Clive Irving is senior consulting editor at Condé Nast Traveler, specializing in aviation; and the author of Wide-Body: The Triumph of the 747 (Morrow).
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An Airplane's Gift to Terrorists
Heroic passengers and a failed explosion stopped a terrorist on the flight to Detroit.... MORE
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The Year of Flying Dangerously
This week’s crash of an American Airlines jet is the last in a busy year in aviation headlines.... MORE
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The Good Plane Crash
On Tuesday night an American Airlines jet from Miami careened off a runway in Jamaica—but everyone... MORE
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The New Cockpit Threat
Forget Canada geese. Pilots have a new menace: boredom.... MORE
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What to Know About Airline Safety Records
The Daily Beast’s Clive Irving responds to the ranking of the best and worst airline safety... MORE
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How Turbulence Can Turn Deadly
The emergency landing of a Houston-bound flight today due to turbulence that put four passengers in... MORE
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Ford's Stealth Genius
Why is the car maker’s profit way up while Boeing is caught in a quagmire with its new 787?... MORE
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How Flight 447 Fell Intact From the Sky
It was no belly-landing, writes aviation expert Clive Irving.... MORE
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Changing Planes Can Kill You
In the wake of the Yemen crash, Clive Irving says, don’t be fooled: If you are making a... MORE
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Airlines You Should Avoid
With yet another plane crash on Monday in what is turning out to be a bad year for air accidents,... MORE
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Ground These Planes!
Airbus must take extra precaution and fix the A330’s faulty instruments—which could have caused... MORE
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The Crash That Could Happen Again
A report last night about an airplane’s sudden loss of its autopilot system en route to Brazil has... MORE
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Is Boeing's New Plane Safe?
Today’s announcement that Boeing postponed the first flight of its 787 Dreamliner has taken a toll... MORE
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Picking Up Pieces from a Midair Explosion
From popped rivets to a shredded oxygen mask: The Daily Beast’s aviation expert decodes new... MORE
