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According to the National Park Service, enough remains were recovered to use DNA, dental records and fingerprints to identify all 40 victims aboard United Airlines flight 93, which crashed into a field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
In February 2019, a Boeing 767 flown by Atlas Air for Amazon Air went down in Trinity Bay outside Houston, killing all three people aboard.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
The current Air Force One plane took off after the delay, with the president aboard.
From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026
Wax figures of Luke, Leia, Darth Vader and C-3PO stand around as if waiting to go through TSA before climbing aboard.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
“That sounds all right to me,” she said, and ran aboard, sure-footed.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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