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Bud Day
George Everette "Bud" Day (born February 24, 1925) is a retired U.S. Air Force Colonel and Command Pilot who served during the Vietnam War, to include five years and seven months as a Prisoner of War in North Vietnam. He is often cited as being the most decorated U.S. service member since General Douglas MacArthur, having received some seventy decorations, a majority for actions in combat. Day is a recipient of the Medal of Honor.
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Gerald Ford
XXXVIII President of the United States: 1974-1977
176 - Remarks on Awarding the Congressional Medal of Honor to Four Members of the Armed Forces.
March 4th, 1976
Medal of Honor recipients and their families, distinguished Members of the Congress, Secretary Rumsfeld, Secretary Middendorf, Secretary Reed, members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, ladies and gentlemen:
We are gathered here today to honor four Americans for exceptional military gallantry in the service of our Nation. All four of these men distinguished themselves above and beyond the call of duty. I deeply regret that one of the awards, to the late Captain Lance P. Sijan, of the United States Air Force, is posthumous. The other three, Rear Admiral James P. Stockdale, United States Navy; Colonel George E. Day, United States Air Force; and Lieutenant Thomas R. Norris, United States Naval Reserve, are here with us today.
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The Plague (1994)
[looking at the images of the virus outbreak]
Gen. Starkey: Look at that. It killed them in a hurry down there. Telemetry reports suggest that even the ones that managed to get their respirators and gas masks on died within 12 minutes after exposure. The rest were gone in less than five. Do you believe that?
Maj. Jalbert: Do I have a choice?
Gen. Starkey: No. Apparently none of us do. This 'Project Blue', it's nothing but a souped up version of the flu. Herbert Denninger of the Center for Diease Control in Atlanta, the Pentagon's bright boy of the week, says that once we find Campion, we'll only know if it's going to up to the outside. He says the virus will probally mutate as it passes from person to person, but that's not gonna help the people that catch it.
Maj. Jalbert: Sir, I have information that...
Gen. Starkey: [interrupting] It'll just take 'em longer to die, that's all. Most people are gonna think thay have the plain old non-lethal flu... right up to the very end, and that's the biggest break we've had so far. Now it's loose out there in the world all because a gate malfunctioned and some idiot, glorified TV repairman grabbed his family and ran for the hills. What I'd like to do more than anything else is get that coward and...
Maj. Jalbert: Sir, we found him. We located Campion. He crash-landed late last night at a gas station on the outskirts of a one-stoplight town in east Texas.
From 12/23/1954 ( premiere US film "20000 Leagues Under the Sea" ) To 5/25/2002 ( RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 - the Sioux City Iowa airport ) is 17320 days
17320 = 8660 + 8660
From 11/2/1965 ( date hijacked from me:the birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA of the known official Deputy United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess & my birthdate as legally bound ) To 7/19/1989 ( Bill Gates-Microsoft-George Bush murders 111 passengers and crew of United Airlines Flight 232 and destroys the United Airlines Flight 232 aircraft because United States Navy Petty Officer Second Class Kerry Wayne Burgess was a passenger of United Airlines Flight 232 while escorting a United States military prisoner ) is 8660 days
From 11/15/1957 ( Ray McKinnon ) To 5/25/2002 ( RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 - the Sioux City Iowa airport ) is 16262 days
16262 = 8131 + 8131
From 3/4/1959 ( date hijacked from me:my birthdate UK ) To 6/7/1981 ( my 3rd United States Navy Medal of Honor hijacked from me and the Iraq-Bill Gates-Microsoft-George Bush Baghdad Osirak terrorist nuclear weapons construction site destroyed by Israeli Air Force with my personal assistance as United States Navy Fleet Admiral Tom Reagan the F-16 Falcon pilot flying combat to destroy the Iraq-Bill Gates-Microsoft-George Bush Baghdad Osirak terrorist nuclear weapons construction site ) is 8131 days
From 12/20/1947 ( premiere US film "Miracle in a Cornfield" ) To 5/25/2002 ( RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 - the Sioux City Iowa airport ) is 19880 days
19880 = 9940 + 9940
