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☆ 2024 has been a nerve-wracking year for plane travel. How safe is it really?
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-30 | by ( Anna Cooban | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

London CNN —Anxious airline flyers may well remember 2024 as the year their worst fears about the safety of air travel felt confirmed, as a series of unprecedented, and in some cases fatal, airplane incidents captured headlines. Three separate incidents last week — aboard South Korean, Canadian and Azerbaijani airliners — have stirred those anxieties during the busy holiday travel period. But statistics show the risk of death or injury on a commercial flight is extremely low. In footage broadcast by multiple South Korean news outlets, the Jeju Air flight can be seen skidding on its belly at high speed, hitting an embankment and erupting in a fireball. South Korean authorities are probing the cause of the disaster with the help of investigators from the United States.

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☆ Mysterious aircraft are flying over New Jersey. Here’s what big drones are made for
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-13 | by ( Clare Duffy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

New York CNN —Big drones have become a big topic of conversation in New Jersey: Residents have reported seeing drones the size of small cars flying around at night; officials are unsure if they’re seeing anything unusual, or if these are drones at all. But even if the New Jersey sightings turn out to be something else, large drones do exist. Drone sightings? New Jersey residents have described seeing drones flying overhead, sometimes in clusters. More often, big drones are used for commercial or military purposes.

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☆ U.S. airlines cool hiring after adding 194,000 employees in post-Covid spree
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-06 | by ( Leslie Josephs | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

U.S. passenger airlines have added nearly 194,000 jobs since 2021 as companies went on a hiring spree after spending months in a pandemic slump, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation. It’s a departure from the previous years when airlines couldn’t hire employees fast enough. U.S. airlines are usually adding pilots constantly since they are required to retire at age 65 by federal law. Then, travel demand snapped back faster than expected, climbing in earnest in 2022 and leaving airlines without experienced employees like customer service agents. “We will be hiring for the foreseeable future at levels like that,” he said at the time.

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Hopscotching around the East Coast on credit card rewardsMy oldest daughter shares my passion for all things related to aviation and space, and she would love to have a career in the aerospace industry. We easily earn these points from personal cards like our Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card and business cards like the Ink Business Preferred® Credit Card. Also, I hold a Southwest Airlines Companion Pass, which I earned from signing up for the Southwest Rapid Rewards® Plus Credit Card and the Southwest® Rapid Rewards® Performance Business Credit Card. I use the World Of Hyatt credit card and the World of Hyatt Business Credit Card to earn points, but it's also a transfer partner of Chase Ultimate Rewards. Continuing to the northeastWe arrived late at night and stayed at Hyatt Place by the Washington DC National Mall, again with World of Hyatt points.

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Airports and airlines say they can handle both. U.S. airlines expect to transport 271 million passengers worldwide this summer, up 6.3% from last season, the Airlines for America trade group has projected. Peter Steffen / picture alliance via Getty ImageThe U.S. Department of Transportation tracks “extreme weather” delays caused by conditions like tornadoes, blizzards or hurricanes but not those due to heat. During extreme heat, the airport urges employees to stay hydrated, take frequent breaks and, if they’re working outdoors, to cool off inside every hour. “Passengers are also encouraged to use the airport’s water stations to stay hydrated in the Arizona heat,” he added.

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Memorial Day weekend, the traditional launching pad of the summer travel season, is shaping up to set a scorching pace. United is expecting the biggest Memorial Day and summer travel season in the airline’s 98-year history, according to Andrew Nocella, United’s executive vice president and chief commercial officer. Air traffic controller shortageThe air traffic control tower at Los Angeles International Airport is a busy place. The United States is still short thousands of air traffic control personnel. Markus Mainka/imageBROKER/ShutterstockDespite a surge in hiring last year, air traffic control stations nationwide are still about 3,000 controllers short, according to new FAA numbers.

