Travel articles
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.
Copenhagen: Beautiful castles and 21st-century architectural wonders
This city has a clean and progressive design informed by hyggethe Danish instinct for coziness and domesticity.
Aurora Ice Hotel
Unique hotel made entirely of ice sixty miles northeast of Fairbanks, Alaska. Elevator: Pictures of the Dorint Hotel, Potsdam, Germany
Elevator: Picture of the Elevator of the Dorint Hotel in Potsdam, Germany. 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.
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