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James Fallows You Think Your Summer Travel Plans Are Rough? Spare a Thought for People in China
Whenever the People's Liberation Army Air Force decides it's time to practice, millions of passengers sit in the terminal or on the taxiway and fume.
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FAA The FAA's Notice Prohibiting Airline Flights Over Ukraine
The U.S. government did its best to keep civilian airliners away from the region.
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Doctors Without Borders Richard Rockefeller, MD
What would you do, if you could do anything? An inspiring answer to that question.
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The Cirrus Parachute, as Seen From HQ and From a Swamp
A plane with a built-in parachute records another save.
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Of Fear and Flying
... and terrorism too.
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Reuters Telling the Difference Between Danger and Fear
Bathtubs should be 365 times more frightening than sharks. So why aren't they?
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Deborah Fallows Household News: May 18, 2014
In-house developments involving the NYT, Marketplace radio, Japanese business, and other institutions.
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Why the Latest Air-Scare Shows How Safe Airline Travel Is, Not How Dangerous
The flying world's counterpart to your car's airbag and anti-skid brakes.
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Wikipedia After the Latest Peril-in-the-Skies Saga, Should You Be Afraid to Fly?
No.
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Cirrus Aircraft How a Small Plane Crash Looks When Passengers Are About to Survive Rather Than About to Die
Seventeen seconds of video that explain why one brand of small aircraft has become the most popular in the world.
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Reuters The Man Who Thinks He Has Solved the MH370 Mystery
... but hasn't.
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Mediaite I've Got the Next Great Story Lead for CNN
Maybe a former finance minister of an African nation was also on the flight?
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Caixin Fly'n'Drive Notes From All Over
Look! Right here on the road! It's an ... airplane.
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YouTube What an Autopilot Could Never Do
Fun with flying, extreme crosswinds edition.
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YouTube Today's 777s-in-Peril Update: Asiana 214, MH 370
Lawyers offer their contention of why a pilot is not to blame for one accident. A former NTSB investigator directs blame at the pilot in another.
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via VOA Where to Get Your Next Fix of MH370 News
Chris Goodfellow, who has offered the so-far least-unlikely explanation of what happened, does a 90-minute Q&A.
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Flixxy.com As the Search Goes On for the Plane That Disappeared, How Can So Many Flights Take Off and Land Safely Each Day?
More on the details of designing for 1-in-a-billion accident rates.
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US Navy When a 1-in-a-Billion Chance of Accident May Not Seem 'Safe Enough'
The very safety of modern air travel makes accidents both intellectually more difficult and emotionally more disturbing.
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Great Book of Base The Freedom and Risk of Wingsuit Flying: Sean Leary
When a man is tired of wingsuit videos ...
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Roberta Mancino When a Man Is Tired of Wingsuit Videos, He Is Tired of Life ...
The world is big and interesting, chapter 438.
