Plane crash

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  1. Olmsted
    United States landscape architect primarily responsible for the design of Central Park in New York City (1822-1903)
    The wreckage of the Piper twin-engine plane
    was north of the airport in a heavily wooded
    area that was proving difficult for authorities
    to access, said Olmsted County Sheriff's
    Capt.
  2. FAA
    an agency in the Department of Transportation that is responsible for the safety of civilian aviation
    Federal aviation investigators are using the
    plane's tail number to try and confirm who
    owns the aircraft and who was on board,
    said FAA spokeswoman Elizabeth Isham
    Cory.
  3. control tower
    a tower with an elevated workspace enclosed in glass for the visual observation of aircraft around an airport
    A distress call was received by the aviation
    control tower in Minneapolis-St. Paul at 11:
    54 p.m. from an aircraft reporting "engine
    failure" when it was north of the Rochester
    airport and attempting an emergency landing,
    Waletzki said.
  4. Piper
    type genus of the Piperaceae: large genus of chiefly climbing tropical shrubs
    The wreckage of the Piper twin-engine plane
    was north of the airport in a heavily wooded
    area that was proving difficult for authorities
    to access, said Olmsted County Sheriff's
    Capt.
  5. embankment
    a long artificial mound of stone or earth
    The plane came to rest upside-down, with
    one of its wings broken off, near a steep
    embankment that was making recovery
    efforts difficult, said Sheriff's Capt.
  6. propeller
    device with blades that rotate to push against air or water
    The identities of those on board the propeller
    aircraft and their travel plans were not
    immediately known, Waletzki said.
Created on Thu Jun 17 18:07:38 EDT 2010

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