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  2. William R. Catton Jr. - Wikipedia

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    Indigenous writer and advocate Vine Deloria officially endorsed Catton's work in his quotation on the book's back cover. He called it "one of the most important books I have read in my lifetime." In a 2021 guest post titled, "Overshoot: Where We Now Stand," Michael Dowd wrote that Catton's book is "the single most important book I have ever read."

  3. World Airways Flight 30 - Wikipedia

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    Three days later it was discovered that two passengers were missing -- father and son Walter Metcalf, aged 70, and Leo Metcalf, aged 40, who had changed their flight at the last minute and were not on the passenger list. They were two of the three people to fall out of the plane during the crash, and reportedly neither of the two could swim.

  4. Scandinavian Airlines System Flight 901 - Wikipedia

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    In the NTSB's final report, the probable cause of SAS Flight 901 states that "The flightcrew's disregard for prescribed procedures for monitoring and controlling of airspeed during the final stages of the approach and (b) decision to continue the landing rather than to execute a missed approach, and (c) overreliance on the autothrottle speed ...

  5. Overshoot (population) - Wikipedia

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    For people, "overshoot" is that portion of their demand or ecological footprint which must be eliminated to be sustainable, or the delta between a sustainable population and what we currently have. [1] [2] Excessive demand leading to overshoot is driven by both consumption and population. [3] Population decline due to overshoot is known as ...

  6. Category:Airliner accidents and incidents involving runway ...

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    A. 1996 Air Africa Antonov An-32 crash; Air France Flight 007; Air France Flight 358; Air India Express Flight 812; Air India Express Flight 1344; Allied Air Flight 111

  7. 1948 KLM Constellation air disaster - Wikipedia

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    The crew attempted to turn the now burning aircraft towards the runway with the intent of an emergency landing. However, the faulty charts led them to crash into high ground five miles east-north-east of the airfield [12] at about 23:32 UTC. [13] All 30 passengers (22 Dutch, 6 German, 1 British and 1 Irish [5]) and the 10 crew died. Rescue ...

  8. Northwest Airlines Flight 188 - Wikipedia

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    The Airbus A320 took off from San Diego International Airport at 5:01 p.m. CDT (3:01 pm in San Diego). It was scheduled to land at 8:01 p.m. CDT. [5] Just under two hours after takeoff, at 6:56 p.m. CDT, Air Traffic Control lost radio contact with the aircraft while it was over Denver.

  9. Continental Airlines Flight 1404 - Wikipedia

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    [18] [19] Both the captain and first officer had clean safety records when the crash occurred and were experienced pilots. [6] [19] Wheel marks left on the ground, and initial reports from passengers and firefighters indicate that the plane was airborne briefly. [5] [20] When during the sequence the fire started is unclear.