Lone Controller Turned His Back Before Crash
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LEXINGTON, Ky., Aug. 29 -- An air-traffic controller working alone cleared a Comair regional jet to take off and then turned his back, not seeing the plane head down the wrong runway and crash, killing 49 people in the worst U.S. aviation accident in nearly five years, authorities said Tuesday.
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Two controllers overseeing the test track where a high-speed magnetic train crashed into a maintenance vehicle, killing 23, are being investigated on suspicion of involuntary manslaughter, prosecutors said Wednesday.
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Buddy Rice&#39;s scary crash probably cost him more than just a chance to win a race. The crash that flipped Rice&#39;s car and sent it skidding upside down along the track at the Delphi Indy 300 on Sunday likely
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A pilot who survived a light aircraft crash in Snowdonia, which killed his friend, speaks publicly for the first time.
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A Finnish commuter ferry captain has been suspended after crashing into a pier because he forgot to turn off the autopilot -- for the second time in three days.
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Two sides with something to prove barrel down a narrow road at one another with no intention of letting up. If neither swerves at the last second, there will be a crash that inflicts heavy damage on both.
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Driver charged with manslaughter after falling unconscious at wheel
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A British Airways flight from London to New York was forced to turn back Wednesday after U.S. authorities refused to allow one of the passengers to land, the airline said.
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A board investigating the crash of NASA&#39;s Genesis spacecraft has found the design for a key system was drawn backward. The result: improper orientation of switches that were supposed to detect its entry into
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Why it's broke and how it can be fixed Comment Orr was crazy and could be grounded. All he had to do was ask; and as soon as he did, he would no longer be crazy and would have to fly more missions - Catch-22â¦
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The co-pilot of an American Airlines Airbus A300 that crashed nearly three years ago in New York made &quot;unnecessary and too aggressive&quot; use of the controls, safety regulators were told on Tuesday.
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The Federal Aviation Administration violated its own policies when it assigned only one controller to a Lexington, Ky., airport tower the morning of a fatal air crash, the agency acknowledged Tuesday.
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The world&#39;s first private astronaut, South African-born Mike Melvill, was jubilant as he returned safely from a harrowing roller-coaster ride into space that stopped the hearts of onlookers.
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By JIMMY CUNNINGHAM  A TOP Ryanair executive had to be rescued by armed police after customers became furious when a free flights promotion backfired.
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In rare circumstances, the gyroscope-controlled scooters can reverse course and toss their riders. Resulting safety concerns cause the manufacturer to pull back all shipped units for a software upgrade.
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U.S. authorities told a British Airways flight bound for New York to turn back on Wednesday because they said there was a suspected militant on board, although London police later released him without charge.
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Solo city as it landed in heavy rain around dusk on Tuesday after a flight from Jakarta. Other sources were giving different numbers on casualties.