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...Boeing MD-80 on its way from Mexico to San Francisco crashes into the Pacific Ocean, killing all 88 aboard. The reason? A critical part of the plane's tail-control mechanism snapped off, most likely because of wear and a lack of adequate lubrication...
...past year. But there is one part of Jardine Fleming's assets that its new parent company is holding close: its junks. Not those of the bond variety but the famous sailboats long associated with Hong Kong harbor. Companies such as J.P. Morgan and its rival HSBC entertain clients aboard well-appointed junks with colorful sails. Maeve Gallagher, J.P. Morgan's Hong Kong spokeswoman, says the junks are popular among bank employees, who get to use them when the boats aren't booked with clients...
...cousin taking care of her and asked, "Is Mommy in heaven now too?" The question was brutally reasonable. Amanda's father, New York City fire department Lieutenant Joseph Gullickson, was killed on Sept. 11 at the World Trade Center. Then last week her grandfather Jose A. Perez died aboard American Airlines Flight 587. The little girl can't help fretting: Who in her family will be next not to come home...
...Getting more people to consistently climb aboard is going to take a major commitment of both public and private dollars. Passenger trains, after all, didn't die a natural, market-driven death. In the 1930s and '40s, a consortium of General Motors, Firestone, Standard Oil and others bought up popular electric street trolleys in various U.S. cities only to shut them down, and lobbied for highways at the expense of rails...
...Airbus A-300 went down shortly after takeoff from New York's Kennedy airport Monday morning, en route to the Dominican Republic. Sending new shockwaves through an already nervous city and nation, the plane plowed into a Belle Harbor, Queens neighborhood with 246 passengers and nine crew members aboard at 9:17 AM ET. The plane crashed just three minutes after takeoff - the most dangerous part of any flight. Rescue workers have not found any survivors from the plane; six people are reported missing on the ground in Rockaway. Officials warn they have no clues as to why the plane...