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"She Has Nerves Of Steel": Story Of Pilot Who Landed Jet After Engine Fail
The pilot's voice was calm yet focused as her plane descended, telling air traffic control she had "149 souls" on board and was carrying 21,000 pounds - or about five hours' worth - of fuel.
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Woman Killed After Engine Fails On US Flight, Window Shattered
One person died and seven others were injured after an engine blew apart, sending shrapnel into the plane and forcing a Southwest Airlines flight to make an emergency landing at Philadelphia International Airport on Tuesday.
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More Dogs Die On United Than On Any Other Airline. Here's Why.
It was a horrific incident that grabbed headlines and incited the ire of dog lovers around the world. A 10-month-old French bulldog died on a United Airlines flight after his carrier was placed inside a cabin overhead compartment at the direction of a flight attendant.
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Family Flies German Shepherd On United Airlines. Gets A Great Dane Back
It's been a frightening week for dog owners considering putting their pet on plane and a bad one for United Airlines. A Kansas-bound German shepherd may have mistakenly been shipped to Japan by - you guessed it - United Airlines.
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Puppy Dies After Being Put In Overhead Bin On United Flight
United Airlines said it will "assume full responsibility" for the death of a 10-month-old puppy that appeared to have suffocated after it was placed inside an overhead compartment on a three-hour flight from Houston to New York City on Monday.
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Train Ferrying US Lawmakers Activated Emergency Brake Before Fatal Crash
Federal investigators said Thursday that data gathered from an Amtrak train carrying Republican lawmakers that hit a garbage truck near Crozet, Virginia, on Wednesday indicates that the engineer activated the emergency brake and the train came to a full stop 20 seconds later.
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After A Century Of Promises, New Yorkers Finally Get Their 2nd Avenue Subway
Eleven-year-old Bobby Graves may have only caught the tail end of a century's worth of deferred promises on New York's Second Avenue subway. But he's already seen enough to treat the project with extreme skepticism.
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'Pharma Bro' Shkreli Arrested For Securities Fraud
Martin Shkreli is a biotech executive who favors open-collar shirts over lab coats, the founder of a hedge fund who eschewed discretion by broadcasting his life on YouTube, a pill seller who made no bones about his power to raise the price of his medicines.
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"She Has Nerves Of Steel": Story Of Pilot Who Landed Jet After Engine Fail
The pilot's voice was calm yet focused as her plane descended, telling air traffic control she had "149 souls" on board and was carrying 21,000 pounds - or about five hours' worth - of fuel.
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Woman Killed After Engine Fails On US Flight, Window Shattered
One person died and seven others were injured after an engine blew apart, sending shrapnel into the plane and forcing a Southwest Airlines flight to make an emergency landing at Philadelphia International Airport on Tuesday.
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More Dogs Die On United Than On Any Other Airline. Here's Why.
It was a horrific incident that grabbed headlines and incited the ire of dog lovers around the world. A 10-month-old French bulldog died on a United Airlines flight after his carrier was placed inside a cabin overhead compartment at the direction of a flight attendant.
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Family Flies German Shepherd On United Airlines. Gets A Great Dane Back
It's been a frightening week for dog owners considering putting their pet on plane and a bad one for United Airlines. A Kansas-bound German shepherd may have mistakenly been shipped to Japan by - you guessed it - United Airlines.
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Puppy Dies After Being Put In Overhead Bin On United Flight
United Airlines said it will "assume full responsibility" for the death of a 10-month-old puppy that appeared to have suffocated after it was placed inside an overhead compartment on a three-hour flight from Houston to New York City on Monday.
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Train Ferrying US Lawmakers Activated Emergency Brake Before Fatal Crash
Federal investigators said Thursday that data gathered from an Amtrak train carrying Republican lawmakers that hit a garbage truck near Crozet, Virginia, on Wednesday indicates that the engineer activated the emergency brake and the train came to a full stop 20 seconds later.
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After A Century Of Promises, New Yorkers Finally Get Their 2nd Avenue Subway
Eleven-year-old Bobby Graves may have only caught the tail end of a century's worth of deferred promises on New York's Second Avenue subway. But he's already seen enough to treat the project with extreme skepticism.
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'Pharma Bro' Shkreli Arrested For Securities Fraud
Martin Shkreli is a biotech executive who favors open-collar shirts over lab coats, the founder of a hedge fund who eschewed discretion by broadcasting his life on YouTube, a pill seller who made no bones about his power to raise the price of his medicines.