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☆ Whatever happened to airline food? /// Why the golden age of airplane food disappeared /// Why you don’t get served full meals on flights anymore
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-11 | by ( Nathaniel Meyersohn | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

New York CNN —If you took an American Airlines flight in the 1960s, you’d be wined and dined from the Coach-class “Royal Coachman” menu. “Meal service was once a point of pride,” said Henry Harteveldt, who covers the travel industry for Atmosphere Research Group. Meal service was a big focus of [competition] because entertainment options were more limited,” Harteveldt said. The September 11 attacks accelerated the decline of free airline meals. Airline meals had been the brunt of jokes and criticism for decades, but now people miss them.

Persons: you’d, ”, Henry Harteveldt, Peter Stackpole, Robert Crandall, Blaise Waguespack, It’s, Beef, ” Harteveldt, Rob Welham, Molly Brandt Organizations: New, New York CNN, American Airlines, Atmosphere Research, Pan American Airline, Shutterstock Airlines, Carriers, Singapore Airlines, Michelin, Embry, Riddle Aeronautical University, ”, Smithsonian, ” Airlines, “ Airlines, British Airways, Camera, Airlines, Continental Airlines, North America, mojo Locations: New York, Daytona Beach , Florida, Delta, North

☆ These plane crash survivors and victims’ loved ones are becoming scared to fly again after years of travel. They’re not alone
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-06 | by ( Elizabeth Wolfe | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

Others, however, said they are still confident in flight safety, pointing out that commercial air travel remains one of the safest modes of transportation. Cara and Erin Ashcraft survived the crash of American Airlines Flight 1420, operated on a McDonnell Douglas MD-82, during a landing at Little Rock National Airport on June 1, 1999. “I’ve never had concerns (about air travel safety) before. This is the hole left behind when the plug door of an Alaska Airlines flight blew off midflight on January 5, 2024. Pierson is wary of attitudes around the apparent safety of American air travel, he said.

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☆ Chasing the eclipse with sounding rockets and high-altitude planes
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-03 | by ( Ashley Strickland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

NASA will launch sounding rockets and WB-57 high-altitude planes to conduct research on aspects of the sun and Earth that‘s only possible during an eclipse. During the 2017 eclipse that crossed the US, NASA and other space agencies conducted observations using 11 different spacecraft and two high-altitude planes. Three sounding rockets will launch from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility on April 8 to study the eclipse. During the 2023 annular eclipse, instruments on the rockets measured sharp, immediate changes in the ionosphere. The jets have custom noses that can carry specialized scientific instruments.

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☆ Flying is getting scary. But is it still safe?
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-24 | by ( Chris Isidore | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Another Boeing jet plunged so severely that passengers were thrown onto the ceiling of the cabin, leaving dozens so injured they need to be hospitalized upon landing. Carlos Avila Gonzalez/The San Francisco Chronicle/Getty Images/FileHowever, other forms of flying are not nearly as safe. “Taking the Max out of the equation, (flying has) been proven to be pretty darn safe,” he said. A year ago, the discussion about air safety wasn’t focused on Boeing planes. “The gold standard is melting down, because we continue to try to downplay everything and talk about how safe the system is.

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☆ Why checked bag fees are at record highs
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-02 | by ( Nathaniel Meyersohn | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Checked bag fees are hitting record highs as airlines up the ante. So an airline can save $75 million in tax fees off its $1 billion revenue in domestic checked-bag fees. The introduction of bag fees was also a response to the rise of low-price carriers like Spirit in the United States and Ryanair in Europe. But airlines kept the bag fees in place and even raised them in an effort to make up for the lost revenue from change fees. Bag fees have been a political punching bag.

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☆ Moon landing attempt: Odysseus ran into last-minute navigation issues
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-22 | by ( Jackie Wattles | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —Intuitive Machines’ IM-1 lander, also called Odysseus or “Odie,” is on the lunar surface after experiencing unexpected issues hours prior to landing. “Intuitive Machines made the decision to reassign the primary navigation sensors from Odysseus … to use the sensors on NASA’s Navigation Doppler Lidar,” according to the webcast. With its landing legs and sensors pointed toward the lunar terrain, Odysseus relied on the Lidar payload to locate a safe landing spot. The IM-1 mission comes amid a renewed international dash for the lunar surface. Odysseus passes over the near side of the moon following lunar orbit insertion on February 21.

