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 | | Starting in the mid-1990s under Los Angeles Mayors Richard Riordan and James Hahn modernization and expansion plans for LAX were prepared only to be stymied by a coalition spearheaded by residents who live near the airport angry at noise, pollution and traffic impacts of the existing facility. |
 | | On December 7, 1987, Pacific Southwest Airlines PSA Flight 1771, bound from LAX to San Francisco International Airport, was cruising above the central California coast when a disgruntled USAir employee aboard the plane shot his ex-supervisor, both pilots and then himself, causing the airplane to crash near the town of Cayucos. |
 | | On October 31, 2000, Singapore Airlines Flight 006, which was on a Singapore Changi Airport, Singapore-Chiang Kai Shek International Airport, Taipei-Los Angeles route, crashed upon takeoff from Taipei, killing 83 occupants of the 179 persons on board. |
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