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...much more likely to be a murder victim in Gary, Ind. than any other city in the country, the FBI reports. That industrial city near Chicago tops the nation with a murder of 89.1 slayings per 100,000 people. Next up are New Orleans, and Washington DC. Surprisingly enough, you're less likely to be murdered in notorious New York City than Atlanta, Kansas City, Richmond, Los Angeles, or Little Rock...
First Officer James P. Hayes, who was flying the DC-9, had been warned of wind shear in the area of Charlotte-Douglas International Airport. But Hayes said he had no idea he was so near the sudden, dangerous shift in wind speed and direction caused by a downward rush of cooled...
Only 14 hours after arriving home from his trip to Europe last week, President Clinton donned a pink shirt, khakis and cowboy boots to survey the epic flood that has devastated a vast section of Georgia and the Florida- Alabama panhandle. As his DC-9 descended through the clouds to the airport in Albany, Georgia, the President stared at the muddy waters of the Flint River cascading through the city streets below, washing over the roofs of stores, houses and churches. Even before stopping at a disaster-relief center, Clinton had pledged $60 million in federal disaster aid to help...
USAir Flight 1016, carrying 55 people, crashed early Saturday evening while trying to land at Charlotte-Douglas International Airport in a storm. At least 18 people were confirmed dead, and witnesses reported numerous injuries. The DC-9 jet, en route from Columbia, S.C., struck trees and telephone poles before hitting a house...
...minutes before impact, the two pilots of a USAir jet that crashed Saturday in Charlotte, N.C., were warned of dangerous wind shear, federal investigators say. The National Transportation Safety Board unearthed that and other details in a search for why the DC-9 went down with 57 people on board, killing 37. The NTSB, which hasgathered testimony from five surviving flight crew members, planned to release more specifics this evening.parpar