Ohioan mourners recall victims aboard Flight 800
An Ohio family mourns those lost on TWA Flight 800 after the Paris bound jet crashed in the Atlantic. Names include Eric Harkness Birchwood Ohio. Katrina Rose Cleveland Heights. Sandy Hazelton Beachwood. Clyde Rhein Darien Conn.. Edwin and Ruth Brooks of Agers town Mass.. and Xavier University relatives Janet O’Hara Jack O’Hara Caitlin Hoff. Officials probe engine or bombing cause while responders note heightened anxiety at airports.
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Nervous but flying after New York jet explosion
At Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, Reverend Kevin Folger led 10 youths onto a TWA flight to Guyana and urged calm as he and others faced jitters stemming from the New York blast. Airport officials reported no major problems across carriers and some travelers canceled or rerouted due to weather.
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Crash probe debates missile theory amid crash debris details
Investigators weighed a surface to air missile as a possible cause of the crash as US officials urged caution. Radar tapes were reviewed while witnesses described a red object before the explosion. Officials found no missile or bomb evidence. NTSB called it an accident. Rescue ships searched a 240 square mile area as crews recovered debris and noted the jet’s age and prior incidents.
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Airplane disasters world worst commercial aviation events
Compiled list of major jet tragedies from 1974 to 1988. Notable losses include Pan Am and KLM 747 collision in the Canary Islands with 582 dead, Japan Airlines 747 crash with 520 fatalities, and Iran Air A300 shot down over the Persian Gulf with 290 dead.
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