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The Delta accident stunned aviation experts because for the second time in three years a much admired airline and a state-of-the-art airport were involved. In 1985 a Delta L-1011 crashed on landing at Dallas-Fort Worth, killing 137 people. That mishap, however, occurred during a thunderstorm...
Boston drivers, a notoriously freewheeling breed, find their ultimate frustration on the city's Central Artery. Twice each weekday, for a total of seven hours, it becomes a virtual parking lot. The highway, a six-lane stretch of Interstate 93 that snakes through Boston's downtown section from the Massachusetts...
It was the worst air-show accident in history. All three pilots and at least 47 spectators were killed in the holocaust. More than 360 people were injured, including many children.
Investigators late last week were still trying to determine precisely what went wrong. As they combed the wreckage at the site, a controversy erupted on both sides of the Atlantic over the safety rules governing air shows and the propriety of holding aerial maneuvers of any kind near civilian populations...
In Britain authorities decided to go ahead with this week's Farnborough air show despite calls for cancellation of the biennial display, one of the world's biggest. British officials said they were confident their safety rules would prevent an accident like the one at Ramstein. France too will proceed...