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...traveler who has flown recently need not be told that air travel can be rough. With airlines systematically eliminating the niceties that once made flying bearable - free checked luggage, in-flight meals, complimentary headsets, the entire can of soda - it's only gotten rougher...
...early wake-up call wasn't quite necessary - our flight out was, of course, delayed by an hour. Ice-cap flights have an on-time record that makes United's look meticulous, but at least there's an excuse here. Weather in Greenland is changeable, and even in the summer, hardly perfect for flying. It's not unusual for flights to be delayed for hours, even canceled altogether, sometimes stranding people on the ice cap for days at a time. We were lucky - our plane did depart, and landed safely at NEEM some two-and-a-half hours later. There...
...Pakistan has been under growing U.S. pressure to rein in the ISI over its alleged links to Islamist militants, and as Gilani boarded his flight to Washington on Saturday, his government suddenly announced that the ISI - Pakistan's premier military intelligence agency - and its civilian counterpart, the Intelligence Bureau, would be placed under the "administrative, financial and operational control" of the Ministry of Interior. Although until now the ISI had been nominally under the administrative control of the Prime Minister, it has throughout its 60 years operated in notorious secrecy and with negligible civilian oversight. "The move would have opened...
Investigators studying last week's explosion aboard Qantas Flight 30 believe a burst oxygen tank, and not a bomb, was responsible for the blast and forced emergency landing in Manila. The explosion ripped a 9-foot hole through the side of a Qantas Boeing 747 - and an even bigger hole in the airline's reputation. In its 88-year history, the Australian carrier has had no fatal accidents and only three previous "major safety events." But that record ensures that even small incidents make headlines. Since 2006 there have been a growing list of such relatively minor mishaps: burst tires...
...Unfortunately for Qantas, it wasn't the end of their problems. Three days after the emergency landing in Manila, a Qantas jet bound for Melbourne turned around mid-flight and returned to Adelaide after the door on a wheel bay failed to close. "There was no safety risk at any time," assured a company spokeswoman. But for some passengers, two incidents in less than a week proved too much: they refused to board the alternate aircraft Qantas arranged, saying they'd rather take...