From 11/2/1965 ( date hijacked from me:the birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA of the known official Deputy United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess & my birthdate as legally bound ) To 1/19/1993 ( in Asheville North Carolina the Deputy United States Marshal Kerry Burgess is seriously wounded by gunfire when returning fatal gunfire to a fugitive from United States federal justice who was sent again by Bill Gates-Nazi-Microsoft-George Bush the cowardly violent criminal in another attempt to murder the Deputy United States Marshal Kerry Burgess ) is 9940 days
From 1/19/1993 ( in Asheville North Carolina the Deputy United States Marshal Kerry Burgess is seriously wounded by gunfire when returning fatal gunfire to a fugitive from United States federal justice who was sent again by Bill Gates-Nazi-Microsoft-George Bush the cowardly violent criminal in another attempt to murder the Deputy United States Marshal Kerry Burgess ) To 5/25/2002 ( RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 - the Sioux City Iowa airport ) is 3413 days
From 11/2/1965 ( date hijacked from me:the birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA of the known official Deputy United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess & my birthdate as legally bound ) To 3/8/1975 ( George Stevens - deceased ) is 3413 days
From 2/9/1961 ( premiere US TV series "Gunslinger"::series premiere episode "Border Incident" ) To 5/25/2002 ( RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 - the Sioux City Iowa airport ) is 15080 days
15080 = 7540 + 7540
From 11/2/1965 ( date hijacked from me:the birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA of the known official Deputy United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess & my birthdate as legally bound ) To 6/25/1986 ( United States President Ronald Reagan - Proclamation 5506—National Homelessness Awareness Week 1986 ) is 7540 days
From 9/28/1991 ( United States Title 18 Treason 2381 - the United States Navy USS Asheville SSN 758 commissioned into United States Navy active service & RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 - the National Civil Rights Museum Memphis Tennessee ) To 5/25/2002 ( RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 - the Sioux City Iowa airport ) is 3892 days
3892 = 1946 + 1946
From 11/2/1965 ( date hijacked from me:the birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA of the known official Deputy United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess & my birthdate as legally bound ) To 3/2/1971 ( premiere US TV movie "Yuma" ) is 1946 days
From 9/28/1991 ( United States Title 18 Treason 2381 - the United States Navy USS Asheville SSN 758 commissioned into United States Navy active service & RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 - the National Civil Rights Museum Memphis Tennessee ) To 5/25/2002 ( RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 - the Sioux City Iowa airport ) is 3892 days
From 3/3/1959 ( date hijacked from me:my birthdate US ) To 10/28/1969 ( premiere US TV series pilot "The Young Lawyers" ) is 3892 days
From 2/18/1991 ( the Bill Gates-Microsoft-Nazi-George Bush attack against the US Navy warship USS Princeton CG 59 as another attempt to murder Tom Reagan the US Navy SEAL and Kerry Burgess the active duty reservist and US Navy Fire Controlman First Class Petty Officer SW who were both serving the US Navy presence in the Persian Gulf again at the same time ) To 5/25/2002 ( RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 - the Sioux City Iowa airport ) is 4114 days
From 11/2/1965 ( date hijacked from me:the birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA of the known official Deputy United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess & my birthdate as legally bound ) To 2/6/1977 ( premiere US TV miniseries "How the West Was Won" ) is 4114 days
From 9/16/1994 ( date hijacked from me:premiere US film "Timecop" ) To 5/25/2002 ( RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 - the Sioux City Iowa airport ) is 2808 days
From 11/2/1965 ( date hijacked from me:the birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA of the known official Deputy United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess & my birthdate as legally bound ) To 7/11/1973 ( premiere US film "Cahill U.S. Marshal" ) is 2808 days
From 9/23/1995 ( premiere US TV series "JAG" ) To 5/25/2002 ( RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 - the Sioux City Iowa airport ) is 2436 days
From 3/3/1959 ( date hijacked from me:my birthdate US ) To 11/2/1965 ( date hijacked from me:the birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA of the known official Deputy United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess & my birthdate as legally bound ) is 2436 days
