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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 records-and offers his own suggestions for concerned fliers.
How Flight 447 Fell Intact From the Sky
It was no belly-landing, writes aviation expert Clive Irving. Rather, the jet dropped from the stormy sky and ripped into the water with great violence-but the question remains: Why?
Ground These Planes!
Airbus must take extra precaution and fix the A330's faulty instruments-which could have caused Flight 447's crash-in order to prevent another catastrophe.
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 some frightening similarities to what happened to Air France Flight 447 before it plunged into the Atlantic.
Picking Up Pieces From a Midair Explosion
From popped rivets to a shredded oxygen mask: The Daily Beast's aviation expert decodes new evidence in the ongoing investigation of Air France Flight 447's mysterious crash.
Flight 447's Deadly Scenario
The pilots of the Air France jetliner had only seconds to grasp the grim fate of faulty speed readings, writes aviation expert Clive Irving. And it was already too late.

















