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Plane Crash-Lands on Crowded California Beach After Engine Failure

Panic erupted on a packed Huntington State Beach in California when a Piper PA-28 aircraft lost an engine shortly after takeoff from John Wayne Airport and made an emergency landing among the crowds.

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United Flight Narrowly Avoids Military Helicopter in California

The FAA is investigating a near-miss incident where United Airlines Flight 589, carrying 162 passengers, came within a few hundred feet of a US military helicopter near John Wayne Airport in southern California, forcing the plane to change course.