Weather Briefing for Sunday, August 31, 2025

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Saturday, September 27, 2025 

South Macon Elementary 

855 Addington Bridge Road

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GENERAL OUTLOOK

Cooling high pressure remains across the area into early next week. A few showers and thunderstorms are possible each day across the mountains. Temperatures remain below seasonal normals through the week.

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GENERAL FORECAST

(since this is a quick forecast intended to cover the whole county, bear in mind that higher elevations may experience cooler temperatures than this and the lower elevations may experience higher temperatures than those in the forecast)

..TODAY...Partly sunny. A chance of showers in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 70s. Winds out of the southeast around 5 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.

..TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers in the evening, then partly cloudy after midnight. Lows in the mid 50s. Winds out of the southeast around 5 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent.

..LABOR DAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s. Winds out of the east around 5 mph.

..MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s. Winds out of the southeast around 5 mph.

..TUESDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.

..TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s.

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER Hazardous weather is not expected today or tonight.

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NEWS UPDATES
(Links aggregated to show what various news outlets are reporting)

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• North Carolina Attorney General pushes tech giants to protect children online [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]

• Taking a dip Labor Day weekend? Swimmers face fecal contamination at beaches along US coastline [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC) ]

• New NC law will add protections for 529 college savings plans. What to know [Raleigh News and Observer]

• Can US residents still get vaccinated for COVID-19? See changes to HHS regulations [Asheville Citizen-Times]

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World News

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Putin arrives in China for the SCO summit | AP News



What would a two-state solution between Israel and Palestine look like? | Sky News



What's behind widespread unrest in Indonesia? | Inside Story | Al Jazeera



• Thousands demonstrate across Mexico for the 130,000 missing [BBC News]

• Yemen Houthis confirm PM killed in Israeli airstrike [DW News]

• US urged to reinstate visas of Palestinian delegation heading to UN General Assembly [France 24]

• “No laws or morals in Russian army”: Ukrainian drones document alleged execution of unarmed civilian by Russian soldier near frontline Pokrovsk [Euromaidan Press]

• Putin and Xi to lay foundations for a new world order in Beijing [Russia Today (Russian State-Controlled News Outlet)]

• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, August 30, 2025 [Institute for the Study of War]

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National News

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Tensions grow as U.S. sends warships near Venezuela | NBC News



• Trump dispels health rumors, hits golf course [The Hill]

• Missouri is next to answer Trump’s call for redrawn maps that boost GOP in 2026 [AP News]

• Trump slams Pritzker on Chicago crime; governor's reported weight loss fuels 2028 speculation [Fox News]

• Trump's trade war just got more chaotic than ever [Yahoo Finance]

• Trump tariffs that are voided by — and ones that are safe from — Friday’s appeals court ruling [CNBC]

Private Assets and Crypto Could be Coming to 401(k)s | Bloomberg Television



Lectures in History: Colonial America Before the Revolution | C-SPAN



Federal judge curtails Trump administration's expansion of expedited removals | ABC News



PBS News Weekend full episode, Aug. 30, 2025 | PBS News Hour



TWiV 1249: Demented and crAss‬ | Microbe TV



• This Week In Space podcast: Episode 175 — More AI in Space [Space.com]

• Trump’s New Plan for Medicare: Let AI Decide Whether You Should Be Covered or Not [Gizmodo]

• Tesla denied having fatal crash data until a hacker found it [Ars Technica]

• Bitcoin Home Invasion Ringleader Gets More Prison Time for Beating Witness [Decrypt]

• Bitcoin heads toward $100K as US trade deficit, China bank woes raise alarm [Coin Telegraph]

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NTSB (National Transportation Safety Board) Investigation Pages

• Learjet 55 Medevac Crash [1/31/2025 - Philadelphia, PA]

• Midair Collision PSA Airlines Bombardier CRJ700 Airplane and Sikorsky H-60 Military Helicopter [1/29/2025 - Arlington, VA]
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Published at 5.00am on Sunday, August 31, 2025
Author: Bobby Coggins

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Weather Briefing for Saturday, August 30, 2025

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Benefit for Wayne Pendergrass [LINK] 

Saturday, September 27, 2025 

South Macon Elementary 

855 Addington Bridge Road

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GENERAL OUTLOOK

Cooling high pressure builds into the area today and continues into early next week. Isolated to widely scattered showers and few thunderstorms will be possible each day across the mountains. Temperatures remain below seasonal normals through the week.

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GENERAL FORECAST

(since this is a quick forecast intended to cover the whole county, bear in mind that higher elevations may experience cooler temperatures than this and the lower elevations may experience higher temperatures than those in the forecast)

..TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s. Winds out of the east around 5 mph.

..TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s. Winds out of the southeast around 5 mph in the evening, becoming light and variable.
...SUNDAY...Partly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 70s. Winds out of the southeast around 5 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent.
...SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the mid 50s. Winds out of the east around 5 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent.
...LABOR DAY...Mostly sunny in the morning, then partly sunny with a chance of showers and hunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 70s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
...MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the mid 50s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
...TUESDAY...Partly sunny. A chance of showers in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 60s. Chance of rain 30 percent.

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER Hazardous weather is not expected today or tonight.

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NEWS UPDATES
(Links aggregated to show what various news outlets are reporting)

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Football Score:

Franklin 28
Robbinsville 7


• Friday Football Frenzy: Aug. 29, 2025, scores and highlights [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]

• (vote) Activists advocate for federal bill that would require birth certificate or passport in person to register to vote [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC) ]

• Trump administration tells NC to drop ‘gender ideology’ from sex ed or lose funding [Raleigh News and Observer]

• Can US residents still get vaccinated for COVID-19? See changes to HHS regulations [Asheville Citizen-Times]

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World News

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Trump ends Kamala Harris' Secret Service protection after Biden extended it | AP News



Analysis: Will Copenhagen meeting move the dial? | Sky News



E3 snapback fallout: Iran calls move immoral, unjustified and unlawful | Al Jazeera



• US court rules many of Trump's global tariffs are illegal [BBC News]

• Ukraine: Russia launches 'massive attack' on Dnipropetrovsk [DW News]

• Is Modi snubbing Trump amid tariff spat? [France 24]

• Another “Triumf” fails: Ukrainian drone turns Russian air defense radar in occupied Crimea into scrap [Euromaidan Press]

• Vance accuses Politico of ‘foreign influence operation’ against Witkoff [Russia Today (Russian State-Controlled News Outlet)]

• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, August 29, 2025 [Institute for the Study of War]

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National News

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Reflections and lessons of Hurricane Katrina, 20 years later | NBC News



• Kids injured in Annunciation Church shooting showed bravery amid chaos [Minneapolis Star-Tribune]

• RFK Jr. has never been briefed by CDC experts on measles, COVID-19 or flu, former official says [The Hill]

• What happens to Trump’s tariffs now that a federal appeals court has knocked them down? [AP News]

• Federal court strikes down Trump tariffs as illegal under federal law in appeals ruling [Fox News]

• Judge delays decision on Trump's move to fire Fed governor Lisa Cook. Here's what's next. [Yahoo Finance]

• Core inflation rose to 2.9% in July, highest since February [CNBC]

Is The Federal Reserve's Independence at Risk? | Bloomberg Television



Washington Today (8-29-25): Hurricane Katrina 20th Anniv.; Pres. cuts $4.9B by 'pocket rescission' | C-SPAN



ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - August 29, 2025 | ABC News



PBS News Weekend full episode, Aug. 29, 2025 | PBS News Hour



Full Analysis of Starship IFT-10 with ‪Scott Manley‬ and ‪Marcus House‬ | Fraser Cain



• Galactic cannonballs: The mystery of hypervelocity white dwarfs may just have been solved [Space.com]

• This ‘Magical’ Material That Dissolves Like Candy Is Exactly What EVs Have Been Missing [Gizmodo]

• CDC spiraled into chaos this week. Here’s where things stand. [Ars Technica]

• 'Red September' Is Coming—Here's What to Expect From the Bitcoin Market [Decrypt]

• Bitcoin price dips to lowest since July 8 as liquidations pass $530M [Coin Telegraph]

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NTSB (National Transportation Safety Board) Investigation Pages

• Learjet 55 Medevac Crash [1/31/2025 - Philadelphia, PA]

• Midair Collision PSA Airlines Bombardier CRJ700 Airplane and Sikorsky H-60 Military Helicopter [1/29/2025 - Arlington, VA]
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Published at 6.30am on Saturday, August 30, 2025
Author: Bobby Coggins

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Weather Briefing for Friday, August 29, 2025

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Benefit for Wayne Pendergrass [LINK] 

Saturday, September 27, 2025 

South Macon Elementary 

855 Addington Bridge Road

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GENERAL OUTLOOK

High pressure remains in control today, then a weak cold front crosses the area Saturday and becomes stationary to the south of our region into early next week. Isolated to scattered mainly afternoon and early evening mountain showers and storms expected each day across the region. Temperatures remain just below seasonal normals through the week.

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GENERAL FORECAST

(since this is a quick forecast intended to cover the whole county, bear in mind that higher elevations may experience cooler temperatures than this and the lower elevations may experience higher temperatures than those in the forecast)

..TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. Winds out of the north around 5 mph.

..TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Patchy dense fog after midnight with visibility one quarter mile or less at times. Lows in the mid 50s. Winds out of the north around 5 mph in the evening, becoming light and variable.

..SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Patchy fog in the morning. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Visibility one quarter mile or less at times in the morning. Highs in the mid 70s. Light and variable winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain 40 percent.

..SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s. Winds out of the southeast around 5 mph in the evening, becoming light and variable.

..SUNDAY...Mostly sunny in the morning, then partly sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 70s. Winds out of the east around 5 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.

..SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the mid 50s. Chance of rain 40 percent.

..LABOR DAY...Partly sunny. Showers likely with a chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 60s. Chance of rain 60 percent.

..MONDAY NIGHT....Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the mid 50s. Chance of rain 50 percent.

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER Hazardous weather is not expected today or tonight.

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NEWS UPDATES
(Links aggregated to show what various news outlets are reporting)

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• Old Farmer's Almanac predicts colder, snowier winter for southern Appalachians [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]

• NC treasurer finds $170M in state money sitting in previously unknown account [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC) ]

• Three-year effort to rebuild I-40 begins along the Pigeon River, largely unseen [Raleigh News and Observer]

• Why are flags flying at half-staff in North Carolina? [Asheville Citizen-Times]

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World News

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AP Top Stories August 29 | AP News



Is Trump now “dictator”-in-chief? | Sky News



Anas al-Sharif: The targeted killing of ‘the voice of Gaza’ | Featured Documentary | Al Jazeera



• How a leaked phone call derailed the Thai PM's career - and the Shinawatra dynasty [BBC News]

• US Senators arrive in Taiwan amid tensions with China [DW News]

• Moroccan feminist accused of 'offending Islam' denied medical release despite health concerns [France 24]

• “Peace at risk”: Trump envoy Kellogg slams Russian missiles on Kyiv, 19 dead [Euromaidan Press]

• Ukraine was ‘money pit’ under Biden – Vance [Russia Today (Russian State-Controlled News Outlet)]

• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, August 28, 2025 [Institute for the Study of War]

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National News

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Border Patrol agents arrest firefighters battling Bear Gulch fire in Washington state | NBC News



• Who is Robin Westman, suspect in the Annunciation Church shooting? [Minneapolis Star-Tribune]
Video Manifesto of Minneapolis Shooter



• GOP senators express unease over RFK Jr.’s CDC shake-up [The Hill]

CDC You Later: Workers Walk Out | ABC News



• Departures roil the CDC leadership. What’s next for the agency? [AP News]

• Grieving father calls Minneapolis shooter a 'coward' who took life of his 8-year-old son Fletcher during Mass [Fox News]

• Packages under $800 have been able to avoid tariffs for years. Not anymore. [Yahoo Finance]

• Trump housing director Pulte lodges new criminal referral for Fed Governor Lisa Cook [CNBC]

US Stocks Hit Record, Putin-Zelenskiy Meeting 'Won't Happen' | Daybreak Europe 8/29/2025 | Bloomberg Television



Washington Today (8-28-25): HHS Sec RFK, Jr defends firing CDC Dir Monarez just weeks into the job | C-SPAN



ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - August 28, 2025 | ABC News



PBS News Weekend full episode, Aug. 28, 2025 | PBS News Hour



Cory Doctorow at CF 25: How Enshittification Conquered the 21st Century and How We Can Overthrow It | CloudFest



• NASA debuts new Orion mission control room for Artemis 2 astronaut flight around the moon (photos) [Space.com]

• Taco Bell Says ‘No Más’ to AI Drive-Thru Experiment [Gizmodo]

• The personhood trap: How AI fakes human personality [Ars Technica]

• Ethereum Outpaces Bitcoin as ETF Inflows Top $1.2 Billion Amid Market Lull [Decrypt]

• US banks moved $312B in dirty money, but critics still blame crypto [Coin Telegraph]

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NTSB (National Transportation Safety Board) Investigation Pages

• Learjet 55 Medevac Crash [1/31/2025 - Philadelphia, PA]

• Midair Collision PSA Airlines Bombardier CRJ700 Airplane and Sikorsky H-60 Military Helicopter [1/29/2025 - Arlington, VA]
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Published at 6.30am on Friday, August 28, 2025
Author: Bobby Coggins

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Weather Briefing for Thursday, August 28, 2025

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Benefit for Wayne Pendergrass [LINK] 

Saturday, September 27, 2025 

South Macon Elementary 

855 Addington Bridge Road

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GENERAL OUTLOOK

High pressure remains in control through much of the rest of the week. Cooler and drier weather continues through the rest of the week with some increase in moisture over the weekend that may result in scattered afternoon and evening showers and storms.

