Gregory Polek has spent his entire career in aviation journalism with AIN, starting as a proofreader and assistant to then-managing editor Mary Mahoney in 1995 after serving an internship with&nbsp;New Jersey Monthly&nbsp;magazine and completing his B.A. degree in English/Writing at New Jersey’s William Paterson College. By 1997 Polek accepted a position as an associate editor, covering the regional airline beat for&nbsp;Aviation International News&nbsp;in place of retiring industry veteran Don Anderson. The assignment took Polek across North America and Europe to profile regional airlines varying in size and mission from the likes of floatplane operators Kenmore Air and Chalk’s Ocean Airways to regional jet operators such as SkyWest and American Eagle. Today, in his dual role as Air Transport Editor and International Airshow Editor, Polek writes, edits, and manages AIN’s commercial aviation content while overseeing each of the company’s daily international air show publications in Paris, Farnborough, Singapore, and Dubai. Most recently Polek has assumed oversight of daily coverage of the Helicopter Association International’s annual Heli-Expo convention.

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Two separate crashes involving Let L-410 regional turboprops claimed a total of 16 victims on Monday.&nbsp;
 The first involved a scheduled flight operated by Honduran regional airline Central American Airways between the northwest city of San Pedro Sula and the capital, Tegucigalpa. All 14 people on board died after the unpressurized twin turboprop struck trees in the town of Las Mesitas while on approach to the 7,096-foot runway at Tegucigalpa Toncontin International Airport around 8 a.m. local time.
 Witnesses reported fog in the area at the time of the crash. The victims included a Honduran government official and a union leader, two U.S. citizens and a Canadian. The pilot, who survived the initial impact, died on his way to the hospital. 
 On the same day, an African Air Services Let L-410 flying cargo on behalf of the World Food Program from Lusenge to Bukavu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo crashed into a hill while on approach to Bukavu Kavumu Airport, according to local press reports. Both crewmembers died in the crash.

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Sixteen Die in Two L-410 Crashes 

Two separate crashes involving Let L-410 regional turboprops claimed a total of 16 victims on Monday.&nbsp;
 The first involved a scheduled flight

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