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...spot where the first pilot aborted. Kirby lost radio contact with the hospital in Houston. His helicopter dropped suddenly, to 100 ft. Its rotor sliced into thick pine trees. The cabin smashed into three pieces and landed upside down, drenched in jet fuel. Kirby, the patient and two medical crew members died. (See a story about water landings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EMS Helicopter Safety: Can New Rules Save Lives? | 1/30/2009 | See Source »

...fatal crashes in two months. The first accident, in May 2008, may fit the industry's crash profile. The helicopter went down on a night flight to the airport in Madison, Wisconsin, possibly as it encountered rain and fog, according to the transportation safety board's initial report. Three crew members died...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Chopper Safety: A Clash Between Federal Agencies | 1/30/2009 | See Source »

...Millionaire host in the film. (The actual Indian show's original host was Bachchan, followed by Khan.) The protesters held banners reading I AM NOT A DOG--as in slumdog--and POVERTY FOR SALE. Two days earlier, a slum leader in Patna took the film's Indian cast and crew to court for offending slum dwellers with the allegedly pejorative title (as if they'd chosen it). He said he didn't expect any better of the Brits who made the film, because their ancestors had called Indians "dogs," but that the Indians should have known better...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: From Slumdog to Top Dog | 1/29/2009 | See Source »

...early encounter had little impact on Newman's career, which successfully spanned nearly five decades. Inspired by the sounds of bebop saxophonist Sonny Stitt, whose control of the instrument Newman called "superb," he became an important part of R&B crooner Ray Charles' crew in the 1950s; one of their biggest hits was "I Got a Woman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: David Newman | 1/29/2009 | See Source »

...Kapoor, who plays a leading role in the film. The protesters held banners reading "I Am Not a Dog" - referring to slumdog in the film's title - and "Poverty for Sale." Two days earlier, a slum leader in the central Indian city of Patna took the Indian cast and crew of the film to court for allegedly offending slum dwellers by the pejorative in the title. He said he didn't expect any better of the British people associated with the film, because their ancestors called Indians "dogs" anyway, but that the Indians should have known better...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Slumdog Millionaire, an Oscar Favorite, Is No Hit in India | 1/26/2009 | See Source »

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