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...just three minutes after takeoff - the most dangerous part of any flight. Rescue workers have not found any survivors from the plane; six people are reported missing on the ground in Rockaway. Officials warn they have no clues as to why the plane went down, but add that the pilot appears to have dumped fuel before crashing, a procedure consistent with a mechanical failure...
...Because the government does not yet consider this a criminal matter, the NTSB is the lead investigative agency. Early indications indicate that the pilot did not report any trouble before the crash. Eyewitnesses say that pieces of the plane's engine and wing landed separately from the rest of the aircraft, an indication that the plane was breaking up before it hit the ground. The FBI told the Associated Press there was some evidence of explosions on the plane, but no confirmation is available...
...million to fit their 13 planes with new, high-strength tires and form-fitting pieces of Kevlar inside the six most vulnerable fuel tanks, and they use state-of-the art 'armored' wiring. "There was, and remains, grief for the people killed and their families," says British Airways' chief pilot Mike Bannister. "But there was disappointment for the plane for only a moment. Then we got to fixing...
...become the first major African-American nominee for President. People in Bauer's agency may be in on the hit, so he can't trust anyone. Oh, and his teenage daughter (Elisha Cuthbert) is AWOL in a van with two skeevy-seeming young men. At the end of the pilot, it's 1 a.m., and he doesn't know where his daughter or the killer is. "If you lay all this on one guy," says Cochran, "he won't be getting any sleep, and hopefully the audience won't either...
Lotfi Raissi, 27 Algerian Status: Arrested Sept. 21 in London. Fighting extradition to U.S. Believed to have helped train four of the Sept. 11 pilots. Trained at flying schools in Britain and the U.S. Prosecutors say he made visits to the U.S. in June and July 2001, during which he, Pentagon pilot Hani Hanjour and three others used flight simulators...