"It's one thing to be able to help people out of an emergency exit door, it's another to say they must weigh less than 130 pounds, as Pan Am and others might have done in times gone by, " says Kenneth Quinn, partner and head of aviation practice at the Washington, D.

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One hundred and fifty orphans and 28 adults died when a US air force transport plane made an emergency landing after a door blew out.

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McClaren was shown the door after an emergency meeting of the English Football Association (FA) in London on Thursday morning.

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She failed to notice the lift had not arrived at the top floor when she opened the faulty lift door using an emergency release key.

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After days of closed-door meetings, Cuomo issued an emergency order that allowed the Legislature to suspend the three days' public review required of all bills under the constitution.

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"Every single emergency patient who comes through the door of an NHS hospital should have an individual risk assessment, diagnosis, treatment plan and post-operative care plan prioritised according to need, " he said.

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Shortly after the movie started, they and others noticed the emergency exit door to the audience's right swing open, spilling light from an outside lamp into the darkened theater.

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