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LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- A midair collision between two single-engine planes over suburban Los Angeles left at least five people dead, including one killed by the falling wreckage, police and federal officials reported.

Forbes - Pilots can communicate by radio with one another, but not all do, Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Ian Gregor said. Investigators will likely try to determine whether there were any other pilots in the area who saw the crash or heard any ...

Newsday - Luckily, this idea faces a tough time in Congress, because we have two members with committee assignments vital to the Federal Aviation Administration. Rep. Steve Israel (D-Huntington) sits on the Appropriations Committee, and Rep. Tim Bishop (D ...

Newsday - Johnson spoke of the elation he felt on his first solo flight on June 15, 1945, as well as his disappointment at being unable to pursue a career in aviation after his service because of racism. As he left the Army, Johnson recalled thinking things ...

MSN MoneyCentral - Landstar said its figures were lower in part because the income from a contract with the Federal Aviation Administration dropped to about $400,000, or a penny per share, compared with $2.8 million, or a nickel a share, during the same period last year

Newsday - Air travel also faced potential disturbances, according to civil aviation authorities, who said there was a risk flights would be modified, particularly early in the day if administrative and airport personnel had trouble getting to work. The ...

MSN MoneyCentral - Cessna Aircraft Company, a Textron Inc. TXT company, ended the 2007 National Business Aviation Association convention in Atlanta last month with 178 new aircraft orders valued at more than $1 billion. During the three-day event, Cessna took orders ...

Forbes - AME) has signed a memorandum of understanding related to the acquisition of the Repair & Overhaul Division of Umeco plc ("Umeco R&O"), the leading UK-based independent provider of maintenance, repair and overhaul services to the aviation industry ...

Seattle Post Intelligencer - ... were permissible, as were trees that wouldn't stick out in a Northwestern forest; while firs and cedars and spruces fit that bill, "the very traditional single, iconic Christmas tree is not one of the areas we will be exploring," port Aviation ...

International Herald Tribune - The civil aviation authority reported "everything normal" with the nation's air traffic, though some flights had been canceled in advance. Newspapers got delivered. The country's big state-supported radio stations functioned normally. In Paris a ...