• He was seen wiping the helicopter's windows with a cloth shortly before take-off and complained by radio that he was having problems with visibility.

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  • It said before take-off, the pilots had also listened to an automatic terminal information service broadcast about the runway, "but it was reportedly in heavily-accented English".

    BBC: Essex

  • Shortly before take-off last April, Ms Ankour, a 30-year-old nursing student, was asked by an Air France employee whether she had an Israeli passport or was Jewish.

    BBC: Air France fined in pro-Palestinian activist case

  • Just before take-off, fire ants emerged from an overhead compartment.

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  • It is a bit like learning the safety instructions on a plane before take-off: you hope you will never need them, but you know it would be unwise to miss the lesson.

    ECONOMIST: Idea

  • Warwickshire were struggling after losing Trott, but Ambrose and Clarke launched a counter-attack to take full advantage of a let-off for Ambrose before he had scored.

    BBC: Ambrose and Clarke rescue Bears

  • Maybin is looking for his first European Tour victory, after missing an eight-foot putt to take the South African Open five months ago before losing the play-off to Richard Sterne.

    CNN: Maybin breaks course record for Italy lead

  • The rocket had been due to take off on Wednesday, but lift-off was cancelled three hours before launch after fire extinguishing fluids were detected leaking from parts of the equipment.

    BBC: South Korea rocket 'explodes' moments after take-off

  • Icahn thinks that Michael Dell wants take his company back cheaply before that new cloud-computing investments start paying off.

    FORBES: What Icahn Sees In Dell

  • "I love Chelsea, I love this stadium, I love these people but I am a professional, " stated Mourinho, who emerged from the tunnel before his players to take his seat in the Stamford Bridge dugout ahead of kick-off.

    BBC: Jose Mourinho proud of 'perfect' Inter show at Chelsea

  • The lesson of big banking busts, such as Japan's in the 1990s, is that debt-laden balance-sheets must be restructured and troubled banks fixed before real recoveries can take off.

    ECONOMIST: Saving the banks

  • In the hotel where I was staying in Cardiff, some of those supporters were drowning their sorrows before casting envious glances at the television to take in Ireland's World Cup play-off against France.

    BBC: Storm clouds gather over Scots

  • It will take a while before the new-issues market recovers, and in the meantime some companies will die off.

    FORBES: The McCaw Mafia

  • Before reacting to a high-profile tragedy, marketers need to ask themselves whether their messages will take the edge off during a tense time, or sharpen the blade.

    FORBES: Free Advice: Don't Peg Marketing Plans To Natural Disasters

  • That would leave a brief lame-duck session after the elections as the only opportunity to head off the cuts before they take effect, and nobody is counting on that happening.

    FORBES: Connect

  • Israel demands three years from its men and two from its women, after which some would-be undergrads take what the English call a "gap year" to travel the globe before heading off to college.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • But before he could take his breather, he had work to do, and he struck nine fours, favouring the off-side with some beautifully-timed shots, and one tremendous six off Dale Steyn's slower ball.

    BBC: England win seals one-day series

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