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Boeing Runway Overrun in Moscow, No Injuries


A Nordstar Airlines Boeing 737086J en route from Rhodes to Moscow Domodedovo made it to Moscow but skidded off the runway on the landing.

None of the 170 passengers aboard were hurt.

The passengers descended on “soft” grass on portable stairs. There was no visible damage to the plane. After the passengers disembarked, the plane was towed.

Emergency services responded to assist.


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Glider Instructor and Student in Glider Tow Accident

On January 19, 2012, an Aeroclub Punta Alta I.C.A. Brasov IS-28B2—a glider— apparently improperly released from a tow plane and crashed at Punta Alta Airfield in Argentina.

Those aboard were an instructor and a student on their first flight.

Two fire crews and several police responded to the scene.

Scientific Police in Bahia Blanca arrived on the scene to conduct the initial investigation and survey of the site and the remains of the glider.

Maria Agustina Mallemaci and the glider pilot, William Hugo Santos, died from their injuries.

Glider Disengaged from Tow Rope Crashes in Texas, Kills 3


What: Greater Houston Soaring Assn I.C.A. Brasov IS-28B2
Where: Highway 36 at Cougar Road GHSA-Wallis Glideport, Wallis, TX
When: June 17, 2012
Who: 3 fatalities, 3 aboard
Why: Investigators say that the glider was attached by rope 200 feet long, to another aircraft when it crashed during the climb. At 75 feet, the tow rope broke,

The pilot, his daughter in law and her son died in the accident. The victims were named as 68-year-old Fred Blair, the glider pilot; his daughter-in-law, 32-year-old Matilda Blair; and his grandson, 3-year-old Andrew Blair.

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