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NTSB report on planes that crashed in Orange Co.

Thursday, May 19, 2011

There's new information about a deadly midair collision between two small planes in the skies over Orange County, New York.

A preliminary report by the NTSB says that it appears a propeller of one of the planes may have struck a wing on the other, causing both to crash in New Hampton on May 9th.

The report backs up a witness account that the planes clipped each other.

Both pilots were killed.

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