I somehow missed this a few weeks ago. Popular Mechanics has a detailed article analyzing the transcript of AF447′s cockpit voice recorder. It is chilling and incredible and horrifying and terribly sad. Bonin yields the controls, and Robert finally puts the nose down. The plane begins to regain speed. But it is still descending at [...]
An epic, 7,500-word feature from Wil S. Hylton in today’s New York Times Magazine details everything currently known about AF447 — from the crash nearly two years ago to last week’s recovery of the flight data recorders. This is an excellent read. Four hours later, Purcell was up with the sun, and by late morning [...]
An infographic accompanies an article by SPIEGEL detailing, in lay terms, the last four minutes of Air France 447.
On Air New Zealand’s new 777: When the so-called “friendly skies” are mentioned, a few airlines in particular come to mind: Virgin America, Singapore Airlines and Qantas, for starters. Starting today, you can safely include Air New Zealand in that discussion. In a bid to turn long-haul international travel on its head, the outfit has [...]
A 1960 120-passenger plane has been turned into a hotel in the Netherlands. Suite!
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