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LIKE MOST TRAGEDIES, THE CRASH OF AN EL AL 747-200F cargo jet last week came without warning. Six minutes after taking off from Amsterdam's Schiphol airport bound for Tel Aviv, the pilot reported a fire in a right-wing engine. Seconds later another engine failed and the freighter hurtled into a 10-story apartment building just 10 miles from the airport. As rescue workers uncovered the remains of 51 victims on the ground -- many others were incinerated and will never be found -- investigators searched for an explanation. El Al says an engine fire on the same plane...
...darkest fears of all those who live in the flight paths of airports were realized on the quiet evening of Oct. 4, when an El Al 747-200F cargo crashed into a 10-story low-income apartment building in southeast Amsterdam. Laden with fuel and 114 tons of commercial cargo, the freighter had taken off from Schiphol Airport at 6:22 p.m., headed for Tel Aviv. Six minutes later, veteran pilot Isaac Fuchs issued a distress call, reporting a fire in a right-wing engine. As he circled back for the airport, dumping fuel in preparation for an emergency...
When President Neil L. Rudenstine returned from a trip to Europe this summer, members of the Harvard Union of Clerical and Technical Workers were so glad to see him that they met him at the airport with flowers...
...ballot in 50 states and make sure the campaign complies with federal election rules and reporting requirements. Press secretary Sharon Holman, 45, has worked for Perot since 1969 and most recently worked for his son Ross Jr. producing videos and brochures for the family's big Alliance Airport project. The last of the key players, former Dallas TV anchorman Murphy Martin, 67, a longtime Perot crony, has played a key role in producing the 25 television and radio ads that are now ready to run nationwide...
...Boston Globe reported yesterday that a "close friend" said Walsh's girlfriend drove both Walsh and his 86-year-old mother, Catherine Walsh, to the airport Thursday when the indictment was first issued...