67, died after being struck by a small aircraft at Catalano Airfield in Wilmington, New York State Police reported.
- Haselton was photographing an Aeronca aircraft on the runway when the incident occurred Friday afternoon at the private airfield in Essex County.
- The pilot of the two-seat plane, James J. Catalano, 77, was taxiing toward a hangar and did not see Haselton or her camera equipment, according to police.
- As the aircraft approached, Haselton attempted to move the tripod out of its path but was pronounced dead at the scene despite life-saving measures.
- An investigation into the incident is underway by the New York State Police, the Federal Aviation Administration, and the National Transportation Safety Board.
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Welcome to the State of New YorkWoman struck, killed by plane she was photographing in Adirondacks
A 67-year-old woman was killed when she was struck by a small plane she had been photographing at a private airfield in the Adirondacks, state police said.The 1943 Aeronca L3 had landed at Catalano Airfield in Wilmington and was taxiing toward a hangar when it approached a camera and tripod that Pamela M. Haselton had set up on the runway, police said.
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One dead after being struck by aircraft in Essex County
An investigation is underway after a person was struck and killed by an aircraft at a privately owned airfield in Essex County on Friday. According to New York State Police, the aircraft hit an individual in its path at Catalano Airfield in Wilmington at about 3:47 p.m.
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