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...pace of the opening is disjointed, a feature which carrier through the movie. In fact, the timing is so off at points that it would make John Waters proud. But still, taking it as a given that the screenplay and delivery are weak, the story remains--and you've got to hope that it, at least, will be interesting...
...dropped to within 600 ft. of the Pacific Ocean after a pilot accidentally shut off the plane's engines. The following week, on a stormy night in Kentucky, a Delta flight landed in Frankfort when it was supposed to touch down in Lexington. Two days later one of the carrier's L-1011 jumbo jets was off course and reportedly came within 100 ft. of colliding with a Continental 747 over the Atlantic Ocean...
...rare mistake or malfunction. But together they form a pattern of blunders that calls into question Delta's competence. Said Acting FAA Administrator Robert Whittington: "Each incident apparently involved human error, and this is a matter of great concern to us." The agency will examine, among other things, the carrier's pilot-training programs and long-range navigation procedures...
...might begin a day or two after July 22. Though the operation has already been delayed for seven weeks, the Kuwaiti tankers are still undergoing a final U.S. Coast Guard inspection at several undisclosed foreign ports. According to congressional sources, the first reflagged Kuwaiti ship, accompanied initially by the carrier U.S.S. Constellation and then by naval warships, will steam from the United Arab Emirates port of Khor Fakkan on the Indian Ocean to the Kuwaiti port of Mina al Ahmadi, some 675 miles away. After refueling and loading up with oil, the vessel will return to Khor Fakkan. The trip...
Anderson was traveling in China on June 18 when he was stricken with a high fever and taken to a provincial hospital. A blood test showed he had AIDS. Though CAAC, China's flag carrier, agreed to fly Anderson to connecting flights in Shanghai, two U.S. airlines there refused him passage. After Anderson's family deposited $40,000 with the U.S. State Department to pay for the costs, the military flight was arranged...