Unlike the A320's escape slides, which helped dozens of passengers get out, the DC-9s rafts could hold only three or four.

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To see a map of the city's Wi-Fi hotspots, check out wifi.dc.gov.

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General aviation aircraft flying into or out of three airfields in the DC area -- Potomac Airfield, Hyde Field and College Park Airport -- will be required to stop at Tipton Airfield in Tipton, Maryland, to be screened by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA).

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Hinson said all ValuJet pilots meet FAA requirements and pointed out that both the pilot and copilot of the DC-9 that crashed had substantial flight experience.

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The six of us arrived at Washington DC's Reagan National Airport, bleary-eyed, flip-flopped and Panama-hatted, ready to set out on what we had dubbed the "Sun, Sand and Stupidity Tour 2010".

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