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• Air Transportation Disasters

High-speed chase from Towson to Belvedere Square ends in crash

By Kristine Henry

Apr 27, 2015

• Opinion

No link between antidepressants and violence

There's no link between antidepressants and violence

• Opinion

Depression raises the risk of suicide

Depression raises the risk of suicide

• Opinion

Don't blame antidepressents for Germanwings crash

Antidepressants and suicide

• Opinion

Blame the depression, not the treatment

Blame the depression, not the treatment

• Opinion

Antidepressants: a deadly treatment?

The crash of Germanwings Flight 9525, allegedly by co-pilot Andreas Lubitz and the deaths of all 150 people on board is indeed a tragedy. But some good may come out of it if it induces people to take another look at those substances the pharmaceutical industry calls "antidepressants."

• Opinion

Can we trust the unseen pilot?

Germanwings crash might have been avoided if flight crew had talked to passengers beforehand

• Baltimore County

Pennsylvania man killed in car crash in Freeland

A 22-year-old Pennsylvania man was killed when his car overturned in Freeland Thursday morning, Baltimore County police said.

By Colin Campbell

Mar 12, 2015

• Politics

With personable style, new general takes over the National Guard

50-year-old Linda L. Singh is the 29th adjutant general of Maryland but the first African-American and the first woman to hold the post. She brings command experience from Kosovo and Afghanistan, where she earned a Bronze Star, executive experience from a multinational federal contractor, and a low-key personal style to the job.

By Ian Duncan

Feb 26, 2015

• Air Transportation Disasters

Southwest flight diverted to BWI for 'electrical smell' in cabin

A Southwest Airlines flight from Atlanta to Boston was diverted to BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport on Thursday morning after an "electrical smell" was detected in the cabin, the airline said.

By Kevin Rector

Feb 26, 2015

• Air Transportation Disasters

Wisconsin men's basketball team had plane trouble after loss to Terps

The No. 5 Badgers returned to Madison on Wednesday after getting stuck in Pittsburgh following a 59-53 loss on Tuesday night at Maryland. The plane flying the team home had to make an emergency landing because of an engine malfunction.

• Anne Arundel

2 injured in small plane crash at Fort Meade

Two people were injured Sunday in a small plane crashed near the Tipton Airport in Fort Meade.

• TV

'The Bachelor' recap, No rose ceremony because Chris is emotional

As a long-time watcher of "The Bachelor" I knew to expect a dramatic Episode 5, but even I wasn't prepared for this one.

• Maryland

Pilots, passenger in Westminster plane crash identified

Maryland State Police on Sunday identified the pilots and passenger of two planes that crashed as they were landing at Carroll County Regional Airport in Westminster this weekend.

By Colin Campbell

Dec 28, 2014

• Maryland

No one injured in plane collision at Carroll County Regional Airport

Two planes collided at the Carroll County Regional Airport on Saturday afternoon, according to the Maryland State Police.

• Air Transportation Disasters

Airliner lands safely at BWI after hitting bird

A Southwest passenger flight from Texas made an emergency landing at BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport Friday night after hitting a bird, the airline reported.

By Timothy B. Wheeler

Dec 12, 2014

• Air Transportation Disasters

E-cigarette sparks in-flight emergency for BWI-bound plane

A Southwest Airlines flight from Fort Lauderdale, Fla. declared an in-flight emergency before landing at Baltimore-Washington Thurgood Marshall International Airport Wednesday night, the airline said.

• Maryland

Md. plane pilot got no alert before fatal crash at Frederick airport

• Maryland

Westminster man among dead in midair collision near Frederick airport

• Maryland

3 dead, 2 injured in helicopter-plane crash in Frederick

Three people were killed and two others were injured in a crash between a plane and a helicopter at Frederick Municipal Airport Thursday, State Police said.

By Colin Campbell

Oct 23, 2014

• Harford

State Police: potential charges for man who left Rocks Road accident

A crash on Rocks Road late last week, which led to an intense search for the driver who left the scene, remains under investigation by the Maryland State Police, and charges could be filed against that driver.

• Air Transportation Disasters

Rockville college student among 4 killed in Ohio plane crash

An 18-year-old Rockville man Abraham Pishevar was one of four college students killed in a plane crash in Ohio Monday night, police said.

• Harford

No one injured as ultralight plane crashes on Belair Road in Fallston

No one was injured early Saturday afternoon when an ultralight plan hit power lines then crashed onto Belair Road in Fallston.

• Harford

Train derails in Belcamp; 2 killed in Bel Air fire; new islands eyed [50 years ago]

As taken from the pages of The Aegis dated Thursday, Aug. 6, 1964:

• Air Transportation Disasters

BWI flight to Chicago makes emergency landing in Ohio

A Southwest Airlines flight from Baltimore to Chicago was forced to make an emergency landing in Ohio Tuesday night after smoke was detected in a cargo hold, airline officials said.

