Word: fueled
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...What is known of the cockpit's communications with air-traffic controllers appears to rule out terrorism. But not the terror of mechanical failure. And so the questions were asked. Was it a problem akin to what most probably destroyed TWA 800--a stray spark igniting gases in a fuel tank? Or was it some hazardous, poorly packed cargo like the kind that destroyed ValuJet Flight 592 over the Florida Everglades? Or was it something else, some yet unknown and insidious little technicality...
...miles away, was nearer, he responded, "Prefer Halifax." When the plane was about 30 miles away from the airport, Zimmermann advised that he needed more than that distance to land. He was told to turn left to lose altitude. Still descending, the pilot next reported, "We must dump some fuel." At 9:24 he declared an emergency, saying, "We are starting to vent now. We have to land immediately." The plane was cleared for dumping. Six minutes later, it disappeared from the radar...
...cockpit or to a critical flight control." Such speculation is perhaps inspired by the conclusion of the investigation into the crash of TWA 800 near Long Island on July 17, 1996. That disaster's likely cause: exhaust heat from the Boeing 747's air conditioners transformed its fuel into a hot vapor so combustible that a mere spark, possibly from a frayed wire, touched off the disaster...
North Korea clearly doesn't think the U.S. has been taking it seriously enough of late. Pyongyang agreed to shut down its nuclear facilities in 1994 in exchange for two new reactors that don't produce bomb fuel and a yearly gift of 500,000 tons of heavy fuel oil for conventional power plants. Washington also agreed to roll back sanctions. The hard-won deal brought both sides back from the brink of war. But Pyongyang is frustrated over what it sees as foot dragging in Washington. The reactors are behind schedule, and so are the oil deliveries...
...come up with the money. But U.S. lawmakers are even more reluctant to bankroll Pyongyang after Monday's launch. The Senate quickly passed legislation requiring President Clinton to certify that North Korea is not developing nuclear weapons or exporting ballistic missiles to terrorist nations before providing more fuel oil. If approved by the House, the requirement could kill the 1994 agreement...