Irish planes struck by lightning
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Two planes have been grounded at Shannon Airport after being struck by lightning, it has emerged.
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Near collisions between planes on the ground is increasing, according to a document seen by the BBC.
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About 40 players and coaches with the Grapeland High School football team in East Texas were injured, two of them critically, when lightning struck near their practice field Tuesday evening, authorities said.
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AN Olympic Airways plane bound for New York with 295 passengers aboard was being diverted to Shannon airport in Ireland after an Athens newspaper received warning of a bomb on board, a company spokesman said.
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Three people are injured by a door which fell off an RAF helicopter at an air show in the west of Ireland.
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A plane makes an emergency landing at Calgary in Canada after a number of passengers are injured by turbulence.
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Thirty-three Finnish soldiers were injured by lightning during a night exercise in western Finland, military officials said Friday.'A sudden thunderstorm came over the area and lightning struck in two places,' said Lt. Col. Jukka Orava.Three soldiers who were seriously injured were being treated at a hospital, Orava said. He did not describe their injuries but said their condition was stable. Eight others were to be released later Friday.Twenty-two soldiers were only slightly injured with suspected hearing damage, Orava said. They were examined by military medical staff at a field hospital. Read more
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Authorities are investigating a pilot&#39;s claim that three green laser beams shone into his cockpit as he approached Teterboro Airport late Wednesday.
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By Belleville News-Democrat, Ill.  Jun. 27--A vacant building near the Praxair facility in Cahokia was struck by lightning Tuesday afternoon.   The reported lightning strike resulted in the brief evacuation of employees from the new Praxair chemical plant.
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Northern Ireland Electricity  warns of possible damage to the network ahead of expected high winds.
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A bomb-threatened Olympic Airways plane landed safely at Shannon airport today after being diverted to Ireland following a warning telephoned to an Athens newspaper.
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Power was back on for most of the greater Chicago area Monday after a heavy snow storm blew through the region grounding flights for Christmas holiday travellers and leaving 11 dead in road accidents, according to reports.
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MEDFORD, Ore. - The FBI is investigating a report by a SkyWest crew, who say they saw two laser-like rays of light in the cockpit of their plane as they attempted to land at the Medford airport Christmas night.
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A Russian airliner  carrying 170 holidaymakers home from a seaside resort crashed  and burst into flames in a field in Ukraine on Tuesday after it  was struck by lightning, officials said.
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An Iranian airliner caught fire after a   tire burst on landing at an airport in the northeast of the   country on Friday, killing 29 of the 148 people aboard, state   television said.
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Investigations continue into a light aircraft crash in which a family died after taking off from West Sussex.
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CORONA, Calif., Jan. 20 -- Two private planes flying about a mile from an airport collided Sunday, killing at least four people and raining debris on car dealerships below, authorities said.