Word: accidental
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-- The most frightening accident of the week was reminiscent of the July 19 crash of a United Airlines DC-10 in Sioux City, Iowa, caused when the rear engine exploded, cutting the plane's hydraulic flight controls. On Wednesday the rear engine shattered on a Northwest DC-10 headed for...
Far from being an isolated outrage, such a botch-up is shockingly common, claims Baden, co-director of the forensic sciences unit of the New York state police. In a new book, Unnatural Death (Random House; $17.95), he and co- author Judith Adler Hennessee present a fascinating and disturbing picture...
The situation seems promising. A nuclear submarine has a mysterious accident at the edge of an ocean canyon, and the only hope for rescue is the crew of a futuristic underwater oil-drilling rig working nearby. The rig's designer (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio), who is the estranged wife of its...
When the nuclear-power plant at Chernobyl blew, lethal contamination forced the evacuation of 100,000 citizens. But 600 residents told Izvestiya last week that they had not been moved until a week after the accident, after even the livestock had been led to safety. Now, three years later, the...
Residents of the accident zone have grown increasingly concerned about the health of their children, who are developing respiratory infections and vision problems. They say their children have been eating contaminated food from local stores and contend that government limits for radiation are too high. In an article titled "Mysterious...