In 1986, an American Trans Air DC-10 was destroyed after an oxygen generator was somehow activated.

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As we all know, a volcano eruption over Iceland last week and has disrupted trans-Atlantic air travel.

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The UK's National Air Traffic Service (Nats) said trans-Atlantic flights would be able to operate to and from the re-opened airspace, but stressed this did not mean all such flights would resume.

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Trans fat chance: There's something about stepping into the air-conditioned domicile of fast-food joints like Wendy's International that incites a twinge in the consumer conscience about healthy eating.

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