Word: schiphol
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LIKE MOST TRAGEDIES, THE CRASH OF AN EL AL 747-200F cargo jet last week came without warning. Six minutes after taking off from Amsterdam's Schiphol airport bound for Tel Aviv, the pilot reported a fire in a right-wing engine. Seconds later another engine failed and the freighter hurtled into a 10-story apartment building just 10 miles from the airport. As rescue workers uncovered the remains of 51 victims on the ground -- many others were incinerated and will never be found -- investigators searched for an explanation. El Al says an engine fire on the same plane...
...flight paths of airports were realized on the quiet evening of Oct. 4, when an El Al 747-200F cargo crashed into a 10-story low-income apartment building in southeast Amsterdam. Laden with fuel and 114 tons of commercial cargo, the freighter had taken off from Schiphol Airport at 6:22 p.m., headed for Tel Aviv. Six minutes later, veteran pilot Isaac Fuchs issued a distress call, reporting a fire in a right-wing engine. As he circled back for the airport, dumping fuel in preparation for an emergency landing, he radioed that a second engine had failed...