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UPS plane ordered by controller to abort landing after jet approached runway: "What are you doing?" | Flipboard

Flipboard · 🇨🇳 public China · · 275 words · By CBS News; Sarah Ploss
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UPS plane ordered by controller to abort landing after jet approached runway: "What are you doing?" A UPS plane had to abort its landing after a Labcorp aircraft approached a runway at Kentucky's Louisville International Airport, the site of a … Related…

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What happened

UPS plane ordered by controller to abort landing after jet approached runway: "What are you doing?" A UPS plane had to abort its landing after a Labcorp aircraft approached a runway at Kentucky's Louisville International Airport, the site of a … Related…

Why it matters

The stakes turn on whether readers accept that Boeing Co.’s agreement for 200 jets marks the end of a nine-year drought in China. That point shapes the political meaning of the story.

Common ground

The clearest point to anchor on is this: Boeing Co.’s agreement for 200 jets marks the end of a nine-year drought in China.

Perspective signals

No major persuasion pattern has been attached yet, so the source, headline, and evidence should carry most of the weight for readers.

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fact_checkClaims Checked

eFinder analyzed this article and checked 3 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Boeing Co.’s agreement for 200 jets marks the end of a nine-year drought in China”
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While some web search results mention a '200-Jet Boeing Deal' involving China and Trump, the provided evidence does not contain the specific detail that this marks the end of a 'nine-year drought'. The Wikipedia entries provided are general company histories and do not mention this specific deal or timeframe.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — China Airlines (CAL; Chinese: 中華航空; pinyin: Zhōnghuá Hángkōng; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tiong-hôa Hâng-khong) is the state-owned flag carrier of the Republic of China (Taiwan). It is one of Taiwan's three major ai…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_Airlines
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — China Southern Airlines (branded as China Southern) is a major airline in China, headquartered in Guangzhou, Guangdong. It is one of the three major airlines in the country, along with Air China and C…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_Southern_Airlines
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following is a list of accidents and incidents involving the Boeing 737 family of jet airliners, including the Boeing 737 Original (-100/-200), Boeing 737 Classic (-300/-400/-500), Boeing 737 Next…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_accidents_and_incident…
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Claim 2: “A UPS plane had to abort its landing after a Labcorp aircraft approached a runway at Kentucky's Louisville International Airport”
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Two independent web search results confirm that a UPS plane (specifically Flight 1303) aborted its landing at Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport because another aircraft (identified as a Labcorp aircraft in one source and a smaller aircraft in another) was on or approaching the runway.
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web search NEUTRAL — A UPS plane had to abort its landing after a Labcorp aircraft approached a runway at Kentucky's Louisville International Airport, the site of a deadly cargo plane crash last year.
https://www.aol.com/articles/ups-plane-aborts-landing-jet-14…
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web search NEUTRAL — UPS Flight 1303 aborted its landing at Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport after a smaller aircraft was on the runway, according to reports.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/ups-plane-aborts-landing-near-mis…
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web search NEUTRAL — Last month, an Air Canada plane landing at LaGuardia Airport in New York smashed into a fire truck that had been cleared to cross the runway less than 20 seconds earlier. Both pilots were killed and d…
https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/ups-plane-aborts-l…
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Claim 3: “China is the world’s second-largest aviation market”
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The claim is explicitly supported by a web search result citing IATA (International Air Transport Association) data for 2019, stating that China offers the second-largest aviation market globally.
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web search NEUTRAL — China offers the second-largest aviation market globally (according to IATA for 2019).What do you think about China's aviation ambitions and the prospects for the C919? Will it remain a Chinese operat…
https://simpleflying.com/the-comac-c919/
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web search NEUTRAL — The Deal Could Become the Largest in Aviation HistoryChina’s Aviation Market Is Too Big to IgnoreConclusion: Boeing’s China Return Could Reshape the Aviation Landscape
https://thefoxdaily.com/world/trump-china-boeing-200-jets-me…
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web search NEUTRAL — The two leaders were also discussing an extension of last October’s trade truce, which paused steep U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods and eased tensions over rare earth mineral supplies. Boeing has been c…
https://thekenyatimes.com/politics/trump-brags-about-china-o…
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