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...separate technological glitches plagued the Windy City today, paralyzing its airport (the world's largest) and shutting down the commodities exchange for a couple of hours. The first was caused by a power outage, and the second was related to a computer malfunction.WHAT CAUSED THE USAIR CRASH? Scratch those theories, offered just yesterday, about what caused the USAir crash. Having analyzed new evidence, National Transportation Safety Board investigators say they are back to square one in the search -- and they aren't ruling out anything...
...facts are trickling in about Frank Corder's fatal plane crash, and they seem to add up to one conclusion: a president can never be entirely protected, even at home. For those responsible for providing that protection, some of the details coming to light are particularly embarrassing. For instance, minutes before Corder, 38, smashed onto the lawn and skidded into the White House early Monday, radar at nearby National Airport reportedly detected the plane. Yet, officials did not notify Secret Service agents who guard the mansion. Federal investigators are probing airport records to learn why.A MATHIAS RUST WANNABE...
Federal investigators have identified three possible reasons for the crash of USAir Flight 427 near Pittsburgh last Thursday, in which 132 people died. In addition to the mid-air deployment of thrust reversers, officials of the National Transportation Safety Board said that it was possible that the right engine came loose or that brakes were unevenly deployed...
...black boxes containing the pilots' cockpit conversation on doomed US Air Flight 427 were recovered today, and investigators hope the devices reveal more about the bizarre crash that claimed 132 lives. The jetliner en route from Chicago to Pittsburgh crashed at 7:15 P.M. yesterday. The Boeing 737 was approaching the airport to land when an explosion occurred and the craft disintegrated, according to witnesses. Another US Air flight crashed in Charlotte, N.C., last month, one of five fatal crashes the airline has experienced in the past half-decade. President Clinton offered condolences to the families of those aboard...
Investigators looking into the air crash that killed all 44 people aboard a Royal Air Maroc passenger flight concluded that the accident was intentionally caused by the pilot as he committed suicide. Transport Ministry officials said the pilot disconnected the automatic controls and pushed the aircraft into a dive while his female co-pilot screamed out Mayday signals over the radio. But the Moroccan Pilot's Union contested the suicide finding, saying that the pilot was a cheerful, well-balanced man and there was evidence of technical failure...