estimates the Australia-basedMacquarie University Anxiety Research Unit(MUARU). This particular phobia (also known as aerophobia or aviophobia) strikes men and women from all walks of life, including many frequent flyers.
own built-in antivirus software windows defender have caused similar blue screen of death crashes in years past, he notes. “every security solution on the planet has had their crowdstrike moments,” raiu says. “this is nothing new but the scale of the event.” cybersecurity authorities ...
1960: An overloaded charter plane crashes on takeoff, killing 22, including 18 football players from California Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo. 1961: The entire United States figure skating team dies when a Boeing 707 crashes en route to the World Figure Skating Championship in Prague, Cz...
Alaska Airlines trains new pilots via its Ascend ab initio programme A dash for warm bodies – especially at the lower-paying regional carriers – has now resulted, with passenger demand exploding in the past months beyond what many industry experts had predicted. Numerous carriers ha...
And while the popu- lation was smaller in 1930 than it is today, of course, the French also have many more travel options today than they had eight decades ago. Even more remarkably, Germany—with untolled autobahnen and automobile manufac- turers of global renown—has only 10% fewer ...
It was one of the closest calls of 1989. The National Transportation Safety Board, which investigates crashes and selected near misses, concluded that it was caused by human error : A controller in El Toro had failed to properly notify Bell that the American jet was on its way. Such serious...
Like the Federal EOC, the Lagos State government has dealt with its fair share of medical emergencies. In the past 15 years, it has responded to two different airplane crashes in densely populated neighborhoods, a massive weapons explosion at the Ikeja military cantonment near the airport, oil ...
As it turns out, auto transporters are involved in the fewest number of fatal crashes when compared with other cargo haulers. In a 2005 report, the agency reported 4,932 fatal accidents involving large trucks, 31 of which were auto transporters, or 0.6 percent. In the same study for 2006...
“Certainly Boeing has had some production problems, which they’re working their way through, and it’s not a good look. But the bottom line is that there are so many checks in place now that I don’t believe anybody should be concerned. “I would certainly not have any hesitation ...
In an attempt to preempt post-Brexit confusion, budget airline Ryanair, one of Europe’s largest carriers, is among several that have set up UK-based subsidiaries to get separate UK certification needed if Britain crashes out. Meanwhile, the UK’s EasyJet has had to set up a European base...