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Another private U.S. company took a shot at the moon Thursday, launching a month after a rival’s lunar lander missed its mark and came crashing back. NASA, the main sponsor with experiments on board, is hoping for a successful moon landing next week as it seeks to jumpstart the lunar economy ahead of astronaut missions. SpaceX’s Falcon rocket blasted off in the middle of the night from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, dispatching Intuitive Machines’ lunar lander on its way to the moon, 230,000 miles (370,000 kilometers) away. If all goes well, a touchdown attempt would occur Feb. 22, after a day in lunar orbit. Only five countries — the U.S., Russia, China, India and Japan — have scored a lunar landing and no private business has yet done so.

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☆ Odysseus moon mission will aim for landing near lunar south pole
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-15 | by ( Jackie Wattles | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

The imminent launch attempt follows closely on the heels of a separate US lunar landing mission that failed in January. After burning through its fuel, the rocket will detach from Odie, leaving the lunar lander to fly solo through space. Houston-based Intuitive Machines developed the Nova-C moon lander under a NASA initiative. Packed on board the lunar lander are six NASA science and technology payloads. The device is set to pop off of the lunar lander as it approaches the surface and capture images of the vehicle’s descent.

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☆ Worried about how safe it is to fly? Here’s what the experts have to say
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-10 | by ( Jacopo Prisco | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

“I don’t believe that you should be worried,” says Geoffrey Thomas, an aviation safety expert and editor in chief of Airline Ratings, which publishes an annual list of the safest airlines. The list of the world’s safest airlines is topped by Air New Zealand, Qantas, Virgin Australia, Etihad Airways, Qatar Airways, Emirates, All Nippon Airways, Finnair and Cathay Pacific. Charly Triballeau/AFP/Getty Images“Aviation is the safest mode of transportation,” says Anthony Brickhouse, a professor of aviation safety at Florida’s Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. “Unfortunately, with the Japan Airlines accident, we did lose five people on the military aircraft, but everybody made it off of the civilian aircraft. Remote in probabilityDespite concerns, the Boeing 737 has a better safety record than the 747, experts say.

Persons: ”, Geoffrey Thomas, it’s, “, Thomas, Charly Triballeau, Anthony Brickhouse, Florida’s Embry, Brickhouse, Max, we’ve, Willie Walsh, Arnold Barnett, That’s, we’re, ” Barnett, Jason Redmond, Barnett Organizations: CNN, Alaska Airlines, Max, Boeing, “, Airbus, Air New Zealand, Qantas, Virgin Australia, Etihad Airways, Qatar Airways, Emirates, All Nippon Airways, Finnair, Cathay Pacific, Getty, Florida’s, Riddle Aeronautical University, US Federal Aviation Administration, National Transportation Safety Board, Japan Airlines Airbus, Tokyo Coast Guard, FAA, Japan Airlines, NTSB, Reuters, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, European Union, United Locations: AFP, Tokyo, Japan, Africa, Latin America, Asia, Australia, Canada, China, Israel, New Zealand, Norway, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States

☆ Boeing's 737 Max 9 jet is flying again. Here's what experts say about its safety.
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-30 | by ( Taylor Rains | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Read previewOn January 5, an Alaska Airlines 737 Max 9 door plug broke off shortly after takeoff from Portland International Airport, leaving a gaping hole in the jet's fuselage. The Federal Aviation Administration quickly grounded 171 other Max 9 planes with the same door plug, mostly flown by United Airlines and Alaska. Four critical bolts used to secure the door plug were missing from the jet when it left Boeing's assembly line, The Wall Street Journal reported, representing a massive quality control lapse. Not all experts agree on the Max 9's safetyThe Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 9. AdvertisementAccording to the Washington Post, the travel booking website Kayak said its filter for the 737 Max significantly increased in the days after the incident.

