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FedEx Plane Carrying Flu Virus Crashes In Winnipeg --Cessna 208 was carrying frozen influenza and herpes viruses 07 Oct 2005 A cargo plane crashed on railway tracks not far from Winnipeg's city centre Thursday, killing the pilot but missing buildings and vehicles in the area, police said... In its cargo were six half-millilitre vials of virus samples - frozen influenza and herpes viruses - being sent to Thunder Bay for research, FedEx spokeswoman Karen Cooper said from Toronto. Although the samples were labelled dangerous goods, they were not considered hazardous at the crash site since all the cargo was destroyed in the blaze, she said (we hope). (Federal Express. When your herpes virus absolutely, positively, has to get there overnight. --LRP)

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