[ A midair collision over New York City's Hudson River that killed nine people could likely have been avoided had both aircraft been equipped with Alaska-tested Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast equipment, say Federal Aviation Administration officials.Alaska-tested Capstone system improves state’s air traffic safety (Alaska Journal of Commerce)

A 66-year-old paraglider from West Yorkshire who was injured in a mid-air collision in Shropshire has died. Dennis Alan Wray, from Otley, died in hospital following the crash on the Long Mynd on August 8. (20/08/2009 23:07:47)Paraglider from Yorkshire dies (Yorkshire Post Today)

Vicki Cruse, a petite world-class stunt pilot based at the Santa Paula Airport who rose to lofty heights as a national aerobatics champion, died Saturday in an accident during the World Aerobatics Championships in Great Britain. She was 40.Santa Paula stunt pilot dies during British air show (Ventura County Star)

FOXBORO – Taylor Twellman was eligible to come off of Major League Soccer’s “disabled list,” having missed six matches since being placed on the injury tab June 26.Twellman not ready (The Sun Chronicle)

Teterboro Airport controllers on duty during the deadly mid-air collision over the Hudson were subject to a strict set of rules banning distractions like personal phone calls, federal regulators said yesterday. Yet enforcement of tower rules is…‘CAT’ CHAT BANNED (New York Post)