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The World - News from Feb. 5, 1986

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Experts from the U.S. Army and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police have finished searching the site of the Dec. 12 air crash in Gander, Canada, that killed 248 U.S. soldiers and eight crew members, officials said. The most dramatic discovery was of two previously overlooked bodies found during the first week of the search. So far, 140 soldiers and seven crew members have been positively identified. Most of those aboard the chartered DC-8 were from the 101st Airborne Division, returning from peacekeeping duties in the Mideast. The cause of the crash has not been established.

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