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Survivor speaks of Yemenia crash

July 2, 2009

A 12-year-old girl thought to be the only survivor of the Yemenia air crash has told how she was thrown into the ocean and watched her aircraft sink. Baya Bakari told her father at a hospital in Yemen that she heard voices around her in the Indian Ocean, but could not see anyone. She...
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Crews reach site of deadly Canadian air crash

November 17, 2008

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Nov 17 (Reuters) – Search crews braved rugged terrain on Monday to reach a plane crash on Canada’s Pacific coast, confirming there are no more survivors of the accident that killed seven people. The Pacific Coastal Airlines charter flight crashed into a hillside on Thormanby Island, about 90 km (56 miles)...
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Canadian Air Crash Kills Seven

November 17, 2008

OTTAWA — A Grumman Goose amphibious aircraft crashed north of Vancouver, British Columbia on Sunday, killing seven occupants, the Canadian Armed Forces said. One passenger survived. The crashwas the second of a Grumman Goose operated by Pacific Coastal Airlines since August, when another one went down, killing five.
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