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Aug 31st, 2006, 12:42 pm

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• Emmys plane gag provokes apology

US TV network NBC has apologised for a sketch in its Emmy Awards programme in which presenter Conan O'Brien was shown in a plane crash. The pre-recorded clip was shown in the US on the same day that an air crash in Lexington, Kentucky killed 49 people.
"In no way would we ever want to make light of this terrible tragedy," the network said in a statement.

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