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Only two people survived after the 15-year-old 737-800 Boeing plane run by Jeju Air skidded across the landing strip without landing gear and crashed into a concrete barrier containing antennas, bursting into flames.
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Raul A. Reyes, Newsweek, 23 Jan. 2025
Over one million acres destroyed:Track wildfires in real-time in the Texas panhandle
Hemphill County Airport
Hemphill County airport, a pair of small landing strips owned by the county in Canadian, is in the path of the Smokehouse Creek wildfire, the largest in Texas' history.
—Ryan Maxin, Austin American-Statesman, 29 Feb. 2024
Fullerton Mayor Pro Tem Shana Charles told the Los Angeles Times more oversight is needed including making sure the entryway for the landing strip is safer and more education for pilots.
—Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 4 Jan. 2025
The 1,108 acres include a lodge, a primary residence, four secondary residences, four employee houses/living quarters, and six additional structures, including airplane hangars and a landing strip.
—Alexis Simmerman, Austin American-Statesman, 17 Dec. 2024
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Raul A. Reyes, Newsweek, 23 Jan. 2025
Over one million acres destroyed:Track wildfires in real-time in the Texas panhandle
Hemphill County Airport
Hemphill County airport, a pair of small landing strips owned by the county in Canadian, is in the path of the Smokehouse Creek wildfire, the largest in Texas' history.
—Ryan Maxin, Austin American-Statesman, 29 Feb. 2024
Fullerton Mayor Pro Tem Shana Charles told the Los Angeles Times more oversight is needed including making sure the entryway for the landing strip is safer and more education for pilots.
—Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 4 Jan. 2025
The 1,108 acres include a lodge, a primary residence, four secondary residences, four employee houses/living quarters, and six additional structures, including airplane hangars and a landing strip.
—Alexis Simmerman, Austin American-Statesman, 17 Dec. 2024
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“Landing strip.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/landing%20strip. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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