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Nobody wants to be around a terminally negative person. And yet, despite all we have, Aspen is awash with negativity, especially among...

ASPEN — Pilots will tell you that flying into and out of Aspen can be dangerous and so does the data. “Over the last four decades, there have been over 40 accidents — all involving private,...

Pilots will tell you that flying into and out of Aspen can be dangerous and so does the data. “Over the last four decades, there have been over 40 accidents — all involving private, non-airline...

A preliminary report regarding the July 3 fatal plane crash 9 miles east of Aspen noted that before takeoff, the pilots abandoned a pre-approved flight path in favor of taking their own. A change in departure plans was the precursor to the accident that claimed the lives of two residents of New York, according to a preliminary report of the incident issued Wednesday by the National Transportation Safety Board. Ruben Cohen and David Zara, both pilots, had landed at Aspen-Pitkin County Airport at 1:53 p.m. that Saturday to put fuel in the Beechcraft Bonanza and have lunch. They had flown in fro...

outside of Aspen that claimed the lives of two New York residents Saturday. “The aircraft crashed in remote mountainous terrain. We are determining how best to access the crash site,” Jennifer Gabris, spokeswoman for the National Transportation Safety Board, said Monday in an email to The Aspen Times. A ground team from Mountain Rescue Aspen, working with a helicopter from the Colorado Army National Guard in Gypsum, located the wreckage and victims Sunday in response to a call earlier in the morning from a person who reported the flight overdue. The bodies of both victims — presumably ...