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Aerospace, Medical Device Firms See Potential Gain In Collaborating
Special to The CourantIt was only by accident that a Connecticut company best known for building equipment to test and service helicopters found itself working with one of the planet's biggest medical device makers. HabCo Inc. of Glastonbury at first turned down the chance to...Tags: Government, Beckman Coulter Incorporated, Instrument Engineering, Economic Policy, Colleges and Universities
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A drum major for righteous indignation
The occasion: The Senate vote on a bill to bar a 10.6 percent cut in payments to physicians who treat Medicare patients. Just before its July recess, the bill drew 59 "yea" votes — one shy of what was needed to cut off debate, eight shy of what...Tags: Yitzhak Rabin, Government, Edward M. Kennedy, Primaries, Bill Clinton
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Another close call at O'Hare
Chicago Tribune reporterWhen a Peoria-bound American Eagle jetliner with 43 passengers barreled down a runway at O'Hare International Airport on Monday, it nearly collided with a smaller corporate jet about to land on an intersecting runway, authorities said Wednesday. As the...Tags: Transportation Accidents, Injuries, O'Hare International Airport, Air Transportation Industry, Transportation Industry
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All Six In Crew Killed In Crash Of B-52 Off Guam
Associated PressAll six crew members aboard a B-52 bomber that crashed off Guam were killed, the Air Force said Wednesday as the search effort shifted focus from rescue to recovery of the crew and pieces of the wreckage. Two bodies have been found; the Air Force,...Tags: Defense, Armed Forces, Transportation Accidents
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Medical licensing of pilot of crashed plane in Ocean Ridge questioned
South Florida Sun-SentinelFederal aviation officials investigating Tuesday's crash of a twin-engine Cessna that struck Ocean Ridge's new Town Hall want to know three things: Was the pilot medically qualified to fly, did he own the plane and why did it fall out of the sky. Laurent...Tags: Transportation Accidents, Homes, Air Transportation Industry, Transportation Industry, Transportation
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2 unhurt as small plane crashes at Lowell Airport
Authorities say a single-engine airplane crashed on takeoff from the Lowell Airport and caught fire, but the pilot and a passenger escaped serious injury. The Grand Rapids Press says the Piper Cherokee 235 couldn't get proper lift and crashed into a...Tags: Fires, Transportation Industry
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Near Miss for Airliner and Small Plane
Associated PressONTARIO -- A jetliner and a small plane passed too close - less than a mile apart - in the skies near Ontario, the Federal Aviation Administration said. The westbound Delta Air Lines Boeing 737 on approach to Los Angeles International Airport at 11,900...Tags: Boeing Co., Transportation Accidents, Westbury, Air Transportation Industry, Transportation Industry
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Mich. mother confirms son's death in B-52 crash
Associated Press WriterAll six crew members aboard a B-52 bomber that crashed off Guam were killed, the Air Force said Wednesday. A wide search effort has shifted focus from rescue to recovery of the crew. Two bodies have been found; the Air Force, without elaborating, said...Tags: Wars and Interventions, Armed Forces, Transportation Accidents, Langley Air Force Base, Defense
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NTSB investigates near collision at O'Hare
Associated Press WriterThe National Transportation Safety Board said Wednesday it is investigating a near collision of airborne planes at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport -- the third such incident at a major airport this month. The board said in a statement that the...Tags: Boeing Co., Delta Air Lines, O'Hare International Airport, Air Transportation Industry, Transportation
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Plane Crashes At Lowell City Airport
A small plane crashed at the Lowell City Airport and the two people aboard managed to get out.
The crash happened just after 6 p.m. Wednesday.
The pilot told the airport manager he was trying to take off and reached a flying speed of 70 mph.
The...
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