Travel articles More on Ditching Planes and the A320's Water-Friendly Design
Most flight crews get at least one day of training in a pool in swimsuits for that rarest of airline disasters, a ditching. If you think that sounds fun, you're wrong. Among other things, you have to demonstrate that you're a strong swimmer and that you're capable of climbing into and out of one of those inflatable evacuation chutes, which become life rafts in the water.
Do you need a kitchen in your room?
Take the Disney World Hotels test, a quick and fun quiz that helps you select the best hotel for your next trip. This question is: Do you need a kitchen in your room? After the Crash: A Tale of Two Airlines
As divers prepare to raise the airplane engine of US Airways flight 1549 from the depths of the frozen Hudson River, the warm and fuzzy--if not saccharine--coverage of the "miracle" on the Hudson continues apace.
Hotel Maps: New Orleans French Quarter Map
New Orleans French Quarter map of hotels and landmarks. Caitlin, Foot: Bedbug Bites
Pictures of bedbug bites by real people bitten by bedbugs.
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