Word: plane
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...plane, USAir Flight 5050, a Boeing 737-400 bound for Charlotte, N.C., went down on takeoff from LaGuardia, said Susan Young, a USAir spokeperson in Pittsburgh...
Some people were trapped in the plane's tail section and were being removed, said Coast Guard Lt. Cmdr. Paul Milligan. CBS reported all crew members survived the accident...
Milligan said the plane skidded off the runway during takeoff and landed in the water, about 2000 feet from the end of the runway...
...pilot tried to abort the takeoff for an unknown reason, said Kathleen Bergen, spokesperson for the Federal Aviation Administration in New York. The plane had been delayed from a 7:30 p.m. scheduled departure, CBS reported...
...plane was carrying 55 passengers and seven crew members and was being evacuated, said a Fire Department spokesman, John Mulligan...