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  • For now though, we want to get to one of the most incredible stories that we have already heard coming out of Haiti and that is this passenger jet; American Airlines Flight 1908 that apparently took-off from Haiti about an hour and a half or so after the quake hit.

    CNN Transcript Jan 13, 2010 2010

  • VELEZ-MITCHELL: ... and the family took-off with a bunch of stuff, truckloads.

    CNN Transcript Jul 6, 2009 2009

  • JOSH LEVS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Yes, Neda -- her story took-off, you're right, throughout the afternoon and into the evening especially yesterday on Twitter.

    CNN Transcript Jun 21, 2009 2009

  • Of course, an Airbus 320 we saw last January landed in the Hudson River after it hit a bunch of birds when it took-off from LaGuardia airport.

    CNN Transcript Jun 10, 2009 2009

  • A "bench" player Henry, offered $100 to take a seat to the raid right before took-off.

    Map: Doolittle Raid - raid from Shangri-la Sun Bin 2006

  • A "bench" player Henry, offered $100 to take a seat to the raid right before took-off.

    Archive 2006-07-01 Sun Bin 2006

  • Sopwith team waiting so long at St. John's for a chance to fly, stimulated in their daring attempt by reports of American successes at the Azores, took-off on their flight straight across on the afternoon of Sunday, May 18th.

    Opportunities in Aviation Gordon Lamont

  • The idea of SBML came from the vision that compatibility and interoperability were going to be the issue once systems biology took-off.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories PhysOrg Team 2010

  • So there was about a 8 hour window after we took-off when things were still going on at our destination, business was being conducted, and we all very-well could've been on the phone.

    The Cranky Flier Anyw » Why Can’t I Use a Cell Phone On a Plane 2010

  • So there was about a 8 hour window after we took-off when things were still going on at our destination, business was being conducted, and we all very-well could've been on the phone.

    The Cranky Flier Anyw » Why Can’t I Use a Cell Phone On a Plane 2010

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