accident
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Former UK air accident investigator Tim Atkinson agrees that there is always a temptation to blame a dead pilot for a serious accident.
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
For example, instead of an insurer simply paying out after an accident, they may shift their value proposition from "repair and replace" to "predict and prevent."
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
I started wondering how a band like that got past the velvet rope and realized that none of it was by accident, it was all by design.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
Graells suggested that part of the cargo may have become buried beneath the sand immediately after the accident, preventing recovery efforts at the time.
From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026
It looked to be quite a good hat, with grapes on it, better than the one that got busted up in the accident.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
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