Word: airport
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Civil Aviation Authority said the British Midland Airways Boeing 737-400 was en route from London's Heathrow Airport to Belfast, Northern Ireland, when it developed engine trouble...
...aircraft was trying to land at East Midlands Airport near Nottingham, about 100 miles north of London, when it hit an embankment beside the highway, the airline said. The plane broke apart on impact...
Bishop said the pilot reported "severe vibrations in one of the engines" and asked clearance for an emergency landing at East Midlands Airport...
...other side of the Atlantic, some of the relatives and friends of Flight 103's victims arrived at John F. Kennedy International Airport unaware of the tragedy. Gazing up at the electronic arrivals board, they read an ominous message next to the flight number: SEE AGT. When they found a Pan Am agent, they were led into a lounge and told the news. One grief-stricken woman, shouting "My baby! My baby!," threw herself on the ground...
Most experts give high marks to overall airport procedures at Heathrow, where officials have for years contended with the possibility of Irish Republican Army terrorism, and at Frankfurt. Others point out that no airport is completely safe. "Baggage control is pretty good at both Frankfurt and London, but tarmac security remains a weak spot everywhere," says an industry official. "A bomb with a timing device could have been put into the forward baggage hold." According to Pan Am officials, security was tightened after the airline received the FAA advisory, but they refused to say what was done...