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NTSB announces safety recommendations to be made in aftermath of Comair Flight 5191 disaster

Saturday, June 9, 2007 The American National Transportation Safety Board has announced that it will make new airline safety recommendations. This comes a result of its investigation into the Comair Flight 5191 disaster, in which a Bombardier Canadair Regional Jet (CRJ) CRJ-100ER crashed whilst attempting take-off from the wrong runway at Blue Grass Airport, Lexington,…

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Rudd heckled over 5% climate target

Wednesday, December 17, 2008 Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd was interrupted on Monday at the National Press Club while announcing Australia’s mid-term carbon emissions reduction target on live television. Three Newcastle women screamed out “No!” and moved towards Rudd as he announced that Australia would reduce emissions by as little as 5%, and not more…