Loud bang blamed as 54 killed in Manchester Boeing 737 fire
Survivors recalled a loud engine bang as the British Airtours jet aborted takeoff at Manchester Airport. The Boeing 737 burned with 131 passengers and six crew aboard, killing 54. Survivors told reporters at Wythehnsahwe Hospital of smoke, flames, and chaotic evacuations via emergency chutes.
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Liverpool
Graham Berber
Spain
Delta Air Lines
Dallas-Fort Worth
British jetliner bursts into flames on takeoff tragedy
A British Airways package jet arriving at Manchester burst into flames on takeoff, killing 54 passengers. Firefighters took about two and a half hours to extinguish the blaze, with the pilot and flight engineer surviving. The disaster follows three other major Boeing jet catastrophes this summer with vast loss of life.
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Corfu
Barry Atkinson
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Japan
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AT&T to cut 24000 jobs in technology units
AT&T plans to cut 24,000 jobs as it reorganizes its technology units. The move follows FCC relaxation of product marketing rules, shifting some manufacturing and computer systems to Information Systems. Company aims to reduce redundancy and lower costs amid slowing revenues and weaker demand for phone systems and midrange computers.
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Midwest
Search for missing man near Sodus Point continues
Wayne County sheriff's deputies plan to resume the hunt for Vernon E. Coe Jr., 29, of Huron, believed drowned in Lake Ontario. Authorities scoured seven miles between Sodus Bay and Port Bay after Coe’s borrowed boat was found drifting north of Sodus Point.
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Port Bay
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Lake Bluff Road
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Coe
Frank Erickson
Wayne County Sheriff’s
Bruce T. Liseno
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