An Emirates Airlines passenger jet on its way to New York's Kennedy airport, carrying cargo from Yemen, was escorted by Canadian and American fighter jets.

由于携带有来自也门的货物，一架阿联酋国际航空公司的客机在飞往纽约肯尼迪机场途中，被加拿大和美国的喷气式战斗机护送。

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Early Wednesday morning, a Russian Ilyushin II-76 Candid cargo jet sent its first batch of humanitarian aid to Japan, the Russian Emergencies Ministry, EMERCOM, said.

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In 1996, nearly 350 people were killed when two aircraft, one a Boeing 747 operated by Saudia collided with a Kazakh cargo jet over India, in the worst incident in Indian aviation.

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Presently, the FAA is funded by both the General Fund of the U.S. Treasury and the Aviation Trust Fund, an account that receives a battery of taxes on tickets, cargo, jet fuel and frequent flyer awards.

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