Posts Tagged ‘Crash’

Drag race ends in fiery crash on Staten Island

A high-speed drag race on a Staten Island street early Saturday ended with a fiery crash that killed one car’s driver, police and witnesses said.

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Safety concerns raised about China crash runway (AP)

Chinese paramilitary policemen stand guard near the damaged Henan Airlines plane which has crashed on landing in Yichun in northeast China's Heilongjiang province Wednesday Aug. 25, 2010. A Chinese passenger jet crashed while trying to land on a fog-shrouded runway in the country's northeast and burst into flames late, killing 42 people and injuring 54 others, state media said Wednesday. (AP Photo) CHINA OUTAP – At least one airline had questioned the safety of nighttime landings at the relatively new airport in northeast China where a passenger jet crashed and burned while trying to land at night on a fog-shrouded runway, killing 42 people and injuring 54.


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Chinese state TV says 42 killed in plane crash (AP)

In this cell phone photo released by China's Xinhua news agency, rescuers work at the site of a reported plane crash at an airport in northeast China's Heilongjiang province on Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2010. According to Xinhua, the plane overshot the runway in Yichun city and burst into flames. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Li Guangfu) NO SALESAP – Chinese state television says 42 people died when a passenger jet overshot a runway in northeast China on Tuesday and burst into flames. It says 49 others were rescued and taken to hospital.


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Chinese state TV says 48 rescued after plane crash (AP)

AP – Chinese state television said 48 people were rescued Tuesday after a plane with 91 people crashed while landing at an airport in the country’s northeast. The fate of the remaining passengers was unclear.

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6 badly injured in ‘miracle’ crash flown to Bogota (AP)

** ALTERNATIVE CROP OF XBOG102 ** A police officer stands by a crashed plane sitting on the runaway at the airport on San Andres island in Colombia, Monday Aug. 16, 2010. The Boeing 737 operated by the airline Aires crashed on landing after departing from Bogota around midnight local time with 131 passengers. According to an Air Force official, at least one passenger died.  (AP Photo/Periodico El Isleno, Richard Garcia)AP – Survivors say everything seemed normal as a jetliner with 131 people on board prepared to land in a storm on a Caribbean resort. Suddenly it plunged to earth, killing one person — a death toll so low the island’s governor called it a miracle.


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‘Miracle’ in Colombia crash: Woman dies, 130 live (AP)

** ALTERNATIVE CROP OF XBOG102 ** A police officer stands by a crashed plane sitting on the runaway at the airport on San Andres island in Colombia, Monday Aug. 16, 2010. The Boeing 737 operated by the airline Aires crashed on landing after departing from Bogota around midnight local time with 131 passengers. According to an Air Force official, at least one passenger died.  (AP Photo/Periodico El Isleno, Richard Garcia)AP – A Boeing 737 jetliner carrying 131 people crashed in a thunderstorm and broke apart as it slid onto the runway on a Caribbean island on Monday. The region’s governor said it was a miracle that only one person died.


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‘Miracle’ in Colombia jet crash: 1 dies, 130 live (AP)

A plane that crashed lays in pieces along the runaway at the airport on San Andres island in Colombia, Monday Aug. 16, 2010. The Boeing 737 operated by the airline Aires crashed on landing after departing from Bogota around midnight local time with 131 passengers. According to an Air Force official, at least one passenger died.  (AP Photo/Periodico El Isleno, Richard Garcia)AP – A Boeing 737 jetliner carrying 131 people crashed in a thunderstorm and broke into three pieces as it slid onto the runway on a Colombian island on Monday. The region’s governor said it was a miracle that only one person died.


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