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  2. List of deadliest aircraft accidents and incidents - Wikipedia

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    The US Code of Federal Regulations defines an accident as "an occurrence associated with the operation of an aircraft, which takes place between the time any person boards the aircraft with the intention of flight and all such persons have disembarked, and in which any person suffers death or serious injury, or in which the aircraft receives substantial damage;" an incident as "an occurrence ...

  3. Inner Harbor - Wikipedia

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    While occurring over a mile downstream of the Inner Harbor, the accident was associated with the Inner Harbor by news reports and casual observers. Five passengers died in the accident, which the National Transportation Safety Board determined was caused when the small pontoon-style vessel encountered unpredictable strong winds and waves. [10]

  4. 2020 Beirut explosion - Wikipedia

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    On 4 August 2020, a large amount of ammonium nitrate stored at the Port of Beirut in the capital city of Lebanon exploded, causing at least 218 deaths, 7,000 injuries, and US$15 billion in property damage, as well as leaving an estimated 300,000 people homeless.

  5. Battle of Cold Harbor - Wikipedia

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    Old Cold Harbor stood two miles east of Gaines's Mill, and New Cold Harbor a mile southeast. Both were approximately 10 miles (16 km) northeast of Richmond , capital of the Confederacy . From these crossroads, the Union army was positioned to receive reinforcements sailing up the Pamunkey River , and could attack either the Confederate capital ...

  6. West Loch disaster - Wikipedia

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    The West Loch Disaster was a maritime accident during World War II at Pearl Harbor U.S. Naval Base in Hawaii. The incident, which occurred just after 3 p.m. on Sunday, 21 May 1944, began following an explosion in a staging area for Landing Ships, Tank (LSTs) and other amphibious assault ships in West Loch.

  7. Brewster Islands Military Reservation - Wikipedia

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    The site today consists of the foundations of buildings and gun mounts, and the bunker of Battery Jewell. At Great Brewster the AMTB Battery is falling off the head which gets smaller by the year. The "M" Mine Observation Station was destroyed by the Navy for safety.

  8. Harbor–UCLA Medical Center - Wikipedia

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    Two more (UCLA Medical Center and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center) gained Level I status later that month and still have that standing today. [8] [9] Today, Harbor-UCLA is the only Level I trauma center south of the Santa Monica Freeway and Santa Ana Freeway as well as west of the Los Angeles-Orange County line. [9] [10]

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