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...official NTSB line, though, is that it will take days, possibly weeks, to pinpoint the cause of the crash. The Boeing 747 was carrying 254 passengers ? including 13 Americans ? when it went down, ending the lives of more than 200. Earlier this week, TIME's Elaine Shannon said crash investigators had been focusing on whether the crew of the plane was unfamiliar with the route, which could have caused confusion leading to the disaster. TIME's aviation expert, Jerry Hannifin, also suggested investigators should consider the long working hours the airline imposes on its crews...
MIAMI: TIME aviation expert Jerry Hannifin says eyewitness accounts support the theory that engine failure caused the deadly crash of a Fine Air cargo jet yesterday. After hearing witness reports of the plane "wobbling" upon takeoff from Miami International, Hannifin believes the tragedy that killed the DC-8's four-man crew and injured four others on the ground was likely the result of a stalled compressor in one of the plane's engines...
...dismissed speculation the crash had anything to do with the fact that the "ancient" plane (they stopped making the DC-8 15 years ago) full of blue jeans bound for the Dominican Republic had been scheduled to take off the previous night. Hannifin pointed out cargo operations such as Fine Air customarily operate "on demand," not sticking to any working schedule...
...plane, filled with blue jeans bound for the Dominican Republic, was the victim of a "routine delay" while awaiting its cargo. "It happens all the time," she said. Meanwhile Fine Air also faces a stock problem - they went public only yesterday, and shares plummeted on the news of the crash...
WASHINGTON: The focus of the investigation into Korean Air Flight 801's demise is shifting from the control tower to the cockpit. TIME's Elaine Shannon says investigators probing the deadly crash in Guam are looking at whether the crew of the Boeing 747 was unfamiliar with the route normally taken by an Airbus, which could have caused confusion leading to the disaster...