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1996
DECEMBER
December 16, 1996
High
Flying Deal
The Seattle-based airplane manufacturer Boeing has announced
plans to acquire archrival McDonnell Douglas for $13.3 billion dollars. The
resulting global colossus would unite the world's largest commercial-jet manufacturer
with a military-aircraft powerhouse, creating a single giant defense contractor
for the U.S. government.
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December 10, 1996
Hurry
Up And Wait
Rather than rushing, what millions of us really do is spend more
than 40 hours a year sitting in traffic jams. It's costing us over $50 billion
and the problem is only getting worse.
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NOVEMBER
November 22, 1996
Lowdown
On Air Bags
A look at new federal safety guidelines for automobile air bags.
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November 19, 1996
Answering
TWA Questions
James Kallstrom, FBI Assistant Director in charge of the criminal
investigation, on the crash of TWA Flight 800. |
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November 13, 1996
Indian
Air Disaster: Could It Happen Here?
The largest midair collision in history
happened Tuesday near the New Delhi airport between a Saudi Arabian airliner
and another operated by a Kazak airline. All on board the two planes, some 349
people, were killed.
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SEPTEMBER
September 19, 1996
Change
Of Direction?
TWA Flight 800 crashed into the waters off of Long Island
July 17th, killing all 230 people on board. Investigators have yet to determine
what caused the plane to go down.
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September 9, 1996
All
Charged Up
Is the era of electric cars finally arriving? With smog in the
air and concerns rising over oil dependency, the forces of technology, government,
and capitalism show signs of converging to make elecrtic-powered cars a reality.
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September 9, 1996
Sketchy Security
President Clinton announced new measures in airport security
based on the preliminary work of a federally appointed commission. After a Tom Bearden backgrounder, Elizabeth Farnsworth discusses these measures
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September 3, 1996
Safe
Enough?
Airport security has tightened up quite a bit in the last twenty years,
but is it enough?
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AUGUST
August 23, 1996
Close
To The Vest
New information may be coming to light in the tragedy of the
TWA crash of Long Island. But investigators are cautious with their revelations. |
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August 22, 1996
Still
Sifting The Ashes
The massive investigative and recovery effort that has followed
the July 17 crash of TWA Flight 800 is making progress, as more fragments and
more bodies are brought up from the depths.
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JULY
July 26, 1996
The
Search Continues
This marks day nine in the investigation of the crash of
TWA Flight 800, and federal investigators are working on more clues to
what caused the accident.
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July 25, 1996
The
Price Of Security
New and more effective technology exists for better airport
security and airline anti-terrorism. But neither the government nor the private
sector feels they can afford the expense. A panel of experts discuss who should
pay for safer skies. |
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July 25, 1996
Weeding
Out The Bombs
What equipment is in place to prevent explosives from being
smuggled onto airliners? What equipment is available to improve detection? |
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July 25, 1996
Looking
For Answers
An update on the search for answers about TWA Flight 800. |
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July 24, 1996
Angry
Familes In Limbo
As Bill Clinton prepares to visit families of victims of
TWA Flight 800, housed in a hotel in New York City, TWA president Jeffrey Erickson
discusses their frustration with rescue operations and poor communications. |
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July 19, 1996
Threats
To Freedom
A terrorist bomb continues to circulate as one of the possible
reasons behind the downing of TWA Flight 800. In light of continuing speculation,
a panel of terrorist experts and civic leaders discuss attempts to balance security
versus personal freedom. |
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July 18, 1996
No
Word
It's unclear when authorities will know what caused the crash of TWA's
Flight 800 that killed 230 onboard. As investigators hunt through 240 square miles
of wreckage, a panel of experts considers possible scenarios. |
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July 18,
1996
TWA
Crash-Press Conference
. An update on the crash of TWA Flight 800. While investigators
waited out the bad weather on Long Island, they briefed reporters on what they've
learned so far. |
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July 18, 1996
TWA
Crash
Kwame Holman begins NewsHour coverage of the crash of TWA Flight 800,
which ended in flames off the coast of Long Island, New York. |
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July 18,
1996
Rosenblatt
On The Scene
A different view of the crash story from NewsHour essayist Roger
Rosenblatt. He was on the scene in East Moriches, Long Island and spoke with Charlayne
Hunter-Gault earlier.
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JUNE
June 25, 1996
Safer
Skies?
Kwame Holman reports on the House hearings on the ValuJet crash and
the issue of airline safety.
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June 19, 1996
A
New Flight Plan
The Federal Aviation Authority has had its mandate changed.
Once both a promoter and inspector of the nations airlines, those twin responsibilities
have now been deemed in conflict and separated.
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MAY
May 14, 1996
Unsafe Skies
The crash of ValuJet Flight 592 is again the top story.
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May 13, 1996
Seeking Safer Skies
The FAA administrator says ValuJet is safe, even through
109 died after one of its planes crashed Sunday. But the Department of Transportation
inspector general has her doubts. |
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