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Departing from New York City, a Boeing MD-11 en route to Geneva crashes off Nova Scotia, killing 229. Canadian investigators haven't determined a specific cause of the crash, but they suspect that wiring problems may have started a fire...
Approaching Pittsburgh, Pa., a Boeing 737 coming in from Chicago plummets to the ground as it prepares to land. A rudder malfunction, causing the plane to move in the opposite direction the pilots intended, is blamed. The crash killed all 132 passengers and crew...
Whether the crash of American Airlines Flight 587 was an accident or an act of terrorism, Lott knew at that moment it was imperative for Congress to end a month of political bickering over aviation-security legislation. Voters would be outraged if no bill were signed before the busy Thanksgiving travel season. By Monday afternoon, Lott announced that Congress would pass the legislation and have it to President Bush by the end of the week...
...better than to declare victory, insisting that Taliban fighters may be preparing to begin a new phase of the war, one in which they could do what they once did best: battle a more powerful foreign force from redoubts in the mountains, where tanks can't go and helicopters crash. The surviving Taliban could still withdraw to avoid the hellfire of American strikes and then spring ambushes on towns and villages below. "They can defect, change their mind and go back," Rumsfeld said. "It is not possible to answer the question as to the circumstance of the Taliban." But their...
...York City. Franzen came into the spotlight when he was disinvited to Oprah Winfrey's dinner after questioning the literary merit of her book-club endorsement. DIED. PRINCESS PREKSHYA RAJYA LAXMI DEVI SHAH, 49, of Nepal's royal family and younger sister of Queen Komal, in a helicopter crash at Rara Lake that killed four; in western Nepal. Princess Prekshya, separated from Prince Dhirendra (who was killed in the June royal family massacre), was cremated on the banks of the sacred Bagmati River with full state honors. DIED. DAVID FRANCIS, 82, the great jazz drummer who led the swinging Savoy...