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Parts of plane that crashed in Florida found as far as 3.8 miles from the site of impact, officials say
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· November 3, 2026
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Parts of plane that crashed in Florida found as far as 3.8 miles from the site of impact, officials say. The pilot of a business jet that crashed in Florida, killing all nine people aboard, was a longtime aviator, husband and father from the Philadelphia suburbs, according to a colleague who org...
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