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Reduce speed in such a scenario as in the case of flight 191. neither american airlines or mcdonnell-douglas admitted fault in this accident. but in april 1981, the two companies agreed to share the costs of settlements in for than 200 lawsuits that were filed. the terms of those settlements remain confidential. >> every accident and incident, because of its unique characteristics, we are going to learn something. we have to take those lessons learned. we have to heed those lessons. we've got to heed those lessons and enhance aviation safety. we don't want those people to have died in vain. ...

So pilots know not to ever reduce speed in such a scenario as in the case of flight 191. neither american airlines or mcdonnell-douglas admitted fault in this accident. but in april 1981, the two companies agreed to share the costs of settlements in for than 200 lawsuits that were filed. the terms of those settlements remain confidential. >> every accident and incident, because of its unique characteristics, we are going to learn something. we have to heed those lessons. we've got to heed those lessons and enhance aviation safety. we don't want those people to have died in vain. coming up ne...

Wonderful, they went together. >> they went together and they were so young. >> and they loved one another and whatever. and i can remember at the time i had to kind of choke back saying, no, i don't think this is wonderful. >> seven months after the accident the ntsb issues several critical and immediate recommendations for airlines. among them, airlines must discontinue the unapproved maintenance practice and inspect pylon attach points on all dc-10s by approved inspection methods. the ntsb also recommends airlines change their flight manuals. so pilots know not to reduce speed in such a sce...

It's about the city, pawtucket and about the characters that gather around baseball games everywhere. >> first of all, the stadium was built by a mayor who was arguably corrupt. he was kind of -- mayor curley of pawtucket. he built it during the depression. that created a lot of jobs. then the stadium fell into disrepair. then it's resurrected. finally there are these two teams gathered on a cold night in april 1981 and virtually no one's watching the game. and so they play for seven innings, rochester scores, bottom of the ninth, pawtucket scores. and then it enters into this weird period for...

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