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Plane crashes after takeoff
in Canada; all seven
aboard feared dead
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia — A Boeing
747 cargo jet bound for Spain with a
crew of seven crashed in a fireball af
ter its tail section apparently broke off
during takeoff at Halifax Internation
al Airport early Thursday. All aboard
were feared dead.
The MK Airlines jet loaded with
lawn tractors and 58 tons of lobster
and fish crashed shortly before 4 a.m.
local time into a largely wooded area
near an industrial park north of Hali
fax, said Steve Anderson, a spokesman
for the carrier in Sussex, England.
The flight had originated from
Bradley International Airport near
Hartford, Conn., and stopped in Hali
fax for refueling en route to Zaragoza,
Spain.
“Right now, we can confirm that
there are believed to be no survivors
as a result of the downed airplane,”
said Constable Joe Taplin of the Royal
Canadian Mounted Police.
The tail of the jet lay in a field at
the end of the runway, inside the
fence surrounding the airport. The
rest of the plane cut a wide, V-shaped
swath through woods and brush and
came to rest in pieces less than a mile
away. The tops of several trees and
power poles were sheared off.
The weather at the time of the
crash was good with a partly cloudy
sky and light winds.
Anderson said the crew members
were from South Africa and Zim
babwe.
2004 deficit hits
record $413 billion
WASHINGTON — The federal
deficit surged to a record $413 billion
in 2004, the Treasury Department an
nounced Thursday, injecting the fig
ure into a presidential campaign in
which the two parties have clashed
over President Bush's management
of the economy and the budget. The
number was a significant improve
ment from the shortfalls that analysts
projected earlier this year, including
a $521 billion estimate the Bush ad
ministration made in February. In
March, the nonpartisan Congression
al Budget Office estimated a deficit of
$477 billion.
Russia-U.S. crew leaves for
international space station
BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan — A new
Russian-U.S. crew headed to the in
ternational space station Thursday,
surging into orbit aboard a Soyuz
spacecraft none of the three astro
nauts has piloted before.
The Soyuz have been the only
manned vehicles able to reach the or
biting research lab since the U.S.
space shuttle fleet was grounded 20
months ago after the Columbia
burned up on re-entry.
Russians Salizhan Sharipov and
Yuri Shargin and American Leroy
Chiao were flying their first mission
in a Soyuz spacecraft — a rare rup
ture with a tradition of having at least
one crewman with previous experi
ence in piloting the capsule.
Chiao and Sharipov both have
flown U.S. space shuttles, while Shar
gin is a space rookie.
The Soyuz TMA-5 spacecraft lifted
off as scheduled from the Baikonur
cosmodrome in the bleak steppes of
Kazakhstan at 7:06 a.m. Moscow
time and entered orbit less than 10
minutes later.
The spaceship is to dock with the
station at 8:17 a.m. Saturday.
U.S. Marines launch
attacks in Fallujah
BAGHDAD, Iraq — U.S. Marines
launched air and ground attacks
Thursday on the insurgent bastion
Fallujah after city representatives sus
pended peace talks with the govern
ment over Prime Minister Ayad
Allawi’s demand to hand over terror
ism mastermind Abu Musab al-Zar
qawi. Late Thursday, residents of the
city, 40 miles west of Baghdad, re
ported shuddering American bom
bardments using planes and armored
vehicles in what they said was the
most intensive shelling since U.S.
forces began weeks of “precision
strikes” aimed at al-Zarqawi's net
work.
Vote counting begins in
Afghan election
KABUL, Afghanistan — Interim
leader Hamid Karzai took an early
lead as vote counting began in
Afghanistan’s landmark presidential
election, after allegations of ballot
box stuffing, voter intimidation and
multiple voting forced five days of de
lay. The tally was halted Friday so the
1,000 Afghans on the counting staff
could have the day off to celebrate
the start of Ramadan, the Islamic
fasting month. Counting was to re
sume in all eight regional counting
centers on Saturday.
Bush, Kerry lob
post-debate assaults
LAS VEGAS — President Bush crit
icized Sen. John Kerry as a liberal try
ing to hide from his own record
Thursday as the two men entered the
last, post-debate lap of a close race
for the White House. The Democratic
challenger said his rival “fights, liter
ally, for the privileged few ... I believe
we need a president who will fight
for the great middle class and for
those who are struggling to join it.”
Deck collapses, leaving 1
six injured after fall
UNIVERSITY PLACE, Wash. — A
second-story deck collapsed Thurs
day night during a party at a private
home, dropping more than a dozen
people 12 feet to the ground and in
juring six of them, witnesses said.
TWo of the injured were reported in
critical condition at Tacoma General
Hospital.
As many as 16 people were on the
deck at a going-away party for a
Navy recruit.
“First thing I thought was just
‘earthquake,’ and then I realized the
deck was falling and as soon as it hit I
didn’t know if I was hurt or not, but I
just wished I could have done more
to help others,” Paul Jackson, the
guest of honor, told KING-TV.
The cause of the collapse wasn’t
immediately known, said Marv Cole
of the University Place Fire Depart
ment.
Coos County coroner
sentenced for shooting
COQUILLE — The Coos County
coroner convicted of shooting a man
in the chest was sentenced to 30 days
in jail, a far more lenient sentence
than he could have received.
Because his crime involved a
firearm, William Hosack, 63, faced
five years in prison if Judge Richard
Mickelson had sentenced him under
guidelines for third-degree assault.
“You're lucky the Legislature has
retained discretion to judges for the
firearm minimum,” Mickelson told
Hosack.
Hosack was initially charged with
first-degree assault after a shooting
on his rural property in February,
when several young people drove up
to his property and got into a fight
with his neighbors.
— The Associated Press
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