Severe turbulence shook a Continental Airlines flight Monday, injuring 26 passengers — four seriously — and forcing the aircraft to divert to Miami, Florida, an airport fire official said. There were 168 passengers on Flight 128, which was originally headed from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to Houston, Texas, according to Lt. Elkin Sierra of the Miami-Dade Fire Department
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2 die in U.S. fighter jet crash in Afghanistan
The two crew members of a U.S. Air Force fighter jet died when the plane crashed in eastern Afghanistan early Saturday, a military source told CNN
Official: Missing plane sent 24 error messages
Air France Flight 447 sent out 24 automated error messages — including one saying the aircraft’s autopilot had disengaged — before it vanished with 228 people on board, aviation investigators said Saturday.