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  2. 'Stop, stop, stop': Air traffic control intervenes as planes ...

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    An investigation is underway after a private jet carrying a college basketball team was ordered to stop as it neared a runway where another aircraft was taking off at Los Angeles International ...

  3. What is clear air turbulence and how did it affect the ... - AOL

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    The only Singapore Airlines accident to result in fatalities involved a Boeing 747 ‘Jumbo jettaking off from Taipei in the year 2000. ... Viral video turns 26-year-old into one of Denver's ...

  4. Wake turbulence - Wikipedia

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    It includes several components, the most significant of which are wingtip vortices and jet-wash, the rapidly moving gases expelled from a jet engine. Wake turbulence is especially hazardous in the region behind an aircraft in the takeoff or landing phases of flight. During take-off and landing, an aircraft operates at a high angle of attack.

  5. Takeoff - Wikipedia

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    An F/A-18 taking off from an aircraft carrier An Embraer E175 taking off. Takeoff is the phase of flight in which an aerospace vehicle leaves the ground and becomes airborne. For aircraft traveling vertically, this is known as liftoff.

  6. American Airlines Flight 191 - Wikipedia

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    American Airlines Flight 191 was a regularly scheduled domestic passenger flight from O'Hare International Airport in Chicago to Los Angeles International Airport.On the afternoon of May 25, 1979, the McDonnell Douglas DC-10 operating this flight was taking off from runway 32R at O'Hare International when its left engine detached from the wing, causing a loss of control.

  7. A FedEx jet skidded off the runway after apparent gear failure

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    Watch the video below to see the moment a FedEx plane skidded off the runway. “FedEx Express Flight 1376 from Chattanooga to Memphis experienced an issue just after takeoff on Wednesday evening.

  8. Unijet Flight 074P - Wikipedia

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    On 20 October 2014, Unijet Flight 074, a Dassault Falcon 50 business jet taking off from Vnukovo International Airport in Moscow, Russia, crashed into a snow plow that had strayed onto the runway, killing all four people on board.

  9. Pre-flight safety demonstration - Wikipedia

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    A Royal Australian Air Force aircraftswoman demonstrating the use of an oxygen mask during a pre-flight safety demonstration on board an Australian Airbus A330 MRTT. A pre-flight safety briefing (also known as a pre-flight demonstration, in-flight safety briefing, in-flight safety demonstration, safety instructions, or simply the safety video) is a detailed explanation given before take-off to ...