The F15 Strike Eagle is the US's two-seater, ground attack version of its main tactical fighter plane.

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The plane selected for the main part of the mission is the aging C-141, an aircraft with intercontinental range.

CNN: U.S. may sedate Afghan detainees during flights

It takes less than an hour to fly aboard a C-130 cargo plane from Kandahar to the main British military base in Helmand province.

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Dr Bagshaw added he believed immobility was the main concern, whether people were sitting still on a plane, a coach or in the theatre.

BBC: Jury out on DVT link say airlines

In August 2008 the plane was finally moved to its permanent home at Arlanda airport's main entrance, where it will now stay.

CNN: Airplane hostel prepares for lift-off

"Our main version is a spontaneous move by the stabiliser into an extreme position that caused the plane to make a steep climb at high speed, " Mr Chernov told Russian NTV television.

BBC: Moscow crash jet 'stabiliser jammed'

Pilots say those stalls are particularly insidious because pilots cannot see the tail wings and because the recovery procedure is the opposite of a main-wing stall -- tail-wing stalls generally are overcome by raising the plane's nose.

CNN: Source: Wrong move possibly made before Buffalo plane crash

The main call of bogus revolves around non-compliance among passengers and abject failure of enforcement in the plane.

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