The Nation - News from Sept. 9, 1985
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One of four jet engines on a Delta Air Lines DC-8 with 106 persons aboard caught fire, forcing the plane to abort its takeoff from Florida’s West Palm Beach International Airport, officials said. Nobody was injured, Delta spokesman Jim Ewing said in Atlanta. The plane taxied back to the terminal, where the passengers transferred to another Delta plane and continued their trip to Atlanta. Flight 790 carried 97 passengers and 9 crew members.
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