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Thursday the 2nd of April, 2026 Here are the stories for today... Be safe out there! Tom - Philadelphia training aircraft lost power before crash that injured 2, including off-duty officer By 6abc Digital Staff and Briana Smith PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- A small training aircraft crashed into a tree Wednesday afternoon in Fluehr Park in the Torresdale section…

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Wednesday the 1st of April, 2026 As today is April Fools Day, let me remind you to not believe everything you hear or read today and trust nobody, just like any other day! Here are your legit stories for today… Be safe out there! Tom - A Small Plane on Its Way to Cartagena Colombia…

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Tuesday the 31st of March, 2026 We close out the month of March with these stories... Be safe out there! Tom - Plane crash closes runway at Pitt Meadows Regional Airport By Colleen Flanagan Transportation Safety Board of Canada has deployed a team of investigators to Pitt Meadows Regional Airport after a plane crash on…

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Monday the 30th of March, 2026 We kick off the new week with the following stories... Of note, the story about Albuquerque police officers suing the federal government after a 2024 F-35 crash response exposed them to hazardous chemicals and caused ongoing medical issues.... Be safe out there! Tom - Delta flight DL104 makes emergency…

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Friday the 27th of March, 2026 We close out the week with these stories... Have a safe weekend! Tom - 3 dead after helicopter crash at Kalalau Beach on Kauai by: Trent Unebasami HANALEI, Kauai (KHON2) — Three people have died after a helicopter crash at Kalalau Beach. Officials said it happened around 3:45 p.m. on…

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Thursday the 26th of March, 2026 These are your stories for today... Be safe out there! Tom - A 737 caught fire at Changi Airport; five fire engines were dispatched. On Wednesday (March 25), Garuda Indonesia flight GA829, a B737-800 aircraft (PK-GFW), caught fire in its tail auxiliary power unit (APU) before departure from Singapore…

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Wednesday the 25th of March, 2026 Here's what I have for today... Be safe out there! Tom - UPDATE: NY Crash Fire Truck Transponder Issue, Swiss Cheese, Survey All, Some interesting statements came out of this afternoon's update from NTSB. Their preliminary investigation into the fatal runway collision at LaGuardia Airport in New York late…

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Tuesday the 24th of March, 2026 Here are your stories for today... Be safe out there! Tom - At least 66 killed after Colombian military plane crashes in southern Amazon Tiago Rogero in Bogotá and agencies Transport plane carrying soldiers and crew crashed shortly after takeoff from Puerto Leguízamo, deep in Colombia’s southern Amazon region…

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Monday the 23rd of March, 2026 Tragic news tonight from KLGA in New York City where there are reports that a an Air Canada CRJ has collided with a Port Authority firetruck leaving four firefighters critically injured... Keep our Brothers and Sisters in your prayers! Tom - 4 firefighters critially injured as Air Canada flight,…

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Friday the 20th of March, 2026 We close out this week with the following stories... Have a safe weekend! Tom - Ryanair issues statement after firefighters rush to plane at Manchester Airport Flights were briefly suspended as crews worked at the scene By Stephen Topping Senior reporter and Ramazani Mwamba News reporter Ryanair has issued…

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Thursday the 19th of March, 2026 Quite late today as I had a sad personal issue to attend to, but here we go! These are your stories for today... Be safe out there! Tom - Plane crashes at local airport By Micah Pearce A single-engine airplane made a crash landing Wednesday evening at Aero Valley…

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Wednesday the 18th of March, 2026 Tragic news out of Chicago where Firefighter/EMT Michael Altman, assigned to Truck Company 47, succumbed yesterday to injuries received while fighting a structure fire on the cities North Side this past Monday. Mike was a fourth-generation CFD firefighter and leaves behind a young son and a wife, who is…

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Tuesday the 17th of March, 2026 – Happy St. Patrick’s Day! "Lá Fhéile Pádraig Sona Daoibh", Happy St. Patrick's Day to you all! Here are the stories for today… Go dté tú slán! Tom - Boeing 747 Skids Off Runway in the US: Frightening Incident at Birmingham Airport. Goklerdeyiz.net An incident involving a Kuehne+Nagel cargo…

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Monday the 16th of March, 2026 These are the stories to start the new week... Be safe out there! Tom - Jet veers off runway and crashes into embankment while landing at Jundiaí airport. The aircraft had taken off from Bragança Paulista Airport; no one was injured. A jet plane went off the runway after…

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Friday the 13th of March, 2026 We close out this busy week with the following couple of stories... Have a safe weekend! Tom - Plane makes emergency landing on busy road in Peachtree City By Atlanta News First staff ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — “You can’t park there.” That’s what the Peachtree City Police Department…

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Thursday the 12th of March, 2026 The last day here in Addison, Texas and the 2026 ARFF Leadership Symposium... Always great to meet up with old friends while making new ones! Here are the stories for today... Safe home to everyone traveling from the show today and tomorrow... Tom - Elderly woman hospitalized after small…

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Wednesday the 11th of March, 2026 About to start the 2nd full day here at the 2026 ARFF Leadership Symposium in Addison, Texas... Here are the stories for today... Be safe out there! Tom - Air India Express flight suffers hard landing damage at Phuket airport; runway closes temporarily Videos and photos of damage suffered…

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Tuesday the 10th of March, 2026 From day one of the 2026 ARFF Leadership Symposium in Addison, Texas, here are your stories for today... Be safe out there! Tom - One Person Killed in Helicopter Crash outside Mojave Patti Orr MOJAVE – One person was killed when a helicopter crashed just outside of Mojave, the…

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Monday the 9th of March, 2026 Today we're in Addison, Texas for the 2026 ARFF Leadership Symposium. Here are your stories to start the week... Be safe out there, and if you're at the conference, stop by the Simulation/Alpine Metal Tech booth to say hi! Tom   - Fort Worth police helicopter makes emergency landing…

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Friday the 6th of March, 2026 Here is what I have to close out this week... Have a safe weekend! Tom - JFK Parking Garage Fire Sends Three PAPD Officers to Hospital March 5, 2026 by 911MEDIA Three Port Authority police officers were hospitalized after battling a two-vehicle inferno in a JFK Airport parking garage on the…

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