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THE WEEK, Page 13NATION"It's Amazing . . ."
The spokesman at New York's Kennedy Airport was incredulous
that everyone on this gutted plane had survived. The fire aboard
TWA Flight 843 erupted in the rear of the L-1011 jumbo jet as it
was about to lift off for San Francisco with 292 aboard. The
pilot aborted the takeoff, the plane crashed through a runway
barrier and the crew chuted out the passengers with expert
precision; 55 people suffered minor injuries. Other air travelers
were not so lucky. A Thai jetliner carrying 113 people reportedly
slammed into a Himalayan mountainside as it approached Katmandu,
Nepal; all are feared dead. In Nanjing, China, at least 100 died
in a takeoff crash.