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Southwest Airlines engine explosion linked to prior accident| A female passenger died after she was nearly sucked from the cabin of a Southwest Airlines flight travelling from New York to Dallas | |
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| Apr.3 |
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Amtrak Philadelphia: Two dead as train derails  Map of Chester USA Amtrak's Train 89 has derailed south of the US city of Philadelphia, leaving two people dead and more than 30 others injured
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| Jan.21 |
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'Crippling' snow storm could slam US east coast  | Hundreds of thousands of people along the US mid-Atlantic region should be bracing for 'perhaps crippling' snow | |
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| May.15 |
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Crashed Amtrak train 'may have been struck by object' The Amtrak train that derailed in Philadelphia on Tuesday may have been hit by an object shortly before the crash, a US investigator has said
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Amtrak rail crash driver interviewed by investigators Brandon Bostian, was 'extremely co-operative', the National Transportation Safety Board said, but he could not remember what happened
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| May.13 |
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Derailed Philadelphia Amtrak train 'was speeding' | A commuter train that derailed in Philadelphia, killing at least seven people, was travelling at twice the speed limit, say safety experts | |
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| May.12 |
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US Amtrak train derails in Philadelphia, 8 killed Map of Frankford Philadelphia USA| Up to 10 carriages of the Washington-New York train reportedly went of the track and a number of people have been reported injured | |
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| Jan.26 |
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Snow emergency declared in US | Boston: An emergency has been declared in several states as a storm bringing hurricane-force winds and 90cm of snow barrels down on the north-east | |
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| Jun.1 |
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Philadelphia Inquirer's Lewis Katz dies in plane crash Map of Hanscom Field USA Boston: Lewis Katz has been killed in a plane crash near Boston. a private jet that burst into flames as it was trying to take off from Hanscom Field airport
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| Jun.5 |
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Six dead as US building collapses Six people have died and at least 14 have been hurt after a building collapsed in the centre of the US city of Philadelphia, officials say
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| Mar.22 |
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 Bogus pilot caught in US jet cockpit A Frenchman has been charged with impersonating a pilot after he was found in the cockpit of a plane due to take off in Philadelphia, police...
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| Dec.27 |
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US airports reopen after blizzard New York: Airports have reopened in the north-eastern US after blizzards caused some 7,000 flights to be cancelled over the busy post-Christmas travel period
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Tropical Storm Deep water and threats of more flooding in suburban Philadelphia
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| Dec.23 |
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Natural gas pipeline blast Philadelphia fire leaves some without heat
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