Expressed in terms of flight hours, the accident rate is nearly identical.

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The loss of flight 1103 was supposedly an accident.

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More than 450 people died in U.S. general-aviation accidents last year, amounting to one fatal accident for every 100, 000 flight hours.

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Numerous pilots had reported icing conditions in the area around the time of the accident, including at least three flight crews that characterized the icing as severe, according to the report.

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The accident happened in March on a Flybe flight from Exeter to Newcastle.

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Accident investigators are piecing through the debris and one of the flight recorders has been retrieved.

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The last accident at Schiphol Airport happened in December 2003 when an EasyJet flight carrying 103 passengers to London collided with a lamppost while taxiing during icy conditions, according to Aviation Safety Network's Web site.

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Kennedy airport, when an Air France Airbus A380 clipped the tail fins of a much smaller Comair flight CRJ700, observers and analysts have been asking questions about whether a similar accident could happen elsewhere, and just when a super-large jumbo jet is too big.

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To meet this goal, we will return the space shuttle to flight as soon as possible, consistent with safety concerns and the recommendations of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board.

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