Новости за 18.04.2018

The Latest: Investigators say crack in engine led to failure
ABC News
The Latest on the plane that made an emergency landing in Philadelphia (all times local):. 5:15 p.m.. A federal investigator says that a crack on the interior of a jet engine is what led to the failure that shot debris at the plane, leading to the ...
Southwest focuses on older engines in probe of deadly jet explosionReuters
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Puerto Rico is Once Again Hit by an Islandwide Blackout
New York Times
SAN JUAN, P.R. — An electrical contractor working to restore power in Puerto Rico accidentally knocked out a major transmission line on Wednesday, leaving the entire island without power nearly seven months after Hurricane Maria destroyed the ...
Puerto Rico just lost power yet again in total blackoutUSA TODAY
Puerto Rico Loses Power — AgainNPR
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Southwest crash: Passengers praise pilot for safe landing
BBC News
A pilot who safely landed a Southwest Airlines passenger plane after a jet engine ripped apart mid-air is being praised as a hero by passengers. Tammie Jo Shults landed Flight 1380 at a Philadelphia airport after the incident on Tuesday, according to ...
Southwest emergency landing pilot Tammie Jo Shults is a pioneer with 'nerves of steel'USA TODAY
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Southwest passenger died after broken plane window nearly sucked her out
CNN
(CNN) For 20 minutes, the Southwest Airlines jet was a normal flight from New York City to Dallas with 149 people aboard. The plane was flying at 32,500 feet Tuesday morning as passengers settled in for the three-hour flight. Suddenly, the alarms ...
'Nerves of steel': She calmly landed the Southwest flight, just as you'd expect of a former fighter pilotWashington Post
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Bush family reactions to Barbara Bush's death: "The world is poorer without her in it"
CBS News
Barbara Bush, the former first lady and matriarch of the powerful political family, died Tuesday at age 92. She described herself to "CBS This Morning" in 2016 that she is "the mother of wonderful children" and the "wife to the world's greatest man ...
Barbara Bush, Wife of 41st President and Mother of 43rd, Dies at 92New York Times
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CIA Director Mike Pompeo secretly met with North Korea's Kim Jong Un
CNN
Washington (CNN) CIA Director Mike Pompeo visited North Korea more than two weeks ago for a secret meeting with leader Kim Jong Un in Pyongyang, sources confirmed to CNN. Pompeo, who is US President Donald Trump's nominee for Secretary of State, didn't ...
CIA Chief's Meeting With Kim Jong-un Is Latest Step in Winding Path to TalksNew York Times
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'I Don't Get Confused.' Nikki Haley Fires Back at White House After Russia Sanctions Comment
TIME
(PALM BEACH, Fla.) — The new White House economic adviser apologized Tuesday to U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley after suggesting she was suffering from “momentary confusion” when she announced over the weekend that new sanctions against Russia were ...
The Latest: Kudlow apologizes for saying Haley was confusedABC News
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Mother of two dies in mid-air crisis after being wedged in Southwest plane window
USA TODAY
Shrapnel from a blown jet engine crashed through a window of a Southwest Airlines flight and caused such a perilous drop in air pressure that a passenger suffered fatal injuries after nearly being sucked outside. Passengers recall a harrowing scene ...
Passenger killed after engine fragment damages Southwest jetNBCNews.com
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CIA Director Pompeo secretly met with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un over Easter weekend
Chicago Tribune
CIA Director Mike Pompeo made a top-secret visit to North Korea over Easter weekend as an envoy for President Donald Trump to meet with that country's leader, Kim Jong Un, according to two people with direct knowledge of the trip. The extraordinary ...
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Barbara Bush, Wife of 41st President and Mother of 43rd, Dies at 92
New York Times
Barbara Bush, the widely admired wife of one president and the fiercely loyal mother of another, died Tuesday evening. She was 92. Jim McGrath, a family spokesman, announced the death in a statement posted to Twitter. On Sunday, the office of her ...
Barbara Bush, matriarch of American political dynasty, dies at 92Washington Post
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