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FAA: Kids on way to ski trip before aircraft went down in cemetery A number of children were killed yesterday when their plane crashed into a cemetery in remote Montana, according to the Federal Aviation Authority.
“All of a sudden the pilot lost control and went into a nosedive. He couldn’t pull out in time and crashed into the trees of the cemetery.” Eyewitness
The FAA said it was thought the children were going on a skiing trip when their single-engine Pilatus PC-12 aircraft plunged to the ground near the Butte airport yesterday afternoon. There was confusion last night as to the number of dead passen-
gers and crewmembers. The FAA reported the number as 17, but the Pilatus PC-12 is usually only licensed to carry nine or 10 passengers, plus a crew of one. An eyewitness to the crash told the Montana Standard newspaper the plane was doing steep an-
gular turns before spiraling down. “All of a sudden the pilot lost control and went into a nosedive,” said Kenny Gulick, 14. “He couldn’t pull out in time and crashed into the trees of the cemetery.” A Los Angeles-based FAA offi-
cial said the plane had taken off from Redlands, Calif., yesterday, stopping in Vacaville before heading for Oroville, Calif. Tom Hagler, a mechanic at the Oroville airport, said last night that he let about a dozen children who were on the plane use the airport bathroom. From Oroville it was headed to the ski resort of Bozeman but diverted at some stage during the flight. The reason for the diversion unknown. METRO NICOLAUS CZARNECKI/METRO
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Hundreds joined together yesterday for the relocation parade of Bella Luna and the Milky Way through the streets of Jamaica Plain.
JP favorite finds a new home Jamaica Plain yesterday celebrated the move of one of its icons, the Bella Luna Restaurant and Milky Way
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Lounge, with a massive parade to the hot spot’s new location on Amory Street. Led by a large brass band and flanked by a Brazilian
drum corps, the throng of roughly 1,000 residents danced their way to the site at The Brewery Complex, reflecting on how the
Hyde Square establishment had helped change the community since opening on a dicey block 15 years ago. READ MORE ON PAGE 02