From 9/24/1995 ( premiere US TV series "Space: Above and Beyond" ) To 5/25/2002 ( RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 - the Sioux City Iowa airport ) is 2435 days
From 3/4/1959 ( date hijacked from me:my birthdate UK ) To 11/2/1965 ( date hijacked from me:the birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA of the known official Deputy United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess & my birthdate as legally bound ) is 2435 days
From 6/27/1994 ( I am the pilot and the only plane crash survivor and Kerry Wayne Burgess - circa 1990 also known for official duty as Wayne Newman - Deputy United States Marshal - killed in the line of duty - Lockheed Martin L-1011 aircraft passengers and crew murdered in a scheduled terrorism-sabotage attack by Bill Gates-Nazi-Microsoft-Corbis-NASA-George Bush the cowardly violent criminal that caused the external mounted Orbital Sciences Pegasus space satellite booster rocket to explode under our aircraft ) To 5/25/2002 ( RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 - the Sioux City Iowa airport ) is 2889 days
From 3/4/1959 ( date hijacked from me:my birthdate UK ) To 1/30/1967 ( premiere US TV series episode "The Big Valley"::"The Stallion" ) is 2889 days
From 6/27/1994 ( I am the pilot and the only plane crash survivor and Kerry Wayne Burgess - circa 1990 also known for official duty as Wayne Newman - Deputy United States Marshal - killed in the line of duty - Lockheed Martin L-1011 aircraft passengers and crew murdered in a scheduled terrorism-sabotage attack by Bill Gates-Nazi-Microsoft-Corbis-NASA-George Bush the cowardly violent criminal that caused the external mounted Orbital Sciences Pegasus space satellite booster rocket to explode under our aircraft ) To 5/25/2002 ( RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 - the Sioux City Iowa airport ) is 2889 days
From 3/3/1959 ( date hijacked from me:my birthdate US ) To 1/29/1967 ( premiere US film "Return of the Gunfighter" ) is 2889 days
From 7/1/1940 ( premiere US film "The Sea Hawk" ) To 5/25/2002 ( RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 - the Sioux City Iowa airport ) is 22608 days
22608 = 11304 + 11304
From 7/16/1963 ( another threat sent to me against my wife ) To 6/27/1994 ( I am the pilot and the only plane crash survivor and Kerry Wayne Burgess - circa 1990 also known for official duty as Wayne Newman - Deputy United States Marshal - killed in the line of duty - Lockheed Martin L-1011 aircraft passengers and crew murdered in a scheduled terrorism-sabotage attack by Bill Gates-Nazi-Microsoft-Corbis-NASA-George Bush the cowardly violent criminal that caused the external mounted Orbital Sciences Pegasus space satellite booster rocket to explode under our aircraft ) is 11304 days
From 6/8/1996 ( the United States Navy warship USS Cole DDG 67 commissioned into United States Navy battle force fleet active service and I am the first commanding officer of USS Cole DDG 67 as United States Navy Fleet Admiral Thomas Reagan ) To 5/25/2002 ( RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 - the Sioux City Iowa airport ) is 2177 days
From 3/3/1959 ( date hijacked from me:my birthdate US ) To 2/16/1965 ( the United States satellite Pegasus 1 launched into orbit of the planet Earth ) is 2177 days
From 12/1/1976 ( premiere US TV series "C.P.O. Sharkey" ) To 5/25/2002 ( RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 - the Sioux City Iowa airport ) is 9306 days
From 11/2/1965 ( date hijacked from me:the birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA of the known official Deputy United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess & my birthdate as legally bound ) To 4/26/1991 ( premiere United Kingdom film "The Doors" ) is 9306 days
From 8/7/1975 ( Charlize Theron ) To 5/25/2002 ( RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 - the Sioux City Iowa airport ) is 9788 days
9788 = 4894 + 4894
From 3/4/1959 ( date hijacked from me:my birthdate UK ) To 7/27/1972 ( date hijacked from me:the first flight McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle fighter jet and I was the primary United States Navy test pilot for the first flight and for the United States Air Force F-15 Eagle fighter jet test program ) is 4894 days
From 8/27/1999 ( premiere US film "The Astronaut's Wife" ) To 5/25/2002 ( RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 - the Sioux City Iowa airport ) is 1002 days
From 11/2/1965 ( date hijacked from me:the birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA of the known official Deputy United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess & my birthdate as legally bound ) To 7/31/1968 ( premiere US film "Hang 'Em High" ) is 1002 days
