Review urged over BA plane runway error
2010-09-02
Accident investigators have told British Airways to review its airfield inspections process after a plane took off from St Kitts on the wrong runway. The Boeing 777 left the Caribbean island with 87 passengers on board on a section of runway that was too short for its type, an accident report said. The Air Accidents Investigation Branch said the BA crew mistook one taxiway for another in the...
NC vacation island to be cleared as Earl nears
2010-09-01
TOM BREEN Associated Press Writer= RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Tourists on a North Carolina vacation destination island were ordered to board the ferries and head for the mainland Wednesday and more evacuations could be on the way as powerful Hurricane Earl threatened to sideswipe the East Coast. Hyde County emergency officials said the evacuation of Ocracoke Island starts at 5 a.m. for about 5,000 visitors. The 800 or so year-round residents don't have to heed it, but Emergency Services Director...
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