Word: planing
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What happens when your plane suddenly depressurizes? Any dramatic loss of pressure - caused by the sudden surge of outside air into the cabin - feels like you are going up a skyscraper in an elevator powered by a rocket. Your ears pop, and the pain can be intense. You may experience some temporary hearing problems, but nothing too serious in most cases...
...rapid decompressions, in general, are not unheard of - and, as the passengers from the Qantas plane now know, not necessarily as apocalyptic as they seem at the time...
...caught up with Obama in the front cabin of his plane as he flew from Amman to Tel Aviv. His tie loosened slightly, he leaned his elbows on his knees as we talked. After four days in Afghanistan and Iraq, here is what the candidate says he saw and learned...
...BARACK OBAMA: Well, I was just thinking how lavish it is, although it is an old plane, so the shocks are still a little shaky - you'll hear it when we land...
...Israeli police saw no link between the bulldozer attack - the second in the Holy City this month - and the visit of the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee. Nor was Obama under any threat: His plane had not yet landed in Israel when the Arab construction worker gunned his machine out onto a main tourist thoroughfare in Jerusalem and slammed into five cars...