The plane was sheared in half -- its nose poking through the front window of a shattered home.

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It first flew in 1989 and went on to become the best selling 30-seater plane ever made - in part because it is very fuel efficient and has half the running costs of a regional jet.

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He brought tourists to Australia by the plane-load, though they half-dreaded what they would find there.

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In fact, the year the F-22 was terminated, each new plane was only costing about half of what Rumsfeld said it would.

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