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'Mayday' Call Prior to Air Crash That Killed PD Man

FAA says there were distress calls from a doomed flight that took the life of a Palm Desert man last month.

Investigators say there were radio calls of 'mayday' and 'canopy' in the moments before that killed a Palm Desert man last month in the .

Richard Winslow, 65, was a passenger in the plane when it went down moments after taking off on a flight from an airport near Las Vegas on May 18.

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