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...YORK--A USAir 737 carrying 62 people skidded off a runway on takeoff from LaGuardia Airport and splashed into the East River late last night, killing at least three people, authorities said...
...plane circled Boston for nearly an hour as it dumped fuel over the ocean. The jet, coming from New York's LaGuardia Airport, made one rough touch-and-go landing at about 10 a.m. in an effort to jar the front wheel loose from its housing...
That is the inevitable consequence of the shortage of airport capacity. Such facilities as New York's LaGuardia and Boston's Logan were built in an era of smaller, propeller-driven planes, which could use relatively short runways. Hemmed in by development, such airports will have trouble handling any significant increase in traffic. As a result, "we're heading for one of the most dramatic cases of peacetime rationing this country has ever seen," declares Philip Bakes, president of Eastern Air Lines. Says Clifton Moore, chief administrator of Los Angeles International: "There may be a time when you will have...
...McDonnell Douglas MD-80 turbofan jet had just lifted off from New York's LaGuardia Airport and was streaking toward the Manhattan skyline when its left engine burst into flames. Pilot Bob Harry kept his cool. Banking sharply, he cut a swath over the city, put the Statue of Liberty behind his right wing and headed back to LaGuardia. In a matter of minutes, he had lined up his plane over an empty runway, pulled out the flaps and felt the familiar jolt of a successful touchdown...
...trip from Boston to New York can now take more than four hours by plane, door-to-door. An hour to the airport, a half-hour waiting in line to check baggage, an hour in flight, a half-hour waiting for your bags, and an hour cab ride from Laguardia to Manhattan. Driving from Cabot House to the Upper West Side only takes three-and-a-half hours...