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Reuters The Graciousness and Dignity of Richard B. Cheney
"Rarely has a U.S. president been so wrong about so much at the expense of so many."
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Doctors Without Borders Richard Rockefeller, MD
What would you do, if you could do anything? An inspiring answer to that question.
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The Cirrus Parachute, as Seen From HQ and From a Swamp
A plane with a built-in parachute records another save.
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Of Fear and Flying
... and terrorism too.
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Reuters Telling the Difference Between Danger and Fear
Bathtubs should be 365 times more frightening than sharks. So why aren't they?
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Why the Latest Air-Scare Shows How Safe Airline Travel Is, Not How Dangerous
The flying world's counterpart to your car's airbag and anti-skid brakes.
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Wikipedia After the Latest Peril-in-the-Skies Saga, Should You Be Afraid to Fly?
No.
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Cirrus Aircraft How a Small Plane Crash Looks When Passengers Are About to Survive Rather Than About to Die
Seventeen seconds of video that explain why one brand of small aircraft has become the most popular in the world.
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Reuters The Man Who Thinks He Has Solved the MH370 Mystery
... but hasn't.
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Mediaite I've Got the Next Great Story Lead for CNN
Maybe a former finance minister of an African nation was also on the flight?
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YouTube Today's 777s-in-Peril Update: Asiana 214, MH 370
Lawyers offer their contention of why a pilot is not to blame for one accident. A former NTSB investigator directs blame at the pilot in another.
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via VOA Where to Get Your Next Fix of MH370 News
Chris Goodfellow, who has offered the so-far least-unlikely explanation of what happened, does a 90-minute Q&A.
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Flixxy.com As the Search Goes On for the Plane That Disappeared, How Can So Many Flights Take Off and Land Safely Each Day?
More on the details of designing for 1-in-a-billion accident rates.
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US Navy When a 1-in-a-Billion Chance of Accident May Not Seem 'Safe Enough'
The very safety of modern air travel makes accidents both intellectually more difficult and emotionally more disturbing.
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Tintin Wikia Malaysia 370, Day 10: One Fanciful Hypothesis, and Another That Begins to Make Sense
Did the airplane hide in a "radar shadow"? Probably not. Did the flight crew act like heroes? Possibly so.
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via Glamstruck Malaysia 370 Update: Landing Strips, Cell Phones, and More
Has the plane landed at a secret site? Probably not; here's why.
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Flight Aware Why Malaysia Airlines 370 Remains So Profoundly Mysterious, and Why a Better Black Box Wouldn't Help
The absence of data about this flight is itself a significant data point.
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Wikipedia photo Ukraine and Malaysia Airlines: Why Cable News Should Be on a 24-Hour Delay
The best reactions to breaking news are rarely the first ones.
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The Malaysian Airlines Flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing
No firm news, but the indications are grim
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A Longtime Pilot on the Aspen Crash
Modern jet planes are so safe that many things have to go wrong to bring them to grief. What some of the factors might have been in this latest case.
