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S. Francisco blast: FAA denies airplane crash

San Francisco, USA - Souldn't be cause of the explosion

Should not have been the crash of a plane to cause the outblast of the gas pipelines in San Bruno (S. Francisco, CA), which took place yesterday evening at 18 (local time) and caused an immense fire. Ian Gregor, a spokesman for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said “Don’t think it’s a plane but not certain”. And Michael Brown, a duty manager at SFO airport said: “According to our contr...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1120581
Rome, Italy, 09/10/2010 15:56
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