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Issue date: 6/9/09 Section: News
The debris, including life vests, an aircraft seat, drum, kerosene and oil, was located floating 600 miles from the coast of Brazil.
This information comes as a major lead to investigators whom, before this discovery, had few clues to go on.
The investigators main priority is locating the tail of the plane, where the voice and data recorders are located, and the contents of the cockpit, where an additional voice recorder is kept.
One theory of how the plane went down over the Atlantic Ocean is related to a storm with lightning activity in the area.
Reports transmitted from another plane in the area suggest the jet encountered difficulty with stormy weather and electrical problems.
Among the victims of this flight were many parents, eight children, and a sole Canadian citizen. The crash has caused widespread grief across the globe due to the international nature of the flight and the victims aboard.
Abortion Doctor shot to death in Kansas church
On May 31, Dr. George Tiller, one of a few doctors in the US to perform late-term abortions, was shot to death in the entrance hall of his longtime church as he handed out the church bulletin.
Providing this service for more than three decades, Dr. Tiller was a source of much debate throughout the country, especially to those who opposed it.
Amongst countless protests outside his clinic, house and church, Dr. Tiller's clinic had once been bombed. Also, in 1993, an abortion opponent shot him in both arms.
During Sunday morning services, Dr. Tiller was shot once with a hand gun.
Authorities announced they detained a man later in the day after pulling him over 170 miles away near Kansas City.
Wichita police have reported the detainment of a 51-year-old but refuse to release his name until he is officially charged.
Dr. Tiller's death is the first killing of an abortion provider in the US since 1998, when another abortion doctor was shot by a sniper in his home in the Buffalo area.
Though much of the deadly violence concerning this controversial issue occurred in the 1990s, abortion clinics and doctors continue to be the targets of much controversy and sometimes threatening protests.
This information comes as a major lead to investigators whom, before this discovery, had few clues to go on.
The investigators main priority is locating the tail of the plane, where the voice and data recorders are located, and the contents of the cockpit, where an additional voice recorder is kept.
One theory of how the plane went down over the Atlantic Ocean is related to a storm with lightning activity in the area.
Reports transmitted from another plane in the area suggest the jet encountered difficulty with stormy weather and electrical problems.
Among the victims of this flight were many parents, eight children, and a sole Canadian citizen. The crash has caused widespread grief across the globe due to the international nature of the flight and the victims aboard.
Abortion Doctor shot to death in Kansas church
On May 31, Dr. George Tiller, one of a few doctors in the US to perform late-term abortions, was shot to death in the entrance hall of his longtime church as he handed out the church bulletin.
Providing this service for more than three decades, Dr. Tiller was a source of much debate throughout the country, especially to those who opposed it.
Amongst countless protests outside his clinic, house and church, Dr. Tiller's clinic had once been bombed. Also, in 1993, an abortion opponent shot him in both arms.
During Sunday morning services, Dr. Tiller was shot once with a hand gun.
Authorities announced they detained a man later in the day after pulling him over 170 miles away near Kansas City.
Wichita police have reported the detainment of a 51-year-old but refuse to release his name until he is officially charged.
Dr. Tiller's death is the first killing of an abortion provider in the US since 1998, when another abortion doctor was shot by a sniper in his home in the Buffalo area.
Though much of the deadly violence concerning this controversial issue occurred in the 1990s, abortion clinics and doctors continue to be the targets of much controversy and sometimes threatening protests.
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