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One dead, four injured after business jets collide at Arizona airport (www.reuters.com)
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[–] happybadger@hexbear.net 3 points 1 month ago

Sampling bias. You could say the DC crash was a direct consequence of politics- an understaffed tower with one ATC controlling both helicopters and planes. The Pennsylvania one seems like it was just pilot disorientation and this one occurred while landing, the most dangerous point in a flight with like 50% of accidents occurring then. I don't see any FAA underfunding connection with those.