We in the industry have long had great confidence in the blow-out preventer as the ultimate failsafe piece of safety equipment.

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French referee Fredy Fautrel was left with no choice but to give Hibbert his marching orders but the punishment ended there for Everton as Bajer's curling set-piece rebounded off the woodwork and was cleared to safety.

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Photographs show the violent force deformed the plane's fuselage, forced the tail wheel to deploy and likely resulted in the plane's trim tab -- a piece of the tail -- to fly off, the safety board said.

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The author of the piece, Dariusz Leszczynski, is a research professor at the Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority in Finland.

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"It was an amazing piece of airmanship, " said Peter Goelz, a former managing director of the National Transportation Safety Board.

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After all, if the safety and reliability of these weapons are allowed to degrade -- how safe and reliable is any complex piece of machinery if left untested for years?

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