In one of the wildest aviation experiments ever attempted, researchers intentionally crashed a Boeing 727 in the Mexican desert to find out which seats gave passengers the best chance of …
airplane safety
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Airlines
Left Something on the Plane? Here’s Why You Can’t Go Back for It
by SharonKurhegby SharonKurhegYou’ve just disembarked your plane and as you’re on the jetway, your teen thinks that they left their iPad in the seat pocket in front of them. Or you check …
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Airports
Aircraft Marshalling: What Do All Those Baton Signals Mean?
by SharonKurhegby SharonKurhegIf you’ve ever sat on the left side of the plane, you’ve probably seen them. A man or woman wearing a brightly colored vest and ear protectors, holding daylight-fluorescent wands, …
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If you have a window seat on a plane, you may notice a tiny hole down towards the bottom. You can’t feel it if you try to touch it, and …
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When the airline industry makes a change, it can be something that rocks the travel world. Cases in point: when TSA PreCheck first came on the scene, the introduction of …
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Just like the seat belt on a car, seat belts on a plane are provided to keep you in your seat during unexpected movement. They’re not optional, and if a …