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WBIR10 (Tegna, Knoxville)News report · Sep 9, 8:00 PM
2 dead following plane crash at San Diego airport
A fatal plane crash at San Diego's Montgomery-Gibbs Executive Airport killed two people. The NTSB is investigating.
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2 dead following plane crash at San Diego airport
New York Post reaches for "devastating" where KABC / ABC7 Los Angeles stays flat.
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As of September 10, 2026 at 6:16 AM, this is how Optics News reads the wording differences in this story.
What happened A fatal plane crash at San Diego's Montgomery-Gibbs Executive Airport killed two people. The NTSB is investigating.
The headline split The center frames it as "2 dead following plane crash at San Diego airport". The right frames it as "Devastating new video shows deadly fireball plane crash in San Diego".
Match confidence Medium confidence. 3 sources across 2 bias buckets. Useful framing signal — check the source list before sharing.
Same-event confidenceMedium
3 sources across 2 bias buckets agree on the event.
Framing confidenceModerate
70/99 — meaningful wording shift across the spectrum.
WHAT EACH SIDE EMPHASIZED
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Center2 dead following plane crash at San Diego airport
WBIR10 (Tegna, Knoxville) · Center · News report
Right / center-rightDevastating new video shows deadly fireball plane crash in San Diego
New York Post · Center-right · News report
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KABC / ABC7 Los AngelesNews report · Sep 10, 6:16 AM
Husband of Fresno pilot dies following Sierra Sky Park plane crash
Family members confirm Craig Eady has died from injuries suffered in Saturday's Sierra Sky Park plane crash. The crash claimed the lives of all four members of the Eady family aboard the ai...
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New York PostNews report · Sep 9, 8:24 PM
Devastating new video shows deadly fireball plane crash in San Diego
devastating
Video shows the airplane engulfed in flames on a runway at Montgomery-Gibbs Executive Airport in Kearny Mesa, where two people were killed in a crash on Sept. 6.
Details70/99 Wording Gap · Medium confidence · 3 sources
70/99 Wording GapMedium confidence3 sources · 2 bias bucketsLive match · 6 sources · 2 buckets · comparable news formatFormats: News report
SOURCE MAP CHANGES
Sep 9, 8:00 PM: WBIR10 (Tegna, Knoxville) joined the source map.
Sep 9, 8:24 PM: New York Post joined the source map.
Sep 10, 6:16 AM: KABC / ABC7 Los Angeles joined the source map.
Now: Wording Gap is 70/99 and story health is live match · 6 sources · 2 buckets · comparable news format.