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☆ FAA grounds more than 170 Boeing 737 Max 9s after section of Alaska Airlines plane blows out
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-06 | by ( Leslie Josephs | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Alaska and United Airlines said late Saturday that they were grounding their entire fleets of Boeing 737 Max 9s. "Safety will continue to drive our decision-making as we assist the NTSB's investigation into Alaska Airlines Flight 1282," FAA Administrator Mike Whitaker said in a statement. The FAA has heavily scrutinized the Boeing 737 Max since two fatal crashes grounded the jetliner worldwide almost five years ago. The section of the fuselage missing appeared to correspond to an exit not used by Alaska Airlines, or other carriers that don't have high-density seating configurations, and was plugged. Before the FAA issued its directive, Alaska Airlines earlier said it would ground its fleet of Boeing 737 Max 9 planes.

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☆ Why an off-duty pilot who is accused of trying to turn a plane's engines off mid-flight was allowed to sit in the cockpit
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-25 | by ( Erin Snodgrass | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

An off-duty pilot was charged with trying to turn off a plane's engines while riding in the cockpit. The pilot was sitting in the "jump seat" which gave him easy access to the cockpit's operations. The 'jump seat'Emerson was riding in the plane's cockpit "jump seat" when he began acting strangely, according to federal court documents. "As far as we know, this pilot was perfectly legal and perfectly certified to be riding in the jump seat," Brickhouse said of Emerson. According to a probable cause statement, Emerson told police he had taken the psychedelic mushrooms about 48 hours before he tried to stop the engines.

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Tens of millions in the Americas will have front-row seats for Saturday's rare “ring of fire” eclipse of the sun. It’s a prelude to the total solar eclipse that will sweep across Mexico, the eastern half of the U.S. and Canada, in six months. HOW TO PROTECT YOUR EYES DURING THE ECLIPSEBe sure to use safe, certified solar eclipse glasses, Lockwood stressed. April’s total solar eclipse will crisscross the U.S. in the opposite direction. Almost all these places missed out during the United States’ coast-to-coast total solar eclipse in 2017.

Persons: —, NASA’s Alex Lockwood, Lockwood, Judy Eychner, Eychner, It’s, ”, Madhulika Guhathakurta Organizations: Corpus Christi, ECLIPSE, NASA, Kerrville, U.S, Riddle, Associated Press Health, Science Department, Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Science, Educational Media Group, AP Locations: Americas, U.S, Central, South America, Oregon, Brazil, Mexico, Canada, North, Nevada , Utah, New Mexico, Texas, slivers, Idaho , California, Arizona, Colorado, Gulf of Mexico, Corpus, Yucatan, Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Hawaii, Central America, San Antonio, Kerrville, Pacific, Oklahoma , Arkansas , Missouri , Illinois , Indiana , Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, New England, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, States, Alaska, Antarctica

☆ A ‘ring of fire’ solar eclipse is coming soon. Here’s what you should know
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-02 | by ( Ashley Strickland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

The annular solar eclipse will begin in the United States at 9:13 a.m. PT (12:13 p.m. When the moon crosses between Earth and the sun during an annular solar eclipse, a signature "ring of fire" of sunlight is still visible. To view the annular eclipse, wear certified eclipse glasses or use a handheld solar viewer. Eclipse glasses are necessary to safely view the entirety of an annular solar eclipse. The next eclipseA total solar eclipse will be visible in parts of Mexico, Canada and more than 10 US states on April 8, 2024.

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☆ How the airline boarding process became such a mess
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-16 | by ( Nathaniel Meyersohn | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

And airlines have made it chaotic by design — so people will pay to get an easier boarding process. Decades ago, airlines used to board first class and use an open boarding process for the main cabin. A better boarding processAirlines have been experimenting with different boarding schemes to try to speed up the process. Jason Steffen, a University of Nevada, Las Vegas physics professor developed a boarding method that boards passengers in rows of two. Southwest Airlines has the fastest boarding process of any major airline by simply allowing people to claim the first available seat.

