Crash blamed on engine reversal in Thai air disaster
Vienna aviation figure Niki Lauda proposes that an abruptly deployed reverse thrust on a Boeing 767-300 caused the Lauda Air crash near Bangkok, killing 223. He urges inspections of similar planes as Boeing and authorities review cockpit and flight data, with Thai investigators to receive recorder evidence.
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Austria
Thailand
Niki Lauda
Lauda Air
Bangkok
Lauda
Seattle
Boeing Co
Boeing
Randy Harrison
Washington
National Transportation Safety Board
Third countdown begins for shuttle Columbia
NASA began the third countdown for space shuttle Columbia's biomedical research mission after fuel sensor and navigation unit problems halted two prior attempts. A Wednesday liftoff is hoped, with 30 white rats and 2,478 jellyfish to be loaded. Mission commander Bryan O'Connor and pilot Sidney Gutierrez practiced landings at Edwards AFB while four medical specialists updated flight plans and noted their lives changed during the long wait.
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Fila
NASA
Space Shuttle
Columbia
Shuttle
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Leinbach
Bryan O'Connor
Sidney Gutierrez
Edwards Air Force Base
California
Kennedy Space Center
James Baglan
M. Rhea Seddon
Millie Hughes- Fulford
F. Andrew Gaffney
Dr. Seddon
Hughes-Fulford
Pontiff Preaches Reconciliation Near Soviet Border
Pope John Paul II spoke near the Soviet border in Przemyśl Poland urging reconciliation between Poles and Ukrainians. About 10,000 Ukrainian Catholic pilgrims crossed the border by bus train and foot signaling Eastern Europe changes.
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Przemysl
Poland
John Paul II
Soviet Union
Europe
John Paul
Moscow
Mikhail S. Gorbachev
Kuwait sets October 1992 election date
Kuwait's emir fixed October 1992 for parliamentary elections, while the opposition urged earlier voting and challenged the reconvening of the National Council as unconstitutional. The White House declined immediate comment as the United States had pressed for elections early next year.
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Kuwait
Sheik Jaber al-Ahmed al-Sabah
National Council
White House
John Herrick
United States
14 year old AIDS patient to marry 16 year old neighbor
Sarasota AP report says Ricky Ray, 14, and his 16-year-old fiancée Wenonah Lindberg plan to wed on December 13 with parental blessings. Ricky and brother Robert, both with AIDS, were diagnosed in 1988 after hemophilia treatment. The family moved after a 1987 arson incident, drawing national attention over school board actions and a $1.1 million settlement.
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Sarasota, Fla
Ricky Ray
Wenonah Lindberg
Ricky
Louise Ray
Sarasota Herald-Tribune
Robert Ray
Randy
Sarasota
Aracadia
DeSoto County
Ray
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