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Designed to aid "qualified filmmakers," the MFO publishes guides to scouting and production assistance, local cast and crew, and the procedures for securing municipal permits...
...first, an episode of the hapless comedian's ABC-TV series will be filmed in Beijing and other Chinese locations over several days beginning late next month. Much of the show will be done overseas, with interiors finished as usual on a Burbank, Calif., sound stage. A scaled-down crew of about 10 people is gearing up for the shoot, with the episode currently scheduled to air during November sweeps. The story line revolves around a practical joke played on Carey that finds him waking up drunk, penniless and without his passport in the communist country, only to find salvation...
...Crew at Revolution, FSNE...
...ValuJet plane went down, a Federal Express DC-10 was forced into an emergency landing at Newburgh, N.Y., because of fire in its cargo hold. The captain reported smoke at the same altitude as Swissair 111--33,000 ft.--and began to descend. Eighteen minutes later, the FedEx crew was sliding down ropes and chutes from the plane, which burned steadily for more than three hours after landing. The cause of the fire was never pinpointed, but investigators discovered such undeclared items as aerosol cans and plastic bottles containing acidic liquids, prompting the National Transportation Safety Board to warn that...
Then there is the ValuJet theory. On May 11, 1996, spare oxygen-generating canisters stowed as freight aboard ValuJet Flight 592 ignited and sent the DC-9 plunging into the Everglades. The generators had been mistakenly marked empty, and the crew never knew that the plane was carrying hazardous material. Could similar undeclared baggage have doomed Swissair 111? In 1990, air personnel discovered undeclared hazardous cargo--usually because it leaked or emitted a smell--on 63 occasions; by last year, that number had ballooned to 349. Shippers are still not required to disclose to air carriers the contents of their...