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Washington, DC - The National Transportation Safety Board today issued a Safety Alert to suggest ways for general aviation pilots to avoid controlled flight into terrain accidents during night visual conditions. The Safety Alert cited 6 accidents the Board investigated in a recent 3-year period in which aircraft collided with terrain while either climbing shortly after takeoff or descending to prepare to land.

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Washington, DC - The National Transportation Safety Board has dispatched a team of investigators to assist the government of the United Kingdom in its investigation of today's accident in which a British Airways Boeing 777-236ER landed short of runway 27 Left at Heathrow International Airport in London, England.

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You think the switch from typewriter to computer was a revolution? The next stage could see many of us interacting with computers inserted into our very clothes. A new project is exploring a range of applications where wearable technology could significantly improve productivity and even help save lives. "Assimilate, assimilate!" Trekkies out there will recognize the Borg mantra for the bloodcurdling 'assimilation' of humans by machines. On the other side of the sci-fi divide, many may recall Star Wars' recently revived Darth Vader, the half-man, half-machine dark lord of intergalactic evil.

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