Crash warning sounded but too late
In San Diego a computerized crash alert sounded 40 seconds before a PSA Boeing 727 collided with a small Cessna, killing at least 150. Controllers at Miramar heard the alarm but could not relay it effectively to Lindbergh Field, where the jetliner was landing.
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San Diego
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Phillip Hogue
National Transportation Safety Board
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Lindbergh
Nine to be prosecuted for looting wreckage of deadly crash
Nine persons will be prosecuted on charges of attempted looting in the wreckage of the worst U S plane crash, which killed about 150. A total of 26 arrested after the crash, most for failing to obey orders to leave the scene, with others accused of looting valuables from homes and corpses of passengers and residents.
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