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Published August 29, 2024 at 3:30PM

United Airlines planes at Dulles International Airport (courtesy United Airlines)

The upcoming Labor Day weekend is anticipated to be a busy one for travel, including at Dulles International Airport.

United Airlines, the airport’s biggest carrier, says it will average more than 240 nonstop flights per day to and from Dulles over the holiday weekend, starting today (Thursday) through Monday (Sept. 3). The number of departing flights will be up 10% compared to last year’s Labor Day weekend.

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Burke resident dies in private plane crash, state police say

By Angela Woolsey

Published May 6, 2024 at 10:30AM

Police and first responders at the scene of a fatal plane crash in Palmyra (courtesy Virginia State Police)

Two people, including a 73-year-old Burke resident, were killed yesterday (Sunday) when their plane crashed in central Virginia, police say.

According to the Virginia State Police, the sheriff’s office in Fluvanna County got a 911 call at 8:54 a.m. from residents of Palmyra who reported seeing a “low-flying plane,” followed by “what sounded like an explosion.”