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Any landing you can swim away from, it seems, is a good one. All 155 passengers and crew of U.S. Airways flight 1549, which was forced to make an emergency water landing in the Hudson River on Jan. 15, survived - making it the rare accident that airlines and the NTSB...
• Most commercial airlines are now replacing older three- and four-engine planes with more-efficient double-engine aircraft. Because these newer engines are quieter, birds are less likely to detect and avoid them. Worse still, fewer engines mean fewer backups should a plane and a flock of birds cross...
AIRLINES & AIRPORTS
Fare Fall. Courtesy of your friends up north, a "winter clearance sale" from Alaska Airlines. Hop from Seattle to San Francisco for $59 one-way or from Boston to Portland for $159 one-way. Through Jan. 24, for travel from Jan. 23 to June 10.
Hot to Trot. Clear out! The Miami Marathon and Half-Marathon are being run through the city on Sunday, Jan. 25, starting at the American Airlines Arena and finishing in Bayfront Park. The gun goes off at 6:15am.