Word: takeoff
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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, 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...
...Another Northwest DC-10 turned back to Detroit immediately after takeoff because the flap controls were not working properly. By week's end many anxious travelers were avoiding bookings on DC-10s. Addressing the fears, Federal Aviation Administrator James Busey maintained that there is no evidence that DC-10s are less safe than other airliners...
Cliffs Notes objected to a takeoff on its trademarked cover design. "The defense 'parody' does not magically dispel what would otherwise be an infringement," said its attorney. A federal judge agreed. Doubleday plans an appeal...
...plane left Paris. The resulting pressure change buckled the cabin floor and broke the hydraulic tubes passing under it. All 346 occupants died. In a 1979 crash in Chicago, 279 were killed after an improperly installed wing engine on an American Airlines DC-10 tore away on takeoff, - ripping hydraulic lines and causing the pilot to lose control...