After the recent emergency landing by a US Airways Express flight at Philadelphia International Airport, air passengers are wondering what they can do to improve their survival chances. Ned Levi discusses what steps air passengers should take to ensure they are prepared to deal with an airplane emergency.
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Plague scare in Miami evacuates airport, UPS’s first crash, hotel phone and in-room movie revenue wanes
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Searchers combing the Atlantic Ocean between South America and Africa heard a previously undetected phantom ping from a sonar tape that recorded searches made immediately after the Air France 747 disappeared in a thunderstorm over the Atlantic.
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American Express Business Travel is predicting that global-wide international and long-haul business class airfares will rise between one and six percent in 2010.
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I recently reported on the multi-million dollar effort of US Airways to restore the personal effects of the passengers of the ‘so-called’ Miracle on the Hudson. I got some criticism for comparing the huge outlay of cash and concern to the often surly attention I have received when I had to go to the desk and report that my own belongings had gone missing.
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Mysterious deaths at Thai resort Jill St. Onge and Ryan Kells from Seattle took a three month vacation in Southeast Asia. Jill kept a journal that described the trip as idyllic: “So amazing… just drinking eating and living so cheaply and having a blast. Food, drink, good books, sun and warm waters… What else do [...]
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Years ago, Ned was in an airplane mishap. In his column today, Ned discusses crash survival, and practical ideas to improve your survival probability in the unlikely chance of an accident.
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The astounding footage of a crash-landing FedEx plane in Tokyo is just the latest in a series of plane accidents that have been caught on tape. Here are five clips worth watching.
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No one knows for certain what happened to US Airways Flight 1549, which plunged into the Hudson River last week — was it a bird strike or a mechanical failure? — but it’s already clear the airline did a lot of things by the book.
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After the crash of US Airways Flight 1549, do you experience flashbacks to the many “close calls” you have had during your travels? Did you wonder how you would have reacted had you been on that flight?
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