Manyairlinescontinued to treat air travel as a luxury, however. Free meals and drinks, expansive and comfortable seats, personal attention from flight attendants and other amenities kept the price of plane tickets relatively high. Airline deregulation and the changing economics of the airline industry ...
Empty tanks to blame for many plane crashes: ; Federal official says it is surprising how many pilots take risk of flying on low fuelMELANIE S. WELTE
Many accidents are caused by riders braking incorrectly. According to the California Highway patrol, locking up the rear brakes is a factor in the majority of motorcycle crashes. Changing Gears Early motorcycle clutches were operated by a foot pedal in the same way that automobile drivers use ...
It’s little wonder, then, that airplane turbulence would make so many travelers uneasy. Turbulence can happen without warning, causing a plane to shudder or dip erratically. Items may shift, and passengers might be jostled in their seats. The sudden lift or plummet of an altitude change can ...
After two plane crashes involving Boeing 737 Max jets, one in late 2018 and one in early 2019, some experts expressed concern that pilots were losing basic flying skills as they relied more and more on increasing amounts of automation in the cockpit. ...
With many airlines now hawking "unbundled" fares, it's easy for travelers to mistake low advertised prices forcheap plane tickets. But for consumers eager to get the best deal on flights heading into the summer travel season, it pays to learn how "drip pricing" can make airfare more expensi...
“I didn’t have any problems initially and flew in planes and gliders without a problem until I started reading about plane crashes. Since then, I kept thinking about crashing whenever I flew. It got so bad that I once gave up flying for a year and took trains instead, but it was ...
So when you do hear about an incident on a plane, the first thing to do is keep it in perspective. What happened on LATAM 800? Authorities have not released a lot of detail on the cause of the incident, beyond saying it was a "technical fault". As LATAM Flight 800 originated in Aus...
Then there are those spontaneous events, such as chemical plant explosions, plane crashes, train accidents and mass shootings that are unexpected. Regardless of which scenario we are dispatched to next, training is key. To make an MCI run sm...
Although there are only six known pairs of neutron stars on a path for collision, scientists believe there are many more out in space and that these types of mergers could happen as frequently as once or twice a year. What about space collisions on a much smaller scale, such as one ...