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Authorities searching for cockpit door ripped off small plane over Loudoun County

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State police and the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office are searching for the cockpit door of a small aircraft after the pilot made an emergency landing Saturday morning at Leesburg Executive Airport The pilot, 63-year-old Daniel O’Brien, was flying a small, two-seater aircraft in the Round Hill area around 9 a.m. when the cockpit door was ripped off in flight, Virginia State Police said in a news release. O’Brien was able to land the fixed wing si…

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Plane door detaches mid-flight, prompts search effort in northern Virginia

The cockpit door of a single-engine two-seater plane came off mid-flight as the pilot was flying over Loudoun County Saturday, and local law enforcement are now looking for the door.

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Authorities searching for cockpit door ripped off small plane over Loudoun County

State police and the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office are searching for the cockpit door of a small aircraft after the pilot made an emergency landing Saturday morning at Leesburg Executive Airport The pilot, 63-year-old Daniel O’Brien, was flying a small, two-seater aircraft in the Round Hill area around 9 a.m. when the cockpit door was ripped off in flight, Virginia State Police said in a news release. O’Brien was able to land the fixed wing si…

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Search underway for cockpit door that 'ripped off' during flight over Virginia: 'Please do not touch'

LOUDOUN COUNTY, Va. A search is underway for a single-engine plane's cockpit door that troopers said "ripped off" during a flight over Loudoun County, Virginia, Saturday morning. Officials with Virginia State Police said troopers were called to the incident around 9 a.m. after a small, two-seater aircraft's cockpit door ripped off in flight.The pilot, a 63-year-old man, was able to safely land the fixed-wing aircraft at Leesburg Airport, trooper…

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Door rips off small plane mid-flight in Loudoun County

The cockpit door of a small aircraft was ripped off while the plane was flying on Saturday over Loudoun County.

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Cockpit Door Flies Off Small Plane Mid-Flight, Remains Missing: Police

A Virginia pilot pulled off a safe landing after the cockpit door of his two-seater plane tore off mid-flight Saturday morning, April 5, state police said.The fixed-wing single-engine aircraft was flying near Round Hill in Loudoun County when the cockpit door suddenly separated from the plane around 9 a.m., according to the Virginia State Police.Despite the in-flight scare, 63-year-old pilot Daniel O’Brien was able to safely land at Leesburg Air…

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abc 7 WJLA broke the news in Washington, United States on Saturday, April 5, 2025.
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