You see the Spurs in the championship round, and it's like realizing your plane ticket is a middle seat.

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"But to me it looked like the plane just came down on the middle of the house, and unfortunately that's where Doug was, " she said.

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The IGT plane remained in Europe until the middle of December.

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An Airbus spokesman told Forbes.com that although Middle Eastern airline Emirates had also shown interest in a stretched A380, the plane-maker was still "carefully observing" the market.

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Overhead video from CNN affiliate KTLA showed firefighters working to douse a fire as most of the plane, including a visible part of its wing, lay in the middle of a road.

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The officials said initial reports said the plane crashed at the headquarters of the U.S. military's air operations for the Middle East.

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