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GENERAL FORECAST

(since this is a quick forecast intended to cover the whole county, bear in mind that higher elevations may experience cooler temperatures than this and the lower elevations may experience higher temperatures than those in the forecast)

..TODAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s. Winds out of the southwest around 5 mph.

...TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s. Winds out of the north around 5 mph.

...FRIDAY...Patchy dense fog in the morning. Mostly sunny. Visibility one quarter mile or less at times in the morning. Highs in the mid 70s. Winds out of the northeast around 5 mph, becoming southwest in the afternoon.

...FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s. Winds out of the south around 5 mph in the evening, becoming light and variable.

...SATURDAY...Mostly sunny in the morning, then partly sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 70s. Winds out of the east around 5 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent.

...SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then partly cloudy after midnight. Lows in the mid 50s. Chance of rain 40 percent.

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER Hazardous weather is not expected today or tonight.

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NEWS UPDATES
(Links aggregated to show what various news outlets are reporting)

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• Asheville ends race-based selection process to human relations commission after lawsuit [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]

• NC elections board allows for elimination of Sunday voting, avoids Trump's immigration request [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC) ]

• No NC budget deal yet among Republicans, as Democratic lawmakers call for action [Raleigh News and Observer]

• NC veteran arrested for burning American flag outside White House post-Trump executive order [Asheville Citizen-Times]

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World News

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Video shows protesters dragged into Egyptian diplomatic building in Manhattan | AP News



• Protesters throw rocks at Argentine President Milei’s convoy while he campaigns [AP News]

Are we any closer to a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine? | Sky News



Monsoon rains trigger devastating floods across Pakistan, displacing thousands | Al Jazeera



• North Korea's Kim Jong Un to join Putin at China military parade [BBC News]

• Ukraine updates: 'Massive' Russian strike on Kyiv [DW News]

• Trump calls Putin 'crazy' after massive Russian drone attack on Ukraine [France 24]

• Ukraine’s UAVs swarm deep into Russia: Samara and Krasnodar Krai refineries burns, train depot goes dark [Euromaidan Press]

• Americans needed to see Zelensky’s White House ‘blowup’ – Vance [Russia Today (Russian State-Controlled News Outlet)]

• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, August 27, 2025 [Institute for the Study of War]

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National News

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Community in mourning after Minneapolis Catholic school attack leaves 2 children dead | NBC News



• Two children killed, 17 wounded in a shooting at Minneapolis church [MInneapolis Star-Tribune]

Inside Trump's immigration raids as National Guard deploys to Washington DC | Sky News



• 4 CDC leaders resign over ‘weaponizing of public health’ [The Hill]

• CDC director Susan Monarez is fired and other agency leaders resign [AP News]

• Who is Robin Westman, suspect in Annunciation Catholic School shooting in Minneapolis? [Fox News]

• American Bitcoin, backed by Trump's sons, aims to start trading in September [Yahoo Finance]

• Tesla sales plunge 40% in Europe as Chinese EV rival BYD’s triple [CNBC]

Trump Adviser Blames India's Modi For Russia-Ukraine War | Insight with Haslinda Amin 8/28/2025 | Bloomberg Television



Washington Today (8-27-25): Two children killed, others injured in Catholic school shooting in MN | C-SPAN



ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - August 27, 2025 | ABC News



PBS News Weekend full episode, Aug. 27, 2025 | PBS News Hour



Trump Is Building His Own Paramilitary Force | The Ezra Klein Show



Breaking The Starship V2 Curse - SpaceX Achieves All Their Goals on Flight 10 | Scott Manley



• Starship Mars rocket met 'every major objective' on epic Flight 10 test launch, SpaceX says [Space.com]

• FEMA Staffers Warned of Looming ‘Katrina-Level’ Disaster, Then Got Suspended [Gizmodo]

• CDC slashed food safety surveillance, now tracks only 2 of 8 top infections [Ars Technica]

• Heatwaves Age Your Body Like Smoking or Drinking, 15-Year Study Finds [Decrypt]

• Ether ETFs capture 10x more inflows than Bitcoin in 5 days [Coin Telegraph]

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NTSB (National Transportation Safety Board) Investigation Pages

• Learjet 55 Medevac Crash [1/31/2025 - Philadelphia, PA]

• Midair Collision PSA Airlines Bombardier CRJ700 Airplane and Sikorsky H-60 Military Helicopter [1/29/2025 - Arlington, VA]
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Published at 5.00am on Thursday, August 27, 2025
Author: Bobby Coggins

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