But the truth is that Air France did not want to appear insensitive, pushing for a return of the aircraft, after the horrendous accident which happened when one of its aircraft caught fire on take-off from Charles de Gaulle Airport.
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Police said a convoy had delivered equipment and resources to the Tasman Peninsula - cut off by fire for several days - on Sunday.
Run-off water from the fire-fighting operation reduced oxygen levels in the canal, causing the fish to die.
One of the senior fire officers told us he had heard that his fire station was off-limits.
In addition to an ability to fire off one-liners, the panel of show-runners seated before reporters at the Television Critics Association summer press tour share something else in common: success.
In the biggest high-profile incident in the U.S. in recent years, more than 3, 000 passengers aboard the Carnival Splendor were towed to shore in 2010 by a Mexican tugboat after an engine-room fire cut off the ship's electricity.
The "Parks and Recreation" and ex-"Saturday Night Live" star rattles off rapid-fire consumer tech questions while playfully sexually harassing a Best Buy clerk (but in a really cute way).
Al-Sadr on Tuesday raised the possibility of formally calling off the cease-fire.
The official added, "It's not particularly difficult to fire off" short- and medium-range missiles.
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It's been a tradition at TMS that the winner of the Cup race gets to fire off a six-shooter in victory lane.
Just before take-off, fire ants emerged from an overhead compartment.
She advised the others to camouflage complaints as "positive" feedback and boasted that she was planning to deceptively fire off another e-mail from another account, in a lame attempt to misrepresent the few as many.
Items you'll need: computers (PCs or Macs), a main storage server, a back-up server (in case the main server dies) and portable hard-drive stored off-site (if the house catches fire).
Miami Marlins owner Jeffrey Loria continued to defend his team's off-season fire-sale on Tuesday.
We finished off with Wood Fire-Grilled Kobe Ribcap with creamed mushrooms, cauliflower, marbled potatoes which he prepared using the butter poaching technique.
Customers will not have to fire off their real credit-card number into insecure cyberspace and will have a guarantee of their money back in the event of disappointment.
Topping off the rapid-fire policy prescriptions is a heavy dose of 1990s nostalgia.
Abu Zayad said the bullets that killed Zeevi were also aimed at killing off the cease-fire between the Palestinians and Israel.
Strathclyde Fire and Rescue Service said an off-duty firefighter raised the alarm after he discovered the crash scene while travelling with his family.
How unlike the rapid firing off and counter-fire of email messages in which many of us find ourselves engaged nowadays as our predominant means of communicating with colleagues and friends, and even with complete strangers.
Volunteers can stay for a minimum of two weeks and a maximum of eight, and will need the hard work to burn off the big, fire-side dinners, including game stroganoff and local stews served with millpap, a mashed potato-like maize.
And, well, we can't express our disappointment enough here -- not only does a mode dial simplify the process of selecting your primary shooting preference, it also serves to provide confirmation of your current pick, letting you know that you're in manual before you fire off a half dozen now-useless frames.
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As it was put today - there's a fire alarm going off but we now need to find the fire.
Tredwell picked up the wicket of Smith in his next over but Windies skipper Darren Sammy, promoted to number three, picked up where Gayle left off to fire them to 78-2 after 10 overs.
Expect Icahn to storm in with a plan to sell off assets, fire employees, re-cut licensing deals, you name it.
The council will now consult with groups such as the police, fire service and community councils before the planned switch-off in the new year.
Gravesend raised their game and Jimmy Jackson came closest to breaking the deadlock after 71 minutes when he found room inside the box to fire in a left-foot shot which came back off the woodwork.
Ramzy found Hossam Hassan from a set-piece and he fed Tarek Mustapha to fire in off a post.
On transporter erector-launchers, they simply erect it, fire off a ballistic missile, put it down, cover it up.
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Within weeks of the cease-fire last summer, the national election season kicked off.
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