Small plane hits house near Las Vegas-area airport - The Associated Press

November 8, 2007 - Posted in Expedia Travel, Flight Tracker, Las Vegas vacations, Shows

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Authorities say an experimental aircraft with one person aboard crashed into a house and started a fire near the North Las Vegas Airport.
Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Ian Gregor says the rear-propeller Velocity 173 RG aircraft crashed about 6:30 a.m. Friday, shortly after taking off from the airport.
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Small plane hits house in Las Vegas; 3 dead - The Associated Press

February 26, 2007 - Posted in Agency, Car Rental, Information, Las Vegas vacations, Travel business, Videos

LAS VEGAS—A German businessman of Syrian descent has sued federal and city law enforcement officials, alleging they mistreated him after a December 2006 arrest at the Las Vegas airport and tried to coerce him into spying for the United States in his home country.
The lawsuit, filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Nevada, alleges that agents unlawfully held Mohamed Majed Chehade Refai, also known as Majed Chehade and Majed Shehadeh, in Read the rest of this entry »

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Plane crashes into North Las Vegas home - Las Vegas Sun

February 21, 2007 - Posted in Expedia Travel, Flight Tracker, Las Vegas vacations

Published Fri, Aug 22, 2008 (7:29 a.m.)
Two people were killed after an experimental aircraft crashed into a North Las Vegas home this morning.
Ian Gregor, spokesman for the Federal Aviation Administration, said the crash was reported at 6:28 a.m. Authorities said two people were killed and another person was taken to University Medical Center's trauma unit.
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Small plane hits house in Las Vegas; 2 dead - The Associated Press

October 16, 2006 - Posted in Deals, Expedia Travel, Flight Tracker, Las Vegas vacations, Shows

LAS VEGAS (AP) — An experimental aircraft crashed into a house shortly after takeoff Friday, killing two people and critically injuring a third as the home burst into flames, authorities said.
It appeared the dead were the pilot and one person in the house, said a deputy fire chief, Kevin Brame. Another person in the house was taken to University Medical Center in Las Vegas in critical condition, he said.
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