LAFAYETTE, Ind. ― Robert Ray Cottingham took off in his crop duster from an Attica airport about 5:40 p.m. July 22. He had about 50 minutes left to live, according to a preliminary report from the ...

Crop-dusting pilots are the adrenaline junkies of the agriculture world. They whiz through the air, flying under power lines to sow seeds or spread pesticides on farmers' fields. It's a dangerous job, ...

A preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board released Wednesday revealed what happened in the moments leading up to the deadly midair collision of two crop-duster airplanes last ...

Big or small, crop dusters need more than great piloting and multitasking skills to succeed — and even survive — in their dangerous profession, which the National Transportation Safety Board said ...

A pair of crop dusters collided over a field near Morton, Texas, Friday, with a pilot dying and another seriously hurt. The two pilots were the only people on board the two Air Tractor AT-502s when ...

LUBBOCK, Texas — One person was pronounced dead after two crop-duster airplanes collided in mid-air on Friday east of Morton, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety. Another person was ...

Aerial application of pesticides, or crop dusting, is a crucial part of modern agriculture, increasing crop yields and reducing losses by billions of dollars annually. The job of an ag pilot is ...

OXFORD, Ind. (WISH) — A crop duster died Monday night in a single-engine plane crash in a soybean field southwest of the town of Oxford, the Benton County Sheriff’s Office said. He was identified ...

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI) - The pilot who survived the crop duster airplane crash last week with another crop duster, has been moved from a Pocatello hospital to a healthcare facility in Salt Lake ...