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FedEx Cargo Plane Crashes in Florida

July 26, 2002


By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS




Filed at 8:59 a.m. ET



TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) -- A FedEx Boeing 727 cargo jet
crashed and burned short of the runway Friday at
Tallahassee Airport. The three-member crew escaped serious
injury, officials said.

The three-engine jet, FedEx Fight 1478 from Memphis, Tenn.,
landed a half mile short of the runway at 5:43 a.m., said
Kathleen Bergen, a Federal Aviation Administration
spokeswoman at regional offices in Atlanta.

It wasn't immediately know why it didn't reach the runway.


``We can't speculate on the cause,'' said Jess Bunn, the
FedEx spokesman at company headquarters in Memphis. ``The
National Transportation Safety Board and FedEx's own safety
team will be investigating.''

Brooke Wilson, spokeswoman at Tallahassee Memorial Health
Care hospital, said the three were in fair condition. They
were being checked for broken bones; they did not suffer
burns, she said.

Michelle Bono, a spokeswoman for the City of Tallahassee,
which owns the airport, said the airport would remain
closed until the wreckage is cleared.

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