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WORLD: Investigators probe the cause of history's worst single-plane accident...
Just 45 minutes after leaving Tokyo on the planned one-hour run, the huge U.S.-built Boeing 747 smashed into a mountain in a wilderness area often called the Tibet of Japan's Gumma prefecture. The death toll made it the worst single-plane accident in aviation history. Only the collision of two other 747s, one taxiing and the second racing toward takeoff, at fog-shrouded Tenerife in the Canary Islands on March 27, 1977, killed more people...
Training is key. Young@Heart isn't for the tone deaf or the wimpy. Members must audition, although some are making their stage debut, and they must be reasonably hearty to endure long rehearsals, even longer plane rides and, of course, the performances. For the show always goes on. As the group members sing in one of their most popular numbers, Forever Young, by the legendary Dylan, "Be courageous and be brave,/ And in my heart you'll always stay,/ Forever young, forever young, forever young." That's exactly what they intend...
...eventually demoralize its rivals. Last year, Waugh handed over to Ponting, a prodigy from Launceston, Tasmania. Despite making some diplomatic noises, Ponting has kept the approach rolling. "That's what it's all about," said the captain, resplendent in gray suit and pink shirt, shortly before boarding a plane in Brisbane for London on June 4. "Everything we do is based on applying pressure." It's one reason that, outside of Australia, most people with an interest in cricket would be delighted to see England beat the cocky visitors...
Interrogator: Who was with you on the plane...