Symptoms. Transient global amnesia is identified by its main symptom, which is the inability to form new memories and to recall the recent past.Once that symptom is confirmed, ruling out other possible causes of amnesia is important.n fact, sudden amnesia is much more likely to be caused by a stroke or a seizure than by transient global amnesia. A medical evaluation is the only way to determine the cause of sudden memory loss.
Transat 236 Glides to the Azores. On August 24, 2001, an Air Transat Airbus A330 aircraft operating Flight 236 from Toronto to Lisbon performed the longest recorded glide in a commercial airliner, landing successfully in Terceira after running out of fuel over the Atlantic. On the ground in Terceira.
Golfer Payne Stewart, 4 others dead in runaway jet crash. Learjet left from Florida, traveled 1,500 miles. MINA, South Dakota (CNN) -- A private jet carrying golf champion Payne Stewart and four other people flew out of control for 1,500 miles, traveling from Florida to South Dakota before crashing in a field Monday. There were no survivors. The Dallas-bound Learjet 35 was co-owned by Stewart.