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The Ghost Plane
Leigh Montville
April 10, 2000
For three endless hours last October the entire nation watched, horrified but helpless, as a runaway jet carried Payne Stewart and five others to its terrible destination
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April 10, 2000

The Ghost Plane

For three endless hours last October the entire nation watched, horrified but helpless, as a runaway jet carried Payne Stewart and five others to its terrible destination

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He drives close to a line of low bushes. The noise of the truck startles the birds. Four or five pheasants burst from their hiding places. They are out of season for hunters now. They fly into the air, colorful and beautiful, wonderful, unmindful of what perils might await.

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