Word: airport
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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First Officer James P. Hayes, who was flying the DC-9, had been warned of wind shear in the area of Charlotte-Douglas International Airport. But Hayes said he had no idea he was so near the sudden, dangerous shift in wind speed and direction caused by a downward rush of cooled...
...ideal flying weather. The twilight skies were clear, with only a few small clouds, and winds were a negligible 7 m.p.h. USAir Flight 427 was nearing Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, after an uneventful flight from O'Hare Airport in Chicago. Right around 7 p.m. the pilot radioed approach control at Pittsburgh International Airport, set in heavily wooded, lightly populated hills 12 miles northwest of the Golden Triangle, that he was "in range," about to ask for landing clearance...
...airline-safety record, good as it is, could be improved in other ways. But all such discussions keep coming back to a point conceded by some of the sharpest critics: a passenger runs a far greater risk of injury or death getting into a car to drive to an airport than he or she does boarding a plane once there...
...USAir Boeing 737, en route from Chicago to Palm Beach, Florida, via Pittsburgh, went into a fatal nose dive just a few minutes before landing at the Pittsburgh airport. All 132 people aboard perished in the crash, the reasons for which were not clear. The crew's frantic last words -- "Oh God Traffic emergency!" -- indicated trouble but were not specific. Investigators are hoping that flight data from the plane's black box will provide further clues...
...troops, an overwhelming force intended to minimize casualties. Nearly half would be slated for peacekeeping, once returning President Jean-Bertrand Aristide settles in. Only about 13,000 are expected to actually invade Haiti, led by 1,800 Marines, who will storm Port-au-Prince to secure the airport and the U.S. embassy and then await reinforcements. The entire operation will be commanded by Admiral Paul D. Miller, a hard-charging, innovative officer. While Miller says he is "ready for whatever mission we're given," he concedes that it will not be "a one-day problem...