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Penn State Doctor Dies After Midair Plane Crash With Police Helicopter | Flipboard

Flipboard · 🇺🇸 public United States · · 65 words · By The New York Times; Ishani Desai
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What to know about Penn State Doctor Dies After Midair Plane Crash With Police Helicopter

A small plane piloted by an emergency medical doctor collided with a Pennsylvania State Police helicopter at Carlisle Airport. The incident resulted in the death of the doctor and injuries to two state police troopers.

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What happened

Penn State Doctor Dies After Midair Plane Crash With Police Helicopter Two Pennsylvania State Police troopers were injured in the crash at Carlisle Airport, officials said.

Why it matters

An emergency medical doctor was killed on Wednesday when the small plane he was piloting collided with a Pennsylvania State Police helicopter in south-central Pennsylvania, the authorities said.

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A small plane piloted by an emergency medical doctor collided with a Pennsylvania State Police helicopter at Carlisle Airport. The incident resulted in the death of the doctor and injuries to two state police troopers.

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Claim 1: “Two Pennsylvania State Police troopers were injured in the crash at Carlisle Airport”
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Three independent web search results explicitly state that two Pennsylvania State Police troopers were injured in a midair collision at Carlisle Airport.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Carlisle Airport (Pennsylvania) (IATA: N94, ICAO: None, FAA LID: N94) is a publicly-owned, public use airport located one nautical miles (two mi, three km) southeast of the central business district o…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlisle_Airport_(Pennsylvania…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Pennsylvania, officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state located in the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) is the state police agency of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, responsible for statewide law enforcement. The Pennsylvania State Police is a full service law enforce…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania_State_Police
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Claim 2: “An emergency medical doctor was killed on Wednesday when the small plane he was piloting collided with a Pennsylvania State Police helicopter in south-central Pennsylvania”
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Multiple independent sources confirm that an emergency medical doctor piloting a small plane was killed on Wednesday after colliding with a Pennsylvania State Police helicopter in south-central Pennsylvania.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania will be held on November 3, 2026, to elect the 17 U.S. representatives from the State of Pennsylvania, one from each of the st…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Pennsylvania attorney general is the chief law enforcement officer of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It became an elected office in 1980. The current attorney general is Republican Dave Sunday.…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The State Correctional Institution – Phoenix (SCI Phoenix) is a state prison in Skippack Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, with a Collegeville postal address, in the Philadelphia metropolitan…
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