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Home Panorama Young pilot living her ‘dream’ dies in crash moments 22-07-2024 02:34 PM Ammon News - A Young New York pilot “on the cusp” of living out her dream of becoming an airline pilot has died moments after she released a set of skydivers to jump from her plane. Melanie Georger, 26, was killed onboard her single-engine Cessna when it crashed on the Niagara Scenic Parkway about 15 miles away from Niagara Falls, the Niagara Country Sheriff’s Office wrote in a statement. She was the only person onboard during the crash and was “heading back to land,” according to officials. “Where it landed was just off the parkway. We look to the west near Fort Niagara, it’s full of soccer players today,” Niagara County Sheriff Michael Filicetti told WIVB Sunday. “We’re lucky where it landed, but it is an unfortunate incident.” The cause of the fatal crash is still under investigation. New York Post

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Young pilot living her ‘dream’ dies in crash moments

22-07-2024 02:34 PM

Ammon News - A Young New York pilot “on the cusp” of living out her dream of becoming an airline pilot has died moments after she released a set of skydivers to jump from her plane.

Melanie Georger, 26, was killed onboard her single-engine Cessna when it crashed on the Niagara Scenic Parkway about 15 miles away from Niagara Falls, the Niagara Country Sheriff’s Office wrote in a statement.

She was the only person onboard during the crash and was “heading back to land,” according to officials.

“Where it landed was just off the parkway. We look to the west near Fort Niagara, it’s full of soccer players today,” Niagara County Sheriff Michael Filicetti told WIVB Sunday.

“We’re lucky where it landed, but it is an unfortunate incident.”

The cause of the fatal crash is still under investigation.

New York Post

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