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25 Years Later, Remembering The Victims Of The Flight 255 Crash

Posted 08.16.2012 | Detroit
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On the 25th anniversary of the Flight 255 crash, Detroiters and loved ones of the 156 individuals who died will gather to mark the occasion at a memor...

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Flight 255 Rescuer Remembers: 'The Most Horrendous Thing I've Ever Seen'

Brighton Patch | Posted 08.16.2012 | Detroit
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Twenty-five years ago today, Brighton Township resident Bruce Schneider responded to one of the worst disasters in aviation history - the crash of Nor...

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WATCH: Passengers Survive As Plane Catches Fire, Rolls In Kyrgyzstan

Posted 12.28.2011 | Travel
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A Russian-made passenger jet skidded off a runway in southern Kyrgyzstan after landing in dense fog in the city of Osh on Wednesday. At least 31 pe...

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The Single Most Terrifying Thing I Have Ever Been Through

Gary Lightbody | Posted 02.14.2012 | Home
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I used to be a happy flyer, but all that changed on a flight about six years ago from Auckland, New Zealand to LAX.

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WATCH: How To Survive A Plane Crash

Posted 12.06.2011 | Travel
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How to survive a plane crash. It's a common thought with luckily little application. When the "Miracle on the Hudson" plane crashed into the Hudso...

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3 Dead In Another Chicago-Area Plane Crash

Posted 11.29.2011 | Chicago
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Updated story A small plane transporting a medical patient from West Palm Beach, Florida, to the Chicago area crashed Monday night in northwest sub...

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'Damn It, We're Going To Crash:' Final Words Of Air France 447 Crew

www.dailymail.co.uk | Posted 12.14.2011 | Travel
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A new book has revealed the final words of the cockpit crew of doomed Air France Flight 447, which crashed into the South Atlantic off the coast of Br...

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TWA Flight 800 Families Memorialize 15 Years Since Crash

AP | LARRY NEUMEISTER | Posted 09.17.2011 | Impact
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NEW YORK — Families and friends of some of the 230 people killed when a Paris-bound jumbo jet mysteriously exploded in the sky off the Long Isla...

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7 Dead In Alabama Plane Crash

AP | Posted 09.09.2011 | Home
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DEMOPOLIS, Ala. — A small plane crashed in Alabama after one of its engines failed, killing a family of seven onboard, authorities said Sunday. ...

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Passenger Plane With More Than 90 On Board Crashes In China

AP | ALEXA OLESEN | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
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BEIJING — A Chinese passenger jet crashed while trying to land on a fog-shrouded runway in the country's northeast and burst into flames, killin...

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9 Tips For Surviving A Plane Crash

Telegraph | Andy Bloxham | Posted 05.25.2011 | Travel
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The best clothing to wear is said to be stout shoes, long trousers and a long-sleeved cotton shirt. High heels cause problems, not least with inflatab...

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India Air Plane Crash: 160 Feared Dead After Jet Arriving From Dubai Crashes

AP | ASHOK SHARMA | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
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NEW DELHI — As many as 160 people were feared dead after an Air India plane arriving from Dubai crashed and burst into flames at dawn Saturday a...

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Sugar Grove 2 die in Sugar Grove plane crash

AP | January 23, 2010 8:39 PM | Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago
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SUGAR GROVE, Ill. — Authorities say two people were killed when the small plane they were in crashed in suburban Chicago. Kane County Sheriff's...

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Chicago Plane Crash: Small Craft crashes near suburban Chicago airport

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago
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WHEELING, Ill. — A small cargo jet crashed into a river in a forest preserve Tuesday shortly after being cleared to land at a suburban Chicago a...

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Rule For New Planes Means More Airbags

NPR | By Adam Hochberg | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
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AmSafe is supplying the product to most major U.S. airlines to help comply with a new government crash standard. The rule has been phased in slowly ov...

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TWA Flight 800 Crash Families Gathering For 13-Year Anniversary

Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
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SLIDESHOW FROM GETTY, TEXT FROM AP SHIRLEY, N.Y. (AP) -- Relatives of victims of the TWA Flight 800 disaster are gathering to mark the 13th annive...

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Air France Bodies Flown To Brazil To Be Identified

AP | MARCO SIBAJA and GREG KELLER | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
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RECIFE, Brazil — Airlines moved quickly Tuesday to replace speed monitors like those suspected of feeding false information to the computers on ...

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The Three Myths About Plane Crashes

Ben Sherwood | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
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How can you survive a plane crash? After going through the FAA's plane crash survival school in Oklahoma City and interviewing many experts and survivors of plane crashes, here are four key tips.

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Fatal Airline Crashes In US Down 65 Percent In Past Decade

New York Times | MATTHEW L. WALD | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
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After two infamous crashes in 1996 that together killed 375 people, a White House commission told the airline industry and its regulators to reduce th...

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