High ranking officer ends covert Iraq mission over risk
The top military leader scrapped a discreet Iraq search for Lt Cmdr Michael Speicher after lawmakers questioned the danger. Some officials argued a moral duty to recover the missing pilot dead or alive, noting Speicher was the Gulf War's first American lost and fate unknown. The report reflects division over pursuing the search.
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Irkutsk Jet Crash Ignores Quiet Afternoon Calm
A SovietAn 124 air force transport crashed near Grazhdanskaya Street Irkutsk after takeoff en route to Vietnam. The explosion and fire demolished part of a five story building killing dozens, with 62 confirmed dead and many missing. Rescue crews worked in minus twenty two degree cold extracting bodies and relief efforts faced fuel and ice hinderances. Official investigations consider eight possible causes amid aging safety problems in the former Soviet aviation sector.
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NTSB Presses for 747 Fuel Tank Safety Reforms
NTSB data show center fuel tank temperatures in Flight 800 were as high as 145 degrees before takeoff, well above the 100 degree explosive threshold. Thousands of pages released precede a weeklong hearing as the agency urges FAA to adopt costly cooling and design changes to prevent future explosions.
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Explosions Near Black Hole Seen by Astronomers
An international team captured time-lapse footage of jets from the black hole GRS1915 in Aquila. Six linked radio telescopes recorded ultra-fast gas jets moving toward and away from Earth at speeds above 0.9c, heating matter to extreme temperatures as it spirals inward.
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Court weighs blocking Amistad release amid suits
A judge will hear arguments on blocking the premiere of Steven Spielberg's Amistad as DreamWorks fights claims of film theft by author Barbara Chase-Ribaud. Lawyers indicate a ruling is unlikely to stop the New York and Los Angeles debut, despite high stakes and a $5 million settlement pressure.
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