Aisle or window? The best seats on a plane, according to a pilot
I spend most of my time in an aircraft on the flight deck, in the ultimate window seat. But when I need to sit in economy, ...
Why can’t you see stars from a plane window? Try this hack for a stellar view while flying at night
Flying at night obscures star visibility due to cabin lights and ground light pollution. Bright interior lighting creates a ...
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The Reason Why Airplanes Have Round Windows
Airplane windows have a distinctive rounded-oval shape, unlike those found elsewhere. Why this design? It boils down to ...
Airline staff ‘were as shocked as we were.’ The passengers caught up in the flight chaos
Midair turnarounds, last-minute diversions to other countries, boarding planes that didn’t take off — passengers caught up in ...
Delta plane that flipped over in Toronto last month showed high rate of descent, initial report says
TORONTO (AP) — The alert system on a Delta Air Lines jet that flipped upside down and burst into flames as it tried to land ...
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Military life in miniature
The idiom “the world is your oyster” comes from a scene in a Shakespeare play in which a sword-wielding character implies ...
London’s Heathrow slowly resumes flights after a fire cut power to Europe’s busiest airport
A large fire near London’s Heathrow Airport knocked out power Friday to Europe’s busiest flight hub, forcing it to shut all ...
Delta plane that crashed at Pearson airport was travelling at high rate of descent, prelim report suggests
The proximity warning system aboard the Delta Air Lines flight that crashed at Pearson airport last month sent an alert indicating a high rate of descent less than three seconds before the plane ...
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Investigators say a Delta jet descended too quickly before Toronto crash last month
Canadian investigators released a preliminary report into last month's Delta Air Lines regional jet rollover landing crash in ...
The Best Deals From Amazon’s Big Spring Sale (and Across the Internet) This Week
Between Amazon’s Big Spring Sale and Walmart’s Spring Savings Sale, merchants are trying to make spring sales a thing—and ...
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Aircraft catches fire after landing in Denver, sending passengers onto wing as smoke engulfs plane
DENVER (AP) — A fire on an American Airlines plane after it diverted mid-flight and landed at Denver International Airport sent passengers fleeing onto a wing in a fraught evacuation amid billowing ...