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PLANE MAKES EMERGENCY LANDING ON HIGHWAY
The Associated Press
4/27/2004, 9:40 a.m. ET
TUNICA, Miss. (AP) — A single-engine plane carrying FedEx cargo made an emergency landing on a highway early Tuesday, and a passing truck knocked off a wing but no one was hurt, officials said.
The single-engine turboprop Cessna was on a flight from Memphis, Tenn., to Monroe, La., said Sandra Munoz, a spokeswoman for FedEx in Memphis, Tenn. It landed on a four-lane stretch of U.S. 61, where the truck hit it.
Munoz said the two-person crew was unharmed, and the Tunica County sheriff's department said there were no reports of injuries on the ground.
The cargo will be sent by truck to Memphis and will be flown to Monroe later Tuesday, Munoz said.
The plane experienced engine trouble about 35 miles south of Memphis, but the cause of the problem wasn't immediately known, Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Christopher White said.
It was operated by Baron Aviation under contract with FedEx, Munoz said. The plane is what the shipping giant refers to as a feeder plane, which is used to make short deliveries to areas that might not be serviced by a full-size jet.
A person answering the phone at Baron said officials were not immediately available for comment.
http://www.nj.com/newsflash/national/index.ssf?/base/national-22/1083074047182581.xml12 indicted in credit card plot
Charges: They maxed out, ran up $1.7 million, paid in fake checks
Twelve Dearborn residents were indicted Monday in a credit card "bust out" scheme that allegedly defrauded banks and credit card companies of $1.7 million on 236 credit cards since 1999.(snip)
The indictment said two Dearborn businessmen -- Ali Abdul Karim Farhat, 40, and Abdulamir Berro, 36 -- operated as collusive merchants. Farhat owns Sigma Distribution Inc., a perfume importation and wholesale business. Berro owns Byblous Distribution Investment Inc., a cigarette wholesale business that operates as Budget Tele-Com, the government said. Both companies are in Dearborn and allegedly processed many fictitious credit card transactions. Farhat allegedly was sometimes assisted by his brother, Hassan Abdul Karim Farhat, 28, who was also indicted.
The Farhats are no strangers to federal authorities. (snip)
***The case is being handled by Assistant U.S. Attorney Cathleen Corken, who is assigned to the office's counterterrorism unit. Officials declined to say if the alleged scheme is linked to terrorism.***
http://www.freep.com/news/locway/raid27_20040427.htm