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1998
DECEMBER
December 29, 1998
Layoffs
Rod Minott of KCTS-Seattle reports on the layoffs at Boeing in Seattle.


December 25, 1998
Aborted Mission
Three balloonists were forced to abandon their quest to travel nonstop around the world.

SEPTEMBER
September 7, 1998
Swissair Update
Investigators located one of the two black boxes from the Swissair flight that crashed off the Canadian coast.


September 3, 1998
Lost At Sea
En route to Geneva, a Swissair jet plunges into the sea, killing all aboard.


September 1, 1998
Grounded
Pilots for Northwest Airlines continue a strike that has grounded 1700 daily flights.

JUNE
June 15, 1998
Air Fares
The report on questionable pricing competition between airlines.


June 9, 1998
Highway Pork?
Are the new highway projects a waste of money?


June 5, 1998
Back To School
An increase in errors spurs a retraining program for air traffic controllers.

MAY
May 21, 1998
You Are Here
Satellite technology is changing the way we get from point A to point B.


May 20, 1998
High Flier
Wednesday was the last day on the job for Robert Crandall, head of American Airlines.


May 11, 1998
Safe To Fly?
The Federal Aviation Administration has ordered the inspection of older Boeing 737's to check their wiring.

MARCH
March 30, 1998
Highways First?
Kwame Holman gives an update on the senate's debate over the Intermodal Surface Transportation & Efficiency Act (ISTEA).


March 19, 1998
Continental Airlines' Turnaround
A report on the radical turnaround of Continental Airlines since the joining forces of Chief Operating Officer Greg Brenneman, and Chief Executive Officer Gordon Bethune.

FEBRUARY
February 4, 1998
Name Game
With a comfortable margin of victory in both the House and Senate, the Republican led Congress renamed Washington National Airport after Ronald Reagan.

JANUARY
January 30, 1998
Setting The Standard
The debate surrounding the big three automakers' proposed National Low Emission Vehicle.


January 27, 1998
Emission Decisions
How will American cars of the future achieve zero air pollution?

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