Preliminary Report: Westwind crashes on takeoff

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Israel Aircraft Industries 1124 Westwind, Tocumen, Panama, July 2, 2004–Westwind N280AT, operated by Air Trek as a Part 135 air ambulance flight, crashed i

By Mary F. Silitch

March 22, 2007

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