• Harford

Aberdeen unveils 'one of the finest' 9/11 memorials Saturday

Aberdeen city leaders, joined by first responders from the city and Harford County emergency officials, as well as Aberdeen Proving Ground military leaders, unveiled Saturday a memorial to those who lost their lives in the 9/11 attacks.

• Maryland

HBO drama 'Leftovers' probes trauma of a missing 2 percent

• Maryland

HBO drama 'Leftovers' probes the trauma of a missing 2 percent

• Obituaries

Claude L. Callegary, presidential adviser

Claude L. Callegary, a Baltimore lawyer and World War II veteran who had advised five U.S. presidents on veterans' affairs, died June 3 in his sleep at the Loch Raven Veterans Administration Living and Rehabilitation Center. He was 92.

• Baltimore City Paper

Derivatives and Airplanes

• Baltimore County

Helicopter crashes on Hart-Miller Island in Essex

A helicopter crashed in a botched landing at Hart-Miller Island near Essex Sunday afternoon, police said.

• Human Interest

Remembering the meaning of Memorial Day

This year's Memorial Day ceremony at Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens will be the first since the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, and the start of the long wars in Afghanistan in Iraq, in which there is no new Marylander killed overseas to add to the rolls.

• Anne Arundel

Volunteering in Anne Arundel

Anne Arundel County volunteer briefs

• Sun Investigates

Local governments confront questionable claims

Local governments in Maryland confront questionable workers' compensation claims

• Anne Arundel

Plane damaged in accident at BWI

An American Airlines jet was hit by a vehicle at BWI airport.

• Military Equipment

State loses FAA drone testing competition, still expects research role

Maryland did not win Federal Aviation Administration recognition as a test site for drones, but still could be involved in federal research on how the unmanned aircraft may safely be flown in U.S. airspace.

• Terps

Terps will face a potent offense and a fervent fan base in Military Bowl game against Marshall

Shouts of "We are Marshall!" rang out in the lobby of the team's downtown Washington hotel, where fans of the Thundering Herd had gathered on the eve of Friday's Military Bowl matchup against Maryland in Annapolis.

• Sports

Vikings' flight home delayed when catering truck hit team plane at BWI

As if the Minnesota Vikings' 29-26 loss to the Ravens that included an NFL-record for changes in the fourth quarter wasn't hard enough for them to absorb, the NFC North football team's flight home to Minneapolis was delayed for several hours for an unusual reason. A catering truck apparently crashed into the Vikings' charter plane at Baltimore-Washington Thurgood Marshall International Airport, which forced the Vikings to wait for a new airplane to bring them home, according to several Vikings players.

• Air Transportation Disasters

Families return to Maryland to remember Pan Am Flight 214

Pan Am Flight 214 exploded over Elkton 50 years ago Sunday, and was Maryland's largest loss-of-life disaster in history.

• Maryland

Crash on Md. 91 sends one to shock trauma

• Abusive Behavior

Air Force coach Seremet's wife killed in car accident

Sonia Seremet, the wife of Air Force men's lacrosse coach Eric Seremet, was killed in a car accident in Colorado on Sunday, multiple outlets reported.

• News

Police were ordered off pursuit before fatal crash, union says

Baltimore police are investigating whether officers followed orders to stop their pursuit of a sedan before it was involved in a fatal crash this week, a police union attorney said Friday.

• Opinion

Time to bail out of the Common Core

School system is implementing new curriculum in the scariest possible way

• Anne Arundel

Naval Academy graduate killed in Red Sea helicopter crash

A Naval Academy graduate was among the two sailors who died Sunday when their helicopter crashed in the Red Sea.

• Air Transportation Disasters

OSHA orders back pay for pilot fired after emergency landing

Charter pilot Capt. Martin Campanella says he thought he was doing the right thing when he refused to fly a plane he believed to be unsafe.

• Air Transportation Disasters

Plane crash in Bowie injures three, snarls traffic

Two men evacuated to Shock Trauma after accident alogn highway

• Air Transportation Disasters

Small plane crashes in Bowie cornfield

A small plane landed upside down in a Bowie cornfield on Saturday morning, though none of the plane's four occupants were injured, Maryland State Police said.

• Air Transportation Disasters

Jet that crashed off Chincoteague recovered by Navy

A fighter jet that crashed off the coast of Chincoteague Island this month was recovered in pieces from more than 100 feet below the ocean's surface by Navy sailors and divers during a 15-day operation that ended Tuesday, according to the Navy.

• Air Transportation Disasters

Boston to BWI flight makes emergency landing in Philadelphia

A plane headed from Boston to Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport was forced to make an emergency landing in Philadelphia Sunday evening after smoke was detected in the cabin, according to a passenger.

• Maryland

Mother of copter crash victim sues aviation firms

The mother of a 3-year-old boy killed in a northeastern Pennsylvania helicopter crash last month filed the first lawsuit in the accident Friday, seeking unspecified damages from two aviation companies and the pilot's estate.