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11-person panel named to study Metrolink safety
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterIn the wake of the devastating Chatsworth train crash last month, Metrolink's board today appointed an 11-person panel of industry experts to take a comprehensive look at commuter rail safety and operating procedures. The panel, consisting of people from...Tags: Union Pacific Corporation, Chatsworth
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Does Wall Street's drop-off qualify as a 'crash'? Some hesitate to utter the word
AP Business WriterDid stocks "crash"? Some news organizations and investors are hesitating to use the word to describe Wall Street's terrifying sell-off. A crash is commonly defined as a 20 percent decline in a single day or several days. The drop over the seven days...Tags: New York Times, Newspaper and Magazine, Stocks, Stock Activities, Newspapers
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Turbulence on flight from Buenos Aires to Miami sends 6 to hospital with bumps and bruises
MIAMI (AP) _ Paramedics at Miami International Airport treated at least six passengers who complained of bumps and bruises from turbulence Friday on an American Airlines flight from Argentina, authorities said. At least one passenger was transferred on a...Tags: Air Transportation Industry, Transportation, Boeing Co., Air Transportation, American Airlines, Inc.
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Nonstop to the Caribbean
Special to NewsdayMany airlines are cutting back service to the Caribbean this fall and winter, but New Yorkers bound for the islands will still enjoy plenty of options. They can fly nonstop to 26 Caribbean destinations from the New York area's three major airports,...Tags: Diving, Natural Resources, Disasters, JetBlue, Hotels and Accommodations
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Feds go forward with NYC airport experiment
Federal officials are pushing ahead with an experiment to reduce rampant flight delays around the nation by auctioning off takeoff and landing times at New York City-area airports, where most delays begin. Bush administration officials are racing to...Tags: John F. Kennedy, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Auction Service, Regional Authority, Air Transportation
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'Crash of '08'
Would someone please just say it; "The Crash of '08?" Patrick McGarry Springfield, Ill.. -
Female motorcyclist seriously hurt in crash
A 45-year-old Center Valley woman was seriously hurt Thursday night in a hit-and-run crash in Upper Saucon Township, police said. Police said they were still gathering information about the crash, which happened at about 8 p.m. at Limeport Pike and...Tags: Center Valley, Limeport
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At least 22 killed, 2 dozen injured in Thailand bus crash
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) _ At least 22 people were killed and 24 others injured Friday when a bus packed with passengers crashed in eastern Thailand, police said. The bus was traveling down a steep road with numerous curves when the vehicle slammed into...Tags: Road Accidents, Injuries
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Man, 20, killed in single-car crash in Umatilla
Sentinel Staff WriterA 20-year-old driver was killed today when he was partially ejected from his pickup truck which crashed on (Lake) County Road 450A about 1:15 p.m., the Florida Highway Patrol said. Troopers identified the driver as Michael Scott of Eustis. A passenger,...Tags: Road Accidents, Vehicles
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AP IMPACT: FAA touts $35 billion switch to GPS as way to save airlines time, money, fuel
Associated Press WriterCHICAGO (AP) _ A World War II-era air traffic network that often forces planes to take longer, zigzagging routes is costing U.S. airlines billions of dollars in wasted fuel while an upgrade to a satellite-based system has languished in the planning stages...Tags: Satellite Technology, Government, National Government, Air Transportation, Consumer Electronics Industry
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New turbulence hits
The Associated PressAirline shares and oil prices used to move together like kids on a teeter-totter, with one rising while the other falls. But the financial crisis affecting the United States and other countries has thrown that conventional wisdom out the window....Tags: Financially Distressed Companies, Commodity Markets, AMR Corp., United Air Lines, Bankruptcy
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Nepal officials struggle to identify tourists killed in plane crash near Mount Everest
Associated Press WriterKATMANDU, Nepal (AP) _ Identification of the badly charred bodies of 14 foreign tourists who died in a plane crash near Mount Everest has been delayed by a shortage of experts and lack of equipment, a Nepalese doctor said Friday. Three German medical and...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Air and Space Accidents
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