Roanoke Times
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DATE: FRIDAY, September 9, 1994 TAG: 9409090087
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL PAGE: A-1 EDITION: METRO
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On July 2, a USAir jetliner crashed near the Charlotte-Douglas International Airport in North Carolina during a thunderstorm. Thirty-seven of the 57 people on board were killed.
USAir Chairman Seth Schofield called that crash an ``isolated incident.''
``You have to look at each and every incident. I think it's unfair to characterize and put them all in the same position,'' Schofield said at the time. ``I don't think anyone can put the sequences together and say this is a problem.''
On March 22, 1992, a USAir plane crashed while trying to take off in a snowstorm at La Guardia Airport in New York. Twenty-seven people were killed.
The crash was blamed on an icy buildup on the plane's wings. Investigators blamed federal authorities for failing to properly advise flight crews how to deal with such ice; a judge later ruled that USAir's negligence contributed to the crash.
On Feb. 1, 1991, a USAir plane and a commuter plane collided on Los Angeles airport runway; 34 people were killed. The crash was blamed on an air-traffic controller who sent the planes onto the same runway.
On Sept. 20, 1989, a USAir jet carrying 62 people skidded off a runway at La Guardia Airport and into the East River. Two people, one a Vinton woman, were killed.
- Associated Press
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