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Airport to spend $82,000 on emergency lighting system after recent outage
Bob Hope Airport is taking a two-path approach to preventing another outage like the one on Nov. 28 that took out operations on its longest runway. The Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority on Monday voted to buy an emergency lighting system while...
Tags: Google+, Transportation Accidents, Bob Hope, Federal Aviation Administration
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San Fernando Valley roundup: Good Samaritans' families to get bills, Plane crashes in Pacoima
Good morning, readers. Today is Sunday, August 26 — the last weekend before Labor Day. Summer is slowly winding down. A good deed doesn't go unpunished in Los Angeles. The families of the two good Samaritans electrocuted Wednesday in Valley Village...Tags: Google+, Transportation Accidents, Labor Day, Highway Transportation, Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
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Small Wonders: The invasion of the parrots
You hear them long before you see them. They announce their pending arrival like the blare of an ambulance giving you warning from blocks away — a distant peal growing louder and louder until you can't ignore it any longer. When you look up from...Tags: Transportation Accidents, Facebook, Disasters and Accidents, Busch Gardens Orlando, Amusement and Theme Parks
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Authorities simulate plane crash at Bob Hope Airport
Authorities staged a full-scale emergency response at Bob Hope Airport Tuesday, an exercise required every three years by the federal government to test readiness in case of a real incident.
On Tuesday, emergency crews simulated a jet fire, complete with...Tags: Transportation Accidents, Bob Hope, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Disasters and Accidents, Health
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Lost in the Line of Duty: A State Trooper's Story 12 Years Later
Channel 2 NewsWhen a service member or civilian in uniform makes the ultimate sacrifice, they are officially considered lost in the line of duty. Channel Two is looking back at three Alaskans and their families who have paid the ultimate price. On May 10, The State...Tags: Transportation Accidents, Memorial Day, Human Interest
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Elizabeth Taylor returns from Todd funeral
FrameworkElizabeth Taylor kisses her diamond ring as she returns to Los Angeles from the Illinois services for her husband, Michael Todd, killed in an airplane crash.... -
No Injuries After Small Plane Crash Lands at Goose Bay Airport
Channel 2 NewsAlaska State Troopers say a small plane, crash-landed at an airport in the Mat-Su Valley. Troopers spokesperson Beth Ipsen says the plane crashed in the middle of the airstrip at Goose Bay Airport at about 11 a.m. Sunday. Troopers say the pilot of the...Tags: Transportation Accidents
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Commuter plane makes emergency landing on belly in Newark
A commuter plane with 31 passengers aboard was forced to make an emergency belly landing in Newark, N.J., early Saturday morning when the aircraft’s landing gear failed to fully deploy. After circling Newark Liberty International Airport several...
Tags: National Transportation Safety Board, Transportation Accidents, U.S. Airways, Transportation Industry
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Helicopters transport victims from two crashes
Daily American Staff Writer @DAPeteBosakTwo separate accidents that happened within about 40 minutes of one another resulted in two motorists having to be flown to hospitals with serious injuries. The first crash happened at 4:36 p.m. Saturday when a pickup truck left Route 281 south of...Tags: Transportation Accidents, Disasters and Accidents, Motorvehicle Accidents
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George Michael car crash results in cuts, bruises for singer
Singer George Michael has been involved in a car crash in England that resulted in a helicopter airlift to a hospital. The former Wham! singer, 49, was a passenger in his Range Rover on London's M1 highway Thursday when the accident occurred around 5:50...Tags: Transportation Accidents, Downton Abbey (tv program), Punishment, Pneumonia, George Michael
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Survivor of 1987 Mich. plane crash breaks silence
DETROIT (AP) — Cecelia Crocker's body provides her with a constant reminder of the most traumatic event of her life — one that she doesn't otherwise remember. At only 4 years old, Crocker was the lone survivor of a 1987 plane crash that...Tags: National Transportation Safety Board, Transportation Accidents, Flight (movie), Queens (New York City), Movies
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Airport prepares for plane crash
Springfield, MO--"You never know when it's going to happen." says Eric Sanders who has worked as a firefighter at the Springfield-Branson National Airport for more than 10 years. He's seen a few crashes but never seen a plane catch on fire. Even...
Tags: Transportation Accidents, Air Transportation Industry, Federal Aviation Administration
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