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Firefighting Chopper Lost Power Before Crash
Associated PressREDDING -- An initial investigation into a deadly helicopter crash that killed nine people in Northern California earlier this month has found that the chopper's main rotor lost power during takeoff. A preliminary crash report released by the National...Tags: Transportation Industry, Air Transportation, Forestry and Timber, Wildfires, Air and Space Accidents
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Cars. Now more than ever.
MotorTrend MagazineThe automobile gets a bad rap these days. It pollutes. It clogs those long, gray ribbons of asphalt we'd all otherwise be playing shuffleboard on. It uses up the earth's resources and scares away spotted owls. It's expensive to buy and expensive to run.... -
McCain security in emergency landing
The Swampby Katie Fretland Another emergency plane landing this campaign season happened yesterday, when a Cessna 206 carrying two Secret Service agents assigned to Sen. John McCain had to make a forced landing in Arizona. No one was injured, but the......Tags: Political Candidates, Elections, Air Transportation, Transportation, Emergency Planning
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Small plane skids off runway; no one hurt
Three people escaped injury yesterday when the pilot of a small plane lost control during takeoff and skidded off a runway at Baltimore Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport. The twin-engine Cessna 441 was departing the general aviation...Tags: Transportation Industry, Air and Space Accidents, Air Transportation, Transportation
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More employees falsify drug tests
Yes, employees are getting more and more brazen in their efforts to falsify employers' drug tests. But, employers are on to them and their efforts usually fail. This according to Amitava Dasgupta, professor of pathology and laboratory medicine at the...Tags: Employees, Nashua Corporation, Medicine, Health Treatments, Addiction
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Up in the air's no excuse for missing e-mail
From wire reportsOne of the few remaining Internet-free havens vanished yesterday as American Airlines launched airborne e-mail, Web and other online services on some of its longer, nonstop flights. The move could create a new stream of revenue for an aviation industry...Tags: iPhone, Apple Inc., Air Transportation, Boeing Co., American Airlines, Inc.
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Cyberspace, In The Clouds
American Airlines launches airborne e-mail, Web and other online services on some of its longer, nonstop flights, a move that could bring new revenue to a beleaguered airline industry. Page E3Tags: American Airlines, Inc., Online
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American launches airborne Internet
— One of the few remaining Internet-free havens vanished Wednesday as American Airlines launched airborne e-mail, Web and other online services on some of its longer nonstop flights. The move could create a stream of revenue for an airline industry...Tags: Air and Space Accidents, Air Transportation, Transportation, AMR Corp., Boeing Co.
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Deadly crashes that have occurred during takeoff
Deadly crashes on takeoff Nov. 12, 2001: American Airlines Airbus A300 plunges to the ground after taking off from New York's JFK Airport, killing at least 265. May 9, 1987: A Polish IL-62M plunges into a forest near Warsaw; all 183 people on board...Tags: O'Hare International Airport, Air and Space Accidents, Air Transportation, Transportation, American Airlines, Inc.
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American debuts Wi-Fi service
American Airlines, the world's largest carrier, began selling wireless Internet service Wednesday on some of its cross-country flights. American is offering access through Aircell LLC on 15 Boeing Co. 767-200 jets that make 25 daily flights between New...Tags: Miami International Airport, Computing and Information Technology, Air Transportation, Boeing Co., American Airlines, Inc.
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Inspector enters parked planes at O'Hare
American Airlines is defending its security practices after a Transportation Security Administration inspector entered nine American Eagle planes parked overnight at O'Hare International Airport. TSA officials say the inspector gained access to the...Tags: O'Hare, O'Hare International Airport, Air Transportation, Transportation, American Airlines, Inc.
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Spain crash just the latest trouble for MD-80 aircraft
tom.brune@newsday.com and dave.marcus@newsday.comAn American Airlines MD-80 averted tragedy 16 days ago, making an emergency landing at Kennedy Airport after losing an engine and struggling to stay aloft over Queens. On Wednesday -- on the other side of the Atlantic -- another MD-80-series aircraft had...Tags: Transportation Industry, Air Transportation, Aerospace Manufacturing, Laura Brown, Boeing Co.
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