A man on the way to cancer treatment in Boston, his wife and a pilot died in an Angel Flight Northeast plane crash in Easton, Massachusetts, on August 12, 2008. The plane crashed into a grocery store parking lot at about 10:15 a.m. local time. Angel Flight Northeast is an organization that coordinates free flights for non-emergency medical purposes by connecting Americans in need of medical care with volunteer pilots. The couple was on the way to Boston so the man could receive treatment at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute.
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The flight was organized by Angel Flight Northeast, also called Angel Flight New England. There are several other similar organizations that use the term Angel Flight but are not affiliated with this group
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The flight crashed around 10
15 local time, August 12, 2008, in Easton, Massachusetts
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The two passengers, Robert and Donna Gregory from Long Island, NY, died
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The pilot of the plane also died, but has not yet been identified
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The owners of the plane rented the plane to Angel Flight Northeast about once a month, but did not fly it themselves, since none of them were pilots
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The plane was a 1956 Beechcraft Bonanza G35
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The plane was on its way to the Logan International Airport outside Boston, but disappeared from radar about 20 miles southwest of Logan
