takeoff
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Just minutes after takeoff, the Colombian singer — one of the biggest global stars in Latin and pop music — saw smoke pouring out of the cabin.
From Los Angeles Times
An analysis of the plane’s flight-data and cockpit-voice recorders was needed for investigators to determine why the engines appeared to lose thrust quickly after takeoff.
Critics dispute air taxi company claims that their services could ease congestion as passengers will still have to take a car to and from the takeoff and landing points.
From Los Angeles Times
Video footage of the plane’s takeoff showed the General Electric engine aflame before the jet crashed in an industrial area just beyond the runway at Louisville’s Muhammad Ali International Airport.
The first thing he saw was that departures to LaGuardia were delayed due to air-traffic-control staffing issues—and her 6:30 p.m. flight had been assigned a takeoff slot of 12:21 a.m.
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