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flying tips for pilots and student pilots to help keep you safe. Hi, Max Truscott. Now, we have a very

full show today. After the news, we'll be talking with Rich Pickett, who is the safety officer for

Angel Flight West about Angel Flight West and their approach to safety.

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a member at AviationNewstalk.com slash awesome, and I'll read your name on the show. This week

in the news, a mass shooting was avoided at the largest

aviation university in the U.S. An Indiana pilot was arrested at the scene after crashing his

airplane, Garmin and Dinan are slowing shipments because of the chip shortage, and an airline

employee became an inadvertent stowaway and ended up in another country. All this and more, and the news

starts now. From generalaviationnews.com, attempt to take a selfie leads to ditching in open

water. The student pilot reported that while attempting to take a picture of himself, he

accidentally moved the fuel shutoff switch to the off position in the quicksilver.

The engine experienced a complete loss of power.

He initiated a force landing into open water near Puerto Rico and was rescued by boaters.

The airplane sustained substantial damage to the wing and the structural tubing of the fuselage while the student pilots sustain minor injuries.

Probable cause, the student pilot's inadvertent movement of the fuel shutoff switch to the

off position while attempting to take a picture of himself, which resulted in a total loss of engine

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