Fifty-three passengers were scheduled to be on board the Bombardier CRJ700 regional jet for the flight.

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In 1920, the first fatalities on a scheduled passenger flight occurred when an aircraft crashed into a house, killing the two-person crew and two passengers at Cricklewood, London.

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That's what happened to an English Springer Spaniel named "Hendrix" who was scheduled to fly from Newark to Phoenix this week and was put on the wrong flight -- to Ireland.

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Days before the Nets were supposed to make their Brooklyn debut at the Barclays Center, on November 1, their long-time announcer was home in New Jersey, preparing for the arrival of Hurricane Sandy and thinking about a flight to Texas, where he was scheduled to call the Buffalo- Houston game on November 4.

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