Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
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Santa Monica officials sued the Federal Aviation Administration on Thursday to gain control of the city’s embattled airport, which local groups want to turn into a park. Filed in U.S. District Court in downtown Los Angeles, the lawsuit seeks a formal declaration that the city holds clear title to the property, which contains the oldest operating airport in the county. It also challenges the constitutionality of a 1948 agreement between the city and the federal government that requires the property and its 5,000-foot runway to remain an a...
There were no signs of landing gear tire damage and nothing unsual about a small plane’s approach and landing last month before it veered off a runway, crashed into a hangar and burned at Santa Monica Airport, killing four people aboard, according to a preliminary report released Thursday by federal investigators. The preliminary findings, subject to change before the final report is issued, reveal little about what caused the fatal Sept. 29 crash. “Witnesses reported observing the airplane make a normal approach and landing,” according to the...
