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What to Know About Airline Safety Records

What to Know About Airline Safety Records

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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.

2:25 PM | Aug 24, 2009
How Flight 447 Fell Intact From the Sky

How Flight 447 Fell Intact From the Sky

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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?

3:17 PM | Jul 2, 2009
Ground These Planes

Ground These Planes!

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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.

3:04 PM | Jun 27, 2009
The Crash That Could Happen Again

The Crash That Could Happen Again

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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.

8:45 AM | Jun 26, 2009
Picking Up Pieces From a Midair Explosion

Picking Up Pieces From a Midair Explosion

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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.

2:51 PM | Jun 14, 2009
Flight 447s Deadly Scenario

Flight 447's Deadly Scenario

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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.

2:02 PM | Jun 11, 2009
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