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Everything appeared normal on United Airlines Flight 811. En route from Honolulu to Auckland, New Zealand, the Boeing 747, carrying 336 passengers and a crew of 18, had climbed to 22,000 ft. over the Pacific. As the flight attendants were preparing to roll out the beverage carts, passengers in the forward section heard a hissing noise. Within seconds came a loud thump of bursting metal and a roar of cold air. "It was like a dream," said passenger Gary Garber later. "A section of the plane wasn't there any longer...
King Carl Gustaf's outburst, which came during a state visit to New Zealand, was prompted by a hard-hitting documentary on Norwegian sealing that had aired the previous week on North European television. The footage showed hunters stabbing baby and adult seals with ice picks and in some instances dragging the animals, only half dead, back to Norwegian flaying vessels. The King's comments were strong stuff, considering Norway's sensitivity to criticism from Sweden, its onetime colonial master and its archrival. Said Swedish Foreign Minister Sten Andersson of the King, before rushing off to Norway on a fence...
United's Flight 811, which originated in San Francisco and Los Angeles, had departed Honolulu International Airport with 336 passengers and 18 crew members at 1:53 a.m. (6:53 a.m. EST) for Auckland, New Zealand and Sydney, Australia. It returned 59 minutes later with a 10-by-40-foot vertical hole in its right side near the front of the craft...
...pastime that the Japanese learned from the English by way of New Zealand, the maze craze shows signs of catching on in the U.S. Since August, thousands of visitors have paid $7 apiece to get lost in the first American Wooz, which stands for Wild and Original Object with Zoom. The $13 million park in Vacaville, Calif., offers two degrees of difficulty. Claustrophobes need not fear, because three escape routes are provided. Price of a franchise: $45,000 plus construction costs...
...officials insist the ban is nothing more than a regulation designed to protect the public health. They see the law as nondiscriminatory, since all nations exporting meat to Europe must meet the same requirement. Such major beef exporters as Argentina, Australia, Brazil and New Zealand have agreed to ship only hormone-free meat to the Community, even though they may agree with the U.S. that the restriction is too broad...