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Teams also found additional wreckage, including parts of the aircraft frame and passenger seats, and visually identified what is believed to be the engine of the turboprop ATR 42-500 that crashed Saturday afternoon, Anwar said.
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Niniek Karmini, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2026
Advanced agility greater than a traditional helicopter Bell Flight has earlier revealed that the aircraft combines the speed and range of the turboprop with advanced agility greater than a traditional helicopter.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 14 Jan. 2026
The twin-engine turboprop landed under the control of Garmin’s Autoland system, which the company says is now installed on about 1,700 airplanes.
—Pete Muntean, CNN Money, 23 Dec. 2025
All flights in and out of Santa Monica will operate on an ATR 42-600 turboprop aircraft, which the company said has been reconfigured to seat 30 passengers.
—Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 22 Dec. 2025
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Niniek Karmini, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2026
Advanced agility greater than a traditional helicopter Bell Flight has earlier revealed that the aircraft combines the speed and range of the turboprop with advanced agility greater than a traditional helicopter.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 14 Jan. 2026
The twin-engine turboprop landed under the control of Garmin’s Autoland system, which the company says is now installed on about 1,700 airplanes.
—Pete Muntean, CNN Money, 23 Dec. 2025
All flights in and out of Santa Monica will operate on an ATR 42-600 turboprop aircraft, which the company said has been reconfigured to seat 30 passengers.
—Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 22 Dec. 2025
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“Turboprop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/turboprop. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.
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turboprop
noun
tur·bo·prop
ˈtər-bō-ˌpräp 
: an airplane powered by turboprop engines
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