Photos of Akola, India
Travel articles Could You Survive an Airplane Crash Over Water? Yesterday's miraculous Hudson River landing of US Airways Flight 1549 has given rise to all kinds of speculation about the chances of surviving a similar crash.
About.com's own Guide to Air... Who Wants a Pleistocene-Era Backyard? While casting about for feel-good stories, we remembered the lost and starving Magellanic penguins that were airlifted to safety by the Brazilian army last fall. The young penguins, whose home is in the southern Atlantic, had wandered too far north, washing up on the warm beaches of Brazil by the hundreds, and the situation looked grim when "animal-welfare activists loaded the birds onto a Brazilian air force cargo plane and flew them 1,550 miles to the country's southern coast, where a crowd of onlookers celebrated as the penguins marched back into the sea." Definite feel-good material.
Denver - Continental Flight 1404 Saturday's accident involving Continental flight 1404 is not expected to impact air traffic today at Denver International Airport. According DIA spokesperson Elizabeth Mason, "delays are whatever the normal delays are,... Madonna Inn - Cloud Nine - Photos of the Madonna Inn - Rooms at the Madonna Inn Cloud Nine: Favorite rooms in the Madonna Inn, a unique California hotel. Can You Stay Healthy on Your Next Cruise? To me, there's nothing worse than being ill while on vacation. I've battled colds, stomach bugs, sinus infections and coughs while traveling, and it's just not fun to be... |
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