From 8/27/1999 ( premiere US film "The Astronaut's Wife" ) To 5/25/2002 ( RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 - the Sioux City Iowa airport ) is 1002 days
From 3/3/1959 ( date hijacked from me:my birthdate US ) To 11/29/1961 ( Tom Sizemore ) is 1002 days
From 10/9/1992 ( premiere US film "Under Siege" ) To 5/25/2002 ( RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 - the Sioux City Iowa airport ) is 3515 days
3515 = 1757 + 1758
From 3/4/1959 ( date hijacked from me:my birthdate UK ) To 12/25/1963 ( premiere US film "Captain Newman, M.D." ) is 1757 days
From 3/3/1959 ( date hijacked from me:my birthdate US ) To 12/25/1963 ( premiere US film "Captain Newman, M.D." ) is 1758 days
From 4/19/1963 ( Valerie Plame & Tom Wood ) To 5/25/2002 ( RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 - the Sioux City Iowa airport ) is 14281 days
14281 = 7140 + 7141
From 3/4/1959 ( date hijacked from me:my birthdate UK ) To 9/20/1978 ( premiere US TV series "Vega$" ) is 7140 days
From 3/3/1959 ( date hijacked from me:my birthdate US ) To 9/20/1978 ( premiere US TV series "Vega$" ) is 7141 days
From 2/20/2001 ( premiere US film "3000 Miles to Graceland" ) To 5/25/2002 ( RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 - the Sioux City Iowa airport ) is 459 days
From 3/4/1959 ( date hijacked from me:my birthdate UK ) To 6/5/1960 ( premiere US TV series "Edwin Newman Reporting" ) is 459 days
From 10/15/1959 ( premiere US TV series "The Untouchables"::series premiere episode "The Empty Chair" ) To 5/25/2002 ( RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 - the Sioux City Iowa airport ) is 15563 days
From 3/3/1959 ( date hijacked from me:my birthdate US ) To 10/11/2001 ( Bill Gates-Microsoft-Corbis-Nazi-United States Department of Justice/FBI Seattle the cowardly violent domestic terrorist organization murders Thomas C. Wales by gunfire through the window of his house in Seattle Washington ) is 15563 days
From 10/5/1958 ( premiere US TV series "Lawman"::series premiere episode "The Deputy" ) To 5/25/2002 ( RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 - the Sioux City Iowa airport ) is 15938 days
15938 = 7969 + 7969
From 11/2/1965 ( date hijacked from me:the birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA of the known official Deputy United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess & my birthdate as legally bound ) To 8/28/1987 ( premiere US film "Hamburger Hill" & premiere US film "The Fourth Protocol" ) is 7969 days
From 12/17/1903 ( the first powered aircraft flight of the Wright Brothers ) To 5/25/2002 ( RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 - the Sioux City Iowa airport ) is 35954 days
35954 = 17977 + 17977
From 3/4/1959 ( date hijacked from me:my birthdate UK ) To 5/22/2008 ( Bill Gates-Nazi-Microsoft-Corbis-George Bush the cowardly violent criminal in a scheduled terrorist attack attempts to destroy the nuclear propulsion United States Navy aircraft carrier warship USS George Washington CVN 73 ) is 17977 days
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Air University
On 25 May 2002, Sioux City airport honored Day by renaming their airport Colonel Bud Day Field.
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Sioux Gateway Airport
Sioux Gateway Airport (IATA: SUX, ICAO: KSUX, FAA LID: SUX), also known as Colonel Bud Day Field, is a joint civil-military public airport located 6 miles (10 km) south of Sioux City and just west of Sergeant Bluff, in Woodbury County, Iowa, United States.
On 25 May 2002, the airport was named "Colonel Bud Day Field" in honor of United States Air Force Colonel George Everette "Bud" Day, a Sioux City, Iowa native and is the only person ever awarded both the Medal of Honor and the Air Force Cross. In addition to commercial and general aviation service, the airport is home to the 185th Air Refueling Wing (185 ARW), an Air Mobility Command (AMC)-gained unit of the Iowa Air National Guard, flying the KC-135 Stratotanker.
Accidents
Main article: United Airlines Flight 232
On July 19, 1989, a United Airlines DC-10, on a flight from Denver to Philadelphia via Chicago, crashed at Sioux Gateway Airport while attempting an emergency landing. 112 passengers and 1 crew member were killed, while 184 passengers and 10 crew members survived. The accident was one of the most famous aviation disasters in American history, due to the skill of the crew in saving most of the occupants, and because the crash and rescue operation were captured on videotape by a news crew.
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Red Planet
:44:33
What's it going to be like?