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☆ Wreckage of Prigozhin's plane was scattered across roughly 4 miles, and experts say it looks like an explosion knocked it out of the sky
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-26 | by ( Azmi Haroun | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Experts are zeroing in on a theory around a plane crash that Russia says killed Yevgeny Prigozhin. According to CNN, fragments of Prigozhin's plane were scattered throughout a 4-mile radius. Analyzing the wreckage"It is very difficult to understand what happened without a proper investigation," Daniel Kwasi Adjekum, an aviation expert at the University of North Dakota, told CNN. So far, flight data from Flightradar24 also paints a patchy picture, showing Prigozhin's plane steeply dropping 8,000 feet in the last 30 seconds of the flight. Robert Schmucker, a rocket expert who works with NATO, also told CNN that the manner in which the plane plummeted down from the sky was highly suspicious.

Persons: Yevgeny Prigozhin, Wagner, Prigozhin, Putin, Daniel Kwasi Adjekum, Robert Schmucker, Schmucker, Markus Schiller, Anthony Brickhouse, Brickhouse, Prigozhin's Organizations: Aviation, CNN, Service, Wagner Group, Novosti, University of North, Washington Post, NATO, telltale, National Transportation Safety Board, Embry, Riddle Aeronautical University, Russian Telegram, Pentagon, Reuters, AP, New York Times, BBC Locations: Russia, Wall, Silicon, Tver, Moscow, Ukraine, Kuzhenkino, University of North Dakota, Europe

☆ A video claiming to show Prigozhin's jet plummeting from the sky and the plane's fiery wreckage could be starting points for an investigation into the crash — if a fair investigation is possible, avia
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-24 | by ( Azmi Haroun | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

On Wednesday, Russian officials said Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin died in a plane crash. Photos on social media have also surfaced showing a fiery wreckage at the crash site. AdvertisementAdvertisementRussia's Federal Air Transport Agency claimed on Wednesday that the bodies of the 10 deceased passengers were retrieved from the crash site, signaling a moving investigation. "In early stages, the most important thing is to get on scene and secure the wreckage, so that it can't be tampered with," Brickhouse told Insider. Brickhouse added that the crash site, engulfed in flames, could point to a plane that went down with a full gas tank.

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☆ Dangerously close near-miss incidents across the US are a wakeup call to the aviation industry
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-23 | by ( Taylor Rains | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

The New York Times cited a shortage of air traffic controllers as a significant factor in the string of close calls. During breakout sessions at the safety summit, officials offered theories like inexperienced first officers and overworked air traffic controllers as contributing to the near-disasters. The Times pointed to the challenges surrounding air traffic controllers, in particular, as a root cause. "Air traffic controllers and pilots all play critical roles." While technology is important, Brickhouse says humans are still essential to aviation safety.

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☆ Delta passengers exit their flight using the jet slide after the plane lands without gear extended
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-28 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Passengers aboard a Delta flight had to disembark using the jet slide Wednesday after their plane landed at Charlotte Douglas International Airport without part of its landing gear extended. An inflatable slide extends from a door of the plane and firefighters appear to be helping passengers disembark on the slide. "While this is a rare occurrence, Delta flight crews train extensively to safely manage through many scenarios and flight 1092 landed safely without reported injuries." Controllers saw that the nose landing gear doors were open, but the gear hadn't descended and the pilots landed the plane without the nose gear. Less than four hours after the landing, Skotarczak, the passenger from Buffalo, was at work, but only with his cellphone and a bottle of water.

Persons: I've, Chris Skotarczak, Charlotte, Skotarczak, Delta, Gregory A, Zahornacky Organizations: Charlotte Douglas International, Associated Press, Boeing, Air Lines, Federal Aviation Administration, National Transportation Safety, Embry, Riddle Aeronautical University, DC Locations: Buffalo , New York, Atlanta, Charlotte, Buffalo, Europe, U.S

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