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UPDATED: Rockbridge County brush fire is 70 percent contained
Multimedia JournalistThe U.S. Forest Service says firefighters have contained about 70 percent of a brush fire on Elephant Mountain near Buena Vista. Forest Service spokesman Michael Williams tells media outlets that it could take several days to extinguish the fire....Tags: Conservation, Fires, Transportation Accidents, Environmental Issues
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Carilion's Life-Guard helicopter in Franklin County is being replaced
WDBJ7 News DirectorPhotographs online and in social media, and WDBJ7 video of Life-Guard 11 flying a victim of Friday’s mall shooting from Christiansburg to Roanoke, are among the most iconic of that scene. Life-Guard 11 is one of three flight-for-life helicopters...Tags: Heart Attack, Transportation Accidents
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TSA to soon allow fliers to carry small folding knives on planes
The Transportation Security Administration will soon let airline passengers carry small folding knives on planes for the first time since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. But a group of flight attendants is doing everything it can to halt the...
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Transportation Accidents, Global Change, U.S. Department of Transportation, Ecosystems
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Notebook: Agency knew about plane flaw but didn't tell
CORRECTION: David Birkeland was president and CEO of First Bank of South Dakota. The bank name was wrong in the first posting of this story. It has been corrected below. Imagine that a government agency discovers a dangerous situation, tells...Tags: National Transportation Safety Board, Transportation Industry, National Government, Northern States Power Company, U.S. Congress
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Witnesses in Kyrgyzstan say U.S. military plane broke apart midair
Witnesses say a U.S. tanker airplane that crashed Friday in northern Kyrgyzstan caught fire and broke apart in the air, according to local officials. Emergency response crews were dispatched to the scene, but the fate of the crew was not immediately...
Tags: Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan), Afghanistan, Kabul (Afghanistan), Kyrgyzstan, Transportation Accidents
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Plane from McConnell AFB crashes in Kyrgyzstan
BISHKEK (Reuters) - A U.S. military refueling plane on its way to Afghanistan exploded in mid air and crashed in Kyrgyzstan on Friday when its cargo of fuel ignited, the Central Asian country's Emergencies Ministry said. The aircraft took off from the U....
Tags: Explosions, Wars and Interventions, Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan), Unrest, Conflicts and War, Afghanistan
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U.S. military plane crashes in Kyrgyzstan
MOSCOW -- A U.S. fueling plane crashed in the mountains of Kyrgyzstan on Friday, a local official said. The Boeing 707 took off from the U.S. air base at Manas International Airport near Bishkek, officials said. The base is a key installation for...
Tags: Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan), U.S. Air Force, Kyrgyzstan, Transportation Accidents, U.S. Military
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Reuters World News Highlights at 1645 GMT, May 03
ReutersTOP STORIES ----------- MEXICO CITY - U.S. President Barack Obama told the Mexican people on Friday that he sees a "new Mexico" emerging, with a deepening democracy and growing economy, and that Mexico and the United States should be viewed as equal...Tags: Shootings, Bird Flu, Barack Obama, Transportation Accidents, U.S. Military
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Charges weighed in diver deaths at APG
Two senior enlisted leaders with an elite Navy dive unit could face charges of involuntary manslaughter in the deaths of two sailors at Aberdeen Proving Ground in February, and others could be charged, the Navy said Wednesday. The chief warrant officer...
Tags: Science and Technology, Medical Procedures and Tests, Military Justice, TNT (tv network), Court Preliminary
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Plane crash victims' families spend time together
DEARBORN HEIGHTS, Mich. (AP) — The brother of an airline mechanic killed in a cargo plane crash in Afghanistan this week says he and other victims' family members have found comfort in each other during meetings at a Detroit-area hotel. Glenn...
Tags: Accidental Death, Transportation Accidents, Boeing Co.
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Resort airports in stormy SE Asia leave safety to chance
Reuters* Bali crash highlights risk of turbulent winds on landing * Southeast Asia's top holiday spots lack critical wind shear alerts * Bali airport traffic controllers over-worked, official says By Neil Chatterjee and Trisha Sertori JAKARTA/DENPASAR,...Tags: Barack Obama, Transportation Accidents, Southeast Asia, Asia, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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‘World War Z’: Brad Pitt battles zombies, not snakes, on a plane
Hero Complex - movies, comics, pop culture - Los Angeles TimesIt’s one of the biggest action set pieces in Paramount’s upcoming pandemic thriller, “World War Z.” A Belarus Airlines flight ......
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