Word: disasterous
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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WASHINGTON: The focus of the investigation into Korean Air Flight 801's demise is shifting from the control tower to the cockpit. TIME's Elaine Shannon says investigators probing the deadly crash in Guam are looking at whether the crew of the Boeing 747 was unfamiliar with the route normally...
But even as NASA was giving the go-ahead for Foale to start his training for this unanticipated job, another disaster struck. Someone--according to one report, Tsibliyev--pulled the wrong plug on an onboard computer, sending Mir into a spin and robbing it of power once again. Foale greeted...
Actually, it's consumers who should be howling, because 17 months after the act became law, any significant reductions in local phone bills remain on hold. Less than one-half of one percent of U.S. households receive competitive local service, according to a study by the Yankee Group consulting firm...
Furthermore, if one of the non-conforming buildings were destroyed by fire or another disaster, it could not be rebuilt according to the original design because it would not conform to zoning regulations.
NEW YORK: A 747 wired with a battery of sensors took off from New York's Kennedy airport this morning on an unusual mission, to try to simulate the conditions that caused TWA Flight 800 to explode last summer. According to National Transportation Safety Board Chairman Jim Hall, a series...