Word: crashingly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...their charter flight was delayed. Roy L. Dorcich, 70, told Jim Naik, 37, an officer of the Royal Cruise Line, Inc., which booked the tour: "I wish I could take more of these cruises. I enjoy life so much and it is so short," He did not survive the crash...
...PLANES. Today's jet is a marvel of engineering and safety. Based on actuarial records for new aircraft, Lloyd's of London had expected the Boeing 747 to have at least two fatal accidents during its first two years. But only one commercial crash has occurred since the jet was introduced in 1970?in Nairobi in 1974?and that was because the Lufthansa pilot did not extend the proper wing flaps while taking off. The 747 was blameless, of course, for the catastrophe at Tenerife. Leaving aside Nairobi and Tenerife, a total of 297 of these jets, operated...
...fear of causing such a crash or a collision ?known with studied casualness as creating an "aluminum shower"?puts the controllers under tremendous strain from the time they clear a jet for takeoff until they guide it to a landing (see diagram). FAA psychological tests have shown that controllers undergo more stress than combat pilots. At Chicago's O'Hare Airport, the world's busiest, they are allowed to work for only 90 minutes at a stretch during peak hours, landing a plane every two minutes while simultaneously keeping track of half a dozen more...
...THOMAS, VIRGIN ISLANDS: The short runway at the Harry Truman Airport gives jet pilots too little margin for error, and was blamed for the crash of an American Airlines jet last year. Construction of a runway extension has not yet begun, though federal funds have been made available...
FICTION 1 -Trinity, Uns (1 last week) 2-The Crash of '79, Erdman (2) 3-Oliver' s Story, Segal...