Last year one of the safest to fly in decades
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Last year was one of the safest in more than four decades to fly, with just 136 serious accidents occurring around the world, the Aircraft Crashes Record Office (ACRO) said on Tuesday.
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Asking for bottled water or a canned drink aboard an airliner might be the safest way to fly. Coliform bacteria are showing up in more airliners than last summer when the government first took steps toward requiring sanitation improvements.
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Crash comes amid safety gains, but also highlights some key problem areas.
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For the first time in a while, the monthly passenger figures show good growth.
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By Janette Rodrigues, The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va.  Dec.
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Heathrow airport is "as safe as ever" after a worker contracted Legionnaires' disease, management says.
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Thrill seekers are plunking down six figures to ride rockets that haven't even been built yet, and a new airline called Virgin Galactic promises to be up and soaring in the next three years. Still, the budding space tourism faces a myriad of safety concerns &#151; in the sky and on the ground &#151; that must be resolved before any paying passenger takes off.
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The ultimate flight-to-safety investment.
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A bomb-threatened Olympic Airways plane landed safely at Shannon airport today after being diverted to Ireland following a warning telephoned to an Athens newspaper.
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The world's biggest jumbo jet lifted off safely on Thursday from Singapore on its long-delayed first commercial flight, as part of Singapore Airlines' daily service to Sydney.
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Problems abound for air travel. But there is hope.
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It faults the methods used in the controversial study and says flying is safe in the US.
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The crash Tuesday of a small commuter plane in Missouri interrupted what had been the safest period for airline travel in this country&#39;s history.
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At least 94 passengers and crew were evacuated safely Thursday when a fire broke out in the left wheel well of US Airways Flight 431, officials said.
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The nation&#39;s civil aviation watchdog vowed Monday to develop tighter controls to ensure safer flights. Safety supervision will top the administration&#39;s efforts next year as potentially
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On a clear day in Los Angeles last August there was a close call that almost ended in disaster. Tuesday, the NTSB released animation and radio transmissions, revealing a Southwest 737 cleared
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An Austrian Airlines jet carrying about 100 passengers made a safe landing at Leeds Bradford International Airport in northern England on Saturday after a problem with one of its engines, officials said.