Top Stories AP Lists KAL Guam Crash Of '97 Among World's Deadliest Air Disasters
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| Wednesday, 01 July 2009 14:01 | |||||||||
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By Jeff Marchesseault GUAM - It happened nearly 12 years ago. But for those who were on Guam when a Korean Air 747 crashed into the low green mountains of Southern Guam killing 228, the fatal disaster is as vivid and horrible as if it were yesterday. Now that a Yemenia Airbus has crashed into the Indian Ocean off the Comoros Islands with 153 people on board and early reports of a sole survivor, the Associated Press has included the Korean Air Flight 801 Guam crash on a just-published list of 19 "deadliest air disasters". Meanwhile, as the Yemenia disaster marks the fifth fatal passenger airline accident of 2009 worldwide, the Wall Street Journal is asking "Is the Accident Rate Up This Year for Airlines?". Read the Associated Press list, "A look at world's deadliest air disasters", June 30, 2009. Click here to read about the crash, rescue effort and investigation of Korean Air Flight 801. Read the Wall Street Journal story, "Yemenia Crash: Is the Accident Rate Up This Year?", June 30, 2009. Add this page to your favorite Social Bookmarking websites          
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