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Pilot taking 'selfies' before fatal plane crash: Report

colarado air crash
The pilot of this aircraft is said to have been taking selfies

The pilot of a small plane was taking selfie pictures with a cellphone on a series of short flights around a Colorado airport in 2014 before he crashed on one of the jaunts, killing himself and a passenger, federal investigators found.

The National Transportation Safety Board said the 29-year-old pilot of the Cessna 150K plane lost control in the crash near Watkins, Colorado.

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