Feds: Fatal plane crash caused by wing snapping off

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Federal inspectors say metal fatigue created by frequent takeoffs and landings caused a wing to snap off a university’s training plane last year, resulting in a 2018 crash that killed the student pilot and a flight examiner.
The National Transportation Safety Board said in a report released Wednesday that the Piper Arrow owned by Embry-Riddle University crashed April 4, 2018, after its left wing snapped off at 900 feet (274 meters). The 25-year-old pilot Za