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Feb 25, 2009 -
- A Turkish Airlines passenger plane crashed in Amsterdam today. Nine of the 134 people aboard were killed. — Reuters
- US stocks fell this morning, after President Obama's speech to Congress failed to rally the markets.
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Feb 13, 2009 -
All passengers and crew members died in a major plane crash in New York state last night. Continental Airlines Flight 3407 was commuting from Newark to Buffalo when it crashed into a home, five minutes before landing. One person on the ground died, too, bringing the death toll to 50.
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Jan 16, 2009 -
- A giant crane is set to pull out the US Airways jet that crashed into the Hudson River yesterday. Investigators will look into how the plane went down and perhaps how all 155 passengers survived.The pilot and crew are being hailed as heroes. — AP
- The Senate voted yesterday to release the second half of the $700 billion bailout to soon-to-be President Obama.
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Jan 15, 2009 -
Update: The FAA reports that all passengers are safe.
A flock of geese may have caused US Ariways flight 1594 to crash into the Hudson River this afternoon. The flight, and its 155 passengers were headed from New York's LaGuardia Airport to Charlotte, NC.
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Aug 21, 2008 -
- Spanish Plane Crash Possible Cause:
The plane that crashed in Madrid yesterday and killed 153 people, including two babies and 20 children, had reported an overheated air intake valve before the first attempt at takeoff. The problem was reported and the equipment turned off to fix it. It's not known if this is the only factor in Spain's worst air disaster in almost 25 years.
- Pakistan Suicide Attack Kills 60:
Killing 60 and wounding dozens more, a suicide bomber attacked Pakistan's largest military munitions plant.
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Apr 15, 2008 -
- Plane Crash: Moments ago a DC-9 plane crashed into a residential neighborhood in the eastern Congo town of Goma. CNN is reporting at this moment, 78 have died in the crash.
- Bombings: More than 50 people have been killed in car bomb explosions in two Iraqi cities. At least 40 people were left dead and another 70 were injured in a blast outside a restaurant in Baquba, north of Baghdad.
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Jan 17, 2008 -
At London's Heathrow Airport this morning, British Airways flight 38 originating from Beijing, China, crash landed. Severely damaging wings as well as the under carriage of the Boeing 777, all passengers and crew aboard were evacuated safely. Several minor injuries are being reported, and at least 90 flights have already been canceled.
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Oct 08, 2008 -
- Travis Barker opens up for the first time since his plane crash about his recovery, his fear of planes, and his surgeries. He is currently in treatment at the Grossman Burn Center in LA. — Us Weekly
- Celebrity DJs are hosting a benefit in honor of DJ AM as a welcome-home party and to raise money for the crash victims who died.
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Sep 20, 2008 -
Last night DJ AM and Travis Barker were both critically injured in a Learjet crash in South Carolina after playing a show in Columbia, SC earlier in the evening.
The air traffic controllers saw sparks as the plane was taking off and it went off the runway onto a nearby road where a witness saw flames bursting from the scene and two men (DJ AM and Travis Barker) attempting to extinguish the fires on themselves. The plane had a total of 6 passengers and the other four were killed.
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