:44:37
Hypoxia?
:44:40
Dizziness. Skin will tingle.
:44:43
Vision narrows.
:44:45
Then shock, convulsions. . .
:44:48
. . .acidosis. . . .
:44:50
Is it going to hurt?
:44:54
Yeah.
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Valerie Plame
By Tricia Romano
Plame's Name
Valerie Plame was born into a military family on April 19, 1963, at Elmendorf Air Force Base in Anchorage, Alaska
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Biography for
Valerie Plame
Date of Birth
19 April 1963
Spouse
Joseph Wilson (3 April 1998 - present)
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Tom Wood
Born: April 19, 1963
Under Siege 1992
Pvt. Nash
The Fugitive 1993
Newman
U.S. Marshals 1998
Deputy Marshal Noah Newman
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Edwin Newman Reporting
Premiered
June 5, 1960
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"Edwin Newman Reporting" (1960)
Country Date
USA 5 June 1960
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Shane (1953)
Joey: Was that him? Was that Wilson?
Shane: That was him. That was Wilson, all right, and he was fast, fast on the draw.
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Miracle in a Cornfield (1947)
Country Date
USA 20 December 1947
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20000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)
Release Date: 23 December 1954 (USA)
Plot: A ship sent to investigate a wave of mysterious sinkings encounters the advanced submarine, the Nautilus, commanded by Captain Nemo.
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20000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)
Captain Nemo: I am not what is called a civilized man, Professor. I have done with society for reasons that seem good to me. Therefore, I do not obey its laws.
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What was that?
Cabin pressure! Oxygen mask on.
Sinking 2,000.
Engine failure on 2 and 3.
Indy Center, this is F-PATS flight 343.
We are declaring an emergency.
Mayday, Mayday!
Going through 240.
1 3,000.
I've got it.
1 1 ,000.
We're at 1 0,000.
What was that?
We lost engines 2 and 3.|A and B hydraulic failures as well.
Look at your charts. See if there's|any airport we can make.
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United Airlines Flight 232
United Airlines Flight 232 was a scheduled flight from Stapleton International Airport in Denver, Colorado, to O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, with continuing service to Philadelphia International Airport. On July 19, 1989, the DC-10 (Registration N1819U) operating the route crash-landed in Sioux City, Iowa, after suffering catastrophic failure of its tail-mounted engine, which led to the loss of all flight controls. 111 people died in the accident
The crew guided the crippled jet to Sioux Gateway Airport and lined it up for landing on one of the runways. However, without flight controls, they were unable to slow down for landing, and were forced to attempt landing at much too high a speed and rate of descent. On touchdown, the aircraft broke apart, caught fire, and rolled over. The largest section came to rest in a cornfield next to the runway.
On final descent, the aircraft was going 240 knots and sinking at 1,850 feet per minute, while a safe landing would require 140 knots and 300 feet per minute. Fitch needed a seat for landing; Dvorak offered up his own, as it could be moved to a position behind the throttles. Dvorak sat in the cockpit's jumpseat for landing. Unfortunately, right before touchdown, the aircraft began a downward phugoid and veered right. The flight crew had no time to react. The tip of the right wing hit the runway first, spilling fuel, which ignited immediately. The tail section broke off from the force of the impact, and the rest of the aircraft bounced several times, shedding the landing gear and engine nacelles and breaking the fuselage into several main pieces. On the final impact the right wing was sheared off and the main part of the aircraft skidded sideways, rolled over on to its back, and slid to a stop upside-down in a corn field to the right of Runway 22. Witnesses reported that the aircraft cartwheeled, but the investigation did not confirm this. News reports that the aircraft cartwheeled were due to misinterpretation of the video of the crash that showed the flaming right wing tumbling end-over-end and the intact left wing, still attached to the fuselage, rolling up and over as the fuselage flipped over.
Of the 296 people on board, 111 died in the crash. Most were killed by injuries sustained in the multiple impacts, but 35 people in the middle fuselage section directly above the fuel tanks died from smoke inhalation in the post-crash fire. Of those, 24 had no traumatic blunt-force injuries. The majority of the 185 survivors were seated behind first class and ahead of the wings. Many passengers were able to walk out through the ruptures to the structure, and in many cases got lost in the high field of corn adjacent to the runway until rescue workers arrived on the scene and escorted them to safety.
