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Toyohiro Akiyama, Japan’s Chain-Smoking ‘Space Antihero,’ Dies at 84

A journalist, he was the first Japanese person to enter space, joining a Soviet crew as part of a spectacular $35 million ratings stunt in 1990.

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Toyohiro Akiyama waving from a space capsule after returning to Earth in December 1990.
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Fatal Cargo Crash in Miami Echoed One That Killed 5 in 1997

Both crashes highlighted Miami’s role as a cargo hub to the Caribbean and Latin America.

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Smoldering wreckage of a DC-8 cargo that crashed at Miami International Airport in 1997.
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